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Brittlebank, Michael Forster, brother of Philip Brittlebank (qv); b. 28 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1940; RAC Aug. 1943, transf. to Reece Corps Oct. 1943, to KOR Oct. 1944; wounded (Italy) Apr. 1945; Brit. Steel Corpn. 1946-62; export sales dir. H. J. Skelton, steel merchants, 1965-74; retd. 1974 because of war wounds; m. 5 Nov. 1969 Katherine Margaret Burdett; d. 28 Mar. 2015.

Brittlebank, Philip, son of Percy Victor Brittlebank, engineer, of Blackheath, and Ada Howard, d. of Thomas Howard Foster of Glazebrook, Cheshire; b. 8 Sept. 1920; adm. May 1935 (R); left July 1938; RAC 1943, transf. to Roy. Warks/Wilts Yeomanry (Capt.); despatches (Italy) July 1945; man. dir. P. Brittlebank & Co., Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; m. 3 June 1950 Dorofred, d. of Alfred John Teague, electrical engineer, of Johannesburg; d. 5 May 2002.

Broadie-Griffith, Raymond, son of Robert Broadie-Griffith of Holyhead, Anglesey, and Clara Jane, d. of Rev. Daniel Marriott; b. 9 May 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1926; Bank of England 1927; RAFVR in WW2 (FO); m. 9 Oct. 1936 Stella, d. of John Charles Harcourt MB, of Stratford, London; d. 26 Apr. 1995.

Brookes, Alexis Michael Panther, son of Claud James Brookes FRCS and Frances, d. of Michael Magan of Killashee, co. Longford, Eire; b. 14 June 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (R); left July 1931; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, MA 1938; AMIMechE 1943; Sen. Scient. Officer Nat. Phys. Laboratory 1939-46; Junior Bursar St John's Coll. and lecturer in Engineering, Camb. Univ., 1947 to retirement; a Life Fellow of St John's; m. 7 Sept. 1946 Laura, d. of Thomas Arthur Thomas, farmer, of Dolgellau, Gwynedd; d. 19 Apr. 2002

Brookman, Kenneth Jeffery Steven, son of Erwin Bruckmann MD, of Berlin, Germany, and Edith, d. of Hermann Rautenberg of Berlin, Germany; b. 15 Aug. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (R); left July 1944; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1948-51, BSc; ARCS 1950; Christ’s Coll. Camb. 1951-2, Dip. Ed; represented Camb. v. Oxf. in the Univ. Sports 1952; coach to Univ. of Oxf. Athletic Club 1959-62; sen. physics master Radley Coll. 1952-65; Headmaster Alec Hunter High Sch., Braintree, Essex 1967-87; m. Aug. 1960 Pauline Mary Luck SRN, d. of John Whitmore Luck, engineer; d. 1 Sept. 2000.

Brown, Charles Donald, son of Charles Alfred Brown, of Putney, by Kathleen, daughter of Dr. Frederick James Reilly, of South Hackney; b. March 31, 1902; adm. Jan. 20, 1916 (R); left July 1920; London Univ., Kings Coll.; B.Sc. (Eng.) 1924; managing director, William Bain & Co. Ltd.; m. March 18, 1930, Marion, daughter of F. C. R. Palmer, F.R.I.B.A., of Putney; d. 23 Aug. 1985.

Brown, Donald Houghton, son of C. H. Brown, of Weybridge, Surrey; b. May 25, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Easter 1912; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorsetshire Regt. (T. F.) March 7, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917.

Brown, John Russell Ray, son of William Ray Brown, of Malvern, Wares, by Effie, daughter of Edward Long Fox, of Clifton; b. March 26, 1895; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (R); left July 1912; served in France Aug. 1915 - Aug. 1917 and on the N. W. Frontier 1925; mentioned in despatches; m. Dec. 3, 1922, Margaret Letitia, daughter of Thomas Toler, of Saltersford Hall, Cheshire.

Browne, Wallis Cazalet, son of Edward William Browne, of South Kensington; b. April 23, 1887; adm. April 26, 1901 (R); left Easter 1904.

Bruce-Joy, Arthur William, son of Albert Bruce-Joy, R. H. A., of Hindhead, Surrey, by Emilie Gaillard; b. March 23, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (R); left Easter 1907; served in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.E. June 16, 1915; Lieut. Aug. 1, 1916; a railway engineer; joined the Great Indian Peninsula Railway 1920; divisional superintendent 1924-6; general manager, Barsi Light Railway 1946-9; m. April 12, 1924, Valerie Marguerite Marie, daughter of Leon Ehrmann, of L'Estague, Marseilles; d. March 29, 1951.