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active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, Jena

1905 - 1964
1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1945-1978, manufacturer of cathode ray tubes, optic and radiation sensors, England

Twentieth Century Electronics Limited

1945 - 1978
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1942-2018, physicist, British

Stephen Hawking

1942 - 2018
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948
Professor

Stephen William Hawking

1942 - 2018
1945-2000, manufacturer of insulated cables, Helsby, England

British Insulated Callenders Cables Plc

1945 - 2000
1947-1990s; aircraft maintenance, manufacturer of electronic equipment; Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England

Airtech Ltd

1947 - 1999
1941-1993, manufacturer of optical equipment; camera manufacturer, Russia

Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk

1941 - 1993
1947-2008, electronics manufacturer, Japanese

Sanyo

1947 - 2008
active 1947-c. 1997, manufacturer of printing plates,

Nickeloid Limited

1947 - 1998
1947-1996, surgical orthopaedic applicance manufacturer, English

Howmedica (U-K) Limited

1947 - 1996
1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

David Rollin

1944 - 2021
1940-1990s, manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations, Epsom, Surrey, England

Willows Francis Limited

1940 - 1997
1940-1952, potteries, Cobridge, England

North Staffordshire Pottery Company Limited

1940 - 1952

Public Health Laboratory Service

1946 - 2003
1944; transport employee, trade union member, trade union leader, Member of the House of Lords

Richard Andrew Rosser

1944 - 2024
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Adrian Lyons

1946
1946-1972, camera manufacturer, Germany

Dacora Kamerawerk

1946 - 1972
1940-2005, camera manufacturer, Japan

Mamiya

1940 - 2006
1941-1972, photographer, British; English

Tony Ray-Jones

1941 - 1972
artist; photographer; local historian

Roger Birch

1941 - 2013
1943-1959, newspaper owners including Sunday Times, newspaper printers, England, British

Kemsley Newspapers Limited

1943
1943-2005, electro-acoustic musician, British

Hugh Davies

1943 - 2005
1941-1982, naval air squadron, United Kingdom

809 Squadron (Fleet Air Arm)

1941 - 1982

Hugh Davies

1943 - 2005
1940-1959, manufacturer of card games, British

Waddy Production

1940 - 1959
1947-1988, road transport company, British

British Road Services

1947 - 1988
1946-present, instrument manufacturer, Danbury

Branson

1946
1945-1970, camera manufacturer, Nordenham

Vredeborch

1945 - 1970
1941; civil servant, railway company director, railway board member, railway company director

John K. Welsby

1941 - 2021
active 1945-current, London, manufacturer

Megatron Limited

1945
1944-1991; photographer; UK

Roger Perry

1944 - 1991
1945-1948, camera manufacturer, London

Barnet Ensign Ltd

1945 - 1948
1942-1999, photographer, India, Paris, London, New York

Raghubir Singh

1942 - 1999
1946; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director

Graham Eccles

1946
1947-current (2011), biochemist, pathologist, Colombian

Manuel Elkin Patarroyo

1946
1945-active (2008), manufacturer,

Matisa Ltd

1945
1945-current (2010), manufacturer of consumer electronics, Nuremberg, Germany

Grundig

1945
1946; railway employee, railway manager, railway passenger manager, railway company director

Ivor William Warburton

1908
Mr

Roy Alon

1942 - 2006
1945; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director, transport company board member

Robert William Breakwell

1945

Save our Railways

1903 - 2001
1947-1968, steel manufactuer, Swansea

Steel Company of Wales

1947 - 1968