Arthur Hartley

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Arthur Hartley
FIDO, Operation Pluto
AwardsMedal of Freedom

Arthur Clifford Hartley,

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He left the corps after the war and spent five years as a consulting engineer before he joined the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
(later Anglo-Iranian).

During the

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a United States Medal of Freedom and £9000 cash. He retired from Anglo-Iranian in 1951 and was elected president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers
in 1959, but died three months into his tenure.

Early life

Hartley was born at Springbank,

North Eastern Railway in the office of their chief docks engineer at Hull and from 1912 to 1914 with asphalt makers Rose, Down and Thompson Limited.[1][2]

First World War

During the

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 10 October 1919 in recognition of his war work.[6]

Interbellum

After the war Hartley worked as a consulting engineer for five years before joining the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1924 as assistant manager of its engineering division.[1] He became assistant manager of the supply department later the same year and from 1932 to 1934 he was seconded to the Iraq Petroleum Company, on his return being appointed chief engineer.[2] The company became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1935.[7]

Second World War

A section of PLUTO pipeline

Following the outbreak of the

Arthur Harris, the Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation which was known as FIDO. This was a means of burning oil along runways to disperse fog. The system was installed at fifteen airfields across Britain, beginning in 1943.[1] FIDO is credited with bringing 2,500 aircraft and 10,000 aircrew safely home during the war.[8]

Hartley also developed the pipes used in

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1944.[1][10]

Post-war

Hartley's name on the list of Institution of Civil Engineers presidents, at their One Great George Street headquarters

Hartley was awarded the

St Thomas's Hospital, London on 28 January 1960.[2]

Personal life

Hartley married Dorothy Elizabeth Wallace, the daughter of a Shanghai-based marine engineer, in 1920 and had two sons. Dorothy died in 1923, and in 1927 he married Florence Nina Hodgson with whom he had a further two sons.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33740. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Institution of Mechanical Engineers biography
  3. ^ "No. 29738". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 1916. pp. 8790–8791.
  4. ^ "No. 30625". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 April 1918. pp. 4417–4418.
  5. ^ Biography of George Constantinescu Archived 4 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "No. 31592". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 October 1919. pp. 12525–12526.
  7. ^ BBC profile of BP
  8. ^ "Now It Can Be Told! – 'Operation Fido': Beating Airfield Fog". The War Illustrated. 9 (210): 140. 6 July 1945. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  9. ^ Description of Pluto
  10. ^ "No. 36544". The London Gazette. 2 June 1944. p. 2586.
  11. ^ Imperial College records
  12. ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1951 		Succeeded by
Sir David Randall Pye
Preceded by
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers

November 1959 – February 1960 		Succeeded by
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