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Bird, Eric Hinckes, brother of Ashley Hinckes Bird (q.v.); b. Sept. 27, 1894; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left July 1912; R. M.C. Sandhurst Dec. 4, 1912; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 30, 1914; temp. Lieut. Feb. 11 - April 15, 1915; "Lieut. April 16, 1915; was invalided home after some six months on the western front; subsequently attached to the 25th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps as an Observer, and returned to France in June 1916; d. June 27, 1916, of wounds received in an air fight on the western front the previous day.

Blaker, Guy Stewart, son of Harry Rowsell Blaker (q.v.); b. March 29, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left Aug. 1922; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; adm. a solicitor March 1929; in practice at Henley-on-Thames; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Oct. 25, 1941; m. Nov. 18, 1933, Dawn Lretitia Prudence, daughter of Major J. H. Watson, of Henley-on­Thames.

Blaker, Harry Rowsell, elder son of Harry Campbell Blaker, of Bexhill, Sussex, solicitor, by Edith, daughter of the Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, Canon of Westminster; b. Oct. 31, 1872; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left July 1891; adm. a solicitor April 1898, practised at Henley-on­Thames, co. Oxon.; President of the Law Society 1934-5; m. April 25, 1901, Leila Beatrice, youngest daughter of Col. Arthur Ford, C. B., of St. Peter's, Thanet; d. March 30, 1953.

Blaker, Richard Kenyon Godby, son of Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1925; asst export man. Standard Tel. & Cables Ltd; m. 18 Nov. 1939 Irene Grace. d. of Wilfred Noel Skey of Beckenham, Kent; d. 7 Apr. 1967.

Blakstad, Erik Clark, son of Bjorn Blakstad of West Hartlepool; b. 28 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1925; comm. dir. FPT Industries Ltd (Westland Group); m. 3 Oct. 1939 Kathleen, d. of Capt. T. C. Tose of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham·, d. 11 Mar. 1978.

Bliss, Douglas Arthur, son of Herbert Alfred Bliss ACA, of Norbury, and Janet Ellen, d. of Walter McDougall of Streatham; b. 31 May 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1934; Gloster Regt 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) May 1945; RAF Regt 1950, Sqdn Ldr 1952, retd Mar. 1958; m. 22 Jan. 1955 Madeleine Winifred, d. of G. W. Webb of Epsom Downs, Surrey; d. Oct. 2006.

Bliss, John Mac Humberstone, brother of Douglas Arthur Bliss (qv); b. 4 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; RE in WW2; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948; asst master Brentwood Sch. 1949; Allhallows Sch., Devon, 1949- 71, housemaster 1958-71; d. 6 Nov. 2003.

Boddy, Keith William George, son of John Kleine Boddy, of Clapham, Surrey, by Adeline Maud -; b. Aug. 19, 1897; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Easter 1915; an accountant in practice in Mexico; m.

Boggis-Rolfe, Douglass Horace, brother of Edward Francis Boggis-Rolfe (q.v.); b. Nov. 20, 1874; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1890; called to the bar at the Middle Temple 1897; Assist. District Auditor Local Govt. Board, 1903, District Auditor 1904; Secretary, Nat. Insurance Audit Dept. 1912; Chief Auditor, Ministry of Health, 1918; Govt. representative, Hire Claims Committee, 1918-25; Assist. Auditor, Maritime Service of the Reparation Commission 1920, Director 1921 (Paris); Secretary Gen. Delegation of the Committee of Guarantees (Berlin) 1922-25; Manager, Export Credits Dept. (Dept. of Overseas Trade), 1924; retired 1926; Master of the Woolmen's Company 1925; Alderman, London County Council 1928-34; m. June 29, 1909, Maria Maud, only daughter of Capt. Christopher William Bailey, of Moorock, King's County, Ireland; d. 14 June 1966.

Boggis-Rolfe, Edward Francis, elder son of Francis Douglass Boggis-Rolfe, of London, barrister-at-law, by Charlotte Harriot, eldest daughter of Major William Gabbett Beare, of Kingsgate, Kent; b. Dec. 12, 1873; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1890; Superintending Engineer Min. of Munitions June 1915 - Jan. 1919; H. M. Inspector of Factories Dec. 1899 - Feb. 1919; d. Jan. 8, 1935.