 The "Midlands Electricity Board" was formed in 1947, under the Electricity Act of that year.The counterpart of the East Midlands board, it served southern, and western parts of Warwickshire, as well as the counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, as well as most of Gloucestershire, the West Midlands conurbation and northern Oxfordshire.The key people on the Board were