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Tanner, Richard, son of Mrs E. M. M. Tanner of Esher, Surrey; b. 26 Sept. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left Mar. 1923.

Tacon, Waveney Pitt, second son of the Rev. Richard John Tacon, Rector of Rollesby, Norfolk, by Caroline Ballard, only daughter of the Rev. Richard Wauchaupe Pitt, Rector of Saxlingham, Norfolk; b. Oct. 3, 1882; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left Dec. 1898; served in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. 7th Batt. Lancs. Regt. Sept. 16, 1914; d. April 22, 1954; unm.

Symonds, Kenneth Morland, son of James William Guy Symonds (qv); b. 5 Sept. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left July 1925; Cadet RN Jan. 1926, Midshipman (E) Jan. 1927, Sub­ Lieut. Jan. 1929, Lieut. Oct. 1931, Lieut.-Cdr Oct. 1939, Cdr June 1943, Capt. June 1953; DSC (Med.) Nov. 1942, Bar to DSC Mar. 1944; dep. Dir. Underwater Weapons Material, Admiralty, 1957; m. 14 Mar. 1936 Anne Ryder, d. of John Basil Armitage of Bowdon, Cheshire; d. 3 Dec. 1968.

Symonds, James William Guy, only son of James Sexton Simonds, Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, by Annie Guy Spence; b. Nov. 29, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left July 1895; assumed the surname of Symonds in lieu of Simonds; temp. Lieut.-Col. R.F.A. May 1, 1915; served in British East Africa and France; wounded at Flers Oct. 1916; employed Ministry of Munitions; demob. June 1919; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 4, May 18, and Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; served during Great War II as Fire Adviser Grade I at the Home Office; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; m. Anne Morland, daughter of Thomas Richardson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. Aug. 1951.

Symington, Ian William Andrew, son of Andrew Symington of Surbiton, Surrey, and Mabel Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Armstrong, sheep farmer, of Australia; b. 27 May 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (R); left July 1929; Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.), Croix de Guerre 1945; chairman and man. dir. Ghana Aluminium Products Ltd; retd 1970; m. 18 May 1940 Elsa Marion, d. of Ernest Markham Lee MusD, composer and author, of Effingham, Surrey; d. 13 Mar. 2002.

Sutton, Peter Malkin, son of Guy Sutton FRCVS, of Kensington, and Gertrude Mary, d. of James William Wolfe; b. 14 June 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left Mar. 1931; Roy. Veterinary Coll., MRCVS 1935; house surgeon RVC and in practice with father until 1940; practised in Tunbridge Wells 1940-82, retd 1982; m. 7 Oct. 1939 Heather Frandorie Shelley Streeter MRCVS, d. of Frank Streeter, engineer, of Bournemouth; d. June 2001.

Sutton, Michael Guy, brother of Peter Malkin Sutton (qv); b. 29 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1928 (R); left July 1934; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1940, MB 1941; RAMC 1941-6 (Capt.), despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1943, MBE (Italy) Apr. 1945; MO Min. of Health and Med. Res. Council, later in gen. practice Exmouth, Devon; m. 23 July 1940 Ruth Mary, d. of Henry Harri­son Hardy, HM Shrewsbury School; d. 30 Apr. 1992.

STRANGE, WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS, eldest son of William Robert Strange (qv); b. 7 Mar 1834; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's); left Midsummer 1848.

Strange, Richard Fairbrother, son of Lieut.-Col. Edward Fairbrother Strange, of South Kensington, by Margaret Elisabeth, daughter of Walter Scott Coward; b. July 3, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1921; Pilot Officer (Equipment) R.A.F.V.R. June 1, 1940; Flying-Officer July 24, 1941; Flight Lieut. Sept. 1, 1942; d. 23 Mar. 1983.

Straker, Henry Palmer, son of Frank Arthur Straker FIA, of Finchley, and Clara Bell, d. of Henry Clay Palmer of Virginia, USA; b. 27 Aug. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1938; asst master Diocesan Coll. Rondebosch, S. Africa, 1935-6; announcer SABC Cape Town 1937-8; joined BBC 1938; Roy. Berks Regt 1941-5 (Maj.); BBC New York Office, seconded Colonial Office 1950-4 to advise on broadcasting in the West Indies; chief asst Light Programme BBC 1957-66, retd July 1966; d. 30 Apr. 1993.