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Midland Red Early Days

OK, did a little research this morning about H.H. Gregory - then ran out of time to post it!

A search of the 1911 census gives only one likely suspect, 29 year old Hugh H (Hamilton) Gregory, lodging at 26 Cleveland Rd, Barnes, and who was "Technical adviser to Secretary of Royal Automobile Club". He was born in Poplar, London.

The 1891 census has him aged 9 with parents Alfred John Gregory, a GP aged 31 born Melbourne Australia: and 32 y.o. mother Jennie H Gregory (who by checking 1880 marriage registers was nee Jenny Hamilton James), born Chicago USA. They were at 184 Knights Hill, Norwood, London.
 
Re the Garcke family, I have a small family tree for them. Some details are:

Emile Oscar Garcke, born Preußen, Saxony 1856, emigrated to Britain (possibly with other members of his family, including a (name unknown) brother - there was apparently a lot of emigration from Saxony at that time.
Became Naturalised British Subject 17 March 1880.
Married Alice Maria Withers 1882.
In 1883 was the secretary of the Anglo-Brush Light Corporation Ltd (an offshoot of the American Brush company).
By 1891 he was Managing Director of Brush Electrical Engineering, as the company had become, divorced from its American ancestry.
From 1910 to 1923 (and probably until his death in 1930) he lived at ‘Ditton House’, Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

He had one child, Sidney Emile Garcke, born Fulham 1885
Sidney married Clare Lorrain (b. 1883) in 1908, and by 1911 was living at ‘Little Ditton’, Harrow Lane, Maidenhead, Berks.
In the ‘20s their address was ‘Wye Lodge’, Belmont Park Ave, Maidenhead but by 1945 they were at 26 Harcourt Close, Cavendish Square, London. Sidney died in Hove, Sussex in the last quarter of 1948.

Sidney and Clare had two children,
Kenneth Emile Garcke (born Maidenhead 1909) who by 1938 was a Barrister-At-Law at Farrars, London. By the 1950s he resided at ‘Snowball Farm’, Dorney Wood Rd, Burnham, Essex.
Elizabeth Drusilla Alice Claire Garcke (born Maidenhead 16 June 1913) who as already mentioned in a previous post married John Spencer Wills in 1936.
 
Regret artist not given but another example of his work is this CM5(T?), not a bad likeness if you overlook the drivers cab door!
Further pics follow at the end of next week as am off to the land of the Karosa (and Skoda) tomorrow for 7 days.
 
Thanks!

Lloyd, well done for finding Hugh Hamilton Gregory! :) He could very well be the Midland Red H H Gregory (though he had moved to RAC by 1911). He was born c 1882, so would have been about 23 in 1905 when appointed as Midland Red Engineer. And thanks for all the aditional Garcke information. Someone should write a scholarly biography of EOG: he was a very significant player in the development of the "modern" industrial landscape. I've been collecting information on his published works, which I will post soon.

Mike, thanks again. Enjoy your holiday (?) in Czech! Bring back some bus pics. :)
 
Re Alice Maria Withers (wife of EOG). She was the daughter of John Withers (appropriately a brush manufacturer) who died 13 June 1895 (late of 13 Tottenham Court Road, Middlesex). A notice concerning his estate was gazetted 26 July 1895 (executors John Withers - probably his son - and Alice Garcke). And there was James Withers (gentleman) who died 6 February 1896 (late of Lower Wootton, Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire). A notice concerning his estate was gazetted 13 March 1896 (executors EOG and Herbert George Brown). Perhaps James Withers was John Withers's brother?

I suspect that the RAF officer Kenneth Garcke (who I also found in the London Gazette) was not Kenneth Émile Garcke (KEG) the son of SEG. KEG was born in 1909, so would perhaps have been too old to have trained as a pilot in 1940. Perhaps airman Kenneth Garcke was a cousin?
 
"Garcke" is an uncommon surname, even in Germany (sometimes it is spelled "Garcké"). Three that I've found, who may well be related to our Garckes, are:

Christian August Friedrich Garcke (25 October 1819 Bräunrode, Saxony-Anhalt - 10 January 1904 Berlin). He was a famous botanist, whose birthplace in Bräunrode is now a national monument called "Garckestift".
Heinrich Hermann Garcke (1815-1872). He was a classical scholar who published works on the Roman poet Horace (Horatius Quintus Flaccus).
Louis Garcke (dates?). He published a song collection entitled Das Preussenbüchlein in 1855. Cf EOG's birthplace Preußen.

[Note added: actually Preußen or Preussen just means "Prussia", following the continental practice of putting the larger place name first, Saxony or Sachsen being (in those days) a province of Prussia. So we don't (yet) know the name of the town in which EOG was born.]
 
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The Works of Émile Oscar Garcke.

2010-06-23 10:56:12
[Corrections, additions and comments are welcome as usual. I have provided links to the e-book versions I have been able to find. :)]

EOG was the author or editor of quite a number of published works. The fact that BET owned its own publishing firm (Electrical Press Ltd) probably helped! Here is a list of the ones I know about:

Co-author with accountant John Manger Fells (1858 – 7 December 1925). Factory Accounts, Their Principles and Practice. London: Crosby Lockwood and Co, 1887. Second edition 1888; third 1889; fourth 1893; fifth 1902; sixth 1911; seventh 1922. "Garcke and Fells" was the first book ever published on the subject; it is still highly prized by the accounting community.

(Garcke's) Manual of Electrical Undertakings. London: Electrical Press, 1896-1947. EOG was co-editor (with Frederick Charles Garrett) 1896-1911. This widely-consulted annual directory was renamed to (Garcke's) Manual of Electrical Supply in 1948 and continued to be published until at least 1960.

Some Commercial Aspects of Electric Traction in Great Britain. London and Aylesbury: Hazell, Watson and Viney, 1899. Fifteen-page pamphlet reprinted from Engineering Magazine (April 1899).

The Limitations of Municipal Enterprise. Westminster: P S King and Son, [c 1902]. Seventeen-page pamphlet "being a paper read before the National Liberal Club Political and Economic Circle on 24 October 1900".

The Progress of Electrical Enterprise: Reprints of Articles from the Engineering Supplement of "The Times" on the British Electrical Industries. London: Electrical Press, [1907]. 87 pages.

 "Lighting (Commercial Aspects)", "Telegraph (Commercial Aspects)", "Telephone (Commercial Aspects)" and "Tramway" articles (at least). Encyclopædia Britannica. Eleventh edition. Cambridge: CUP, 1911.

"Philosophy According to Individual Understanding". The Philosopher. Volume 2. 1924. The Philosopher was the journal of The Philosophical Society of England (established 1913), of which EOG was a member of the council in 1925. He was also a founding member of the British Institute of Philosophical Studies on 6 April 1925 (renamed to the British Institute of Philosophy on 22 August 1931, and to the Royal Institute of Philosophy on 24 October 1947).

On Co-Partnership Between Shareholders and Employees. London: Electrical Press, [c 1926]. Reprinted from Electrical Industries (10 November 1926).

Individual Understanding: A Layman's Approach to Practical Philosophy. London: Electrical Press, 1929. Limited edition of 1,000 copies "for private circulation". Copies can be purchased today for £10-15.

EOG was a protagonist in the "Anti Municipal" crusade of 1900-1910. He has been described as the "principal wire-puller" in this campaign, which was led by "public figurehead" Lord Avebury [John Lubbock first Baron Avebury (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913): banker, biologist, archaeologist and Liberal politician]. As a tramway proprietor and electricity supplier, EOG was keenly opposed to the monopolistic involvement of local government in such businesses. His Limitations of Municipal Enterprise paper was probably prepared in connection with the Joint Select Committee of the Two Houses on Municipal Trading (1900). Avebury was more than a figurehead, publishing works on the subject, as can be seen from the following list of contemporary contributions to the controversy:

Lord Avebury. "On Municipal Trading". Essays and Addresses 1900-1903. London: Macmillan, 1903.
Robert Bentley Suthers. Mind Your Own Business: The Case for Municipal Management. London: Clarion Press, 1905.
Lord Avebury. On Municipal and National Trading. London: Macmillan, 1906.
Robert P Porter. The Dangers of Municipal Ownership. New York: The Century Co, 1907. British edition: The Dangers of Municipal Trading. London: Routledge, 1907.
George Bernard Shaw. The Commonsense of Municipal Trading. The Fabian Socialist Series No 5. London: A C Fifield, 1908. Typical combative Shaw - very readable!
 
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The Oligarcke Conquers the Kiwis.

The "tentacles" of the BET "octopus" stretched around the world. Here is an account (from 1902) of their operations in Auckland, New Zealand (about as far from Britain as it is possible to get). So powerful was BET at this time, that EOG was referred to as the "Oligarcke".

Pictured below is preserved Auckland Electric Tramways Co Ltd 1902 Brush tramcar 11 (from David Maciulaitis's Preserved NZ Trams website).
 
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Hugh Gregory in 1916.

2010-06-23 19:02:21
[From The Straits Times (4 January 1916).]

The Motoring World – Notes and Comments on Current Topics.

Mr Hugh Gregory, the head of the Royal Automobile Club technical department, has been permitted by the committee to accept the post of advisory officer of the Board of Customs and Excise in connection with the new import tariff on motors and motor parts. He is still carrying on as far as possible his duties at the club; and if the tariff be abandoned after the war he will resume his previous important position in the scheme of the club's work, which has served to preserve it as the head of all technical matters in motoring. Nobody has a more complete and thorough knowledge of the motor industry from inside that Mr Gregory, who will be of the utmost value to the Customs authorities in arriving at prompt and fair decisions. Since the outbreak of the war he has done invaluable work in the technical organisation of the Red Cross hospitals and ambulances, in addition to his other duties.
 
A bit more on the Gregorys - in the 1881 census the as yet unborn HHG's parents, Alfred J and Jennie H Gregory are living with his grandfather George J Gregory at 13 Clifton Rd Deptford. GJG is a 74 y.o. 'retired engineer'...

George's wife is Annie Gregory, and they have a daughter (Alfred's sister) Florence A (Annie?) Gregory aged 32.

Alfred is a 'Medical pupil' and Jennie, although born Chicago USA is a British Resident.
 
Re: Hugh Gregory in 1916.

Guessing is not an accurate way of searching out history I know, but...
I'd hazard the guess that H.H. Gregory left BMMO at the cessation of the first motor bus experiment, in 1907, and chose not to (or was not chosen to) accompany Sidney Garcke's venture in Deal, thus opening a door of opportunity for L.G.W.Shire. How different things might have been!

Hugh Hamilton Gregory has a few patents registered in his name, 30401 of 1910 re motor vehicle windscreens, 5758 of 1912 re a fuel consumption measuring device, 12794 of 1912 re motor vehicle trailers, and 7596 of 1914 re improvements to the previous one. His address for the first three is, as in post #603, 26 Cleveland Rd, Barnes, but for the 1914 one the address is "Muizenberg", Gerard Rd, Barnes. (1914 doesn't seem a good year for a German sounding name on your house!)[...but a German version of this patent is issued in 1921, having a deposit date of 1918.] Muizenberg is actually in South Africa.
Searching the 1911 census, only the even numbered houses in Gerard Rd are listed and although no house names are given no.20 is occupied by a Howard Beaumont Rees, a mechanical engineer aged 42 born Wednesbury, Staffs. Might not be a connection, but....

Anyway, the house move seems to be after his marriage to Ruth G Shoyer in nearby Richmond, in 1st quarter of 1913. Children could be John H Gregory, b 4th q. 1913, Mary R Gregory, b. 3rd q. 1915, both registered Richmond South.
Also Barbara A Gregory, b. Lewes 1st q. 1920 and Julian B Gregory, b. Reigate 2nd q. 1921.

Hugh H Gregory's death at age 71 is recorded in Winchester, Hampshire in 2nd q. 1953.
 
Following on from the HHG search, I've tried searching the 1911 for W.R. Taylor - without immediate success.
There is a W Taylor, aged 66 born Stapleton, Gloucestershire, and formerly an Engineer, as an inmate at Warwick County Lunatic Asylum, Hatton, Warks.
Also a William Richard Taylor, Town Hall keeper and Mace Bearer at Wednesbury Town Hall.
 
HHG and South Africa.

You've done well on HHG, Lloyd :). If he is indeed our Midland Red H H Gregory (and it seems fairly certain, don't you think?), we now know a lot about him (or at least his family). There is a South African connection: I've been in touch with someone whose research on one Sarah Ann Smith mentions that lady's friends Alfred and Jennie Gregory in Cape Town (then in Cape Colony) in the early 1900s. The author (see below) has sent me quite a bit of information on the Gregorys, and with her help I've established the following facts, which confirm or complement your research:

AJG (HHG's father) was the son of George Johnston Gregory and Ann (sic) Gregory of Studley Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. This confirms your findings from census 1881.
AJG and JHG married at St Luke's church, Lower Norwood, Kent.
AJG and JHG (and surely HHG who was about 9 in 1891) went to live in Cape Town by 1891. On 28 June 1892 AJG was appointed (Assistant) Medical Officer for Health for Cape Colony (later promoted to Medical Officer for Health and quite prominent in the affairs of the Cape).
AJG remained MOH for Cape Colony until at least 1906 (perhaps until 1913). He died in England or Wales.

My informant is Heather Vallance, author of the fascinating and well-crafted Sarah Ann Smith website.

Lloyd, if it's OK with you, I'll assemble all our data into a biography of H H Gregory and post it later on today, so that we have it all in one place, and so that I can send it on to Heather, who has been so helpful.
 
Hugh Hamilton Gregory.

2010-06-24 11:11:14
[We are almost certain that Hugh Hamilton Gregory (1881 – 1953) was the hitherto elusive "H H Gregory" who was employed as Midland Red motor engineer in November 1905. Here is a brief biography. As usual, corrections, additions and comments are welcome. It would be good to learn more about Hugh Gregory's career. And a picture would be good! :rolleyes:]

Hugh Hamilton Gregory (HHG) was born at Poplar, London, on 27 June 1881. His parents were Alfred John Gregory (AJG) and Jennie Hamilton Gregory née James (JHG).

AJG (c 1860 – 14 July 1927) was born at Studley Park, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of engineer George Johnston Gregory (born c 1807) and Ann(ie) Gregory. AJG trained as a medical doctor (he was to acquire the qualifications MD, BS and DPH). In 1880 AJG married JHG at St Luke's church, Lower Norwood, Kent. JHG was born about 1859 in Chicago and later became a British subject. By 1881 they were living with AJG's parents (also older sister Florence A Gregory and younger brother photographer Frederick Gregory) at 13 Clifton Road, Deptford, Kent.

By census night (5 April) 1891, HHG and his parents were living at 184 Knights Hill, Norwood, London. Later that year the family moved to Cape Town, Cape Colony (Cape of Good Hope), South Africa. AJG was involved in the administration of the 1891 Cape Colony census, and was registered in Cape Colony as a doctor in 1892. In July 1895 George Turner MB MRCS LRCP (c 1845 - 12 March 1915) was appointed Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Cape Colony, and soon afterwards AJG was appointed his assistant. After Turner became MOH for Transvaal in 1900, AJG was formally promoted to MOH for Cape Colony. By this time he had become very prominent in Cape Colony affairs. Van Heyningen (1989) describes him as "the most influential medical figure at the Cape until Union in 1910". He continued in his position until perhaps 1913, and moved back to Britain some time after retirement. He died at Metcalfe's Royal Hydro, Richmond, Surrey. Further information about AJG's work in Cape Colony can be found in the 1906 and 1989 references (see "Sources" below).

HHG attended South Africa College, Cape Town, and matriculated in 1899. On 9 October of that year he entered St Johns College, Cambridge University, where he remained for eight terms, leaving in 1902 apparently without a degree. He qualified as a mechanical engineer, and in November 1905 he was employed by the fledgling Midland Red as Engineer, replacing George Pollard who had moved on to the London Motor Omnibus Co Ltd as Second Engineer. By the end of 1907 Midland Red had decided to dispense with motor buses, and probably in the early part of 1908 HHG left Midland Red for a position with the Royal Automobile Club (RAC). By 1910 he was lodging at 29 Cleveland Road, Barnes, London. In the 1911 census HHG described himself as "Technical Advisor to the Secretary of RAC". In this role he registered several patents in 1910-1914 for "motor vehicle windscreens", "fuel consumption measuring device" and "motor vehicle trailers". By 1912 he was Head of the Technical Department of RAC, and was an associate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. In the first quarter of 1913 he married Ruth Gladys Shoyer (born at Clapham Junction second quarter 1894) at Richmond, Surrey. His wife was the eldest child of Post Office telegraph operator Richard Howell Shoyer (born c 1871) and Ruth Alice Shoyer née Cowper (b c 1873). Possible offspring include: John H Gregory (born fourth quarter 1913 at Richmond, Surrey); Mary R Gregory (born third quarter 1915 at Richmond, Surrey); Barbara A Gregory (born first quarter 1920 at Lewes, East Sussex); Julian B Gregory (born second quarter 1921 at Reigate, Surrey). By 1914 the family were living at "Muizenberg", 20 (?) Gerard Road, Barnes. [Muizenberg, now a beach-side suburb of greater Cape Town, was a holiday town for the Cape Colony élite in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; AJG and JHG had owned a holiday home there.] Early in World War 1, HHG became involved in the technical organisation of Red Cross hospitals and ambulances. By January 1916 he was appointed advisory officer to the Board of Customs and Excise in relation to tariffs on motor car imports, though he remained Head of the RAC Technical Department. At this time it was said of him in the press: "Nobody has a more complete and thorough knowledge of the motor industry from the inside".

We hear nothing about HHG's later life and career until his death in the second quarter of 1953 at Winchester, Hampshire.

Sources:

Cape of Good Hope. Report of the Select Committee on the Contagious Diseases Act. Cape Town: Cape Times Ltd, 1906.
The Straits Times (4 January 1916).
[Peter Hardy]. Fleet History PD2. The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited. Part I 1904-1933. London: PSV Circle and Omnibus Society, 1961.
E B van Heyningen. "Agents of Empire: The Medical Profession in the Cape Colony 1880-1910". Medical History. Volume 33 (pp 450-471). 1989.
Lloyd's research in British censuses, registers, etc. [Thanks Lloyd for that painstaking work! :)]
Heather Vallance's research in Cape Town records and elsewhere. Her Sarah Ann Smith website is well worth a visit: it contains a page on AJG. It appears that Sarah Ann Smith's brother Hugh Smith (who was living in Poplar by 1882) was HHG's godfather. [Thanks Heather for your kind (and continuing) assistance! :)]
 
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Wow, great stuff, Thylacine. A South African connection is topical, as a few men are kicking bladders round fields out there just now!
A few more details are: HHG's birth - 3rd q. 1881 Poplar, London. His father is Alfred, not Arthur.
HHG's wife Ruth Gladys Shoyer was born in Clapham Junction (Wandsworth reg district) in 2nd q. 1894. In 1911 she aged 16 is an assistant in a Sub Post Office, living at 12 Cambridge Rd, Barnes with parents Richard Howell Shoyer, 40, a 'Civil Servant Telegraph Operator' and 38 y.o. Ruth Alice Shoyer nee Cowper (they married 3rd q. 1893 Wandsworth), and 12 y.o. brother Richard William Shoyer and 9 y.o. sister Isabel Shoyer.
In 1881 AJG also had a brother Frederick, aged 19, who was a Photographer.
1891 census was on the night of April 5th.
 
Thanks Lloyd for the correction and additions, duly inserted into post #617 (or soon will be).

Re bladders: yes, I dared to post on the "Come On England" thread a little while back, and was treated with absolute ignore (as is quite right and proper). Sadly the Aussie "Socceroos" are now out of contention, whereas the Kiwi "All Whites" are still in it, I believe (not really following it). Even though no-one else in the world can tell us apart, Aussies and Kiwis have a long and intense traditional rivalry. How to tell us apart: they say "fush and chups". [Sorry Pomgolian, but it's true! ;)]

World Cupdate: All Whites now also out of it (after a brave effort); England (what's their nickname?) still in with a strong chance (woo-hoo! :grin2:).
 
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I've updated the HHG biography (post #617) with corrections and additions from Heather Vallance. Heather has given me several suggestions for further Gregory research: if any members are interested, message me and I'll pass them on.
 
I think we have done exceptionally well with someone who hitherto was just two initials and a surname. Your South African connection, and finding Heather's informattion on AJG is an incredible bonus. I will pass details on to my colleagues at Wythall museum, as I have said previously we are researching these important individuals who helped to mold the company into the midlands empire it became. If any of the further Gregory research concerns HHG, it would be fitting here - what did he do (as well as the RAC and military work) after BMMO?
 
I quite agree, Lloyd. It has been wonderful to see Hugh Hamilton Gregory emerge from the mist: a credit to co-operative research, and another example of the high value of the BHF. The Australian connection for Gregory and Wills is fascinating for me. I'll message you with Heather's research suggestions.
 
After a week off-line, it was a very pleasant surprise to see so much more good research done on pioneers of Midland Red and their domestic lives. Thank you all for keeping the standard flying.
Peter
 
Good to hear from you again Peter. Thanks for those kind words. We're going through a very productive phase!
 
MRED Index.

2010-06-25 12:31:55
[While Birmingham was sleeping, the Thylacine has updated the index. ;)]

Pages and posts (the post numbers for each page are given, assuming 40 posts per page - check your "settings"; the first post number for each page is a link to that post):

page 1 (posts 1-40); page 2 (41-80); page 3 (81-120); page 4 (121-160); page 5 (161-200); page 6 (201-240); page 7 (241-280); page 8 (281-320); page 9 (321-360); page 10 (361-400); page 11 (401-440); page 12 (441-480); page 13 (481-520); page 14 (521-560); page 15 (561-600); page 16 (601-640); page 17 (641-680); page 18 (681-720); page 19 (721-760); page 20 (761-800); page 21 (801-840); page 22 (841-880).

Topics are arranged by category; numbers given are post numbers.

Companies:

Allen (103, 105); Allsops Birmingham General Omnibus Co Ltd (31); Amalgamated Motor Bus Co Ltd (344, 346); Auckland Electric Tramways Co Ltd (610); Birmingham & Midland Tramways Co Ltd (348); Birmingham City Transport (108); Birmingham General Omnibus Department of BET (367, 370, 373); Birmingham Motor Express Co Ltd (348); Brailes Shipston & Stratford Steam Omnibus Co Ltd (140); British Automobile Development / Traction Co Ltd (346, 379, 392); Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd (346, 348, 354, 392); Collett & McDonald (33); Cosh & Cramp (30); City of Birmingham Tramways Co Ltd (348); Crosville (61-63); Davidson (Trafford Park) Ltd (33, 276, 281-283); Deal & District Motor Services Ltd (10, 13, 379, 383, 385, 396); Fischer Motor Vehicle Co (358); Hayward & Co (43); Heatons Steam Carriage Co (295, 297, 298, 307, 311, 316); Hora E & H Ltd (33, 34, 36, 204); Kilver & Brookes (33); Leamington & Warwick Electrical Co Ltd (560, 562, 564-567); Llandudno Coaching & Carriage Co Ltd (Royal Blue) (64, 68); London & Birmingham Steam-Carriage Co (295, 316); London Transport Museum (347); London United Tramways (1901) Ltd (349); Marston John & Co (33, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 241, 243-248); Mayrow J J (33, 41, 81); Milnes-Daimler (392); Morecambe (33); Motor Hiring (33); Northern General Transport Co Ltd (454, 479); Ortona Motors Co Ltd (77); Pass T (33); Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ltd (33); Red House Garage Co Ltd (153, 154); Rymer C F Ltd (82, 87); Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd (95); South Wales Transport Co Ltd (479); Stafford Motor Service & Supply Co Ltd (214, 217, 224, 232); Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Co Ltd (289); Stalybridge Hyde Mossley & Dukinfield Joint Electricity Board & Transport Undertaking (562); Startin Thomas (33, 110-111, 116-120, 122, 126, 131, 133, 190, 199, 202, 207, 210, 211, 223, 231); Stevens W A Ltd (13, 24); Taunton Electric Traction Co Ltd (560, 567); Taylor (33); Tilling-Stevens (1-4, 6, 7, 13); Tillotson Oswald Ltd (33, 272-273, 276); Trent Motor Traction Co Ltd (454, 460); Trelawney Bus Co (182); Walsall Corporation Transport (515); West Metropolitan Tramways Co (195).

General:

Bearwood depot (398, 412, 414); Birmingham Agreement (104, 106); Birmingham bus company genealogy (27, 31); Birmingham steam buses 1830s (295, 303, 307, 311, 316, 323-324); bodies (59-60); bus body- & coach-builders (33-34, 36, 41, 43, 81, 103, 105, 110-111, 116-120, 122, 126, 131, 133, 138, 190, 198, 201, 203, see also Brush, Davidson, Marston, Mayrow, Startin, Tillotson); bus shelter (553-555, 599); bus stop (115, 599); charabanc (256, 259-260, 274-275); cigarettes (570, 576, 578, 581, 593); clock (115); coach conductors (114); coach services (407); Commercial Goods | Motor Services (92, 113, 262-263, 274-275); conductor’s badge (509); conductresses (8); diamond-shaped maximum weight sign (251-253, 255, 258, 267-268); dogs (398); Dudley Co-op outing picture 1922 (222, 224); film (169); four-in-hand coach (400); gas fuel (32, 556-557); Henley first MR bus (250); hirings (45); horse buses (123, 127-128, 177, 179-180, 368, 370, 373, 520); index (625); introduction (1); "Kings Head" (480-486, 489, 491, 574); "locomotive" acts 1861-1896 (324); London Gazette on MR (336); London Gazette on BMMO (335); metal bodies (395); motormaids (538-540, 545-551, 558, 561); MR depots for sale (493, 526, 528-530); MR ephemera and memorabilia (533); MR "exports" (454, 470-471, 479); music (166-168, 193); non-passenger operations (71); Olympia exhibitions (345-346, 348, 352-354); omnibus horse (520); orchestra (166-168); petrol-electric buses (3, 358, see also Tilling-Stevens); petrol rationing (32); pigeon-loft bus (347); post World War 2 (100); publicity department (541); red (319-320); Scran picture website (322, 327, 337, 339); service numbers (253-254); Smethwick registrations (261, 270-271, 273, 275); sport (166-168, 186, 336); staff hostels (532); Tamworth staff (78, 492, 494); tram ticket (150); tramways (9, 30, 185); Tramway & Railway World (213, 220, 226, 348); Tramways Parcels Express (67, 69); unions and industrial relations (503-505, 507-508, 515, 534, 536, 544); women drivers (11-12, 18-19, 21-22, 534 see motormaids); World War 1 (8, 32, 143); World War 2 (45).

Narratives:

Kidderminster tramway 1895-1928 (191, 226, 285, 287); Leamington & Warwick 1900-1915 (139, 227); Leamington & Warwick 1915-1930 (144); Leamington & Warwick 1930-1937 (149); MR motor cars 1915-1954 (86); North Warwickshire 1913-1947 (78, 340); Nuneaton bus fire 1924 (182); public transport unions 1848-1922 (506, 514); Walsall 1913-1919 (26); Worcestershire horse buses 1850-1915 (177); Worcestershire motor buses 1905-1950 (194); Worcestershire tramways 1880-1930 (185).

People:

Ashworth M (533); Baker H R (336); Barnett D senior (534, 536); Barnett D junior (536); Barris Mrs (534); Booth G (396, 397); Church W H (295-296, 300, 316); Clewes or Clowes C (400-403); Cooper G S (201, 233); Cramp C C (30); Cramp R W (10, 14-15, 27, 29, 30, 37, 46); Dalziel J (335); Davidson W (277, 280); Fairbairn R R (10, 13, 191, 195); Fells J M (346); French C W (346); Frost-Smith P (24-25); Garcke (608); Garcke E O (10, 27-29, 346, 541, 600, 604, 607, 609); Garcke S E (10, 13, 379, 396-397, 600, 604, 607); Gordon W J (520); "Granddad James" (51, 52); Gray P (108); Greener W W (277, 279); Gregory H H (10, 598, 603, 606, 611-613, 615, 617, 618, 620-621); Grieves R (322); Hackett A C (78-79); Heaton W G (295); Hills W H (346); Howley R J (9, 580, 592); Jenson A G (295, 299, 301, 400); Keeley, M R (108); Kettle W R (295); Kinnin V (336); Klapper C F (25, 99, 379, 397); Lane C (123, 373); Lock F A (155-156); Lock J C (156, 159-162); Lock L H (156, 159-161); Lycett J A (10, 16-17, 20, 22, 27); McCulloch R (140); Moore T W (416); Mostyn H G C (Lord Vaux of Harrowden) (346); Perry M (78); Phipson J (295); Pollard G (10, 598); Power O C (9-10, 97, 99); Robinson J C (349-350, 357); Rymer C F (82); Savage J P (541, 543); Savalas T (447); Scarr F J (78); Seale J A (108); Shire L G W (9-10, 13, 14, 15, 86, 96, 99, 379, 383); Sinclair D M (100); Squires J (499); Surman C J (362-370, 374-378, 404-409, 411, 417-419); Tangye R & G (303, 323); Taylor W R (10, 27, 598, 614); Thor(n)burn J (78, 340-341, 343); Treanor P (27); Twidle A (379, 381); Van Wart H (295); Walford James B (77); Walford John B (77); Whitehouse A (123); Williams T (182); Wills J S (569, 571, 581, 584, 585, 588).

Vehicle Types:

ADC / AEC 507 (431); AEC Regal (322); AEC Regent (44, 49-50, 465-467); AJS (499-502); BMMO C1 (166-169); BMMO C3 (515); BMMO CM5 (605); BMMO D7 (571-573, 577); BMMO D9 (595, 601); BMMO S4 (18-19); BMMO S6 (468); BMMO S8 (468); BMMO S9 (468); BMMO S10 (468); BMMO S11 (468); BMMO S12 (434, 468); BMMO S14 (468-469); BMMO S15 (479); Brush B (342, 344-346, 348, 379, 383, 385); Brush C (346); Daimler (93, 277, 279-280); Daimler charabanc (499); Daimler Imperial 1899 (290-293); Daimler KPL (9, 23-25); Daimler Fleetline (450-452); Daimler Y (57, 65, 67); Denning (441); Dürkopp (348); Garford 20 hp (206); Leyland (93), Leyland charabanc (463); Leyland Leopard (450-452); Leyland National (450-452); Milnes-Daimler (480-482); Morris-Commercial (338-339); SOS DON (93); SOS FEDD (49-52, 327-330, 332, 334, 555); SOS FS (43, 47, 422); SOS IM4 (322); SOS IM6 (424); SOS ODD (72, 74-76); SOS QC (170-171, 460); SOS QL (63, 187, 454); SOS QLC (59, 60, 62-63, 66, 163-165, 170, 173-175, 178, 454); SOS M (155-156); SOS REDD (43, 325-327, 331-333); SOS Standard (47, 51-54, 57-58, 64, 68-70, 201); Tilling-Stevens FS (251, 293); Tilling-Stevens TS3 (2, 4, 47, 65, 88, 103, 206, 250, 254, 322, 556); Tilling-Stevens TTA1 (14, 104, 110-114); Tilling Stevens TTA2 (82-84, 87, 95); Wolseley (480, 491, 495).

Individual Vehicles (by registration):

644AHA (479); 645AHA (479); AC31 (83-84); AHA389B (415-416); AHA489 (93); BHA392 (327-330, 332, 334); BHA653C (415-416); BHA804 (555); CC6121 (68-70); CH6256 (460); CHA3 (18-19); E1843 (113); EH2392 (65); EH4945 (51-53, 57-58); EHA242D (315); GHA795 (465-467); GJ2098 (49-50); HA1655 (57, 65, 67); HA2250 (410-412); HA2318 (206); HA2319 (209); HA2351 (362-363, 401); HA2450 (201, 233); HA4922 (155-156); HA5410 (59-60); "HA6147" (173-174); HA6166 (322); HA6244 (424); HA8029 (415-416); HA8047 (43, 325-327, 331-333); HA9481 (411); KHA301 (166-169); KT610 (103); MS1723 (463); NHA744 (434); NR688 (499); O269 (476); O1281 or O1282 (480, 491); O1283 (342, 344-346, 348, 383, 388, 390, 391); O8211 (104); O9931 (83-83); O9942 (82, 87); OA4568 (254); OA4571 (250); OA5711 (103); OA7081 (556); OA7093 (556); OA7096 (556); OA7102 (84, 95); OC527 (339); OE1130 (404-405); OE6194 (404-405); OE7311 (111-112); OE7313 (206); OH1204 (404-405); OH1225 (404-405); OK1310 (88, 110, 114); OM9566 (431); OV4090 (339); OV4486 (49, 50); RC3333 (49, 50); RC3702 (454); RC3739 (454); S4443 (322); THA110 (571-573); THA111 (571-573, 577); UE9916 (93); UHA222 (514); UP551 (454); UP682 (454); VC7801 (93); VD6508 (322); VHA401 (415-416); WWP38 (207).
 
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Another little snippet has appeared - HHG is listed in the Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900.
"Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 9, 1899. S. of Alfred John, Assistant Medical Officer of Health for the Cape of Good Hope, of Cape Town, S. Africa [and Jeannie Hamilton James]. B. June 27, 1881, in Poplar, London. School, South African College, Cape Town. Matric. Michs. 1899. Kept eight terms. (F. P. White.)"

Excellent work on the index - Seale LA should be Seale JA though.
 
Lloyd, that's a great find :cool:! It gives us his exact date of birth, his school and tells us of his university career, as well as confirming facts we have already established. Before I update post #617, let's see if I'm interpreting this information correctly. I assume: "Adm pens" means "admitted (as) pensioner"; "Matric Michs 1899" means "matriculated Michaelmas 1899"; and "kept eight terms" means that he didn't complete a degree. Do you agree?
 
The archive of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (I Mech E) has the following:
Level Item
RefNo MPF 29/2/36 AltRefNo 123
Extent 2p
Title H H Gregory: proposal
Date 12 February 1912
Description Associate Member proposal form of Hugh Hamilton Gregory, Head of Technical Department, Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, SW
PhysicalDescription Paper
 
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