Walter Gordon Wilson

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Major Walter Gordon Wilson (1874-1957) was an engineer and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service. He was credited by the 1919 Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors as the co-inventor of the tank, along with Sir William Tritton.[1]

In 1928 he invented the Preselector gearbox.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bovington Tank Museum
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