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Beyts, Nicholas MacDonald, brother of Anthony Grant Ayerst Beyts (qv); b. 18 Mar. 1917; adm. Sept. 1929 (R), KS Jan. 1932; Capt. of the school 1934; left July 1935; BNC Oxf., matric. 1935; boxed against Cambridge 1937-9; threw the javelin against Cambridge 1939; ICI Northwich 1939; RAF 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr); ICI India 1948-58; Brit. Nylon Spinners 1958-60; Alfred Lockhart Ltd 1960, dir. 1964; m. 16 Aug. 1947 Judith Kathleen Marie, d. of Charles Gordon Joseph, lecturer, Univ. of Cambridge; d. 18 July 2008.

Birch, Guy Stanley Maitland, son of Ernest Charles Birch, Prof. of Music, of Portsmouth; b. 15 Aug. 1910; adm. May 1924 (R); left Dec. 1926; adm. a solicitor April 1933; legal staff of Southern Railway 1933, later Brit. Transport Commission; OBE 1960; Chief Solicitor Lond. Transport 1966; 2nd Lieut. RE (TA) 1937, RA 1940-5 (Capt.); TD; m. 1st 28 Aug. 1937 Denise Adrienne Josephine, d. of Hugo Goldie of Bournemouth; 2nd Margaret, d. of John F. Stewart of Edin­burgh; 3rd 1 Nov. 1978 Philippa Quentrill; d. 12 May 1986.

Blaker, Richard Kenyon Godby, son of Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1925; asst export man. Standard Tel. & Cables Ltd; m. 18 Nov. 1939 Irene Grace. d. of Wilfred Noel Skey of Beckenham, Kent; d. 7 Apr. 1967.

Bliss, Douglas Arthur, son of Herbert Alfred Bliss ACA, of Norbury, and Janet Ellen, d. of Walter McDougall of Streatham; b. 31 May 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1934; Gloster Regt 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) May 1945; RAF Regt 1950, Sqdn Ldr 1952, retd Mar. 1958; m. 22 Jan. 1955 Madeleine Winifred, d. of G. W. Webb of Epsom Downs, Surrey; d. Oct. 2006.

Bliss, John Mac Humberstone, brother of Douglas Arthur Bliss (qv); b. 4 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; RE in WW2; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948; asst master Brentwood Sch. 1949; Allhallows Sch., Devon, 1949- 71, housemaster 1958-71; d. 6 Nov. 2003.

Blaker, Guy Stewart, son of Harry Rowsell Blaker (q.v.); b. March 29, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left Aug. 1922; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; adm. a solicitor March 1929; in practice at Henley-on-Thames; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Oct. 25, 1941; m. Nov. 18, 1933, Dawn Lretitia Prudence, daughter of Major J. H. Watson, of Henley-on­Thames.

Blaker, Harry Rowsell, elder son of Harry Campbell Blaker, of Bexhill, Sussex, solicitor, by Edith, daughter of the Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, Canon of Westminster; b. Oct. 31, 1872; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left July 1891; adm. a solicitor April 1898, practised at Henley-on­Thames, co. Oxon.; President of the Law Society 1934-5; m. April 25, 1901, Leila Beatrice, youngest daughter of Col. Arthur Ford, C. B., of St. Peter's, Thanet; d. March 30, 1953.

Blakstad, Erik Clark, son of Bjorn Blakstad of West Hartlepool; b. 28 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1925; comm. dir. FPT Industries Ltd (Westland Group); m. 3 Oct. 1939 Kathleen, d. of Capt. T. C. Tose of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham·, d. 11 Mar. 1978.

Boggis-Rolfe, Douglass Horace, brother of Edward Francis Boggis-Rolfe (q.v.); b. Nov. 20, 1874; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1890; called to the bar at the Middle Temple 1897; Assist. District Auditor Local Govt. Board, 1903, District Auditor 1904; Secretary, Nat. Insurance Audit Dept. 1912; Chief Auditor, Ministry of Health, 1918; Govt. representative, Hire Claims Committee, 1918-25; Assist. Auditor, Maritime Service of the Reparation Commission 1920, Director 1921 (Paris); Secretary Gen. Delegation of the Committee of Guarantees (Berlin) 1922-25; Manager, Export Credits Dept. (Dept. of Overseas Trade), 1924; retired 1926; Master of the Woolmen's Company 1925; Alderman, London County Council 1928-34; m. June 29, 1909, Maria Maud, only daughter of Capt. Christopher William Bailey, of Moorock, King's County, Ireland; d. 14 June 1966.

Boggis-Rolfe, Paul, brother of Hume Boggis-Rolfe (qv); b. 5 Dec. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1929; Sorbonne Univ. and St Cyr Military Academy; KSLI 1935, Lieut. (SR) 1937; transf. to Intell. Corps Apr. 1942 (Maj.); HM For. Service, Vice-Consul Barcelona 1948, retd 1952; chairman Herring Daw SA, France; Master Pewterers' Company 1987; m. 1st 22 Jan. 1937 Juliette, d. of Maj. Norman McLeod; 2nd 4 June 1949 Anne Verena, d. of Lieut.-CoI. Richard Haliburton Collins of Bury St Edmund's; d. 19 June 1988.