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British and Commonwealth Maker Marks


 

 

 
Great Britain
 
Bent & Parker.
"B&P"
Bodill Parker & Co. Ltd
"B.P. & Co Ltd. B'ham"
Butler Buttons Ltd. Dowler
 
 
 
  England ES & P Thomas Fattorini Bolton FR & Sons
 
Firmin London F&G
 (Fraser & Glass)
JR Gaunt.
 inc. London,   B'ham   "& Son"
GB (Unknown) Gladman & Norman
 
     
Grove Hobley Hobson JRL Ltd. B'ham - Jarret, Rainsford & Laughton Ltd Jennens
inc. J & Co
 
Lambourne & Co Ludlow London Badge and Button Co
inc. L.B & B. Co.
Marples & Beasley B'ham. Toye Kenning and Spencer Ltd.
 
 
Ludski MM (Unknown)   MMMC
 - MentMore Manufacturing Co Ltd
WM
Manhattan Windsor, Birmingham
 
 F Narborough
F. N. B'ham.
Scott Adie Ltd. E. Smith Smith & Wright Ltd. / B'ham. A. Stanley & Sons Walsall
 
 
Stratton F.E. Woodward B'ham F. Starr Putney. S.W. Stokes Suttle Cambridge
 
Shaw Munster H.W. Timmings Ltd B'ham J W Tiptaft & Son Ltd
Birmingham inc. Tiptaft B'ham
unidentified T.B.Wilkins
 

 Retailers, Outfitters, etc.

   
Wm. Anderson & Sons Hobson & Sons Alkit Ltd.    
 
India
   
Chatur Bihari & Bros
Aligarh U.P.
T.L. Sharma & Co.
 Aligarh, U.P.
J.R. Johnson & Co
Aligarh, U.P.
   
 
Canada
 
       
Ash Bros. O.B. Allan, O.B. ALLAN VANCOUVER (There may be another maker "Allen", note the different spelling.) J.D.Bailey Birks, Birks 1916, Birks Regd 1916 D.E.Black
 
         
M.S. Brown Caron Fils (or Bros), (CAR Bros 1916), Caron Frères 1916 Montréal Chauncey Maybees F.W.Coates  
 
         
Cook Creightons Crighton C & S Co. Dingley
 
     
Dingwall Ellis Bros, P.W.Ellis & Co. Ltd., Ellis Bros Toronto, J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd (Montreal) G.F. Hemsley R.J. Inglis
 
     

 

   
J & Co J.C. Rondeau Quebec Jacoby Jackson (JACKSON BROS, CENTRAL ALBERTA CANADA)  
 
         

 

Kinnear & Desterre, KINNEAR & D’ESTERRE KINGSTON 1915 E.V. Lamontagene Limited Geo H. Lees, Geo H.Lees & Co. (note this mark was found on a collar with ELLIS BROS marking as well.), Geo H. Lees & Co 1916 Lees & Creighton Maybees
 
       

 

 

 
Patterson Bros Reynolds/Port Hope Roden Bros Rosenthal Ryrie Bros Ltd (Montreal)
 
       
SAR & D'BSTERRY. KINGS/1915 (unsure of spelling)

 

  Wm Scully  Stanley & Aylward (Stanley & Aylward Toronto) Wellings, Wellings Mfg Co Toronto
Wheatley
 

US makers:

         
Service Supply Company, Service Supply Rochester        
 

UK makers:

         
Brown W.J. Dingley B'Ham Firmin & Son J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd Goldsmith & Silversmiths Company Ltd (frequently seen as G & S Co, or THE G&S Co / 112 REGENT ST/ LONDON)
 
         
Hicks, Hicks & Sons London R. LillicoReiche McDougall / LONDON Reich Folkestone Smith & Wright
 
         
Tait & Co. Tiptaft      
 

Identified as button makers:

       
Hicks & Sons Leadenhall ST. London (1st Bn CEF button) H. Rosenthal, Toronto Meer Jones, Birmingham, UK R.J. Inglis, Winnipeg & Montreal Roden Bros, Toronto
 
         
Smith, Kemp & Wright, Birmingham, UK
Buttons Ltd
       
         
         
 
         
         
 
Australia
 
   
K.G. Luke General Plastics Stokes Melbourne    
 
Africa
         
       
Reuteler MFC Rhodesia        
         
 
Others
         
       
  Y.D.L. T/DAD (Trinidad)      
         
 
 

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