Mr. Bryan William McCarthy (AMIFPO, TMIFS)
13th November 1937 to 18th April 1999
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Born
and raised in
Hull, Yorkshire Bryan spent his childhood fishing, playing
football and idolising Raich Carter. He played
in the championship winning Hull City Youth Football Club.
He left home at 15 and enrolled at an
agricultural college, graduated in 1957 gaining a Victor
Delorum. Bryan promptly enlisted
in the R.A.F. serving his country for 12 years mainly as a
Fireman and then as a supply technician during many areas of
conflict.
In 1960 he was seconded to NATO. In 1968 he
received an AOC's Commendation and was mentioned in the Queen's
Honours List.
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Bryan during his days in the RAF
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..and tonight Matthew, I'm going to be
.........................................DES LYNAM!! |
He continued to excel in sporting activities
during his time in the R.A.F. becoming the Battalion boxing champion, a track and field athlete,
keen footballer and a class 3 football referee.
After leaving the
R.A.F he got a job at Associated Dairies - Leeds. He was sent to
Accrington for a year.
He left in 1972
and formed his own company, at which time he also founded the
Accrington Boxing Club.
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From 1976-1980
Bryan designed and installed
contracts up to £157K. In 1978 he invented and manufactured the
stand alone fire alarm.
In
the early 1980's Bryan
was approached by the MoD to design a robust Weatherproof
Fire Alarm. Both these products have been used and
installed throughout the world, the 'Master' was used
by British Forces in the Falklands and Gulf Wars and also in the
Arctic and Bosnia.
In the 1990's
Bryan designed, patented and manufactured the ID
Addressable Fire Alarm, a revolutionary product design for the
smaller premises which allowed installers to utilize existing cable.
He
also gave free consultancies in his specialised field, often fighting on
behalf of a customer against petty bureaucrats.
He
was a diabetic for 20 years, but kept himself fit by weight training and
jogging, he suffered a blood clot to the heart whilst running the line
during a youth football match, he was admitted to Blackburn Royal
Infirmary but unexpectedly died from an infection on 18th April.
Once met, never forgotten, Bryan was a loving husband,
father, grand-father, brother to millions and our best mate - RIP
Fonzie!.
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