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Denison, Christopher; son of John Edmund Denison, of Bekesbourne, Kent, by Maude Forster; b. March 11, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (R); left April 1919; joined the R.A.F. with his great friend at school, Charles William Anderson Scott (q.v.), in 1922; posted in 1926 to an aircraft carrier at Malta and killed in a flying accident there.

Depree, Charles Newton, brother of Sidney Barron Depree (q.v.); b. Sept. 17, 1890; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (R); left Easter 1905; served in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Feb. 10, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 6, 1917.

Depree, Sidney Barron, son of Arthur Oliver and Jane Elizabeth Marian Depree, of Notting Hill; b. Sept. 29, 1885; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1903; St. Mary's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1913; served in Great War I as Capt. R.A.M.C.; in practice at Blackpool, Lancs. to 1928, and then at Hove, Sussex; adm. to the Middle Temple May 15, 1929; m. Jan. 6. 1914; Ellen, daughter of James William Turner, of Seven Kings, Essex.

Derry, Douglas Charles Lawford, son of Arthur Douglas Derry, of Hampstead, by Winifred Lawford, of Croydon; b. Aug. 15, 1893; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left Easter 1911; A. R. l. B.A. 1919; St. Thomas's Hospital and London Univ.; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1928; M.B., B.Sc. 1930; pathologist to the Medical and Surgical Units, St. Thomas's Hospital; m. Aug. 14. 1926, Margaret Penelope, daughter of James Gall Gerrard, of South Nutfield, Surrey.

Derry, Everard Gover, brother of Douglas Charles Lawford Derry (q.v.); b. March 28, 1898; adm. April 26, 1912 (R); left July 1913; AC. A. 1925, but abandoned practice and became pastor of an undenominational church; m. June 2, 1926, Ruth Mary, daughter of Cyril M. Swannell, of Felixstowe, Suffolk; d. 21 Aug. 1984.

Derry, Oscar Arthur, brother of Douglas Charles Lawford Derry (q.v.); b. Oct. 23, 1894; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left July 1912; served with the 5th Batt. of the Dorset Regt. 1914-6; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 23, 1915; wounded and relinquished his commission on account of ill health Nov. 3, 1916; a tobacco planter in S. Rhodesia; returned to England and became a company director; m. 1st July 5, 1924, Alice Elaine, daughter of Cuthbert Vaux, of Sanderstead, Surrey; 2nd Oct. 11, 1931, Mary Beryl, daughter of William Charles Loosemore, of Purley, Surrey; d. 1973.

Devereux, Almeric Clifford Eustace, son of Maj. William Charles Devereux MB of Tewkesbury, Gloucs, and Ethel Mary, d. of Thomas Phillips of Kemerton Court, Tewkesbury; b. 21 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left July 1923; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1931; 2nd Lieut. RA Feb. 1926, Lieut. Feb. 1929, Capt. June 1937, Maj. Feb. 1943, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1949, Col. Apr. 1952; CRA 49th Armoured Divn (TA) 1951-4; CO 64th AA Bde 1954, Brigadier Apr. 1956; CO Plymouth Garrison 1957; retd Nov. 1957; m. 20 Apr. 1938 Jeanne Evelyn, d. of John Mervvn Dallas Wrench CIE, Indian State Railway Service, of Sherborne St John, Hants; d. 22 Apr. 1980.

Devereux, David William Mervyn, son of Almeric Clifford Eustace Devereux (qv); b. 1 Mar. 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (R); left July 1959; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. 1959, BA 1962; Carnegie-Mellon Univ. USA 1969-72, MSc; man. dir. C. & J. Clark (S. Africa) Ltd. 1972; subsequently man. dir. Clarks Overseas Shoes Ltd.; m. Dec. 1962 Jacqueline Wood; d. 12 Oct. 1988.

DEVEY, ARTHUR CHARLES, youngest son of Charles Hill Devey, and Charlotte Pierrepont, dau. of George Pollard (IGI); b. 11 Nov 1866; adm. from Tonbridge Sch. (R) 26 Jan 1881; left Dec 1882; went to King’s Coll. London; a bleaching engineer; AMIEE; member, Society of Chemical Industry; resident in Paris.

Devis, Paul James, son of Alexandre Georges Devis, steel merchant, of Uccle, Belgium, and Elsie Barbara, d. of James Loft Churchman of Menton, France; b. 20 Feb. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (R); left July 1951; d. 1971.