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Many of these may not have had a distinctive button -those whom I believe did are marked in bold- photos anon & of course the usual request for photos of yours. Pre 1930s they  will have been brass , gilt or white metal thereafter chrome were all the rage.

The original list came from the FireProtection & Accident Yearbook 1962. F followed by date, so far 1962 & 1952 are covered. Histories of these companies can also be provided for the benefit of contributors.
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A-C-Delco (division of general motors Ltd.)   Dunstable. [NIF52]

Accles & Pollock Ltd. Oldbury Birmingham.

Acton Bolt  London.  [NIF52]

A.E.I –Hotpoint Ltd.     Peterborough. & Llandudno Junction. [NIF52]

A.E.I –Lamp & Lighting Co. Ltd.     Chesterfield. Hereford, Leicester, Ponders End Enfield. [NIF52]

Aerograph-Devilbiss Co. Ltd. Lower Sydenham London & Bournemouth. [NIF52]

Air Service Training Ltd. Hamble Southampton.

Airscrew Co. & Jicwood Ltd. Weybridge. [NIF52]  

Airspeed Ltd. [NIF62]

Albright & Wilson (MFG) Ltd,  Widnes. [NIF52as (MFG)]

Alcan Industries Ltd.   Banbury. [NIF52]

Allen & Sons, John,  (Oxford) Ltd   Oxford. [NIF52]

Allen & Sons, W. H. Co. Ltd   Bedford.

Allen west & Co. Ltd.   Brighton. [NIF52]

Anderson & Son, D.,  Ltd.  Stretford, Manchester.

Ansells Brewery Ltd.   Birmingham.

Armco Ltd.  Letchworth. [NIF52]  

Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. [NIF62]

Associated Electrical Industries Ltd.  Coventry; Glasgow; Larne; Leicester; Lincoln; Lydbrook; Manchester X3; Motherwell; Nelson; Newcastle Staffs.; Rugby; Sheffield; Spennymoor, Durham; Willesden, London; Woolwich, London. [NIF52]

Austin Motor Co. Ltd. Birmingham

Avery, W.T. Ltd., Birmingham.

Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd.  Melksham, Wilts. [NIF52]

B.B. Chemical, The,  Co. Ltd.  Leicester. [NIF52]

B.X.Plastics Ltd. Larkswood, London & Manningtree, Essex. [NIF52]

Baker Perkins Ltd. Peterborough & Hebburn on Tyne.

Barrow Steelworks Ltd. Barrow in Furness. [NIF52]

Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd.   Kirkaldy. [NIF52]

Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd.  Burton on Trent.

Battery Carbons Ltd. Wolverhampton. [NIF52]

Bell Punch Co.Ltd. Uxbridge. [NIF52]

Bemrose & Sons Ltd. Derby. [NIF52]

Bentalls Ltd. Kingston upon Thames. company buttons exist so... [NIF52]  

Bifercated & Tubular Rivet Co. Ltd., The.  Aylesbury [NIF62] an interesting note is that this company advertised in the London CD's -presumably making studs? [NIF62]

Bigwood, Joshua & Sons Ltd.    Wolverhampton [NIF62]

Birmingham Aluminium Casting (1903) Co. Ltd.  Smethwick.

Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd.  Birmingham. reported.  

Birtley Co. Ltd. Durham [NIF62]

Blackpool Tower Co. Ltd. Blackpool.  reported [NIF52]

Blakeborough & Sons, J.,  Ltd.  Brighouse, Yorks.

Blamires Ltd.   Huddersfield. [NIF52]

Bluemel Bros.  Coventry.  

Boake, A. Roberts & Co. Ltd. Stratford,L [NIF62]

Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd. Nottingham.

Bowaters United Kingdom Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd. Sittingbourne; Mersey;Gravesend;

Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd.,  New Malden.

Bright & Brothers, John, Ltd.  Rochdale. [NIF52]

Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd.  Bristol & Banwell. [NIF52]

Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.  Coventry. [NIF52]

Bristol & West Tar Distillers Ltd.  Bristol. [NIF52]

Brittania Iron & Steel Works Ltd.  Bedford. [NIF52]

British Bata Shoe Co. Ltd.  East Tilbury, Essex.

British Belting & Asbestos Ltd.   Cleckheaton,

British Celanese Ltd.  London.

British Cellophane Ltd.,  Bridgewater.

British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Ltd.,  Grangemouth.

British Insulated Callenders Cables Ltd.,   Belvedere; Erith; Helsby;Leigh;Prescot.

British Manufacture & Research Ltd., Grantham, Lincs. [NIF52]

British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd., Selby. [NIF52]

British Oxygen Co. Ltd.  Edmonton [NIF62]

British Paper Co. Ltd. Hemel Hempstead.

British Petroleum Refinery (Grangemouth) Ltd. [NIF52]

British Petroleum Refinery (Kent) Ltd.[NIF52]  

British Petroleum Refinery (llandarcy) Ltd .[NIF52]   

British Ropes Ltd. Cleckheaton.

British Tabulating Machine Co. Ltd.  Letchworth, Herts. [NIF52]

British Thermosat  Co. Ltd., Sunbury on Thames. [NIF52]  

British Thompson-Houston Co. Ltd. , The. Nelson,Willesden. [NIF62]

British Timken (Division of Tinken Roller Bearing Co.) Northampton [NIF52]

British Titan Products Co. Ltd.  Billingham, Co. Durham [NIF52]  

British Tool & Engineering Co. Ltd. [NIF62]

British United Shoe Machinery Co. Ltd. Leicester. [NIF52]

Briton Ferry Steel Co. Ltd. Neath Glamorganshire.  [NIF52]

Britool Limited.   Wolverhampton.  [NIF52]

Brittains Limited. Nr. Leek.  [NIF52]

Brocklehurst Whiston Amalgamated Ltd.  Langley; Macclesfield. 

BrookHirst Switchgear Ltd. Chester [NIF62]

Brook Motors Ltd. Huddersfield. 

Brookhurst  Igranic Ltd. Chester.  [NIF52]

Brotherhood, Peter, Ltd.  Peterborough.[NIF52]  

Brotherton & Co. Ltd. Nr. Birkenhead.  [NIF52]

Brown Industries, David, Ltd. Huddersfiekd.  [NIF52]

Brown & Co., William,  (Ipswich) Ltd.  [NIF52]

Brown & Polson Ltd.  Manchester.  [NIF52]

Bryant & May Ltd.   Glasgow.  [NIF52]

Brymbo Steel Works Ltd.  Wrexham.  [NIF52]

Burnley & Sons, Thomas, Ltd.   Cleckheaton

Burroughs Welcome & Co. Dartford. 

Busby’s (Bradford) Ltd.  [NIF52]

Bush & Co., W.J.,  Ltd. Ash Grove London& Widnes. 

Bushing Co. Ltd., The. Hebburn  [NIF52]

Butler & Co., W., Ltd. Wolverhampton   

BX Plastics Ltd. Chingford [NIF62]

C.A.V. Ltd., Acton, London. 

Cadbury Bros. Ltd. Birmingham 

Calico Printers Association Ltd., The. Manchester.  [NIF52]

Camden Tanning Co. Ltd. Runcorn.  [NIF52]  

Camper & Nicholsons Ltd. (Shipyard). Southampton.

Capon Heaton & Co. Ltd.  Birmingham.  [NIF52]  

Carless, Capel & Leonard Ltd. [NIF62]

Carrongrove Paper Co. Ltd.  Denny, Sterlingshire.  [NIF52]

Carr’s of Carlyle (Carr & Co. Ltd.). 

Caterpillar Tractor Co. Ltd. Birtley, Co. Durham.[NIF52] 

Chamberlin & Hookham Ltd. Birmingham.  [NIF52]

Charrington & Co. Ltd.  [NIF52]

Chemstrand Ltd. Coleraine, Nth. Ireland.  [NIF52]  

Chillington Tool Co. Ltd. Wolverhampton [NIF62]

Chubb & Son's Lock & Safe Co. Ltd. Wolverhampton [NIF62]

Clark Son & Morland Ltd. Glastonbury.  [NIF52]

Clayton Dewandre Co. Ltd.  Lincoln.  [NIF52]

Clyde Paper C. Ltd. Rutherglen.  [NIF52]

Cole, E. K.  Ltd. Southend on Sea.  [NIF52]

College of Aeronautics, Bletchley, Buckks.  [NIF52]

Colman, J. & J.,  Ltd.  [NIF52]

Constructors Ltd. Birmingham.  [NIF52]

Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.  Manchester.

Corah, N.,  (St. Margaret) Ltd. Leicester.  [NIF52]

Cork Manufacturing Co. Ltd. South Chingford. 

Cornercroft  Ltd. Coventry.  [NIF52]

Courtlauds Ltd. Coventry.  [& Nuneaton F52]

Coventry Gauge & Tool Co. Ltd.  [NIF62]

Coventry Precision Ltd. Coventry.  [as Coventry Precision Engineering Co. Ltd. F52]

Coventry Radiator & Presswork Co. Ltd. Canley. 

Cow, P.B. & Co.Ltd. Streatham. [NIF52]  

Crane Ltd. Ipswich.  [NIF52]

Cranfield Brothers Ltd. Ipswich.  [NIF52]

Cravens Ltd.  Sheffield.  [NIF52]

Crompton Parkinson (Chelmsford) Ltd.  Chelmsford & Guisley.  [NIF52]

Crosfield, Joseph,  & Sons Ltd. Warrington.  [NIF52]

Crown Cork Co. Ltd. Southall.  [NIF52]

Cryselco Ltd.  Bedford.  [NIF52]

Cyanamid of Great Britain Ltd. (Lederle Lab’s. Division). Gosport , Hants.  [NIF52]

Daily Mirror, Holborn, London.  [NIF52]

Daimler Company Ltd.  Coventry.  [The F52]

Dartford & Greaseproof Paper Mills, Dartford.  [The & Ltd. F52]

Darwins Group Ltd. Sheffield,  [NIF52]

Davey,  Paxman & Co. Ltd. (Brittania works)  Colchester (Standard works) Colchester.   [ Standard ironworks F52]

Davis Gas Stove co. Ltd., The. Luton [NIF62]

De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. Bolton, Lancs.; Chester; Christchurch; Hatfield; Hitchin;Portsmoth;Stevenage.  [Hatfield only F52]

Dennis Brothers Ltd. Guildford.  [No Ltd. F52]

Derby Co-operative Provident Society Ltd. [NIF62]

Deva Hospital, Chester.  [NIF52]

Dickinson, John,  & Co. Ltd. Hemel Hempstead; Basildon, London;Watford;Kings Langley; Kirkby.  [Hemel,Basldn.,W'ford F52]

Distillers C. Ltd. (Chemical Div.) Kingston upon Hull.  [NIF52]

Docker Bros. Birmingham. 

Dowty Rotol Limited. Gloucester.  [NIF52]

Dualloys Ltd. Somerset. [NIF52]  

Dunlop Rim & Wheel Co. Ltd. Coventry. 

Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. Birmingham & Manchester. [B'ham F52]

E.M.I. Ltd. Hayes Middx.  [As E.M.I. Factories Ltd. F52]

Earls Court Ltd.  London.  [NIF52]

Early & Marriott, Charles,  (Witney) Ltd. Witney, Oxon.  [NIF52]

Eastern Gas Board (Tottenham & Watford Div.) London. 

Eastman’s Dyers & Cleaners Ltd. Acton, London. 

Edgar Allen & Co. Ltd., Sheffield.   

Edison-Swan Electric Co. Ltd. Enfield  [NIF62]

Electric Construction Co. Ltd.  Wolverhampton.  [NIF52]

Electro Hydraulics Ltd.  Conveyancer Fork Trucks Ltd. Warrington.  [As Electro Hydraulics Ltd. F52]

Electrolux. Ltd. Luton. 

Elliott Bros. (London) Ltd. Lewisham, London.  [NIF52]

Elliotts of Newbury Ltd. Newbury.  [NIF52]

Ellison, George, & Tufnol Ltd. Birmingham.  [NIF52]

English & Scottish Joint CWS Ltd.  London. 

English Electric Co. Ltd. Bradford; Leicester; Preston; Rugby; Stafford.  [The, Preston,Staff.,Rugby, F52]

Ericsson Telephones Ltd.  Nottingham. 

Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. Fawley, Hants. [NIF52] 

Evershed & Vignoles Ltd.  Chiswick, London.  [NIF52]

Faire Bros. & Co. Ltd. Leicester.  [NIF52]

Fairey Aviation Company Ltd., The. London; Hamble [No The F52]

Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co. Falmouth.  [NIF52]

Fenner, J.H., & Co. Ltd. Hull  [NIF52]

Ferguson Brothers Ltd.  Carlisle.  [NIF52]

Ferodo Ltd. Stockport.  [In Derbyshire F52]

Ferranti Ltd. Edinburgh  [NIF52]

Firth-Vickers Stainlaess Steel Ltd. Sheffield.  [NIF52]

Fisher & Ludlow Ltd. Birmingham & Coventry.  [B'ham F52]

Fletcher, Russell & Co. Ltd. Warrington.  [NIF52]

Fodens Ltd.  Sandbach.  [NIF52]

Folland Aircraft Ltd. Southampton. 

Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Dagenham.  [Rainham F52]

Formica Limited.(Tynemouth factory) North Shields.  [NIF52]

Fox,Samuel, Co. Ltd. Sheffield.  [NIF52]  

Fraser & Chalmers Enngineering Works (Props. G.E.C. Ltd.).  [NIF62]

Freedlands Ltd.  Manchester.  [NIF52]

French, Thomas,  & Sons Ltd. Manchester   

Frenchs Ltd. Loughton [NIF62]

Frigidaire (div. Of General Motors Ltd.)  Lindale.  [NIF52]

Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Billingham, Co. Durham.[NIF52]  

Garringtons Ltd. Bromsgrove & Darlaston.[NIF52]  

General Electric Co. Ltd. Birmingham;Coventry;Erith & Portsmouth.  [B'ham., C'try., W'hton. The, F52]

Gillette Safety Razor Co. Isleworth.  [NIF52]

Glass Bulbs Ltd. Doncaster.  [NIF52]

Glaxo Laboratories Ltd. Barnard Castle;Ulverston;Stoke Poges; Montrose; Uxbridge. [Barnard Castle; Ulverston; Greenford F52]

Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd.  Gloucester.  [The F52]

Glove, W.T., R & Co. Ltd. Manchester.  [NIF52]

Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co.(GB) Ltd. Wolverhampton. 

Greene, King & Sons Ltd. Bury St. Edmunds 

Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (Midlands) Ltd. Birmingham. 

Guinness, Arthur, Son & Co. (Park Royal) Ltd. London.  [NIF52]

Gwynnes Pumps Ltd Lincoln. [NIF52] 

Hadfields Ltd. Sheffield.  [NIF52]

Hall, J.E., Ltd.   Dartford   

Harland & Wolff Ltd.  Southampton [NIF62]

Harper, John, & Co. Ltd.  Willenhall. 

Harringtons & Goodlass Wall Ltd. Cork.  [NIF52]

Hawker Aircraft Ltd. Dunsfold.  [NIF52]  

Hawley A.E. & Co. Ltd. Nottingham & Hinckley [NIF62]

Haworth, Richard,  & Co. (Mnfg.) Ltd. Salford.  [NIF52]

Hayward, Tyler & Co. Ltd. Luton.  [NIF52]

Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd.  Luton.  [Aylesbury F52]

Head Wrightson & Co. Ltd.  Stockton.  [NIF52]

Hedley, Thomas,  & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne.  [NIF52]

High Duty Alloys Ltd. Slough  [NIF52]

Hilger & Watts Ltd.  Camberwell, London & Loughton, Essex.  [ (Watts Division) London F52]

Hirst, Charles, & Sons Ltd.  Cleckheaton. 

Hodgson, Richard, & Sons Ltd. Beverley.  [NIF52]

Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd Chelmsford.  [NIF52]

Hole, James,  &  Co. Ltd. (Castle Brewery). Newark on Trent.  [NIF52]

Holliday, L.B.,  & Co. Ltd. Huddersfiled 

Hood, R.,  Haggie & Son Ltd. Wallsend.  [NIF52]

Hoover Ltd. Greenford, Middx. 

Hoover (Washing Machines) Ltd. Merthyr Tydfil.  [NIF52]

Hoover (Electric Motors) Ltd. Cambuslang, Lanark. [NIF52]

Hope, henry, & Sons Ltd. Smethwick.  [NIF52]

Howard & Bullough Ltd.  Accrington.  [NIF52]

Humber Ltd. Coventry 

Hunting Aircraft Ltd.  Luton.  [NIF52]

Igranic Electric Co. Ltd. Bedford. 

Ilford Ltd.  Brentwood.  [NIF52]

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. London.  button also known for former title BIC. [as I.C. I. Ltd. F52].

Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britian & Ireland) Ltd. Bristol.  [The F52]

Imperial Typewriter Co. Ltd. Leicester.  [NIF52]

Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd. Burton  [NIF62] previous name for below.

Ind Coope ltd. Burton on Trent. 

India Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. Paisley  [NIF52]

International Alloys Ltd. Aylesbury. 

International Computers & Tabulators Ltd. Croydon, London.  [NIF52]

International Paints Ltd. Gateshead.[NIF52] 

Jackson Industries Ltd. Luton. [NIF52]

Jaguar Cars Ltd. Coventry  [NIF52]

Jelleyman & Sons Ltd. Kidderminster. [NIF52]

Jessop, William,  & Sons Ltd. Sheffield.[NIF52] 

John Bull Ruber Co. Ltd. Leicester. [NIF52]

Johns, Edward,  & Co Ltd. Armitage. [NIF52]

Johnsons of Hendon Ltd. [NIF52]

Kalamazoo Ltd. Birmingham.

Kelvin & Hughes Ltd. Ilford. [NIF52]

Kodak Ltd. Harrow.

Lamson Paragon Ltd. London.   [As Lamson Paragon Supply Ltd. Co. Ltd.]

Landis & Gyr Ltd. London. [NIF52]

Lansil Ltd. Lancaster. [NIF52] 

Latch & Batchelor (Amalgamated with Webster & Horsfall) Ltd. Birmingham  [NIF62]

Laycock Engineering Ltd. Sheffield. [NIF52]

Lea-Francis Cars Ltd. Coventry.

LEC Refrigeration. Bognor Regis. [NIF52] 

Lever Brothers Port Sunlight Ltd. Cheshire [NIF62]

Leyland & Birmingham Rubber Co. Ltd. Leyland. [The F52]

Leyland Motors Ltd, Leyland.

Lightfoot Refrigeration Co Ltd. Wembley. [NIF52]

Lloyd, F.H. & Co. Ltd. Wednesbury.

Lobitos Oilfields Ltd. Cheshire. [NIF52]

London & Thames Haven Oil Wharves Ltd. Thames Haven. [NIF52]

London Brick Co. Bedford. [NIF52]

London Paper Mills Co. Ltd. (Reed Group) Dartford.

London Works (Barlows) Ltd. Oldbury

Longdon, F. & Co. Ltd. Derby.

Lotus Ltd. Stafford. [NIF52]

Lucas, Joseph, Ltd.  Birmingham & Burnley. [NIF52]

Lysaght’s, John, Scunthorpe Works Ltd.[NIF52] 

Magnesium Elektron,  Swinton. [NIF52]

M.C.L. & Repetition Ltd. Birmingham. [NIF52]

M.G. Car Co. Ltd. Abingdon on Thames.

McKechnie Brothers Ltd. Aldridge, Staffs. [NIF52]

Mallinson, Wm. & Sons (MFG) Ltd. Bexleyheath. [NIF52]

Mander Brothers Ltd. Wolverhampton.[NIF52] 

Mandleberg, J., & Co. Ltd. Salford. [NIF52]

Marconi Instruments Ltd. St.Albans. [NIF52]

Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd. Chelmsford. company buttons exist. [NIF52]

Marshall Sons & Co. Ltd.  Gainsborough.

Massey’s Burnley Brewery Ltd. [NIF52]

May & Baker Ltd. Dagenham. [NIF52]

Meltis Ltd. Bedford. [NIF52]

Meltonian Wren Ltd. Cricklewood.[NIF52] 

Micanite & Insulators Co. Ltd. Walthamstow, London.[NIF52] 

Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd. Stoke on Trent.[NIF52] 

Midland Bank Ltd. London.

Midland Tar Distillers Ltd., The. Wolverhampton. [NIF52]

Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd.  Stockport. [NIF52]

Mitchells & Butlers Ltd.  Smethwick

Mond Nickel Co. Ltd. Swansea. [NIF52]

Monsanto Chemicals Ltd. Wrexham.

Morgan Crucible Co. Ltd. Battersea.

Morgans Brewery Co. Ltd. Norwich.[NIF52] 

Morris Motors Ltd. Coventry;Oxford;Birmingham. [Cowley F52]

Mullard  Radio Valve Co. Ltd. & Philips Electrical Ltd. Croydon.[NIF52] 

Muller & Co. (England) Ltd. Mortimer Nr. Kidderminster.

Nairn, Michael,  & Co. Ltd. Kirkaldy. [NIF52]

Napier, D, & Son Ltd. Acton;Liverpool;Luton.  [Acton & luton F52]

Nash, William, Ltd. Orpington. [NIF52]

National Coal Board Durham & Northern (N&C) Div’s. Fire & Rescue Brigade.

Newman Industries Ltd. Bristol. [NIF52] 

Newton Chambers & Co. Ltd. Nr. Sheffield [NIF62]

North British Rubber Co. Ltd. Edinburgh. [NIF52]

Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd. Banbury. [NIF52]

Nuffield Metal Products Ltd. Birmingham. [NIF52]

Nu-Swift Ltd. Elland. [NIF52]

Oldham & Son Ltd. Denton.  [NIF52]

Olympia Ltd. London. [NIF52] 

Olympia Oil & Cake Co. Ltd. Selby [NIF62]

Oriental tube Co. Ltd. West Bromwich.  [NIF52]

Oxford University Press.  Oxford.  [NIF52]

Parkes, Josiah, Co. Ltd.  Willenhall. 

Parkinson Cowan Apliances Ltd. Birmingham.  [NIF52]

Parkside Hospital.  Macclesfield.  [as Parkside Mental Hospital F52]

Percival Aircraft Ltd.  Luton [NIF62]

Perkins, F., Ltd. Peterborough  [NIF52]

Peterborough & District Volunteer Fire Brigade (retained by Soke of Peterborough.) 

Petrochemicals Ltd. Nr. Manchester.   

Phillips Electrical Ltd. Mitcham [NIF62]

Phillips, J.A., & Co. Ltd. Smethwick. 1

Pilkington Brothers Ltd. Doncaster & St Helens. 

Pirelli-General Cable Works Ltd. Eastleigh & S’ton.  [NIF52] 

Powers-Samas Accounting Machines Ltd. Croydon [NIF62]

Pressed Steel Co. Ltd. Oxford; Paisley & Swindon.  [The, Oxford F52]

Pritchett & Gold & E.P.S. Co. Ltd. Dagenham. 

Pullin, R.B. & Co. Ltd. Brentford.  [NIF52]

Pyrene Co. Ltd. Brentford.  [The F52]

Quaker Oats Ltd.  Dorking; Whitehaven.  [NIF52]

Rainhill Hospital.  Liverpool.  [NIF52]

Raleigh Industries Ltd.  Nottingham. 

Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. Ipswich.  [Ransome F52]

Ransomes, Simms & Jefferies Ltd. Ipswich.  [NIF52]

Reed Board Mills (Calthrop) Ltd.  [NIF52]

Reed, Albert E., & Co.  Ltd. Maidstone. 

Reeves & Sons Ltd. Enfield. 

Renold Chains Ltd. Coventry.  [Renold & Coventry Chain Co. Ltd. F52]

Revo Electric Co. Ltd.  Tipton. 

Richards, Charles, & Sons Ltd.,  Darlaston.  [NIF52]

Richmond’s Gas Stove Co. Ltd. Warrington  [NIF52]

Robertson Thain Ltd. Wirral.[NIF52]  

Roe, A.V. & Co. Ltd. Manchester; Chadderton; Woodford;Bracebridge; Langar.  [NIF52]

Rolls-Royce Ltd.  Barnoldswick; Crewe;derby;Glasgow. 

Ronson Products Ltd.  Leatherhead  [NIF52]

Rose Brothers (Gainsborough) Ltd. 

Rover Co. Ltd. Birmingham. 

Rowntree & Co. Ltd York & Newcastle upon Tyne.  [NIF52]

Rubery, Owen & Co. Ltd.  Darlaston. 

Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd.  Lincoln.  [NIF52]

Rylands Brothers Ltd.  Warrington.  [NIF52]

Sanderson Brothers & Newbould Ltd. Sheffield.  [NIF52]

Sankey, Joseph, & Sons Ltd.  Wellington, Shrops.  [NIF52]

Scribbans_Kemp (Bakeries) Ltd.  Smethwick  [ no Bakeries F52]

Selfridges Ltd,  London. 

Sentinel (Shrewsbury) Ltd. [NIF52] 

Severalls Hospital Group,  Colchester.  [NIF52] 

Shaw Brothers Ltd. Huddersfield  [NIF62]

Sheffield Twist Drill & Steel Co. Ltd.  [NIF52]

Shell refining Co. Ltd  Ellesmere Port;  Shell Haven.  [NIF52]

Short Bros. & Harland Ltd.  Sydenham. 

Siemens Brothers & Co. Ltd. Woolwich [NIF62]

Silent Channel Co. Ltd. Huntingdon.[NIF52] 

Simms Motor Units Ltd.   London.  [NIF52]

Simon Engineering Group. ( Henry Simon (Eng. Wks.) Ltd. Simon Carves Ltd. Simon Handling Engineers Ltd. , Turbine Gears Ltd.) Stockport.  [NIF52]

Singer Manufacturing Co. Ltd.  Clydebank.  [NIF52]

Singer Motors Ltd.  Birmingham.  [NIF52]

Skefko Ball Bearing Co. Ltd.  Luton.  [NIF52]

Sketchley Ltd. Hinckley.  [NIF52]

Slazengers Ltd. Wakefield[NIF52] 

Smith, S., & Sons (England) Ltd.  London; Cheltenham;Watford;Wishaw,Lancs.; Witney, Oxon. [New Stevenston F52]

Smith, T.J. & Nephew & Lilia Ltd. Hull.  [NIF52]

Smith, W.H. Ltd.  London & Manchester. 

Southalls (Birmingham) Ltd.  [NIF52]

Southwell, H. & M. Bridgnorth.  [NIF52]

Spear & Jackson Ltd. Sheffield.  [NIF52]

Spence, Peter,  & Sons Ltd. Widnes.  [NIF52]

Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd.  Brentford.   

Standard Motor Co. Ltd. Coventry [NIF62]

Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd.  London &Harlow.[London F52] 

Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd. & Kolster-Brandes Ltd.  Foots Cray, Kent. 

Standard Triumph International Motor Co. Ltd.  Coventry.  [see Standard Motor Co]

Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd. Nottingham.  [NIF52]

Steel Nut & Joseph Hampton Ltd. Wednesbury. 

Sterling Metals Ltd. Coventry & Nuneaton. 

Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd. Corby. 

Storey Bros. & Co. Ltd. Lancaster.  [NIF52]

Stothert & Pitt Ltd. Bristol.  [NIF52]

Sun Printers Ltd. Watford.  [NIF52]

Superheater Co. Ltd. Trafford.  [NIF52]

Sutcliffe, Richard, Ltd. Horbury.  [NIF52]

Symington, W., & Co. Ltd. Market Harborough.  [NIF52]

Thames Board Mills Ltd. Purfleet & Warrington.  [NIF52]

Thomas, Richard, & Baldwin Ltd. Ebbw Vale,  Mon.  [NIF52]

Thornley & Knight Ltd. Birmingham.  [NIF52]

Tilling-Stevens Ltd. Maidstone.  [NIF52]

Timex,   Dundee  [NIF52]

Transport Equipment (Thorneycroft) Co. Ltd. Basingstoke.  [NIF52]

Triplex Safety glass Co. Ltd.  King’s Norton. [NIF52]

Tube Products Ltd. Oldbury. 

Tubes (Equipment) Ltd.  Oldbury.  [NIF52]

Tucker, George,  Eye Co. Ltd.  Birmingham  [Eyelet F52]

Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd.  Rochdale. 

Turner E.R.& F. Ltd.  Ipswich. 

Turner Machinery Ltd. Stanningley.  [NIF52]

Tweedales & Smalley Ltd.  Rochdale.  [NIF52]

Tyne Furniture Works Ltd.  North Shields.  [NIF52]

Unilever Merseyside Ltd.  (div. Multilever) [NIF52]

Universal Pump Containers Ltd.  Kirkintilloch. [NIF52] 

Upton Mental Hospital  Chester {NIF62]

Ushers Wiltshire Brewery Ltd. Trowbridge.  [NIF52]

Valor Co. Ltd. Birmingham.  [NIF52]

Vauxhall Motors Ltd. Luton. 

Vickers Ltd. London  [NIF52] 

Vickers - Armstrong Ltd.  Barrow, Elswick & Scotswold, Walker,  Weybridge, Winchester. [NIF62]

Vickers Armstrong (Aircraft) Ltd.  Swindon & Weybridge.  [NIF52]

Vickers-Armstrong (Engineers) Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne.  [NIF52]

Vickers-Armstrong (shipbuilders)  Ltd. Barrow in Furness; Hebburn; Newcastle u Tyne.  [NIF52]

Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd. Wolverhampton. 

Vono Ltd. Tipton. 

Wakefield, C.C., Co. Ltd. Hayes.  [NIF52]

Walker, James, Ltd. Woking  (both branches in town closed  & I now live in a house on the Hoebridge site.) 

Walker, WM., & Sons Ltd. Bolton. 

Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. (F.W.Howarth branch). Manchester.  [no (no cont.) F52]

Warne, William,  & Co. Ltd. Barking 

Webster & Bennett Ltd.  Coventry.  [NIF52]

Weetabix Ltd. Nr. Kettering.  [NIF52]

Western Manufacturing (Reading) Ltd.[NIF52]  

Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Ltd. Chippenham, Wilts. 

Westland Aircraft Ltd. (Saunders-Roe div.)East Cowes. [NIF52]

Westland Aircraft Ltd. (Fairey Aviation Div. Ltd.)  Maidenhead.  [NIF52]

Weymann’s Ltd. Addlestone. 

Whittingham Hospital,  Preston.  [Mental F52]

Wilkins & Mitchell Ltd.  Darlaston [NIF62]

Widnes Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd.  [NIF52]

Winwick Hospital, Warrington.  [NIF52]

Wolverhampton Die Casting Co. Ltd. 

Wood Bros. Glass Co. Ltd. Barnsley.  [NIF52] 

Woods of Colchester Ltd. {NIF62]

Workington Iron & Steel Co. (branch of United Steel Co. Ltd.)  [NIF52]

Wright, John, & Co. Ltd. Birmingham. 

Yates, W.E. Ltd. Leeds.

 

 

 

 

There is a Dutch book De voertuigen van de Philipsbrandweer by Peter Snellen  Hardcover, ingebonden. 70 blz. Nieuw boek. 2002. that gives the history of the Nederland sites' Firebrigade.

 

 

 

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