EOD Panton, Francis Harry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Panton​

• FORENAME

Francis Harry​

• UNIT

Royal Engineers (1 Bomb Disposal Company)​

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• RANK

Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

334223​

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

postwar (London Gazette 30.12.1947)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 25.5.1923 Lincoln​

son of George E. Panton​

educated City School,Lincoln​

commissioned 2Lt R.E. 29.10.1944 (Cadet no. 14670086)​

graduated University of Nottingham (PhD)​

employed by ICI​

Foreign Office (political adviser in Berlin)​

Deputy Head of MOD's Technical Research Unit 1957​

Attache (Nuclear),Washington,D.C.,USA 1958​

Technical Adviser,UK Delegation,Geneva on the discontinuance of nuclear tests 1959-61​

Counsellor (Defence),Washington,D.C. 1962​

Head of Science 6,MOD,London 1966-68​

Assistant Chief Scientific Adviser (Nuclear) 1969​

Director-General (Scientific) Establishments,Resources and Programmes (8),MOD​

Director of the departments and units responsible for the development of rocket motors,propellants and explosives​

consultant to the Cabinet Office on nuclear issues 1985-97​

awarded C.B.E. 1997​

married Audrey Lane 1952 (died) (2 sons)​

married Pauline Dean 1995​

died 8.4.2013 Kent​

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