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 a 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
Loading...
Sources of Information
- ↑ BMD
- The Times June 9, 1965