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Anderson, Stuart Milligan, son of Kenneth Lockwood Anderson, of Kensington; b. Sept. 23, 1879; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1898; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1898; a director of the Exchange Telegraph Co.; 2nd Lieut. R. A. May 12, 1900; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1901; Capt. Dec. 3, 1910; Instructor Field Artillery Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Feb. 27, 1912; Major R. A. Oct. 30, 1914; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1918; retired with hon. rank of Brig.-Gen. March 30, 1920; mentioned in despatches L. G. Nov. 5, 1915, Jan. 4 and Dec. 28, 1917, May 20 and Dec. 31, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; American D.S.M., and Legion of Honour, 5th class; m. 1912 Alexandra, daughter of C. Barbu Janescu, of Bucharest; d. May 23, 1954.

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.

Badham, John Frederic, son of Major Richard Leslie Stowell Badham, of Upper Tooting, by Ada Maria, daughter of Edward Luckie, of Brighton, Sussex; b. Aug. 16, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1893; enlisted in the Royal Dragoons Oct. 1898, and served in the ranks for more than three years and a half; 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt. April 23, 1902; Lieut. Nov. 17, 1904; Adjutant April 4 - Nov. 8, 1907; employed with the West African Frontier Force 1912-8; Capt. Sept. 18, 1914; Major Jan. 29, 1917; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan 1, 1918; temp. Lieut.-Col. employed with the West African Frontier Field Force Jan. 11, 1922, Assistant Commandant June 27, 1922; Major R. Welch Fusiliers Feb. 17, 1923; Lieut.-Col. Dorset Regt. Nov. 18, 1925; served in the South African War Nov. 1899 - May 1902, in Great War I, in the Cameroons and East Africa 1914-8, and on the western front in Europe July-Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 7, 1918, and Oct. 20, 1920; D.S.O. July 27, 1918; French War Cross; m. June 21, 1918, Ruth, daughter of Graham Graham­ Parry, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. Oct. 6, 1946.

Balfour, Arthur Montague, eldest son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Oct. 15, 1868; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (R); left July 1887; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. Lent 1889; served in Great War I; Lieut.-Col. R. F. A.; D.S.O.; d. April 20, 1936.

Balfour, Christopher Egerton, third son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Aug. 14, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left Nov. 1889; 2nd Lieut. King's Royal Rifle Corps May 24, 1893; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1896; A.D.C. to Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. W. G. Lyttelton, March 28, 1900; Capt. Jan. 13, 1901; served in the South African War 1899-1901, and was in Ladysmith during the siege; D.S.O. Sept. 27, 1901; m. Oct. 28, 1902, Dorothy, eldest daughter of Gerald Paget; d. Aug. 29, 1907.

Barnes, Sir Reginald Walter Ralph, son of the Rev. Reginald Henry Barnes, Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, by Fanny Mary Emily, daughter of William Nation, of Rockbeare, Devon; b. April 13, 1871; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1886; 2nd Lieut. 4th Hussars (from the Militia) Dec. 31, 1890; Lieut. May 10, 1894; Adjutant May 20, 1896 - May 19, 1900; Capt. Dec. 31, 1899; Major 17th Lancers July 17, 1907; Lieut.-Col. 10th Hussars Feb. 4, 1911; Col. June 15, 1914; temp. Brig.-Gen. April 9, 1915 - Nov. 21, 1916; temp. Major-Gen. Nov. 22, 1916; Major-Gen. June 3, 1918; Col. 4th Hussars Jan. 18, 1919; retired April 1, 1921; served with the Spanish army in the Cuban insurrection 1895, in the South African War as Adjutant Imperial Light Horse 1899-1900, with the Remount Department, and as Lieut­Col. 2nd Imperial Yeomanry 1900-2, and was severely wounded; on the western front in Great War I, he was twice wounded, in Oct. and Nov. 1914; commanded 11th Brigade 1915-6, 32nd Division 1916-7, and 57th Division 1917-9; mentioned in despatches L. G. April 16, 1901, June 15, 1916, Jan. 4 and Dec. 11, 1917, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918, and July 5, 1919; D.S.O. Nov. 29, 1900; C. B. June 3, 1916; K.C. B. June 3, 1919; French War Cross with Palms; commanded West Lancashire Division 1919-21; retired April 1, 1921; m. Aug. 28, 1919, Gunilla, widow of C. D. Wijk; d. Dec. 19, 1946.

Barrington-Ward, Robert McGowan, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. Feb. 23, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; Mure Scholar 1907; Capt. of the School 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1909; Ball. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; 1st class Classical Moderations 1911; President, Oxford Union Society, 1912; B.A. 1913; Tancred Student, Lincoln's Inn, 1911, called to the bar May 14, 1919; Editorial Secretary of The Times 1913; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Aug. 21, 1914; Gen. Staff Officer Feb. 3, 1917; temp. Major July 13, 1918; served in France and Flanders; wounded at Bullecourt May 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1 and June 15, 1916, Dec. 11, 1917; M.C. Jan. r, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; Asst. Editor of The Observer 1919-27; of The Times 1927-34; Deputy Editor of The Times 1934-41; Editor 1941; a Governor of the School 1946; Hon. Fellow of Ball. Coll. Oxon. 1947; author of A Memoir and Selected Addresses of James Gow, Litt. D. (1924), and other works; m. Dec. 1, 1926, Margaret Adele, only daughter of Evasis Hampden Radice, C. I. E.; d. on a cruise at Dar-es-Salaam Feb. 29, 1948. See Diet. Nat. Biog. 1941-50, p. 64.

Barrington-Ward, Sir (Victor) Michael, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. July 17, 1887; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; left July 1904; Edin. Univ.; 1st class Engineering and B.Sc. 1907; assist. to engineer, Midland Railway, 1907, assist. to Gen. Supt. 1914; Director of Railway Operations, Ministry of Transport, 1919-22; District Supt. L. N. E. R. 1922-27; Supt. (Western Section) L. N. E. R. 1927-39, (Southern Area) 1939-42; assist. General Manager 1942-5; Divisional General Manager 1945-7; a member of the Railway Executive 1947-53; Chairman, Operating Committee, Railway Executive Committee, 1938-45; served in. Great War I; Capt. 11th (Serv.) Batt. South Lancs Regt. Oct. 14, 1914; Major R.E. June 2, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1919; mentioned in despatches L.G. Oct. 20, 1916, Jan. 4 and Dec. 14, 1917, May 21, 1918; D.S.O. Oct. 20, 1916; Croix de Guerre avec Palmes Dec. 1918; C.B.E. June 14, 1945; K.C.V.O. June 5, 1952; m. 1st Nov. 25, 1920, Barbara, only daughter of John Taylor Pilling, of Wolverley Court, Worcs.; 2nd 1938 Isobel, elder daughter of Stanley James Kerfoot, M.R.C.S., of Clifton, Bristol; d. 28 July 1972.

Bell, William Cory Heward, son of William Heward Bell, of Seend, Wilts, by Hannah, eldest daughter of W. Cory, of London; b. Oct. 21, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1889; left Jan. 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Aug. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Nov. 2, 1895; Lieut. Nov. 2, 1898; Capt. Nov. 19, 1901; served in the South African War 1902; retired on half-pay Aug. 23, 1911; rejoined on mobilization Aug. 3, 1914, and in Nov. following went out to the western front, where he served with the Artillery of the 1st Div. until Jan. 1919; Major Nov. 16, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 22, 1917, placed in Reserve of Officers Dec. 29, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1917; Croix de Guerre 1918; M. P. Wilts (Devizes) Dec. 1918 - Nov. 1923; High Sheriff of Wilts 1932; D. L. Wilts 1952; m. 1903, Violet Mary, daughter of Capt. James Devereux Bowley, R.E.; d. Feb. 25, 1961.

Bittleston, Kenneth George, eldest son of Col. George Hastings Bittleston, R. A., of Tavistock, Devon, by Edith Caroline, daughter of Lawrence James Baker, of Eastleigh, Rants; b. May 10, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left Oct. 1899; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Dec. 24, 1902, Lieut. Dec. 24, 1905, Remount Officer March 13, 1907 - March 31, 1909, Staff Officer for Remounts April 1, 1909 - March 13, 1911; retired May 3, 1911; Capt. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 5, 1914; Major Nov. 16, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the western front with the 4th Div. Aug. 21, 1914 - Dec. 15, 1915, and with the 34th Div. Jan. 10, 1916 - Nov. 22, 1916, and in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 8, 1917 - Oct. 31, 1913; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, Jan. 22, 1919, and June 5, 1919; D.S.O. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 21, 1907, Alice Katharine, youngest daughter of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, M. P.; d. June 10, 1946.