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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.

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.

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.

Cooke, Ronald Campbell, son of Campbell Cooke, of Putney, by Katherine Ursula, daughter of Percy Gordon-Smith, of Putney; b. July 28, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (R); non-resident K.S. 1908; left July 1911; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1915; served with the Red Cross in Belgium Aug.-Oct. 1914; temp. Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 11, 1916, in France and Flanders 1916-20; mentioned in despatches twice; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; D.S.O. April 2, 1919; practised at Petersfield, Hants; m. April 5, 1921, Muriel Agnes, daughter of Cuthbert Raymond, of Worcester.

Cunningham, Bertram Stephen Rowsell, brother of Francis Rowsell Cunningham (q.v.); b. July 20, 1883; adm. April 28, 1898 (R); left April 1899; adm. a solicitor June 1908; practised in London; temp. 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. Nov. 11, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 15, 1915; Capt. Aug. 1, 1915; Major April 1, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 15, 1916, and Dec. 24, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; executive officer, Ministry of Pensions; Lieut. R. A. S. C. Dec. 14, 1939; Major 10th Training Batt. R. A. S. C.; m. Nov. 23, 1915, Margaret, eldest daughter of Frederic William Atkinson, of Blackheath, Kent; d. Dec. 11, 1948.

Greig, Robert Beamish, son of Robert McGregor Turnbull Greig, of Trinidad, British West Indies, by Eileen, daughter of Robert Henry McCarthy, C.M.G., of Lampton, Middlesex; b. April 18, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.A. July 13, 1921; Lieut. July 13, 1923; Capt. July 12, 1934; Major Aug. 1, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. Feb. 24, 1944; D.S.O. (Italy) June 15, 1944; mentioned in despatches (Italy) L.G. Nov. 29, 1945; m. Dec. 19, 1929, Irene Wenban, only daughter of Percy Cragg, of Heston, Middx.

Holland, Henry William, son of Henry Holland, of Broughty Ferry, Forfar, by Wilhelmina Margareta, daughter of the Rev. William Nixon, D.D., of Montrose, Forfarshire; b. Jan. 3, 1875; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left Sept. 1891; a chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1897; F. C. A. 1921; practised in the City of London; a member of the Inns of Court V. R. C. and O. T. C. 1898-1921; Lieut.-Col. May 9, 1917; Deputy Chief Field Censor 1917-9; attached Gen. Staff at War Office 1919-20; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 22, 1915, June 15, 1916, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; T. D. 1919; Chev. Legion of Honour, 5th class, 1919; American D.S.M. 1919; Commr. Order of Aviz 1919; d. June 22, 1943

Kitson, Roland Dudley, 3rd Baron Airedale, only son of James, 1st Baron Airedale, by his second wife, Mary Laura, daughter of Edward Fisher Smith, of Dudley, Worcs; b. July 19, 1882; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (R); left July 1901; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. West Yorks Regt. April 23, 1912; Lieut. July 1, 1914; Capt. June 20, 1915; Gen. Staff Officer, 3rd grade, Sept. 20, 1916; served in France and Italy; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 11, 1917, and May 30, 1918; M.C. June 4, 1917; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; a director of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Ltd., and of the Monk Bridge Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.; a Governor of the Bank of England 1923; Deputy Governor, London Assurance Corpn.; Lieutenant of the City of London; High Sheriff of the County of London 1928; succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron March 11, 1944; m. 1st July 1, 1913, Sheila Grace, daughter of Frank Edward Vandeleur, of South Kensington; 2nd Sept. 26, 1937, Dorothy Christabel, widow of Hugh Mortimer Rodland, and 4th daughter of the Rev. Canon Raymond Pelly; d. March 20, 1958.

Lyttelton, Oliver, Viscount Chandos of Aldershot, only son of the Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, M. P., sometime Secretary of State for the Colonies, by his second wife, Edith Sophy, daughter of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. March 15, 1893; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left Easter 1906 and went to Eton; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; Lieut. Grenadier Guards July 15, 1915; temp. Capt. Oct. 18, 1915; served in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4 and Dec. 11, 1917; D.S.O., Oct. 20, 1916; M.C. July 26, 1918; played golf for Cambridge 1913; M. P. Aldershot 1940-54; Controller of Non-Ferrous Metals 1939-40; P. C. 1940; President of the Board of Trade 1940-1 and May-July 1945; Minister of State and Member of War Cabinet 1941-2; Minister of Production and Member of War Cabinet 1942-5; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1951-4; created Viscount Chandos of Aldershot Sept. 10, 1954; chairman of Associated Electrical Insudtries Ltd. 1945-51 and since 1954; m. Jan. 30, 1920, Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne, fourth daughter of George, 10th Duke of Leeds; d. 21 Jan. 1972.

Meeson, Edward Hickman Tucker, only son of Frederick Meeson, of Eastbourne, by his first wife, Emily, daughter of Frederic Andrews, of Binsted, Rants; b. Dec. 20, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (R); left April 1891; Asst. Eng. R.N. July 1, 1900; Eng.-Lieut. June 1, 1904; Eng.-Lieut.-Com. June 1, 1912; Eng.-Com. May 28, 1915; present at the action in the Heligo­land Bight Aug. 28, 1914; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1915; m. Dec. 28, 1908 Gladys May, elder daughter of George Robert Gordon Joy, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; killed in action at the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916.