Anthony Bamford Anthony Bamford Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford, DL (born 23 October 1945) is a British businessman, chairman of JCB. He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managing director of JCB in 1975, at the age of 30. He was knighted in 1990 at the age of 45. His wealth was estimated at £3.1 billion as of April 2012. Bamford was educated at Ampleforth College, a boarding independent school near the village and civil parish of Ampleforth in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England (about north of York, and on the edge of the North York Moors
Cyril Martin (British Army officer) Cyril Martin (British Army officer) Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin, GC, MC (23 July 1897 – 29 November 1973) was a British Army officer who was awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in defusing a device while serving with the Corps of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Squad on 17/18 January 1943 in Battersea, London. He was born on the 23 July 1897 in Derby and served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in the First World War with whom he earned the Military Cross. He was re-commissioned on the 17 August 1940. From the beginning of the Blitz and