James Templer (balloon aviator)
Colonel James Lethbridge Brooke Templer was an early British military pioneer of balloons. He was an officer in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and Royal Engineers. Templer set out a scientific foundation for British military ballooning. In particular, he worked out routines for balloon handling, how to use hydrogen in cylinders and methods for training observers.
James Templer (balloon aviator)
The Airship Nulli Secundus, 1907
Sir Charles Moore Watson (1844–1916) was a British Army officer, engineer and administrator. In later life he was known for his association with the Palestine Exploration Fund.
1887 photograph of Watson