William Duke Scutt ca 1882-1949

Lisätietoja [Yorkshire Evening Post, West Yorkshire, Monday 10 October 1938. MR. W D Scutt. Wakefield - Man's Appointment to Important Post. Mr. W D Scutt, a native of Wakefield, who is to succeed Mr. Baldwin, was an engineer in Leeds until 1924 when he was transferred to the office of the Engineer-in-Chief, London. He returned to Leeds in 1930 as engineer in charge of the West Yorkshire Engineering Section. January 1935, he was appointed superintending engineer the North-Eastern district, and December the same year was appointed telephone manager of the Bradford area, which was the first area in the country put on the new area basis. Mr. Scutt's new appointment gives him responsibility for the Post Office engineering activities for the North-Eastern counties, from Berwick-on-Tweed to the south of Lincoln. He is president of the Bradford Telephone Area Sports and Serial Club, which won the North-Eastern Regional Shield last year — a trophy for the best sporting performance of postal staffs in the North-Eastern region, which was being competed for for the first time.] [W D S - 65yr.]