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Balfour, Christopher Egerton, third son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Aug. 14, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left Nov. 1889; 2nd Lieut. King's Royal Rifle Corps May 24, 1893; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1896; A.D.C. to Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. W. G. Lyttelton, March 28, 1900; Capt. Jan. 13, 1901; served in the South African War 1899-1901, and was in Ladysmith during the siege; D.S.O. Sept. 27, 1901; m. Oct. 28, 1902, Dorothy, eldest daughter of Gerald Paget; d. Aug. 29, 1907.

Balfour, Arthur Montague, eldest son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Oct. 15, 1868; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (R); left July 1887; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. Lent 1889; served in Great War I; Lieut.-Col. R. F. A.; D.S.O.; d. April 20, 1936.

Badham, John Frederic, son of Major Richard Leslie Stowell Badham, of Upper Tooting, by Ada Maria, daughter of Edward Luckie, of Brighton, Sussex; b. Aug. 16, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1893; enlisted in the Royal Dragoons Oct. 1898, and served in the ranks for more than three years and a half; 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt. April 23, 1902; Lieut. Nov. 17, 1904; Adjutant April 4 - Nov. 8, 1907; employed with the West African Frontier Force 1912-8; Capt. Sept. 18, 1914; Major Jan. 29, 1917; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan 1, 1918; temp. Lieut.-Col. employed with the West African Frontier Field Force Jan. 11, 1922, Assistant Commandant June 27, 1922; Major R. Welch Fusiliers Feb. 17, 1923; Lieut.-Col. Dorset Regt. Nov. 18, 1925; served in the South African War Nov. 1899 - May 1902, in Great War I, in the Cameroons and East Africa 1914-8, and on the western front in Europe July-Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 7, 1918, and Oct. 20, 1920; D.S.O. July 27, 1918; French War Cross; m. June 21, 1918, Ruth, daughter of Graham Graham­ Parry, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. Oct. 6, 1946.

Ash, William Claudius Casson, elder son of William Henry Ash, of Heathfield, Sussex, by Mary Esther, daughter of Joseph Wellington Casson, of Dublin; b. Feb. 6, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (D); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1888; entered the Militia; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (The Middlesex Regt.) Sept. 28, 1892; Lieut. July 31, 1895; Capt. March 14, 1900; served in the South African War 1902; Adjutant 5th Batt. Jan. 13, 1902- Jan. 12, 1907; Major April 1, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1914 - Feb. 7, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. commanding 23rd (Service) Batt. of his Regt. Oct. 30, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 4, 1914, was wounded at Loos Sept. 25, 1915, and invalided home; returned to the front May 3, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. March 1, 1894, Edith Learoyd, second daughter of Edward Wright Barnett, of Selly Oak; d. at Etaples Sept. 29, 1916, of wounds received at Fiers Sept. 15.

Anderson, Stuart Milligan, son of Kenneth Lockwood Anderson, of Kensington; b. Sept. 23, 1879; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1898; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1898; a director of the Exchange Telegraph Co.; 2nd Lieut. R. A. May 12, 1900; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1901; Capt. Dec. 3, 1910; Instructor Field Artillery Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Feb. 27, 1912; Major R. A. Oct. 30, 1914; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1918; retired with hon. rank of Brig.-Gen. March 30, 1920; mentioned in despatches L. G. Nov. 5, 1915, Jan. 4 and Dec. 28, 1917, May 20 and Dec. 31, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; American D.S.M., and Legion of Honour, 5th class; m. 1912 Alexandra, daughter of C. Barbu Janescu, of Bucharest; d. May 23, 1954.