Tony B Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I seem to be becoming a repository for old family pictures. These are of a friends Grandmother , who is still alive, so what are the vehicles and is the coat of arms that of Dover? Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 And the second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 That looks more like the old London County Council emblem to me. I think our man Tim will do the honours with the older snap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Thats what I hope. I would guess Renault or De Dion. I'm going to try and trace the uniform etc to see I'll also send it to FANY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I seem to be becoming a repository for old family pictures. These are of a friends Grandmother , who is still alive, so what are the vehicles and is the coat of arms that of Dover? Thanks all. Tony, This first one looks like a Siddeley-Deasy heavy ambulance. About 500 of these served in WW1. The crest on the ambulance in second pic is definitely London County Council. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Thanks, she must have been some lady. I'm told she was 2 weeks short of 102 when she died. I've never heard of Siddeley -Deeasy, another track to explore. Trouble doing this there are so many intresting sidelines its hard to stay on the main track. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Whoops. Just spotted this one. Yes you are quite right, Sidddeley-Deasy for certain. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Tim , any idea where I can find a bit more about the vehicles? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakman Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Just so happens I have a drawing-room clock keeping accurate time in the hallway, with a brass plaque saying it was presented to my grandfather by Siddeley Deasy on the occasion of his marriage in 1917. He later won a medal for his work there, designing and carving large wooden propellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 They were a sort of 'Genral technical engineers' then? A lot of firms seemed to be car/motorcycle and aircraft in the early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 They made aircraft engines as well as cars and in 1919, were taken over by Armstrong Whitworth, this is where the make of Armstrong Siddeley came in, their cars were built through to the Fifties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 It NEVER ceases to amaze me, the amount of knowledge held by forum members......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 See what mean ask a silly question, get deluged in the answer, thanks guys, never stop learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Just so happens I have a drawing-room clock keeping accurate time in the hallway, with a brass plaque saying it was presented to my grandfather by Siddeley Deasy on the occasion of his marriage in 1917. He later won a medal for his work there, designing and carving large wooden propellers. Wow, how cool is that! I dont know a great deal about them other than they made 500 ambulances in WW1, but I found an interesting website at http://www.siddeley.com/company.html which gives a lot more company history. I guess a general engineers would be a good term. Take Foster Daimler for example who would have been quite similar only bigger. During WW1 they made cars, ambulances, trucks, tanks, gun tractors, shells, aeroplane engines, rifles, and numerous other things. An interesting time to be in industry. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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