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Dover, Hubert Basil, 1880-?
GB-2014-WSA-06332 · Person · 1880-?

Dover, Hubert Basil, son of the Rev. Thomas Birket Dover, Vicar of Malden-cum-Chessington, Surrey, by Fenelia Smith, daughter of Andrew Low, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. June 4, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left Dec. 1897; St. John's Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; assist. traffic manager Uganda Railway; temp. Lieut. while serving in E. Africa Aug. 9 - Nov. 23, 1914; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.E. Nov. 17, 1916; Lieut. Oct. 6, 1917; acting Capt. Feb. 18, 1918; acting Major Oct. 22, 1918; Capt. Army Educational Corps. June 19, 1920, Southern Command; retired with the rank of Major 1931; recalled to Regular Army Feb. 21, 1941; Adjutant 8th Batt. Home Guard; retired 1943; m. Feb. 17, 1909, Agatha Beatrice, daughter of the Rev. Edward Spencer Phelps, of Sandhurst, Berks.

GB-2014-WSA-06350 · Person · 1903-1990

Dowling, James Douglas Hamilton, son of James Dowling of Brixton and Aidina Ilta, d. of Capt. Claude Douglas-Hamilton IA; b. 12 Mar. 1903; adm. May 1917 (H), later (R); left Dec. 1919; man. dir. James Dowling Ltd, engineers; m. 23 Aug. 1939 Violet, d. of Douglas Andrew Livesey of Southbourne, Hants; d. 24 Jan. 1990.

GB-2014-WSA-06370 · Person · 1904-1965

Doyle, Douglas Lippiatt, brother of John Lionel Cyril Doyle (q.v.); b. June 6, 1904; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (H); left Dec. 1919; South Eastern Agricultural Coll.; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Agric.) 1925; a farmer in Wilts; later a manufacturer of weighing machines; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Dec. 31, 1939; Sqdn.-Ldr.; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 14, 1945; m. Jan. 5, 1931, Frances Anne, daughter of. John Bustin Bowman, of Great Yarmouth; d. 1965.

GB-2014-WSA-06387 · Person · 1865-1899

DRAKEFORD, DAVID JOSIAH, son of Rev. David James Drakeford, Elm Grove, Sydenham, Kent, Anglican clergyman, and Julia Anna, dau. of John Purnell; b. 17 Apr 1865; adm. (H) 27 May 1880; left Dec 1882; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1883; BA 1886; MA 1890; adm. solicitor Feb 1894, but did not practise; d. unm. 14 May 1899.

GB-2014-WSA-06388 · Person · 1868-?

DRAKEFORD, WILLIAM DUSAUTOY, brother of David Josiah Drakeford (qv); b. 21 Jan 1868; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left May 1884; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. 9 Oct 1886, matr. Mich. 1886; BA 1889; MA 1893; served with Imperial Yeomanry in South African War 1901-2; an ex-soldier clerk in War Office 1903-; MBE 1 Jan 1920; m. 5 Apr 1910 Catherine May, dau. of Col. Henry Dixon, Indian Army, Sydenham, Kent.

Draper, Herbert, 1868-1914
GB-2014-WSA-06391 · Person · 1868-1914

DRAPER, HERBERT, son of Edward Draper, Vincent Square, Westminster, solicitor, and Hannah --- (1881 Census); b. 18 Mar 1868; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left Aug 1884; adm. solicitor Jan 1891; practised in London, firm Draper and Son, Vincent Square; m. ---, sister of William Edward Strange Butson (qv); d. 16 Apr 1914.

GB-2014-WSA-06408 · Person · 1880-1915

Drought, George Thomas Acton, only son of the Rev. George Meares Drought, Incumbent of St. Matthew Newtown, Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, by Beatrice, daughter of James Scott Robertson, C. B.; b. Aug. 2, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1894, and went to Dulwich Coll.; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Nov. 22, 1899; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1901; Adjutant Nov. 23, 1904 -June 17, 1908; Capt. May 19, 1906; Major Oct. 30, 1914; served in the South African War 1900-2, and in Great War I; m.; d. June 14, 1915, of wounds received in action in France May 17, 1915.

Druce, Bernard Otto, 1889-?
GB-2014-WSA-06409 · Person · 1889-?

Druce, Bernard Otto, son of Otto Edward Druce, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 16, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); left Easter 1905.

GB-2014-WSA-06424 · Person · 1903-1987

Drury, Alfred Paul Dalou, son of Alfred Drury, R. A., of Wimbledon, by Phebe M., younger daughter of the Rev. G. Lyon Turner, M.A., of South Hayling, Hants; b. Oct. 14, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); migrated up Grant's April 1918; left July 1920; Univ. of London; Goldsmiths' Coll. School of Art 1920-25; British Institution Scholar in Engraving 1924; Fellow of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, 1932; a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and other exhibitions; served in Great War II in Orthopaedic Dept., Queen Mary's Hosp., Roehampton; m. 1937 Enid Marie, painter, only child of Victor Solomon; d. 19 May 1987.

GB-2014-WSA-06436 · Person · 1873-1933

Du Pasquier, Arthur Edmund, son of Francis John Du Pasquier, of Kensington; b. Oct. 6, 1873; adm. April 27, 1887 (H); left April 1890; a director of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Co.; m. July 28, 1898, Laura, daughter of William Lyle, Trinity House Superintendent at Pembroke Dock; d. May 20, 1933.