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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1885 Born at Evesham
1915 Started out on his own account as a merchant
1924 Formed Smedley's
1958 December. Died age 83 years. Founder of National Canning Co. [1]
1964 Will of his wife Gertrude Edith proven [2]
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