41 Winners of "C.M." Diploma of Merit
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FORTY-ONE entrants in the final of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition at Bramcote last Sunday earned The Commercial Motor Diploma of Merit by gaining 75 per cent, or more of
the possible marks. They are:
Class A: A. E. Haywood (A. E. Haywood, Birmingham); 3. Bainbridge (Ridings Stores, Ltd.. Manchester); F. Collins (Tyres Portsmouth (1937), .td.); R. Stirk (York Co-operative Society, Ltd.). Class Es 1). Crutc (Hall and Co., Ltd., Croydon); W. R. Meech (W. It. Meech, Weymouth); F. J. Brindley (City Surveyor's Department, Stoke-onTrent); J. Slimmon (S.P.D., Ltd., York).
Class C: C. Dames (Fred Myers, Ltd.. Windsor); It. J. Tribe (W. U. Christopher, Ltd., Dorchester), E. Phillips (Quasi-Arc, Ltd., Allston); J. C. Martindale (Pease Trart.soort, Ltd., Liverpool); H. Peacock
Ltd., York).
Class D: W. Warner (Express Dairy Co.. Ltd., Crieklewood); R. Townsend (Army Group. Ltd., Lower Wootton); T. E. Lewis (Austin Motor Co„ Ltd., Birmingham); B. C. Clarke (Adams (Wholesale) Dairies, Ltd., Leek); G. R, Corti (S.P.D., Ltd., York); A. 14111 (Newton Chambers and Co . Ltd., Sheffield).
Class Et K. Plumbe (Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., Nottingham); D. Kinver (Symonds C:orrrall, Ltd., Plymouth).
Class F(1): D. Jones (Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., Southampton); L. R. Tucker (Bleachers Association, Ltd., Manchester); O. Wags (Shell..Mcx and BY., Ltd., Southampton); E. H. Cherrett (Sherry and haycock, Ltd., Poole); W. S. Warner (Humber, Ltd., Coventry); M. Thorne (Pease Transport, Ltd., Watford Cross).
Class F(2): N. Martin (Rockware Glass Co.. Ltd., Greenford); W. C. Ward (Arthur Hushes and Sons, Ltd., Liverpool); R. Thorne (Pease Transport, Ltd,, Watford Cross).
Class G: W. Killey (Pease Transport, Ltd., Plaistow); W. I. Xing (Pease Transport. Ltd., Wandsworth); L. Sillifant (British Road Services, Walsall); N. Metcalfe (British Road Services, Manchester); A. L. Burdett (Humber, Ltd., COtentri); G. Ash (B.RS. (Parcels), Ltd., Sheffield).
Class H: 3. Evans (de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Chester), Class S.A.C. Gowlett (R.A.F. Kidbrooke); Spr, C.0. Howard (578 Constr. Swim R.E. Poole); C.Q.M.S. F. Gatecliffe (49 Inf. Div. Calm., KAS.C. (T.A.), Leeds); Dvr, R. T. Jarvis (22 (Birmingham) Field Dressing Station R.A.M.C. (rA.)).
Last year there were 51 diploma winners. The smaller number this year reflects the greater difficulty of the tests. Diplomas will be sent to the winners when they have been inscribed and signed by the chairman and secretary of the contest.
The competition, in which C. Dairies emerged as the Lorry Driver of the Year, is reported on pages 208-209. W. R. Meech won the award for the oldest driver to gain The Commercial Motor Diploma. He is 45.