Dudley James Inskipp died by falling overboard from a steamer on his voyage home from the Channel Islands, on March 28th, 1932, at the age of 54.
He received his technical training at the Camborne School of Mines, and on completion of his course went to Rhodesia, where for eight years he was engaged in various capacities on a group of mines as assistant engineer under Mr. J.A. Chalmers of the British South Africa Co.
In 1910 he entered into partnership with Mr. J.A. Bevan, as consulting mining engineer, his office being at Bulawayo. After the outbreak of war he was appointed successively assistant manager and general manager of the Mawchi wolfram mines in Burma, under the control of the Ministry of Munitions. He subsequently returned to Rhodesia, with trips to Kenya and Tanganyika, and was for a time Acting Government Inspector of Mines to the Southern Rhodesian Government. In 1926 he went to the Transvaal and Spain to report on asbestos properties for Bell’s Asbestos Co.
In 1929 the partnership terminated owing to the ill health of Mr. Bevan which meant his retirement from active mining work for several years, and Mr. Inskipp continued to practice as consultant independently.
Mr. lnskipp was admitted to Studentship of the Institution in 1902, and was transferred to Associateship in 1907.
Vol. 42, Trans IMM 1932-33, pp.611-12
