 Complete the following phrase:  The commanding officer of The Electrical Engineers was Rookes Crompton 18451940, the electrical pioneer and founder of Crompton  Co, one of the first large-scale manufacturers of electrical equipment. In earlier life he had been an infantry officer in the Rifle Brigade and the 57th Foot before going onto the Reserve List in 1880, but had spent much of his service in India designing military steam wagons. Early in the Second Boer War, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell improvised searchlights to deter night attacks during the 