Sgt Northover
What little info I have suggests that H R Northover was Quatermaster Sergeant and Armourer. One wonders if, with this background he had anything to do with the Northover projector of WW2? It was introduced to the UK Home Guard in 1940. He would have been in his late 50s about then (and if he had returned to the UK probably in the Home Guard). After all the Blacker Bombard of the same period was developed by an ex Indian Army officer called Blacker so having this weapon produced by an ex Canadian army officer called Northover does not sound too unlikely. I was digging into this weapon's history a few months back (for something I'm writing) and although finding some interesting info (including a Soviet made copy!) could find nothing on who its inventor was. Do you have any information that might indicate its the same Northover?
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07-10-05, 11:58
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