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HJ Obituaries Vols 85 - 94

Vol. No

HJ Date

Page No.

Name

Address

Occupation

B/F

Vol 85

April 1943

96

E Sills

See June 1943 Vol 85

Marine Chronometer

B

85

June 1943

136

Edwin Robert Sills

London

Marine Chronometer Finisher

M

85

Dec 1943

344

Henry R Playtner

Canada

Watchmaker & founder of old Canadian Horological Institute

F

Vol 86

July 1944

191

Mr William Storer

Parliament Sq Nottingham

 

B

86

Sept 1944

241

Mr A H Moore

London

Watch Importer

B

86

Oct 1944

276

Mr A G Thomas

Bradford

Watch Material Dealer

B

86

Oct 1944

276

Mr H Grove-Jones

South Australia

HJ Contributor

B

86

Oct 1944

276

Mr Bernard Stamm

Schaffhausen Switzerland

Watch Manufacturer

B

86

Oct 1944

276

Mr J Duddridge

Ockham,Nr Ripley, Surrey

 

B

Vol 87

May 1945

146

Paul Ditisheim

See June 1945 Vol 87 page 182

Swiss Watchmaker

B

87

June 1945

182

Paul Ditisheim

Geneva Switzerland

Swiss Watchmaker, made smallest watch in the world

F

87

Oct 1945

327

Frederick James Robinson

62 Holden Rd Waterloo Liverpool

Clock Repairer

B

87

Dec 1945

410

Paul Ditisheim

See June 1945 vol 87 page 182

 

M

87

Dec 1945

429

Mr Charles Edward Meyer

Coleman St London

MD of Medana Watches

B

Vol 88

Jan 1946

22

Mr Tom Vickery

Astley Abbotts, Bridgnorth

Watch & Clock Maker

F

88

Jan 1946

37

Mrs SE Lichfield FBHI

 

 

B

88

June 1946

241

Mr Elijah Fellows

Hatton Gardens

 

B

88

Sept 1946

376

Mr William Thompson-Edgar

 

Chairman of the Horstmann Gear Co. Ltd

B

88

Sept 1946

376

Mr Gilbert Gledhill

Huddersfield

Director of Gledhill-Brook, Time Recorders Ltd.

B

88

Oct 1946

429

Mr E W Birch

See Nov 1946 vol 88 page 472

Director of Horological Studies at Northampton Polytechnic

B

88

Oct 1946

429

Mr Ivor Gordon Rudd

Eaton Ford Bedfordshire

Watch & Clockmaker

B

88

Nov 1946

472

Mr Ernest William Birch

 

Past Editor of HJ & Director of Horological Dept.

F

Vol 89

Jan 1947

40

Mr GOH Horstmann

Union St, Bath

Watch & Clockmaker

F

89

Mar 1947

131

Mr William LeBrun

Royal Observatory, Bradford-on-Avon

Chronometer & Watch Repairer

F

89

May 1947

243

Mr J R Richards

Greenwich House, Aberfan, Glamorgan

Watch Repairer

B

89

May 1947

246

Mr Sanfrid Lundquist

 

Partner in Victor Kullberg

M

89

June 1947

292

Captain Edwin E Craig

 

Clockmaker

F

89

Sept 1947

498

Mr Leonard Hugh Bonnaire

16 Hillersden Ave, Edgware, Middlesex

Manager of Omega’s London Branch

F

89

Oct 1947

520

M. Robert Duverdrey

France

Chairman & MD of Bayard Clock Factory

B

89

Oct 1947

520

Mr B C Beale

 

MD of B C Beale Ltd.

B

89

Nov 1947

597

Mr William Haynes

Derby

Turret Clock Maker

B

Vol 90

Jan 1948

41

Mr Louis Gustave Brandt

Paris, France

Omega Watch Co. Founder of SSIH

F

90

Feb 1948

105

Mr Dudley Harris

85 Hatton Garden, London

Director of Henry Harris & Co.

B

90

June 1948

353

Mr A H Dyson

Windsor Castle

Clockmaker to the King

F

90

June 1948

353

Mr Jacques-David Le Coultre

Switzerland

Watchmaker

B

90

Aug 1948

470

Dr Stanley Currie Johnson

Kew

Head of Maths & Mechanical sections of DLC

B

90

Oct 1948

594

Lieut-Commander R T Gould

Canterbury

See Nov 1948 vol 90 page 655

B

90

Nov 1948

655

Rupert Thomas Gould

Ashtead Canterbury

Restorer, Repairer & Author

M

90

Nov 1948

658

Mr R E Roberts

 

Watchmaker

B

90

Dec 1948

732

Mr "Cris" Kirby

 

 

B

90

Dec 1948

732

Mr Percival A Croydon

48 Hamilton Rd Felixstowe Suffolk

Vice-Pres of BHI

B

90

Dec 1948

732

Mr Charles Thomas Parkes

Brissett Street

Clockmaker

B

90

Dec 1948

748

Charles Henry Ingersoll

USA

Made the ‘Dollar Watch’

B

Vol 91

Mar 1949

160

Mr Harry Roberts

47 Church Gate Leicester

Wholesale Watch Material Dealer

B

91

Mar 1949

160

Mr Reginald A Bailey

 

Director of English Clock Systems Ltd.

B

91

Mar 1949

163

Albert Thomas Oliver

25-26 Spencer St, London

Watchcase Maker

F

91

April 1949

213

Mr T Albert Potter

Philadelphia USA

Chairman of Elgin National Watch Co.

B

91

April 149

213

The Earl of Meath, Reginald Le Normand Brabazon

Kilruddy, Bray, Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Hobby Clockmaker

F

91

May 1949

306

Mr Henry Cohen

Leeds

Director of Crown Manufacturing Co. Ltd

B

91

May 1949

306

Mr William Henry May

15 Clumber St Nottingham

Watchmaker & Jeweller

B

91

May 1949

306

Mr Cyril Adamson

7 Devonshire St. Penrith

Jeweller & Goldsmith

B

91

July 1949

422

Mr Albert William Pyle

London

Worked at Edwin Harrop Ltd

B

91

July 1949

422

Mr F Bridge

Pine Rd, Winton, Bournemouth

Watch Repairer

B

91

Oct 1949

623

Mr G F Dingley FBHI

22, Fairfield, Herstmonceux

Watchmaker in RGO

B

91

Nov 1949

678

Mr J G Salmond

1 Hatton Garden

Watch Repairer at Baume & Co.

B

91

Nov 1949

678

Mr Louis Dubois

Denver, Colorado, USA

Dean of American Academy of Horology

F

Vol 92

April 1950

229

Frank Hope-Jones

 

Electric Clocks& Synchronome

F

92

April 1950

231

Mr Cyril Frederick Johnston

 

Bell Founder

F

92

April 1950

231

Mr Kevitt Rotherham

Coventry

Clock & Instrument Manufacturer

B

92

April 1950

232

Mr C H Smith

7 Stanhope Rd, Highgate, London

Sales Director at Ingersoll

F

92

July 1950

451

Mr W M Birks

Montreal, Canada

Chairman of Henry Birks & Sons Ltd

F

92

Aug 1950

513

Mr James Henry Calvert

55 Audley Range, Blackburn

Watchmaker & Jeweller

B

92

Aug 1950

513

M. Theodore Schild

Switzerland

Director of Eterna SA

B

92

Aug 1950

513

Mr William Greville-Giddings

 

Rep for Rotherham & Son Ltd

B

92

Sept 1950

570

Eugene Aufranc

Orvin, Switzerland

Watchmaker

B

92

Sept 1950

570

Mr Jacques Nardin

Geneva Switzerland

Watchmaker

B

92

Nov 1950

722

Lt-Col Gerald Walker Birks

 

Vice Chairman of Henry Birks & Sons Ltd.

B

Vol 93

Jan 1951

43

Mr Horace T Wright FBHI

See Feb 1951 vol 93 page 108

Material Dealer

B

93

Jan 1951

43

Mr Charles Borelli

Farnham Surrey

Clockmaker Silversmith & Jeweller

B

93

Feb 1951

108

Mr Horace T Wright

Great Sutton St

Material Dealer

F

93

Mar 1951

170

Sir Allan Gordon-Smith

 

Inspirer & Founder of the re-established British Horological Industry

F & M

93

Mar 1951

173

Professor Eugene Jacquet

Geneva, Switzerland

Co-wrote "La Montre Suisse" & Director of Geneva School of Watchmaking

B

93

April 1951

232

Mr Ernest Desbois

 

Vice-President of BHI

F

93

April 1951

232

William Warrington Triggs

65 Lower Clapton Rd

 

B

93

July 1951

453

Mr Phillip Arthur Clowes

Brompton Rd

MD of Charles Frodsham & Co. Ltd

B

93

Nov 1951

718

Mr A Massie

30 Division St

 

B

93

Nov 1951

718

Mr John M Herbert

105b Nethergate Dundee

Clock & Watchmaker & Repairer

B

93

Nov 1951

718

Mr G J Mayor FBHI

Colwyn Bay, North Wales

 

B

93

Nov 1951

718

Mr Arthur Henry Gledhill FBHI

Halifax

Formed Gledhill-Brooke Time Recorders Ltd

B

93

Nov 1951

718

Mr Leonard Keysor VC

98 Hatton Garden

Director of Schatz Rombach Successors Ltd

F

93

Dec 1951

798

Mr Granville H Baillie

 

Author of Horological books

L

93

Dec 1951

813

Mr Granveille H Baillie

Letchworth

Author of Horological books

F

93

Dec 1951

819

Mr William Garrett

724 Chesterfield Rd

Watchmaker & Jeweller

B

Vol 94

Jan 1952

23

M. Honore Morel-Fournier

France

Editor of "La France Horlogere"

B

94

Jan 1952

28

Lt-Commander William Dixon Stott

Paignton

Clock Collector

F

94

April 1952

241

Mr R H Pearce

 

Foreman of Watchmakers at Dent’s

B

94

July 1952

444

Mr Eugene Hector Golay

88-90 Hatton Garden London

MD of H Golay & Sons Ltd

B

94

Aug 1952

515

Mr Harry Pybus

Prescot, Lancs

Watchmaker

F

94

Oct 1952

661

Mr George Henry Gammage

 

Chairman of Lawson Ward & Gammage Ltd

B

94

Dec 1952

814

Mr William Henry Masters

9 Brackenhurst Rd, Radford, Coventry

Watchmaker

B

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