Elementary Radiesthesia Archdale-2

Lt.-Col. Fulbert Audley Archdale was born August 8th, 1890, the son of the late Major M. E. Archdale of the Gloucestershire Regt.

After a short time at Malvern College he went to H.M.S. Worcester at Greenhithe. He served before the mast as an apprentice on the three-masted barque Inverlyon, travelling three times round the world carrying coal and general cargoes.

He served in Survey ships on the coasts of Africa and India, and finally joined the Hoogli Pilot Service in Calcutta.

In 1914 he joined the 130th Baluchis and was on active service in German East Africa and Palestine. He was demobilised in 1918 in Karachi and there joined a firm of Exchange brokers. He also commanded the Karachi Corps Auxiliary Force for several years.

In 1938 as a member of the Reserve of Officers he rejoined the Army in England and worked in the Department for Passive Air Defence, and then in Movement Control. In 1943 he joined the Royal Pioneer Corps with whom he was on active service in Sicily and Italy. He was awarded the M.B.E. (Milty.). He was demobilised in 1945.