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Bloom, Albert Edward, son of Henry Bloom, of Hampstead, by Rebecca, daughter of Louis Halle, of Hampstead; b. May 27, 1902; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); left July 1918; an electrical engineer; 2nd Lieut. London Divisional R. A. S. C. (T. A.) March 4, 1939; Capt. Oct. 23, 1939; mentioned in despatches (France and Belgium) L. G. Dec. 20, 1940; T. D. 1950; 1st clasp to T. D. 1953; m. Jan. 5, 1926, Sybil Edna, daughter of Max Bickley, of Hampstead; d. 7 Apr. 1986.

Blount, Arthur Stanley, son of Frank Blount, of Clapham Common, Surrey, by Mary Frances, daughter of William Hull, of Edinburgh; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; served in France with the Canadian Overseas Force 1915-8; M. M. Nov. 19, 1917; d. March 21, 1926.

Blount, Cecil, brother of Arthur Stanley Blount (q.v.); b. April 18, 1892; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left July 1907; a bank accountant at Nottingham; served with the London Scottish 2/14th London Regt. Feb.- Aug. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. Dec. 10, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in Mesopotamia 1916, India and Burma 1917-9; m. March 18, 1916, Hilda, daughter of William Turner.

Blount, Maurice Bertie, twin brother of Arthur Stanley Blount (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; served in Great War I as trooper in King Edward's Horse, Canadian Overseas Force; invalided Jan. 1917.

Bloxam, Robert Basil Reginald, son of Robert Henry Raynsford Bloxam, of Ryde, I. O. W., by Lily, daughter of James Castle Cass, of Barnsley, Yorks.; b. Sept. 11. 1896; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1913; technical author (naval ordnance) with Vickers, Ltd., Naval Construction Works, Barrow-in-Furness; m. Aug. 28, 1928, Elizabeth Jean, daughter of Alfred Bird, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Boot, William Henry Gilbert, son of Capt. Henry Percy Boot RFC, aeronautical engineer, and Eveline Hilda, d. of William Radford of Warwick; b. 30 July 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Mar. 1926; staff of Savoy Hotel 1926-61; RASC 1945 (Capt.); re-employed at Claridges 1972-8; d. 13 Feb. 1992.

Bowen, Geoffrey Adcock, brother of Sir John Poland Bowen (q.v.); b. Sept. 29, 1889, adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left July 1905; d. at Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 29, 1912.

Bowen, Ivor Ian, son of Ivor Bowen KC, County Court Judge, and Edith May, d. of Robert Dummett of Highgate; b. 3 Dec. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (A); left 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, Gladstone Memorial Prize 1929, Eldon Law Schol. 1930, BA (1st class hons Modern History), MA 1935; Fellow of All Souls' Coll. 1930-7, 1968; lecturer in Economics BNC 1931-40; Chief Statistical Officer, Min. of Works 1940-5; lecturer Hertford Coll. Oxf. 1946; Prof. of Econom­ics and Commerce Univ. Coll. Hull 1947-58; Prof. of Economics Univ. of W. Australia 1958- 73, Emeritus 1974; author of Cobden (Great Lives Series) 1934, Britain's Industrial Survival 1947, Acceptable Inequalities 1970, Economics and Demography 1976; editor Finance and Development (World Bank and IMF) 1974-7; m. 1st 1 June 1935 Erica Baillie; 2nd 17 Sept. 1952 Isobel Margaret, d. of James Lindsay Salmond Smith of Edinburgh; d. in Andorra 20 Nov. 1984.

Bowen, John Anthony Poland, son of Sir John Poland Bowen (qv); b. 25 July 1921; adm. May 1935 (A); left July 1938; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1944; RNVR 1944-5 (Surg. Lieut.); in gen. med. practice at Worcester Park, Surrey; m. 29 July 1944 Mary Elizabeth, d. of Capt. Thomas Horrabin Coop of New Malden, Surrey; d. 2006

Bowen, Sir John Poland, son of John Bowen, A. M. l. C. E., of Reading, Berks, Borough Engineer, by Laura Belle, daughter of Frederick Poland Adcock, solicitor, of Cambridge; b. Sept. 15, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left Dec. 1903; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Engineering) 1908; M.I.C.E.; served in Great War I 1914-8; Capt. No. 4 Electric Light Co. Kent Fortress Engineers R.E. (T. F.) June 1, 1916; Engineer-in-Chief at Trinity House Oct. 1924; retired 1951; C.B.E. 1945; knighted Feb. 24, 1952; m. Jan. 1, 1912, Constance Goodrich, daughter of Henry Goodrich Willett, Secretary, Trinity House; d. March 4, 1955.