BRITISH ENGINEERING COMPANY OF RUSSIA & SIBERIA (BECORS / BECORAS / BECOR&S / BECR&S / BECOS)
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: BRITISH ENGINEERING COMPANY OF RUSSIA & SIBERIA (BECORS / BECORAS / BECOR&S / BECR&S / BECOS)
Classmark: LRA/MS 1424
Date(s): 1914-1996
Language: English; Russian
Size and medium: 6559 ff; MS; TS; printed; photographs
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/20023
Collection group(s): Leeds Russian Archive
Description
CORRESPONDENCE ETC FILES:
"Russian Gov[ernmen]t Supply Committee (1916)" (Belliss & Morcom; Ferranti; Harrison & Doughty; Marshall, Sons; Mawby, Mawby & Morris; Ministry of Munitions of War; Rose, Downes & Thompson; Russian Government Committee [in London]; George A Touche), 1915-1918, 1930-1931 /1-3/.
"[Russian Government Committee] Sanctions [i.e. export permissions]": [List of Sanction and contract numbers]; "1 [...] Foster Instrument Co[mpany]", 1917; "4 [...] Alfred Herbert Ltd", 1917; "5 [...] The Globe Pneumatic Engineering Co[mpany] Ltd" 1917; "6 [...] Luke & Spencer Ltd", 1917-1918; "7 [...] Siemens Bro[ther]s Dynamo Works", 1917-1918; "8 [...] W[illia]m Muir & Co[mpany] Ltd", 1917-1918; "51 The Blackman Export Co [...]", 1917; "52 The Phoenix Dynamo M[anu]f[acturin]g Co [...], 1917; "53 [...] J Rhodes & Sons [...]", 1917; "54 [...] The Pulsometer Eng[...] Co [...]", 1917; "55 [...] C Whittaker & Co [...]", 1917; "56 [...] Schaffer & Budenberg [...], 1917"; "57 [...] Herbert Morris Ltd [...], 1917; "58 S Appleyard & Co [...], 1917; "59 [...] J Butler & Co [...]", 1917; "60 J Russell & Co [...]", 1917; "61 [...] Heenan & Froud[e] [...]", 1917-1918; "62 [...] C Lindley & Co [...]", 1917; "63 [...] Tho[ma]s White & Sons [...]",1917; "64 [...] F Pollard & Co [...]", 1917; "65 [...]
S Denison & Son [...]", 1917; "66 [...] Webster & Bennett [...]", 1917; "67 [...] The Gandy Belt M[anu]f[acturin]g Co [...]", 1917; "68 [...] The Unbreakable Pulley and Mill Gearing Co Ltd [...]",1917; "69 [...] Hall & Stells Ltd [...]", 1917; "70 [...] Acton & Borman Ltd [...]", 1917; "71 [...] The Fortis Engineering Co [...]", 1917; "72 [...] H M Budgett [...]", 1917; "73 [...] W & J Player Ltd [...]", 1917; "74 [...] Tangyes Ltd [...]", 1917; "75 [...] Smith & Coventry Ltd [...]", 1917; "76 [...] Jonas, Colver & Co [...]", 1917; "77 [...] Smith, Barker & Wilson [...]", 1917; "78 [...] The Coats Machine Tool Co [...]", 1917; "79 [...] Luke & Spencer Ltd [...]", 1917; "80 [...] Lacy-Hulbert & Co [...]", 1917; "81 [...] Jones and Shipman [...]", 1917; "85 [...] J Parkinson [...]", 1917; "98 [...] W Canning & Co [...]", 1917-1918; "99 [...] The Phoenix Dynamo M[anu]f[acturin]g Co [...]", 1917; "100 [...] T C Thompson & Son [...]", 1917; "101 [...] G H Alexander [...]", 1917; "102 [...] C
Churchill & Co [...]", 1917; "103 [...] Clive Bro[ther]s [...]", 1917; "104 [...] J Rhodes & Sons [...]", 1917; "105 [...] G Wilkinson & Sons [...]",1917; "106 [...] Buck & Hickman Ltd [...]", 1917; "118 [...] Siemens Bro[ther]s Dynamo W[or]ks [...]", 1917; "119 [...] A A Jones & Shipman [...]", 1917; "120 [...] T C Thompson & Son [...]", 1917; "121 [...] Lacy-Hulbert [...]", 1917; "122 [...] A Ransome [...]", 1917; "123 [...] J Sagar [...]", 1917; "124 [...] Patent File & Tool [...]", 1917; "125 [...] Brown Bro[ther]s [...]", 1917; "126 [...] John Thompson [...]", 1917-1918; "127 [...] Alldays & Onions Engineering [...]", 1917; "128 [...] Midgely & Sutcliffe [...]", 1917; "129 [...] C Redman & Sons [...]", 1917-1918; "130 [...] L S Starrett [...]", 1917; "131 [...] E G Wrigley [...]", 1917; "132 [...] E B Grandage [...]", 1917; "133 [...] [Sir Joseph] Jonas & Colver [...]", 1917-1918; "134 [...] Slack & Sellars [...]", 1917-1918; "135/135(2) [...] Imperial Light [...]", 1917; "136 [...]
Holophane [...]", 1917-1918; "137 [...] J Butler [...]", 1917; "138 [...] Motor Radiator Manufacturing [...]", 1917; "139 [...] Belling [...]", 1917-1918; "161 [...] W T Henley's Telegraph Works", 1917-1918; "162 [...] Oldfield & Schofield & Co[mpany], [...]" 1917; "163 [...] E G Wrigley & Co[mpany] [...]", 1917-1918; "164 [...] The Premier Lighting & Eng[ineering] Co[mpany] [...]", 1917-1918; "165 [...] G Hatch Ltd", 1917; "166 [...] The Motor Radiator Co[mpany]", 1917; "167 [...] Luke & Spencer Ltd" 1917-1918; "168 [...] Hall & Stells Ltd", 1917; "169 [...] Siemens Dynamo W[or]ks Ltd [...]", 1917; "170 [...] Tho[ma]s Ryder & Son [...]",1917-1918; "171 [...] F E Baker Ltd", 1917; "172 [...] Webster & Bennett Ltd", 1917; "173 [...] J W Carr & Co[mpany] [...]", 1917; "174 [...] Oldfield & Schofield & Co[mpany]" 1917-1918; "175 [...] Burton, Griffiths & Co[mpany] [...]", 1917-1918; "176 [...] Nettlefold & Sons [...]", 1917; "177 [...] J Hopkinson & Co[mpany [...]", 1917; "178 [...] Cha[rle]s
Churchill & Co[mpany] [...]", 1917; "179 [...] John Thompson [...]", 1917; "180 [...] Smith & Coventry [...]", 1917; "181 [...] J Ackworthie & Co[mpany] [...]", 1917; "182 [...] Burton, Griffiths & Co[mpany] [...]",1917-1919; "183 [...] Scottish Tube Co[mpany]", 1917; "184 [...] Parkinson & Son", 1917; "185 [...] The Storey Mac[hine] Tool Co[mpany]", 1917; "186 [...] Haighs Ltd [...]", 1917; "187 [...] A Ransome & Co[mpany] [...]", 1917; "188 [...] Bells United Asbestos Co[mpany] [...]", 1917; "189 [...] The Imperial Light Ltd [...]", 1917; "190 [...] Alfred Herbert Ltd [...]", 1917-1918; "191 [...] Alldays & Onions Pneumatic En[gineerin]g Co [...]",1917; "192 [...] Alfred Herbert Ltd", 1917; "193 [...] Alfred Herbert Ltd [...]",1917; "194 BECOS [Young, Corley & Dolan]", 1917; "195 [...] C H Joyce Ltd [...]", 1917; "196 [...] The General Electric Co [...]", 1917; "197 [...] The Ministry of Munitions", 1917; "198 [...] Alfred Herbert Ltd [...]", 1917; "199 [...] J W Carr & Co [...]", 1917;
"200 [...] R W Beard [...]", 1917; "201 [...] Charles Churchill & Co [...]", 1917; "202 [...] Midgeley & Sutcliffe [...]", 1917; "203 [...] Archdale & Co [...]", 1917; "204 [...] Harvey, Frost & Co [...]", 1917; "205 [...] Geo[rge] Kendrick Ltd [...]"; "206 [...] Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co [...]", 1917; "207 [...] G Whittaker & Co[mpany] Ltd [...]"; "208 [...] C H Joyce Ltd", 1917; "209 [...] Alfred Herbert Ltd [...]", 1917-1918; "211 [...] George Hatch Ltd [...]", 1917; "212 [...] Slack, Sellars & Co[mpany] Ltd [...]", 1917; "213 [...] Charles Churchill & Co [...]", 1917; "214 [...] Thomas Sampson [...]", 1917; "215 [...] The Phoenix Dynamo Man[u]f[acturin]g Co [...]", 1917; "216 [...] General Electric Co [...]", 1917; "217 [...] J Thompson [...]", 1917; "218 [...] Alf[red] Herbert [...]",1917; "219 [...] Smith & Coventry [...]", 1917; "220 [...] Geo[rge] Richards [...]", 1917; "221 [...] Heenan & Froude [...]", 1917-1918; "222 [...] Siemens Bro[ther]s Dynamo W[or]ks [...]",
1917; "223 [...] Luke & Spencer [...]", 1917; "224 [...] Ferranti [...]", 1917; "225 [...] Brayshaw [...]", 1917; "226 [...] Jones & Shipman [...]", 1917; "227 [...] B J Hall [...]"; "228 [...] Webster & Bennett [...]", 1917; "229 [...] John Thompson [...]; "230 [...] Alfred Herbert", 1917; "231 [...] Luke & Spencer [...]", 1917 /4-30/.
"G: Mr Ratcliffe. M[inistry] of M[unitions]. Answers to letters "A" (Technical Particulars)" (Belliss & Morcom; Crosby Valve & Engineering; Ferranti; Herbert Morris; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works; C Whittaker), 1916-1917 /31/.
"G: Mr Ratcliffe. M[inistry of]/M[unitions]. Correspondence regarding Quotations" (Sir W H Bailey; Belliss & Morcom; William Boby; Crosby Valve & Engineering; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Premier Electric Control; Pulsometer Engineering; Russian Government Committee [in London]; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works; Unbreakable Pulley & Millgearing; C Whittaker), 1917 /32/.
"G: Mr Ratcliffe. M[inistry of]/M[unitions] Shipping" Belliss & Morcom; Joseph Evans & Sons; Ferranti; Herbert Morris; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Russian Government Committee [in London]; Scottish Tube; Unbreakable Pulley & Millgearing; C Whittaker), 1917 /33/.
"G/3G: Nashworks [i.e. National Works] Index / Government. Index to Cards", 1917 /34/.
"G/7G: Nashworks. Preliminary Particulars of Machinery definitely on Order. Advise Petrograd Monthly", 1917 /35/.
"Nashworks Project, English and Russian [Data on building and fitting of Motorcar Works]", 1916 /36-37/.
"Nash Works from Petrograd. Letters: Water & Drainage", 1916-1917 /38/.
"Nash [Works] - Settled Spares Schedules and Sundry Other Papers Concerning Spares" (C A Vandervell and Co[mpany], Crossley Motors Ltd) 1916-1917 /39/.
"Nash Works Annealing Furnace" (Crittall & Winterton; Fisher, Humphries; R & G Hislop; Incandescent Heat; J Lord; Taite & Carlton; Thwaites Brothers), 1917-1918 /40/.
"Nashworks Repair Machinery. Detail[s] of shipping & storage of B & C schedules", 1917 /41-42/.
"Nashworks Car Equipment Delivery", October 1917 /43/.
"File 23" (KZVS [Government/State Automobile Works?]; Avtomobil'nyi zavod [...] "V A Lebedev"; Manchester Corporation Water Works; Price, Forbes; Rotax Motor Accessories; Webb Lamp), 1916-1920 /44/.
"B [Schedule]: Floating Gold Dredgers. Russian Gold Fields", 1917 /45/.
"C [Schedule]", 1917-1918 /46/.
"Spare B Schedule / Various B & C Schedules on Hudson's Table", 1917 /47-48/.
"Contract Numbers", 1917 /49/.
"G1(A): Government Works [...] (Diesel Electric Generating Sets)" (Belliss & Morcom; Crossley Bros; Lancashire Dynamo & Motor; Laurence, Scott; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works), 1916 /50-51/.
"G1(C): Power Station, 1917" (Sir W H Bailey; Bell's United Asbestos; Belliss & Morcom; Ferranti; General Electric; Glenfield & Kennedy; Igranic Electric; Herbert Morris; H Munzing; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Premier Electric Control; Pulsometer Engineering; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works; C Whittaker), 1916-1917 /52-54/.
"G1(D): Power Station, 1917" (Sir W H Bailey; Belliss & Morcom; Crosby Valve & Engineering; Ferguson, Pailin; General Electric; Glenfield & Kennedy; J L Kidd; Ministry of Munitions of War; Herbert Morris; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Pulsometer Engineering; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works; C Whittaker) /55-57/.
"G1(E): Power Station" (Sir W H Bailey; Belliss & Morcom; Joseph Evans & Sons; Ferguson, Pailin; Ferranti; Ministry of Munitions of War; Herbert Morris; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Pulsometer Engineering; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works; S S Stott; C Whittaker), 1917-1918 /58-61/.
"G2, G3 (Cancelled), G4a, 538, 539, 540, 541, (537, 542, 543 Cancelled)" (Orders - Crossley Motors), 1916-1917 /62/.
"G4: Nashworks Wood Working Shop" (Austin Motor; Belling; Erith's Engineering; B & S Massey; Ministry of Munitions of War; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Projectile (1902); A Ransome), 1916-1917 /63-64/.
"G8(A): Heating & Ventilating, from Dec[ember] 1916 to Sept[ember] 22/1917" (Accles & Pollock; Belliss & Morcom; Blackman Export; Bonecourt Waste Heat Boiler; Davidson; Joseph Evans & Sons; Glenfield & Kennedy; J Hopkinson; Edward Le Bas; Ministry of Munitions of War; F A Norris; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; James Russell & Sons; John Russell; Russian Government Committee in London; Scottish Tube; Stewarts & Lloyds; John Thompson; United Brassfounders & Engineers), 1916-1918 /65-68/.
"G8(B): Heating & Ventilating continued, from Sept[ember] 23rd/[19]17" (Taite & Carlton; John Thompson; G & J Weir), 1917-1918 /69/.
"G9: Water Supply, Fire Hydrants & Drainage" (American Well Works; William Boby; Broom & Wade; Lindsay Burnet; Deming; Drysdale; Farrar Boilerworks; Glenfield & Kennedy; Gwynnes; Hathorn, Davey; Holden & Brooke; Ingersoll-Rand; C Isler; Lacy-Hulbert; Marshall, Sons; Merryweather & Sons; Oil Well Supply; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Thomas Piggott; A C Potter; Pulsometer Engineering; Reavell; Ruston, Proctor; Siebe, Gorman; Tangyes; John Thompson; Tilghman's Patent Sand Blast; United Brassfounders & Engineers; S B Whinery; Worthington Pump), 1917-1918 /70-73/.
"G10: Electrical Transmission & Wiring" (Bullers; Dick, Kerr; Ferranti; Wm Geipel; General Electric; W T Henley's Telegraph Works; Holophane; Massey, Harris; Nettlefolds & Sons; Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works; Veritys), 1916-1917 /74-75/.
"G11: Electric Motor Equipment" (Ferranti; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; J Sambidge), 1917 /76/.
"G21: Drawing Office" (Fontanka; J Halden; B J Hall; Nashworks; W F Stanley), 1917 /77/.
"G22: Preliminary Quotations" (G H Alexander; Buck and Hickman; D Brown; Coats Machine Tool Company Ltd; J Lang; A Herbert; J Holroyd; H Wallwork), 1917 /78/.
"G23: Sundry Plant" (W H Bailey; H Berry; S Denison; General Electric Company; Harvey Frost; Hathorn, Davey; Mititshi; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Tangyes; Schäffer and Budenberg; Webster and Bennett), 1917 /79/.
"G24: Machine Tools General" (S Appleyard; Binns; J Buckton; Churchill Machine Tool; Crossley Motors; A Denton (J Macnab); R O Graham; E M Griffiths; F Haithwaite; Harvey Frost; J Heap; A Herbert; J Holroyd; A Jones & Shipman; Kendall & Gent; Luke & Spencer; P Pilkington; P & W Maclellan; Mosses & Mitchell; S Platt; Pollock & Macnab; G Richards; Selson; J Tylor; Universal Machinery Corp[oratio]n 1917 /80-81/.
"G25: Notes from Mr Redmayne", 1917 /82/.
"G26: Notes regarding Nash[works] Schedules", 1917 /83/.
"[Agreements between BECOS Traders Ltd and BECOS Associated Works Ltd, and between BECOS Traders Ltd and the Scottish Tubes Company]", 1914-1957 /84/.
"Agreement between Cage Financial Syndicate and Tovaro-Obmien ", 1918 /85/.
"BAWL (BECOS Associated Works Ltd) - Charge Agreements with Lloyd's Bank Ltd", 1932-1936 /86/.
"A G Marshall (Tenancy Agreements)", 1934-1956 /87/.
"Credit at Baring's Bank", 1920-1925 /88-90/.
"Siddeley-Deasy Motors Ltd, Motor Lorry Order Papers", 1914-1915 /91-98/.
"Tanks for Tank Cars - Russian Government - Ordered from Crossley 17 September 1914", /99/.
"Ward & Payne - Debts in Russia [Power of Attorney]", 1915-1917 /100/.
"[Grover Contract]" (M P Cherniavskii-Chernigovskii; Oscar Ede; Grover), 1915-1918 /101/.
"Government Contract - Light Car Specifications and Schedules", 1916 /102/.
"Government Contract - Lorry Spec[ifications] and Schedules", 1916-1917 /103/.
"[Translations (into Russian) of Operating Instructions for Various Tools and Machinery]", 1916-1917 /104/.
"Chartered Company for Russia", October 1916-1925 /105-106/;
"[Siberian Mining Co Ltd (Poeppel & Osmedoff)]", 1916-1918 /107-108/.
[State and Lebedev Contract] "Lebedeff Works - Russian Copies", 1915-1916 /109/; "Lebedev English Copies", 1916 /110/; "[...]Preliminary Documents, leading up to Conclusion of the State and Lebedev Contracts", 1916 /111/; "[Schedules for Lebedev Works Contract] "Lebedev Milling"; "Lebedev Brass Shop"; "Lebedev Grinding Section"; "Lebedev Gear Cutting"; "Lebedev Maintenance"; "Schedules to M[inistry] of M[unitions]"; "Lebedev Stamping and Smithy"; "Lebedev Machine Shop"; "Lebedev Sundry Machines"; "Lebedev Foundry"; "Lebedev Drilling"; "Lebedev Tool Room", 1917 /112/; "[...] File 11 - Letters to the Russian Government Committee", 1917 /113-115/; "[...] File 12 - Letters to the Russian Government Committee", 1917 /116-119/; "[...] File 13 - Letter from BECOS to Russian Government Committee Dated 19 April 1917, giving full explanation of the position on that date", 1917 /120/; "[...] File 14 - Letters to the Russian Government Committee", 1917 /121-123/; "[...] File 18 - Letters from the
Russian Government Committee", 1917-1918 /124-127/; "[...] Letters from Crossleys", 1917-1918 /128-136/; "[...] Correspondence with Barings - File 22", 1918 /137/; "[...] File 20 - Correspondence between BECOS Directors re Formulation of Claim", 1918-1919 /138/.
"From Petrograd [The British Engineering Company of Russia and Siberia Ltd (BECORS)] - From Letter No 1800 to Letter No 2433", 1915-1916 /139-149/.
"To Petrograd - From Letter No 4351 to Letter 4700",1916 /150-155/; "To Petrograd - From Letter 8856 to Letter 9312", 1917 /156-163/.
"Government Car Works - Important Letters to and from Bobrovski", 1916 /164/; "Colonel S Bobrovski", 1916-1917 /165/; "[...] Contract - Translation of Contract Papers", 1916 /166/; "[...] Report from J Wardroper [Director of the Works]", 1916 /167/; "[...] A G M[arshall] - Notes, Lists of Tools, Prices etc", 1916-1922 /168-170/; "[...] Report to Commission, Commission's Findings, Alterations of Contract, War Office Reports on our Contract, Sundry Accounts", 1917-1919 /171-172/.
"Receipts for Expenses", 1916-1920 /173-176/.
"Invoices Received - Nos 1757 - 3474" (Ackroyd & Best; Acme Press; Acton & Borman; Adcraft Press; S Allcock; Alldays & Onions; E Allen; Amberg File and Index; Anglo Enamelware; J Archdale; W Arnot; Aster Engineering; Aublet & Harry; Auto-Controller & Switch; Babcock & Wilcox; Baldwin's; A Balfour; E Baynes, Barr & Moering; J G Beddoes; Bell's United Asbestos; Belliss & Morcom; E H Bentall; W G Birkinshaw; W Boby; W H Bramall; Bridge; Brinjes & Goodwin; Broughton & Copper; C W Burton Griffiths; Bute Docks; Cambridge Scientific Instrument; Caribonum; D Carlaw; S P Catterson; Central Translations Institute; Charles; Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; C Christopherson; C Churchill; City & West End Drawing Office; Concordia Electric Wire; W J Connoll; J W Cooke; W Cooke; Cooper-Stewart; Cremer Lamp & Engineering; Crossley Motors; Crowe; W A Crump; Cunard Steam Ship; Davey & Paxman; Davidson; J Dee; S Denison; W B Dick; Director of Transports and Shipping; Dugard; Eagle Pencil Company;
T A Edison; Electrical Contracts & Maintenance; Electrical Installations; Ellerman's Wilson Line; Elliott Brothers; J Evans; M Faraday, Rodgers & Eller; Ferranti; Flowerdew; Fox; F Francis; Frost; Gandy Belt Manufacturing; R Garrett; C Gee; W Geipel; Gellatly & Hankey; H Good; Goodall & Hatton; T Goode; Great Northern Railway; Greenly's; Grey & Marten; Grover; Guelph Patent Cask; Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds; Hack Saws; B J Hall; Hardy Patent Pick; Hepburn & Cocks; W Hoare; H Hogarth; Holman; R Hood & Haggie; J & F Howard; R Hudson; Humber; Hurst & Nelson; India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works; International Chemical Company; J Jonas & Colver; Butler Jones (Nameplates); J Kaye; J J Keliher; A Kenrick; J Kenyon; J L Kidd; Killick & Martin; Kitson Empire Lighting; Klaxon; Law Land Building Dept.; Library Bureau; M Lindner; Lindsay & Burnet; London & North Western Railway; London Telephone Service; Lough & Freeman; Lyle Trading; J Lysaght; Mappin & Webb; Marchant; E Marelli; Marshall; C
W Marsters; H W Meredith; R Martens; B & S Massey W Mathwin; Mawby, Mawby & Morris; McGregor, Gow & Holland; Merryweather; Midland Railway; Mining Magazine; Ministry of Shipping; Miskin & Rice; Moore's Modern Methods; H Morris; Morris & Veasey; J Motley; Nalder Bro[ther]s & Thompson; Needham, Veall & Tyzack; W N Nicholson; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; North Eastern Railway Company; Oliver Typewriter; R Park; Partridge & Cooper; Patent Rapid Scaffold Tie; R W Paul; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing; Pickford's; H de Pinna & J Venn; I Pitman; Polyglot Printing; Port of London Authority; C M Powell; Price & Forbes; Pulsometer Engineering; C G Quetton; J Rabone; A Ransome; Reliance Engraving; Remington Typewriter; Ritchie & Whiteman; G H Robinson; Rotax Motor Accessories; Ruberoid; Russo-British Chamber of Commerce; Ruston & Proctor; St. Clements Press; Geo[rge] Salter; Samuelson; Scottish Tube; Serle Street & Cook's Court; Shanks; Sheffield Flatware; Siemens; Slack & Sellars; Selson Engineering; Smith &
Coventry; Smith Premier Typewriter; Frederick Smith Wire Manufacturers; S Smith; T L & J Smith; E Stanford; W F Stanley; Sterling Telephone & Electric; W H Stott; C F Stutter; Suttley & Silverlock; J Swain; Tele-Dis Services; Teschemacher & Smith; F C Thacker; Thelwall; J Thompson; Thornton Williams; G A Touche; Tozer; Treloar; Trewhella; W Tyzack; Unbreakable Pulley & Millgearing; Union Electric; United Baltic Corporation; United Hinges; United Shipping; Universal Stationery & Printing; Vickers; Victoria Wharves; A Voelcker; Wainwright; J G Walker; Walkers & Parker; Walter's Electrical; Ward & Payne; Warwick Saw Mills; Waterlow; H Watson; Webb Lamp; Westcott & Laurance; White Motors & Accessories; R H Whitehead; C Whittaker; J Wilder; J Wiley; C Willetts; Williams & Lea; Wilson (Ellerman's Wilson Line); Winkley's Wharf; Wolseley; Wood-Milne; Young, Corley & Dolan), 1917-1919 /177-203/.
"10% Invoices" (BECOS to the Russian Government Committee), 1917-1918 /204-205/.
"Cost Invoices Sent to Russian Gov[ernment] Committee" - Invoice Nos CH 699 - 1170, 1917-1918 /206/.
"Vladivostok Invoices - Nos 1421 - 1483", 1924-1932 /207/.
"From Fontanka [BECORS, Petrograd]", 1917-1918 /208-210/.
"To Fontanka, Letters Nos 1 - 291", 1917 /211-214/.
"Kostomaroff - Spare Copy [Government Contracts and Schedules]", 1917 /215/.
"To Mititschi - Originals, From 295 to 313", 1917-1918 /216/.
"Manchester Stores Correspondence", 1917-1918 /217-220/.
"The Ministry of Munitions - Contract List" /221/.
"M[inistry] of M[unitions] - Correspondence Regarding Quotations" (Acton & Borman; Alldays & Onions; J Archdale; W Asquith; W & T Avery; F E Baker; R W Beard; Belliss &Morcom; J Birch; Brayshaw Furnaces & Tools; Brown Brothers; D Brown; Buck & Hickman; H M Budgett; Burton, Griffiths & Co.; W Canning; J W Carr; The Churchill Machine Tool Co; Clive Brothers; Coats Machine Tool Co; Crossley Motors; Ferranti; C R Garrard; G W Goodchild & MacNab; B J Hall; Heenan & Froude; A Herbert; Jones & Shipman; Luke & Spencer; C Lindley; B & S Massey; Midgeley & Sutcliffe; Motor Radiator Manufacturing Co; Newall Engineering Co; Oldfield & Schofield; J Parkinson; Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co; Russian Government Committee - Machinery Section - War Dep[artmen]t; The Scottish Tube Co; T C Thompson; H Wallwork; Webster & Bennett; Young, Corley & Dolan), 1917-1918 /222-229/.
"Gandy Belt Manufacturing Co[mpany] Ltd", 1922-1929 /230-235/.
"State Works Contract - Russian Agreements, Translation and Papers Connected Therewith - File 2", 1916 /236-237/.
"State Works Schedules of Car Part Orders", 1916-1917/238/.
"State Works Contract - Supplementary Undertaking Signed in Petrograd 3/19 April 1917 for the Repair of 2500 Motors from the Front; Note: There is no trace of any permits, sanctions or valuta having been given for the purpose of carrying out this supplementary undertaking, and it is to be presumed that it died a natural death - File 19", 1917 /239/.
"State Works Contract - Invoices to [BECORS] Petrograd, Nos 699-1050", 1917 /240-252/.
"State Test Cars - Report on Progress", 1917 /253/.
"BECOS Car Contract & General Russian Claims" (Board of Trade (Russian Claims Department); Gandy Belt Manufacturing; Commercial Finance (H Guedalla); Foreign Office (Foreign Claims Department); D Lloyd George (also P Kerr); Ministry of Munitions of War; Public Trustee; Russian Liquidation Committee; War Compensation Court), 1916-1921 /254-256/.
"BECOS Car Contract and General Russian Claims", 1917-1918, 1924 /257-259/.
"Claims - Correspondence with Morris Veazy (i.e. Veasey) - File 21", (Baring Brothers; Crossley Motors; Russian Liquidation Committee; State Works and Lebedev Car Contracts; Thwaites Brothers), 1918-1921 /260-263/.
"Claims - Correspondence with Morris, Veazy [i.e. Veasey] re War Compensation Claim", 1916-1923 /264-265/.
"Papers selected from files / ex Veasey, 1/9/24" (Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement; Crossley Motors; Foreign Office; D Lloyd George; Ministry of Munitions of War; Russian Government Committee; Russian Liquidation Commission (N T Beliaev); George A Touche; Treasury; War Compensation Court) (also "British Russian Gazette & Trade Outlook" (London), 1 (1923)), 1917-1923 /266/.
"BECOS v Barings & Others: War Compensation" (Morris, Veasey; [Russian Liquidation Commission] (N T Beliaev, P Mironov, V Saks); Thwaites Brothers (T H C Homersham); Treasury Solicitor's Department; War Compensation Court), 1917-1923 /267/.
"Credit opened by Baring Brothers Ltd: Relevant documents collected for Mr Marshall, 30th October 1924" (Baring Brothers; Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement; Crossley Motors; Mawby, Mawby & Morris; [Ministerstvo finansov, Petrograd]; Ministry of Munitions of War; Morris, Veasey; Russian Government Committee [in London]; Russian Government Trustees; Russian Liquidation Committee; Treasury; Arthur Veasey), 1917-1925 /268-269/.
"BECOS Claims registered with the Russian Claims [Department] [...]" (Board of Trade; Foreign Office; Public Trustee) (also "Memorandum Concerning the Liquidation of British Claims against any Recognized Russian Government, Being the Report of the Special Russian Committee of the Imperial Commercial Association" ([1921-1922]); A G Marshall "Russia's Indebtedness: A Short Memorandum [...]" & "Memorandum on a Proposal for the Liquidation of Claims against Russia" (1924)), 1918-1924 /270/.
"£9000 Russian Claim" (Baring Brothers; Morris, Veasey; Price, Waterhouse; Russian Government Committee [in London]; Russian Liquidation Commission (P Mironov); Treasury; M Wilenkin (Vilenkin)), 1918-1939 /271-272/.
"Agreement for Appointment [of A G Marshall] as Managing Director", 1919 /273/.
"Russian Claims: Mr Marshall, 1920 & 1921 (few)" (Babcock & Wilcox; Board of Trade; British Commonwealth Union (G Bowyer); Compensation Court; Federation of British Industries; Foreign Office (Foreign Claims Department); A Kenrick & Sons; Liquidation Commission to Russian Government Committee (N Beliaev, P Porokhovshchikov); London Chamber of Commerce; [Ministry of Munitions of War]; Morris, Veasey; A MacCullum Scott; [Thwaites Brothers] (T H C Homersham); Treasury; Wilfley), 1919-1924 /274-276/.
"[Russian Claims]" (Vysshii sovet narodnogo khoziaistva), 1919-1924 /277-278/.
"Russian Claims" (Board of Trade; ), 1919-1935 /279/.
"Shareholders' Russian Claims", 1922-1924 /280-282/.
"Russian Claims - Insurance Co[mpanie]s", 1922-1926 /283/.
"BECOS Traders - Russian Claims", 1960, 1986-1991 /284-285/.
"Car Contract Claim, Original Letters" (War Compensation Court), 1917, 1922 /286/.
"BECOS Traders - Polish Claims", 1932-1946 /287-288/.
"B9.A BECOS Traders Ltd - Baltic Claims", 1937-1974 /289-290/.
"Foreign Claims Office - Terek General Oil Co Ltd", 1918 /291/.
"Russian Claims Department - SPIES Petroleum Co Ltd", 1918 /292/.
"[Insurance Certificates]" (Norske Lloyd Insurance; War Risks Insurance; Volga Insurance; Lloyd's London; Eagle and British Dominions; British Equitable), 1917-1918, 1952 /293-294/.
"[Insurance] Claims - Goods sent to Russia" (Budd, Johnson, Jecks & Colclough; White, Child & Beney; Russo-British Chamber of Commerce; Morris & Veasey; Price, Forbes; Parker & Garrett; Lloyd's London; Linklaters & Paines; H de Pinna & John Venn; W Seager), 1916-1920 /295-297/.
"BECOS" (British Electrical & Allied Manufacturers Association; A Calder-Marshall; J N Cooper; Foreign Compensation Commission; Foreign [& Commonwealth] Office; Gane Jackson & Walton / Gane Jackson Scott; High Court; Morris, Veasey; Visco Engineering), 1920-1929, 1952-1953, 1983-1989 /298/.
"Rails for Esthonian State Railways - Ovtcharoff, Reval, F H O etc", 1925-1928 /299/.
"Bertin-Berzin Factory - Wood-Working Plant. Berton-Bersing", 1925-1933 /300-302/.
"Russian Archives" (Army & Navy Stores), 1953 /303/.
"[Estate of A G Calder-Marshall]" (A Calder-Marshall; Foreign Compensation Commission; Gane Jackson & Walton / Gane Jackson Scott; H Hardy; M-L Hinkkanen-Lievonen; Leeds Russian Archive; Lloyds Bank Financial Services), 1976-1991 /304/.
"Car Contract Bank Account", 1915 /305/.
"Government War Risk Credit Notes", 1917 /306/.
"Nashworks Daily Cash Statement", 1918 /307/.
"Information for Claimants of Mining, Oil and Industrial Enterprises in Russia", 1922 /308/.
"Beaver Syndicate Ltd", 1922-1935 /309/.
"Reports of the Directors of BECOS", 1916-1931 /310/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - Annual Returns", 1935-1967 /311-313/.
"Young, Corley & Dolan", 1920-1928 /314/.
"Worthington Pumps", 1924 /315/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - Board Meeting Details", 1951-1974 /316-318/.
"[BECOS Traders Ltd - Ordinary Share Certificates and Counterfoils]", 1929-1996 /319/.
"[BECOS Traders Ltd - Second Preference Share Certificates and Counterfoils]", 1929-1996 /320/.
"[BECOS Traders Ltd - Deferred Share Certificates and Counterfoils]", 1929-1996 /321/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - [Share Certificates of] A G Calder-Marshall - Deceased", 1928-1969 /322/.
"[No of Shares held by BECOS Traders Ltd]", March 1984 /323/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - Company Limited by Shares - Memorandum and Articles of Association, Incorporated October 1913" (including Special Resolutions, 1915, 1920), /324/; "BECOS Traders Ltd - Company Limited by Shares - Memorandum and Articles of Association, Incorporated October 1913" (including Special Resolutions, 1915, 1920, 1929, 1932), /325/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - List of Shareholders", 1995 /326/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - Spare Transfer Forms", 1915-1995 /327-329/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd - Accounts", 1914-1923 /330-354/.
"BECOS Balance Sheets", 1915-1925 /355-356/.
[Ledgers]: "BECOS Sales Ledger No 1", 1914-1919 /357/; "Private Ledger No 1", 1914-1918 /358/; "Private Ledger No 2", 1916-1919 /359/; "Petrograd Ledger", 1915 /360/; "BECOS Traders Ltd Private Ledger", 1955-1979 /361/; "BECOS Traders Ltd Cash Book", 1952-1985 /362/.
"Certificate Stating Company is a Private Company", 1982 /363/.
[Minute Books]: "BECOS Traders Ltd", 1915-1995 /364/; "BECOS Traders Ltd Directors" (Locked) /365/; "BECOS" (Locked) /366/; "BECOS No 2" (Locked) /367/; "BECOS Finland Ltd", 1932-1958 /368/; "BECOS Traders Ltd, Directors' Meetings", 1939-1974, 1988, 1992 /369/.
"BECOS Finland Ltd, Register of Members and Share Register", 1932-1939/370/.
"Register of Directors' Shareholdings", 1949-1970 /371/.
"Register of Directors and Secretaries", /372/.
"Directors Attendance Book (at Board Meetings) 1914-1937 /373/.
"BECOS Traders Ltd, First Preference Share Certificates, Nos 201-300", /374/.
Provenance
Munting, Roger (April 1997); Calder-Marshall, Clare (April 1997)
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