Group    From 1880 

George Wimpey Ltd

Categories: Engineering, Property

Based in Hammersmith initially so an early job was very local - the Hammersmith Town Hall. Also: the first electric tramway in London and the White City exhibition buildings including the 1908 Olympic stadium. 2007 merged with Taylor Woodrow into Taylor Wimpey, a civil engineering and construction company.

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George Wimpey Ltd

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{Bronze plaque on the low plinth:} Ridirich by Keith McCarter {means Knight i...

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Tommy Tucker

Tommy Tucker

Ship's engineer. Known as 'Skipper', he was the second husband of the author Edith Nesbit. Andrew Behan has provided this research: Tommy Tucker was born as Thomas Terry Tucker. His father and pat...

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais

Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...

Person, Engineering, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charley Hodge

Charley Hodge

Senior Assistant 3rd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. Despite being shown on memorials as Charles Hodge, he is shown as Charley Hodge on his birth registration certificate, and on the 1891, 1901 & ...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
William Felton

William Felton

It was in William Felton's carriage works in Leather Lane that Trevithick's steam-powered carriage was built.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial