Stewart Blacker

Stewart Blacker

1887-10-01
76 (1964-04-19)
Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK

Lieutenant-Colonel Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker (1 October 1887 – 19 April 1964) was a British Army officer and inventor of weapons; he invented the Blacker Bombard, from which was developed the Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot-mortar – and laid the basis of the PIAT anti-tank weapon.

Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK

Lieutenant-Colonel Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker (1 October 1887 – 19 April 1964) was a British Army officer and inventor of weapons; he invented the Blacker Bombard, from which was developed the Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot-mortar – and laid the basis of the PIAT anti-tank weapon.