Funeral notice of J. H. W. Culliford 1911

SUNDERLAND DAILY ECHO

Tuesday February 28, 1911

THE LATE Mr. J. H. W. Culliford

FUNERAL TODAY

The funeral of the late Mr. J. H. W. Culliford, shipowner, who died at Newcastle on Saturday, took place in Sunderland today, the cortege leaving the deceased gentleman's residence 4 Thornhill Park at noon. The interment was in the family vault at Sunderland Cemetery and the service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Hopkinson, Rector of Whitburn. The funeral was attended by a large number of gentlemen who were personal friends of Mr. Culliford, as well as by representatives of various bodies and interests with which he was connected, the carriages in the long procession to the cemetery numbering about thirty. Besides these a number of gentlemen walked and the River Wear Watch officers attended in charge of Sub-Inspector Humble, Mr. Culliford having been a member of the committee governing that body. The floral tributes received were numerous and beautiful. The body was enclosed in a polished oak coffin with brass mountings and the inscription on the shield was: "J. H. W. Culliford, Died February 25th, 1911, Aged 72 years."

The principal mourners were as follows:
Chaise: The Rev. Canon Hopkinson, Dr. Blumer and Dr. Iliff.
First carriage: Mr. F. Culliford (son), Mr. V. T. Thompson (brother-in-law),
Second carriage: Mr. James E. Thompson (brother-in-law), Mr. Joseph L. Thompson (brother-in-law), Mr. R. C. Thompson (brother-in-law),
Third carriage: Mr. Stafford Wake (nephew), Mr. Mervyn Wake (nephew) and Mr. Robert Thompson
Fourth carriage: Mr. Metcalf, Mr. E. Burdis and Mr. A. D. Sutton.

Among those present were the Mayor (Ald. Sanderson) and Town Clerk (Mr. F. M. Bowey), representing the Corporation; Col. Challoner, Messrs J. P. Short, T. W. Jaques, R. M. Hudson, John Ness, S. Marshall, W. H. Dugdale, T. Jones, J. Porteous, J. J. Robson, J. Wallace Taylor, J. Wallace Taylor Jun., J. H. H. Clark and J. G. Morris, clerk, representing the River Wear Commission; Messrs J. T. Lunn, R. Morton and W. Simpson, of Newcastle, representing the Dean Steam Shipping Company; Capt. Allison Wood and Mr. Percy F. C. Wilcox, representing The Local Marine Board; Messrs F. Forrest and C. O. Nicholson, representing the Hudson Charity; of which Mr. Culliford was a trustee; Messrs R. A. Bartram (president) and C. E. Morgan (secretary), representing the Sunderland Chamber of Commerce.

The other gentlemen present included, Captains L. L. Richard and J. B. Dixon and Messrs John Taylor, T. A. Horan, J. L. Browne, H. K. S. Marshall, James Wallace, S. Renny Pinkney, E. Baxter Pinkney, T. Rose, W. Sewell, T. Speeding, H. Wilson, D. B. Sharp (Newcastle), J. M. Rennoldson (South Shields), Harry Crown, J. Kerr, John Rutherford (representing the Shipping Federation), Geo. Palmer, Thomas Metcalfe, A.O. Hedley (representing Sir Theodore Doxford), Jno. Walton (Hull), James Hill Ford Clark (London representing Mr. J. L. Clark), Herbert Watson, J. A. Thompson, C. H. Greenwell, W. H. Bell, A. E. Usher, J. G. Rutherford, G. Coatsworth, J. Y. Broderick (representing the Sunderland Joint Stock Marine Insurance Co.), Thomas Wood, M. Wawn, J. Irwing, E. Irwing, J. R. Bell (representing Col. Reed) and M. Laverick.

Wreaths were received from the following:
Mrs. Culliford, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Culliford, Mr. H. Culliford, Mr. F. A. Culliford, Mrs. Heasman and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. R C Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Thompson, Mr. Robert Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Middleton, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Mervyn and Miss Wake; Dr and Mrs. Blumer, Mrs. and Miss Thompson (Dinsdale), Mr. Mason Cumberland (Greenock), Mr. and Mrs. H. Clark, Colonel Reed, Sir Theodore and Lady Doxford, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Hedley, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. S. Marshall, Mrs. Ferens, Mr. and Mrs. George Jaques (Hexham), Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Adamson, Mr. G. Alderson Smith (Scarborough), Mr. D. B. Sharp, Mr. J. Walton (Hull), Mr. and Mrs. John Ness and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace Taylor, Mr. H. F. Fourny (Hull), Mr. and Mrs. M. Wawn, Miss Thompson and Miss Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Hedley, Mr. Thomas W. Owen (London), Mr. and Miss Burdes, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. B. Evans (London) , Mr. and Mrs. James Irwing, Mr. Milbanke Hudson, The Shipping Federation Staff, Messrs Culliford and Clark (London), Directors of the Wearmouth S. S. Freight Insurance Association, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Annison, Maids at Thornhill Park, Mr. Walford Common, Mr. John W. Toft, Mr. and Mrs. J. Andrew Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Watson, Major Marmaduke Lawettees. V.D., Mrs. J. J. Nicholsen, Mrs. Gordon and family (London), Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Parrington, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Sutton (Newcastle), Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Morrison, Mr. George Breching (Hull), Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace Taylor jun., Mr. and Mrs. James Marr, Mr. Charles W. Gordon (London), Dr and Mrs. Iliff, Mrs. J. F. and Miss Marshall (Bexhill), Mr. and Mrs. F. Dickinson, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Briggs (Southsea), Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boning (Kidderminster),

Carriages were sent by Ald. Richardson, Dr. Blumer, Mr. Jenneson Taylor (Chairman of the River Wear Commission), Mr. C. Vaux and Mr. R. A. Bartram.

Intimations of inability to attend the funeral had been forwarded by Messrs Cecil de Pledge, J. W. Toft (Liverpool), Sievewright (Liverpool). T. W. Owen (London), Col. Reed, Geo. Butchart, Cecil Ritson, Noble Vaux, Ald. Harrison and W. C. Bacon (Manchester), C. H. Dodds and F. Humble,

The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Thos. Crofton, of Tunstall Vale.