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Old 03-10-07, 10:52
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.....right, Paul!

This list was taken from an original printed luist and I think I got it off Bill Purchase? There are so many companies not listed...I suppose they came under the "MS/" description.

HQ Southern Command I know was based at Beaver's Camp, Beavers Lane, Hounslow, Middlesex as I lived 1/2 mile away, and it was a few yards on the opposite side of the road to Hounslow Cavalary Barracks. It was built on Beaver's Farm under wartime regs by the War Office and was promised to be handed back to the local authority post-war for housing. Nearly 40 years later it was still MoD! However, it was so extensive that I am sure that they did vehicle repairs there.

I wonder if Bill has the AAW list? I have never seen one. I was interested at the time of receipt of the copy in the Cleckheaton Plant code, as I have their figures.


GENERAL MOTORS LIMITED, MARSH MILLS, CLECKHEATON
DESPATCHES

1942 “B” SOFT-SKINNED VEHICLE ENGINES:

CHEVROLET 688
G.M.C. 313
MERCURY 33
HILLMAN 12
COMMER 1
FORD 18
MORRIS 3
ALBION 5
BEDFORD 2
GARDNER 6
THORNYCROFT 1
DODGE 6
TILLING STEVENS1

TOTAL 1089

VAUXHALL A.22 12
A.E.C. 1

TOTAL 13

1943 “A” ENGINES [SOFT SKINNED VEHICLES]:

CHEVROLET 2082
G.M.C. 577
JEEP 56
WHITE 3
F.W.D. 2
HILLMAN 1
FORD 3
BEDFORD 2
GARDNER 24
HUMBER 3
A.E.C. 1
DODGE 2
DIAMOND T 12
“BICESTER” 120

TOTAL 2,888

“A” ENGINES [ARMOURED VEHICLES]:

VALENTINE [G.M.C.*] 100

GRAY 2
QUAD 72
TOTAL 74

1944 “B ENGINES [SOFT-SKINNED VEHICLES]:

CHEVROLET 2082
G.M.C. 325
F.W.D. 1
GARDNER 50
DIAMOND T 10
JEEP 297

TOTAL 3,534

“A” ENGINES [ARMOURED VEHICLES]:

VALENTINE [G.M.C.*] 55
SHERMAN TWIN 4

TOTAL 59

QUAD 777
GRAY. 190

TOTAL 967


“B” ENGINES [SOFT-SKINNED VEHICLES]:

CHEVROLET 3087
G.M.C. 112
WHITE 1
GARDNER 8
DIAMOND T 13
MACK 2
JEEP 1581

TOTAL 4,804

“A” ENGINES [ARMOURED VEHICLES]:

SHERMAN 4
G.M. DIESEL 32

TOTAL 36

QUAD . 652
GRAY 207

TOTAL 859

ADM. SAL. 35


*G.M.C. DIESEL 4 ¼ X 5 IN BORE & STROKE, 2-CYCLE , 80 B.H.P. OR “TWIN” 190 B H.P. @ 1,900 R.P.M.
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