Weekes, Harold Ernest, son of John Ernest Weekes, of Kensington, by Angelina, daughter of Sidney Pope, of Melbourne, Australia; b. Sept. 27, 1881; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left Dec. 1896; in C.I.V. Jan. 20, 1900; 2nd Lieut. West Indian Regt. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. June 19, 1901; Indian Army May 22, 1904; Capt. 10th Gurkha Rifles Aug. 18, 1909; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Dec. 29, 1923; Lieut.-Col. 5th Gurkha Rifles April 11, 1924; Brevet Col. Jan. 1, 1927; served in South Africa 1900 and in Egypt, Gallipoli, France, and India in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 21, 1916, and June 11, 1920; O.B.E. Sept. 12, 1919; m. 1st Dec. 17, 1904, Helen Dorothy, second daughter of Andrew McGeoch, of Glasgow; 2nd Madeleine, daughter of W. A. T. Pettigrew; d. May 6, 1941; bequeathed £2,000 to the school to found a Harold and Madeleine Weekes' Scholarship or Exhibition.