Reginald Frank Krall died on October 13th, 1945, at the age of 72.
From 1890 to 1893 he obtained his technical training in civil and mechanical engineering at the Central Technical College, South Kensington, and was awarded the A.C.G.I. Diploma and a Works Premium Scholarship of £50. He entered the works of Messrs. W.H. Allen Sons & Co., Ltd., of Bedford, where he remained for about fifteen months acquiring a practical knowledge of engineering, and for the next three years was engaged as a designer in the drawing office of Messrs. Stothert & Pitt, of Bath.
In 1897 he was appointed chief engineer of the Cyanide Plant Supply Co., Ltd., London, and his work covered the designing and supervision of plant for cyanide treatment and also for crushing and concentrating. He was also commercial manager of the company, and his connection with them lasted until 1909, when he set up in business as consulting engineer and contractor in metallurgical plants and general engineering.
Mr. Krall gave up the business to enlist in the Army in 1914, and served for over four years in France, Egypt and Salonika, and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant in the R.A.M.C. (T.). He held the position in 1919 of Director of Auctions (Machinery) at the Ministry of Munitions, and on demobilization took up the appointment of chief designer, buyer and business representative for Minerals Separation, Ltd. In 1923 he joined the staff of Woodall-Buckham Vertical Retort and Oven Construction (1920), Ltd., as a mechanical engineer, and until his death held a senior position in the design department of that company, having particular relation to the design of coke ovens and by-product recovery plant. He spent some of this time abroad, especially in the U.S.A., studying American design and practice.
He was elected to Studentship of the Institution in 1899 and to Membership in 1906. He was an Associate Member of the Institution Civil Engineers and a former Vice-Chairman of the Junior Institution of Engineers.
Vol. 55, Trans IMM 1945-6, pp.571-2
