Malcolm Whittaker has sent this photo, taken in the Engineering Development Department. It was Brian Anderson’s leaving do, circa 1978*.
Continue reading “Engineering Development Department – Updated”
Henry Tandey VC, DCM, MM
The most decorated private soldier in World War One and Police Sargeant at Standard Triumph. Continue reading “Henry Tandey VC, DCM, MM”
Bomb Disposal, 1940 – Update
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.
GT6 Test
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
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”
Charles Friswell – Managing Director
Sir Charles Ernest Hain Friswell (1871–1926), Managing Director of the Standard Motor Co and Friswells. Continue reading “Charles Friswell – Managing Director”