Alice Maud Jones
Alice Maud (Joan) Jones
1900 Born Alice Maud Whatling in Cambridge[1]
Late 1920s entered the radio and electronics industry
1933 Married Lawrence Walter Jones in Cambridge; they had 2 sons
1939 With the start of war, she set up workshop in her garden, making radio and radar equipment. She called the business Labgear
Steered the business through the difficult post-war years until it joined the Pye Group. She remained an active director of the company. Her husband became a director of Pye Ltd.
She was also director of a number of private engineering companies in the Cambridge area.
1965 Died in Cambridge
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ BMD
- The Times June 9, 1965