The English Electric Motor Company

1918 the english electric co was formed as a public company chaired by sir charles ellis who was also chairman of john brown and co.

The english electric motor company.

The english electric company limited ee was a british industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of world war i by amalgamating five businesses which during the war had been making munitions armaments and aeroplanes. English electric was a 20th century british industrial manufacturer initially of electric motors and expanding to include railway locomotives and aviation before becoming part of the general electric company gec. It specialised in motors transformers railway locomotive and traction equipment although in much later years it expanded into consumer electronics nuclear reactors computers and of course aviation.