Dudley Maurice Newitt 1894 - 1980
Dudley Newitt, who died in 1980 aged 86, led a remarkable life, explored in three volumes which reproduce his unpublished Memoirs and make use of extensive additional material from his own archive and from published sources. Apart from his family life, this biography has details about
Dudley Newitt and the work of Station IX were the inspiration for ‘Q’ and his department which feature in the James Bond films.
The three volume biography is available to download below. It was written by his son Professor Malyn Newitt using the memoirs and extensive archives that he left. Each volume is available in pdf format.
- India and the Indian army in the early twentieth century
- The Mesopotamian campaign
- Allenby’s Palestine campaign in 1918
- The founding of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) at the beginning of the Second World War and the work of Station IX in the design of equipment for SOE operations – including miniature submarines, exploding devices, equipment for air drops, sabotage and camouflage
- The development of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, where he was Pro-Rector
- The famous Reina del Pacifico inquiry
- Advisory work for British Rail, the Coal Board, the Water Pollution Board, Thames Conservancy, the TU Congress, the Labour Party and the development of Chemical Engineering in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Japan, Pakistan and India
Dudley Newitt and the work of Station IX were the inspiration for ‘Q’ and his department which feature in the James Bond films.
The three volume biography is available to download below. It was written by his son Professor Malyn Newitt using the memoirs and extensive archives that he left. Each volume is available in pdf format.
Part 1: India, Mesopotania, Paestine
(1894 - 1919) 
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Part 2: Marriage, The Royal Society and SOE. The Making of 'Q'. (1919 -1945)
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Part 3: The Scientist in the Public Domain. Imperial College, The Roving Ambassador for Science and Retirement. (1945 - 1980)
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