Herbert Henry Spurrier (1875-1959)
Born the son of William Henry Adolphret Spurrier, a Carpenter
1911 Residing at 52 Barton Street, Tewkesbury: Herbert Henry Spurrier (age 27 born Portishead), Electrical Engineer - Electric light. With his wife Harriet and son Donald Herbert.[1]
1939 Residing at Southdene, Leominster, Electrician Retired. With Harriet (born 1885).[2]
1959 Died. 'The man who blazed the trail of electricity in Leominster, Mr. Herbert Henry Spurrier, died in the Leominster and District Hospital last Thursday at the age of 83. Two days before his death be was playing dominoes at the local Old People's Club meeting. It was in 1908, while Mr. Spurrier was manager of the Hereford and Ludlow branches of the Bristol firm of Edwards and Armstrong, that he was asked by his firm to take electricity to Leominster. He did so, setting up a plant in Bellow's yard. His first three customers were Mr. Charles H. Lewis, now living at Worthing, and the late Mr. E. Molyneux and the late Mr. R. B. Sandiland. In 1909 he went to Tewkesbury, another town in which he played a signal role in the installation of electric current, but returned to Leominster in 1913. A company, the Leominster Electric Supply Co., was formed, backed by Mr. J. H. Edwards, Mr. F. A. Dailey and Mr. C. H. Lewis, with Mr. Spurrier as engineer. He was the first to set up electricity plant in a number of other towns. A sportsman all his life, Mr. Spurrier played bowls for Herefordshire for many years and as a first-class player he was a valued member of the Leominster Bowling Club, and even when his best playing clays were over he always enjoyed a game and could teach some of the younger players a thing or two about bowls. He was a good skittler, too. Mr. Spurrier was a member of the Rankin Constitutional Club and the Old People's Club in the town. His wife died about five years ago, and be is survived by one son and three daughters. '[3]