1908 London to Edinburgh Run
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of London to Edinburgh Run
Held 05-06th & 08th June. The Motor Cycling Club sixth annual London to Edinburgh run. There were 48 motorcycles and 15 cars that finished.
First finishers were:
- W. H. Wells ( 5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- A. Walton ( 5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- G. Gibson ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- G. E. Roberts ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- Captain R. K. Arbuthnot ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- W. H. Lane ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- J. S. Harwood ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- W. A. Sale ( 5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- A. J. Sproston ( 5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- G. W. Raper ( 6 h.p. NSU)
- H. P. Beasley ( 5 h.p. Rex)
- S. Webb ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- O. Nicholson ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- I. B. Hart-Davies ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- V. Olsson ( 5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- E. Gwynne ( 3.5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- A. de S. Hutton (6. h.p. Primo)
- S. G. Frost ( 4.5 h.p. Minerva)
- C. J. Seed ( 5 h.p. Vindec Special)
- C. J. Lacey ( 3.5 h.p. Fafnir)
- C. C. Cooke ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- E. W. Brewerton ( 10 h.p. Lagonda tricar)
- H. C. Sayer ( 3.5 h.p Triumph)
- W. Pratt ( 3.5 h.p. Phelon and Moore)
- Rex Motor Manufacturing Co| 5 h.p. Rex
- Miss Hind (Rex Motor Manufacturing Co)
Other finishers
- M. Campbell - Vindec Special
- W. Chater Lea - Chater Lea Carette
- J. van Hooydonk - Phoenix
- Wilbur Gunn - Lagonda
- J. F. Buckingham - Riley
- Miss A. E. Wood - Rover
- J. Platt-Betts - Rover
Non-finishers
Others from misc sources (70) -
- C. H. Crole-Rees - Advance
- A. G. Peppercorn - Anglian
- A. Sharp - A.S.L.
- L. A. Baddeley - Baddeley
- D. S. Baddeley - Baddeley
- C. J. Myer - Bat
- W. Fletcher - Bat
- G. Rowden - Bat
- P. Janson - Bat
- D. J. Maitland - Bat
- R. M. Brice - Brown
- H. C. Horswell - Brown
- A. Jelks - Chase
- P. W. Vinsen - Clifton
- A. O. Holmes - Crypto
- W. Pershke - Diamond
- C. E. Woodger - Eland
- R. O. Clark - F.N.
- C. Gordon Watson - F.N.
- R. C. Davis - Griffon
- H. G. R. Slingo - Griffon
- J. H. Brookes - Lincoln-Elk
- A. M. Tatham - Matchless
- A. D. Draper - Matchless
- J. P. Le Grand - Matchless
- T. F. Cox - Minerva
- S. H. Clay - Minerva
- W. Montgomery - Minerva
- G. L. Fletcher - Moto-Reve
- J. Stuart White - Motosacoche
- J. V. Robinson - Motosacoche
- H. Collins - Norvic
- J. S. Tweddle - N.S.U.
- T. J. Weightman - N.S.U.
- J. H. Robinson - N.S.U.
- J. L. Barratt - Peugeot
- F. Mussell - Quadrant
- S. T. A. Oldfield - Quadrant
- F. White - Rex
- W. A. Jacobs - Rex
- H. S. Myer - Rex
- J. Winslow - Rex
- A. G. Fenn - Rex
- H. G. Cove - Special
- H. M. Bentley - Triumph
- P. H. Trotman - Triumph
- H. G. Bell - Triumph
- B. Cumberland - Triumph
- A. N. Forbes - Triumph
- A. B. McDonald - Triumph
- W. H. Bashall - Triumph
- J. Cooper - Triumph
- A. T. Browett - Triumph
- H. C. Harriott - Triumph
- H. Cowlin - Triumph
- P. E. Quick - Triumph
- H. Childe - Triumph
- A. Manning Lomax - Triumph
- F. G. Smith - Triumph
- W. Adam - Triumph
- G. E. Purchase - Triumph
- R. G. Mundy - Triumph
- A. G. Reynolds - Vindec Special
- A. S. Phillips - Vindec Special
- E. Pond - Vindec Special
- O. L. Summers - Vindec Special
- V. H. Deuchar - Vindec Special
- J. O. M. Dixon - Vindec Special
- W. H. Bishop - Vindec Special
- C. B. Moss-Blundell - Zedel
See Also
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Sources of Information
- The Motor Cycle 1908/06/10 p462
- British Trial Drivers - 1902-1914 by Donald Cowbourne. Published 2003. ISBN 1 84103 022 8