Bedford OY Lorries

Founded in 1931, the British motor manufacturing company of Bedford established a reputation for its designs of motor vehicles, especially its range of utility trucks. Initially, the interest came from civilian end users. But soon, the company responded as the British army re-armed and re-equipped in the mid-1930s. It had become apparent that the military would require its own production run of vehicles to meet a wide range of uses. Bedford promised to meet that need.

One of Bedford’s first truck designs for the British army was a 15cwt (3/4-ton) vehicle that entered service in 1939 as the “MW.” By the end of WWII, Bedford had produced almost 66,000 of these light utility vehicles that were adapted to a variety of roles from water