John Brunton (manufacturer)

The War Office was impressed but effectively stole his idea, patenting it as "RAF Wire".

After the war the decline in need for wire brought diversification, with the company branching into spark plugs and cinema projectors.

His name is written on the reverse of the large red granite monument and is only visible from the northern cemetery.

His company still exists in the form of Brunton Aero Products on Inveresk Road in Musselburgh, and continues to supply specialist wires for aircraft use.

The latter left the family fortune of £700,000 to the town of Musselburgh, with which the Brunton Theatre was built.