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[[image:Im19581114Aero-Bristol Siddeley.jpg|thumb|March 1958.]]
[[image:Im19581114Aero-Siddeley.jpg|thumb| November 1958.]]
[[Image:Im20110923IF-i354.jpg|thumb| 3 Megawatt Turbo Generator. Exhibit at [[Internal Fire Museum of Power]]. ]]
[[Image:Imv208-p217.jpg ‎|thumb|1959. BE-58. ]]
[[image:Im1960v210-p522c.jpg |thumb| 1960. ]]
[[image:Im1960v210-p278.jpg |thumb| 1960. ]]
[[image:Im1961EnV211-p079b.jpg |thumb| 1961. Maybach MD.330 turbo-charged and intercooled engine.]]
[[Image:Im20110101Yeo-BS-104.jpg|thumb| 1964. BS110 Prototype engine. Exhibit at the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]]. ]]
[[image:Im1964EnV218-p1003a.jpg |thumb| 1964. Zeiss electron beam welding machine.]]
[[image:Im1964EnV218-p1003b.jpg |thumb| 1964. Worktable, slideways and driving mechanism.]]
[[Image:Im20110101Yeo-BSPegasus.jpg|thumb| Pegasus. Exhibit at the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]]. ]]
[[Image:Im20110101Yeo-BSPegasus1.jpg|thumb| Pegasus. Exhibit at the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]]. ]]
[[Image:Im1965LE-Bris.jpg|thumb| 1965. ]]

of Filton, Bristol and Coventry. Makers of aero-engines

1958 The company was formed from the merger of [[Bristol Aero-Engines|Bristol Aero Engines]] and [[Armstrong Siddeley Motors]]<ref>The Times, Apr 29, 1958</ref>

1959 [[Bristol Siddeley Engines]] gained [[Bristol Cars]] as part of the merger<ref>The Times  January 31, 1959</ref>

1961 Listed as designers and manufacturers of aircraft piston engines, gas turbine engines, and propeller turbine engines; industrial and marine and gas turbine engines; industrial, marine and rail traction diesel engines; motor cars; gas bearing compressors; beaver ball screws, ball ways and ball splines, and general engineering products.  25,000 employees. <ref> [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]] </ref>

1961 Listed as a subsidiary of [[Bristol Aeroplane Co]] and the [[Hawker Siddeley]] Group. Employ 25,000 persons. 

1960 The aircraft businesses of Blackburn and de Havilland became part of [[Hawker Siddeley]]. 

1961 Bristol Siddeley acquired [[De Havilland Engine Co|de Havilland Engines]] and [[Blackburn Engines]]. 

1961 Employed 25,000 persons. Works at Filton and one subsidiary.<ref>[[1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises]]</ref> 

1961 [[Bristol Siddeley Engines]] picked up an idea of [[Frank Whittle]]'s and set up [[Bristol Siddeley Whittle Tools]] to further develop the concept. 

1966 The company was taken over by [[Rolls-Royce: Aero Engines|Rolls-Royce]]

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