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 from January 1970 until his death in 2025
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
Alastair Wyllie IEng CEnv MIAgrE - a member until 2021
Robert Burcombe EngTech MIAgrE - a member since 1965
Tom Waugh IEng MIAgrE - a member since 1965
Professor Dick Godwin - a member since 1966