LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
97N	DYL905	AEC Monarch 5-ton Pole Carrier	Heavy Lorry	344338

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	02/09/1937
From:
Out of stock:	24/09/1959 (Life: 22.06 years)
Disposal:	A E Shurey, Cranford
Licence off:	n/a ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Green
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	27/01/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

No photos of this vehicle have been published.
There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
1 sighting of this vehicle has been reported. Shown below.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
01/01/1959	-	Approximate date	Bighat

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
15 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
by01/01/1938	Allocated to	LT	Electrical ( T&T)	Unknown		Allocated 'North'	KR CD List
10/04/1940	Allocated to	LT	Elect. Engr. Overhead - North Division - Electrical Supply	Limehouse Sub-station			Vehicle Record Card
03/05/1940	Delicensed	LT	Elect. Engr. Overhead - North Division - Electrical Supply	Limehouse Sub-station			Vehicle Record Card
01/10/1940	Relicensed	LT	Elect. Engr. Overhead - North Division - Electrical Supply	Limehouse Sub-station		ex temporary withdrawn	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
27/06/1944	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works	u	ex Chief Electrical Engineer. Was this at Leyton (Bus) Garage and hence damaged (along with 238M and 402W) in the air raid on 26/06/1944?	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/11/1944	Relicensed and transferred	LT	Chief Electrical Engineer, Northern Division	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot		ex Chiswick (unlicensed)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
09/07/1946	Delicensed	LT	Chief Engineer (Electricity Supply)	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/09/1946	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Engineer	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) N	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot			CDS Fleetlist November 1946
20/09/1949	Servicing/Repairs	LT	Chief Mechanical Engineer (Road Services)	Aldenham Works		In from 16/8/1949. Record shows from Leyton T&T	KR CD List
01/09/1951	Withdrawn	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot	w		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
16/10/1951	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/01/1959	Withdrawn	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.2)	Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot	w		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
07/01/1959	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Reserve	Chiswick Works	u	ex Lea Bridge, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.2)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
24/09/1959	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Chiswick	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
4 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Petrol cost £1161 (7/9/1937) 80hp	Ray	08/05/2023
photograph at http://www.londontrolleybus.com	Ray	18/04/2010
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Previous numbers 234, E23	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
12 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).
No licensing data has been captured yet.

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 3 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
27/01/2024	History Event ID 33358 edited	Ray	Y
27/01/2024	History Event ID 32798 edited	Ray	Y
22/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y