Standard Triumph Archive

Did you work at the Standard or Triumph – at Canley, Radford, Banner Lane, Northey Road, Allesley, Tile Hill, Western Avenue (London), Bordesley Green (Birmingham), Speke (Liverpool), Berkeley Square (London) or any of the associated sites/companies associated with Standard Triumph? If so, we’d love to hear from you to build a database of names associated with the Standard and Triumph company. Read More HERE. You may notice adverts on the site. You can help this site by clicking on them which supports the archive. Thank you.

Ex-employees Directory 2

To add a name, click on the ‘Submit a Name’ link above.
Please add the surname first. Use the format: Smith, John in the name field, then add a description; here you can include a role, location, service dates etc plus any other information you think may be of interest, finishing with your name (you may be submitting on behalf of a family member). Don’t worry how much – or little – you write in the description box – everything helps!
PLEASE NOTE: By using the ‘submit name’ element on the site we DO NOT get any record of you or your email and sometimes we’d love to get in touch with you, but we can’t! Please either drop your email details on the entry (don’t worry we won’t publish that) or a separate email to say ‘hello’.
Thank you.
We’d love you to get involved with this project. You can email us your info to iwas@standardtriumph.co.uk or post a name directly on the ‘submit name’ link.


Update:
2026. This is the brand new domain name for the Standard Triumph Archive.
The original sites (triumphworks.co.uk and standardtriumphworks.co.uk) will no longer be used and will be disconnected in due course.

2025. The site was subject to a major cyber attack. It is sad there are people out there that wish to ruin everything.

The archive has now over 4,000 name entries and with 871 articles on the site. During May, 2018 we reached 100,000 website hits.  May 2019 we reached 500,000 website hits. February 2022 we achieved one million hits! Take a look at the Latest News posts to see the articles.

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ALF WELCH – Read about a character who was one of the inspirations to this archive.

Thank you for all the submissions in the database. In addition some people have articles, info, memories and photos. We’ll show everything, that comes in, at some point soon, please bear with us. We still need more… Email your stories today!

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This website was launched February 1, 2017.

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LATEST POSTS

• Alf Welch – Service Instructor in Market Promotion and Training - On the first anniversary of the launch of this website archive we thought we’d write something about Alf Welch.
• Henry Tandey VC, DCM, MM - The most decorated  private soldier in World War One and Police Sargeant at Standard Triumph.
• The Last Car at Canley? - A very sad photo showing the last car – a Triumph Spitfire coming off the line.
• Senior Management Meeting - A new photograph with a couple of names.
• Ernest ‘Jim’ Russell – The Dud Line - I thought you might like to see some photographs of my late father, Ernest ‘Jim’ Russell, who served his apprenticeship as a fitter at ‘The Standard’ before WWII, and returned to work there after service in the Royal Navy.
• Holidays – Weston Super Mare - Fabulous photo from 1953.
• William Charles Vincent - Mr W Vincent in New Zealand, has identified that the Chauffeur in the picture below was his grandfather William Charles Vincent. The photos date from 1911.
• Deliveries Pt1 - A fantastic photo show a team of ladies that were tasked to deliver cars, in the most cases, to the ports for export.
• STANDARD SERVICE DIVISION, 1947 Part 1 - The Standard Service Department has many functions, including the administration of Service and the supply of Standard and Triumph spares to all parts of the world. In addition, it operates large Repair Departments at both Coventry and London. This article deals with the supply of spare parts from the Main Spares Department at Coventry.
• TR7 at Canley - We always have to double-check photos that are forwarded to us and after a bit of too-ing and fro-ing the story often becomes clearer. These two photographs were taken at Canley showing the new TR7 convertible.
• Ladies Football Team – Canteen - Fabulous photo sent into the StandardTriumph archive http://www.standardstandardtriumph.co.uk – looking completely smitten is the Canley Social Club groundsman, John Egginton with a ladies (football?) team.
• Banner Lane and Massey Ferguson - During WW2 The Standard Motor Company had operated on behalf of the Government a new “shadow” factory making aero engines.
• Jack Taylor – Quality Control - Jack Taylor worked for Standard Triumph at Canley as a Quality Control Engineer. He had originally been employed at an Air Ministry inspectorate between 1936 and 1947, becoming involved with the Standard Motor Company because of their contract to build Mosquito aircraft during the war.
• Albert Edward Smith - When the 83,139th and last Standard Eight rolled off the production line at Canley on Friday 9th July 1948, it wasn’t sold or given to a museum.
• Jack King – No 17 Shop - A presentation photograph of Jack King sent in by Jackie Roach.
• Apprentices Athletic Team 1953 - A great photo of the Standard Apprentices’ Athletics Team and officials of the Standard Apprentices Association. We can name some of the faces: Seated second row (Officials) left to right: FW Morris, Hon Treasurer; E. Knight, Chairman; Apprentice T Hudgel; Mr Key, Vice-Chairman; W. Grey, Apprentice Supervisor. G. Parham, Physical Training Instructor, can be seen …

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• Pubs: The Herald - This pub was named after the Triumph Herald motor car, which was first built in 1959 in the Standard factory that stood on the other side of the railway line from the pub.
• The Last Triumph Herald – Names - The photograph of the last Triumph Herald off the production line has offered a new name…
• Factory 1922 - Super photos from 1922.
• Wal Horsfall – Sheetmetal Worker - Wal Horsfall started as a sheetmetal worker in the old farm buildings at Canley. After some years he moved to the Press Shop. In 1937 he was made a chargehand in the Bonnet Shop, whilst Joe Cappleman as chargehand on petrol tanks.
• Costs Department Pt2 - Two more photographs from the Costs Department.
• Mosquito Makers – Wooden Wonder Found! - Following the recent article on the Standard Motor’s built Mosquito – one has been found!
• Jack Kearton – Jigmaker - Jack Kearton, a jigmaker in 12A Shop, Canley, came to Coventry from South Wales in the 1920s. He found work as a machinist and then worked on testing Dolomites at the old Triumph works for eight years. He did not join Standard Triumph, however, until during the last war.
• P.V. Williams – Mosquito Test Pilot - P.V. Williams, Standard Motors Aeroplane test pilot.
• Thomas Ward – The Elephant in the Room - There was a highly interesting and little-known period during which Triumph was owned by Thos. W. Ward Ltd., the internationally famous steel company. (See Below). Mr S. J. Dyal, a director of Ward’s, who was able to piece together the true account of this interim period when Triumph had its H.Q. not at Priory Street, …

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• Percy Cleydon – Canteen, Social & Welfare Manager - Mr. Percy Cleydon, Social and Welfare Manager of The Standard Motor Co. Ltd., has retired at the age of 65.

 

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