Ellis, Jack Gilbey, son of Alfred Arthur Ellis, of Regents Park; b. Jan. 21, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left July 1916.
Elliot, Herbert Hugh, son of Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot, author, of Chislehurst, Kent, and Rose Maud, d. of N. Chesterfield; b. 3 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left 1927; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1930; PO RAFVR June 1942; m. 1939 Kate Marjorie, d. of Rev. Vernon Iles of South Marston, Wilts; killed in an air accident in Kenya 13 July 1942.
Herbert Hugh Elliot was born at Hove, West Sussex on the 3rd of June 1909 the only son of Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot, an author, and Rosa Maud (nee Chesterfield) Elliot of 15, Bede House, Manor Fields, Putney. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1921 to 1927 and was a member of the Chess team in 1925 and 1926. He matriculated for Trinity College, Cambridge where he was admitted as an Entrance Exhibitioner on a Westminster Exhibition on the 1st of October 1927. He was awarded a BA in 1930.
He was married in south London in 1939 to Kate Marjorie (nee Iles) of “Abbots Cot”, Bourne End in Buckinghamshire. He was elected as a member of the London Rowing Club in 1932. He was elected as a member of the committee in 1938 and rowed in the Thames Cup in 1937, 1938 and 1939.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an Observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 12th of October 1941.
Herbert Elliott and his crew took off on the 13th of July 1942 in Blenheim Mk IV V5869 with two other Blenheims from the unit to practice low level attacks. They had been briefed that they were not to fly below 50 feet. The aircraft was making a mock attack on a vehicle on the Isiolo to Marsabit road, near Nanyuki in Kenya when it struck a tree and crashed at 10.45am killing all on board.
The crew was:-
Sergeant Lyndley Dawson Craven RAAF (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Herbert Hugh Elliott (Observer)
Flying Officer Eric Arthur Main (Pilot)
A telegram was sent to D, H. Hopgood dated the 15th April 1942: - “Deeply regret to inform you that Pilot Officer Herbert Hugh Elliott is reported to have lost his life as he result of an aircraft accident on 13/7/42. The Air Council express their profound sympathy. His wife has been informed.”
The accident was attributed to pilot having disobeyed his orders as the aircraft was seen to descend below 50 feet while making its dummy attack. As a result of the accident the unit was ordered not to fly below 100 feet during future exercises of the same type.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Trinity College, Cambridge and on the memorial at the London Rowing Club.
He is buried at Nanyuki War Cemetery Row 1 Grave 34.
Eldridge, Basil Edgar, son of the Rev. Philip Xenophon Eldridge, of Upper Tooting; b. Feb. 9, 1887; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); left Dec. 1903; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1914; ord. deacon 1916, priest 1917 (Southwark); Curate of St. James, Bermondsey, Surrey, 1916-20, of All Saints, Tufnell Park, 1921-2, and of Tonbridge, Kent, 1923-6; Vicar of Crowborough, Sussex, 1926-36, of Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey, 1936-41, and of St. Mark, New Milverton, Warwickshire, 1942-52; Rector of Great Holland, Essex, 1952; m. July 3, 1923, Enid Ethel Waterfall; d. 7 May 1979.
Ekin, Roger Gillies, son of Col. Tom Charles Ekin TA MICE, and Emily Mary, d. of Maj. Alfred Phillips IA; b. 18 Nov. I 895; adm. Sept. 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912; RMC Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. IA Oct. 1914, Capt. Oct. 1918, Maj. Oct. 1932; Brevet Lieut.-Col. July 1936, Col. July 1939, Briga dierJune 1941, acting Maj.-Gen. Mar. 1946; served Palestine 1916-9, Waziristan 1919-21, NW Frontier 1930, 1938 and 1940; OC 5 Battn Frontier Force Rifles 1937-40, Tactical Sch. India 1940-1, 46 Infantry Bde Burma 1942, Nowshera Bde 1942-5, Kohat Bde 1945-6; GOC Bihar and Orissa 1946- 7, retd 1947; despatches five times, CIE June 1946; sec. Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance 1947-61; m. 1st 15 May 1923 Phyllis Marian, d. of Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Leycester Croker KCB CMG of Donyland House, Essex; 2nd 8 Mar. 1972 Mona, widow of Etienne Bruno de Hamel of Tamworth, Staffs; d. 6 Mar. 1990.
Egerton, George Julian, son of Emanuel Emanuel, of Bayswater, by Kate, daughter of M. Levin, of Prince's Square, Bayswater; b. Feb. 19, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (H); left Dec. 1885; at Dover Coll. 1886-8; a member of Lloyds; assumed the name of Egerton in lieu of Emanuel; d. about 1961.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM BRUCE DALLAS, son of Rev. William Walter Edwards, Rector of St. Olave’s, Southwark, Surrey, and Flora Grace, dau. of John Philip Grant Dallas, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, London; b. 8 May 1867; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1881-2; adm. (H) 22 Sep 1882; left Dec 1883; Associate, Royal Coll. Science, London; Demonstrator in Science at the School Jan 1890 - Jul 1891; Assistant Superintendent, Geological Survey of India 1891-4; HM Inspector of Secondary Schools 1894-1927; m. 1 Jun 1911 Edith May, dau. of Frank William Trayler, Spalding, Lincs.; d. Sep 1944.
Edwards, Walter Maurice Dallas, brother of William Bruce Dallas Edwards (q.v.); b. June 23, 1874; adm. from the City of London School Jan. 16, 1890 (H); left April 1892; a member of the London Stock Exchange; m. Dec. 11, 1920, Helen Marjorie, only daughter of Hanworth Edmond Burr Rackham, of Newmarket Road, Norwich.
Edwards, Joseph Edward, brother of John Fitch Edwards (qv); b. 9 Oct. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1927; a shipbroker; joined RASC Sept. 1939, but discharged unfit; d. Dec. 1945.
Edwards, John Fitch, son of John Edwards of Bayswater and Mabel, d. of Joseph Nanson of Llangollen, Denbighshire; b. 13 Aug. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1926; asst works man. James Chesterton & Co., chainmakers, Sheffield; m. 21 Dec. 1935 Lilian Dorothy, d. of Thomas Martin Scully of Blackrock, Dublin; d. 18 Sept. 1939.
Edwards, Henry Passmore, only son of John Passmore Edwards, M. P., of Bloomsbury; by Eleanor, daughter of Henry Vickers Humphreys, artist; b. June 25, 1871; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1890; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1890; B.A. 1893; Capt. 28th Batt. London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) May 31, 1909; Major June 1, 1916; T. D.; served in Great War I; m. June 20, 1895, Grace, daughter of F. C. Hill, of Henley-on-Thames, co. Oxon.; d. March 6, 1935