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Western, Brian Edward, son of Edward Harry Western of St Margaret’s-on-Thames, and Muriel Blanche, d. of Edward James Emery; b. 27 Oct. 1924; adm. Apr. 1938 (H); left July 1941; Univ. of Wales, BSc; an electrical engineer, GIMechE GIEE 1946; m. 2 Jan. 1954 Betty, d. of William Albert Allen of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.

Reid, Ian Douglas Morrell, son of Douglas Arthur Reid, sec. -gen. Soc. of Foreign Bondholders, and Anna Marie, d. of Sir John Lawson Walton KC MP, Attorney-Gen.; b. 23 Sept. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); left July 1942; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ); Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1948; adm. solicitor July 1951; asst. sec. Brit. Red Cross Soc. 1951-66, dir. Internat. Affairs 1966-71; adviser League of Red Cross Socs 1971-87; m. 18 Nov. 1944 Pamela Katherine, d. of Arthur Barclay of Ballinafad, Co. Galway, Ireland.

Owen, Philip Francis Bickford, son of Godfrey Edwin Owen ICS of Richmond, Surrey, dir. Land Settlement Assn., and Margaret Beryl, d. of John Solomon Vivian Bickford of Commonwood, Looe, Cornwall; b. 17 July 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (A); left Apr. 1942; 4/7 Roy. Dragoon Guards in WW2; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1952, MA 1958; Lond. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP BM BCh 1956; practised at Littlehampton, Sussex; m. 9 July 1955 Elizabeth, d. of George Henry Ivan Bickford of Treslake, Looe, Cornwall.

Mitchell, David John, son of James Watt Mitchell, grain broker, of Hampstead, and Clare Dorah Hayden of I. of Wight; b. 24 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1939 and went to Bradfield Coll.; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA MA 1950; pilot training in Ponca City, OK, USA, 1943; staff journalist Picture Post 1947-52; editor and proprietor Pictorial Press Ltd. 1953-6; picture editor COI London 1957-65; a freelance writer and journalist Spain 1965-73, London 1974-; awarded Civil List pension for services to literature 1998; author, Women on the Warpath 1966, The Fighting Pankhursts 1967; Bernardo O’Higgins 1975, Christabel Pankhurst 1977, The Spanish Civil War 1982, Travellers in Spain 1990; m. 1st, 1947 Valerie Eva Bennett; 2nd, 25 Feb. 1955 Cecilia Milwidsky Hopkinson, flautist, d. of Leonard Hopkinson, musician, of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk.

Langrish, Roger Silvester, son of Vivian Langrish FRAM, Prof. Roy. Academy of Music, and Gwendolen Helen Mary, d. of Arthur Silvester Cavell, chartered accountant, of Bristol; b. 21 Aug. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (H); left Nov. 1942; RNVR (Sp) 1943-5 (Lieut. ); Univ. of St Andrews 1948-50; asst. master Arnold House Sch., Lond., 1946-8 and 1950-64; IAPS Dip. Ed. 1953; asst. master Gayhurst Sch., Gerards Cross, 1964-78, Glengorse Sch., Battle, Sussex, 1978-84; retd.; m. 1 Aug. 1951 Helen Mabel, sister of John Alexander Gow (qv).

Fawke, John Edmond, son of Sir Ernest John Fawke, dir. Central & Western Corpn., and Wemyss Gertrude, d. of Thomas Edward Pugh of Liverpool; b. 13 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left Dec. 1939; RNVR Lieut. in WW2.

Dee, Edward, son of Emanuel Dee, and Rachel, d. of Abraham Behr of Hove, Sussex; b. 2 Oct. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (A); left July 1940; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1944, BA 1946; founder and chmn. Smarties Candy Co. (formerly Ce De Candy Inc), NJ, USA 1949-; m. 10 Sept. 1946 Anita Doreen, language therapist, d. of W. Wolfe of Leeds.

Calder, Peter Crombie, son of William Lorraine Calder MBE, asst. principal clerk, Inland Revenue, and Lucy Emily, d. of Thomas King of East Sheen; b. 26 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1941; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1941-3; RN 1943-7 (PO Tel. ); Chelsea Poly. 1947-50, BSc; Kodak Ltd., res. lab. 1947-53, prod. technologist 1953-81, retd. 1981.

Buckley, David William Herbert, son of Herbert Buckley, art teacher, of Chelsea, and Elsie Caton, d. of William Tipping, med. practitioner, of Tunstall, Staffs; b. 24 June 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1941; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; Oxf. & Bucks LI in WW2.

Bridburg (subsequently Bridbury), Anthony Randolph, son of Henry and Rhoda Bridburg of Hampstead; b. 3 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (H); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1942; LSE, BSc 1949, PhD 1953; lecturer, LSE 1954-89, latterly sen. lecturer in Mediaeval Economic History; author, Historians and the Open Soc. 1972; m. 21 Oct. 1955 Hilary Clare, d. of Reginald Kendall Love of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.