Email from Penelope Neech
Eardley married Lillian Irene Foster, who was always called Peggy. He started work in a general hardware store, and during the WW2 was in the police. Afterwards he was employed in the Building Department of the Local Council.

Also Ancestry.com which provided middle name and place of birth but gives date of birth as 1905

Source : Robert Neech Family Tree from Evalyn. Email from Penelope Neech