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Willett, Frederic Wilfrid Bagnall, son of Frederic Willett (q.v.); b. March 3, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left April 1894; 2nd Lieut. Sussex Regt. May 15, 1897; Lieut. Feb. 22, 1899; Capt. June 1, 1905; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 14, 1921; retired Jan. 10, 1922; served in South Africa 1900-2, and in Great War I 1914-9; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and May 22, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. July 23, 1904, Kathleen Maud, eldest daughter of Matthew George Megaw, of Warninglid, Sussex; d. 1951.

Shearman, Charles Edward Gowran, son of Ernest Charles Shearman (q.v.); b. May 1, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (G); left July 1906; R.M.A. Woolwich 1908; 2nd Lieut. Bedfs. Regt. Nov. 6, 1908; Lieut. March 1, 1911; Capt. Dec. 15, 1914; Brigade Major 173rd In­fantry Brigade 1917-8, and temp. Lieut.-Col. with the Rhine Army 1918-9; wounded; mentioned in despatches L.G. Oct. 19, 1914; Legion of Honour (5th class) 1914; M.C. Jan. 1, 1915; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; Major Feb. 3, 1928; Lieut.-Col. Oct. 16, 1933; D.A.A. and Q.M.G. Western Command 1930-2; commanded 1st Batt. Beds and Herts Regt. 1932-7; Col. Oct. 1, 1937; A.Q.M.G. Northern Command Oct. 1, 1937; temp. Brigadier, Middle East; mentioned in despatches L.G. April 1 and Dec. 30, 1941; C.B.E. July 11, 1940; retired with hon. rank of Brigadier Dec. 22, 1945; m. Dec. 10, 1924, Evelyn Winifred, only daughter of Col. Frank Augustin White, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.E., of Colchester, Essex; d. 1968.

Pemberton, Harold Charles, brother of Max Joseph Pemberton (q.v.); b. Jan. 28, 1889; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Dec. 1905; served in Great War I; Capt. 19th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers March 8, 1916; D.S.O. April 2, 1919; Croix de Guerre avec Palmes, sometime motoring and aeronautical correspondent of the Daily Express; m.; killed in an aeroplane accident Feb. 2, 1937.

Metcalfe, Christopher Henry Frank, son of Frank Ernest Metcalfe, of Willesden; b. May 12, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1906; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; served in Great War I; Major 5th Batt. Beds. Regt. Jan. 30, 1917; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; m. Dec. 3, 1912, Mary Claire, eldest daughter of Duncan G. Kelly, of Brondesbury; d. 1961.

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.

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.

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.

Fitzjohn, Tudor, son of the Rev. Thomas Lechmere Tudor Fitzjohn, Vicar of Cardington, Salop, by Emily Mercy, second daughter of William Patchett, of Shrewsbury; b. July 9, 1875; adm. Jan. 16, 1890 (G); left July 1891; Non-Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896, migrated to Caius Coll., where he was adm. pensr. Jan. 14, 1898, and kept four terms; 2nd Lieut. Wares Regt. (from the Militia) April 21, 1900; Lieut. Dec. 8, 1900; Capt. Aug. 25, 1906; Major Oct. 26, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. 7th Batt. Lancs Regt. Dec. 20, 1915 - April 23, 1918, acting Lieut.-Col. 8th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers April 24 -July 30, 1918, and acting Lieut.­Col. Worcs Rcgt. Sept. 9, 1918 - Feb. 22, 1919; Lieut.-Col. in the army May 31, 1922; retired. June 25, 1922; served in the South African War with the Mounted Infantry 1901-2, and in Great War I 1914-21; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and July 9, 1919; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917, Bar July 30, 1919; French War Cross; m. May 17, 1916, Jessie Louisa, widow of Lieut.-Col. Victor G. Rickards, of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and daughter of the Rev. Canon Courtenay Moore, Rector of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork; d. 1962.

Davson, Harry Miller, eldest son of Sir Henry Katz Davson, of Bayswater, by Anne Helen, daughter of Thomas Miller, of Inchbank, Perth; b. June 4, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (G); left Dec. 1887; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Feb. 12, 1892; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1895; Capt. March 15, 1900; Adjutant Jan. 5, 1907; Major June 13, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 27 - July 7, 1915; Lieut.-Col. July 8, 1915; half pay July 8, 1920; retired Jan. 8, 1921; served in the S. African War 1899-1900, and in Great War I 1914-9 on the western front; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 10, 1901, Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, May 18, Dec. 14, 1917, and Dec. 23, 1918; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; C.M.G. June 3, 1919, re-employed as interviewing officer 1939-42; Chairman of the War Memorial Committee 1945; author of the History of the 35th Division; m. Jan. 10, 1910, the Hon. Georgina Violet St. Clair, youngest daughter of Charles, 15th Baron Sinclair; d. Nov. 10, 1961.