Engelbach, Charles Richard Fox (1876–1943), motor engineer, was born on 20 May 1876 in Kensington, London, son of Lewis William Engelbach, a clerk in the War Office, and his wife, Jessie Bryan. He left Sandringham School at Southport, Lancashire, when he was sixteen and was apprenticed at the great armaments manufacturer ...
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Engelbach, Charles Richard Fox (1876–1943), motor engineer
Martin Adeney
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Lord, Leonard Percy [Len], Baron Lambury (1896–1967), engineer and motor vehicle manufacturer
Gillian Bardsley
Lord, Leonard Percy [Len], Baron Lambury (1896–1967), engineer and motor vehicle manufacturer, was born at the Public Baths, Priory Street, Coventry, on 15 November 1896, the youngest of the two children of William Lord (1867–1911) and his wife, Emma, née Swain (1863–1938). His father originally followed the trade of carpenter but at the time of ...
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Leonard Percy Lord, Baron Lambury (1896–1967) by Maurice Frederick Codner, 1951 © The Maurice Codner Estate; British Motor Industry Heritage Trust
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Railton, Reid Antony (1895–1977), motor engineer
Gillian Bardsley
Railton, Reid Antony (1895–1977), motor engineer, was born on 24 June 1895 at Cherry Tree House, Alderley Edge, in the Cheshire stockbroker belt, the son of Charles Withington Railton (1856–1937), stock and share broker, whose family had followed that profession for several generations, and his wife, ...
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Shaw, Henry Selby Hele- (1854–1941), mechanical and automobile engineer
D. G. Christopherson
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Shaw, Henry Selby Hele- (1854–1941), mechanical and automobile engineer, was born at Billericay, Essex, on 29 July 1854, the eldest of the thirteen children of Henry Shaw, a solicitor, and his wife, Marion, daughter of Henry Selby Hele, vicar of Grays, Essex. He was the first in his family to manifest a scientific and inventive genius, though his younger brother, ...
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Turner, Edward (1901–1973), motorcycle designer and manufacturer
Barbara M. D. Smith
Turner, Edward (1901–1973), motorcycle designer and manufacturer, was born on 24 January 1901 at 32 Bronti Place, Walworth, Surrey, one of seven surviving children of William Turner, mechanical engineer, and his wife, Fanny, née Hillman. Edward Turner gained an early familiarity with metal working and tool making in his father's light engineering works. After some time at the ...
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Williams, Thomas Eifion Hopkins (1923–2001), civil and transport engineer
Peter Baldwin
Williams, Thomas Eifion Hopkins (1923–2001), civil and transport engineer, was born on 14 June 1923 at Castle House, Lower Cwmtwrch, near Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire, the second son and fourth child of David Garfield Williams, a miner, and his wife, Annie Mary, née Hopkins. Educated at ...
