Rolls Gallery

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQ

A Dennis F7 pump escape at Lambeth HQ, a classic postwar fire engine newly in service in London. It was powered by a 150 bhp 5.7 litre Rolls-Royce engine and served initially at Lambeth Fire Station, and latterly at other fire stations in SE London until it was retired in 1968. The F7 was a truly beautiful looking fire engine with a coach-built body and a fine road performance. Many F7s went into service in fire brigades throughout the UK

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Mountbatten wedding 1922 - Rolls Royce wedding gift

Lord Louis and Lady Mountbatten (formerly Lady Edwina Ashley) pictured with the Rolls Royce given by Lady Mountbatten to her husband as a wedding gift. The couple had just returned to Broadlands in Hampshire after a lengthy honeymoon, they sailed back to Southampton on the Olympic. The mascot, a figure in the shape of a signaller on the Renown, was a gift from Major and Lady Zia Wernher. Date: 1922

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mar

Griffith Brewer and Wilbur Wright after the flight

Griffith Brewer and Wilbur Wright after the flight at Camp dAuvours, 8 October 1908. Later that same day Wilbur took Hon C.S. Rolls, Frank Hedges Butler and Major B.F.S. Baden-Powell on flights in the Wright A. Date: 1908

© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library

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