BANDINEL, RICHARD BULKELEY, brother of James Julius Frederick Bandinel (qv); b. 21 Mar 1849; adm. (G) 19 Jun 1862; left Christmas 1863; employed in Inland Revenue; living in Aston, Warwickshire 1893 (but not in 1881 or 1901 Censuses); a keen musician; d. 22 Nov 1912.

Bangay, Geoffrey Richard Dorrington, son of Raymond Dorrington Bangay of Brentwood, Essex; b. 11 Feb. 1909; adm. Jan. 1925 (G); left Mar. 1926; d. 13 Nov. 1932.

BANKES, WILLIAM GEORGE HAWTREY, fifth son of George Bankes (qv); b. 11 Sep 1838; adm. (G) 3 Apr 1850; a great friend of Francis Markham (qv), who mentions him frequently in Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. 7 Mar 1856, did not matr.; Cornet, 7th Hussars 3 Mar 1857; d. at Lucknow 6 Apr 1858, from wounds received at Raptee 19 Mar; received posthumous award of Victoria Cross.

Banting, Harold William Russell, son of Harold Banting, of Putney; b. Sept. 10, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left Dec. 1911; 2nd Lieut. Royal Monmouths R.E. (Spec. Res.) Nov. 24, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917.

Barber, Richard Peter Charles, son of Percy George Barber; b. 6 May 1908; adm. May 1922 (G); left Apr. 1925; farmed near Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa; RASC (Lieut.) in WW2.

Barham, Geoffrey Cornelius Arthur, son of Cornelius Herbert Barham of Chiswick, Middlesex and Edith Mary Alice; b. Dec. 10, 1899; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (G); left July 1915; served in the ranks of 28th Batt. London Regt. during Great War I; RAF during WW2; m. Mary Ellen; d. 27 May 1941.

Geoffrey Cornelius Arthur Barham was born at Leytonstone, Essex on the 10th of December 1899 the elder son of Cornelius Herbert Barham, a solicitor, and Edith Mary Alice (nee Long) Barham of 39, Forest Drive East, North Leyton in Essex, later of 29, Waldegrave Road, Upper Norwood, London SE19. He was christened at St Catherine’s Church, Leyton on the 14th of January 1900. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 15th of January 1914 to July 1915 and on leaving school he worked as a clerk.
He enlisted as Private 128277 in the Royal Flying Corps on the 13th of February 1918 and was posted for pilot training but was discharged on the 3rd of May 1918 as being unsuitable. He enlisted as Private 768243 in the 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists Rifles) on the 5th of June 1918 and served with them until the 8th of February 1919. On the 12th of January 1921 he embarked at London on board the SS Glenapp bound for Yokohama but later returned to enlist in the Royal Air Force.
He enlisted at the RAF Depot, Uxbridge as Aircraftman 2nd Class 351156 in the Royal Air Force on the 31st of January 1922 for a period of eight years with a further four in the Reserve. At a medical examination, which was held on the same day, it was recorded that he was five feet ten and one half inches tall and that he had fair hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion.
He worked as a storekeeper throughout his service, serving with No. 5 Flying Training School from the 12th of July 1922 and at an Electrical and Wireless School from the 11th of October 1922. On the 1st of February 1923 he transferred to 11 Squadron, based at Andover and four days later he moved to Y Group. He was posted to 45 Squadron based in Iraq on the 15th of September 1923 and was promoted to Leading Aircraftman on the 31st of December 1923. He was promoted to Corporal on the 31st of December 1927 and joined 208 Squadron on the 25th of October 1928. He was posted to the Seaplane Base Depot at Calshot on the 16th of February 1929.
He was married at Gosport, Hampshire in 1939 to Mary Ellen (nee Travers), a children’s nurse, and they lived at 15, High Street, Gosport.
He was appointed as an Assistant Clerk in the Air Service on the 22nd of December 1939 and later served as a Corporal in the Royal Air Force at No. 9 Recruits Training Centre, Technical Training Command based at Blackpool.
He is buried at St Swithin’s Church, Thorley, Isle of Wight.

BARLOW, CRAWFORD PETER, second son of William Henry Barlow FRS, Pres. Institution of Civil Engineers, and Selina Crawford, dau. of William Caffin, The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; b. 29 May 1847; adm. (G) 24 Sep 1863; left Whitsun 1865; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1865, matr. Mich. 1866; BA 1871; a civil engineer; a partner in his father’s firm from 1874; AMICE 3 Dec 1872, MICE 23 Dec 1879; m. 5 Jan 1878 Mildred Mary, second dau. of Rev. Charles Smart Caffin, Vicar of Broadway, Worcs.; d. 24 Oct 1920.

BARNES, ERNEST, son of Frederick Dallas Barnes, man. dir. P. & O. Steamship Co., and Marion, eldest dau. of Henry Barnes, Faversham, Kent; b. 16 Aug 1869; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1882; left Aug 1882; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1882-6; RMA Woolwich 1887-9; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 15 Feb 1889; Lieut., 15 Feb 1892; Indian Staff Corps, Lieut., 2nd Punjab Cavalry 22 Apr 1892; Capt., 15 Feb 1900; Maj., 15 Feb 1907; retd. 28 Jul 1909; served South African War 1899-1900, severely wounded; Political Agent, Bhopawar 1901; Kaisar-i-Hind medal 1 Jan 1905; m. 15 Oct 1894 Marie Eugénie, dau. of Commendatore Giulio Richard, Milan.

BARNES, FREDERICK, brother of John Hickman Barnes (qv); b. 25 Aug 1838; adm. (G) 19 Jun 1851; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1857; BA 1861; MA 1864; ordained deacon 1862, priest 1863 (both Oxford); Curate, Plymstock, Devon 1862-4; Vicar of Tideford, Cornwall, 1864-73; Rector of Helmdon and of Suttesbury, Northants., from 24 Sep 1873; m. (by 1881) Charlotte L. ---; d. 23 Oct 1901.

Barnes, Henry George Herbert, youngest son of Herbert Barnes (adm. 1854, q. v.); b. Sept. 23, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (G); left July 1898; secretary of the Public Works Loan Board; m. June 6, 1912, Dorothy Grace, second daughter of Walter S. Warren, of Caterham, Surrey; d. Aug. 28, 1941.