William Ewart Blizard

William Ewart Blizard (1889-1956)

1907 Admitted as Student of the Institution of Civil Engineers on the recommendation of Sir James Lemon

1935 President of the Institute of Sanitary Engineers

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1956 Obituary

WILLIAM EWART BLIZARD, B.Sc.(Eng.), who was born on 9 June, 1889, died on 15 January, 1956.

He was educated at King’s College School, Wimbledon, and at the University of Southampton.

He commenced his professional career with Messrs Lemon and Blizard, Consulting Engineers, of Westminster.

In 1912 he entered the Indian Service of Engineers, and was employed on the design and construction of the Gangao Dam, the Mirzapore Canal Project, and on the Sarda Canal Project as Executive Engineer, and other large irrigation works.

During the 1914-18 war he held a commission in the Indian Army and served with a field company of the Queen’s Own Sappers and Miners in Iraq and Persia.

In 1920 he returned to the Indian Service of Engineers and was engaged on the design and construction of bridges, canals, and barrages.

For a number of years, until the time of his death, he was a senior Partner in the firm of Messrs Lemon and Blizard, and as Consulting Engineer was responsible for the design and construction of many works of water supply and sewage disposal for Local Authorities in the United Kingdom.

He served in the Engineering and Railway Staff Corps, Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) and at the time of his death he held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

During the 1939-45 war he worked with the Ministry of Health as Regional Engineer in the South-West Region and became Deputy Chief Engineer, Ministry of Home Security. He was elected an Associate Member in 1916, and was transferred to the class of Members in 1929. He was also a Member of the Institution of Water Engineers, a Past-President of the Institution of Sanitary Engineers, a Member of the Royal Sanitary Institute, and a Member of the Association of Consulting Engineers. He is survived by two daughters.

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