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Chard, John Edwin, son of William Thomas Chard of Beckenham and Mary Jane, d. of Edwin Upham of Williton, Somerset; b. 24 June 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left Apr. 1930; Roy. Sch. of Mines, ARSM 1935; Lond. Univ., BSc (1st class hons) 1935; a metallurgist with Firth Brown, Sheffield, 1936-7; Dept of Sci. Res. Admiralty 1937-8, War Office 1938-49; princ. sci. officer Admiralty 1949; chief metallurgist Torpedo Experimental Estab. Greenock 1952; d. 10 Nov. 2004

Charrington, Harold Francis, brother of John Edmund Charrington (qv); b. 7 Oct. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1928; King's Coll. Lond., BSc 1933; a civil engineer; Directorate of Works Air Ministry 1936; RAF in WW2 (Wing Cdr A. & SD), Empire Medal for Gallantry (George Cross) for gallantry in an air disaster over Palestine 3 Feb. 1939; RAF res. of officers Aug. 1945, retd Aug. 1948, recommd 1954-7; civil engineer DOE; m. 5 Sept. 1947 Betty Frances, d. of Arthur Green of Burslem, Staffs; d. 7 July 1976.

Chitty, Richard Adrian Vaughan, son of Erik Chitty, actor, and Hester Vaughan, d. of Penry Vaughan Bevan DSc, Prof. of Physics, Roy. Holloway Coll.; b. 9 Jan. 1947; adm. Apr. 1960 (A); left July 1965; insurance broker, New Zealand; AIINZ 1974; m. 10 Feb. 1968 Margaret Edith Dick; d. 21 Mar. 2016.

Christie, Errol Blanchard, son of Charles Hayden Coffin Christie, actor, and Mamie Ella, d. of Hermann Cohn of Christchurch NZ; b. 11 Oct. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; fenced against Cambridge 1938-9, for Eng. Univs at Monte Carlo 1939; Min. of Home Security 1940-5; UNRRA Europe 1945-7; asst dir. Olympic Games Lond. 1948; captain British foil team in world fencing championships 1950; m. 9 Nov. 1946 Anne Rosemarie, d. of W. H. Lake of Khartoum; d. 19 May 1991.

Clarke, John Hugh Leigh, son of the Rev. William Jones Clarke, Curate of Wimbledon, Surrey; b. July 10, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left Dec. 1917; d. 14 Apr. 1978.

Clark-Kennedy, William Hew, second son of Capt. Alexander William Maxwell Clark­ Kennedy, of Knockgray, Galloway, by the Hon. Lettice Lucy Hewitt, third daughter of James, 4th Viscount Lifford; b. March 3, 1879; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (A); left July 1896; served in Paget's Horse during the South African War 1899-1901, and was mentioned in despatches; became asst. manager of the Standard Life Assurance Co. in Montreal and later a director; chairman of the Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada 1943; joined the Black Watch 1905; Major 1915; served in France in Great War I; reported killed at St. Julien 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 14, 1916, bar Jan. 11, 1919; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; V. C. Dec. 14, 1918, for his gallantry when seriously wounded in the advance on the Fresnoy-Rouvroy line; Croix de Guerre 1915; m. Sept. 5, 1914, Kate, younger daughter of Robert Reford, of Montreal; d. Oct. 26, 1961.

Coleman, Bryan Burdett, son of Lieut.-Col. George Burdett Coleman DSO of Broadwater, Sussex, and Clair, d. of E. Donajowski of Hampstead; b. 29 Jan. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left Apr. 1929; an actor; Ambulance Car Co. BEF 1940; RASC 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (Italy) July 1945; m. 1st 22 July 1949 Judith Little, d. of R. L. Swan of Sydney, Australia; 2nd Sheila, d. of E. Norman of New Zealand; d. July 2005.

Coleman, John Wycliffe, brother of Robert William Alfred Coleman (qv); b. 10 May 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1939; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1944, MA 1948; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1946; FRCS 1969; MO CMS Hosp. Shiraz; superintendent Bethnal Green med. mission 1964-77; MO Yazd Clinic, Iran, 1977-81, held hostage in Iran for several months in 1980-1 after the revolution; ord. deacon 1977, priest 1978; Church Missionary Soc. Egypt, 1984-91; hon. Canon, Cairo; m. 12 Oct. 1946 Audrey Doreen, sister of Arthur Russell Ponsford (qv); d. 16 Aug. 2003.

Collins, Henry Akerman Desmond, son of Henry Ellis Collins, of Barnes, by Mary, daughter of William Henry Hine Akerman, of Bridgwater, Somerset; b. Nov. 8, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left Dec. 1897; adm. a solicitor Dec. 5, 1904; asst. solicitor to the Metropolitan Water Board 1905; solicitor 1930-40; Capt. 11th Batt. London Regt. May 27, 1914; Major Sept. 3, 1916; served with the 54th (East Anglian) Div. in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine; 2nd i/c and O. C., 57th Batt. Kent H. G., 1940-5; Major; T. D.; m. Aug. 28, 1913, Winifred, daughter of Charles Wakely, of Sidcup, Kent.

Collins, Wilfred Desmond de Fonblanque, son of William Frederick Collins (qv); b. 6 Oct. 19 I 7; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1934; resident in S. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe; Rhodesian Forces 1939-41 (Lieut.), Gen. List 1941-6; ADC to Governor of British Somaliland; reappointed Rhodesian Forces Apr. 1946.