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Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 22-02-15, 06:59 PM
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J. R. Gaunt & Son Addresses in Montreal, 1908-1984

To recap on my previous postings about J. R. Gaunt & Son in Montreal, they first appear in Lovell’s Montreal Directory For 1908--1909 at Room 104 Lindsey Building, 518 St Catherine West, but in the...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 14-02-15, 09:59 PM
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J. R. Gaunt & Son, Birmingham, London, New York, Montreal, Melbourne, Bombay & Berlin

Hello Bill

You ask a pertinent question in relation to Gaunt’s operations in Melbourne and Bombay, but I’m afraid that my personal collecting experience does not allow me to answer this. I...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-02-15, 08:29 PM
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J. R. Gaunt & Son (Canada) Ltd Research

Hi Dave

I’m pleased to know you’ve found my investigations of interest, and that they are helping to reinforce your views on matters. At present I am incline to agree with you and I personally...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 12-02-15, 08:26 PM
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
J. R. Gaunt & Son’s badge making in Canada?

Hello Bill

Good to hear you think my research has been worthwhile, and I do take your point about the possibility that Gaunts could have had a manufacturing site elsewhere. In fact in my second...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 11-02-15, 10:34 PM
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
Location of J. R. Gaunt & Son on Beaver Hall Hill

As well as all the excellent Montreal trade directories on the website of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec there are many interesting maps and plans. One in particular, a Fire Insurance...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 10-02-15, 09:49 PM
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
J. R. Gaunt & Son's Montreal Addresses

My apologies for taking a little longer than anticipated to get back about this, but it ended up being slightly more complicated to work things out than I thought it would be. Nevertheless, I’ve...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 06-02-15, 08:31 PM
Replies: 66
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
J. R. Gaunt & Son in Canada

Hello Bill

It was very interesting to read about the opposing views of the collectors you’ve consulted, which, as you point out, mirrors the discussions on this thread. As you also say, more...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 06-02-15, 08:25 PM
Replies: 66
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
J. R. Gaunt & Son (Canada) Ltd

Hi Simon

Glad to hear my efforts are appreciated, even if we don’t appear to see eye to eye on this matter, and yes I have spent a fair bit of time considering this. I’m afraid that I’m one of...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 05-02-15, 07:54 PM
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
J. R. Gaunt & Son (Canada) Co. Ltd, Beaver Hall Hill

Hello Bill

I’ve been looking through your posts again, and think your comment about Gaunts by 1985 “only selling and not making” was about the Canadian business. I also see that elsewhere you...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 04-02-15, 10:05 PM
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Posted By 'Ticker' Riley
J. R. Gaunt & Son in Montreal (& in New York)

Hi Bill

Sorry I haven’t responded before now – work and such! Anyhow, I’m afraid I’m not sure quite what you mean when you say that by 1985 Gaunt “was only selling and not making”, are you taking...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 03-02-15, 11:11 PM
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J. R. Gaunt & Son in Montreal (& in London)

As someone with an interest in J. R. Gaunt & Son and their history it is great to see the advert pages from The J. R. Gaunt & Son (Canada Co.) Limited catalogue of 1917, so many thanks to Bill for...
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