Harry Charles Lamacraft (1911 – 3 May 1943) was an English motorcycle racer, most noted for successful exploits at the Brooklands racetrack and at the Isle of Man TT in the 1930s.
This machine was sold to David Vincent, who won his Gold Star at Brooklands for lapping at 100 mph during a race with Lamacraft's former motorcycle.
Period photographs show that he experimented with supercharging on his mkV Velocette, presumably for racing at Brooklands.
Lamacraft joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served as a flight sergeant navigator, flying a Lockheed Ventura bomber.
[3] The personal (family) inscription on his gravestone reads: "A BODY OF ENGLAND'S BREATHING ENGLISH AIR, ... BLEST BY SUNS OF HOME".