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Day, Arthur Percival, youngest son of Frederick Frampton Day, of Kensington; b. May 27, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left July 1896; Christ's Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. March 21, 1896); B.A. 1899; London Hospital 1900-5; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1906; Surgeon P. & O. S. N. Co. 1908-10; practised at Colombo, Ceylon, in Assam, and later in the Isle of Wight; m. Sept. 9, 1912, Ada Janette, youngest daughter of William Morgan Baker, of South Kensington; d. Feb. 8, 1932.

Dawson, Philip John, son of Sir Philip Dawson Kt MP MICE, of Sydenham, Kent, and Lucy Hume, d. of Rev. Preb. Arthur Barwick Simpson, Rector of Fittleworth, Sussex; b. 28 Oct. 1898; adm. Sept. 1912 (G); left Dec. 1913; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1918, wounded (France) Mar. 1918, Lieut. July 1919; Lieut. Roy. Tank Corps 1920-3, Capt. 1930, retd 1937; Armament Res. Establishment Air Ministry 1938-58; OBE; m. 20 Sept. 1924 Dula Amy Waterlow, d. of A. Clifton Clapin of Tonbridge, Kent; d. 8 Feb. 1990.

Dawnay, Denys, son ofMaj.-Gen. Alan Geoffrey Charles Dawnay CBE DSO of Beaulieu, Hants, and Elizabeth, d. of John George Bulteel of Ascot, Berks; b. 26 Jan. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1938; d. 9 Feb. 1983.

Davson, Harry Miller, eldest son of Sir Henry Katz Davson, of Bayswater, by Anne Helen, daughter of Thomas Miller, of Inchbank, Perth; b. June 4, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (G); left Dec. 1887; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Feb. 12, 1892; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1895; Capt. March 15, 1900; Adjutant Jan. 5, 1907; Major June 13, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 27 - July 7, 1915; Lieut.-Col. July 8, 1915; half pay July 8, 1920; retired Jan. 8, 1921; served in the S. African War 1899-1900, and in Great War I 1914-9 on the western front; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 10, 1901, Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, May 18, Dec. 14, 1917, and Dec. 23, 1918; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; C.M.G. June 3, 1919, re-employed as interviewing officer 1939-42; Chairman of the War Memorial Committee 1945; author of the History of the 35th Division; m. Jan. 10, 1910, the Hon. Georgina Violet St. Clair, youngest daughter of Charles, 15th Baron Sinclair; d. Nov. 10, 1961.

Davison, Ronald Ian, son of Sir Ronald Conway Davison, lecturer in Economics Univ. of Lond., and his first wife Juliet Marion, d. of John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, Inverness; b. 15 Nov. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1931; Oriel Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA, MA 1959; Warden Univ. Coll. Exeter 1939-40; RASC 1940-3; staff of Brit. Council, Palestine and London, 1943- 55; Brooklands Tech. Coll., dept of management studies, lecturer 1955, head of dept. 1958; lecturer in Adult Education Univ. of Manchester 1965, Open Univ. (E. Anglia) 1971; m. 5 Aug. 1946 Cynthia Doris, d. of Maj. A. C. Whitfield of Nicosia, Cyprus; d. 9 Feb. 1983.

Davison, David Patrick, brother of Ronald Ian Davison (qv); b. 13 Feb. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (G); left Dec. 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941, BAMA 1947; KRRC 1942-5 (Capt.); Education Offi­cer Shropshire CC 1953; m. 19 Jan. 1952 Nancy Marjorie, d. of H. Carter of Budleigh Salterton, Devon.

DAVIS, WALTER STEWART, third son of William Davis, Well Close, Gloucs., landowner, and Adelaide, third dau. of Miles Stringer, Effingham Hill, Surrey; b. 23 Aug 1865; adm. (H, later G) 23 Sep 1880; left Aug 1883; joined ICS 16 Nov 1884 as Officiating Assistant District Superintendent of Police; Assistant Political Officer, Black Mountain expedition 1888, 1891-2; with Chitral Relief Force 1895-6; Political Agent and Deputy Commissioner Nov 1905; Political Agent, Bhopal 1912; retired Jul 1920; JP (1927) Gloucestershire; m. 5 Aug 1897 Georgina, youngest dau. of David Ross CIE, Dingwall, Inverness-shire; d. 6 Jan 1946.

DAVIS, RICHARD; b. 23 Jul 1855; adm. (G) 28 Sep 1865; left Mar 1870.

DAVIES, WILLIAM COWELL, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Zephaniah Davies, Vicar of Whitford, Flints., and Emma, youngest dau. of John Cowell, Margate, Kent; b. 7 Oct 1848; adm. (G) 4 Feb 1862; BB 20 Jun 1862; QS 1863; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1867, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1867, matr. Mich. 1867; ran in hurdles against Oxford 1870, 1871; BA 1871; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Apr 1871, called to bar 26 Jan 1874; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; a Chancery reporter for Incorporated Council of Law Reporting from Jun 1889; m. 1 Jun 1876 Harriet Catherine Isabel, youngest dau. of Rev. Arthur Johnson, Canonbury Square, Islington; d. 22 Nov 1911.

Davies, Tudor John, brother of Richard Racine Davies (qv); b. 10 June 1934; adm. Jan. 1948 (G); left July 1952; played golf for Wales 1954-60; Welsh amateur golf champion 1955; a chartered accountant, ACA 1961, FCA; m. 15 July 1964 Jane, d. of John Candy, med. practitioner, of Tadworth, Surrey; d. 18 Apr. 2016.