opics: Britsh Rail Hovercaft Ltd; education; early career; joining British Rail Hovercraft Ltd (BRHL); early hovercraft development; British Rail (BR) involvement with hovercraft; choice of Solent for first BRHL service; SRN and SRN6 hovercraft; recruitment for marine and engineering expertise; extension of first service on Solent, new routes;new craft; first Hover Marine sidewall craft HM2; effect on other Solent services; incidents relating to introduction of hovercraft on the Solent; choice of Dover harbour and Boulogne Le Portel as terminals for cross-Channel Service; inaugural crossing of SRN4, 1968; operating problems with SRN4; involvement with French; hovercraft safety record 1962-1969; views on hovercraft concept; d.o.b. 1927-02-06, railway work 1962-1969, Southampton; Isle of Wight; Dover; Boulogne. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.