British Interplanetary Society
From The Space Library
Founded in October 1934 by Philip Ellaby Cleator at his home in Liverpool England.
Members of the BIS outside the home of Ralph Smith in July 1938. From left to right. H. E. Ross, J.H.Edwards, E. Burgess, H.E. Turner, R.A. Smith, R.C. Truax (visiting from America), M.K. Hanson and A.C. Clarke.