Smith, Frank Halliburton, son of Frank Adams Smith, of Hampstead, by Mary Roberts, daughter of Thomas Halliburton, of Upper Norwood; b. Aug. 30, 1901; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (B); left March 1918; an architect; A.R.I.B.A. 1926; F.R.I.B.A. 1937; master of the Worshipful Co. of Carpenters 1962-3; m. Jan. 29, 1927, Prudence Latham, daughter of Sir Alexander Dingwall Bateson, a Justice of the High Court; d. 15 Dec. 1975.

Mills, William Gundry, son of William Gundry Mills, economic consult., and Esme Vernon, d. of Cecil Douglas Falcke of Bishop’s Stortford, Herts; b. 22 Aug. 1942; adm. Jan. 1956 (B); left Dec. 1960; Brasenose Coll. Oxf., matric. 1961; Columbia Univ. NY, USA 1966-7, MBusA; Bank of America New York 1967-9; Irving Trust Co., asst. sec. New York 1969, asst. vice-pres. 1971, London branch office 1974; m. 8 May 1965 Franchise, d. of Jean-Pierre Gane of St-Cyr-sur-Loire, France; d. 7 Sept. 1987 in a car accident in Turkey.

Mortimore, Alaric Charles, brother of Robert Anthony Mortimore (qv); b. 7 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (A), (B) Jan. 1928; left Apr. 1929; John Holt & Co. Liverpool 1929, agent in Dahomey 1933-40 (the last to load palm oil in surf boats from the open beach at Ouidah); RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.), despatches (France) Mar. 1945; m. 5 Mar. 1945 Pamela Penrose, d. of Charles Penrose Coode, solicitor; d. 1 Aug. 1998.

Potter, John Spencer, son of Harold Potter LLD, Prof. of English Law, Univ. of London, and Beatrice Spencer, d. of Charles Fairfax Crowder, solicitor, of Birmingham; b. 26 Dec. 1928; adm. Apr. 1941 (B); left July 1945; KCL; living in New Zealand 1954; m. Sheila Janette, d. of C. H. J. Wily of Pukekohe, New Zealand; d. 14 May 1977.

Watts, Sir John Peter Barry Condliffe, son of Leonora Emily Condliffe, draper’s shop asst., of Portsmouth, Hants; stepson of Gerald Walter Watts, civil engineer, whose surname he adopted; b. 27 Aug. 1930; adm. from Sheikh Bagh Sch. Srinagar, Kashmir, India, Mar. 1944 (B); left July 1947; Phillips Academy, Andover, USA; RMA Sandhurst; commissioned Roy. Ulster Regt. 1951 (Roy. Irish Rangers 1968); served Hong Kong, Malaya (despatches), Cyprus, Oman, BAOR, Borneo and Saudi Arabia; commanded SAS unit which stormed Jebel Akbar, stronghold of Omani rebels, Jan. 1959; MC 1960; 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade 1967-9; CO, 22 SAS Regt. 1970-2; directing staff, Staff Coll. Camberley 1972-4; MOD 1974; commander, SAS Group 1975-8; Maj. -Gen. 1979; commander Sultan of Oman’s Land Forces 1979-84, chief of Defence Staff 1984-7; Lieut. -Gen. 1984; OBE 1972, CBE 1979, CB 1985; retd. Dec. 1987; KBE 1988; m. 1st, 11 Dec. 1954 (div. 1986) Mary Elizabeth Gertrude, d. of Thomas Flynn, postal clerk; 2nd, 13 Feb 1986 Diana Merran Watts, formerly Walker, d. of Lieut. -Col. Reginald Steward; d. 10 Dec. 2003.

Wheeler, Anthony Oliver, brother of John Arthur Wheeler (qv); b. 6 May 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left July 1937; 23 Hussars, attd Roy. Wilts Yeomanry, 1939-45 (Lieut.), wounded (Italy) 1944; a chartered accountant, ACA 1948, FCA; practises in London; partner Blakemores 1973-; m. 28 Apr. 1942 Cecilia Mary, d. of William Brown Frearson, solicitor, of Cropston, Leics.; d. 29 Jan. 1999

Whittington, Richard George, son of Francis Edwin Whittington of Harrow Weald and Edith Emma, d. of John William George Perkins of East Cowes, I. of Wight; b. 5 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1940; RAC in WW2 (Capt. ); EMI 1947-57; area export sales man. James A. Jopling & Co. Sunderland 1957-8; European man. Mercury Record Productions Inc. Chicago, IL, USA 1958; m. 3 July 1948 Marian Hassall, d. of Reginald Owen Hassall Law MC, of Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. 1 Jan. 2002.

Wilkins, Chrisopher Charles Benjamin, son of Charles Frederick Wilkins, superintending engineer Indian PWD, and Amy, d. of Edward Handley Warner of Loughborough, Leics; b. 29 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (B); left Dec. 1934 and went to Monmouth School; d. 1982.

Wilkins, David Frederick William, twin brother of Christopher Charles Benjamin Wilkins (qv); b. 29 Oct. 1919; adm. May 1933 (B); left Dec. 1934 and went to Monmouth School; d. Sept. 2000.

Swinton, Roland Anson Edward, son of Capt. Arthur John Swinton RE and Naomi Millicent Frances, d. of Col. Sydney Foster; b. 29 Mar. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1932.