Former Borden boy gets gong
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by Nicola Forman
A FORMER Borden Grammar School pupil has been made an OBE in the
Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Brian Shrubsall originally from Borden is a senior scientist in
the Physical Sciences department at the Defence Science and
Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down near Salisbury.
The 61-year-old is part of the team that develops and designs
armour for military vehicles.
He is an international vehicle armour specialist, and has played
a major role in the definition or the armour systems for most of
the UK’s heavy armoured vehicle.
These include Challenger 2, the main British army battle tank,
and Warrior the infantry fighting vehicle, prior to their
deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, making them safer for service
personnel with improved armour protection.
Mr Shrubsall says of his award: “I am highly honoured and
flattered to have received this award. It is a source of great
satisfaction to know that I’ve been able to contribute to the
safety of our armoured forces.”
He says he’s always had an interest in military matters, even as
a teenager, and after reading pure and applied maths at Hull
University he started working for the Ministry of Defence in
1969.
Firstly at the British tank research centre on Chobham Common
where he was based for 32 years. Brian continued his work on armour
design at Dstl when it was formed in 2001.
He added: “I have been in a very privileged position and am very
proud to have had the opportunity to contribute to design and
research of heavy vehicle armour.
“There have been very significant developments in this field
over the years and the changing challenges make the work so
interesting to me."
Wednesday, June 17 2009
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