Mr Bryan joined the family business after leaving the Army, having served in both Europe and the Middle East during the Second World War, and having run several businesses of his own with his wife Catherine in the post-war years.

Bryan's, in Headingley, was originally opened in 1934 by Albert's father John Bryan and his wife Lucy. It started as a small restaurant with just four tables on the ground floor and a further four upstairs.

The opening of a restaurant caused controversy at the time in what was an upmarket residential district of the city.

Those attitudes changed during the war years when food scarcity led people to value the restaurant, although those same shortages meant it was not always fish on the menu.

Albert Bryan had been born 14 years earlier and attended Leeds Modern School. He joined the Army in 1939 and served with the Royal Engineers.

Mr Bryan was one of the last troops to leave Dunkirk in the mass evacuation of Allied troops in 1940.

While in France, Pte Bryan had been a valued asset thanks to his ability to speak French fluently. As a result he was responsible for organising everything from food to accommodation for all ranks within his unit.

It was after the war in 1947 that Mr Bryan met his future wife Catherine at the Meanwood Capital Ballroom in Leeds. They were married six months later.

Mr Bryan had studied catering at technical college before the war and he and his wife opened a bakery and confectioner's business in Headingley, close to what was then Bryan's Modern Fisheries.

Unfortunately, an allergy to flour forced the couple to sell the business after five years and they went on to manage two pubs – the Savile Arms in Thornhill, followed by the New Inn in Bramley.

On John Bryan's retirement in 1958, Albert and Catherine took over the fish restaurant. They worked as a team until retirement in 1984. During their period in charge, properties adjoining the restaurant were bought and it grew to seat 130 people and employ a staff of more than 100.

Their son John joined the firm in 1965 and a year later Albert Bryan became managing director after the death of his father.

When Mr and Mrs Bryan retired they signed over the deeds to the restaurant to their son John. He subsequently decided to sell the business on, bringing the family's formal connection to Bryan's to an end. The restaurant continues to thrive today.

The couple had moved to Sewerby, near Bridlington, in 1975, with Albert continuing to commute to Leeds.

They remained there in their retirement, travelling around the world to many of the places Albert had been stationed during the war.

Mr Bryan's funeral was held on Friday April 4 at the East Riding Crematorium in Octon.