Mark Scott Duncan Day died on 22nd March, 1953, at the age of 66.
He was educated at King’s School, Worcester, and attended the School of Metalliferous Mining (Cornwall) from 1906 to 1909 obtaining the first class certificate of the school.
In August, 1909, he went to Malaya as mining assistant at Pengkalen Ltd., Perak, under the general managership of Messrs. Osborne and Chappel, and in the following year was promoted to mine manager of the property. In 1912 he was appointed chief mining assistant to Messrs. Osborne and Chappel, and held that position until May, 1915, when he returned to England to enlist, having previously served with the Malay States Volunteer Rifles for two years.
From 1915 to 1918 he served continuously in France with Field Companies of the Royal Engineers, retiring in 1919 with the rank of major. He was twice mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Military Cross.
In 1920 Major Day went to Canada and for the next four years held various mining and civil engineering appointments in British Columbia, including the construction of a hydro-electric plant. He returned to England in 1924, being engaged for two years in civil engineering, and having charge of a section on the Ministry of Transport’s Inter Valley Scheme in South Wales.
From 1926 until early in 1940 he held the position of general manager of Anglo-Burma Tin Co., Ltd., operating in Lower Burma, and on his retirement from the East in April, 1940, returned to London to continue work for that company in the capacity of consulting engineer. He was also a director of Anglo-French Exploration Co., Ltd., and a member of the London Committee of High Speed Steel Alloys Mining Co., Ltd., Kanbauk Mines, Ltd., and Rooiburg Minerals Development Co., Ltd.
Major Day was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1914 and was transferred to Membership in 1920.
Vol. 62, Trans IMM 1952-53, p.503
