Walter Crooke
Walter Crooke ( -1921), engineering manager for the Lilleshall Co
1921 Obituary [1]
WALTER CROOKE died on March 23, 1921, at Priorlee House, near Wellington, Salop. He was engineering manager for the Lilleshall Company, Ltd., a position he had held since 1914. He had a very large and varied experience, particularly in the erection of iron and steel works plant, notably the supervision and starting up of the Cargo Fleet Works, Middlesbrough.
Among the important positions he had held were those of general manager of the North Lincolnshire Iron Company, Ltd., chief engineer for the Frodingham Iron and Steel Company, Ltd., general manager of the Cargo Fleet Company, Ltd., and general manager of J. Summers & Co., Ltd.
He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1893.