Ranald, W M Clouston (1925-2002 : engineer, archivist, and bell archaeologist)

Ranald Warren Monteith Clouston, MBE, BSc (Eng), FSA, MI Mech E, MIEE, AM Inst F, 1925-2002, (sometimes addressed as Ron or Ronnie in correspondence) was born in Lavenham East Anglia, the son of two doctors. He attended Prep School in Hertford from 1932 and Tonbridge School (1939-42) before going to University College London in 1943 to study Engineering. He joined the Junior Training Corps of the Royal Corps of Signals around 1942.

In September 1945 Clouston began work as a Graduate Engineer at the Renfrew works of Babcock & Wilcox Ltd, Boilermakers. He worked in the drawing office and then in different departments of the firm, to gain working experience, before becoming a Service Engineer and travelling to sites in Britain and in Europe, to work on boiler installations and other projects. In 1953 he moved to the firm's London Office, to begin work in the Projects Department. By 1956 he was working in the Costs Research Department, working on cost controls and project management.

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