[hagwalther]

Hi Guys,

The Gaunt firm was a nightmare to try and sort out when I investigated all the companies related to A/A badge production. There was a lot of contradictory 'evidence' out there and no doubt there will be a lot of conflicting opinions on the history of this company.

Basically I have noted Thurkle and Jennens but I did not really get going until the 1950's when A/A badge manufacturing started. Past this date things get a lot easier especially when one uses official company stationary for its references as per the National Archives at Kew.

Company note paper tells a lot about which companies were related and which were owned by others and this gives a good historical view of the company over time.

By 1991 it was all over with the Firmin buy out but some jokers did register J.R. GAUNT & SON LIMITED on the 22nd November 2002 at Companies House, London with register number 04598888 - not sure what this was for though.

Regards

Chris