H. E. CORNER (late Holland & Co.)

Mineral Water Works


    Herbert Edward Corner was born in 1876 in Dodington, Somerset, the son of William Chave Corner (1814-1879) and Mary Elizabeth Trist (1834-1906). In 1891 he was living with his widowed mother and her friend, a Brewer and Maltster from Londonderry called Frederick Wm. Anderson in Taunton St. James.

    At some point he must have joined the Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry because he appears at their Ball in Chippenham on Wednesday 13th Jan. 1904. It is likely that he took over the mineral water works from Francis Holland around that year; Holland was still trading in 1903. He must have been a keen football enthusiast as he was added to the list of Vice Presidents of Chippenham Town Football Club at their annual meeting of Tuesday 31st July 1906. He is listed as a Mineral Water Manufacturer in the High Street in Kelly's directory for 1907.

    Herbert's mother, Mary Elizabeth, died in Chippenham in 1906 aged 71.

   In the April/June quarter of 1916 Herbert married Cassie Clare Newby (1877-1924) in Brighton, Sussex. They had a residence at 5 Stockwell Park Crescent, Brixton, Surrey. Herbert had joined the 4th Dragoon Guards and was part of the West African Frontier Force. He must have been wounded because he came home from the port of Seccondee (now Secondi) in Ghana aboard the SS Karina to Liverpool on 19th Jan. 1917.

    Herbert unfortunately didn't survive very long after his return because he died at Mount Dorč Hospital, Bournemouth on the 30th October 1917. He is buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery. His gravestone is there.

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6 & 10 oz Codd's Bottles Corner2.jpg
H. E. CORNER LATE HOLLAND & CO (In an arch), CHIPPENHAM (Along bottom of arch), THIS BOTTLE / IS THE / PROPERTY OF / H. E. CORNER / LATE / HOLLAND & CO (In centre circle)
Dobson & Nall Ld. Bottle & Case Makers, Barnsley. Height 7.75" & 9".

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H. E. CORNER / CHIPPENHAM (In circle), THIS BOTTLE / IS THE / PROPERTY OF (In centre)

Powell & Ricketts Makers Bristol, Height 7.75"; Powell Bristol, Height 8.8".

Pint and half pint beer bottles. Corner4.jpg
H. E. CORNER / CHIPPENHAM (In circle), LATE / HOLLAND & Co. (In centre)

Powell & Ricketts Makers Bristol, Height 10" & 8", Internal screw stopper.

2 gallon stone jar. Corner5.jpg
H. E. CORNER / CHIPPENHAM
No.233
Fulham Potteries type patent tap, metal carrying handle.

1 gallon stone jar. Corner5.jpg
H. E. CORNER / CHIPPENHAM
No. 343
Potter: Price / Bristol.


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