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Allan Harry Beckett
Born
(1914-03-04)4 March 1914 East Ham, London
Died
19 June 2005(2005-06-19) (aged 91) Farnborough, Kent
Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Barry & Partners. Beckett Rankine
Allan Harry Beckett MBE (b. 4 March 1914, East Ham, London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom, d. 19 June 2005, Farnborough, London) was an English civil engineer whose design for the 'Whale' floating roadway was crucial to the success of the Mulberry harbour that was used in the Normandy Landings. Starting the war as a sapper digging trenches on the South Coast at the time of the Dunkirk evacuation, Allan Beckett came to play a significant role in the success of the Mulberry harbour used during and after the Normandy landings of June 1944.
His contribution to the Mulberry was to design the floating roadways which connected the pierhead to the shore, and a system of anchors. The roadway had to be strong enough to withstand constant wave action which, as occurred in the appalling weather of June 1944, was much more severe than anticipated. Beckett's design, which had been tested in the severe conditions of Scotland in winter, survived the storm which struck on 19 June 1944, and raged for three days.[1]
Allan Harry Beckett MBE (b. 4 March 1914, East Ham, London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom, d. 19 June 2005, Farnborough, London) was an English civil...
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by AllanBeckett. These anchors had such high holding power that few could be recovered at the end of the war. The Navy was dismissive of Beckett's claims...
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made of canvas and steel cables, while the "Whale" roadway designed by AllanBeckett consisted of flexible bridge spans mounted on pontoons. During the testing...
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on 6 October 1997. They were abducted by Leslie Camilleri and Lindsay Beckett, both from the New South Wales town of Yass. The men subjected the girls...
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David Lloyd George as being the driving force behind their production. AllanBeckett designed the 'Whale' floating roadway, crucial to the success of the...
one that presents a "storytelling point of view" as a counterpoint to Beckett's evidence-based police work. On casting Fillion to fill the role, Marlowe...
282. For example, both Beckett and Joyce omitted full stops and paragraph breaks, but while Joyce also omitted apostrophes, Beckett left them in. (I, pp...
children's literature, Anne of Green Gables. It was created by Moira Walley-Beckett for the CBC and Netflix, and stars Amybeth McNulty as orphan Anne Shirley...
leader was held simultaneously with a deputy leadership vote. Margaret Beckett had been the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and following Smith's death...
championship, the Victorias continued in senior-level amateur play, winning the Allan Cup in 1911 and 1912. The Victoria Hockey Club, and the first rink they...
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classic silent comedies and eventually married him. The daughter of Howard Beckett Davis, she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and educated at the...
Disease Awareness Honorary degree of Doctor of Sport Science from Leeds Beckett University BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award, 2022...
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