Thomas, Hilary Michael Peter, son of Herbert Samuel Thomas OBE, artist, of Pinner, Middx, and Elizabeth, d. of William LeFroy Bowen of Swansea; b. 26 Jan. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1934; a designer and illustrator; enlisted RE Sept. 1939, commissioned The Buffs (Lieut.); killed in a Commando raid (Med.) 29 Jan. 1943.

Hilary Michael Peter Thomas was born in North London on the 26th of January 1917 the son of Herbert Samuel Thomas OBE, an artist, and Elizabeth Florette Gwynne (nee Bowen) Thomas of 9, St Stephens Crescent in London W.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1930 to July 1934. He was a member of the 3rd Rowing VIII in 1932. On leaving school he became a designer and illustrator. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1939 and attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) on the 14th of September 1940.
While stationed at Malta with the 4th Battalion of his Regiment he volunteered to take part in a Commando raid on Tunis and was killed during the operation.
He is commemorated on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial Face 14.

Town, John Francis, son of Aubrey Francis Town LDS, dental surgeon, of Hammersmith, and Marjorie Maude, d. of Frank Rudolph Gascoine of Boxted, Essex; b. 26 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1952; d. 14 Feb. 2014.

Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander, son of lona von Ustinov, journalist, and Nadia, d. of Louis Benois of St Petersburg; b. 16 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B), (A) Sept. 1935; left July 1937; London The­atre Studio; Roy. Sussex Regt in WW2, seconded RAOC (Army Film Service); a playwright, author, film director, actor and entertainer; Benjamin Franklin Medal RSA 1958; FRSA FRSL; Rector Dundee Univ. 1968-73; Order of Yugoslav Flag (with Golden Laurels) 1974; hon. degrees at many universities; a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; CBE 197 5; Kt June 1990; Chancellor Durham Univ. J 992; author of plays The Love of Four Colonels, Romanoff and Juliet, Photo Finish, and autobiography Dear Me 1977; m. 1st 8 Aug. 1940 Isolde Denham; 2nd 15 Feb. 1954 Suzanne, d. of Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printerto the Canadian Govt; 3rd 17 June 1972 Hélène du Lau d' Allemans; d. 28 Mar. 2004.

Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, brother of Denis Sydney Foster Vernon (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1916; adm. May 1930 (B); left Apr. 1934; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.), seconded Political Warfare Executive; staff of British Inst. Rome, later of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Geneva; international staff NATO 1952, dep. Dir. of Infor­mation 1978; OBE 1982; m. 21 May 1949 Susanna Mary Josephine Catherine, d. of Maj.-Gen. Boleslaw Wienawa Dlugoszowski, Polish Ambassador to Rome; d. 15 Oct. 2011.

Cuzner, Brian Roy, son of Harold Roy Cuzner, pharmacist, of Purley, Surrey, and Marjorie Kathleen, d. of Harold Jessup, farmer, of Sevenoaks, Kent; b. 18 July 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1951; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1961; man. dir. Wilfrid Smith (Fine Chemicals) Ltd. 1982-97; m. 23 Dec. 1961 Margaret Louise Cuzner PhD, Reader Inst. of Neurology, Univ. of London, d. of F. J. MacLeod FRCS, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 24 Apr. 2008.

Davies, Morgan Wynn Humphrey, son of Richard Humphrey Davies CB, sec. Liberal Central Assn, and Mary Elizabeth, d. of Humphrey Evans of Ruthin, Denbighshire; b. 26 Dec. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (A), (B) Sept. 1928; left July 1929; Commonwealth Fellow MIT 1938-40, MSc; CEng FIEE LLM; lecturer Univ. Coll. of N. Wales, Bangor, 1940-3; Educ. Officer IEE 1943-7; sen. lecturer and Reader Imp. Coll. Lond. 1947-56; Prof. of Electrical Engineering Queen Mary Coll. Lond. 1956-79; Fellow Q. MC 1984; m. 8 July 1944 Gwendolin Enid, d. of Rev. Canon Douglas Edward Morton, Rector of Camborne, Cornwall; d. 24 June 2007.

Day-Winter, Alan John, son of Percy Day-Winter, co. chairman, of Brighton, and Nellie, d. of Thomas Felix Davey, mining engineer, of Snaresbrook, Essex; b. 27 May 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (H), (B) Jan. 1935; left July 1937; Univ. of Maine, USA, 1939-41; RCAF 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.); self­ employed in grocery, later toy trade; Freeman City of London; m. 1st 29 Mar. 1941 Pauline Clarice, d. of Col. Clare James Herbert USAF, of Castine, Maine; 2nd 27 Mar. 1965 Violet May, d. of Alfred Thomas Stephenson.

de Mowbray, John Marsh Miles, son of Ralph Marsh de Mowbray FRCS, ofLymington, Hants, and Evelyn Mary, d. of Arthur Stuart Miles ofTenbury, Worcs; f 16 Oct. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1935; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1940, MA 1944; RA 1940-5 (Lieut.); St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB 1954; practised in London, now retired; d. 15 Nov. 2002.

Cherniavsky, Michael Theodore, son of Mischel Cherniavsky, 'cellist, of Saxmundham, Suffolk, and Mary Angus, d. of Benjamin Tingley Rogers of Shannon, Vancouver; b. 26 June 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B), KS Jan. 1935; left July 1938; Balliol Coll. Oxf. (open schol.), matric. 1938, BA and MA 1946 (1st class hons Mod. History); Pioneer Corps 1941-5, Sgt Instructor RAEC 1945; sen. History master Newcastle HS, Staffs, 1947-8; asst master Christs Hospital 1948-66, sen. History master 1956-66; assoc. Prof. of History Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario, 1966-83; d. 29 Aug. 1992