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Browne, Douglas Gordon, son of Gordon Frederick Brown, R. I., of Richmond, Surrey, painter and illustrator, by May Hannah, sister of Robert William Frederick Harrison (q.v.); b. July 2, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1901; served in Great War I with 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.); M.C. Oct. 1918; author of works in fiction, history and biography; m. Oct. 22, 1932, Gwendolen Lizzie, daughter of Frank Hibbert, of Lincoln; d. Feb. 9, 1963.

Browning, Percy Triquet, son of Percy Browning, of New Cross, Kent, stockbroker, by Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of George Michael Todd, of New Cross; b. Oct. 8, 1882; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies and Triplett) 1901, having previously obtained an exhibition there for Mathematics and Science, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1909; Bishop's Hostel, Farnham, 1905; ordained 1905; Trin. Coll. Missioner and Curate of St. George's, Camberwell, Surrey, 1905-11; Wilberforce Missioner and Public Preacher in the diocese of Southwark 1911-5; Temporary Chaplain to the Forces Oct. 1, 1915; Chaplain No. 5 Lond. Gen. Hosp. (St. Thomas's Hospital) 1915-8; Vicar of All Souls, Leeds 1918; Vicar of St. Martin's, Brighton 1934-8; Rector of East Blatchington, Sussex, 1938-46; m. Nov. 3, 1915, Etheldred, fourth daughter of Jarvis Kenrick, of Bletchingley, Surrey; d. Dec. 3, 1947.

BRUCE, CHARLES THOMAS, eldest son of Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce MP, and Sarah Caroline, eldest dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk; grandson of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 21 Feb 1865; adm. (H) 15 Jun 1876; left Mar 1880; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1883; attached to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff’s mission to Constantinople and Egypt, 1885-6; member, Royal Company of Archers, Scotland; went out to Flanders Sep 1915 as Commandant of a Belgian field hospital; m. 1st, 8 Jul 1897 Edith Mary, eldest dau. of Samuel Sandbach Parker, Aigburth, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 7 Jul 1914 Gwendolen Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Thomas Napier Speir DL, Burnbrae and Culdees, Perthshire; d. in London 23 Oct 1915, from enteric fever contracted in Flanders.

Bruce, Nigel Mitchell, son of Capt. Kenneth Mervyn Bruce DSO RN, and Madeleine Amy, d. of Henry W. Birks; b. 3 Mar. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left July 1925; RM 1940-6 (Maj.); asst Milit. Sec. (RM) Admiralty 1944-6; JP (Somerset); dir. Imp. Tobacco Co.; m. 19 Sept. 1933 Rosemary Alison, d. of Colin Parbury of Egham, Surrey; d. 13 Feb. 1968.

Bruges, Charles Eric Long, brother of William Ernest Bruges (q.v.); b. Nov. 24, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); left Easter 1920; Imperial Bank of India 1923-48; a market gardener in Wiltshire; J. P. (Wiltshire) 1957; 2nd Lieut. Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, July 5, 1941; Major; m. Dec. 2, 1929, Beatrice Rose Campbell, daughter of A. Leighton Stevens, of Hayling Island, Hants..

Bryan, Charles Walter Gordon, son of Francis Charles Bryan, M. D., of Bayswater, by Ada Mary, daughter of Samuel Barker, of Brighton; b. Dec. 5, 1883; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (H); left Aug. 1899; St. Mary's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1907; F.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1910; Surgeon (with charge of out-patients) St. Mary's Hospital 1920; served as surgical specialist B. E. F., France, 1914-9; Major R.A.M.C. Jan. 4, 1918; mentioned in despatches; M.C. June 3, 1918; consulting surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital; Hunterian Professor, R. C. S., 1920-1; Lieut. (Acting Lieut.-Col.) R.A.M.C. Aug. 22, 1941; Hon. Lieut.-Col.; m. 1st Jan. 17, 1917, Helen Christine, daughter of Maj.-Gen. P. W. Pirie, of Marie Place, Brenchley, Kent; 2nd Dec. 27, 1941, Molly Kestell, only daughter of John Carmichael Sinclair, of London; d. Nov. 28, 1954.

Brymer, Ernest Gordon, son of John Robert Brymer, of Forest Hill, Kent, by Rebecca, fourth daughter of Henry Bell, of Grantham, Lincs; b. Aug. 3, 1879; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1897; A. C. A. Feb. 1903; practised in London; d. Jan. 24, 1929.

Buchanan, James Graeme, son of John Henry Buchanan, of Finsbury Park, by Alice Mary, daughter of James Walter Broad, of Lewes, Sussex; b. Sept. 22, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); left July 1917; a Government Auditor; m. Sept. 22, 1939, Bertha Louise, daughter of Joseph Henry Sillitoe, of Monkseaton, Northumberland.

Budden, Francis Henry, son of Hanson Odell Budden, of Oxford, by Jane Henrietta, daughter of Major-Gen. Francis Edward Archibald Chamier, C. B., C. I. E., of London; b. March 4, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (H); Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; left Easter 1905; R.M.A. Woolwich 1905-7; 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers July 24, 1907; Lieut. May 2, 19IO; Capt. Oct. 30, 1914; acting Major Jan. 24, 1917 - July 10, 1919; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1918; employed under the Ministry of Munitions Oct. 21, 1918 - Jan. 15, 1919; temp. Major and D. A. D. of Works, India, Aug. 5 - Sept. 11, 1919; served in France 1915 and 1917, and Salonika 1915-6; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 6, 1916, and Dec. 14, 1917; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; served in the Afghan War 1919; Lieut.-Col. May 1, 1932; retired Nov. 30, 1933; employed with Indian State Railways 1912-33; R. & E. Dept., Min. of Home Security, 1939-43; jt. sec., New Towns Committee, 1945; Public Relations Officer, Institution of Civil Engineers from 1953; author of Railway Statistics and the Operating Officer (1925); m. Dec. 15, 1913, Mary Ethel, daughter of Louis Gould Liepmann, of Gedling, Notts; d. Oct. 16, 1953.

Bull, Christopher Forman, son of Archibald William Bull of Purley, Surrey, and Eva Shipley, d. of Henry Seakins Fitter of Brixton Hill; b. 30 Aug. 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (H); left July 1925; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, MA 1932; asst master Christ's Hosp. 1928-30; joint HM The Hawthorns Sch., Bletchingley, Surrey, 1930; m. 20 Apr. 1938 Ruth Averil, d. of Frederick William Johnson OBE MB, of Bawtry, Yorks·, d. 22 July 1981.