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Atkinson, Geoffrey Russell, brother of Gerald Arthur Atkinson (q.v.); b. Sept. 19, 1900; adm. . Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left Easter 1915; d. 2 June 1982.

Atkinson, Gerald Arthur, son of George Louis Atkinson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of Hampton Hill, Middlesex, by Florence--; b. Feb. 25, 1899; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left Easter 1915; Flt.-Lieut. R.A.F. O. July 21, 1938; Wing Cdr.; m. Jan. 20, 1939, Dorothy Marjorie, daughter of A. Williams, of King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Austin, John, son of Edwin Austin, barrister-at-law, Town Clerk of Battersea, and Hilda Althea Austin; b. 13 Aug. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left Dec. 1924; a building consultant; RE (India) in WW2 (Capt.); m. 29 Apr. 1939 Dorothy May, d. of Col. Walter Peaston Britton MBE, of Chnstchurch, Hants; d. 30 June 1973.

Ayland, Frederick George William, son of Frederick Ayland, of Strawberry Hill, by Bertha Lydia, daughter of George West, of Twickenham; b. April 29, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Dec. 1914; in the timber trade; senior salesman of Denny, Mott and Dickson, Ltd.; director of W. R. Barton and Son, Gravesend, 1945; served with R. N. A. S. in airships during Great War I; m. July 19, 1921, Alice Irene, daughter of Arthur Britton, of Howden, Yorks; d. Feb. 25, 1961.

Badham, John Frederic, son of Major Richard Leslie Stowell Badham, of Upper Tooting, by Ada Maria, daughter of Edward Luckie, of Brighton, Sussex; b. Aug. 16, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1893; enlisted in the Royal Dragoons Oct. 1898, and served in the ranks for more than three years and a half; 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt. April 23, 1902; Lieut. Nov. 17, 1904; Adjutant April 4 - Nov. 8, 1907; employed with the West African Frontier Force 1912-8; Capt. Sept. 18, 1914; Major Jan. 29, 1917; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan 1, 1918; temp. Lieut.-Col. employed with the West African Frontier Field Force Jan. 11, 1922, Assistant Commandant June 27, 1922; Major R. Welch Fusiliers Feb. 17, 1923; Lieut.-Col. Dorset Regt. Nov. 18, 1925; served in the South African War Nov. 1899 - May 1902, in Great War I, in the Cameroons and East Africa 1914-8, and on the western front in Europe July-Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 7, 1918, and Oct. 20, 1920; D.S.O. July 27, 1918; French War Cross; m. June 21, 1918, Ruth, daughter of Graham Graham­ Parry, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. Oct. 6, 1946.

Baker, Cyril Ainslie, son of William John Baker, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Oct. 30, 1904 (H); adm. April 26, 1918; left July 1920.

Baker, Eric Robert Stuart, son of James Guy Baker, barrister, and Dorothy Gladys, d. of Edward Augustus Tapley; b. 2 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left Apr. 1935; an inspector of insurance agents; The Buffs 1942 (Maj.), later Bimbashi, Sudan Defence Force; m. 13 June 1940 Mary Catherine, d. of Eustace Tregear Stow of Boreham Wood, Herts.

Baker, Ernest Brian Hindley, eldest son of Arthur Ernest Baker, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L. D. S., of Bromley, Kent, by Agnes Flora, daughter of Charles Hugh Hindley, of Dulwich; b. Sept. 13, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); non-resident K.S. 1919, but went into College the following May; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1923, matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1932; entered the Indian Civil Service; asst. magistrate and collector, Bengal, Dec. 1927; magistrate and collector Oct. 1933; secretary, Legislative Dept., Bengal 1938; secretary, Governor of Bengal, 1940; secretary, Home Dept., Bengal 1944; district and sessions judge 1946; a principal, Ministry of Education, London, 1947; asst. secretary 1954; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1944; m. Sept. 3, 1938, Iris Margaret Douglas, elder daughter of Lieut. ­ Col. Malcolm Ker, I. M. S.

Baker, John Gilbert Hindley, son of Ernest Brian Hindley Baker (qv); b. 10 Oct. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1946; ord. deacon 1935, priest 1936 (Victoria, Hong Kong); Curate Church of Our Saviour, Canton, 1935-9, St John, Kunming 1939-46; seconded to American Mission, Hankow, 1946; Chaplain St John's Univ. Shanghai 1947-9; lecturer Union Theolog. Coll., Lingnan Univ., Canton, 1949-51; Rector of Christ Church, Guildford, Conn., USA, 1952-5; gen. sec. Overseas Council of the Church Assembly 1955; Vicar of St Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, 1955; acting director Christian Study Centre Hong Kong 1966; consecrated Bishop of Hong Kong & Macao 6 Dec. 1966; fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese; the first bishop to ordain an English woman priest; retd Hong Kong 1981; appointed Asst Bishop, Diocese of Guildford, 1983; author of The Changing Scene in China 1947; m. 1st 12 May 1941 Martha Levering, d. of Rev. Arthur Mason Sherman DD of New York; 2nd 1980 Joan Rogers, widow of Rev. Dennis Rogers of Hong Kong; d. 29 Apr. 1986.

BAKEWELL, ROBERT TURLE, second son of Robert Simpson Bakewell, Wealdstone, Middlesex, hide and colonial manufacturer, and Sarah Jane, dau. of John Turle MD, London, and niece of James Turle, Music Master at the School and Organist of Westminster Abbey; b. 8 Jan 1867; adm. (H) 27 May 1880; left Dec 1881; at Highgate Sch. Jan 1882 - Dec 1883; Univ. Coll. Hospital; MRCS, LRCP 1892; MB (London) 1894; a medical practitioner in London until retirement in 1932; OBE 5 Jun 1920; m. 22 Oct 1902 Annie Florence, fourth dau. of Robert Fell, Edgerton, Huddersfield, Yorks.; d. 24 Dec 1940.