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 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 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.

William Gordon Radley

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1898 Born in Kings Heath, Worcestershire[1]

1911 Living in Leeds

1916 Living in Leeds; student member of IEE

1923 Assistant Engineer in the Post Office

1924 Living in Blackheath, AMIEE[2]

WWII Director of the Post Office Research Station[3]

1945 Dr Radley, Controller of Engineering in the Post Office, awarded CBE[4]

1953 Engineer in chief of the Post Office[5] Received a knighthood.

1956 Director General of the Post Office

1970 Died in St Albans

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 census
  2. Electrical Engineer Records
  3. Colossus [1]
  4. London Gazette 1945
  5. London Gazette, 1953