Fire Engines Photos

Ah yes - the British Thomson Houston machine, that was never with Surrey, and never had a Surrey registration number. This one was in point of fact JUE 612, even though in preservation it carried the Surrey registration number. It was a Dennis F2, chasis number 3311, Job No. 40199, and was completed in February 1950.

Added by Ian Moore on 30 April 2011.

This machine is a Dennis F2 and was manufactured in arounnd April in 1950 according to Dennis records. Although it wears Surrey Fire brigade livery I doubt if it was ever used there. The "A9" on the side would have referred to Surbiton fire station but I never saw an F2 there. Actually, all station numbers were in white on a small black rectangular removable plate, not signwritten or by decal. Would this have been owned by Alan Greenwood, who is based somewhere near Chobham I think.

Added by Michael Bissett-Powell on 30 April 2011.

Ian Moore's mentioned this could be JUE612 which in actual fact was manufactured in 1948.I posted a picture of the mentioned Dennis F2 and this can be viewed at picture 6339 .And yes, it was owned by Alan Greenwood of Chobham, Surrey.

Added by Pete Matten on 30 April 2011.

The F2 was a really olde-worlde machine in 1950 - or even 1948 - with its only slightly modified Braidwood body and rear mounted pump. Apart from the 8 cylinder RR engine and the front styling, it could be 1932! The F7 and/or F12 showed up before 1950, and was a much more modern enclosed forward-control dual purpoae with a center-mounted pump and a larger hose reel tank. Why was anybody buying these F2s in 1948-9-50?

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 May 2011.

Was ordered new from Dennis in 17th June 1949 by BTH Rugby at a cost of £2517, Aquisition No 544934. It was on the front page of Fire the Fire Brigade journal in April 1950 in which it states after many years of service in export countries it was the first in English Industry

Added by B J Dodd on 26 April 2014.

Funnily enough I have just come across a photo of Surbiton in the early fifties, with an F2 and a WW2 heavy unit outside. No Reg. No. visible, but if this was a restoration job by Alan Greenwood it would make sense, because Surbiton was his own local station when he was young.

Added by Michael Bissett-Powell on 29 April 2014.

www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ shows JPE 612 as not available but JUE 612 as first reg.17th. Feb. 1950. JUE is of course a Warwickshire reg. not a Surrey reg. which fits with BTH Rugby. This is not the first (apparent) example of re livery of ex Industrial Pumps to Local Authority. I cannot imagine why

Added by Paul Sturman on 21 December 2014.

Alan Greenwood had a number of appliances in the 1990's all restored in Surrey livery, the collection was reduced by a sale in the early 2000's but he has recently come back to the fold with a couple of appliances been restored by Ron Bradley, I believe he still owns the F2.

Added by Brett Clayton on 23 December 2014.

Yes I have owned this fire engine since 1987. The reason it had Surrey FB on it was because it was used in a film. However today it is restored in its original livery, after a catastrophic fire on a low loader on a motorway. We won the London to Brighton three times with this appliance.

Added by Alan Greenwood on 13 October 2020.

JUE is here



Added by Petros on 05 January 2025.

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