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Lynch, Cecil St. John, brother of Edward Herbert Lynch (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1882; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left May 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich 1899; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 18, 1903; Capt. Aug. 18, 1910; Major Nov. 2, 1916; acting Lieut.-Col. Dec. 8, 1917 - Sept. 24, 1918; served in France in Great War I as D. A. D. G. of Transport and in the Afghan War 1919; D. A. D. of Works, India, July 28, 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m.; d. at Quetta, Baluchistan, Sept. 27, 1925.

Lloyd, Robert Archer, son of Robert Hodgens Lloyd, M. D., M.R.C.S., of Kennington, London, by Frances Harriet, daughter of George Lewis; b. April 14, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left April 1895; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; M.B. (Lond.) 1901; M. D. 1909; entered the Ind. Med. Serv. 1902; Lieut. July 26, 1901, Capt. July 26, 1905; Med. Officer 21st Punjabis 1906-12; Major Jan. 26, 1914; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 3, 1919; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 26, 1922; retired Jan. 12, 1925; served on the N. W. Frontier 1908; commanded No. 12 Ind. Gen. Hosp. at Brockenhurst, Rants, 1914-5, Marseilles in 1915, Amara 1916-8, and the Bakuta Refugee Camp, Mesopotamia, in 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Oct. 19, 1916, and Aug. 15, 1917; D.S.O. Sept. 17, 1917; m. Sept. 30, 1920, Ivy Francis Byard, youngest daughter of Reginald Byard Clayton of East Boldre, Rants; d. Jan. 4, 1951.

Knox, Robert Welland, brother of Ernest Francis Knox (q.v.); b. Sept. 6, 1873; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 13, 1887; left July 1890; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1890), only resided two terms; Edinburgh Univ.; M.B. and C. M. 1896; F.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1914; entered the Indian Medical Service; Lieut. July 28, 1897; Capt. July 28, 1900; Major Jan. 28, 1909; acting Lieut.-Col. Sept. 21, 1914-July 13, 1915, and Dec. 13, 1915-Jan. 27, 1917; Lieut. ­ Col. Jan. 28, 1917; served in the Dardanelles 1915-6 and as Asst. Director of Medical Services to the Goth and 10th Divisions of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Nov. 23, 1918-Nov. 11, 1919; mentioned in despatches LG. June 21, 1916, July 6, 1917, and June 14, 1918; D.S.O. Oct. 29, 1915; Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 4th class, and the Order of the Crown of Italy, 4th class; Col. Sept. 24, 1924; retired Jan. 1, 1928; m. Dec. 31, 1900, Lilian Margaret, daughter of Col. John Lewis Lock; d. Jan. 20, 1959.

Knox, Ernest Francis, son of Sir George Edward Knox, C. S. I., I. S. O., Judge of the High Court, North West Provinces, India, by Katherine Anna Louise, daughter of Major William Loch, 1st Bombay Lancers; b. July 27, 1871; adm. as exhibitioner June 5, 1885 (G); left Dec. 1888; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Norfolk Regt. ov. 29, 1890; Lieut. Oct. 6, 1893; Indian Staff Corps Nov. 30, 1896; Capt. July 10, 1901; Double Company Commander 36th Sikhs Aug. 14, 1903; Major Nov. 29, 1908; Military Attache at St. Petersburg with temp. rank of Lieut.-Col. . May 3, 1911; Lieut .-Col. Nov. 29, 1916; Col. June. 3, 1920; retired May 15, 1922; served in the Tirah expedition 1897-8, and in Mesopotamia Feb. 1916 until he was dangerously wounded on June 12, 1916, and from Aug. 1917-Sept. 1918, North Persia Sept. 1918-May 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. May 30 and Oct. 19, 1916; D.S.O. Dec. 22, 1916; m. Sept. 28, 1910, Margaret Muriel Dallas, only daughter of the Very Rev. James Dallas O'Meara, D.D., Dean of Rupertsland, Canada; d. June 1949.

Kitson, Roland Dudley, 3rd Baron Airedale, only son of James, 1st Baron Airedale, by his second wife, Mary Laura, daughter of Edward Fisher Smith, of Dudley, Worcs; b. July 19, 1882; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (R); left July 1901; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. West Yorks Regt. April 23, 1912; Lieut. July 1, 1914; Capt. June 20, 1915; Gen. Staff Officer, 3rd grade, Sept. 20, 1916; served in France and Italy; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 11, 1917, and May 30, 1918; M.C. June 4, 1917; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; a director of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Ltd., and of the Monk Bridge Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.; a Governor of the Bank of England 1923; Deputy Governor, London Assurance Corpn.; Lieutenant of the City of London; High Sheriff of the County of London 1928; succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron March 11, 1944; m. 1st July 1, 1913, Sheila Grace, daughter of Frank Edward Vandeleur, of South Kensington; 2nd Sept. 26, 1937, Dorothy Christabel, widow of Hugh Mortimer Rodland, and 4th daughter of the Rev. Canon Raymond Pelly; d. March 20, 1958.

King, Gerald Hartley, third son of William Hartley King, of Wollescote Hall, Wares, by Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Harding, of Wadhurst Castle, Sussex; b. March 28, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (G); left Dec. 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich; Tombs Memorial Scholar; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. July 23, 1901; Lieut. July 23, 1904; Capt. April 18, 1914; Major Oct. 15, 1915; on staff as Brig. Major R. A. 17th Div. April 24, 1916 - April 11, 1917, and 75th Div. from Feb. 19, 1918; retired July 7, 1922; served in France and Belgium Sept. 1914 - March 1917, and with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Jan.- Oct. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, and Jan. 12, 1920; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; d. 1940.

Hoskins, Sir Arthur Reginald, brother of Thomas Hoskins (adm. 1875, q. v.); b. May 30, 1871; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (A); left April 1889; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. North Staffs Regt. May 23, 1891; Lieut. Jan. 9, 1895; Capt. March 20, 1900; Major April 7, 1910; Inspector-Gen. of the King's African Rifles Aug. 15, 1913 - Sept. 18, 1914; Lieut.-Col. N. Staffs Regt. April 10, 1916; Major-Gen. Jan. 1, 1917; temp. Lieut.-Gen.; served in the expedition to Dongola 1896, in the Nile expeditions of 1897, 1898, and 1899, in the S. African War 1899-1902, in the operations in Somaliland 1902-3, in France Sept. 1914-8, in East Africa; mentioned in despatches thirteen times; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1916; K.C. B. June 3, 1919; Principal of the Bonar Law College, Ashridge, Herts, 1929-37; President of the Elizabethan Club 1937-40; d. Feb. 7, 1942.

Holland, Henry William, son of Henry Holland, of Broughty Ferry, Forfar, by Wilhelmina Margareta, daughter of the Rev. William Nixon, D.D., of Montrose, Forfarshire; b. Jan. 3, 1875; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left Sept. 1891; a chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1897; F. C. A. 1921; practised in the City of London; a member of the Inns of Court V. R. C. and O. T. C. 1898-1921; Lieut.-Col. May 9, 1917; Deputy Chief Field Censor 1917-9; attached Gen. Staff at War Office 1919-20; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 22, 1915, June 15, 1916, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; T. D. 1919; Chev. Legion of Honour, 5th class, 1919; American D.S.M. 1919; Commr. Order of Aviz 1919; d. June 22, 1943

Holford, Cecil Francis Lovell, son of Herbert Frank Stanley Holford, of Cricklewood, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Henry Lovell, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S.; b. July 8, 1900; adm. April 29, 1915, (A); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R. Marine L.I., Jan. 1919; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1922; Capt. Jan. 1, 1930; Major Oct. 2, 1932; acting Lieut.-Col. Aug. q., 1942; D.S.O. (withdrawal from Boulogne and Calais) Sept. 6, 1940; m. March 31, 1930, Adien Margery, daughter of John Llewellyn Rees.

Hobson, Frederick Greig, elder son of Thomas Frederick Hobson, of Kensington, barrister­-at-law, by Mary Innes, daughter of John Borthwick Greig, of Hampstead, Writer to the Signet; b. Aug. 6, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1910; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1914; enlisted as a Motorcyclist Despatch Rider Aug. 6, 1914; Cpl., promoted Sgt. Sept. 18, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorks) Regt. Dec. 3, 1914, and seconded to the Signal Service same day; Lieut. Feb. 25, 1915; Staff-Capt. Dec. 13, 1915; Capt. April 15, 1916; Brigade Major July 14, 1917; went out to the western front in Aug. 1914, and served continuously in France until April 1917, when he was invalided home; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Aug. 25, 1916; St. Thomas's Hospital; Theodore Williams Scholar in Pathology 1918; M.A., B. M., M.R.C.P. 1919; M.R.C.S. 1921; D. M., F.R.C.P. 1923; Physician, Radcliffe Infirmary, and Litchfield Lecturer in Medicine, Oxford; m. May 9, 1916, Audrey Brunel Horsley, eldest daughter of Francis Gotch, F.R.S., Waynflete Professor of Physiology, Oxford Univ.; d. June 26, 1961.