Little Court (Barnes Wallis’s Home)
Sir Barnes Willis lived here for 49 years. During World War II, Wallis conducted early experiments for the bouncing bomb in his garden, using a family washtub and his children's marbles to test the bomb’s skipping motion.
Willis is buried in St. Laurence Churchyard, Effingham.
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- Commonwealth War Graves St. Laurence Churchyard - Effingham
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