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O'Brien, Richard Frederick Charles, son of the Rev. Philip Stephen O'Brien, D.D., Vicar of Camden Church, Camberwell, Surrey, by Eleanor Marsden, daughter of . John L. Reeves, of Cork, Ireland; b. Dec. 7, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (A); left. July 1899; Corpus Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1904; entered the Civil Service 1905; 2nd Lieut. Inns of Court O.T.C.; Lieut. Feb. 28, 1912; Capt. Aug. 22, 1917; temp. Lieut.-CoL 2nd City of London Yeomanry; served in France 1916; invalided; mentioned in despatches; an officer of the Trade Boards Division, Ministry of Labour; d. April 27, 1956.

O'Flynn, Albert John Gladstone Dillon, son of John James Dillon O'Flynn, of Kensington, by Elizabeth Louisa, eldest daughter of George William Lowe, of Southampton, Hants; b. Feb. 27, 1887; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left July 1903; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1906; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Oct. 9, 1907; Lieut. Oct. 9, 1910; Capt. Oct. 7, 1914; Major Nov. 30, 1914; served at Cape Town, South Africa, at the beginning of Great War 1; went out to the western front Aug. 1, 1915; invalided Sept. 15, 1918; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1918; M.C. June 3, 1918; m. June 29, 1915, Justine Lina, second daughter of James Lionel Truter, of Kimberley, magistrate, of South Africa; d. 1948.

O'Flynn, D'Arcy Algernon Cuthbert Dillon, brother of Albert John Gladstone Dillon O'Flynn (q.v.); b. Nov. 12, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); left July 1902; went to Canada Dec. 1906, and became a farmer; enlisted in 47th Batt. Canadian Infantry May 1915; Sgt. Dec. 1915; went out to the western front July 1916; d. Nov. 11, 1916, of wounds received in action the previous day at Courcellette, Somme, France; unrn.

Ogilvie, Alan Grant, only son of Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, C.B., LL.D., of South Kensington, by Sarah, daughter of Alexander Ogston Gill, of Fairfield, Aberdeenshire; b. July 3, 1887; adm. from George Watson's Coll. Edinburgh April 30, 1903 (A); left July 1906; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; M.A. 1913; B.Sc. 1915; Albert Kahn Travelling Fellow 1914-5; chief of the Hispanic-American Division of the American Geo­graphical Society, New York, 1920-3; Lecturer in Geography, Edinburgh Univ. 1923-4; Reader 1924-31; Professor from 1931; hon. sec. of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society 1925-41 and president 1946-50; president of the Institute of British Geographers 1951-2; awarded the Cuthbert Peek Grant of the Royal Geographical Society 1915 and the Milne­ Edwards Medal of the Paris Geographical Society 1923; F.R.S.E.; 2nd Lieut. 7th London Brigade R.F.A. Aug. 21, 1911; Lieut. Aug. 26, 1914; Capt. June 1, 1916; served in France, the Dardanelles, and Salonika; mentioned in despatches; M.B.E. June 7, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; Serbian Order of White Eagle 1917; author of Geography of the Central Andes (1922), and other works; m. Jan. 23, 1919, Evelyn Decima, youngest daughter of the Rev. George Edward Willes, Rector of Calverton, Bucks; d. Feb. 10, 1954.

Oldfield, Brian Thomas, son of Lawrence George Oldfield FCA, and Edith Mary Emma, d. of Thomas Blain Finlayson; b. 15 Oct. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (A); left Dec. 1933; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, BA 1939, MA 1943; m. 6 Dec. 1946 Stella May, d. of B. T. Marshall of Hailsham, Sussex; d. 6 May 1957.

Oldfield, John Edwin Vyvyan, brother of Reginald Cecil Oldfield (q.v.); b. June 22, 1894; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left Dec. 1910; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.G.A. Jan. 23, 1918; a chartered secretary; F.C.I.S. April 1937; Great War II; Maj. R.A. (T.A.) Jan. 1940; T.D. April 1950.

Oldfield, Reginald Cecil, son of George William Oldfield, of Kensington, by Ada, daughter of Edwin Oldham, Town Clerk of Stockport, Cheshire; b. Sept. 17, 1891; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (A); left July 1908; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. Feb. 20, 1915; Lieut. June 1, 1916; acting Capt. Feb. 7, 1918; served in France and Belgium Aug. 1916 - Jan. 1919; wounded at Laventie May 1917; formerly engaged in the coal trade at Birmingham; m. June 7, 1934, Kathleen Mary, daughter of Frank Tyrrell Bakewell Edkins, of Matlock, Derbyshire.

Oliver, George Younger, son of James Oliver, M.D., of Bloomsbury, by Mary Jane, daughter of George Younger, of Warkworth, Northumberland; b. June 28, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (A); left July 1906; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1912; 2nd Lieut. 7th Lond. Brigade R.F.A. June 8, 1910; Lieut. June 22, 1913; Capt. June 1, 1916; Hon. Major; served in Great War I; d. 1946.

Oliver, James Stuart, brother of George Younger Oliver (q.v.); b. June 15, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left Dec. 1906; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) July 19, 1916; acting Capt. Sept. 5, 1917; Lieut. Jan. 19, 1918; m. Jan. 2, 1915, Helen Marjory, elder daughter of Addison M. Potter, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Oliver, Jocelyn Taunton, son of Edwin Oliver of Strawberry Hill and Gertrude Kent, d. of Riley Carr; b. 11 Jan. 1904; adm. Jan. 1919 (A); left Dec. 1920; asst editor OUP 1925-36; prod. man. William Collins & Sons 1936-40, Faber & Faber 1940-1; RAFVR 1941-5 (PO); editor Lutterworth Press 1946-51, Thomas Nelson & Sons 1951; m. 19 July 1933 Nancie Cecil Elspeth, d. of Norman Hallett of Lymington, Hants.; d. 16 Aug. 1993.