Description:Sir George Horatio Nelson, Chairman and Managing Director of the English Electric Company is pictured outside the New Hough with the New Zealand Deputy Premier Mr Walter Nash. During the visit to the Stafford factory Mr Nash announced that his Government had placed an order worth £1,750,000 with the company for electrical railway equipment. The Stafford factory was renowned for its electrical products including generators, transformers and switchgear.
Left to right: Mr Campbell, private secretary to Mr Nash, Col. C W Salmon, Messrs. Cory-Wright and Salmon, N. Z., Mr J Rogers General Managers of Works, Lady Nelson, Mr A D Sloan, Chief Engineer, Rt. Hon. Walter Nash, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, N. Z., Mr T Brougton-Nowell, Town Clerk, Stafford, Mrs Walter Nash, Mr J W C Milligan, Manager, Stafford Works, Sir George H Nelson, Chairman and Managing Director, Mr E B Banks, Deputy Commercial Manager, Cllr. A E Hourd Deputy Mayor, Stafford.
Additional information on the Company: Siemens Brothers purchased the land in 1901 and built the factory and offices which were ready to start production in 1903. In 1918 Siemens merged with several companies, including Dick, Kerr and Co., to become The English Electric Co. Two years later in 1920, The English Electric Co bought the Stafford Works. The English Electric Co. merged with GEC (The General Electric Company) during 1968 and the Lichfield Road Site became part of GEC Power Engineering Ltd. On 22 March 1989 became part of GEC ALSTHOM, an Anglo French Joint Venture. On 22 June 1998 this in turn became part of ALSTOM with global HQ in Paris and on 2 November 2015 the Stafford Grid and Power Businesses became part of GE (General Electric, an American Company).