Arnold Frank Radcliffe died on 9th July, 1959, at the age of 63.
Mr. Radcliffe was born in Australia. He began his professional training at the Royal School of Mines in 1913, but interrupted his studies in the following year to join the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force). He was commissioned and served as lieutenant until the end of the war. On demobilization in 1919 he returned to complete his studies at the Royal School of Mines and obtained a first class Associateship of the School in 1921 and a honours D.Sc. degree in Mining. Later that year he took up employment with Société des Mines de l’Esterel at Mines de Boson, Var, France, as surveyor and general assistant.
Mr. Radcliffe went to Nigeria, in 1924 and worked for two years as engineer-in-charge at Batura Monguna Tin, Ltd., being employed in a similar capacity from 1926 to 1929 in Ruanda (Belge) with East African Trust, Ltd., and in Uganda for Ankole Tinfields, Ltd., and Tanganyika Goldfields, Ltd. After prospecting in Tanganyika for Société Industrielle et Minière du Congo Oriental during 1929-1930, Mr. Radcliffe worked on the Gold Coast, being mining engineer with the Exploration Co., Ltd., from 1933 to 1934.
He left Africa for Italy on his appointment as assistant general superintendent of Societa Anonima Miniere Cave de Predil. He returned to England in 1938 and at the outbreak of war was briefly engaged as a priority officer in the Directorate of Mining Supplies before returning to the Army in 1940, in which he served as Lieutenant, R.E., until the end of the war.
In 1946 Mr. Radcliffe was appointed editor of Mine and Quarry Engineering, a post which he held until 1950. He joined the staff of Rhodesian Selection Trust, Ltd., and though he retired two years later he continued engineering designing and consulting work.
Mr. Radcliffe was President of the Royal School of Mines Association in 1958-59. He joined the Institution as a Student in 1914, and became an Associate Member in 1923.
Vol. 69, Trans I.M.M., 1959-60, p.572
