Z202/3

Photograph of 15 men annotated on mount 'J & F Howard Ltd Bedford Employees with over 50 years service' The names and dates of service commencement are written in ink around the mount as follows:

c. 1924

From: 1924 To: 1933

Back row: J Lightfoot, 1874; A Carroll, 1873; J Cane, 1872; C Dunkley, 1874; C Newman, 1872; C Cook, 1872; C Phllips, 1873; G Wilson, 1872. Front row: T Fowler, 1874; W Taylor, 1872; F Hall, 1870; C J Marshall, 1874; A Whiffin, 1872; G Litchfield, 1874; C Summerfield, 1873. [Charles James Marshall was a clerk at the Britannia Iron Works; he died in January 1929 aged 67].

Received in the post as an anonymous gift to Essex Record Office. Transferred to Bedfordshire Archives in 2025.

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Lightfoot, J,
Carroll, A,
Cane, J.,
Dunkley, C,
Newman, C,
Cook, C,
Phillips, C,
Wilson, G,
Fowler, T,
Taylor, W,
Hall, F,
Marshall, Charles James,
Whiffin, A,
Litchfield, G.,
Summerfield, C

BEDFORD, Bedford Britannia Ironworks, J & F Howard Limited, photographs