A collection of ephemera, tools and memorabilia formerly the property of Jack A.Selway, Bentley Motors mechanic and Rolls-Royce Aero engineer from 1923,
including Selway's 1914-18 Great War Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory medals with ribbons, and cap badge, a 1916 Daimler Co.Ltd of Coventry RAF1a aircraft engine specifications booklet; Apprentice Reports and an Employment Agreement relating to Selway's service with Vauxhall Motors as a Fitter 1919-1922; Bentley 'Again 1928' (with juvenile pencil drawing to first page) and 1929 'The Hat Trick' successes brochures relating to victory for Bentley at Le Mans, a c1933 Bentley 3½ Litre Abridged Particulars brochure, a blue enamelled Bentley pin-badge and a tie-pin, assorted Bentley Service Dept spanners and hand-tools in a Rolls-Royce Crewe Division wooden tool box, all accumulated during his service as 'charge hand/engine overhaul' with Bentley Motors from 1923-1933; and other items from Selway's subsequent employment as service dept engineer with Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Division from 1933-1963 including a 1949 'Unveiling of a Window' Battle of Britain Memorial Window Souvenir booklet, 1961 Rolls-Royce Aero Engines data booklet, a Rolls-Royce Aero-Engine School brochure, two employee photo identification booklets for 1940 and 1951, 7 employee identification tags, an enamelled Rolls-Royce Retired Employees Association lapel badge by Fattorini, a 1955 BRDC Dinner and Dance menu, a 1965 Bentley Drivers Club Reunion Lunch list (listing Selway as 'Charge Hand Engine Overhaul - 1923 to End'), other ephemera and correspondence, and assorted family photographs.
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