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  1. Mark_Ellis

    Townson and Coxson

    Happy New Year to everyone. In my continued research on Military Field cooking equipment, I've been made aware of Townson and Coxson. According to Grace's Guide, they were Gas and electric fittings manufacturers of Essington Street, Birmingham. I'm told that they made and sold the American...
  2. Mark_Ellis

    What might "Field worker" mean, for Triplex Foundary

    Triplex Foundry of Toll end, and later of Upper Church Lane started life a Horrell and Bowman - Builders and Builders merchants, also ironmongers. They made a Field kitchen for the army, which remained in service up to the 1990s - hence my interest. It's the one in the foreground, with oven and...
  3. Mark_Ellis

    Turley and Williams, Ltd., locations - Originally of Reliance Works, Green Street, Deritend, Birmingham.

    Hi, Doing a bit of research on Military Field cooking equipment history. In the 1930s, Turley and Williams Ltd started making burners for petrol and similar fuel. These burners ended up as the Number 2, 3 and 4 stoves used by the armed forces for WW2 and beyond. The first patent was in 1936 I...
  4. Mark_Ellis

    66 Leopold Street, Birmingham

    Hi, I'm new to this. I'm researching British military portable/Field cooking equipment. I'm currently researching George Fowler, a soldier based in Kent when he took out a number of patents. I know that he took out one patent addressed to a property in Cardiff, which turns out to be an in-law's...
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