Charles Ralph Pinder died at his residence, Winchfield Lodge, Winchfield, Hampshire, on May 23rd, 1943, at the age of 76.
He was trained at the Royal College of Science and Royal School of Mines, London, where he was a Whitworth Exhibitioner. On completing his training he left England for Johannesburg in 1889, and for two years was an assistant manager to Messrs. E.W. Tarry & Co., mechanical and mining engineers. From 1891 to 1893 he was construction engineer to the New Rietfontein Gold Mining Co., and for the three years following was engaged in tribute work at the properties of the Banket and the New Afrikander Gold Mining Companies. In 1897 he set up in practice as a consulting engineer with headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, and from 1905 to 1913 was mining engineer with Messrs. Farrar Bros., of London and South Africa.
During the 1914-18 war he was head constructional manager for high explosives factories in the Department of Explosives Supply, and was awarded the C.B.E. for his services. He resumed his consulting practice in London in 1919. Despite a strained heart he was head A.R.P. Warden in his own parish during the present war.
Mr. Pinder was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1898 and was transferred to Membership in 1903. He was also a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Vol. 53, Trans I.M.M., 1943-4, p.436
