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Schedule of records of Morris Motors Engines Branch Limited

Catalogue reference: PA 1381

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This record is about the Schedule of records of Morris Motors Engines Branch Limited dating from 1922 - 1982.

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Reference
PA 1381
Title
Schedule of records of Morris Motors Engines Branch Limited
Date
1922 - 1982
Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • <corpname>Morris Motors Engines Branch Limited, Coventry</corpname>
  • <corpname>British Leyland Motor Corporation Limited, c1947-1974</corpname>
  • <corpname>Austin Morris and Manufacturing Group, Power and Transmission Division, Coventry Engine Plant</corpname>
Physical description
10 series
Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited by Mr. E. G. French, 28 March 1990

Mr French joined Morris Motors Engines Branch, Limited, in 1949 as a machinist engaged in gear cutting. From 1959 to 1966 he worked as a rate fixer and from then to 1970 as Chief Estimator. In 1970 he was promoted to Chief Project Engineer and from 1976 until the closure of the Coventry Engine Plant at Courthouse Green in 1982 was the Chief Planning Engineer.

Administrative / biographical background

Later British Leyland Motor Corporation, Limited, Austin Morris and Manufacturing Group, Power and Transmission Division, Coventry Engine Plant

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/61c94db7-80e9-478b-aa61-ea7693ebb82b/

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Schedule of records of Morris Motors Engines Branch Limited