William Henry James Blakemore
Illustration — 1914–15 Star medal designed by Blakemore William Henry James Blakemore (1871, in West Midlands Birmingham, England – 1945) was an English engraver, and medallist at the Royal Mint London.
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William Henry James Blakemore
Blakemore, W H J · Auckland Museum · API data Catalogue record Photo · CC BY 4.0
- Born
- 1871. · Birmingham.
- Died
- 1945. · South Croydon.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- sculptor, designer and stampcutter.
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Illustration — 1914–15 Star medal designed by Blakemore William Henry James Blakemore (1871, in West Midlands Birmingham, England – 1945) was an English engraver, and medallist at the Royal Mint London.
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William Blakemore was born in Warwickshire West Midlands Birmingham, England in June 1871. Ten years later he lived with his parents James Blakemore and Mary Ann in Buckingham near London. On 1 August 1900 William Blakemore married in Birmingham Beatrice Blanche Packer. In September 1901 their only child L.W. Blakemore was born in London-Lewisham. William Blakemore died on 29 January 1945 at his home in South Croydon Surrey.
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• 1900: William Blakemore starts an engraver position at the Royal Mint London. This turned out to become his lifelong employment. • 1924: Promotion to Special Craftsman at the Royal Mint • 1931: Retirement during the depression. After his retirement Blakemore continued providing specialised medallist services to the Royal Mint London on a part-time basis. During his long career with the Royal Mint William Blakemore was the craftsman for the engraving of master dies for the Royal Mint London, and other Royal Mint branches, like the Royal Canadian Mint. He also engraved the designs for the first Australian coins of 1910.
1914-15 Star ribbon ribbon folded over card with British War Medal ribbon and Victory Medal ribbon.
Blakemore, W H J · Auckland Museum · API data Catalogue record Photo
1914-15 Star, WW1 Part of mounted medal set of 3-273 Col. Donald N.W. Murray, New Zealand Medical Corps, N.Z.E.F. a bronze four pointed star with crown at top; across the face are two crossed swords; suspension ring; with ribbon obverse- central scroll with date 1914-15 surrounded by an oak wreath; superscribed below, monogram initials GV reverse- flat and plain; stamped with recipient’s details r
Blakemore, W H J · Auckland Museum · API data Catalogue record Photo
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1871
William Henry James Blakemore born at Birmingham.
1945
William Henry James Blakemore died at South Croydon.
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- 1.Paul M Holland- Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia 2009 (2010), 43 – 57. Retrieved 24 December 2013
- 2.Verheyen, T. Vincent – The engraver: William Henry James Blakemore (1871–1945), in: The Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine, June 2009, pages 46–51.
- 3.Paul M Holland. Master dies and tools from the Royal Mint for Australian pennies and halfpennies of George V. Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. 20.
- 4.Verheyen, T. Vincent – The engraver: William Henry James Blakemore(1871–1945), in: The Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine, June 2009, pages 46–51.
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