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HJ Obituaries Vol 50-74

Vol. No

HJ Date

Page No.

Name

Address

Occupation

B/F

Vol 50

Feb 1908

98

Mr James Crewe

 

Antique Clocks & Watches

F

50

April 1908

130

Mr George Girdwood

Union St Aberdeen

 

B

50

April 1908

130

Mr Alfred Jolly

New Bond St

Worked at Charles Frodsham Ltd

B

50

April 1908

131

Mr Phillip Woodman

Smith St Clerkenwell

Watch Case Manufacturer

F

50

Aug 1908

220

E F Ashley

Garnault Place

Watch Manufacturer

F

Vol 51

Dec 1908

60

Mr F J Langford

Newcastle-on-Tyne

Electric Clocks

B

51

Jan 1909

76

Mr William Douglas

Myddelton St

Springer & Polisher

B

51

Feb 1909

92

Mr Andrew Taylor

Clapham

Watchmaker

B

51

June 1909

161

Mr W J Shaw

237 Chesterfield Rd Sheffield

Pres. Of Sheffield & District Jewellers Assoc.

B

Vol 52

Sept 1909

13

Mr William Ford Stanley

South Norwood

Optician

B

52

Oct 1909

21

Mr John Jones

Manor House Send Green Surrey

Founder of BHI

M

52

Dec 1909

64

Ami Jaccard

26 Percival St Clerkenwell

Master Watchmaker

F

52

Mar 1910

115

Mr Clifford Lupton

 

 

B

52

April 1910

122

Mr Fred J Whytock

High St Dundee

Watchmaker & Jeweller

B

52

June 1910

157

Mr David Pugh FBHI

Cemmes Rd

Watchmaker & Jeweller

F

52

July 1910

183

Senator Schiaporelli

Milan, Italy

Astronomer

F

Vol 53

Sept 1910

10

Mr Alfred Wigley

Wellington Rd Edgbaston

Watch-case component part maker

B

53

Feb 1911

93

Mr F Kilbey FBHI

Cheltenham

 

B

53

Mar 1911

100

Mr William Bailey

10 Essex St Strand WC

 

B

53

April 1911

120

Mr J L Cocker

Merthyr

 

B

53

April 1911

120

Mr John Foulkes Lowe

 

Jeweller

B

53

July 1911

163

Mr Joseph Walton

7 Upper Charles St Clerkenwell

Gold & Silver Watch-case maker

B

Vol 54

Sept 1911

16

Mr James F Kendall

106 Cheapside

Author & Partner in Kendall & Dent

B

54

Oct 1911

26

Mr G B Lowe

Chester

Jeweller

B

54

Nov 1911

45

Mr George Frederick Price

186 Stockwell Rd SW

Watchmaker & Jeweller

F

54

Jan 1912

75

Mr David Glasgow

Myddelton Sq

Clockmaker

F

54

Jan 1912

77

Mr Edward Roberts

Bedford

 

B

54

Feb 1912

95

Mr Thomas Schmith

Aarhuus Denmark

Clockmaker

F

54

July 1912

167

Mr Edward Thomas Parr

1 New Cavendish St Portland Place

Watch Trade

F

Vol 55

Sept 1912

20

Mr James Pitkin

56 Red Lion St Clerkenwell

Aneroid Barometer Maker

B

55

Oct 1912

29

Mr Henry Whitson

 

Manager of Watch Dept.

B

55

Oct 1912

29

Henry Frank Style

The Octagon, Milson St
Bath

Watchmaker & Repairer

B

55

Nov 1912

45

Mr Harry Tulloch

Dundee

Jeweller

B

55

Nov 1912

45

Mr Edward George Denman

Old Charlton

 

B

55

Dec 1912

68

Dr Siegmund Riefler

Munich

Scientific Instrument Maker

F

55

Feb 1913

98

Mr Arthur Jannings

The Butter Market, Ipswich

 

B

55

Feb 1913

98

Mr Frederick Bramwell

Fishergate, Preston

Jeweller

B

55

April 1913

131

Mr George Tansley

11 Walsgrove Rd, Coventry

Watch Manufacturer

F

55

May 1913

133

Mr Frederick James Britten

Westcliff, Southend

Secretary of BHI

M

55

June 1913

164

Mr James Gaze

385 Holloway Rd London

 

B

55

June 1913

164

Mr Thomas Foster

Ashton-under-Lyne

 

B

Vol 56

Dec 1913

59

Sir Robert Ball

 

Astronomer

M

56

Feb 1914

100

Mr William Lewis Ridge

Clerkenwell

Pallet Maker

B

56

Mar 1914

103

Mr H Wiliamson

Farringdon Rd

Chairman & Founder of H Williamson Ltd

B

56

Mar 1914

111

Sir David Gill

 

Astronomer

F

56

July 1914

177

Mr G Chamberlin

Hampton Court Palace

Clock Keeper

B

56

July 1914

179

Mr John Mason

36 High St Rotherham

Jeweller

B

Vol 57

Nov 1914

39

Mr W C Black

Buenos Aires

Watch & Clockmaker

B

57

Nov 1914

39

Mr J B Lee

Northampton Square

Watch Case Springer & Polisher

B

57

Dec 1914

50

Dr W Fennell McCarthy

 

 

B

57

Feb 1915

80

Mr J A Clemence

Surbiton

Watchmaker

F

57

Mar 1915

93

Mr Henry Phillips Palmer

Worcester

 

B

57

Mar 1915

99

Mr William Willett

Chislehurst

Builder

F

57

April 1915

114

Sir John Edward Bingham

Sheffield

Electro Plate Industry

F

58

Sept 1915

7

Mr John W Meader

 

Clock Winder

B

58

Nov 1915

35

Mr John Hopkins

Albany Terrace, The Butts, Coventry

Watch Making Tools

F

58

Dec 1915

54

Mr T R Ayres

Northampton Square, Clerkenwell

Owned T R Ayres & Son

B

58

Dec 1915

54

Mr R Griggs

 

Architect to C & W Asylum

B

58

June 1916

133

Mr Christopher Rowlands

Smith St, Clerkenwell

Watch Case Maker

B

58

June 1916

135

Corporal A Keene

 

Watchmaker

B

58

Aug 1916

160

Mr John Dyson

Briggate, Leeds

Watchmaker

B

Vol 59

Oct 1916

23

Mr C H E Croydon

Tavern St, Ipswich

 

B

59

Nov 1916

33

Mr Arthur Anderson Johnston

Croydon

Clockmaker & Bell Founder

B

59

Dec 1916

48

Mr John Adams

Coventry

Watch Manufacturer

B

59

Jan 1917

52

Mr William Ellis

 

 

B

59

Jan 1917

53

Mr T H Richards

North Main St, Wexford

 

B

59

Feb 1917

72

Mr Harry Shorter

 

Escapement Maker

B

59

Mar 1917

82

Mr James Hood

Clerkenwell

Chronograph, Watch & Chronometer

M

59

Mar 1917

83

Mr William Gooding

Coventry

 

B

59

May 1917

107

Charles Bacon

37 Gerrard St, Islington

Escapement Maker

B

59

July 1917

127

Mr Robert Waddington

Coventry

Watch Manufacturer

B

Vol 60

Sept 1917

12

Mr Edwin Desbois

Brownlow St

Watch Finisher
Hon. Treasurer of BHI

F

60

Sept 1917

14

Mr Edmund T Cotton

7 Percival St Clerkenwell

Main Spring & Material Dealer

F

60

Feb 1918

60

Mr James John Stockall

50 Ferne Park Rd, Stroud Green London

 

F

60

June 1918

112

Mr T G Woods senr

54 Spencer St Clerkenwell

Chronometer & Jeweller

B

60

June 1918

113

Mr John Hoch

Brixton

Turret Clock & Watch Maker

B

60

Aug 1918

130

Mr James Bray

Cheapside

Repairer

F

60

Aug 1918

137

Sir Robert Inches

Edinburgh

Clockmaker to the King & Jeweller

B

60

Aug 1918

138

Mr J V Poole

Clerkenwell

Watch & Chronometer Manufacturer

B

Vol 61

Oct 1918

18

Mr George Beale Beasley

Great Sutton St Clerkenwell

Watch & Chronometer Hand Maker

F

61

Oct 1918

19

Mr A E Thoermer

Coventry

Watchmaker

B

61

Oct 1961

19

Mr Lewis Donne

6 Birchin Lane

Chronometer Maker

B

61

Nov 1918

28

Mr H C Overall

 

Clerk to Clockmakers Co.

B

61

Jan 1919

60

Mr Evan Roberts

27 Crescent Grove, Clapham

Dealt & Collected Watches

F

61

Feb 1919

64

Mr Thomas J P Hewitt

Spencer St & City Rd

Marine Chronometer Maker

F

61

May 1919

97

Mr Richard Wright Cole

 

Vice President of BHI

F

61

May 1919

103

Mr Thomas Pearce

Bourne, Lincs

Watchmaker & Jeweller

B

61

June 1919

112

Abraham Mead

 

 

Marine Chronometer Maker

B

Vol 62

Sept 1919

6

Mr John Llewellyn

Percival St Clerkenwell

Watch Manufacturer

F

62

Sept 1919

7

Mr Henry Julius Hallpike

Bexhill

Watches

B

62

Dec 1919

46

Mr Charles Hector Golay

Clerkenwell

High Class Watchmaker

B

Vol 63

Sept 1920

199

Professor John Perry

 

Lecturer for BHI

B

63

Oct 1920

14

Mr M Jones

 

Rep of W Potter & Sons Ltd

B

63

Oct 1920

14

Mr E G Allen

 

Editor of "Jeweller & Metalworker"

B

63

Mar 1921

105

Mr Thomas Buggins

Clerkenwell

Clockmaker

B

Vol 64

May 1922

170

Mr Samuel Lyon

Blackpool

Silversmith & Jeweller

B

64

June 1922

192

Mr B W Warwick

 

Founder of Warwick’s Time Stamp Co.

B

Vol 65

Sept 1922

8

Mr F J Fleming

Coventry

Manager of Messrs H Williamson Ltd

B

65

Oct 1922

35

Mr William Ehrhardt

Handsworth, Birmingham

MD of Messrs William Ehrhardt Ltd

B

65

Jan 1923

95

Mr James Bruton

Clerkenwell

Enamel Maker

B

65

Feb 1923

108

Mr Harry Edward Webb

Clerkenwell

Founder of Rasmussen, Webb & Co

B

65

Mar 1923

130

Mr George Mills

Clerkenwell

Watch & Clock Materials

F

65

April 1923

152

Mr James Haswell

 

Vice President of BHI

B

65

June 1923

194

Mr E H Bulley

London

Watchmaker

B

65

Aug 1923

246

Colonel JPD Wheatley

Carlisle

Worked at Wheatley & Son

B

65

Aug 1923

246

Mr A M Jacobs

Cross St, Hatton Garden, London

Helped form the National Assoc. of Goldsmiths

B

Vol 66

Dec 1923

66

Mr A E Rutherford

London

Manager of Charles Frodsham & Co Ltd

F

66

Mar 1924

121

Mr G C Dimier

 

Worked for Messrs Dimier Brothers & Co.

F

66

July 1924

207

Dr Robert Mullineux Walmsley

St John St, Clerkenwell

Principal of Northampton Polytechnic Institute.

F

66

Aug 1924

241

Mr Frank Brook

7 Wellington St, Lindley, Huddersfield

Inventor of Gledhill-Brooks Time Recorders

F

Vol 67

Sept 1924

13

Mr Edwin J Vokes

16 Milsom St Bath

Watchmaker Jeweller Goldsmith

F

67

Nov 1924

46

Mr Alexander Hughes

Fenchurch St Barkingside

Head of Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd

B

67

Jan 1925

90

Mr Louis H Borrell

Pentonville

Watchmaker & Repairer

B

67

Feb 1925

104

Mr Robert Milne

South King St Manchester

 

B

67

April 1925

155

Mr E Hodge

Broadstairs

Watchmaker

B

67

July 1925

197
212

Mr Alfred Thompson

 

Senior Partner in Vine & Thompson

F

Vol 68

Nov 1925

65

Mr Arthur A Brigman

41 Cornhill

English timepieces

B

68

Feb 1926

130

Mr Alfred Hill

45 Great Portland St

Clocks

B

68

Feb 1926

131

Mr Edwin Pringle

Hendon Lane Fitchley

R Pringle & Sons

F

68

July 1926

223

Mr Arthur William Webb

90 High St Islington

Watch & Chronometer Maker

B

Vol 69

Sept 1926

18

Mr Julien Tripplin

 

London Rep of Messrs Rotherham & Sons

M

69

Dec 1926

80

Mr Alfred Gray

Newcastle-on-Tyne

Chronometer & Electric Control

F

69

Dec 1926

80

Mr Charles Heap

Highbury

BHI Council Member & Drawing Examiner

F

69

Mar 1927

153

Sir Geo. Greenhill

‘Staple Inn’

HJ Contributor ( mathematical articles)

B

69

April 1927

174

Mr John Stevenson

Aberdeen

King’s Clockmaker

B

69

Aug 1927

251

Mr Alfred Hirst

Oldham

Founder of Hirst Bros & Co Ltd

B

Vol 70

Sept 1927

8

Mr Daniel Buckney

Old Broad St

Watch & Chronometer maker

F

70

Nov 1927

55

Mr WTH Cooke

Birmingham

Clock Dials, Name-plates Sun-dials

B

70

Jan 1928

84

Mr William Richard Corke

Chislehurst

Watch Dial Maker Silversmith

F

70

Jan 1928

89

Mr William Sexton

Allesley Old Rd Coventry

Gold Watch Case Manufacturer

F

70

June 1928

189

Mr James Mumford

Percival St London

Wheel Cutter

B

70

July 1928

199

Mr Thos. Field

Aylesbury

Founder of National Assoc. Goldsmiths

B

70

July 1928

199

Mr Wm Henry Field

Birmingham

Founder of Constantine & Floyd

B

70

July 1928

199

Mr Henry Lawson

 

Lawson, Ward & Gammage Ltd

B

70

July 1928

199

Mr Nathan Ball

Leicester

Clockmaker

B

Vol 71

Oct 1928

44

Mr Robert H Ingersoll

Denver, Colorado USA

Invented the ‘Dollar Watch’

F

71

Oct 1928

53

Mr Walkden

9 Sugar Lane Manchester

Watch & Material Wholesaler

B

71

Nov 1928

82

Mr C H Proctor

High St Hucknall Nottingham

Watchmaker & Jeweller

B

71

Nov 1928

83

Mr E N Butler

 

Manager of Messrs Baume & Co

B

71

Jan 1929

127

Mr William Horne

The Market-Place Leyburn

Clockmaker

F

71

May 1929

227

Mr Robert Benson North

Watford

North’s Speedometer & Magneto Works

F

Vol 72

Jan 1930

90

Mr J E Ranns

Leeds

HJ Contributor

F

72

Feb 1930

120

Mr E H Horstmann

Bath

Sec. & Joint MD of The Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd

B

72

Aug 1930

226

Mr W N Barber

Coventry

Teacher of Horology at Cov. Technical Institute.

B

72

Aug 1930

226

Mr Albert Roberts

 

Lever Pallet Maker

B

Vol 73

Nov 1930

41

Mr F Thoms

Spencer St Clerkenwell

Case Maker

B

73

May 1931

170

Mr William John Lancelot Smith

St John’s Sq. Clerkenwell

Past BHI Chairman
Messrs Smith & Son

B

Vol 74

Jan 1932

76

Mr Robert Gardner

Lloyd Square Clerkenwell

Chronometer Maker

B

74

Feb 1932

95

Dr Rowland Neville Umfreville Pickering

50 Upper Berkeley St London

Clockmaker

F

74

April 1932

127

Mr James Clegg

Worthington

Watch Finisher

B

74

Aug 1932

193

Mr William Crow

West Ham

Watchmaker

F

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