Meeson, Edward Hickman Tucker, only son of Frederick Meeson, of Eastbourne, by his first wife, Emily, daughter of Frederic Andrews, of Binsted, Rants; b. Dec. 20, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (R); left April 1891; Asst. Eng. R.N. July 1, 1900; Eng.-Lieut. June 1, 1904; Eng.-Lieut.-Com. June 1, 1912; Eng.-Com. May 28, 1915; present at the action in the Heligo­land Bight Aug. 28, 1914; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1915; m. Dec. 28, 1908 Gladys May, elder daughter of George Robert Gordon Joy, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; killed in action at the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916.

Lewis, Norman Victor, only son of Victor Erskine Lewis, of Hendon, Middlesex, by Edith, daughter of Francis Hope Eyre, of Linlithgow; b. March 12, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1912; a clerk in the Standard Bank of South Africa at Johannesburg; temp. 2nd Lieut. 12th (Serv.) Batt. E. Yorks Regt. March 11, 1915; temp. Lieut. 15th (Serv.) Batt. E. Yorks Regt. May 29, 1916; served in France; killed in action at Beaumont Hamel Nov. 13, 1916.

Liberty, John Ince, only son of John Barnes Liberty (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1905; a cattle farmer in Argentina; being at home on a holiday, enlisted in the H. A. C. Aug. 8, 1914; served in Egypt with B Battery and was invalided; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Oct. 22, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front in April 1916; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Nov. 28, 1917; unm.

Rayner, William Vernon, son of William Rayner, M.R.C.S., of London, by Julia, daughter of William Dentith, of Manchester; b. July 17, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left July 1898; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1904; practised in Smith Square, Westminster; was living at Buenos Ayres in Aug. 1914 and on the declaration of war returned to England and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, and became a Lance-Corporal; served in France, and was sent home wounded March 1916, returned to the front in June 1916, and reported 'missing' three weeks later, when the advance was made near Bethune; presumed killed in action July 23, 1916; unm.

Schlotel, Charles Henry Cooper, elder son of Charles Frank Schlotel, of Kingston-on­ Thames, by Sophia Charlotte, daughter of Henry Cooper, of Long Ditton, Surrey; b. Dec. 12, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (A); left Dec. 1913; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. April 1915; 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Sept. 16, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1916; Capt. Feb. 12, 1917; went out to the western front June 2, 1916; M.C. July 26, 1918; d. at a casualty clearing station at Cologne, Germany, March 23, 1919; unm.

Sheppard, Charles Westcar, only son of William John Sheppard, M.D., of Putney, by Ellen Mary, daughter of Sir George Henry Chambers, Kt., of Langley Park, Kent; b. Feb. 11, 1882; adm. from Charterhouse School Jan. 21, 1897 (G); left April 1900; Crystal Palace Engineering Coll. 1901-3; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E.; enlisted in 16th (P.S.) Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Serv.) Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry March 1, 1915; Lieut. Sept. 1, 1916; transferred to R.E. June 1917; went out to the western front Sept. 1915 and to Salonika Nov. 1915; returned home and was employed at the Air Ministry; mentioned in despatches L. =G. July 13, 1917; d. Oct. 29, 1918.

Viney, Cecil Henry, only son of Cecil Thomas Viney, of Bromley, Kent, by Ada Maude, daugh­ter of G. H. Smith, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex; b. May 24, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left 1907; Royal Academy Painting Schools; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northants Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Fromelles May 9, 1915.