Walter Gordon Wilson

Engineer, Military Person

1874 – 1957

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Who was Walter Gordon Wilson?

Major Walter Gordon Wilson CMG was a mechanical engineer, inventor and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service. He was credited by the 1919 Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors as the co-inventor of the tank, along with Sir William Tritton.

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Born
1874
County Dublin
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • King's College, Cambridge
Died
1957

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on July 23, 2013

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