Usher, Philip Charles Alexander, son of Thomas Charles Usher, of Melksham, Wilts, by Constance Emma, daughter of Alexander Bell, of Highbury, London; b. March 18, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (G); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1917, matric. Trin. 1919; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) Feb. 25, 1918; served at Salonika 1918-9; ordained 1923; Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester 1923-4; Chaplain of the Collegiate Church of St. George the Martyr, Jerusalem, 1924-5, of H.M. Legation at Athens 1926-30; domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester 1930-7; Warden of Liddon House, London, 1937; Sqdn.-Ldr. (Chaplain) R.A.F.V.R. Nov. 12, 1940; d. on active service at Jerusalem June, 1941.

Philip Charles Alexander Usher was born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire on the 18th of March 1899 the only son of Thomas Charles Usher, of the Wiltshire Brewery, and Constance Emma (nee Bell) Usher “Sunny Croft”, Trowbridge, later of Seend Green House, Seend, Melksham in Wiltshire. He was christened in Wiltshire on the 25th of May 1899. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 26th of September 1912 to July 1917. He was a member of the Debating Society from 1916 and was appointed as a Monitor in January 1917. He had won a place at Christ Church, Oxford but deferred it, instead he attended an Officer Cadet Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on the 25th of February 1918. He served overseas and relinquished his commission on the 1st of April 1920.
He matriculated for Christ Church, Oxford on a MAM Scholarship in 1919 and was awarded a BA in 1922. He was ordained in 1923, was appointed as Assistant Curate of All Saints Church, Gloucester and also served as Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester at the same time. He was awarded a MA in 1925. He was appointed as the Chaplain to St George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem in 1924 and, from 1928 to 1930, he served as Chaplain to HM Legation in Athens where he ministered to the British Community there. He was fluent in Greek and could converse with people of: - “every class, occupation and type of culture”. He became a great student of Greek life, its language and of the Greek Orthodox Church.
He invalided home to England in 1930 where, on his recovery, he once again became Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester. He chaired the Committee on Relations with Episcopal Churches and was appointed as an Honorary Secretary to the Council on Foreign Relations in 1932. A short time later he was appointed as Warden of Liddon House, where Orthodox clergy would stay while in London, from where he led large Anglican delegations abroad including to Romania in 1935 and to Bulgaria in 1940. He served as the Editor of the “Church Quarterly Review” for nine years. In 1937, he was appointed as the Chaplain of Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street.
After war broke out in 1939 he worked for the Interior Ministry as an advisor on the Eastern regions. However, having become - “increasingly dissatisfied with staying at home', he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he had hoped to serve in Greece. He was commissioned as a Squadron Leader in the Chaplains Branch of the Royal Air Force Reserve on the 12th of November 1940 and was posted to Palestine.
He died from a cerebral haemorrhage in a hospital at Jerusalem.
A memorial communion service was held in his memory at the Grosvenor Chapel at 11am on the 13th of June 1941. The Philip Usher Memorial Fund was established in his memory to - “Give others an opportunity of living in an Orthodox country in order to absorb its ideological atmosphere”.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Christ Church, Oxford.
He is buried at Ramleh War Cemetery Row P, Grave 1.

Yonge, Martin Godwin, son of Ernest Adams Yonge, of Hendon, sometime music master at the school and at Eton, and Margaret Mary, d. of James Thomas Godwin; b. 12 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Dec. 1938; Sgt Observer RAFVR; trained in S. Africa May to Dec. 1941; d. of cerebro-spinal meningitis on board ship to the Middle East 22 Dec. 1941.

Martin Godwin Yonge was born at Paddington, London on the 12th of July 1921 the only son of Ernest Adams Yonge, a music master at Westminster School, and Margaret Mary (nee Godwin) Yonge of 19, Shirehall Lane, Hendon in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1934 to December 1938. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an Observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 55.

Talfourd-Jones, Paul, son of William Henry Talfourd-Jones MRCS, of Harlesden, Middx; b. 13 Mar. 1914; adm. May. 1928 (G); left July 1932; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1933; South Wales Borderers (TA) 1938-45 (Capt.); killed on active service (Far East) 10 Oct. 1945.

Paul Talfourd-Jones was born in London on the 13th of March 1914 the only son of Dr William Henry Talfourd-Jones MRCS and Dora (nee Perkins) Talfourd-Jones of “West Point”, Craven Park, Willesden in Middlesex, later of Castle Grounds, Devizes in Wiltshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from May 1928 to July 1932. He was a member of the 1st Cricket XI in 1932. He matriculated for Emmanuel College, Cambridge to read Medicine in 1933, but left in 1936 and did not graduate. He boxed for Cambridge University and was awarded a Blue in 1935.
In 1938 he became an assistant sales manager for Thomas Edison Ltd of Victoria House, Southampton Row, London before joining Phoenix Ltd of Kentish Town as their sales manager in 1939. He was married at Willesden, Middlesex in 1939 to Rhoda Alice (nee Mannell) of Ebford in Devon; they had two daughters, Wendy Helen, born on the 3rd of October 1941, and Sara Hilary, born on the 23rd of October 1943.
He enlisted as a Private in the 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (60th Searchlight Regiment) in the Territorial Army on the 20th of April 1937 and was promoted to Corporal on the 3rd of September 1939. He attended the 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit based at Douglas from the 26th of March 1940 before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on the 17th of August 1940. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion of his Regiment on the 23rd of August 1940 and served with them until the 22nd of August 1941 when he was posted to supervise at a prisoner of war camp at Cambridge until the 16th of January 1942. On the 17th of January 1942 he was posted to the 30th Battalion of his Regiment and served with them until the 16th of February 1943. He was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1942.
On the 17th of February 1943 he applied to join the Special Operations Executive as an instructor and underwent a period of instruction until April 1943. He was then posted to Beaulieu where he was an instructor on an industrial sabotage course. He was serving at No.17 Special Training School when he was posted to No. 44 Special Training School in January 1944. He was promoted to Acting Captain on the 1st of November 1943 and to temporary Captain on the 1st of February 1944, a rank he relinquished on the 24th of July 1945. On the 1st of May 1944 he was appointed as an explosives instructor and on the 9th of June 1944 he was posted to Force 136 in Ceylon where he worked as a paramilitary and as an air supply instructor. He returned to England on the 10th of June 1945 and, on the 14th of July, he was ordered to report to the Adjutant of the Westminster Garrison at noon on the 18th of July 1945. He attended a court martial on the 26th of July 1945 where he was charged on five counts of borrowing money from subordinates and of passing post dated cheques. He was cleared of four of the charges but was convicted of the fifth. Following his trial he was sent on leave to await further orders. He was later posted to the No. 21 Holding Battalion based at Newton Camp in Powys and was dismissed from the Special Operations Executive on the 6th of October 1945.
He was killed in a civilian motor accident at Newton.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He is buried at Devizes Cemetery Section X.S., Grave 34.

Armstrong, Lindsay Crawford, son of Hugh Clayton Armstrong, solicitor, of Bromley, Kent, and Norah MacMahon, d. of William Henry Cortland Mahon of Dulwich; b. 21 June 1912; adm. April 1926 (A); left July 1929; a timber merchant; Roy. Sussex Regt 1940-4 (Lieut.); m.; d. of smallpox on active service in India 10 Apr. 1944.

Lindsay Crawford Armstrong was born at Bromley, Kent on the 21st of June 1912 the youngest son of Hugh Clayton Armstrong, a solicitor, and Nora Macmahon (nee Mahon) Armstrong of 7, Sanford Road, Bromley. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from April 1926 to July 1929 after which he went to work as a timber merchant. He was married at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1933 to Leonore “Nordie” Mary (nee Langton) of Chidham in Sussex.
Following the outbreak of war he attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the 21st of September 1940. He was later attached to the 1st Battalion, Sierra Leone Regiment.
On the 1st of February 1944, the 1st Battalion, Sierra Leone Regiment was advancing down the banks of the Kaladan River in Burma in pursuit of the retreating Japanese, who had placed a number of ambush parties in their path. D Company was patrolling in advance of the rest of the Battalion when Lindsay Armstrong singlehandedly killed an entire seven man Japanese patrol.
He was later contracted smallpox from which he died.
He is buried at Chittagong War Cemetery Plot 7, Row D Grave 8

Baker-Cresswell, Gilfrid Edward, son of Henry Gilfrid Baker-Cresswell AMICE, GPO engineer, and Vera Mabel, d. of Edward Foote Ward of Salhouse Hall, Norfolk, and niece of Gerald Charles Fanshawe (qv); b. 15 July 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Apr. 1932; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935; RMA Woolwich 1935-7; RE 1937-42 (Maj.); m. 27 Sept. 1938 Anne Sylvia, d. of Sir John Charrington, coal merchant, of Crockham Hill, Kent; killed in action (Middle East) Oct. 1942; despatches (posthumous) June 1943.

Gilfrid Edward Baker-Cresswell was born at Edinburgh on the 15th of July 1914 the elder son of Henry Gilfred Baker-Cresswell AMICE, an engineer for the General Post Office, and Vera Mabel (nee Ward) Baker-Cresswell of Salthouse Hall, Norfolk, later of The Post House, Ellingham, Chathill in Northumberland. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1927 to April 1932 He won a O.W.W. Masonic Lodge Prize for Science (practical) in 1930. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1930. He won the Long Distance Race at Putney in 1931 and the Long Distance Race on the 8th of March 1932 and won a number of other cups for running during his time at the school.
On leaving school he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on the 30th of August 1934. He was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge on the 1st of October 1934 where he read engineering and graduated with a BA in 1936. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th of August 1937 and to Captain on the 30th of August 1942.
He was married on the 27th of September 1938 to Anne Sylvia (nee Charrington) of Broad Oak End, Hertford. They had two children, Sally and Gilfred John, born on the 12th of December 1939. Shortly after he was married he was posted to Mauritius for garrison duty.
He was Mentioned in Despatches: - “In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East during the period 1st May 1942 to 22nd October 1942”, which was announced by the War Office on the 24th of June 1943.
He is commemorated on a stone plaque in St Maurice’s Church, Ellingham and on the war memorial at Ellingham. He is also commemorated on the memorial at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He is buried at El Alamein War Cemetery Plot XI, Row E, Grave 1.

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.

Abbott, James Alexander, son of Albert Abbott CBE, Chief Inspector Technological branch, Board of Education, and Nancy, d. of Edwin Hargreaves of Chorley, Lancs; b. 25 April, 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1931; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1934; practised in London and Burton-on-Trent; RAFVR (FO Oct. J 942), invalided Nov. 1943; m. 15 Sept. 1939 Eleanor Dorothy, d. of Ernest Hastings Nicolls of Stevenage, Herts; d. 20 May 1944 of illness contracted on active service in North Africa.

James Alexander Abbott was born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire on the 25th of April 1909 the only son of Albert Abbott CBE MA, Chief Inspector for the Technological Branch of the Board of Education, and Nancy (nee Hargreaves) Abbott of 130, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, later of Catwell, Williton in Somerset. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1922 to July 1927. He matriculated for Christ Church, Oxford in 1927 where he achieved a BA in 1931. He qualified as a solicitor in December 1934 and worked at Burton-on-Trent and in London, where he lived with his sister at 3, Templars Rise, Golders Green in Middlesex.
He was married at Hitchin, Hertfordshire on the 15th of September 1939 to Eleanor Dorothy (nee Nicolls) of Stevenage, Hertfordshire and the couple lived at Ivy House, Ickleton, Saffron Walden in Essex. They had a son, Roger, born on the 15th of June 1940.
He was commissioned as an Acting Pilot Officer on probation in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 17th of October 1941 and was confirmed in his rank on the 17th of December 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 1st of October 1942.
He served in North Africa and later returned to England where he resigned his commission on the grounds of ill health on the 24th of November 1943.
He died at Cambridge from an illness he had contracted while on overseas service.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Christ Church, Oxford.
He is buried at St George’s Church, Sampford Brett.

Davies, Kenneth Frederick, son of Frederick Albert Davies of Beaconsfield, and Ellen Florence, d. of Alfred George Phillips of Devonport; b. 16 Dec. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1936; RAF in WW2 (Corpl Armourer); lost in HM Minelayer Welshman (Med.) 1 Feb. 1943.

Kenneth Frederick Davies was born at Acton, Middlesex on the 16th of December 1918 the son of Frederick Albert Davies, secretary to a public company, and Ellen Florence (nee Phillips) Davies of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. He was christened at St Martin’s Church, West Acton on the 21st of June 1919. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1932 to December 1936. On leaving school he worked as an Assistant Transport Superintendant and lodged at 9, Nevern Square, Kensington in London.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an armourer and rose to the rank of Corporal.
In January 1943, Kenneth Davies boarded the cruiser minelayer HMS Welshman (M84) , under the command of Captain William Howard Dennis Friedberger DSO RN, which was transporting men and stores from Malta to Tobruk. At 5.45pm on the 1st of February 1943, HMS Welshman was struck by two torpedoes from of a spread of four which had been fired by the U Boat U-617, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Brandt. The main deck area flooded and she capsized and sank two hours later with the loss of 163 of her passengers and crew. Several of the casualties were caused by exploding depth charges as she sank. 118 survivors were picked up after five hours in the water by the destroyers HMS Tetcott and HMS Belvoir and were taken to Alexandria. A further 6 survivors were rescued by small craft which had sailed out from Tobruk.
He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial Panel 9, Column 2.

Dearmer, Anthony, son of Percy Dearmer (qv) and his second wife; b. 23 June 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left Apr. 1936; Sgt RAFVR, killed on active service Apr. 1943.

Anthony Dearmer was born at Streatham, London on the 23rd of June 1920 the youngest son of the Reverend Dr Percy Dearmer DD OW, Professor of Ecclesiastical Art at King’s College, London, and his second wife, Nancy “Nan” (nee Knowles) Dearmer of 48, Jubilee Place, Chelsea in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1933 to April 1936.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
Anthony Dearmer took off on the 7th of April 1943 with his pilot, Flying Officer Taylor, in Beaufort Mk I DX114 for a training exercise. During the flight the aircraft was forced to ditch into the sea off the coast of Ayr. His body was recovered from the sea some 2 miles to the North East of Ailsa Craig. Flying Officer Taylor survived the accident.
He is buried at Greenock Cemetery Section CCC Grave 1333.

Clark, Adrian John, son of Matthew Clark, of South Kensington, by Blanche, daughter of Charles Stuart Leslie; b. April 9, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (A); K.S. (non-resident) Jan. 1905; left July 1906; LL. B. (London Univ.) 1910; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 8, 1910; S. E. Circuit and Central Crirp. Court; Major 23rd Batt. London Regt. March 21, 1918; served in France with his regiment and as D. A. A. G., 3rd Army; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917; O. B. E. June 3, 1919; Stipendiary Magistrate, Trinidad, 1924-7; Judge of the High Court, Jamaica, 1927-34; Deputy Public Prosecutor, Singapore, 1934-6: puisne judge, Straits Settlements, 1936-7; legal adviser Federated Malay States 1937; m. June 12, 1929, Marguerite Muriel, daughter of John Charles Brooks, of Virginia Water; d. of dysentery in the Secret Police Prison, Singapore, whilst interned by the Japanese, March 11, 1944.

Adrian John Clark was born in London on the 9th of April 1889 the son of Mateo Clark, a railway contractor, and Blanche (nee Leslie) Clark of 128, Coleherne Court, Old Brompton Road, South Kensington. He was educated at Westminster School where he was a King’s Scholar and was up Ashburnham from the 24th of September 1903 to July 1906. He and was non resident from January 1905 and was a member of the Westminster School Cadet Corps until 1906. He was a member of the Fencing team in 1906 and competed in the Public Schools Events on the 6th of April that year. He won the School Sabre Competition in the same year. He went on to London University where he read Law and graduated LLb in 1910. He was called to the Bar in the Inner Temple on the 8th of June 1910 and worked in the South East Circuit and Central Criminal Court from chambers at 3, Temple Gardens, Temple.
He applied for a commission in the 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment on the 9th of January 1909. At a medical examination it was recorded that he was six feet and one half inches tall. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Battalion on the 20th of January 1909 and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 4th of March 1910. He was promoted to Captain on the 20th of March 1911.
He was mobilised on the outbreak of war and went with the Battalion to St Albans where he volunteered for overseas service on the 26th of August 1914. He embarked for service in France with the 1/23rd Battalion of his Regiment at Southampton on board the SS Copenhagen at 7pm on the 14th of March 1915 and landed at Le Havre at 8am the following morning.
On the 2nd of May 1915 the Battalion was in billets at Le Touret when Adrian Clark was admitted to hospital with septicaemia. He was embarked on board a hospital ship at Boulogne on the 8th of May and landed at Dover later on the same day. He returned to the Battalion and went on leave on the 19th of December 1915, boarding the SS Archangel at Le Havre the next day and landed at Southampton on the 21st of December. He returned from leave on the 27th of December 1915. On the 4th of November 1916, the 1/23rd Battalion entered support trenches at Belgian Chateau in the Hill 60 Sector in the Ypres salient. During this time Adrian Clark suffered a blow to the left eye and he returned to England on the 7th of November where he was admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Hospital, Millbank on the 13th of November. He attended a Medical Board, which was held at the War Office on the 30th of January 1917, where he was declared as being fit for general service.
He was Mentioned in Despatches, which was announced in the London Gazette of the 4th of January 1917.
He was appointed as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for the 3rd Army on the 6th of February 1917 and was promoted to Major on the 21st of March 1918. He later served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Air Force. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the King’s Birthday Honours List of the 3rd of June 1919. He was demobilised on the 2nd of May 1919 and resigned his commission on the 30th of September 1921.
On leaving the army he served as a Stipendiary Magistrate in Trinidad from 1924 to 1927 and as a Judge in the High Court of Jamaica from 1927 to 1934. He was married on the 12th of June 1929 to Marguerite Murial (nee Brooks), later of Burleigh House, Brimscombe in Gloucestershire. He served as Deputy Public Prosecutor at Singapore from the 11th of September 1934 to 1936 and for the Straits Settlements from 1936 to 1937. In 1937 he was appointed as Legal Adviser to the Federated Malay States and worked from the Legal Advisers Chambers at Kuala Lumpur. He also served as a Major in the Selangor Local Defence Corps.
He was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore on the 15th of February 1942 and was interned at Changi Barracks. Just after dawn on the 10th of October 1943, all of the internees at Changi were paraded for a roll call. A short time later Japanese Military Police, the Kempei tai, arrived and called out the names of fifty seven internees who were labelled and segregated. Three of these were women. A search of the of the barracks was carried out with the belongings of all internees being searched for radio telephony equipment which the Japanese believed was being used to contact people in Singapore to incite sabotage and anti Japanese activities outside the camp. Throughout the search the internees were made to stand in the sun without food or water until it was concluded at 6pm when they were allowed to return to the prison. The fifty seven men who had been separated were then taken to the Kempei tai Centre in Singapore for interrogation. They were detained in small cells or cages where they were given no bedding and with bright overhead lights burning throughout the night. From 8am to 10pm they were forced to sit up straight on the floor and were not allowed to move other than to use the toilets. The prisoners were beaten and tortured throughout their internment and on some occasions were told that they were to be executed. Adrian Clark died from dysentery at the Kempei tai Prison, Singapore. He was one of fifteen internees who died during the Double Tenth Incident.
Those who died were: -
Dr Cuthbert Arthur Stanley (Malayan Medical Service) Died 1st December 1943
S. Cornelius
A. Buchanan
William Lyle Stevenson Died 26th January 1944
Dermot Victor Prittie Perry (Medical Auxiliary Unit) Died 21st September 1944
Hilary Cameron Russell Rendle (Malayan Civil Service) Died 26th October 1944
Major Adrian John Clark, (Legal Adviser to the Federated Malay States) Died 21st March 1944
Norman Coulson Died 17th July 1944 (King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct)
S.A. Hagger
Henry Eardley Wilmot Bryning Died 1st February 1944
Stanley Musgrave Middebrook (Malayan Civil Service) Died 19th October 1944
John Herbert Bowyer (Chief Medical Officer, General Hospital, Singapore) Died 1st November 1944
Hugh Fraser (Malayan Civil Service) Died 25th July 1944
Wolfram Hermann Albert Penseler Died 2nd November 1944
Alan Wemyss Wellwood Ker (Director of Air Raid Precautions, Singapore) Died 25th September 1944
A trial of the Japanese participants in the Double Tenth Incident began on the 18th of March 1946 and was concluded on the 15th of April, with the death sentence being passed on eight members of the Kempei tai with life sentences passed on three more. Three more received sentences of between 8 and 15 years and six others were acquitted. Their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Haruzo Sumida, was hanged.
Clark is buried at Kranji War Cemetery Plot 35, Row G, Grave 13.