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- ↑ Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress (1945), p.33
- ↑ Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. p. 183.
- ↑ "Obituary: Harry Jones", Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress (1992), p.346
- ↑ Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 9780754666837.