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Alfred W. Dougill

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1904.

Alfred W. Dougill ( -1940)

1904 of Longclose Ironworks, Leeds

1904 August. Hon. Sec. of the Yorkshire Automobile Club. Married.[1]

1940 December. Buried. 'Claimed to be the designer and constructor of the first motor car — it bore the number "UM 1" — Mr Alfred W. Dougill was buried at Maidenhead, Berkshire, yesterday. Mr Dougill was a native of Leeds and was also responsible for the design and construction of the caterpillar motor sleighs used in the late Capt. Scott's Antarctic expedition. At one time he was associated with Lord Kenilworth in the Wolseley works'[2]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Autocar 1904/08/20
  2. ↑ The Scotsman - Friday 27 December 1940
  • Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book 1903
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