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Palmer, John Whicher, son of Percy Allan Palmer, M.R.C.S., of Battersea, by Agnes Charlotte, daughter of Patrick Ronald McAllister, of Skerries, Ireland; b. June 30, 1905; adm. Sept. 26. 1918 (R); left July 1923; Lond. Univ.; B.Sc. 1926; an industrial engineer; Lieut. (O.M.E.) Indian Army Sept. 21, 1940 with seniority from Sept. 9, 1935; Major Indian Army Ordnance Corps; d. 18 Dec. 1983.

Page, Sir Charles Max, son of Charles Page, of Rye, Sussex, by Mary, daughter of George Sager, of Edinburgh; b. Sept. 2, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left July 1901; Lond. Univ.; M.B. and B.S. 1906; M.S. 1908; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1906; Bristowe Medal 1907; F.R.C.S. 1908; M.A. 1945; surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital; served in France 1914-9, acting Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C. March 26, 1918; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 22, 1915, May 25 and Dec. 30, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1919; author of a Medical Field Service Handbook (1918), and The Treatment of Fractures and Dislocations (1924); Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons, 1934; Col. R.A.M.C. Sept. 1946; consulting surgeon to the army; Major-General; K.B.E. Jan 1, 1946; C.B. Jan 1, 1944; Officer of the Legion of Honour 1948; Robert Jones Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons 1951; a Busby Trustee 1955; Master of the O.W.W. Masonic Lodge, 1921; m. April 5, 1913, Helen Alicia, only daughter of Sir Thomas William Holderness, Bart., G.C.B., K.C.S.I.; d. Aug. 3, 1963.

Oxley, Geoffrey Harold, son of Harold Oxley, stockbroker, of Sewardstonebury, Essex, and Lillian Tracey Butler; b. 29 Mar. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1929; a stockbroker 1944-52; investment man. Wm Brandt Sons & Co. 1952, dir. 1969, retd from board 1975; a consultant and private co. director 1975-; m. 1st 14 Feb. 1942 Mary Beatrice, d. of John E. Foreman, med. practitioner, of Southbourne, Hants; 2nd 3 Sept. 1960 Gillian Iris Judd, d. of Capt. Gerald A. G. Young, of I. of Wight; d. 14 Sept. 1990.

OWEN, WILLIAM, only son of Sir Richard Owen KCB FRS FRCS, Hunterian Professor, Royal Coll. of Surgeons, and Caroline Amelia, only dau. of William Clift FRS, Hampstead Road, Middlesex, Curator of Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, and naturalist; b. 6 Oct 1837; adm. 25 Sep 1847 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1852; Clerk, Foreign Office, from Dec 1854; m. 5 Jan 1867 Sarah Emily Fretwell, eldest dau. of Richard R. Frecheville; drowned at Kingston, Surrey 14 Mar 1886.

OUSELEY, WILLIAM WHELER JASPER, son of Col. Joseph Walker Jasper Ouseley, EICS Bengal, Oriental Professor at Fort William Coll., Calcutta, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Palmer, Chaplain EICS Bengal; b. 8 Mar 1835; adm. 14 Feb 1849 (Rigaud's); junior officer, Merchant Service; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1854; Ensign, 28 Jun 1854; 22nd Native Infantry, 16 Jan 1855; Lieut., 1 Dec 1855-7; a sheep farmer in New Zealand; d. 1868.

Osgood, Hamilton, son of George L. Osgood of Cambridge, Mass., USA, and June, d. of Horace O. Bright of Cambridge, Mass.; b. 4 Sept. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1925; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925; man. dir. Raleigh Industries of America; Maj. USAF in WW2, liaison officer with French Air Force; m. 12 July 1928 Helga Diana, d. of Edward Francis Gray, HM Consul­ General Boston, Mass.; d. 1 July 1997.

Osborne, Eric Nathan, son of Frederic Louis Osborne of Ealmg and Irene Eulalie Augustine, d. of Arthur van Humbeck of St Helier, Jersey; b. 16 Nov. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1930; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), despatches Jan. 1945; an insurance broker, ACII FCIB; m. 25 Mar. 1937 Peggy, d. of Walter le Seelleur of St Helier; d. 27 Feb. 1979

Ormerod, Claude Oliver, son of Charles Ormerod MD MRCS LRCP, of Epsom, Surrey; b. 31 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left July 1924.

Oldak, Peter Vladimir Arthur, son of Felix Oldak, civil engineer, and Violet Clara, d. of Felix Wagner, art dealer, of Hampstead; b. 28 May 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (R); left Apr. 1935; Roy. Fusiliers 1939-45 (Maj.); a chartered accountant, ACA 1947, FCA 1957; Clerk to the Horners' Company 1983; m. 1 Sept. 1952 Winifred Maud, d. of William Martin of Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin; d. 2 May 2001.

Odhams, David Valentine Lynch, son of Ernest Lynch Odhams, BBC employee, and Frances Louise, d. of Lancelot Crozier of Delhi; b. 4 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left July 1939; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.); Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, rowed against Oxford 1949, BA 1949, MA 1953; Bird & Co. Calcutta, later Vancouver Wharves Ltd, BC, Canada; m. 30 Aug. 1952 Fay, d. of Norman Henry Anderson Jordan of Bridlington, Yorks; d. 6 Aug. 2007