On this day 100 years ago, the English Electric Company Ltd was officially incorporated and would go on to form the business as we know it today in the North West of England.
On December 14 1918, the amalgamation took place of three companies, Dick, Kerr and Company Ltd, The Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company and The Coventry Ordnance Works only a month after a meeting took place at the Coventry Ordnance Works to discuss the move.
All the founding companies had histories stretching back in to the 19th Century and in the North West work undertaken by the Dick, Kerr and Company had been expanded to cover the construction of flying boats at both its Preston and Lytham locations.
Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company joined with other iconic aircraft manufacturers including Blackburn Aircraft, Avro, Hawker Siddeley and Supermarine, to create today’s BAE Systems.
Here are some photos of the old Lytham site where the flying boats were built by Dick, Kerr and Co and English Electric.
Lytham Green with the site visible in the background
An aerial view of the site