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GB-2014-WSA-16570 · Person · 1877-1951

Symonds, James William Guy, only son of James Sexton Simonds, Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, by Annie Guy Spence; b. Nov. 29, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left July 1895; assumed the surname of Symonds in lieu of Simonds; temp. Lieut.-Col. R.F.A. May 1, 1915; served in British East Africa and France; wounded at Flers Oct. 1916; employed Ministry of Munitions; demob. June 1919; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 4, May 18, and Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; served during Great War II as Fire Adviser Grade I at the Home Office; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; m. Anne Morland, daughter of Thomas Richardson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. Aug. 1951.

GB-2014-WSA-16252 · Person · 1879-1914

Stephen, Albert Alexander Leslie, youngest son of Major James Young Stephen, of Amer­sham, Bucks, by Augusta Henrietta Mary, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart.; b. Feb. 3, 1879; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1892, and went to Eton; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards Jan. 4, 1899; Lieut. April 4, 1900; Capt. April 10, 1904; Adjt. April 1, 1914; went out to the western front Aug. 1914; served in South Africa 1899-1902; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; d. at Ypres, Flanders, Oct. 31, 1914; of wounds received in action at Gheluvelt Oct. 29; unm.

GB-2014-WSA-14909 · Person · 1889-1983

Rodocanachi, Theodore Emmanuel, son of Michel Michel Rodocanachi (q.v.); b. Jan. 6, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (R) having previously been at Eton; K.S. (non-resident) 1903; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; a director of shipping companies 1911-6; Capt. yd (Res.) Batt. Rants Regt. Oct. 1, 1916, attached 5th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; served in France; wounded at the Battle of Arras April 9, 1917; mentioned three times in despatches; M.C. Nov. 18, 1915; D.S.O. June 18, 1917; . J.P. Warwichsire 1935; County Councillor, Warwickshire, 1946; County Alderman 1957; d. 8 Feb. 1983.

Page, Charles Max, 1882-1963
GB-2014-WSA-13376 · Person · 1882-1963

Page, Sir Charles Max, son of Charles Page, of Rye, Sussex, by Mary, daughter of George Sager, of Edinburgh; b. Sept. 2, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left July 1901; Lond. Univ.; M.B. and B.S. 1906; M.S. 1908; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1906; Bristowe Medal 1907; F.R.C.S. 1908; M.A. 1945; surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital; served in France 1914-9, acting Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C. March 26, 1918; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 22, 1915, May 25 and Dec. 30, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1919; author of a Medical Field Service Handbook (1918), and The Treatment of Fractures and Dislocations (1924); Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons, 1934; Col. R.A.M.C. Sept. 1946; consulting surgeon to the army; Major-General; K.B.E. Jan 1, 1946; C.B. Jan 1, 1944; Officer of the Legion of Honour 1948; Robert Jones Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons 1951; a Busby Trustee 1955; Master of the O.W.W. Masonic Lodge, 1921; m. April 5, 1913, Helen Alicia, only daughter of Sir Thomas William Holderness, Bart., G.C.B., K.C.S.I.; d. Aug. 3, 1963.

GB-2014-WSA-12162 · Person · 1877-1916

Meeson, Edward Hickman Tucker, only son of Frederick Meeson, of Eastbourne, by his first wife, Emily, daughter of Frederic Andrews, of Binsted, Rants; b. Dec. 20, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (R); left April 1891; Asst. Eng. R.N. July 1, 1900; Eng.-Lieut. June 1, 1904; Eng.-Lieut.-Com. June 1, 1912; Eng.-Com. May 28, 1915; present at the action in the Heligo­land Bight Aug. 28, 1914; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1915; m. Dec. 28, 1908 Gladys May, elder daughter of George Robert Gordon Joy, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; killed in action at the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916.

Lyttelton, Oliver, 1893-1972
GB-2014-WSA-11542 · Person · 1893-1972

Lyttelton, Oliver, Viscount Chandos of Aldershot, only son of the Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, M. P., sometime Secretary of State for the Colonies, by his second wife, Edith Sophy, daughter of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. March 15, 1893; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left Easter 1906 and went to Eton; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; Lieut. Grenadier Guards July 15, 1915; temp. Capt. Oct. 18, 1915; served in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4 and Dec. 11, 1917; D.S.O., Oct. 20, 1916; M.C. July 26, 1918; played golf for Cambridge 1913; M. P. Aldershot 1940-54; Controller of Non-Ferrous Metals 1939-40; P. C. 1940; President of the Board of Trade 1940-1 and May-July 1945; Minister of State and Member of War Cabinet 1941-2; Minister of Production and Member of War Cabinet 1942-5; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1951-4; created Viscount Chandos of Aldershot Sept. 10, 1954; chairman of Associated Electrical Insudtries Ltd. 1945-51 and since 1954; m. Jan. 30, 1920, Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne, fourth daughter of George, 10th Duke of Leeds; d. 21 Jan. 1972.

GB-2014-WSA-10554 · Person · 1882-1958

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.

GB-2014-WSA-09422 · Person · 1875-1943

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

GB-2014-WSA-08247 · Person · 1901-?

Greig, Robert Beamish, son of Robert McGregor Turnbull Greig, of Trinidad, British West Indies, by Eileen, daughter of Robert Henry McCarthy, C.M.G., of Lampton, Middlesex; b. April 18, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.A. July 13, 1921; Lieut. July 13, 1923; Capt. July 12, 1934; Major Aug. 1, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. Feb. 24, 1944; D.S.O. (Italy) June 15, 1944; mentioned in despatches (Italy) L.G. Nov. 29, 1945; m. Dec. 19, 1929, Irene Wenban, only daughter of Percy Cragg, of Heston, Middx.

GB-2014-WSA-05644 · Person · 1883-1948

Cunningham, Bertram Stephen Rowsell, brother of Francis Rowsell Cunningham (q.v.); b. July 20, 1883; adm. April 28, 1898 (R); left April 1899; adm. a solicitor June 1908; practised in London; temp. 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. Nov. 11, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 15, 1915; Capt. Aug. 1, 1915; Major April 1, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 15, 1916, and Dec. 24, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; executive officer, Ministry of Pensions; Lieut. R. A. S. C. Dec. 14, 1939; Major 10th Training Batt. R. A. S. C.; m. Nov. 23, 1915, Margaret, eldest daughter of Frederic William Atkinson, of Blackheath, Kent; d. Dec. 11, 1948.