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1901 Entered two 6hp [[Daimler]] lorries in the trials run by the [[Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic Association|Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association]] was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate against the competition from steam driven vehicles. | 1901 Entered two 6hp [[Daimler]] lorries in the trials run by the [[Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic Association|Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association]] was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate against the competition from steam driven vehicles. | ||
1902 Detailed report on their voiturette.<ref> [[Automotor Journal 1902/10/25]]</ref> | |||
WWI Though the [[Milnes-Daimler]] company met success in selling buses throughout the British Empire, the partnership between Daimler and Milnes had to be undone due to the First World War. | WWI Though the [[Milnes-Daimler]] company met success in selling buses throughout the British Empire, the partnership between Daimler and Milnes had to be undone due to the First World War. | ||
Revision as of 03:36, 6 February 2018
Company formed by George Frederick Milnes
1898 Partnership change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, George Frederick Milnes and Albert Hughes, at 227 to 241, Cleveland-street, Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, as Tramway Carriage Builders, under the style of George F. Milnes and Co., has been dissolved...'[1]
Daimler products were sold in the British Empire in a partnership with George F. Milnes and Co called Milnes-Daimler.
1901 Entered two 6hp Daimler lorries in the trials run by the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association was awarded a Gold Medal and a Certificate against the competition from steam driven vehicles.
1902 Detailed report on their voiturette.[2]
WWI Though the Milnes-Daimler company met success in selling buses throughout the British Empire, the partnership between Daimler and Milnes had to be undone due to the First World War.
Milnes-Daimler were eventually sold just as chassis with Milnes bodies.