Talk:William Howard Livens

Untitled
You have the wrong Livens. Frederick Howard Livens married Prissie Abbott in 1886. They had 2 daughters and a son, William Howard Livens. It was the son who at the age of 25 joined the Royal Engineers and invented the Livens Projector. FH Livens continued as Vice Chairman Ruston and Hornsby and Vice President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He was a distinguished engineer but did not serve in the Army in WW1, by when he would have been about 50 years old. My family descend directly from FH Livens and we hold family records for Uncle Will - Captain WH Livens, inventor of the Livens Projector. Dukest (talk) 10:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Dukest: The article has now been significantly improved and I hope any concerns you may have have been addressed. If you have any further information, I would be very pleased to hear from you and to share the information I have myself collected. Gaius Cornelius (talk) 14:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Is the Banks ref 1947 or 1946?
Shoud the following ref be 1946 ?

Ref: Banks, Sir Donald, Flame over Britain: A Personal Narrative of Petroleum Warfare, Sampson Low Marston, London 1946 Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 13:45, 12 April 2011 (UTC))


 * Yes, it should be 1946 - well spotted! There is a bit of a problem with that book in that it does not have the publication date printed in it. However, it is generally agreed to have been written in 1946. Gaius Cornelius (talk) 17:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

1911 census
Records that WHL was at the Drayton Court Hotel, West Ealing in London on the day of the Census. He recorded his occupation as medical student and his birthplace as Lincoln. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.64.239 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Source for September 15th 1915 letter?
In the World War I section, there appear to be several typos in the "Letter written by Livens' from the trenches September 15th 1915 To his sister Mary" (examples: "line)paid" instead of "line) paid", "address is .. Kentish Town" instead of "address is... Kentish Town", "will be ready soon _ I have spent" instead of "will be ready soon - I have spent").

In order to determine which typos were in the original (surely he didn't use an underscore where a dash should be!) I looked for a source and could not find one online. does anyone have a source for this letter? --Dalek Supreme X (talk) 14:11, 23 August 2015 (UTC)