Hadfield, Gordon, brother of Ian Hadfield (qv); b. 31 Aug. 1924; adm. Apr. 1938 (B); left July 1940; King’s Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1947; FRCS 1955; house appts. 1947-8, RAMC 1948-50 (Capt. ); consult. orthopaedic surgeon Rowley Bristow Hosp., Pyrford, Surrey, and St Peter’s Hosp. Chertsey, Surrey; m. 5 July 1947 Eileen Culy Dexter SRN, d. of Wilfred Richard Dexter, Customs & Excise.; d. 22 Aug. 2008.

Hadwick, Dennis Rhodes, son of Sir William Hadwick, chief gen. manager Nat. Prov. Bank, and Nellie, d. of Walter Rhodes of Morecambe, Lancs; b. 5 Apr. 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (B); left July 1940; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1940, BA MA 1947; RM 1941 (Capt.), seconded Sudan Defence Force 1942 (Bimbashi), returned RM 1944; Lond. Stock Exchange 1948-60; an under­writing member of Lloyd's 1961; m. 20 Apr. 1955 Marjory, d. of A. Mac Phail; d. 11 Oct. 1985.

Halse-Hearne, William Edward, son of William Frederick Halse-Hearne, RN stores officer, and Esther, d. of James Alexander Crofton; b. 22 July 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (A), (B) Jan. 1933; left Dec. 1933; Drummond's Bank; 2nd Lieut. Wilts Regt 1943, transf. Commandos (Capt.); m. 18 June 1940 Margaret Horner; d. of wounds (Burma) Nov. 1944.

William Edward Halse-Hearne was born in North London on the 22nd of July 1917 the only son of William Frederick Halse-Hearne RN, a naval stores officer, and Esther (nee Crofton) Halse-Hearne of 17, King’s Road, Wimbledon in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from April 1931 and up Busby’s from January 1933 to December 1933.
He joined the staff of Drummonds Bank in London in 1934 where he worked as a clerk. He enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company in 1938 where he served with B Battery and he was mobilised for war service in September 1939.
He was married in Surrey on the 18th of June 1940 to Margaret Gertrude (nee Horner).
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on the 4th of June 1943 and was later attached to No. 1 Commando where he was appointed to the command of No. 4 Troop.
In November 1944, No 1 Commando was based at Teknaf in the Maungdaw Hills of Burma from where they were carrying out patrols against Japanese troops in the area. On the 11th of November 1944, No. 4 Troop, No. 1 Commando was briefed for a patrol to investigate a report of the presence of Japanese troops in the area of the village of Ywathitke. The patrol was to consist of eighteen other ranks, commanded by William Halse-Hearne, accompanied by Lieutenant Paterson and by an Intelligence Officer. It was to take a route on the outward journey of Nurutlapara –Chiradan West - Ywathitke to Thavengonbaung and return by the same route. The patrol set out at midday and was due to return at 6pm.
They advanced down the main road to a river crossing where they received updated information that enemy troops were in Thavengonbaung and in a another village to the north of it. On receiving this information they split into two groups, one under Lieutenant Paterson and the other under William Halse-Hearne, with one advancing towards through the villages towards Thavengonbaung and the other continuing down the main track where the two groups were to rendezvous. Both groups reached the rendezvous point without incident where they were informed by a native boy that the Japanese were in the village where they were commandeering millet from the locals. They continued their advance towards the village in open order with C Section, under Lieutenant Paterson, on the left and with D Section, under William Halse-Hearne, on the right. They reached the south end of the village where they found the approach to it was across 100 yards of scrub with a further 100 yards of forward slope and then 800 yards of open paddy fields beyond. Having covered the 200 yards to the village they came under fire from an enemy light machine gun and from rifle fire from their right and from snipers on their left. The two sections took cover but William Halse-Hearne had been wounded and was lying on the open ground. He was brought in by his men under heavy fire who were then forced to fall back when they were brought under 2 inch mortar fire. C Section also withdrew having kileld three enemy snipers. William Halse-Hearne was carried to Thavengonbaung and then taken on an improvised stretcher to Chiradan West. He died from his wounds during the journey when the party was approximately a mile from Thavengonbaung.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at the Royal Bank of Scotland branch at 36, Andrew Square, Edinburgh
He is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery Plot 3, Row G, Grave 4.

Hamburger, Michael Peter Leopold, son of Prof. Richard Hamburger MD, consult. paediatrician, Berlin, Germany, and Lili Martha, d. of Bertrand Hamburg of Bournemouth, Dorset; b. 22 Mar. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941, BA MA 1949; a freelance writer 1948-52; asst. lecturer UCL 1952-5; lecturer in German, later Reader, Univ. of Reading 1955-64; visiting Prof. State Univ. of New York, USA 1969-71, Univ. of South Carolina, USA 1973, Univ. of Boston, USA 1975-7; member Acad. of Arts Berlin; Arts Council of GB translation prize 1967; Goethe Medal of Fed. German Republic 1986; State Prize for literary translation Austria 1988; hon. LittD Univ. of East Anglia 1988; OBE 1992; author of many books, incl. Collected Poems 1984 and 1985; m. 28 July 1951 Anne Ellen, d. of Leigh Richmond File of Reading, Berks; d. 7 July 2007.

Hamilton, Iain, son of Norman Fleming Hamilton of Abinger Common, Surrey, and Williamina Stewart, d. of John Russell of Johnstone, Renfrew; b. 21 Nov. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1953; a printer, journalist and poet; d. 15 July 1986.

Hampton Smith, Peter, brother of David Charles Hampton Smith (qv); b. 12 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Univ. of Lond., BDS 1947, LDS 1948; in practice Bromley, Kent, till 1975, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1978-; m. 30 Oct. 1985 Elizabeth, d. of Charles Elliott Baggaley, NatWest bank man.; d. 1 Feb. 2009.

Hare, Richard Williams, brother of John Edward Hare (qv); b. 5 Aug. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1941; RNVR in WW2 (Lieut. ); UCL, Bartlett Sch. of Architecture, BA 1950; ARIBA 1950, FRIBA 1961; FRSA 1969; pres. Ecclesiastical Architects’ and Surveyors’ Assn. 1975; in practice at Salisbury and Southampton, Hants; m. 5 Dec. 1953 Barbara Ruth, d. of Robert Pitt Bennett, newspaper proprietor; d. 8 Aug. 1989.

Harley, Douglas Bruce, son of William Harley of Glasgow and Ann Christina, d. of Michael Walker of Glasgow; b. 7 June 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1940; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1946; Courtaulds 1946-68, marketing dir.; dir. Dominion Textile Internat., Switzerland, 1968-; m. 1st, 4 Jan. 1947 Judith Ann, d. of Sir Leonard Cecil Paton CBE MC, chmn., Harrisons & Crosfield Ltd., of Brighton, Sussex; 2nd, 8 May 1971 Anne Rosemary, d. of Francis Harry Edward Phillips LRIBA, of Ashurst, Southampton, Hants; d. 2013.

Harrisson, Michael Arthur Damer, son of Peter Damer Harrisson, farmer, of Broxted, Essex, and Elizabeth Ann, d. of Algernon Winter Rose, architect, of Quendon Hall, Essex; b. 12 Jan. 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (B); left July 1965; a teacher; project man., Education Leeds, Yorks; m.; killed in traffic accident in Spain 4 May 2013.

Harrod, Dominick Roy, son of Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod (qv); b. 21 Aug. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (B); left July 1958; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1963, MA 1967; a financial journalist, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph 1962-71, Washington DC correspondent 1966-8; BBC economics correspondent 1971-8; dir. information, Dunlop Ltd. 1978-9; economics ed., BBC Radio 1979-93; city ed. Yorkshire Post 1993-4; programme dir., St George’s House, Windsor 1994-8; pres., Inst. of Journalists 1994-5; author, books on economic topics; m. 1974 Christina Gavrelle Hobhouse, sec., d. of Christopher Bernard Hobhouse, barrister and writer; d. 4 Aug. 2013.