Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,717 pages of information and 247,131 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Sydney Yates

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Sydney Yates of Matthews and Yates.


1927 Obituary[1]

"The death occurred on the 5th inst. of Mr. Sydney Yates, of the firm of Matthews and Yates, Ltd., Swinton, at the age of thirty-three. Mr. Yates was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and Manchester College of Technology. He served his apprenticeship with Matthews and Yates, Ltd:, and ultimately became a director, being mainly responsible for research work and design. He was a member of the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. He served throughout the war, first as a motor despatch rider and then as a lieutenant in the Signals."



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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1927/04/22