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AVELING, CLAUDE LINDSAY CLIFFORD, second son of Stephen Thomas Aveling, Boveney, near Windsor, Berks. , mechanical engineer, and Mary Phebe, dau. of Rev. Richard Samuel Clifford, Vicar of Teynham, Kent; b. 26 Oct 1869; adm. from King’s School, Rochester (R) 31 May 1883; QS Jan 1884; elected to an exhibition at Christ Church, Oxford Jul 1888, matr. 12 Oct 1888; BA 1893; MA 1921; Assistant to Director, Royal Coll. of Music 1894; Assistant Registrar, Royal Coll. of Music, Registrar 1913-35; author, libretti and songs; m. 16 Apr 1903 Marguerite Mary Theodora, only dau. of Rev. William Henry Robins DD, Vicar of Gillingham, Kent, and Hon. Canon of Rochester; d. 28 Dec 1943.

Auld, Richard William Douglas, son of William Douglas Auld of Blackheath, Kent, and Edith Mary, d. of Rev. John Robinson Porter, Vicar of Warding, Sussex; b. 13 Jan. 1910; adm. Jan. 1924 (R); left Dec. 1926; adm. a solicitor 1932; staff of Port of Lond. Authority, later sen. legal asst Official Solicitor's Dept; d. 19 Dec. 1995.

Attenborough, Gerald Ralph, son of Ralph Ernest Attenborough, solicitor, of Bromley, Kent, and Dorothy Frances, d. of John Williams of Bromley; b. 28 Apr. 1911; adm. Sept. 1926 (R); left Dec. 1927 with serious illness; d. 30 June 1942.

Atkinson, Edgar Hamilton, eldest son of Frederick William and Evelyn Margaret Atkinson, of Bayswater; b. July 22, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left Feb. 1900; served in Great War I; Gunner R. A.; a merchant in London; m. Oct. 14, 1924, Hilda Mary, daughter of Dr. F. S. Hardwick, of Charing, Kent; d. as the result of an accident Oct. 4, 1945.

Atherley-Jones, Ernest Egbert Stanley Bright, son of His Hon. Llewellyn Archer Atherley­ Jones, K . C., of Brayswick, Berks, Judge of the City of London Court, by Elizabeth Fanny, daughter of James David Lambert, of Chapel House, Durham; b. May 5, 1883; adm. May 6, 1897 (R); left July 1902; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1902; subsequently migrated to Worcester Coll.; called to the bar at the Inner Temple May 10, 1911; Midland Circuit; asst. private sec. to Lord Rhondda, Ministry of Food, and sometime Grain Officer, South Midlands, during Great War I; m. 1st June 29, 1911, Charlotte Abney, only child of Col. H. Walker, of the West Yorks Regt.; wd Oct. 26, 1922, Betty Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Henry William Richards, Rector of Stanwick, Northants; d. Feb. 25, 1936.

ATHERLEY, SIDNEY KERR BULLER, brother of Edward Gambier Eliot Atherley (qv); b. 22 Oct 1837; adm. 4 Oct 1849 (Rigaud's); went to Eton; Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 4 Apr 1854, readm. 23 Feb 1855, matr. Mich. 1855; m. 3 Apr 1877 Georgiana Louise, youngest dau. of Grenville Charles Lennox Berkeley, Commissioner of Customs; d. 27 Feb 1878.

ATHERLEY, EDWARD GAMBIER ELIOT, third son of Rev. Arthur Atherley, Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, and Prebendary of Chichester, and Amelia Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Dawkins, Commissioner of Excise; b. 18 Dec 1834; adm. 4 Oct 1849 (Rigaud's); Ensign, 45th Foot 3 Nov 1852; Lieut., 13 Oct 1854; Capt., 6 Nov 1860; 60th Rifles 2 Dec 1862; retd. 25 Oct 1864; d. 10 Oct 1898.

Aston, John, son of the Rev. John Walter Aston, Vicar of Ambleside, Westmorland, by Constance Helena, daughter of William Hinkes Cox, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 18, 1879; adm. from Harrow School Sept. 28, 1893 (R); Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1898, matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; asst. master at Hill Side School, Godalming, 1902-6, and at St. Clare, Walmer, 1906-9, Head Master at St. Clare from 1910; served in France as 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 1916 -July 1917; dangerously wounded near Hollebeke, July 27, 1917 and was discharged for wound Feb. 1918 and gazetted Lieut.; author of sketches of Christ Church, Oxford (1902) and other works; d. Jan. 12, 1937.

Ash, William Claudius Casson, elder son of William Henry Ash, of Heathfield, Sussex, by Mary Esther, daughter of Joseph Wellington Casson, of Dublin; b. Feb. 6, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (D); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1888; entered the Militia; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (The Middlesex Regt.) Sept. 28, 1892; Lieut. July 31, 1895; Capt. March 14, 1900; served in the South African War 1902; Adjutant 5th Batt. Jan. 13, 1902- Jan. 12, 1907; Major April 1, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1914 - Feb. 7, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. commanding 23rd (Service) Batt. of his Regt. Oct. 30, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 4, 1914, was wounded at Loos Sept. 25, 1915, and invalided home; returned to the front May 3, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. March 1, 1894, Edith Learoyd, second daughter of Edward Wright Barnett, of Selly Oak; d. at Etaples Sept. 29, 1916, of wounds received at Fiers Sept. 15.

Arthur, James Fergus, son of James Alexander Swan Arthur, of Hampstead; b. Feb. 16, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Easter 1913; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt., 2nd Lieut. in 14th Batt. of the Royal Fusiliers Jan. 5, 1915, transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and went out to France; Lieut. Aug. 1, 1916; mentioned in despatches; an exchange and share broker at Penang; employed with Fraser and Co. Ltd., Singapore; m.; d. March 23, 1961.