ATTENTION!
If you have a few hours a week to spare and especially if you
have some experience in fundraising activities, we would like
to invite you aboard and would greatly appreciate your involvement
with our projects, which are both really hotting up right now!
Please contact Paul Heald
A.S.A.P, if you think you can help.
It would be helpful if you also had some knowledge of watersports
etc, but that's not essential as, basically we just need your
fundraising skills!
(Any expenses will
be covered) |
JOHNO
JOHNSON
Johno
is the namesake of our Diving Foundation - he was with the Royal
Navy 9 years, as leading seaman clearance diver, bomb and mine disposal.
He performed extensive work providing deep diving decompression
profiles and testing different experimental diving gases and equipment.
He also had one year North Sea deep commercial diving for Comex
UK.
Sadly, Johno died in 1974 from leukaemia and was buried with full
naval honours.
Read more information about Johno and the planting of the seed for
the Foundation, on the History & Introduction
section.
PAUL
W HEALD
Paul was with the Royal Navy eleven years, he was leading seaman
clearance diver, bomb and mine disposal, explosive technician,
he performed extensive work proving deep diving decompression
profiles and testing different experimental diving gases and
equipment, Paul's had twenty six years working globally in oil
fields, civil engineering salvage projects.
Paul worked with Johno Johnson for several years to form a close
and professional friendship.
Paul is Chief Diver and trustee to the Foundation.
<E-mail Paul> |
Sump
sample for analysing at Sheffield University
(Paul at far left of picture) |
ROSS
HEALD
Communications Officer to the Foundation.
<Email Ross>
CHRISTOPHER
HORTON
Chief Engineer to the Foundation.
DAVID
JOHN GILLARD - Honourary Life Member
David had 9 years in the Royal Navy - Naval Air Mechanic (airframes
/ engines).
He worked mainly on Sea vixen, Buccaneer and Wessex aircraft. During
his last 3 years service he trained as a Clearance Diver. His work
covered mine clearance and countermeasures, marine salvage, ship
attack and beach clearance. He was also part of the deep diving
team aboard the diving trials ship H.M.S. Reclaim.
He then became a commercial diver, mainly in the North sea, on various
sites including Exploration drilling rigs, Pipe lay barges, Construction
barges, and he spent time on diver training.
He was a diving superintendent by the time he left the diving industry
in 1980, having worked as a diver, assistant supervisor, supervisor
and superintendent. As a superintendent he supervised groups of
up to 25 people of different trades during the installation &
diving of saturation systems on site. This work gave him valuable
practical experience in closed circuit television, pneumatics, plumbing
/ pipework, and electrics.
12 years later, after being involved in the car maintenance business
among other professions, David qualified as a Department of Transport
Approved Driving Instructor , and is operating in partnership with
his wife who is also a D.o.T. A.D.I.
Contact David via:
Telephone: (01582) 454738
or
e-mail: dave.gillard@luton.ac.uk
ANTHONY
BOWIE
Electrics & Electronics Engineer to the Foundation.
DAVID
BLUNKETT
Honorary President to the foundation, Member of Parliament for Sheffield
Brightside. Secretary of state for Education and Employment.
JOHN
FAULKNER
BSc HON MICE MIDE Ceng MIExpE, Chairman and trustee to the foundation.
Qualified Scuba diving instructor.
REGINALD
ELSON
FRCS (surgeon) Northern General Hospital. Chief Medical officer
to the foundation. Diving Referee for South Yorkshire, Qualified
scuba diver.
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COMMANDER
DAVID HILTON
Superintendent of Diving. Royal Navy.
Honorary life member to the foundation. |
FRANCIS
BRAIN STEPHENSON
Justice of the peace. Honorary life member to the foundation.
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