People can look this up, but it may be of interest to repeat it here.
Ben (Reuben) Drinkwater.
Finished twice in the TT. 3rd in the 1947 Lightweight TT on an Excelsior and 4th in the 1948 Lightweight on a Moto Guzzi.
Also he had three finishes at the Manx, the best being 2nd in the 1946 Lightweight on Excelsior. He first raced at the Manx in 1937.
He was second in the Lightweight at the North West 200 in 1947.Retired with engine trouble in 1949 when running second.
He was 39 when he died and we can only ponder what his career may have been if it had not been interrupted by the war.