Introduction

This Website was Launched February 1, 2017.
Did you work at the Standard or Standard Triumph – at Canley or any of the associated sites/companies associated with 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.

To add a name, click on the ‘Submit a Name’ link below.
Please use the format: Smith, John in the name field, then add a description; here you can include your role, location, service dates etc plus any other info 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.

List of Names

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There are 40 names in this directory beginning with the letter J.
Jackman, Bernard
Managing Director of Rover Triumph, 1973-1975
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jackson, H.H
c1954
Submitted by: Standard Triumph Works Archive
Jackson, Ken
Shipping Office, Fletch South c1963-1980 More
Submitted by: Maxine Smyth
Jackson, R S
Production Control
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jacques, Bill
Tool & Cutter Grinding Department c1960-1980 More
Submitted by: Derek Makepeace
James, George
c1929
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
James, Joan
Secretary Maintenance Fletch South
Submitted by: Alwyne Bates
James, Norman
Standard Triumph Film and Photographic dept. c1961
Submitted by: Standard Triumph Works
James, Walter
Nickname Nobby my dad worked at the Standard and the Morris
Submitted by: Sandra James
James, Walter (Nobby)
Nobby aka Walter James
Submitted by: Sandra James
Jaques, Malc
My dad Malc Jaques worked there
Submitted by: Julie Tutchener
Jeanes, DavidSubmitted by: Alan Goodwin
Jeffcoate, CecilSubmitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jeffcoatt, Arthur (Paddy)
Jefferson, Alec C
Work on DUD Line final finish from 1962 to 1980
Submitted by: Alec c Jefferson
Jefferson, Alex H
Herald trim & finish 21 shop inspection foreman 1958 to the end !!
Submitted by: Alec C Jefferson
Jeffries, George
c1929
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jeffs, J C
Spares Production Executive
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jenkins, Ray
Technical Executive at Service Depot, Allesley.
Submitted by: Rose Blake
Jennings, Edward
Fork lift driver Spares Dept Maintenance Dept Fletch South c 1971-80
Submitted by: Alwyne Bates
Jennings, Fred
Rear axle inspector: I worked at Standard Triumph for 40 years, 27 of which were at the Capmartin Road site. At 16, I started doing my apprenticeship with Standard, working on the Vanguard, but then moved to Radford with the factory. I built the very first Herald through to the very last, only leaving when the plant closed in 1986. It was my job to make sure that nothing got through that wasn't perfect. I remember one car I owned where everything had to be replaced, except for the rear axle, that was the only thing that hadn't been changed!
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jennings, Jack
Rocket Range
Submitted by: John D\'Arcy
Jennings, John (Jack)Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jephcott, Arthur
Chargehand, Engine Assembly, 1929
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jerrams, Richard (Dick)
Sales conversion from approx 1970 to closure in 82
Submitted by: David Trivett
Johnson, Alan
Alan Johnson worked there until the late 70s. Sadly deceased.
Submitted by: Sarah Carpenter
Johnston, Andy
Assembly Shop. Tile Hill. "It was a lovely place to work. There was great camaraderie. They weren't just colleagues, they were all your mates. It was a marvellous place to work."
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Joiner, Roy
Experimental dept
Submitted by: Alwyne Bates
Jolly, Roy
I was transferred for Rover to Triumph as an apprentice when Rover Triumph were combined in about 1973. Myself and Roy Jolly were the first 2 to move between the companies. Roy was on the drawing board and went on to show great engineering expertise in engine design at Canley, Longbridge and BMW.
Submitted by: Alan Goodwin
Jones, Bill
My dad worked there on nights for many years. Sadly he is no longer with us
Submitted by: Carol Wallen
Jones, Dennis
Worked in the Cost Office from 1963 to 1968
Submitted by: Dennis Jones
Jones, Douglas
My father - Douglas Jones, was born and raised in Coventry and spent his working life involved in the car industry. More 1936/67 - 1938
Submitted by: Ian Jones
Jones, Ernie
Chassis design
Submitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jones, Frank
My dad worked there Frank Jones, 1970s I think it was, he also played for the bowls team xxx
Submitted by: Mandy Fellows
Jones, GeorgeSubmitted by: Triumph Works Archive
Jones, John
My father John Jones, worked there as a tool setter charge hand. He was there from about 1962 till the day it closed down permanently.
Submitted by: Ann-Marie Staples
Jones, Johnny
Foreman, Barb Line in the Rocket Range c1960's
Submitted by: Ian Elmer
Jones, Ken
Production buyer in Fletch North
Submitted by: John Cremins
Jones, May
My Dad Stan Dunning, my Mum Mair Dunning, My Nan May Jones, my Sisters Linda Dunning,& Susan Dunning and Auntie & Uncle all worked there Wally Edgar & Jean Edgar 🙂
Submitted by: Amanda Jane Clarkson
Jones, TomSubmitted by: Triumph Works Archive


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We’d love you to get involved with this project. You can email us your info to iwas@standardtriumphworks.co.uk or post a name directly on the ‘submit name’ link.

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September 2017 UPDATE: Thank you for all the submissions we now have over 1,260 names in the database with articles, info, memories and photos coming in. We’ll show everything, that comes in, at some point soon, please bear with us. We still need more… Email your stories today!
Would you like to contribute regularly to the site? Let us know.

Memories

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LATEST POSTS

  • Cyril West - I started at the Standard in 1959, I spent 10 years in the paint shop, the first few years on the sound deadening then masking and spirit white on the side track.
  • Evelyn West - I first started at The Standard in 1957 at the Banner Lane offices working as a junior for the Supply Division. In 1959 I transferred to Canley working for the Production Control manager Mr Biggs as a typist typing instructions sheets to be sent around the factory for the factory workers to build the cars, …

    Continue reading "Evelyn West"

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Eric Camwell - I WAS an apprentice at the Raleigh company in 1930 and later worked for Daimler.
  • A Visit to the Triumph Works – 1957 - A Visit to the Triumph Works We headed for Coventry and drove along the Ring Road to the factory of the Standard Motor Company Ltd., where Triumph TR3s are assembled.
  • Albert Edward Smith - WHEN the 83,139th and last Standard Eight rolled off the production line at Canley in July 1948, it wasn’t sold or given to a museum.
  • Ivor Penrice – Dollars for TR3s - Dollars for TR3s It is becoming increasingly difficult to think-up new publicity stunts but Mr. I. J. Penrice, Publicity Manager of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., scored a distinct triumph in this direction when he heard that 40 members of the American Triumph Sports Owners’ Association wished to purchase new TR3s.
  • Comptometers Part 2 - Following on from earlier posts about Comptometers – we have been donated this incredible machine which was rescued from a skip direct from the Standard Triumph works!
  • The Last Triumph Herald – Names - The photograph of the last Triumph Herald off the production line has offered a new name…

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