The First World War had a profound effect on Leyland Motors and the company concentrated on building 5,932 vehicles for the British forces. By the outbreak of war in 1914 the company had 1500 employees and had produced approximately 1275 petrol engined vehicles and 415 steam wagons. The following year saw the start of work on the Farington plant, later associated with bus production. To accommodate manufacture of the expanding range the factory grew physically with the continued expansion of North Works.ġ912 was a year which was to open up the military market for Leyland as their 3-tonner, commonly known as the ‘RAF-type’, was to become the standard subsidy vehicle. In 1907 the company absorbed the steam wagon builder Coulthards of Preston, adopting the name of Leyland Motors Limited later in the year. Their first petrol-engined vehicle, nicknamed ‘the Pig’, was produced in 1904, followed a year later by the supply of the first Leyland bus for service in London.
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