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The First World War Memorial for Blundell, Spence & Co. Ltd of Hull
Photo : Hull
Daily Mail
The firm Blundell, Spence & Co Ltd manufactured paint in Hull between 1808 and 1986.
Recently, a memorial plaque which commemorated employees of
the company who lost their lives in the First World War was offered for sale
on the auction website, E-Bay. The plaque had been recovered from a waste
skip in Leicester.
Bill Longbone was searching for Hull related items on the internet auction
site, when he came across this memorial.
A bid of £850 was made for the memorial, and Bill Longbone has set about
finding a permanent home for the memorial.
The story of the memorial's sale and purchase is told in the Hull
Daily Mail.
82 employees of Blundell, Spence & Co Ltd are commemorated on the memorial. Of these names, 3 were soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Thomas Leonard Gibson. 43609. 5th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 71983 87th T R Battn. Son of Arthur and Annie
Gibson, of 52, Albany St., Hull. Killed 27 May 1918.
Aged 18.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
Private Sydney Johnson. 44271. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly TR/5/110352 87th T R Battn. Son of Mrs. Mary Johnson, of
35, Albermarle St., Boulevard, Hull. Died 26 October 1918. Aged
18.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Buried WORMS (HOCHHEIM HILL) CEMETERY.
(Sown as "Johnston" on the Blundell Spence Memorial.)
Private Joseph Wood. 36267. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 595 East Yorks Regt. Son of Mr. J. Wood, of 4, Rowland
Terrace, St. Paul's St., Hull. Killed 2 April 1917.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Buried HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(From the 1911 Census, he was a labourer in Blundell, Spence's paint works
aged just 15. Therefore born ca. 1896.)
Names
on the First World War Memorial for Blundell, Spence & Co. Ltd of Hull
Photo : Hull
Daily Mail
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