of his work at the BRS. He was recognised by the government for his important work and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1944 New Year Honours, a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1953 New Year Honours, and was knighted in the 1960 New Year Honours. He was awarded the Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal in 1962 and was a fellow of that institution. He received the Viva Shield and gold medal of the Worshipful Company of Carmen in 1965. He was an honorary member of the Institutions of Municipal Engineers, Highway Engineers and Royal Engineers, and of the Concrete Society. He was a fellow and governor of Queen Mary College, London, and almoner, governor of Christ's Hospital, Horsham and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1958. In all he published 115 articles, papers and books. He received the Ewing Gold Medal of the ICE for his research work. In 1966 he was appointed an honorary member of the American Concrete Institute. On 11 June 1976 he became a founding fellow of the Fellowship of Engineering. Personal life Glanville married Millient Carr on 20 June 1930 by whom he had a daughter and a son. The latter would follow in his father's footsteps and become a civil engineer, his daughter worked for a London publishing house. Millicent accompanied Glanville to meetings and conferences and the couple travelled widely. He lived in Northwood, Middlesex by 1957. In his six years of retirement Glanville helped his son's engineering consultancy practices (Glanville & Associates and STATS) by acting as a consultant. Glanville was chairman of Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council for 1954–55. A memorial service was held for Glanville at St Margaret's Church, Westminster on 2 November 1976. Sit William Harris, a former director at the Ministry of Transport, said "Although he spent the whole of his career in scientific research, Bill Glanville - as he was known to many of us - was one of the great engineers of his era and it was as a research engineer, rather than a scientist, that he saw himself". In popular culture Glanville was played by Colin Tapley in The Dam Busters (1955), the film depiction of Operation Chastise, he was credited as "Dr W. H. Glanville". However the portrayal is somewhat misleading in that it depicts