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Chapman, Oswald Cotton, son of Charles William Chapman, M. D., of London; by Mary, daughter of David Wedderspoon, of Perth; b. Sept. 7, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); exhibitioner 1899; non-resident Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1907; entered the Civil Service 1909, and became a clerk in the Public Record Office; Secretary Freight and Transport Section, Comm. Internat. de Ravitaillement; Raw Materials Section (British) Supreme Economic Council, Paris, and after Armistice in charge of the Paris Office of Ministry of Munitions; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; asst. principal Colonial Office from Aug. 18, 1923; retired from the Civil Service 1927 and held an appointment in the Interpretation Section of the League of Nations Secretariat until 1933; m. Sept. 14, 1924, Ruth Frances, daughter of Thomas Pae Hill, of Navan, co. Meath; d. July 21, 1934.

Chandler, Hugh Brian, son of Guy Wills Chandler, bank official, of Sutton, Surrey, and Rose Madeleine, d. of Harry Williams Smith of Sutton; b. 7 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1938; Bartlett Sch. of Architecture, Lond., BA; ARIBA 1944, AMTPI 1948; asst to Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1945-8; Hening & Chitty 1949-50; Nat. Prov. Bank, arch. dept 1951-69, premises divn 1969-81; retd 1981; d. 1996

Champness, Norman Creswick, son of Edward Coulter Champness, of Wandsworth Common, Surrey, by Ada Evelyn, daughter of John Epworth Thompson, of Sefton Park, Liverpool; b. March 26, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1913; was articled to a solicitor but joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Dorset Regt. Feb. 22, 1915; Lieut. 4th Batt. July 1, 1917; served in Mesopotamia and was wounded at Sann-y-at April 22, 1916; A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland 1918-9; Lloyds insurance broker 1920; underwriting member of Lloyds 1952; director, Retirement Advisory Bureau, Inst. of Directors, 1962; m. June 6, 1922, Ida Evelyn Mary, only daughter of Sidney Gorringe Poynter, of Claygate, Surrey; d. 1966.

Champness, Kenneth Edward, son of Henry Robert Champness, M.V.O., asst. director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty, by Susan Augusta, daughter of Charles R. Quiller, of Chelsea; b. Aug. 11, 1896, adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left July 1913; temp. 20d Lieut. Royal Marine Light Infantry Oct. 7, 1915; Lieut. Oct. 7, 1916; served in France and Belgium 1917; invalided.

Chamings, Alfred John Wilson, son of Alfred George Chamings, of Ealham, Surrey, Chief Officer, Public Control Dept., L. C. C.; b. Nov. 1, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (H); non-resident K.S. Sept. 1918; left (with Triplett) Aug. 1922; St. Catharine's Coll. Camb.; scholar (Nat. Sci.); matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; M.B., B. Ch. 1929; St. George's Hospital; science scholarship, Thompson medal, Brodie prize and Allingham scholarship; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1927; F.R.C.S. 1931; held appointments at many London hospitals; a laryngologist of great promise; d. Feb. 21, 1937.

Challis, Lionel Stevenson, brother of Arthur Bracebridge Challis (q.v.); b. March 21, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (H); left April 1898; an electrical engineer; A. M. l. E. E.; joined the Queen's Westminster Volunteers in Nov. 1899; 2nd Lieut. April 8, 1904; Lieut. Dec. 11, 1905; Capt. Jan. 20, 1912; went out to the western front in June 1915 and was wounded at Hooge Aug. 9 following; was invalided home and employed in the War Office Jan. 1917 -Jan. 1922; T. D.; m. June 30, 1915, Eileen Clara, youngest daughter of Col. Arthur Walshman Owen, Bengal Staff Corps; d. Dec. 24, 1957.

Cazeaux, Edward Maximilian, son of Edward R. Cazeaux, of Bromley, Kent; b. Jan. 3, 1901; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (H); left 1919.

Gawthorne, Peter Patrick, son of Peter Alfred Gawthorne, actor and playwright, and Ethel Marie, d. of George Siddle of Penshurst, Kent; b. 15 July 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left July 1938; BNC Oxf., matric. 1938; HM Colonial Service Tanganyika 1940; E. African Artillery 1940 (Capt.); asst DO Tanganyika 1942, DO 1950; District Commr 1954, dep. Provincial Commr 1958; Principal Asst Sec. Min. of Local Govt & Housing 1959, retd 1963; Public Notary (Gloucs) 1968; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1969; m. 6 Feb. 1943 Jane Margaret, d. of Lieut-Col. Erling Knapp DSO, of Makonikop, Rusaki, S. Rhodesia; d. 15 July 1991.

Causton, Marcus Hildred Lynch, son of Marcus Edward Causton, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Alice Maude, daughter of Lynch White, of Streatham, Surrey; b. Dec. 7, 1875; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left July 1894; a director of Sir Joseph Causton and Sons, Ltd., Eastcheap, London, printers; m. Oct. 7, 1903, Ada Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Edward Alexander Stuart, Canon of Canterbury; d. March 20, 1954.