Standard Triumph Works Directory
Documenting Employees of the Standard and Triumph Works
We have hit 750 names – a fantastic number, many with stories and comments too we are still sorting through, we love to read them all! We have had all different departments mentioned, with workers named being ‘spotted’ by others who remember them!
This week we were featured in the Coventry Evening Telegraph and mid-week we were on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio. There are promotional things in the pipeline too so watch this space!
Continue reading “Update: 750 Names”
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Please Note: We do not add new photos to the Photo Gallery, they are just a few examples of what the archive holds. With each photo we like to add the detail so the best place for the latest photos is in the latest Posts/news. Thank you.
The most decorated private soldier in World War One and Police Sargeant at Standard Triumph. Continue reading “Henry Tandey VC, DCM, MM”
On 17 October 1940, Second Lieutenant Sandy Campbell and his team of the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Company were called upon to deal with an unusually large and unexploded bomb that had fallen at the Triumph Engineering Company’s works in Canley.
Here’s a little teaser for you (and us) with a couple of photos depicting testing of a Triumph GT6. Continue reading “GT6 Test”
HUBERT LAWRENCE, a chargehand in the Toolroom, Radford factory, retired recently after 51 years and 10 months with the Company. This is one of our longest service records. Hubert started as an indentured machinist and fitter in 1919. Continue reading “Hubert Lawrence”