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 164,971 pages of information and 246,452 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.

Donald Eyre

From Graces Guide

Donald Eyre of Rolls-Royce

1920 Joined Rolls-Royce as a drawing office apprentice at the age of 14.

1930s Appointed as a designer

In 1969 Donald Eyre set down his reminiscences of his work with Rolls-Royce, published by the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust in 2005. As well as describing interesting aspects of his own activities, it provides a fascinating insight into the work of others, Frederick Henry Royce in particular[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. '50 Years with Rolls-Royce: My reminiscences' by Donald Eyre, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Historical Series No. 36

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