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Birmingham Small Arms Company

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This article is about the 1861–1973 UK manufacturer. For the motorcycle manufacturer with legitimate rights to the name, see B.S.A. Company. The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) Former type Listed company Fate Remainder acquired 1973 by Manganese Bronze Holdings Founded Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England, 1861 Defunct 1973 Headquarters Birmingham , UK Key people J.D. Goodman (Chairman 1863–1900) Sir Hallewell Rogers (Chairman 1906–28) Dudley Docker, Sir Bernard Docker (Chairman 1940–56) Jack Sangster (Chairman 1956–61) Products firearms ammunition bicycles motorcycles vehicles military equipment Subsidiaries   Firearms  BSA Guns Cycles and motorcycles  BSA Cycles  BSA Motor Cycles  New Hudson  Sunbeam Cycles  Ariel Motors  Triumph Engineering Motorcars, buses and bodies  The Daimler Company  The Lanchester Motor Company  Transport Vehicles (Daimler)  BSA cars Iron castings  Car...