HJ Obituaries Vols 1-49
HJ Obituaries Vols 50-74
HJ Obituaries Vols 75-84
HJ Obituaries Vols 85-94
HJ Obituaries Vols 95-104
HJ Obituaries Vols 105-119
HJ Obituaries Vols 120-134
HJ Obituaries Vols 135-150
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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