British Interplanetary Society
From The Space Library
Founded in October 1934 by Phillip Ellerby 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, Eric Burgess, Harold E. Turner, R.A. Smith, Robert C. Truax (visiting from America), M.K. Hanson and A.C. Clarke.