Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,356 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Harry J. Swift

From Graces Guide

Harry J. Swift of Rolls-Royce

Apprentice with the Great Northern Railway

1908 Joined Rolls-Royce

1914 Superintendent of the Axle and Gearbox Transmission Department

1928-36 Works Manager of Nightingale Road

1937 Became production manager of the Aero Division

General Manager, Aero Production

1950 Became a consultant to Ernest Hives

1952 Retired


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The Magic of a Name by Peter Pugh. Published 2002. ISBN 1 84046 151 9