George Edwin John Luce, 1938 - 1939
Luce left school at the age of eleven and took his first job as a butcher's boy. He later rose to be one of the town's leading bakers and confectioners. Luce's café, shop and bakehouse were situated in the main square of the town. He was one of Wolverhampton's prominent Freemason's and became Chairman of Wolverhampton's Freeholders' Permanent Building Society. Luce was a well-recognised personality of Wolverhampton for he always sported a white carnation and a large diamond tie-pin. He became a councillor in 1927, and remained an active member of Wolverhampton Council until 1945. He was elected mayor in 1938 and was made an alderman in 1944. During the years 1942 to 1945, Luce held the position of Chair of the Parks and Cemeteries Committee. After retiring from municipal life Luce continued his bread manufacturing business in Craddock Street; and as a confectioner and caterer at the Old Restaurant, Queen's Square, and the Café Royal in Lichfield Street.

GW Jones 1969 Borough Politics a Study of Wolverhampton Borough Council 1888-1964. (Macmillan, London) pp.154, 253
Wife's Death Express & Star 22nd June 1961, and Wolverhampton Chronicle 20th June 1961. Photograph Index - Y1/LUC and Y1/LUCA.