Forest of Dean — September 1929
Early photograph taken in 1929 from a forestry album of 117 photographs compiled by an unknown Forestry Commission officer. No other information provided.
Subsequent research points to this being the 2nd quinquennial Divisional Officers conference as documented in the Journals of the Forestry Commission. All the attendees are not known but apart from the ten Divisional Officers and Deputy Surveyors, the vice Chairman Roy Lister Robinson, Assistant Commissioner of Scotland John D Sutherland and Assistant Commissioner England and Wales Mr HA Pritchard were in attendance.
The list below has numbers with some known names:
1. ?
2. Mr F Scott (North Scotland, Divisional Officer)
3. ?
4. Mr Honeywill (Secretary Ackland Reorganisation Committee)
5. Mr J M Murray (SE and W Scotland Divisional Officer)
6. Mr J F Annand (NE Scotland Divisional Officer)
7. John Cameron (FC Office Scotland, Estates Officer)
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?
12. ?
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?
16. Mr H A Pritchard? (Assist Commissioner England and Wales)
17. Roy L Robinson (Vice Chairman Forestry Commission)
18. John D Sutherland (Assit Commissioner Scotland)
19. ?
20. Mr A G Herbert (Secretary to the Forestry Commission)
The following are known to have been present but so far have not been identified in the line up:
Mr DW Young (Deputy Surveyor Forest of Dean)
Mr L S Osmaston (Deputy Surveyor New Forest)
Mr A D Hopkinson (Division I England Divisional Officer)
Mr O J Sangar (Division 2 England Divisional Officer)
Mr C O Hanson (Division 3 England Divisional Officer)
Mr A L Fenton (Division 4 England Divisional Officer)
Mr A P Long (Division 5 England Divisional Officer)
Mr W H Guillebaud (Forestry Commission Head Research Officer)
Mr Chadwick (Research Officer – May not be in photograph)
In addition there may have been an Estates Officer from England and Wales and someone from Finance Department).
Can any of the above named people be inserted against the blank numbers in the main list?
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