Dobrée, Charles Thomas Winston, brother of William Bonamy Dennis Dobrée (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1923; Cadet Malayan Police Force 1928; p.o.w. in Japanese hands 1942-5; Asst Commissioner Malayan Police 1948-55; Colonial Police Medal 1948, retd 1955; Investigation Officer security branch Min. of Aviation and Min. of Defence 1956-73; m. 5 Feb. 1949 Kathleen, d. of Francis Desmond O'Neill MD MC, of Rhymney, Mon.; d. Aug. 1995.

Dobrée, William Bonamy Dennis, son of Franklin Bonamy Hankey Dobrée, hydrographic sur­veyor PLA, of Grays, Essex, and Catherine Eliza, d. of Col. Charles Edward Shepherd IA, of Kensington; b. 7 Feb. 1906; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left Aug. 1922; branch man. Shell Co. of Singa­pore, retd 1956; RAFVR in WW2 (Flight Lieut.); farmed in Devon; m. 7 Mar. 1936 Winifred Raleigh, d. of Wilfred Fox Hamlin of Shanghai, widow of William Wiley; d. 19 Jan. 1991.

Doll, John Christopher Shaboe, brother of Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll (qv); b. 8 Sept. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left July 1937; RAFVR 1939-5 (Flight Lieut.); DFC Oct. 1943; camer­aman MGM studios 1946-54; BBC TV producer 1954-69; freelance TV producer and director 1970-; produced and directed Life of Sir Francis Chichester, and Prince Charles (BBC2 1975); m. 1st 4 Mar. 1946 Joan Frances Leak; 2nd 8 June 1954 Josephine Douglas, d. of Bernhard Rickett of Huddersfield; d. 13 Oct. 2004.

Doll, Sir William Richard Shaboe, son of Henry William Doll MRCS and Amy Kathleen Shaboe, concert pianist, d. of Richard Shaboe; b. 28 Oct. 1912; adm. Apr. 1925 (G), KS 1927; left July 1931; won an exhibition to Caius Coll. Camb., but did not matriculate; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1937; MRCP 1939; RAMC 1938-45 (Maj.), despatches (Middle East) June 1943; MD 1945; statistical res. unit MRC 1948, dep. Dir. 1959, Dir. 1961-9; OBE Jan. 1956; FRCP 1957, DSc (Lond.) 1958; UN award for cancer research 1962; FRS 1966; DM (Oxon.) 1969; Regius Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Oxford, 1969-79; Kt 1971; hon. DSc Newcastle 1969, Belfast 1972; Buchanan Medal Royal Society 1972; Gold Medal New York Acad. of Sciences 1974; hon. DM Tasmania 1975; Prix Griffuel (Paris) 1976; first Warden of Green College Oxford 1979-83; Gold Medal BMA 1983; chairman man. committee Inst. of Cancer Research 1979-; hon. Dir. Imp. Cancer Research Fund's Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Res. Unit 1978-83, acting Dir. 1983-; Royal Medal of the Royal Society 1986; hon DSc Harvard Univ. 1988; a Governor of the school 1967-77; author of Prevention of Cancer: Pointers from Epide­miology 1967, The Causes of Cancer 1981; m. 4 Oct. 1949 Joan Mary Faulkner MB, d. of Charles Duncan William Blatchford of Winchester; 24 Jul 2005.

Doswell, Algernon Michael, son of Algernon George Doswell, accountant, of Sydenham, Kent; b. 1 June 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (G); left July 1936; Univ. of Lond., fenced for the University 1939; MN radio officer, lost in the Norwegian SS Polyana, sunk by enemy action Apr. 1941.

Algernon Michael Doswell was born at Torquay, Devon on the 1st of June 1918 the only son of George Algernon Doswell, an accountant for a railway company, and Hilda Elizabeth (nee Fortune) Doswell of 17, Crescent Wood Road, Camberwell in Kent, later of 22, Ingleby Road, Ilford in Essex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1931 to July 1936. He was a member of the Fencing team in 1934 and 1935, winning the Foil Medal in 1935, and was appointed as Captain. He represented the school in the Public Schools Fencing Championship in April 1934. He went on to the University of London where he studied Architecture and fenced for the university in 1939.
He trained as a wireless operator with the General Post Office from the 6th of May 1940 before enlisting in the Merchant Navy. He was posted to the steam merchant SS Polyana.
The SS Polyana, under the command of Master Karl Jacobsen, set sail from Sutherland on the 22nd of March 1941 bound for Oban where she was to join a convoy. She set sail from Oban on the 7th of April 1941 as part of Convoy OG-58 but detached from the convoy on the 14th of April 1941 and sailed on unescorted bound for Freetown where she was due to arrive on the 30th of April.
At 11.57pm on the 24th of April 1941, the SS Polyana was sailing alone, about 250 miles to the west south west of Cape Verde Island, when the U Boat U-103, under the command of Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze, fired a torpedo at her which missed. At 12.38am on the 25th of April 1941 U-103 fired a second torpedo which struck her close to the bridge and she sank about one minute later with the loss of her entire crew of twenty five.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record the date of his death as having occurred on the 23rd of April 1941 but all other records have the loss of the SS Polyana as having occurred on the 25th of April 1941.
He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial Panel 82.

Douglas-Mann, Keith John Sholto, son of Capt. Leslie John Douglas-Mann MC, solicitor, of Shiplake, Oxon., and Alice Home, d. of George Pringle Home Douglas of Edinburgh; b. 19 Oct. 1931; adm. Jan. 1947 (G); left July 1949; RAC Cirencester 1950, Dip. in Estate Management 1954; Stick of Honour Mons Officer Cadet Sch. 1955; chartered land agent 1958, FRICS 1966; partner, Jones Lang Wootton 1961-, chmn., Jones Lang Wootton internat. 1981-; m. 25 May 1962 Shirley Mary Westhead, d. of John McDonald, mechanical engineer; d. 11 Feb. 1992.

DOWDESWELL, ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER, youngest son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1816, qv); b. 9 Jan 1846; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1861; left Aug 1864; of Ripple Hall, Tewkesbury, Gloucs.; JP (1879) Worcestershire, JP Gloucestershire; d. unm. 14 Sep 1897.

DOWDESWELL, EDMUND RICHARD, second son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1816, qv); b. 14 Jan 1845; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1859; left Whitsun 1863; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1863; BA 1868; MA 1873; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1868, priest (Winchester) 1869; Curate, Newbury, Berks., 1868-70; Curate in charge, Bushley, near Tewkesbury, 1870-81, Vicar 1881-98; inherited Pull Court estate on death of his elder brother 1893; Hon. Canon, Worcester 1914; d. unm. 5 Jan 1915.

DOWDESWELL, GEORGE EDWARD, youngest son of John Christopher Dowdeswell (qv); b. 10 May 1847; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1861; left Aug 1864; Cornet, 4th Dragoon Guards 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; d. unm. 28 Jan 1876.

DOWDESWELL, JOHN MUNDY, eldest son of John Christopher Dowdeswell (qv); b. 8 Feb 1843; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1857; Cornet, 12th Lancers 11 Mar 1862; Lieut., 26 Jul 1864; Capt., 14 Aug 1867; retired 3 Aug 1872; m. 21 Aug 1875 Annie Rossmore, dau. of R. B. Williams, Buscot Park, Berkshire; d. 14 Jul 1893.