Pioneers
The brains behind the breakthroughs
Tyn Llan Farm, Bodedern, Holyhead: The Anglesey Bone Setters and the Thomas Splint
Thousands survived WW1 battlefields thanks to the son of a bone setter from Anglesey.
Halifax, West Yorkshire: Creator of the Tommy Tin Hat
Dispute over who designed the Tommies’ tin hat
Filton, Bristol: The Bristol Fighter
How Captain Frank Barnwell’s innovation contributed to air warfare
Taunton, Somerset: Hugh Trenchard, the ‘Father’ of the RAF
Hugh Trenchard was the zealous commander dubbed ‘the Patron Saint of Air Power’
Throwleigh, Devon: Oscar Greig, The Experimentalist Pilot
Flying, flints and the flowers – the story of the WW1 pilot Oscar Greig
Royal Society of Chemistry, London: Gas Mask Inventor Edward Harrison
The small box respirator gas mask, is credited with saving thousands of lives.
Wandsworth, London: Masks for Facial Disfigurement
The ‘Tin Noses Shop’ at London’s Third General Hospital was run by sculptor Francis Wood
Edinburgh, Scotland - Craiglockhart War Hospital
Craiglockhart War Hospital was at the heart of pioneering PTSD treatments.
Crick Road, Oxford: John Scott Haldane - The Invention of The Gas Mask
John Scott Haldane, the Oxford scientist behind the invention of the gas mask
Cavendish College, Cambridgeshire: Innovation in Sound Detection
Development of methods to track enemy positions
Walney Island, Cumbria: Britain’s Response to German Zeppelins
The birthplace of war airships that were a force to be reckoned with
Reading, Berkshire: Leonard Joyce Pioneers Wound Care
Surgeon Leonard Joyce discovers bacteria to aid healing of battlefield wounds
