Marshall History Pt.3 Britannia News 1958

In the February and March issues of our journal we covered the period between 1848 and approximately 1880. From then, through the “eighties” and “nineties”, the industrial prosperity of Great Britain, and Marshalls, continued to grow.

Read More»

Marshalls during World War 2

With the upcoming 75th anniversaries of the end of World War 2 and the introduction of the first production Field Marshalls, I thought that it might be a good idea to highlight what happened during the war years at Marshall’s, leading up to the birth of the Field Marshall.

   Joint Managing Directors, Ashley Ward, and Mark Burton were summoned by the Admiralty within days of the outbreak of World War 2. The Admiralty requested that no more orders should be accepted for Marshall’s peacetime products and that the company should build a steel foundry. After much deliberation the directors agreed to only accept orders for boilers, fabrication work, ferrous and non-ferrous castings, Smithy work and thrashing machines. Within a few months, the company’s order book stood at over £1 million, of which the government contracts amounted to £843,000.

Read More»

Marshall History Pt.2 Britannia News 1958

Our readers will recall that in our last issue we covered the history of the Company from its inception by William Marshall in the year 1848 until his death in the year 1862, when his sons, James and Henry Marshall, assumed control.

Read More»

MOONSHINE by Peter J. Longfoot

Priced at £22.50 (inc. p+ p) this softback book, extending to 98 pages is the story of the clearing of derelict land in Huntingdonshire during the 1939-45 war by the Huntingdonshire War Agricultural Executive Committee. Forever known as the War Ag., their base was at Moonshine. Norman Box’s Gyrotillers were used in the early stages of the campaign to clear the blackthorn and the scale of the job carried such importance that on two later occasions Moonshine was visited by none other than Paul Appleby, the Under Secretary of State for the United States Department of Agriculture. He came to see what use the tractors sent on Lend-Lease were being put to. A complete history of the Fowler Gyrotiller is part of the story, as are all the details of the Bentley motor cars that went through Norman Box’s hands. Many photographs are included of the operations at Moonshine, as are Fowler Works photographs and factory records of the Gyrotillers, these extend beyond just the machines owned by Box. The book includes build details and repairs carried out to the Gyrotillers, these details are lifted straight Fowler’s own records.

Please e-mail Peter on plongfoot@yahoo.co.uk for order and payment information.

Britannia Emblem

Britannia Emblem ‘peel off’  stickers ie no varnish required.

Available in two sizes: 16” (full size £35) and 9” (£25) long.

UK signed for p&p is £5.00.

Contact Email: ian.themarshallclub@outlook.com for payment details.

© Copyright The Marshall Club