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Coventry Corporation Transport Society

Bolton Corporation

Reproduced from D Harvey, Coventry Buses 1914 - 1946, Amberley Publishing (2015)
Original Citation: Charles Roberts

Except where otherwise stated, these buses arrived in April 1941, after the Holy Week air raids.  Coventry Corporation fleet number 34 had already been allocated to a hired bus from Southend and so Bolton fleet number 34 had the figure 4 painted out to make it fleet number 3.  Otherwise, the existing fleet numbers were retained.  21, 22 and 24 were originally on hire to London Passenger Transport Board, 15 and 17 were originally on hire to BMMO (Midland Red).  The remainder were hired directly from Bolton.

Model Leyland Titan TD4c
Details Double deck with Massey bodywork
§ Roberts bodywork
Leyland engine (unknown capacity) 
Upper saloon: 28 seats		Lower saloon: 24 seats
CCT No Fleet No Built Reg No Notes
15 15 1935 WH6857 Returned to Bolton in July 1944
17 17 1935 WH6859 Probably arrived in June 1941*.
Returned to Bolton in January 1944
21 21 1936 WH6863 Arrived in March 1941. Probably returned to BMMO in May 1942
22 22 1936 WH6864 Arrived in March 1941. Returned to Bolton in April 1944
24 24 1936 WH6866 Arrived in March 1941. Transferred to Grimsby in June 1943
3 34 1936 WH7810 Returned to Bolton in December 1943
36 36 1936 WH7812 Arrived in February 1942. Returned to Bolton in March 1944
39 39 1936 WH7815 Arrived in February 1942. Returned to Bolton in April 1944
41 41 1936 WH7817 Returned to Bolton in June 1943
42 42 1936 WH7818 Returned to Bolton in June 1943
43 43 1936 WH7819 Returned to Bolton in January 1944
44 44 1936 WH7820 Transferred to Grimsby in June 1943

* References [1], [2] and [4] (on the Foreign index page) give the dates for Ashton-under-Lyne No 17 as on hire in Coventry from April 1941 for two months.  Reference [2] gives the date for the arrival of Bolton No 17 as April 1941, while the other references are not specific.  It is almost inconceivable that CCT would have run two buses with the same fleet number at the same time.  Reference [1] cites Bolton number 17 as originally on hire to BMMO, so it is probable that it did not arrive in Coventry until after the Ashton-under-Lyne bus left in June 1941.