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Hello STG,

Having found nothing further regarding the Belga Importing Co. Ltd., I felt it prudent to see what might emerge from a search of the London Electoral Registers 1832-1965.

Somewhat unhelpfully, this revealed that, from 1946 until his death in 1969, one elector consistently present at no. 89 was Sir Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson - quondam Keeper of the Coins at the BM.

However, returning to the address provided on the medals card, what does strike me as significant is that the card is not endorsed with such as: "medals returned - undelivered/undeliverable". Which means, for me, that they successfully reached their destination.

Which in turn implies that the use of BM as the principal delivery address was something that was well known to the sorters at the nearby Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, and also to the posties who would have been delivering mail by the sackful to the museum. Regarding 'Belga', this could well have been an internal location which would not have played any part in the external delivery process.

Willyam

Hello STG,

As everyone on RC loves an obscure challenge - how about this.......

From the London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943 in Ancestry, there are 3 references for the year 1930 in respect of the Belga Importing Co. Ltd.

The address at which it was based is 89 Great Russell Street, WC1.

Which address is immediately adjacent to The British Museum - otherwise: The BM.

Willyam

Uncross your fingers - because there is a Pensions Index Card in respect of Albert in Ancestry. Although it is within the Fold3 dataset - for which a separate sub is required.

FindMyPast and Scotland's People also index a William Sainsbury in the 1891 census - birth year 1859/age 22. The census location is shown as North Knapdale, Argyllshire.

Might be a connection with the 1901 record in Berwickshire?