Warwick Lindsay Scott
| Sir Warwick Lindsay Scott DSC BA | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1892 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1952 | ||||||||||
| Residence | 7 Lambolle Road, Hampstead, NW6 | ||||||||||
| Occupation |
civil service archaeologist | ||||||||||
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1933.04.15 proposed by V. Gordon Childe, seconded by C.O. Blagden
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acknowledgement to Sir W. Lindsay Scott in The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales by Glyn E Daniel
Sir Warwick Lindsay Scott (* 1892 , † June 17, 1952 ) was a British officer and civil servant.
From 1914 to 1919 Scott was involved with the Navy with the clearance of mines. In 1919 he entered the London Colonial Office . In the same year he was transferred to the Air Ministry . There he became head of the personnel department in 1936.
In the Churchill administration , Scott was appointed Under-Secretary of State in the Air Ministry under Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook in 1940 . As the second Secretary of the now Ministry of Aircraft Production, he worked from 1940 to 1946 with the supervision of British aircraft production during the war . In 1942 he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire . [1]
After the war, Scott worked in the Ministry of Supply. He then served as director of the research and development department of Power Jets Ltd, a leading company in the field of development of the then new turbine technology.
To receive the Distinguished Service Cross.
Lieut. Warwick Lindsay Scott, R.N.V.R. Was in command of a section of minesweepers employed bottom sweeping off Ostend. While sweep was being hove in, a mine came off foul of sweep, Lieut. Scott went aft and cut the circuit wire on outside of mine, making the mine safe. Mine was then salved. [Edinburgh Gazette Feb. 21 1919]
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External Publications
The problem of the Brochs
House Publications
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RAI Material
census
Other Material
Bodleian: letters to O.G.S. Crawford
