George F. Milnes and Co

1901.

Exhibit at Crich Tramway Museum.

1902. Hill of Howth 10. Exhibit at Crich Tramway Museum.

January 1902.

November 1902.

1903.

of Birkenhead

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...'

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.

1901 December. Details of the steam lorry for military purposes.

1902 January. Details and image of the motor service vehicle supplied to Portsmouth and Gosport Motors.

1902 April. Details of a brewer's motor van for Pike, Spicer and Co.

1902 October. Detailed report on their voiturette.

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.

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