Brigadier K.M.F.Hedges was at the handing over of the 400,000th WD motorcycle to be made for the war effort on 17th May 1945,did a google search of him and nothing comes up of any part he played in motorcycle production,will have a look in some of the old wartime weeklies to see if I can find out any more info,do any forum users know any info on him.

He wrote a paper on the subject of WW2 military vehicles in 1945 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1243/PIAE_PROC_1945_040_026_02

He was also on the committee of Wiltshire County Council in the 60's
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol6/xv


Ron

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Here is a similar article about BSA of which only very poor photos are available. I would love to find these photos in better condition.

Henk

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C 5891(685?), what do you all reckon? In which case its just 20 after mine!

There are a few more BSA photos taken around this time, all as newspaper photos I am afraid. That tank number is hard to read but you could be right about that tank number. Would be nice to find these photos in good condition and be sure about that number.

Henk

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He seems to have been active post war in Wiltshire affairs, perhaps the wilts records office may have more?

A bit more info on Brigadier Hedges from a September 1945 issue of MOTORCYCLING.

The photo of "TAIL END CHARLIE" is from 20th Dec issue of MOTORCYCLIG 1945,it shows the last military contract M20,I think that the motorcycle weeklies used a lot of press photos,a better copy could be in who ever has the archives of the two weeklies,(mortons?) or in a news paper archive such as the Birmingham evening mail or similar local news paper archive.BSA took a lot of photos for publicity when they reached a certain production level say 10,000 ,20,000,50,000th bike to come of the production line. Photo below is from a July 1945 issue of MOTORCYCLING when civvy production started again.

This may be him on a Sunbeam prototype.....

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I have been trying to get a copy of that magazine but couldn't find one so far. Your photo is slightly better then the one I have here so quite an improvement already. It seems that a photo with a digital camera can give a better result then a scan :+1:

Henk

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Hedges,
Killingworth Michael Fentham
K.M.F. Hedges (Photo courtesy of LucyAnn Curling)
Only son of Killingworth Richard Hedges (1849-1903), solicitor, and Emily Margaret Bourne Royds (1865-1945), of 54 Montagu Square, London W1.
Married (01.10.1930, Church of the Annunciation, Bryanston Street, St Marylebone district, London) Lucy Dorothy Curling (1893?-1962), elder daughter of Charles Napier Curling, JP, late of Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. 29.09.1890
St Marylebone district, London
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27.05.1969
Devizes, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 03.02.1911 [1138]
Maj. (Res. of Offrs.) 16.11.1927, seniority 11.05.1923
Maj. (Army) 16.11.1927 (retd 16.11.1927) (22.10.1939 retired pay temporarily suspended) (reverted to retd 13.11.1945)
A/Lt.Col. 1939
T/Lt.Col. 22.01.1940-27.05.1941
WS/Lt.Col. 28.05.1941
A/Col. 28.11.1940-27.05.1941
T/Col. 28.05.1941-(04.1944)
T/Brig. 24.08.1942-13.11.1945
Hon. Brig. 13.11.1945
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46
Distinguished Service Order DSO 04.06.1917 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 28.12.1922 ?
Education: Charterhouse (1903-1908); Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1911, MA 1916); FIMechE.
from Unattached List Territorial Force (University candidates)
03.02.1911 commissioned, [Royal] Army Service Corps
served Great War (France, 08.1914 to end of the war (DSO, despatches thrice)
07.07.1922 - 1927 served with Egyptian Army & Sudan Defence Force
Director of Mechanical Transport, Sudan Government Railways and Steamers, 1927. Assistant General Manager, sudan Government Railways, 1927-1932.
16.11.1927 - 13.11.1945 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
22.10.1939 - (04.1941) an Assistant Director to Deputy Director General of Mechanization, Ministry of Supply
24.02.1942 - 13.11.1945 Director of Mechanization (T.T.2), Ministry of Supply
Justice of the Peace (JP); County Councillor (CC), Wiltshire, 1937.

family memory on here

http://www.john-attfield.com/paf_tree/attfield_current/fam3105.html

Thrilled to see the photographs of my 'great uncle Michael', Brig. K.M.F. Hedges. I hadn't seen any of these images before. Thank you all for posting them.

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This thread has recently been brought to my attention. I had always thought that the big bloke on the Sunbeam was Capt. J.J. Hall, head of a motorcycle training school, and contributor to MotorCycling. I've also been wondering for a long time who the other man was, until I finally found out. His “nom de plume” is Cyclops, and before the war he used to be the “Sports Editor” of MotorCycling, “the green ‘un”. During the war he became “Assistent Editor” to Graham Walker. His name is A. Harvey Pascoe. The Sunbeam picture by the way has been taken in London, at the entrance of the Temple Press offices.

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This thread has recently been brought to my attention. I had always thought that the big bloke on the Sunbeam was Capt. J.J. Hall, head of a motorcycle training school, and contributor to MotorCycling. I've also been wondering for a long time who the other man was, until I finally found out. His “nom de plume” is Cyclops, and before the war he used to be the “Sports Editor” of MotorCycling, “the green ‘un”. During the war he became “Assistent Editor” to Graham Walker. His name is A. Harvey Pascoe. The Sunbeam picture by the way has been taken in London, at the entrance of the Temple Press offices.

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From the February 10th 1944 issue of Motor-Cycling.

Thanks for sharing Steve! Had been trying to find out more about him, as he appeared in a military officer's uniform in some war time pictures with a Flea and a Welbike. Then all of a sudden I realised that the same face also appeared in the late 1930's issues of "the green 'un". That's how I identified tour mystery man as A. Harvey Pascoe. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything about him but the articles that he had written in MotorCycling in the late 1930's and during the war. Then all of a sudden there was a complete radio silence. Now I understand why... Rest in peace Cyclops...

Jan

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