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Colonel Wallace Charles Devereux
Entrepreneur and Managing Director of High
Duty Alloys
High Duty Alloys came into being through the efforts
of a dominant personality, Colonel Wallace Charles
Devereux. From the late 1920s Devereux became one
of the most important names in British industry and
in stature stands alongside any of the people in
aviation at that time, people like Geoffrey de
Havilland, Frederick Handley Page and Sir Henry
Royce. In many ways Devereux and HDA remain
unsung heroes of World War Two.
1893 - 1952
Colonel Wallace Charles Devereux
(Source: Mettis Aerospace
Archives).
Source/Researched by: Tony Buttler
The High Duty Alloys site in Windsor Road.
The huge 460 ton hammer, largest of its type in the world The HDA workforce with the Queens Award
with a 29 ton forging weight. for Export Achievement.
Life and Times of Colonel Wallace Charles Devereux
High Duty Alloys came into being through the efforts of a dominant personality, Colonel
Wallace Charles Devereux. From the late 1920s Devereux became one of the most
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