Members' Memories

These pages are designed to record the memories of our long-serving members, forming an ongoing history of Landbased engineering.

The links below will lead to the members' story.  Please send any contributions together with any suitable photographs to Sarah - [email protected]

Past Presidents get together 1987

John Fox HonFIAgrE - a member since March 1955

John Kilgour CEng FIAgrE - a member from March 1957 until his death in October 2019

Thangavelu Toniappa CEng CEnv FIAgrE - a member since January 1958

John Lawton IEng MIAgrE - a member since January 1968

John A Early IEng MIAgrE - a member since April 1968

Ralph Alcock CEng CEnv FIAgrE - a member since April 1969

R Roy Morrison MIAgrE - a member since April 1969

Chris Biddle FIAgrE - a member since 2003 and former Editor of Landwards 2008-2019

John Matthews CBE CEng HonFIAgrE - a member since January 1970

Richard Robinson CEng HonFIAgrE - a member since October 1970

Dr Peter Payne former CEng FIAgrE - a member from 1949 to 2007

Allan Langley MIAgrE - a member from 1971 until his death in February 2021

Dr David L O Smith CEng MIAgrE- a member from 1987 until his death in April 2021

Mr Hugh McIlvenna EngTech MIAgrE - a member since 1972

James Sweetman MBE IEng MIAgrE - a member since 1972

Dr Geoff Freedman CEng CEnv HonFIAgrE - a member from 1985 until his death in 2023

Peter Waggitt IEng CEnv MIAgrE - a member since 1973

John Christopher Jeffery CEng FIAgrE - a member from 1984 until his death in September 2022

Reginald Ward IEng MIAgrE - a member since 1974 - his story of life in South America

Stephen Brunner MIAgrE - a member since 1964