Bayntun's Family the HIPPISLEYs were lords of the manor of Ston Easton, Somerset for nearly 400 years.
He served in the North Somerset Yeomandry until 1913. Bayntun was interested in wireless telegraphy and whilst on the Lizard peninsular picked up messages from the sinking Titanic. During WW1 he joined Naval Intelligence and worked out a way to listen to the German U-Boats. He also was able to work out when the Zeppelins were being launched. He and a colleague E R Clarke discovered they could pinpoint the German Fleet and the Admiralty were persuaded to establish a listening post in North Norfolk. A direct result of that was the victory at Jutland.
Lt.-Col. KETTLEWELL described Bayntun as "an almost unique personality" who "inherited a remarkable mechanical and scientific gift, which put him in the forefront, if not ahead, of most of his contemporaries". KETTLEWELL recalled meeting an admiral who remarked that Bayntun "was one of the men who really won the war".
He served in the North Somerset Yeomandry until 1913. Bayntun was interested in wireless telegraphy and whilst on the Lizard peninsular picked up messages from the sinking Titanic. During WW1 he joined Naval Intelligence and worked out a way to listen to the German U-Boats. He also was able to work out when the Zeppelins were being launched. He and a colleague E R Clarke discovered they could pinpoint the German Fleet and the Admiralty were persuaded to establish a listening post in North Norfolk. A direct result of that was the victory at Jutland.
Lt.-Col. KETTLEWELL described Bayntun as "an almost unique personality" who "inherited a remarkable mechanical and scientific gift, which put him in the forefront, if not ahead, of most of his contemporaries". KETTLEWELL recalled meeting an admiral who remarked that Bayntun "was one of the men who really won the war".
Bayntun's Family the HIPPISLEYs were lords of the manor of Ston Easton, Somerset for nearly 400 years.
He served in the North Somerset Yeomandry until 1913. Bayntun was interested in wireless telegraphy and whilst on the Lizard peninsular picked up messages from the sinking Titanic. During WW1 he joined Naval Intelligence and worked out a way to listen to the German U-Boats. He also was able to work out when the Zeppelins were being launched. He and a colleague E R Clarke discovered they could pinpoint the German Fleet and the Admiralty were persuaded to establish a listening post in North Norfolk. A direct result of that was the victory at Jutland.
Lt.-Col. KETTLEWELL described Bayntun as "an almost unique personality" who "inherited a remarkable mechanical and scientific gift, which put him in the forefront, if not ahead, of most of his contemporaries". KETTLEWELL recalled meeting an admiral who remarked that Bayntun "was one of the men who really won the war".
He served in the North Somerset Yeomandry until 1913. Bayntun was interested in wireless telegraphy and whilst on the Lizard peninsular picked up messages from the sinking Titanic. During WW1 he joined Naval Intelligence and worked out a way to listen to the German U-Boats. He also was able to work out when the Zeppelins were being launched. He and a colleague E R Clarke discovered they could pinpoint the German Fleet and the Admiralty were persuaded to establish a listening post in North Norfolk. A direct result of that was the victory at Jutland.
Lt.-Col. KETTLEWELL described Bayntun as "an almost unique personality" who "inherited a remarkable mechanical and scientific gift, which put him in the forefront, if not ahead, of most of his contemporaries". KETTLEWELL recalled meeting an admiral who remarked that Bayntun "was one of the men who really won the war".
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