Davis, Edward Arthur (Edward Leopold Arthur Abrahams at school), son of Arthur Abraham Abrahams, of Hyde Park, by Hilda Elizabeth, daughter of Julian Davis, of Kensington; b. June 2, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left Dec. 1918; an insurance broker; changed name by deed poll to Davis in lieu of Abrahams; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 17, 1940; relinquished his commission owing to ill-health May 21, 1941; Master of the Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders, 1959; m. Feb. 7, 1935, Betty Marie, only daughter of James Adler, of St. Johns Wood; d. 6 Apr. 1978.
Davison, Colin Keith Hay, son of Eric Hay Davison ACA, chief accountant Courtaulds Ltd., of Dulwich, and Gladys Inez, d. of Harry Cooper Day of Ickenham, Middlesex; b. 11 Apr. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (A); left July 1953; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1955, BA 1958; Cuddesdon Theol. Coll. 1958; ord. deacon 1960, priest 1961 (Southwark); Curate St Faith, Red Post Hill, 1961-3; diocesan staff of Pretoria Cathedral, South Africa, 1963-5; Rector of Rustenburg, Transvaal 1965-9; dir. Christian Inst. of South Africa 1969-71; an active opponent of apartheid, expelled with his family from South Africa 1971; chaplain King’s Coll. Camb. 1971-3; C. of E. Board of Education 1973-80; Vicar of Stapleford, Cambs, and adviser for res. and training, Ely diocese, 1980-9; founder-member Gogmagog Trust; m. 20 Aug. 1960 Pauline Jane Le Brun, social worker, d. of Harold Le Brun, master printer; d. 12 June 1989.
Dawson, Robert Graham, son of Alexander Graham Dawson of Ealing and Jean, d. of James Wilson MD; b. 27 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1939; an administrator; m. 19 Feb. 1953 Mary Leishman, d. of William B. Bell of Glasgow; d. 10 May 2010.
Day, Harold Benjamin, son of the Rev. Benjamin William Day, Rector of St. Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, by Mary Sophia, daughter of Dr. Richard Phillips, of Bayswater; b. Feb. 28, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (A); left July 1897; King's Coll. Hospital, where he obtained an entrance scholarship 1897, and five others; L.R.C.P. 1902; M.R.C.P. 1908; F.R.C.P. M.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1902; M.B. and B. S. (Gold Medal) 1904; M. D. (qual. for Gold Medal) 1905; Registrar and Medical Tutor at the Egyptian Government School of Medicine, Cairo, 1906-10; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cairo Univ. 1910-24 and 1933-6; Lecturer in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, King's Coll. Hospital, 1925-33; Physician of the Royal Chest Hospital; served in R.A.M.C. (Volunteers) 1897-1901 and in Great War I 1914-9; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Jan. 7, 1915; Capt. Jan. 7, 1916; Major Jan. 29, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917; M.C. Sept. 26, 1917; Order of the Nile, 3rd class; m. 1st 1909, Ruth, daughter of H. H. Witty, of Kew Gardens; 2nd 1920, Winifred Blanche West, daughter of W. J. Hughes, of Sandwich, Kent; d. Nov. 1, 1959.
Day, Herbert, brother of Harold Benjamin Day (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1881; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1894 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) 1900; matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1905; entered the scholastic profession; enlisted in the Buffs (East Kent Regt.) on the outbreak of Great War I: 2nd Lieut. 11th (Reserve) Batt. the Loyal North Lancs Regt. March 10, 1915; went out to the western front June 1916, and was attached to the 8th Batt. of his Regt.; killed in action at La Boiselle, on the Somme, July 10, 1916; unm.
Day, Maurice, brother of Harold Benjamin Day (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1909; was articled to an architect, and was just out of his articles when Great War I began; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) and went out to the western front in the autumn of 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regt. March 20, 1915; killed in action in France May 9, 1915; unm.
de Pange, Maurice, son of Jean, comte de Pange, of Paris, and Pauline, d. of Victor, 5me duc de Broglie; b. 3 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1925; see The English Schooldays of a French Boy, pub. 1928; d. in Paris 11 Feb. 1927.
de Watteville, Hermann Gaston, elder son of Baron Armand de WatteviIIe, M. D., of London, by Cecile Geraldine, daughter of M. le Pasteur de la Hope, of Bordeaux, France; b. Sept. 19, 1875; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1894, matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1934; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. May 26, 1900; Lieut. Jan. 22, 1902; Capt. May 26, 1913; Major Dec. 30, 1915; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 3, 1917; retired Jan. 7, 1923; was employed on the staff at the War Office during the greater part of Great War I; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 30, 1917; C.B.E. June 3, 1919; Legion of Honour, 5th class; librarian of the Royal United Service Institution 1929; asst. editor 1934; served in the Political Intelligence Dept., Foreign Office, 1943-4; author of Waziristan (1925) and Lord Kitchener (1939); m. 1914 Hope, daughter of C. Calthrop; d. 1963.
de Watteville, Jean Charles (known at school as Kunegold de Watteville), brother of Hermann Gaston de Watteville (q.v.); b. Dec. 23, 1881; adm. May 3, 1894 (A); exhibitioner 1894; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1900; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1906; assumed the names of Jean Charles in lieu of Kunegold; d. (date unknown).
Deakin, Sir Frederick Wilham Dampier, son of Albert Whitney Deakin of Golders Green and Bertha Mildred, d. of Benjamin Measures OBE, of Kimbolton, Hunts; b. 3 July 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left July 1931; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1931, BA 1935 (1st class hons Mod. History), MA 1938; Amy Preston res. schol. 1935-6; res. for Churchill's life of Marlborough; Fellow and lecturer Wadham Coll. Oxf. 1936-50, hon. Fellow 1961; RA 1939-45 (Col.), wounded; approved by Churchill as head of first British mission to Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia; DSO 1944; Russian Order of Valour 1944; 1st Sec. HM Embassy Belgrade 1945-6; first Warden of St Antony's Coll. Oxf. 1950, retd 1968, hon. Fellow 1968-; Chevalier Légion d'Honneur 1953; Grosse Verdienst Kreuz 1958; Radcliffe Commission 1961; Kt 1975; hon. FBA 1980; author of The Brutal Friendship: Hitler, Mussolini and the Fall of Italian Fascism 1962; The Embattled Mountain 1971; m. 1st 22 Oct. 1935 Margaret Ogilvie, d. of Rev, Sir Nicholas Beatson-Bell KCSI KCIE, Vicar of Cornish Hall End, Essex, sometime Governor of Assam; 2nd 1943 Livia Stela, d. of Liviu Nasta of Bucharest; d. 22 Jan. 2005.