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Forbes, Peter Fraser Lestock, son of Sidney Lestock Forbes of Putney; b. 20 Mar. 1918; adm. May 1932 (G); left Dec. 1934; 2nd Lieut. Rajputana Rifles IA 1942; d. of wounds in Burma Feb. 1943.

Peter Fraser Lestock Forbes was born at Bournemouth, Hampshire on the 20th of March 1918 the younger son of Sidney Lestock Forbes, an engineer, and Edith Lizzie (nee Goodwin) Forbes of Putney, later of “Beggars Roost”, Seven Hills Road, Cobham in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from May 1932 to December 1934. He won the Pancake Greaze in 1933.
He enlisted in the army where he rose to the rank of Lance Corporal before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army on the 28th of May 1942.
His funeral took place on the 27th of February 1943.
He is buried at Kirkee War Cemetery Plot 8, Row K, Grave 15.

Frith, Herbert Philip, only son of Edward Philip Frith, of Notting Hill, and grandson of William Powell Frith, R. A., C. V. O.; b. Jan. 21, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left Easter 1907; Asst. District Officer at Lokoya, Nigeria, West Africa; was attached to the West African Frontier Force on the outbreak of Great War I; d. Nov. 16, 1914, from wounds received in action at Lokoya.

Gammon, Frederick David, son of Sidney Gammon, HM Penge CS, Kent, and Olive Mary Gam­mon; b. 12 Nov. 1921; adm. May 1935 (G); left Mar. 1940; killed in an air raid Oct. 1940.

Frederick David Gammon was born in Northamptonshire on the 12th of November 1921 the only son of Sidney Gammon MA, Headmaster of Beckenham County School for Boys, and Olive Mary Ulph (nee Woollard) Gammon of 9, Foxgrove Avenue, Beckenham in Kent. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from May 1935 to March 1940.
Following the outbreak of war he served as a member of a First Aid Party in the Civil Defence. He and both of his parents were killed when their home was hit by a high explosive bomb during an enemy air raid.
A memorial service w held in their memory on the 28th of October 1940.
He is buried at Beckenham Cemetery.

Garrett, Maurice Humphris, brother of Ernest Phillips Garrett (q.v.); b. April 10, 1884; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (G); left July 1901; joined the Artists O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 15th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Civil Service Rifles) Nov. 28, 1917; went out to the western front; m.; killed in action at Peronne, near Albert, Sept. 2, 1918.

Garvin, Roland Gerard, only son of James Louis Garvin, of Kilburn, editor of the Observer, by Christina, daughter of Robert Wilson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; b. Oct. 12, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (H); won the Public Schools Foils Championship at Aldershot 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancs Regt.) Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. July 3, 1915; went out to the western front July 15, 1915; Capt. July 15, 1916; killed in action near Bazentin le Petit July 22, 1916; unm.

Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. March 28, 1893; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1912; entered Vickers' works; 2nd Lieut. 5th Kent (Howitzer) Battery R. F. A., 4th Home Counties Brigade, July 27, 1913; Lieut. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front with his brigade, which was converted into a Divisional Ammunition Column in Dec. 1914; attached to a Regular Battery of the R. F. A. and given a section; Adjutant Oct. 31, 1915; joined the Salonika Expeditionary Force Jan. 1916; Capt. May 1917; Brigade Major; returned to the western front Aug. 10, 1918; mentioned in des­ patches; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action Aug. 27, 1918; unm.