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Airy, Ronald William, son of Eustace William Airy FCA and Elsie Catherine, d. of C. L. Grant; b. 31 Jan. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1929; Guildhall Sch. of Music; a church organist and market gardener in Kent; RNVR 1942 (Lieut.), discharged with disability pension 1945; d. 21 Aug. 1968.

Aitken, James Douglas, son of James Aitken, M.B., of Ilford, Essex, by Isabella Muir, daughter of David Gilmour, of Glasgow; b. Aug. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1913; 1st class diploma Royal School of Mines 1922; member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and of the Indian Institute of Mining Engineers; representative in Hyderabad of John Taylor and Sons and Superintendent of the Nizam's gold mines 1937-55; served in Gallipoli in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Machine Gun Corps July 6, 1916; Capt. March 5, 1918; wounded in Gallipoli; m. March 5, 1927, Marjorie, daughter of Octavius Edward Lambert, of Lewisham; d. Oct. 28, 1955

Aitken, William John, brother of James Douglas Aitken (q.v.); b. Aug. 28, 1899; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); K.S. 1913; left July 1917; M.B., Ch. B. Glasgow 1925; diploma of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool 1926; in practice at Ilford, Essex 1926; a medical officer, Colonial Medical Service, Tanganyika Territory 1931; m. Dec. 16, 1926, Shiona Alexa, daughter of - Muir, of Troon, Ayrshire.

Akerhielm, Claes Edward, son of Baron Evert Akerhielm, Swedish Dipl. Service, and Mary Dorothy, d. of Charles Frederick Maria Scarisbrick; b. 27 Feb. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Mar. 1936; a consulting engineer; MIEE 1941, CEng FIEE 1959; RAOC July 1942, REME Oct. 1942 (Capt.); Ewbank & Partners Ltd (London and Brighton) 1958-78; m. 1st 26 June 1943 Suzanne Naomi, d. of Col. E. L. W. Henslow OBE MC, of Fleet, Hams; 2nd 12 Dec. 1952 Lynette Mary Guinness, widow of Maj. George Learmouth Streeter MC; d. 1 Jun. 2012.

ALCOCK, ALFRED WILLIAM, son of John Alcock, Blackheath, Kent, and Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Christopher Puddicombe; b. 23 Jun 1859; adm. 27 May 1875 (H), having previously been at Mill Hill and Blackheath Schools; left May 1876; Aberdeen Univ.; MB and CM 1885; LLD 1901; Assistant Professor Zoology, Aberdeen 1883-5; entered Indian Medical Service 1 Oct 1885; Surgeon Mar 1886; Surgeon-Maj. Oct 1897; Lieut. -Col. Oct 1905; retd. Dec 1907; served with Punjab Frontier Force May 1886 - Oct 1888; Surgeon-Naturalist to Marine Survey of India on board R. I. M. S. Investigator 1888-92, and to Pamir Boundary Commission 1895; Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal Sep 1892; Superintendent, Indian Museum, and Professor Zoology, Medical Coll. of Bengal May 1903 - Dec 1907; on return to Britain joined London Sch. of Tropical Medicine; Professor of Medical Zoology, Univ. London 1919-24; FRS 6 Jun 1901; CIE 1 Jan 1903; Barclay Medal, Asiatic Society of Bengal 1907; author, A Naturalist in Indian Seas, 1902, and Entomology for Medical Officers, 1911; m. 29 Jul 1897 Margaret Forbes, third dau. of Joseph Rothery Cornwall, Aberdeen; d. 24 Mar 1933.

Allen, Ernest Geoffrey Moir, son of Ernest Joshua Allen, C.B.E., of Streatham, by Maud Lilian, daughter of Josiah Ellis Randell, of Moorfields, Hereford; b. May 10, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; m. Sept. 20, 1932 Faith, only daughter of Oscar Siemssen, of Streatham.

Allen, Morris Anthony Vermont, son of Vernon Allen, civil engineer, by Mariette Louise, daughter of Thomas Robert Bent Vermont, of Jamaica, sugar planter; b. June 5, 1875; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left July 1894; became a sugar planter in Malaya and later entered the Malay Civil Service, retiring as Warden of Mines, Selangor, in 1929; m. July 3, 1907, Ada Buckley, daughter of Lieut. Henry Charles Carey, H. M. Indian Navy; d. Jan. 15, 1952.

Anderson, Aubrey Thallon, son of Joseph Anderson, of Kensington; b. Feb. 13, 1870; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (H); left Dec. 1885.

Anderson, Godfrey Howard Parry, son of Edgar Anderson of Bedford and Mabel, d. of Edward Parry; b. 4 Oct. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (H); left July 1925; a journalist; war correspondent (Ethiopia and Middle East) in WW2; p.o.w. Italy Nov. 1941; represented Assoc. Press of America for 38 years, with appointments in Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Stockholm; Dallas, Texas, 1971-4; a freelance journalist representing British papers in USA; m. 4 Oct. 1946 Nadeane, d. of Charles Walker of Canton, Texas; d. 20 Apr. 1999.

Anderson, Kenneth Belben, brother of Stuart Milligan Anderson (q.v.); b. May 5, 1881; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1900; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1909; a member of Lloyds and a director of the Exchange Telegraph Companv; Lieut. Dorsetshire R.G.A. (T. F.) June 1, 1916; m. April 10, 1912, Denys, daughter of Arthur John Rhodes, of Weybridge, Surrey; d. Nov. 13, 1925.