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HENRY JOHN ANTHONY DAVIES igem.org.uk
8 APRIL 1933 – 22 JANUARY 2022 facebook.com/IGEMpage
Known to his friends and colleagues as John, ex-gas people twitter.com/IGEMGi
from around the world will remember HJA Davies well as one
of the first gas engineering articled pupils to be appointed by
the then newly nationalised Wales Gas Board in 1950. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF
John qualified as a Chartered Engineer following
successful completion of the Royal Technical College’s GAS ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS
sandwich course at Salford.
During his national service he was commissioned in the
Corps of Royal Engineers as an officer. Then, in his subsequent DIGEST
Energy Security
career, he was a Technical Assistant at the Aberavon gas works England fracking ban
Strategy: UK doubles
hydrogen target
goes under review
Cambo oil and gas
field licence extended
and at the Onia-Gegi plant at Point of Ayr, North Wales. MAY 2022 over supply fears
He was awarded the institution’s James Archibald Maclay
medal for his gas production studies results, later becoming
Undertaking Manager for the Ebbw Vale Group and at
Aberystwyth during conversion from town gas to natural gas.
FOUNDED 1863
Subsequently, he was the Service Manager and Industrial & ENERGY ROYAL CHARTER 1929
Commercial Gas Manager in the Newport and Cardiff areas. SECURITY
He was President of the Wales Gas Association and Chair of Unlocking net zero
in turbulent times
the Wales Section of the then IGE. A keen golfer, he was also
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Lifelong friend and former colleague Tudor Jones paid PATRON PRODUCED AND DESIGNED
tribute to John, saying: “His exuberance is much missed by his Her Majesty The Queen BY SYON MEDIA
many friends who send our condolences to Marjorie, John’s PRESIDENT + 44 (0) 203 900 0145
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wife.” Ben Clarke www.syonmedia.com
A service celebrating John’s life took place on 23 February CEng FIGEM IET
at Newport’s Langstone Crematorium. ©
PRESIDENT ELECT
David Parkin
DR ROBERT MICHAEL DAVIES CEng FIGEM
8 OCTOBER 1937 – 15 MARCH 2022 VICE PRESIDENT Published by IGEM
Robert Michael Davies, known as Mike to his friends and Andrew Musgrave T: +44(0)1509 678 159
colleagues, graduated from Leeds University in 1959 with a CEng FIGEM E: general@igem.org.uk
degree in Gas Engineering and then gained a PhD from the HONORARY SECRETARY IGEM House,
same institution in 1962. Gordon Davies 26 & 28 High Street, Kegworth
Most of his working life was spent with British Gas at the CEng FIGEM Derby
Midlands Research Centre, Solihull. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DE74 2DA.
After retiring from British Gas in 1993, he acted as the Oliver Lancaster Registered Charity No. 214011
Combustion Research Programme Co-ordinator for the BSc MSc FGS EngTech FIGEM
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ISSN 1755-5477
working from his home near Settle in North Yorkshire. EDITORIAL & SUBSCRIPTION
During this time, he was very proud to hold the title of ENQUIRIES: It is believed that the
Sharon Baker-Hallam
statements made in this
Visiting Lecturer in the Energy and Resources Research BA Hons AIGEM publication are based
Institute at the University of Leeds. T: +44(0)1509 678 186 on accurate and reliable
He remained interested in combustion research and E: sharon@igem.org.uk information. The views
associated areas until the end of his life. expressed are not necessarily
Mike passed away at his home in Leamington Spa at the ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES those of the publisher. No
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