Beardmore and Company was a British engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active from 1886 to the mid-1930s and at its peak employed about 40,000 people. It was founded and owned by William Beardmore, later Lord
The Parkhead Forge, in the east end of Glasgow, became the core of the company. It was established by Reoch Brothers & Co in 1837 and was later acquired by Robert Napier in 1841 to make forgings and iron plates for his new shipyard in Govan
William Beardmore Works No 132 Class HGS 26761 2-8-0 Oudh and Rohilkhund Railway & East India Railway Gauge 5ft 6in
William Beardmore Works 422 – 3634 & IR 22541 Class XE IR 22501-22593 2-8-2 East India Railways & Indian Railways Gauge 5ft 6in