The 80s were a terrible decade for the technological wizards of Great Britain.

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The 80s were a terrible decade for the technological wizards of Great Britain. Before I list chronologically the most unfortunate reasons why so many of them are no longer living, let me acknowledge my principle source Mark J. Harper at this link: 

 

http://www.rense.com/general66/deadmicro.htm

 which Mr. Harper sourced from a list compiled by Raymond A. Robinson in 'The Alien Intent' (A Dire Warning). I surmise by the title of Mr. Robinson’s original compilation that he suspected some other-worldly assassins of doing these beastly things to these brilliant scientists. We can reject that conclusion, but the dead were real and mostly died horribly. Professor Keith Bowden  was a computer programmer and scientist at Essex University. He teched on super computers and computer-controlled aircraft.RIP:  March 1982 when he lost control of his car and plunged to his death onto an abandoned railway line. He was 49. 

Rodger Hill worked for Marconi as a radar designer.

RIP:  March 1985 when he killed himself with a shotgun at his home. He was 49.

 

Jonathan Wash worked at GEC and British Telecom in digital communications.

RIP:  November 1985 when he fell from a hotel room in Abidjan, West Africa.  He was 29.

 

Vimal Dajibhai worked for Marconi as a computer software engineer and tested computer control systems of Tigerfish and Stingray torpedoes.

RIP:  August 1986 when he fell 240 feet from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. He was 24.

 

Arshad Sharif worked on systems for satellite detection of submarines. He had also worked at British Aerospace on guided weapons technology.

RIP:  October 1986, in Bristol,  when he tied one end of a rope to a tree, the other around his neck, jammed down the accelerator of his car and drove off. He was 26.

 

Richard Pugh for the British Ministery of Defense as a computer consultant and expert in digital communications expert.

RIP:  January 1987 from an accident in his home, his feet bound and a plastic bag over his head. The rope tied around his body was wrapped around his neck four times. He was 37.

 

Dr. John Brittan was a scientist once employed in top secret work for the Royal College of Military Science at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, then moved to the research department of the British Ministery of Defense

RIP:  January 1987 in his garage of carbon monoxide. He was 52.

 

David Skeels was an engineer with Marconi.

RIP:  February 1987 in his car, a hose connected to the exhaust. He was 43.

 

Peter Peapell was a scientist at the Royal College of Military Science, testing titanium for resistance to explosives.

RIP:  February 1987 in his garage, on his back, his mouth directed toward the exhaust pipe; the engine running. He was 46.

 

David Sands was a senior scientist employed by a sister company of Marconi, Easams of Camberley, Surrey, England.

RIP:  March 1987 when he made a U-turn on a divided highway and crashed full speed into a vacant cafeteria. He was 37.

 

George Kountis was a Systems Analyst at Bristol Polytechnic.

RIP;  April 1987,  he drowned in his upturned car in the Mersey River. No age available.

 

Shani Warren was not a techie, but worked as a personal assistant at tech employer Micro Scope, which, shortly after her death, was absorbed by GEC Marconi.

RIP:  April 1987 from drowning in 18 inches of water in Lake Taplow, gagged, feet tied with rope and hands tied behind her back with spark plug cables and a noose around her neck. The local coroner concluded she had gagged herself, tied her own hands behind her back with the cables, tied her own feet and hopped to the lake on stiletto heels in willful suicide. She was 26.

 

Mark Wisner was a Software Engineer at the British  Ministery of Defense.

RIP:  April 1987 by suffocation due to several feet of plastic wrap around his face and  a plastic sack over her head. He was 24.

 Michael Baker was a digital communications expert employed on a defense project at the Plessey Company, a British-based international electronics, defence and telecommunications company.

RIP:  May 1987 when he crashed his car through a barrier in Dorset. He was 22.

 

Russell Smith was a laboratory technician employed by the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire.

RIP:  January 1988 when he fell off a cliff at Boscastle in Cornwall. He was 23.

 

Trevor Knight was a computer engineer with Marconi Space and Defense Systems.

RIP:  March 1988 at his home and in his car, a hose connected to the exhaust. He was 52.

 

Alistair Beckham was a software engineer with Plessey.

RIP: August 1988 in his garden shed, wires connected to his body; electrocuted. He was 50.

 

Peter Ferry, Assistant Marketing Director for Marconi.

RIP:  August 1988 at home, wires in his mouth; electrocuted. He was 60.

 

Andrew Hall was an Engineering Manager employed by British Aerospace.

RIP:  September 1988 in a car, a hose connected to the exhaust. He was 33.

  So, what is to be made of all of this?  Perhaps nothing. Perhaps everything.

Authors Bio:
Retired, Robert Arend was president of an AFSCME local from 1997-2007.