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Historial series

This section lists the categories of publications which are available from the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.

How to order:
Download and complete the order form (pdf, 236kb) and send to:
   Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
   Light Alloy Foundry (LAF)
   PO Box 31
   Derby DE24 8BJ
   England

 

THE BOMBING OF ROLLS-ROYCE AT DERBY IN TWO WORLD WARS
Kirk, Felix and Bartnik 2002 (146 Pages, 101 Illustrations)

The definitive record of the attacks on the Rolls-Royce factories in Derby.

Price for members: £6.00
Price for non-members: £9.00

 

EARLY RUSSIAN JET ENGINES
Vladimir Kotelnikov and Tony Butler 2002 (116 pages, 133 photos/illustrations)

For the first time, the controversial sale of centrifugal jet engines to Russia is recounted from British and Russian archives.

Price for members: £8.00
Price for non-members: £12.00

 

PISTONS TO BLADES
Mark C S Barnard 2003 (156 pages, 90 photos/illustrations)

Following their pioneering work on Whittle's engine (Vikings at Waterloo) Rover built on the experience with a number of projects to develop small, cost efficient gas turbines, in particular for road use.

Price for members: £8.00
Price for non-members: £12.00

 

THE ROLLS-ROYCE METEOR
Evans, McWilliams, Whitworth and Birch 2004 (204 pages, 66 photos/drawings)

The adoption of the Merlin engine - the Meteor - to power armoured fighting vehicles is the topic of number 35 in the Historical series. The story tells how Rolls-Royce gave British tanks reliability and the power to haul their increasing weight at faster speeds.

Price for members: £10.00
Price for non-members: £15.00

 

50 YEARS WITH ROLLS-ROYCE - MY REMINISICES
Donald Eyre 2005 (148 pages, 78 photos/illustrations)

Written in 1969, the author, a designer recalls his work with the Company and his personal work with Henry Royce and A A Griffith.

Price for members: £8.00
Price for non-members: £12.00

 

STONELEIGH MOTORS - AN ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY COMPANY
By Alan Betts, 2006
(85 pages, 43 photos/illustrations)

‘Chronicles the history of Stoneleigh Motors, a company set up by Siddeley-Deasy to manufacture a light car and a range of commercial vehicles to complement the more expensive motors produced by the parent organisation. An appendix also covers the Trust’s restoration of one of the few remaining Stoneleigh vehicles, the 9 hp ‘Chummy’.

Price for trust members: £6.00
Price for non-members: £9.00

 

The Life and times of Henry Edmunds – pioneer, entrepreneur and ‘Godfather of Rolls-Royce’
By P Tritton (2nd Edition), 2006
(335 pages, 102 photos/illustrations)

‘The biography of one of motorings pioneers, and the man who brought together Henry Royce and Charles Rolls in May 1904’.

Price for trust members: £10.00
Price for non-members: £15.00

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