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Strange, Richard Fairbrother, son of Lieut.-Col. Edward Fairbrother Strange, of South Kensington, by Margaret Elisabeth, daughter of Walter Scott Coward; b. July 3, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1921; Pilot Officer (Equipment) R.A.F.V.R. June 1, 1940; Flying-Officer July 24, 1941; Flight Lieut. Sept. 1, 1942; d. 23 Mar. 1983.

STRANGE, JAMES NEWBOROUGH, son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv), and his second wife; b. 2 Oct 1812; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; left 1827; entered Royal Navy 18 Apr 1827; Lieut., 23 Feb 1839; Cdr., 30 Mar 1842; Capt., 10 Jan 1854; Rear-Adm., 10 Sep 1869; retd. 1 Apr 1870; Vice-Adm., 22 Mar 1876; Adm., 9 Jan 1880; served in Niger expedition 1840-1; m. 15 Jan 1846 Charlotte Maria, youngest dau. of George Eyre, Bramshaw, Wilts.; d. 1 Nov 1894.

Straker, Henry Palmer, son of Frank Arthur Straker FIA, of Finchley, and Clara Bell, d. of Henry Clay Palmer of Virginia, USA; b. 27 Aug. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1938; asst master Diocesan Coll. Rondebosch, S. Africa, 1935-6; announcer SABC Cape Town 1937-8; joined BBC 1938; Roy. Berks Regt 1941-5 (Maj.); BBC New York Office, seconded Colonial Office 1950-4 to advise on broadcasting in the West Indies; chief asst Light Programme BBC 1957-66, retd July 1966; d. 30 Apr. 1993.

Strain, William Stewart, brother of John Loudon Strain (qv); b. 15 Aug. 1904; adm. Sept. 1917 (A), non-res. KS 1918; left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1949; asst master Canford Sch. 1927, housemaster 1938-47; retd 1953; d. 19 Nov. 1989.

Strain, Ronald Loudon, brother of John Loudon Strain (qv); b. 30 Aug. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1927; drowned at Bude, Cornwall, 4 Aug. 1927.

Strain, Malcolm Kenneth, brother of John Loudon Strain (qv); b. 30 Dec. 1912; adm. May 1927 (A); left Apr. 1930; RASC 1939-45, attd Roy. Signals Egypt and Italy; ICI Plastics Divn, later P & O Shipping Co.; retd 1978; m. 8 Jan. 1953 Pamela Jane Steel, teacher, d. of Francis George Steel, Lloyd's insurance agent; d. Feb. 2004.

Strain, Ernest Douglas, brother of John Loudon Strain (qv); b. 20 Aug. 1906; adm. Apr. 1920 (A); left Apr. 1925; RAFVR (A & SD) 1940-5 (Flt Lieut.), despatches June 1942 and Jan. 1945; mem­ber Lond. Stock Exchange 1932-48; sec. Roy. Ashdown Golf Club 1952-62; m. 11 June 1932 Marjorie, d. of Edwin Arrowsmith of Cheltenham; d. 11 July 1985.

Strain, Alan Gordon, brother of John Loudon Strain (qv); b. 1 Dec. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (A); left July 1933; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; Sgt Army Educational Corps; d. on active service 10 Aug. 1943.

Alan Gordon Strain was born at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey on the 1st of December 1914 the fifth and youngest son of Dr. William Loudon Strain MD CM and Dorothy Maud (nee Savory) Strain of 4, Hove Court, Raymond Road, Wimbledon in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from January 1928 to July 1933. He matriculated for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1934 and was awarded a BA in 1937. On leaving university he went to work as a school teacher at Collington Rise Preparatory School, Bexhill-on-Sea in Sussex.
He enlisted in the Army Educational Corps where he rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was taken ill and was in a hospital at Epsom for three months before he died.
His brother, Captain John Loudon Strain OW, Royal Garrison Artillery, was killed in action on the 31st of July 1917.
He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium Block I, Grave 363.