Davson, Harry Miller, eldest son of Sir Henry Katz Davson, of Bayswater, by Anne Helen, daughter of Thomas Miller, of Inchbank, Perth; b. June 4, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (G); left Dec. 1887; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Feb. 12, 1892; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1895; Capt. March 15, 1900; Adjutant Jan. 5, 1907; Major June 13, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 27 - July 7, 1915; Lieut.-Col. July 8, 1915; half pay July 8, 1920; retired Jan. 8, 1921; served in the S. African War 1899-1900, and in Great War I 1914-9 on the western front; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 10, 1901, Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, May 18, Dec. 14, 1917, and Dec. 23, 1918; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; C.M.G. June 3, 1919, re-employed as interviewing officer 1939-42; Chairman of the War Memorial Committee 1945; author of the History of the 35th Division; m. Jan. 10, 1910, the Hon. Georgina Violet St. Clair, youngest daughter of Charles, 15th Baron Sinclair; d. Nov. 10, 1961.
Day, Arthur Percival, youngest son of Frederick Frampton Day, of Kensington; b. May 27, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left July 1896; Christ's Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. March 21, 1896); B.A. 1899; London Hospital 1900-5; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1906; Surgeon P. & O. S. N. Co. 1908-10; practised at Colombo, Ceylon, in Assam, and later in the Isle of Wight; m. Sept. 9, 1912, Ada Janette, youngest daughter of William Morgan Baker, of South Kensington; d. Feb. 8, 1932.
DE VISME, LOUIS DAVISON, only son of John Louis Goldsmid, Roehampton, Surrey, and Louisa Boscawen, dau. of Philip Nathaniel De Visme, merchant; b. 2 May 1811; adm. (G) 13 Jan 1823; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1828; BA 1833; MA 1835; assumed surname of De Visme in lieu of Goldsmid; ordained deacon 22 Jun 1834, priest 5 Jul 1835 (both Chichester).
DE’ATH, HARRY HOLMES, son of Robert De’Ath MRCS LSA, West Street, Buckingham, medical practitioner, and Anne, dau. of Timothy Richard Holmes, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; b. 20 Sep 1859; adm. (G) 27 Mar 1873; left Christmas 1875; adm. solicitor Feb 1882; retired from practice because of ill-health and lived at Ramsgate, Kent; d. 10 May 1908.
Dearmer, Anthony, son of Percy Dearmer (qv) and his second wife; b. 23 June 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left Apr. 1936; Sgt RAFVR, killed on active service Apr. 1943.
Anthony Dearmer was born at Streatham, London on the 23rd of June 1920 the youngest son of the Reverend Dr Percy Dearmer DD OW, Professor of Ecclesiastical Art at King’s College, London, and his second wife, Nancy “Nan” (nee Knowles) Dearmer of 48, Jubilee Place, Chelsea in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1933 to April 1936.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
Anthony Dearmer took off on the 7th of April 1943 with his pilot, Flying Officer Taylor, in Beaufort Mk I DX114 for a training exercise. During the flight the aircraft was forced to ditch into the sea off the coast of Ayr. His body was recovered from the sea some 2 miles to the North East of Ailsa Craig. Flying Officer Taylor survived the accident.
He is buried at Greenock Cemetery Section CCC Grave 1333.
Dewar, David, son of Thomas Dewar, Circuit Judge, and his first wife Dorothy Ann, d. of Cyril George Thomas Godden of Goring-on-Sea, Sussex; b. 17 Feb. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (G); left July 1956; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1957 (open schol. ), BA 1960, MA 1987; Clerk in the Parliament Office, House of Lords, 1962-73; an official of the European Parliament, Luxembourg, 1973-; m. 1962 Mariuccia, d. of Pietro Azzarini of La Spezia, Italy; d. 31 Mar. 1993.
DICK, HARRIS ST. JOHN, only son of William Fleming Dick (qv); b. 24 Sep 1834; adm. (G) 29 Mar 1847; left 18 Dec 1849; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 18 Oct 1851; Lieut., 24 Feb 1854; Capt., 5 Mar 1858; retd. 19 Nov 1858; m. 22 Jun 1865 Sarah Grace, widow of Rev. Charles Vernon DD, Wherstead Park, Suffolk, and dau. of John Fawcett, Petteril Bank, Cumberland; d. 27 Dec 1879.
CHAPMAN, FREDERICK STOVIN, brother of John Chapman (adm. 1861, qv); b. 23 Jul 1849; adm. (G) 29 Sep 1861; left Whitsun 1864; Ensign, 21st Foot, 2 May 1868; Lieut., 27 Oct 1871; Capt., Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1 Oct 1880; Cameron Highlanders, 29 Oct 1881; Paymaster, 2nd batt., East Surrey Regt., 16 Oct 1884; reserve, on retired pay, 27 Jan 1888; served Egyptian War, 1882; d. 8 Feb 1904.
CHAPMAN, RICHARD HENRY, son of Rev. Richard Henry Chapman, Minister of Marylebone Parish Chapel, and Anne --- (IGI); b. 20 Apr 1814; adm. (G) 26 May 1823; at Felsted Sch. Aug 1826 - Dec 1828; Addiscombe Coll. 1830-1; Cadet, EICS Madras, 1832; 2nd Lieut., Madras Engineers, 2 Sep 1836; d. 9 Sep 1837.
CHARLTON, WILLIAM HENRY, son of Rev. William Henry Charlton, Vicar of Felmingham, Norfolk, Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Dorset; b. 17 Dec 1814; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1826; KS 1829; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1833, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1833; BA 1837; MA 1841; ordained deacon 1838 (Rochester), priest 20 Oct 1839 (Peterborough); Rector of St. George’s with St. Paul’s, Stamford, Lincs., 12 May 1840; Domestic Chaplain to Marquis of Exeter 1846; Rector of Easton, Lincs., from 12 May 1848; m. 17 May 1843 Sarah, eldest dau. of Thomas Hippisley Jackson, Stamford, Lincs., solicitor; d. 2 May 1874.