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 95 |
Jan 1953 |
41 |
Ernest A Holland |
|
Invented the Time-Switch & automatic street lamp lighter & extinguisher |
F |
95 |
Feb 1953 |
94 |
Mr David Bouvier |
|
1st Manufacturer of fancy watch glasses |
B |
95 |
Feb 1953 |
94 |
Mr Albert Emler |
4 Cornmarket High Wycombe |
Clockmaker |
B |
95 |
Feb 1953 |
94 |
Mr Malcolm Robert Webster |
17 Queen St, Mayfair |
Antique Clocks & Silver Dealer |
F |
95 |
Mar 1953 |
161 |
Henry Paulson |
See April 1953 vol 95 page 242 |
Head of Henry Paulson & Co Material Dealers |
B |
95 |
Mar 1953 |
161 |
Mr W Beckmann |
|
Watchmaker |
B |
95 |
April 1953 |
242 |
Mr G L Britton |
Sheffield |
Watchmaker |
B |
95 |
April 1953 |
242 |
Henry Paulson |
Chicago USA |
Material Dealer |
F |
95 |
April 1953 |
242 |
Mr Walter Luthy |
Geneva Switzerland |
Director of Rolex Watch SA |
F |
95 |
Aug 1953 |
508 |
Dr Joseph R Mutch |
Aberdeen |
Watchmaker |
B |
95 |
Aug 1953 |
508 |
Mr L W Payne |
London |
Manager of Henri Picard et Frere |
B |
95 |
Aug 1953 |
508 |
M. Jules Haag |
Besancon France |
Director of Institute of Chronometry |
F |
95 |
Sept 1953 |
563 |
Mr William Richens |
22 Broad St Bath |
Clockmaker |
B |
95 |
Sept 1953 |
563 |
Mr Arthur Henry Fryer |
Anlaby Rd, Hull |
Watchmaker & Jeweller |
B |
95 |
Sept 1953 |
563 |
Mr F A Kames |
Berlin, Germany |
Owner & Editor of "Deutsche Uhrmacher Zeitung" |
F |
Vol 96 |
Jan 1954 |
41 |
Mr William Pringle |
Clerkenwell |
Director of Robert Pringle & Sons Ltd |
B |
96 |
April 1954 |
221 |
Arthur Tremayne |
|
HJ Editor |
F & M |
96 |
May 1954 |
324 |
Mr Charles Baxter |
|
Director of Grimshaw, Baxter & JJ Elliott Ltd |
F & M |
96 |
May 1954 |
324 |
Mr Julius Isaacs |
265 Ringinglow Rd Sheffield |
|
B |
96 |
May 1954 |
324 |
Mr Clarence Wharton |
|
Co-Proprietor of Richmond Repair Co. |
B |
96 |
June 1954 |
390 |
Mr Frank Liquorish |
Leicester |
Founder & MD of Services Watch Co. Ltd |
B |
96 |
July 1954 |
452 |
Charles J Bannister |
169 Hockley Hill, Birmingham |
Material Trade |
B |
96 |
July 1954 |
452 |
Ludwig Reich |
48 Monson Rd Tunbridge Wells |
Clock & Watchmaker & Engraver |
F |
96 |
Nov 1954 |
722 |
Mr William Charles Tucker |
108 Hatton Garden |
Chairman & Co-Founder of Richard & Tucker Nunn Ltd |
F & M |
96 |
Nov 1954 |
722 |
Mr J C Ash |
|
Pres of S Wales & Monmouth Branch of BHI |
B |
96 |
Nov 1954 |
722 |
Mr A T Anderson FBHI |
Houster, Gott, Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
|
B |
Vol 97 |
Mar 1955 |
165 |
Mr Benno Margulies |
|
Director of Elco Clocks & Watches Ltd. |
B |
97 |
April 1955 |
242 |
Mr James Savidge |
|
Sec of BHI &HJ Editor |
F |
97 |
April 1955 |
247 |
Mr Reinhold E Gunther |
Brantwood Canada |
Vice-Pres of E & A Gunther Co. Ltd |
B |
97 |
April 1955 |
247 |
Mr Sydney Herbert Gammage |
4 Berry St Clerkenwell |
MD of Lawson Ward & Gammage |
B |
97 |
May 1955 |
301 |
Sidney James Smith FBHI |
|
Vice-Pres of BHI |
F |
97 |
May 1955 |
301 |
M. Adolphe Trincano |
|
Balance Spring Maker |
B |
97 |
July 1955 |
458 |
Mr E W Payne |
High St Bromley Kent |
Director of E W Payne Ltd |
B |
97 |
July 1955 |
458 |
Mr R E Ainsley |
|
Director & Clock Buyer of Stockall, Marples & Co. |
B |
97 |
Aug 1955 |
526 |
Mr Leonard Pywell |
London |
London Director of Gent & Co Ltd |
B |
97 |
Aug 1955 |
526 |
Mr W Mahlendorff |
|
Wholesale Watch, Clock & Material Dealer |
B |
97 |
Sept 1955 |
567 |
Mr A Shoot |
|
Founder of A Shoot & Sons Ltd |
B |
97 |
Sept 1955 |
567 |
Mr H Kelvin Parsons |
Woodbury, Stoughton Rd, Oadby Leicester |
MD of Gent & Co Ltd, Faraday Works, Leicester |
B |
97 |
Oct 1955 |
678 |
Mr Paul Hood |
|
Sec. Of West Riding Branch of BHI |
B |
97 |
Nov 1955 |
746 |
Mr William McMillan Gilmour |
Strathleven |
Works Manager at Westclox Ltd |
B |
97 |
Dec 1955 |
825 |
Mr Alfred Stradling FBHI |
Cirencester |
Clockmaker |
F |
97 |
Dec 1955 |
825 |
Mr Ethelbert Hemming |
York House Henley-in-Arden |
Watchmaker |
B |
97 |
Dec 1955 |
825 |
Mr Arthur Wood |
Albion Place Doncaster |
Watchmaker & Jeweller |
B |
Vol 98 |
Jan 1956 |
28 |
Mr WS Pennefather |
|
Master & Clerk of the WCC |
F |
98 |
Jan 1956 |
28 |
Mr Alfred Freeman FBHI |
24 Rycroft Ave, St Neots, Huntingdonshire |
Watchmaker & Jeweller |
B |
98 |
Feb 1956 |
98 |
Mr Albert Shackman |
4 Golden Sq London |
Director of D Shackman & Sons |
B |
98 |
Mar 1956 |
172 |
Courtenay Adrian Ilbert FBHI |
South Kensington London |
Clock Collector |
F |
98 |
April 1956 |
228 |
Courtenay A Ilbert |
See Mar 1956 vol 98 page |
|
M |
98 |
July 1956 |
418 |
Frederick Daniel Halsey |
597 Holloway Rd London |
Director of D N Halsey & Sons Ltd |
F |
98 |
July 1956 |
418 |
F E Mahon |
Sherwood Ave, Parkstone |
|
B |
98 |
July 1956 |
418 |
James Fretwell |
72 Sharrow Lane Sheffield |
|
B |
98 |
July 1956 |
418 |
Harold Wildsmith Baxter |
|
MD of Baxter Ltd. Clock Collector |
B |
98 |
Aug 1956 |
477 |
Mr J W Player |
See Oct 1956 vol 98 page 628 |
Watch manufacturer & HJ contributor |
B |
98 |
Oct 1956 |
628 |
Mr Frank Hannaford |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Hannaford & Burton Ltd |
B |
98 |
Oct 1956 |
628 |
Captain Hugh Vivian |
Bishopston Swansea |
Collector of Tompion spring-driven clocks |
B |
98 |
Oct 1956 |
628 |
Mr Joseph William Player |
Coventry |
Watchmaker |
F |
98 |
Dec 1956 |
788 |
Mr William Manning FBHI |
|
Director of Ingersoll Ltd |
B |
Vol 99 |
Jan 1957 |
22 |
Edgar Bichsel |
Switzerland |
General Manager of Zenith Watch Manufacturing Ltd |
B |
99 |
Jan 1957 |
22 |
Mr T A Stanley Davies |
Leeds |
Watchmaker |
B |
99 |
Jan 1957 |
35 |
Mr Robert A Riddick |
25 Netherton Grange Netherton Liverpool |
|
B |
99 |
Feb 1957 |
100 |
Wenzel Swoboda |
Clerkenwell |
Chronometer & Watch Repairer |
F |
99 |
Feb 1957 |
100 |
Mr John Edward Morris FBHI |
Croydon |
|
F |
99 |
Mar 1957 |
162 |
Mr Alfred W Curzon FBHI |
Clerkenwell |
Watchmaker & Teacher |
F & M |
99 |
Mar 1957 |
169 |
Mr Ralph Edgar Gould |
Maryland USA |
1st Sec. Of Horological Institute of America |
B |
99 |
April 1957 |
240 |
Mr Henry Alfred Francis CMBHI |
Cleveleys Lancashire |
A Founder of Blackpool of BHI Branch |
B |
99 |
May 1957 |
290 |
Major Gilbert Dennison FBHI |
Handsworth |
Founded Dennison Watch Co. Ltd. Vice Pres of BHI |
F & M |
99 |
June 1957 |
354 |
Sir Alfred Herbert |
Coventry |
Founder & Chairman of Alfred Herbert Ltd |
B |
99 |
June 1957 |
354 |
Mr William Hinds |
|
Governing Director of W Hinds Ltd |
F |
99 |
Aug 1957 |
488 |
Mr George Raymond Kirby FBHI |
Bromley Kent |
Watchmaker & public Clockmaker |
B |
99 |
Oct 1957 |
631 |
Mr LL Ritchie |
Edinburgh |
Clockmaker |
F |
99 |
Oct 1957 |
631 |
James Gardiner CMBHI |
Kirkgate Dunfermline |
Watchmaker & Founder member of East of Scotland BHI Branch |
B |
99 |
Nov 1957 |
680 |
Dr Andrew Guershoon Colin FBHI |
|
Founder of Newport Clocks Ltd |
F & M |
Vol 100 |
Mar 1958 |
157 |
Mr H T Hayward CMBHI |
257 Queens Rd, Copnor Portsmouth |
|
B |
100 |
Mar 1958 |
157 |
Mr Arthur Middleton |
|
Worked at Ferranti Ltd |
B |
100 |
Mar 1958 |
157 |
Mr W P Clow CMBHI |
|
1st Sec Of East of Scotland BHI Branch |
B |
100 |
Mar 1958 |
157 |
Mr T Dixon |
97 Plungington Rd, Preston |
Hon. Sec of BHI Preston Branch |
B |
100 |
Mar 1958 |
157 |
Mr Christopher Thompson |
Holywell Ave, Whitley Bay Northumberland |
Senior Partner of Thompson & Friedman. 1st Chairman then 1st Pres of Newcastle BHI Branch |
F |
100 |
April 1958 |
233 |
Mr Arde Bulova |
New York USA |
Chairman of Bulova Watch Co |
B |
100 |
April 1958 |
233 |
Sir James Swinburne |
|
Researcher, writer Founder of Damard Lacquer Co. Chairman of Bakelite Ltd |
F |
100 |
May 1958 |
289 |
Mr George F Staff FBHI |
|
Watchmaker |
B |
100 |
Aug 1958 |
498 |
M. Alfred Chapuis |
Neuchatel Switzerland |
Author & Researcher |
B |
100 |
Oct 1958 |
647 |
Captain J H Jauncey |
Comrie Perthshire |
Partner in Jauncey & Clowes |
F |
100 |
Nov 1958 |
722 |
Charles H Potts |
Marshall Mills Leeds |
Tower Clockmaker |
F |
100 |
Dec 1958 |
828 |
Mr Charles Beever Swift FBHI |
204-6 Chester Rd Manchester |
|
B |
100 |
Dec 1958 |
828 |
Mr David Houston CMBHI |
Leven Scotland |
|
B |
Vol 101 |
Mar 1959 |
166 |
Mr Christopher Sibley Oliver |
Coventry |
Former Chairman & MD of Rotherham & Sons |
B |
101 |
Mar 1959 |
166 |
Mr James J Stockall |
|
Chairman & MD of Stockall, Marples & Co Ltd |
F |
101 |
Mar 1959 |
166 |
Mr Frederick Keith Challen |
|
HJ Contributor |
B |
101 |
Mar 1959 |
166 |
Mr F A Short |
|
HJ Contributor |
B |
101 |
Mar 1959 |
166 |
Mr Edward N Steiner |
|
Watch Hand Maker & Watch Material Manufacturer |
B |
101 |
April 1959 |
238 |
Mr R P Howgrave-Graham FBHI |
|
Researcher of Medieval Tower Clocks |
F |
101 |
June 1959 |
366 |
Mr Harry Edward Webb |
Clerkenwell Rd London |
MD of Rasmussen Webb & Co Ltd |
B & M |
101 |
June 1959 |
366 |
Mr Alfred Leslie Willings FBHI |
14 Phillips Ave Linthorpe |
Compass Adjuster & Chronometer Repairer. Pres of Tees Side BHI Branch |
B |
101 |
June 1959 |
366 |
Mr E H Price |
Hendre, Harlech |
HJ Illustrator |
B |
101 |
June 1959 |
366 |
Mr Arthur Ball FBHI |
Shoreham-on-Sea |
Trade Repairer |
B |
101 |
July 1959 |
431 |
Mr Elias Buerger FBHI |
|
MD of Bentima Co. |
F & M |
101 |
Oct 1959 |
656 |
Mr A V Williamson |
|
Manager of Repairs at Rolex Ltd |
B |
101 |
Dec 1959 |
798 |
John Peyton Biggs |
130 Regent St |
Chairman & MD of Carrington & Co Ltd |
B |
101 |
Dec 1959 |
798 |
Mr Alfred Otway |
Harrow Middx |
Tool & Instrument Maker |
B |
101 |
Dec 1959 |
798 |
Mr Wilfred Thomas Michael Kelly |
|
Works Manager of Synthetic Jewels Ltd |
F |
101 |
Dec 1959 |
798 |
Dr Arthur Lionel Rawlings |
USA |
Author, Chief Engineer for Research at Bulova Labs |
F & M |
Vol 102 |
Mar 1960 |
172 |
John Richard Hardy |
Sydney |
Chairman of Directors of Hardy Bros. Ltd |
B |
102 |
May 1960 |
320 |
F A F Ferraro |
|
Employed by T H Marsh Insurance Brokers |
B |
102 |
May 1960 |
320 |
William Abernethy |
Glasgow |
Rep for Reed-Williams Ltd. |
B |
102 |
June 1960 |
364 |
Malcolm Gardner FBHI |
London |
Antiquarian Horologist & Bookseller |
F |
102 |
June 1960 |
385 |
E A Richard |
See July 1960 Vol 102 page 430 |
Richard Tucker Nunn Founder of the French Clock House Ltd. |
B |
102 |
June 1960 |
385 |
Major William John Ellis Gammage |
|
Director of Lawson Ward & Gammage |
B |
102 |
July 1960 |
430 |
N McCarkhill-Laign |
Glasgow |
Material Dealer |
B |
102 |
July 1960 |
430 |
E A Richard |
Golders Green |
Richard & Tucker Nunn Founder of the French Clock House Ltd |
F |
102 |
July 1960 |
430 |
Hans Wildorf |
London |
Founder & Chariman of Rolex Watch Co. |
F |
102 |
Aug 1960 |
496 |
E S Daniells |
Highgate |
Founder of the London House of Ingersoll |
F |
102 |
Nov 1960 |
695 |
Sir Harold Spencer Jones |
See Dec 1960 vol 102 page |
Pres of BHI & Astronomer Royal 1933-55 |
B |
102 |
Dec 1960 |
796 |
Sir Harold Spencer Jones |
London |
Pres of BHI for 21 yrs & Astronomer Royal 1933-55 |
F |
102 |
Dec 1960 |
797 |
Bernard Ditisheim |
La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland |
Director of the Juvenia Factory |
B |
102 |
Dec 1960 |
797 |
Sydney George Morrison |
London |
Warwicks Time Stamp Co. |
B |
Vol 103 |
Jan 1961 |
20 |
Mr Wallace Ryland Williams |
Small Heath |
Chairman & MD of William Bros & Piggott |
B |
103 |
Jan 1961 |
20 |
Mr "Reg" Buckley |
|
Manager at Alfred Herbert Ltd |
B |
103 |
Jan 1961 |
20 |
Mr H E Matthews |
Myddelton St, Clerkenwell |
Watch Case Maker |
B |
103 |
Feb 1961 |
90 |
Mr J L C Baker FBHI |
Eltham London |
Clockmaker |
B |
103 |
Feb 1961 |
90 |
Mr Harold Roland Buckland |
|
|
B |
103 |
Feb 1961 |
90 |
Mr Alexandre Celestin Baume |
London |
Partner of Baume & Co |
B |
103 |
Feb 1961 |
90 |
Mr Louis Aristide Houlmann |
31 Longfield Ave, Mill Hill, London |
Agent for Stowa Watch Factories |
B |
103 |
Mar 1961 |
174 |
Mr Bernhart Runge |
16 Cardiff St Aberdare |
Watchmaker & Jeweller |
B |
103 |
Mar 1961 |
174 |
Mr G W Bennett FBHI |
Southampton Row |
Worked for Arthur Saunders |
F |
103 |
April 1961 |
230 |
Mr H Carter-Bowles FBHI |
6 Queens Circus |
Horologist & Scientific Instrument Maker |
B |
103 |
April 1961 |
230 |
Mr James Birch |
Levenshulme |
Rep for H Golay & Sons |
B |
103 |
April 1961 |
230 |
Mr Ben Haviland |
|
Director of Smiths Clocks & Watches |
B |
103 |
May 1961 |
304 |
Mr James Oakes FBHI |
See June 1961 vol 103 page 376 |
Antique Dealer |
B |
103 |
May 1961 |
304 |
Major Francis Edward Fryer |
Wargrave Hall Reading Berks |
Amateur Horologist |
B |
103 |
June 1961 |
376 |
Mr Alan Dudley Grimthorpe Smith |
Wirksworth |
|
F |
103 |
June 1961 |
376 |
Mr James Oakes FBHI |
New Bond St |
Antique Horologist |
F |
103 |
July 1961 |
433 |
Mr Stanley Brimsmead Squire |
|
Director of James Walker Jewellers Ltd |
B |
103 |
Aug 1961 |
504 |
Monsieur Leon Le Roy |
|
Director of Le Roy & Cie |
B |
103 |
Sept 1961 |
577 |
Mr Sam Segal |
Hull |
Watchmaker & Jeweller |
B |
103 |
Sept 1961 |
577 |
Mr Otto Frei |
|
Worked for Henri Picard & Frere Ltd |
B |
103 |
Oct 1961 |
630 |
Mrs Winifred Isobel McKenzie |
74-76 Snig Hill Sheffield |
Director of Edwin McKenzie Ltd |
B |
103 |
Oct 1961 |
630 |
Monsieur Hugo Buchser |
126 Route de Florissant, Geneva Switzerland |
Founded Bureau de Documentation Industrielle Hugo Buchser |
F |
103 |
Dec 1961 |
795 |
Mr R Cintra |
|
Chairman of Omega Watch Co (Engalnd) Ltd & MD of Dimier Bros & Co Ltd |
B |
103 |
Dec 1961 |
795 |
Mr Joseph Turner |
3 Clerkenwell Rd London |
Founder & Senior Director of J Turner & Son Ltd |
B |
103 |
Dec 1961 |
795 |
M Gabriel Moreau |
|
Director of Ecole Horlogerie d’Anet a Dreux |
B |
103 |
Dec 1961 |
795 |
Mr William Samelius |
Ogden Utah USA |
Dean of Elgin Watchmakers’ College |
B |
103 |
Dec 1961 |
795 |
Mr Thomas Charles Tribe FBHI |
|
Made instrument fort transmitting the six pips for the wireless |
B |
Vol 104 |
Jan 1962 |
50 |
Mr John Morris Buff |
Clerkenwell |
Escapement Maker |
B |
104 |
Jan 1962 |
50 |
Mr Arthur Joseph Hughes |
|
Founder of Kelvin & Hughes Ltd |
B |
104 |
Feb 1962 |
88 |
Mr Ernest George Harper |
Clare St Bristol |
Chairman of Pleasance & Harper Ltd |
F |
104 |
June 1962 |
372 |
George Henry Bligh |
102 Hatton Garden |
Manager & Director of Andrew & Co |
B |
104 |
Aug 1962 |
490 |
Mr A F Colverd |
Wickford |
|
B |
104 |
Sept 1962 |
566 |
Mr F W Burgess FBHI |
See Oct 1962 vol 104 page 626 |
MD of Synchronome Ltd |
B |
104 |
Sept 1962 |
566 |
Mr James Pettigrew |
|
Worked at Vertex Watches Ltd |
B |
104 |
Oct 1962 |
626 |
Mr F W Burgess FBHI |
Wembley |
MD of Synchronome Ltd |
F |
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