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GB-2014-WSA-08879 · Person · 1896-1965

Hastings, John Maurice, son of Percy Hastings, of Wimbledon, by Lilian Julia, daughter of Arthur Bass; b. Sept. 7, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left Easter 1911; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 7th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 28, 1914, transferred to 1st London Divisional Signal Co. R.E. (T. F.) June 27, 1915; joint master of the Vine Hunt 1929-32 and of the H. H. 1932-; m. May 10, 1926, Rosemary, daughter of Frederick Goodrich Crane, of Daito, Mass., U. S. A; d. 1965.

GB-2014-WSA-11123 · Person · 1899-1975

Lindo, Harold Walter Eustace, brother of Geoffrey Marcus Lindo (q.v.); b. Dec. 12, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (A); left. July 1918; enlisted in the 5th Batt. Middlesex Regt. in Great War I; A. R. l. B. A. 1927; F.R.I.B.A. 1938; 2nd Lieut. R.E. July 20, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; m. July 22, 1950, Mrs. Diana Mulholland, daughter of G. M. Tait, of Oporto; d. 1975.

GB-2014-WSA-11124 · Person · 1896-1960

Lindo, Hugh Francis, brother of Geoffrey Marcus Lindo (q.v.); b. July 31, 1896; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left July 1913; served in Great War I; enlisted in 19th Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 4, 1914; 2nd Lieut. R. F. C. Aug. 5, 1916; Lieut. April 1, 1918; demob. with the rank of Capt. 1919; a clerk in the Royal Exchange Assurance Co.; m. April 11, 1935, Miriam Theodora, daughter of Hugh Anderson, of Kensington; d. June 20, 1960.

GB-2014-WSA-03843 · Person · 1903-1935

Brodie, Ian Gregor, brother of Kenneth Brodie (q.v.); b. March 6, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left Easter 1921; d. at Cape Town Feb. 21, 1935.

Tyson, Eric James, 1892-1918
GB-2014-WSA-17224 · Person · 1892-1918

Tyson, Eric James, only son of Joseph Tyson, of Balham, bursar at the school, by Annie, daughter of John Branson, of Rockingham, Northants; b. March 17, 1892; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1910; a motor engineer; enlisted in A.S.C. (M.T.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Aug. 5, 1915; Flight Commander and Capt. June 23, 1916; Major Nov. 21, 1916; in command of No. 5 Squadron in France; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Oct. 20, 1916; D.S.O. Sept. 26, 1917; m. Cora Florence Gladys, daughter of Philip C. Davies, of Trinity Road, Ealham; d. March 11, 1918, of wounds received in action near Arras, France.

GB-2014-WSA-08649 · Person · 1883-1957

Hardie, Cecil Claud Alexander, son of Alexander Robertson Hardie, of Putney, by Florence, daughter of Roger Bocking Hammerton, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; b. April 28, 1883; adm. April 23, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1900; Univ. Coll. London; a pupil at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson's 1903-6; engineer, Dick, Kerr and Co., Ltd., 1907-14, English Electric Co., Ltd., 1919; general manager of Messrs. Crompton Parkinson & Co's Chelmsford works; temp. Lieut. R.E. Nov. 3, 1914; Capt. 122nd Field Co., 36th (Ulster) Div.; Major July 14, 1915; acting Lieut.-Col. July 15, 1918; served on the western front Oct. 1915 - Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4 and Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m. March 1919 Gladys Mary, daughter of Arthur Renier; d. Feb. 13, 1957.

GB-2014-WSA-17909 · Person · 1881-1952

Wells, John Hayford, elder son of Charles Augustus Este Wells, of Albury, Surrey, by Anne Susannah Macdonald, daughter of John Graham Macdonald Burt, M.D., of Edinburgh; b. April 12, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (A); Q.S. 1895; left April 1898; 2nd Lieut. North Lancs Regt. May 20, 1899; Lieut. Jan. 4, 1901; Capt. May 5, 1906; Brevet Major April 1, 1915; Major Sept. 1, 1915; temp. Brig.-Gen. Dec. 1, 1917; Brevet Col. June 3, 1919; Col. Aug. 31, 1920; half-pay Feb. 20, 1923; Col., The Loyal Regt., 1931-45; secretary of the Midland Divi­sion of the Woodard Schools; served in South African War 1899-1902, and in France, Belgium, Gallipoli, and Egypt in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. Aug. 20, 1901, July 29, 1902, Jan. 28 and July 13, 1916, and July 6, 1918; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; Legion of Honour and Order of the White Eagle with Swords; C.B.E. for services with the Home Guard 1941; m. April 6, 1916; Arabella, eldest daughter of William Walter Wright, of Albury; d. April 6, 1952.

GB-2014-WSA-04932 · Person · 1879-1961

Clark-Kennedy, William Hew, second son of Capt. Alexander William Maxwell Clark­ Kennedy, of Knockgray, Galloway, by the Hon. Lettice Lucy Hewitt, third daughter of James, 4th Viscount Lifford; b. March 3, 1879; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (A); left July 1896; served in Paget's Horse during the South African War 1899-1901, and was mentioned in despatches; became asst. manager of the Standard Life Assurance Co. in Montreal and later a director; chairman of the Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada 1943; joined the Black Watch 1905; Major 1915; served in France in Great War I; reported killed at St. Julien 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 14, 1916, bar Jan. 11, 1919; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; V. C. Dec. 14, 1918, for his gallantry when seriously wounded in the advance on the Fresnoy-Rouvroy line; Croix de Guerre 1915; m. Sept. 5, 1914, Kate, younger daughter of Robert Reford, of Montreal; d. Oct. 26, 1961.

GB-2014-WSA-11223 · Person · 1878-1951

Lloyd, Robert Archer, son of Robert Hodgens Lloyd, M. D., M.R.C.S., of Kennington, London, by Frances Harriet, daughter of George Lewis; b. April 14, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left April 1895; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; M.B. (Lond.) 1901; M. D. 1909; entered the Ind. Med. Serv. 1902; Lieut. July 26, 1901, Capt. July 26, 1905; Med. Officer 21st Punjabis 1906-12; Major Jan. 26, 1914; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 3, 1919; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 26, 1922; retired Jan. 12, 1925; served on the N. W. Frontier 1908; commanded No. 12 Ind. Gen. Hosp. at Brockenhurst, Rants, 1914-5, Marseilles in 1915, Amara 1916-8, and the Bakuta Refugee Camp, Mesopotamia, in 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Oct. 19, 1916, and Aug. 15, 1917; D.S.O. Sept. 17, 1917; m. Sept. 30, 1920, Ivy Francis Byard, youngest daughter of Reginald Byard Clayton of East Boldre, Rants; d. Jan. 4, 1951.

GB-2014-WSA-05157 · Person · 1878-1962

Colvin, Sir George Lethbridge, eldest son of Clement Sneyd Colvin, of South Kensington, sometime secretary of the Public Works Dept. India Office, by Alice, daughter of Col. Christopher Lethbridge, of Torquay, Devon; b. March 27, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left July 1894; went out to India to take up appointment on the East India Railway 1898, and became traffic manager; asst. director, Railway Transport, with the B. E. F. to France 1915; deputy Director-General of Transportation in Italy 1918; Hon. Brig. - Gen. March 25, 1918; mentioned in despatches five times; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; C.M.G. Jan. 3, 1918; C. B. June 3, 1919; Commendatore of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy); Director of Development, Ministry of Transport, 1919-21; general manager, East Indian Railway, 1921-33; A.D.C. to H. M. the King 1928; knighted 1933; m. June 27, 1911, Katherine Isabella, daughter of William Roberts Mylne, of Edinburgh; d. March 5, 1962.