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Obituaries
We've found over the years that one of the most requested types of item from HJ has been obituaries. Follow these links to the index pages for the Obituaries (please note that the final column of the listings shows 'B' for a brief obituary or 'F' for a full one. If you wish us to locate and provide a copy, a research charge will apply to both types.
| Volume | Journal date | Page no. | Name | Address | Occupation | B/F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol 91 | Apr-49 | 213 |
The Earl of Meath, Reginald Le Normand Brabazon |
Kilruddy, Bray, Co.Wicklow, Ireland | Hobby Clockmaker | F |
| Vol 91 | May-49 | 306 |
Mr Henry Cohen |
Leeds | Director of Crown Manufacturing Co. Ltd | B |
| Vol 91 | May-49 | 306 |
Mr William Henry May |
15 Clumber St Nottingham | Watchmaker & Jeweller | B |
| Vol 91 | May-49 | 306 |
Mr Cyril Adamson |
7 Devonshire St. Penrith | Jeweller & Goldsmith | B |
| Vol 91 | Jul-49 | 422 |
Mr Albert William Pyle |
London | Worked at Edwin Harrop Ltd | B |
| Vol 91 | Jul-49 | 422 |
Mr F Bridge |
Pine Rd, Winton, Bournemouth | Watch Repairer | B |
| Vol 91 | Oct-49 | 623 |
Mr G F Dingley FBHI |
22, Fairfield, Herstmonceux | Watchmaker in RGO | B |
| Vol 91 | Nov-49 | 678 |
Mr J G Salmond |
1 Hatton Garden | Watch Repairer at Baume & Co. | B |
| Vol 91 | Nov-49 | 678 |
Mr Louis Dubois |
Denver, Colorado, USA | Dean of American Academy of Horology | F |
| Vol 92 | Apr-50 | 229 |
Frank Hope-Jones |
Electric Clocks& Synchronome | F | |
| Vol 92 | Apr-50 | 231 |
Mr Cyril Frederick Johnston |
Bell Founder | F | |
| Vol 92 | Apr-50 | 231 |
Mr Kevitt Rotherham |
Coventry | Clock & Instrument Manufacturer | B |
| Vol 92 | Apr-50 | 232 |
Mr C H Smith |
7 Stanhope Rd, Highgate, London | Sales Director at Ingersoll | F |
| Vol 92 | Jul-50 | 451 |
Mr W M Birks |
Montreal, Canada | Chairman of Henry Birks & Sons Ltd | F |
| Vol 92 | Aug-50 | 513 |
Mr James Henry Calvert |
55 Audley Range, Blackburn | Watchmaker & Jeweller | B |
| Vol 92 | Aug-50 | 513 |
M. Theodore Schild |
Switzerland | Director of Eterna SA | B |
| Vol 92 | Aug-50 | 513 |
Mr William Greville-Giddings |
Rep for Rotherham & Son Ltd | B | |
| Vol 92 | Sep-50 | 570 |
Eugene Aufranc |
Orvin, Switzerland | Watchmaker | B |
| Vol 92 | Sep-50 | 570 |
Mr Jacques Nardin |
Geneva Switzerland | Watchmaker | B |
| Vol 92 | Nov-50 | 722 |
Lt-Col Gerald Walker Birks |
Vice Chairman of Henry Birks & Sons Ltd. | B | |
| Vol 93 | Jan-51 | 43 |
Mr Horace T Wright FBHI |
See Feb 1951 93 page 108 | Material Dealer | B |
| Vol 93 | Jan-51 | 43 |
Mr Charles Borelli |
Farnham Surrey | Clockmaker Silversmith & Jeweller | B |
| Vol 93 | Feb-51 | 108 |
Mr Horace T Wright |
Great Sutton St | Material Dealer | F |
| Vol 93 | Mar-51 | 170 |
Sir Allan Gordon-Smith |
Inspirer & Founder of the re-established British Horological Industry | F & M | |
| Vol 93 | Mar-51 | 173 |
Professor Eugene Jacquet |
Geneva, Switzerland | Co-wrote La Montre Suisse & Director of Geneva School of Watchmaking | B |
| Vol 93 | Apr-51 | 232 |
Mr Ernest Desbois |
Vice-President of BHI | F | |
| Vol 93 | Apr-51 | 232 |
William Warrington Triggs |
65 Lower Clapton Rd | B | |
| Vol 93 | Jul-51 | 453 |
Mr Phillip Arthur Clowes |
Brompton Rd | MD of Charles Frodsham & Co. Ltd | B |
| Vol 93 | Nov-51 | 718 |
Mr A Massie |
30 Division St | B | |
| Vol 93 | Nov-51 | 718 |
Mr John M Herbert |
105b Nethergate Dundee | Clock & Watchmaker & Repairer | B |
| Vol 93 | Nov-51 | 718 |
Mr G J Mayor FBHI |
Colwyn Bay, North Wales | B | |
| Vol 93 | Nov-51 | 718 |
Mr Arthur Henry Gledhill FBHI |
Halifax | Formed Gledhill-Brooke Time Recorders Ltd | B |
| Vol 93 | Nov-51 | 718 |
Mr Leonard Keysor VC |
98 Hatton Garden | Director of Schatz Rombach Successors Ltd | F |
| Vol 93 | Dec-51 | 798 |
Mr Granville H Baillie |
Author of Horological books | L | |
| Vol 93 | Dec-51 | 813 |
Mr Granveille H Baillie |
Letchworth | Author of Horological books | F |
| Vol 93 | Dec-51 | 819 |
Mr William Garrett |
724 Chesterfield Rd | Watchmaker & Jeweller | B |
| Vol 94 | Jan-52 | 23 |
M. Honore Morel-Fournier |
France | Editor of La France Horlogere | B |
| Vol 94 | Jan-52 | 28 |
Lt-Commander William Dixon Stott |
Paignton | Clock Collector | F |
| Vol 94 | Apr-52 | 241 |
Mr R H Pearce |
Foreman of Watchmakers at Dent's | B | |
| Vol 94 | Jul-52 | 444 |
Mr Eugene Hector Golay |
88-90 Hatton Garden London | MD of H Golay & Sons Ltd | B |
| Vol 94 | Aug-52 | 515 |
Mr Harry Pybus |
Prescot, Lancs | Watchmaker | F |
| Vol 94 | Oct-52 | 661 |
Mr George Henry Gammage |
Chairman of Lawson Ward & Gammage Ltd | B | |
| Vol 94 | Dec-52 | 814 |
Mr William Henry Masters |
9 Brackenhurst Rd, Radford, Coventry | Watchmaker | B |
| Vol 95 | Jan-53 | 41 |
Ernest A Holland |
Invented the Time-Switch & automatic street lamp lighter & extinguisher | F | |
| Vol 95 | Feb-53 | 94 |
Mr David Bouvier |
1st Manufacturer of fancy watch glasses | B | |
| Vol 95 | Feb-53 | 94 |
Mr Albert Emler |
4 Cornmarket High Wycombe | Clockmaker | B |
| Vol 95 | Feb-53 | 94 |
Mr Malcolm Robert Webster |
17 Queen St, Mayfair | Antique Clocks & Silver Dealer | F |
| Vol 95 | Mar-53 | 161 |
Henry Paulson |
See April 1953 95 page 242 | Head of Henry Paulson & Co Material Dealers | B |
| Vol 95 | Mar-53 | 161 |
Mr W Beckmann |
Watchmaker | B | |
| Vol 95 | Apr-53 | 242 |
Mr G L Britton |
Sheffield | Watchmaker | B |
