Barclay-Smith, Edward Alan, son of Edward Barclay-Smith, M. D., of Royston, Herts, Professor of Anatomy, London Univ., by Ida Mary, daughter of George Porter Rogers, of Plymouth; b. Sept. 16, 1897; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; left Easter 1915; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1920; scholar 1920; 1st class Mech. Science Tripos 1922; B.A. 1922; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Feb. 18, 1916; Lieut. Aug. 19, 1917; Capt. June 23, 1925; served in France, Belgium, and Germany Oct. 1916 - Jan. 1919; Croix de Guerre Dec. 1918; A. M.I. Mech.E., A. M. l. E. E. 1928; Major Aug. 9, 1934; Lieut-Col. March 13, 1941; served in France, India and Iraq Nov. 1939 - Nov. 1943; retired Feb. 4, 1944; donated money for housing for the elderly in Helensburgh; m. 1st Dec. 7, 1925, Elspeth McGregor, daughter of William Primrose Ure, of Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire; 2nd 1951, Manya Jalakas, of Estonia; 3rd Aug. 20, 1953, Helen Forbes, daughter of Samuel Martyn, O.B.E., M.B., of Gooden Beach, Sussex; d. 29 July 1977.
BARCROFT, HUGH, son of Rev. Humphrey Barcroft, parish St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, and Anne Walker (IGI); b. ; at school under Wilson (Al. Cant. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Apr 162O, aged 17, matr. 1620; BA 1623/4; MA 1627 (incorp. Oxford 1627); BD 1634; DD 1660; ordained; Rector of Wyberton, Lincs. , from 1638; Rector of South Hykeham, Lincs. , from 1639; Rector of Edmondthorpe, Leics. , 1662; Prebendary of Lincoln from 17 Jun 1661; buried South Hykeham, Lincs. 2 Apr 1667.
Bare, Reginald George, son of Robert George Bare, of Putney Heath, by Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George Meadway, of Ilford, Essex; b. June 14, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); left July 1918; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1918-9; rowed stroke of the Thames Rowing Club VIII which won the Thames Cup at Henley in 1920, was No. 2 in the Thames VIII which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1923, and was No. 2 in the English VIII which took part in the Olympic Games in 1924; partner in Yuill, Bare & Co., produce brokers; 2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt. Aug. 1, 1940; Major; wounded; mentioned in despatches (N. W. Europe) L. G. March 22, 1945; Croix de Guerre and star; m. Jan. 30, 1926, Helen Nora, daughter of Frederick William Headington, of Wargrave, Berks.; d. 7 Jan. 1984.
BARHAM, ALEXANDER, son of Richard Barham, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, by Helen ---; bapt. 25 Aug 1668; KS 1682. [mother’s surname perhaps Burnett (IGI)]
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.
Barlas, Sir Richard Douglas, son of Ernest Douglas Montague Barlas, solicitor, of Beckenham, and Elena Matilda Georgina, d. of Charles Robert Kenyon of Lee, Kent; b. 19 May 19 I 6; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1952; RAFVR 1937-8; RAF 1939-45 (Wing Cdr), despatches (twice); RAF Staff Coll. 1942; OBE (milit.) 1943; asst Clerk in the House of Commons 1946, sen. Clerk 1947; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1949; Fourth Clerk at the Table, House of Commons, 1959, Second Clerk Asst 1962, Clerk Asst 1974, Clerk of the House 1976-9; CB 1968; KCB June 1977; m. 17 Feb. 1940 Ann, d. of Rev. Canon Robert Waltham Porter, Rector of Steeple Aston, Oxon.; d. 10 Nov. 1982.
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BARKELEY, THOMAS; b.; at school 1553-8. [“See new slip”]