Melsome, Ludwell Charles, son of C. H. Melsome, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset; b. March 1, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (G); d. of meningitis in his first term at the school, May 28, 1909.
Mercer, Vernon Henry, brother of Henry Philip Mercer (q.v.); b. Dec. 13, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (G); migrated up Ashburnham; left April 1895; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. Royal Warwicks Regt. Aug. 5, 1916.
MIERS, ANTHONY HANMER, son of Capel Miers, Peterstone, Breconshire, and Anna Jane Griffith; b. 13 Oct 1848; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (G); left Christmas 1865; Downing Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1874; JP Breconshire; m. 15 Sep 1881 Eliza, sixth dau. of Capt. James Cox, 92nd Foot; d. 11 Jan 1920.
Miles, Alfred Crosfield Vernor, brother of Cyril Vernor Miles (q.v.); b. Aug. 31, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); K.S. (non-resident) 1909; left July 1913; articled to his father Sept. 1913; enlisted in 1st Batt. Artists' Rifles Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Welsh Regt. April 23, 1915; went out to the western front Oct. 1914; killed while acting as Brigade Wiring Officer, near Vermelles, in France, Aug. 24, 1915; unm.
Miles, Cyril Vernor, second son of Edward Vernor Miles, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Gertrude, daughter of Alfred Crosfield, of Liverpool; b. Aug. 5, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left July 1911; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1911; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Res.) South Wales Borderers Aug. 15, 1914; attached Welsh Regt. Feb. 15, 1915; Capt. July 29, 1915; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Hulloch, near Loos, Sept. 26, 1915; unm.
Miles, Raymond Alister, son of Maj. Maurice Ewart Miles of Surbiton and Irene Doris, d. of Oliver Wray; b. 4 June 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left July 1951; MIMechE; engineer Diesel divn. Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. 1975-, subsequently Perkins Engines Ltd.; m. 2 Sept. 1961 Frances Shirley, d. of John Whiteley Balden of Ludlow, Shropshire; d. 1 Mar. 2002.
Milligan, Russell MacPhee, son of Peter Milligan MB MRCP, med. practitioner, of Doncaster, Yorks, and Mona, d. of Archibald MacPhee of Milngavie, Glasgow; b. 31 Aug. 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left July 1949; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1950, BA 1954; adm. solicitor Nov. 1964; partner Knapp-Fisher & Co. 1968, Winckworth & Pemberton 1987-93; m. 6 July 1970 Mary Lonsdale, d. of Edward Foulkes, solicitor, of Plymouth, Devon; d. 6 Oct. 2012.
Mills, David Richard Poyser, son of Gerald Edgell Mills (qv); b. 1 Mar. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (G); left July 1926; asst master Chafyn Grove Sch. Salisbury 1933; PO RAF (SR) Dec. 1931, transf. RAFO May 1936, A & SD Aug. 1939, Wing Cdr May 1942; despatches June 1942 and Jan. 1943, OBE Sept. 1943, US Legion of Merit Aug. 1944; d. 1 July 1952.
Mills, Richard Oswald, son of Sir Richard Mills, K.C.B., of Oxted, Surrey, by Alice Caroline, daughter of Sir William George Anderson, K.C.B., of Forest Hill, Kent; b. Feb. 7, 1870; adm. April 1884 (G); left April 1889; a clerk, Secretary's Dept., Bank of England, and some time asst. secretary; m. 1st June 27, 1899, Janet Lavinia, daughter of Edward Burne, of Sydenham, Kent; 2nd April 27, 1910, Dorothy Mary, daughter of Thomas Elsey Bland, of Maldon, Essex; d. March 6, 1932.
Milner, John Hillyard, son of Dennis Milner, engineer, of Harting, Sussex, and Nina Marion, d. of Arthur Stuart Blackett (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1932; adm. May 1945 (G); left Dec. 1949; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1950, BA 1953, MA DPhil 1957; lecturer SW Essex Tech. Coll. 1957-9, Northampton CAT 1960; m. 17 Dec. 1960 Wendy Karen Vaughan, d. of Patrick Lechla, civil servant, of Isle of Man; d. 13 Feb 2013.