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Spear, Trevor Hicks, son of James Spear of Deal, Kent, and Florence Elizabeth, d. of Capt. David Francis Wilkinson of Castro Urdiales, Spain; b. 22 Aug. 1900; adm. Jan. 1915 (H); left Dec. 1917; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. The Buffs July 1919, Lieut. July 1921, Capt. May 1925; ADC to GOC Eastern Command India 1928-32; Brevet Maj. July 1938, Lieut.-Col. 1943, Col. 1944, Brig. 1952; served WW2 in N. Africa, despatches Dec. 1941 and June 1942; OBE Aug. 1945, USA Bronze Star Nov. 1945; Militarv Attaché Belgium and Luxembourg 1945-7; Grand Offi­cer Belgian Order of the Crown Jan. 1947; Couronne de Chêne (Luxembourg), Chevalier Danebrog (Denmark); Military Attaché Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos 1952-55; retd 1955; chairman council of voluntary welfare work Cyprus 1957-60, Germany 1960-1; d. 30 Dec. 1989.

Soper, Alan Harford, son of William Soper, of Clapham, Surrey; b. June 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 1904.

Sondheim, Harold, brother of Albert Sherriff (q.v.); b. May 6, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); left Dec. 1915.

Somerville, Angus Christopher, son of the Rev. William James Sommerville, Rector of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, by Alice, daughter of Henry Conyers, of Ben Rhydding, Yorks; b. Oct. 7, 1900; adm. from Chigwell School Jan. 15, 1914 (H); London Univ. and King's Coll. Hospital; L.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S. 1923; house surgeon, King's Coll. Hospital; Asst. Med. Officer, Grove Hospital, Tooting. Surrey, Nov. 1924-7; clinical asst. Gt. Ormond St. Hospital; in practice at East Grinstead, Sussex; H.M. Coroner for East Sussex (Lewes Div.); m. Sept. 1, 1927, Joan Crawford, daughter of Henry Riley, of Kew, Surrey; d. 22 June 1981.

SOLBE, CHARLES EDWARD DE LISLE, son of Rev. Charles Augustus Solbé, Bromley, Kent, Chaplain to the Forces, and Agnes Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Thomas Rock Garnsey, Vicar of Christ Church, Forest of Dean, Gloucs.; b. 21 Jan 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); left Dec 1882; 2nd Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt., 16 Nov 1887; Indian Staff Corps 1888; Lieut., 3rd Sikh Infantry 3 Mar 1889; Capt., 16 Nov 1898; Maj., 16 Nov 1905; Lieut. -Col., 16 Nov 1913; retd. 17 Nov 1913; served in Burmese expedition 1888-90 and on North-West Frontier 1897-8, 1901-2, 1908; d. 4 Jul 1931.

Snelling, Robert Walter, son of Walter Edward Snelling of Putney and Dorothy Maud, d. of Rob­ert Phillips of Battersea; b. 20 Sept. 1914; adm. May 1928 (H); left July 1930; Munich Univ. 1931- 2; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1932-3; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1940; FIL 1937; Roy. Tank Regt 1941, transf. Intell. Corps 1943 (Capt.); BSc (Lond.) 1947; attd Foreign Office 1948, then exec. officer Min. of Defence; Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington DC 1956; Brit. Military Govt Berlin 1959; scientific adviser Brit. delegation to Nuclear Test Ban Conference, Geneva, 1961; head of Foreign Office Tech. Maintenance Service 1962-9; Dir. of Communications FCO 1969-74; retd Mar. 1974; m. 1st 14 Aug. 1941 Mabel Lorna, d. of Rev. Frederick Chalmers Rogers of Newton Abbot, Devon; 2nd 24 Nov. 1973 Patricia Christine, d. of Aubrey Charles Heady of Mixbury, Northants; d. 30 June 1978.

Smitham, James Hillyer, son of Richard Llewellyn Smitham, US steel executive, of Sutton, Sur­rey, and Emily Dora, d. of William Hillyer Mason, corn and seed merchant, of Chingford, Essex; b. 30 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left July 1934; King's Coll. Lond. and Westmmster Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS MRCS LRCP 1940; RAMC in WW2 (Maj.); FFR 1949, FRCR 1975; a consultant radiologist; Lewisham Hosp. 1949-51, Kingston Hosp. 1952-82, Chelsea Hosp. for Women 1954-82, Queen Charlotte's Hosp. 1963-82; hon. sen. lecturer Inst. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; m. 22 Jan. 1943 Margaret Phillis Lawrence SRN, d. of Ernest Willoughby Lawrence, linen merchant, of Worthing; d. 27 Jan. 1998.

Smith, Waldemar Ernest, eldest son of Waldemar Schmidt, of South Kensington, by Alma Louise, daughter of Henry Degetan, of Paris; b. March 7, 1878; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (H); left Dec. 1894; manager of the Union Insurance Co. at Hong-Kong; d. Sept. 4, 1958.

Smith, Sydney Gordon, son of Sydney Smith, L.S.A., of Fulham; b. April 22, 1894; adm. April 29, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1909; enlisted as trooper Yeomanry Rough Riders (T.F.) in Great War I; d. 1959.

Smith, Jack Macfarlane, son of Owen Maurice Smith CB, Under-Sec. Min. of Nat. Insurance, and Eleanor, d. of James Shaw Howie Macfarlane of Brighton; b. 5 Jan. 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (H); left July 1936; Faraday House, DFH 1940; RNVR 1940-6 (Elect. Lieut.); an electrical engi­neer, MIEE CEng 1946; district engineer Seeboard, Worthing, retd 1973; Inland Revenue Worthing 1974; m. 29 Aug. 1952 Vera Windsor, d. of John F. W. Dowling of Reading; d. 30 Apr. 1984.