Dennis Specialist Vehicles pamphlets and postcards

There is a series of three Dennis Specialist Vehicles pamphlets:

  • The Archives of Dennis Specialist Vehicles. Surrey Record Office, 1995. Price £2. (A summary list of the Dennis Specialist Vehicles records.)
  • The Dennis Ace Fire Engine. Surrey Record Office, 1995. Price £1.
  • The Dennis Light 6 Fire Engine. Surrey Record Office, 1995. Price £1.

All three of these pamphlets can be purchased from the Surrey Heritage online shop or from Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 6ND. Please add £4 postage and handling in the UK; £7 Europe; £10 rest of world - and pay by Visa/Mastercard/Debit card or make cheques payable to 'Surrey County Council'. If you are contacting us from outside the UK, please let us know your country of origin as changes in VAT legislation may affect the services we can provide.

Black and white postcards of the following vehicles can be purchased at Surrey History Centre for 15p each. The set of 10 postcards can be purchased for £1.50 plus postage and handling (see rates above) from the Surrey Heritage online shop:

  • Dennis 60hp fire pump delivered to Athens, Greece, circa 1913
  • Dennis 75hp 6 cylinder fire engine belonging to Dennis' Fire Brigade, circa 1913
  • Dennis fire engine with a Braidwood body delivered to Guildford Fire Brigade, circa 1913
  • Dennis lorry in Rouen, France, during the First World War
  • Dennis 3½ ton laundry van outside Dennis' works in Onslow Street, Guildford, circa 1915
  • Dennis 30hp front entrance 20 seater bus, circa 1915
  • Dennis 20hp ambulance supplied to Hampstead General and North West London Hospital, circa 1915
  • Dennis 30hp 2 ton van supplied to Robinson & Sons Ltd, Chesterfield, circa 1915
  • Dennis special 50hp rescue van, circa 1915
  • The first worm-drive Dennis 1 ton van, 1903
  • Steam fire engine supplied to London Fire Brigade by an unidentified company, circa 1890
  • Dennis 20hp 30cwt Royal Mail van, circa 1915

The records of Dennis Specialist Vehicles Ltd form one of the largest collections at Surrey History Centre.


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