William Henry Williams
William Henry Williams ( -1937), Chairman and Managing Director of the Aston Chain and Hook Co
1937 Obituary [1]
Mr. W. H. Williams, Chairman and Managing Director of the Aston Chain and Hook Company, Ltd., Bromford, died, after a long illness, on November 2, 1937.
He was born and educated at West Bromwich, and was apprenticed to Kynoch, Ltd., at Witton. By the time he came of age he was in charge of a section of the sporting department of the company, and afterwards held managerial positions in the case rolling, fuse, cycle chain and cycle fittings departments.
He left Kynochs in 1903 to become manager of the Aston Chain and Hook Company, and after about a year was appointed managing director. Ultimately he took over full control of the business from its former owners. When he joined the company its employees numbered about forty-five; they now number about five hundred.
Mr. Williams was a director of the Midland Laboratory Guild, Birmingham.
In 1919 he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire for his wartime services. He was for many years keenly interested in the work of the Royal Cripples Hospital, and was a generous contributor to its funds.
Mr. Williams was elected a member of the Institute in 1917.