LNER CME photograph - help with identification

[JANIS]

I would like to find out the names of the people in this photograph if possible. My great uncle, Harold Oxtoby, is third from the left (front row) and I know that Arthur Peppercorn is at the back and Edward Thompson is at the front. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give.

LNER Engineering staff photograph

[strang steel]

I think Arthur Peppercorn is in the middle of the photo at the back, and Edward Thompson is seated front left, but I will search through the LNER Magazines and see if this photo, or a similar one, is reproduced in one of the yearly issues.


EDIT, to add that I cannot find that photo, but I suspect the people shown there are all in senior positions at Darlington Works.

H Oxtoby retired on 29th June 1946. His position on retirement was Chief Mechanical Engineer's Canteen Inspector, having previously been Chief Clerk to the CME.