Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

Throughout his career he published various papers and was sole or
joint inventor of 12 patents in South Africa, Britain and the USA. In
retirement Leonard continued to pursue his interests, conducting research
into elastomeric friction occurring in flat drive belts. He died on 25
November 1998.
GEORGE ALLAN STRICKLAND BARTLEY (1930) was an engineer and
member of the St Moritz Tobogganing Club, enjoying numerous descents of
the infamous Cresta Run.
George was born in Johannesburg on 8 February 1910 and was educated at
Winchester. At King’s he read Engineering and represented the College at
rugby, lawn tennis and squash. After graduating he joined CA Parsons & Co
Ltd, manufacturers of electricity generators, based in Newcastle. In April 1938
George married Nancy Burgess.
Throughout the war years George served with the Royal Engineers, initially
with the British Expeditionary Force in France and later with the 8th Army
in North Africa. He finished his war as a Major at Armed Forces
Headquarters.After demobilisation George returned to CA Parsons where he
stayed until retirement, ultimately being London Manager and Chief
Executive. He also served as London Chairman of the Cambridge University
Engineers Association.
George was on the committee of the St MoritzTobogganing Club for six years
and during that time took part in all major races on the Cresta Run from the
top of the course. He was proud to record that he did not come last, and
achieved his best time of 60.4 seconds at the age of 50. He also rode on his
80th birthday. Sailing and golf were other favourite pursuits, and he was also
a life member of the MCC.
Following retirement George and Nancy moved to Devon and later celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary with old friends from Cambridge days.
George died in December 2002.
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