One of the greatest trials all-rounders in the history of motorcycling.
Born on May 12, 1895, in Monmouthshire, near Newport, Harry Baughan was to lead a life which encompassed soldiering, engineering, riding, manufacturing and organising, a diverse career which led his 1968 obituary (in The Motor Cycle) to declare him: “One of the greatest trials all-rounders in the history of motorcycling.”
Henry Percival Baughan (HPB) was the third of three brothers born to Florence and Samuel Baughan, who was to work for the Great Western Railway (GWR) until he retired. Harry’s oldest brother John
