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Ala, Mirza Hussein Khan, second son of His Excellency Mohammed Ali Khan, of Ennismore Gardens, South Kensington, Persian Ambassador to Great Britain; b. Dec. 3, 1883; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (A); left July 1900; Secretary to the Persian Legation in London 1903; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 19, 1906; Minister for Public Works and Commerce in the Persian Cabinet and a member of the Persian Mission at the Versailles Conference in 1919; sometime Persian Minister at Washington; Iranian Minister at the Court of St. James 1934-7; Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Iran 1937-8; Governor of the Iranian National Bank 1941; Minister of Court to the Shah 1942; Iranian Ambassador to Washington 1945-50; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran, 1950-1; Prime Minister March 12, 1951 after the assassination of General Razmara; resigned April 27, 1951 in face of the violent opposition of the Majlis to negotiations with Great Britain over the oil dispute, and was appointed Minister of Court by the Shah; re-appointed Prime Minister 1955; resigned 1957 and re-appointed Minister of Court; assumed the family name of Ala in addition to Khan; m. June 8, 1927 Fatemeh, daughter of Sir Abol-Ghassem Khan Naser-ol-Molk, G.C.M.G., sometime Regent of Iran; d. 12 July 1964.

Allchin, William Henry, son of Frank Macdonald Allchin MB, consult. radiologist, and Louise Maude, d. of John Henry Wright, tailor; b. 27 Mar. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (A); left July 1939; Reconnaissance Corps 1941 (2nd Lieut.), p.o.w. Malaya and Siam 1942-5; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., BM 1953; DPM 1958; MRCPsych 1971; house appointments 1953-5; Registrar Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hosp. 1955-8, Middx Hosp. and Portman Clinic 1959-62; consult. psychiatrist Wessex Reg. Hosp. Board 1962-76; author of two volumes of poetry, 1970 and 1980; d. 1 Jan. 2001.

Allen, Ernest Vivian, son of Henry Ebenezer Allen, Registrar of the General Medical Council, and Clerk of Convocation, London University, by Emily, daughter of Frederick Webb, of Sulby Manor, Isle of Man; b. Feb. 18, 1876; adm. Sept. 1889 (A); left Dec. 1892; Director of the Tabard Inn Library, Limited, Mortimer Street, London; served chiefly in France 1914-8; Major Machine Gun Corps Feb. 16, 1918; m. March 4, 1930, Lola, second daughter of Arthur Carey, of Galeacre, Lancs.

Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton, son of Rev. Roland Allen, Vicar of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, and Mary Beatrice, d. of Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton KCB; b. 14 Nov. 1904; adm. from Marlborough Coll. Sept. 1920 (A); left July 1923; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1929, MA 1932; Superintendent of Education Tanganyika Territory 1929, asst DO 1937, DO 1942; Political Officer Aden 1947, Dep. Brit. Agent Western Aden Protectorate 1948; DO Tanganyika 1953-4; Warden Univ. Hall Makerere Coll. Kampala 1958; res. Fellow in Swahili, Univ. Coll. of Dar-es-Salaam 1965; author of various works on the Swahili language; m. 29 Sept. 1930 Winifred Ethel Emma, d. of Hubert Brooke of Mexico City; d. 6 Apr. 1979.

Amos, Andrew James Arthur, son of the Rev. Andrew Amos, Vicar of St. Anne's, South Lambeth, by Susan Constance, daughter of the Rev. Robert James Charles Connolly, Rector of Foynes, Limerick; b. Aug. 1, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left July 1918; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1921; a chartered accountant with F. Claudet Ltd., Assayers to the Bank of England; served in Royal Army Pay Corps in Great War II; m. July 6, 1927, Margaret Winifred, daughter of David Johnston, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh.

Andrade, Samuel Jacob Henry Dan Da Costa, son of Solomon Da Costa Andrade, of Paddington; b. March 26, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left Easter 1916; d. Jan. 2, 1955.

Angell, Robert Burges, son of Thomas William Angell, of Kensington; b. Feb. 4, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left Dec. 1892; d. in Africa 1899.

Anthony, Keeling, son of John Victor Caldecott Anthony OBE FRICS, Inland Revenue Valuation Office, and Pegaret Anthony, artist, lecturer Central Sch. of Art & Design, d. of Guy William Keeling, sec. Libraries Assn; b. 26 Mar. 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (A); left July 1964; Univ. of Nottingham, BSc 1968; CEng MIEE 1976; exec. engineer PO Telecomms 1968-76; head of Eng. Grading Group 1977-83, Network Strategy Group Brit. Tel. 1983-; engineer BT 1968-97; charity consult. K&R Anthony Charity Support Services 1997-; m. 8 Apr. 1972 Enid Rosemary McNeill LLB, d. of William McNeill, HM Cookstown High Sch., Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; d. 28 May 2006.

Aris, George Biddulph, son of Thomas Biddulph Aris, of Purley, Surrey, and Janet Elsie, d. of George King; b. 15 June 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left July 1930; on staff of LPTB 1931-4; RA (TA) 1931-9 (Capt. 1939); Lieut.-Col. RA, despatches (Italy) Jan. 1945, MC Apr. 1945; OBE June 1951; an industrial map publisher; author of History of 5th British Infantry Division 1939-45; m. 17 Apr. 1939 Margaret Emily, d. of Lieut.-Col. John Douglas Fyffe RE; d. 24 Jan. 1995.

Aris, Jack Biddulph, brother of George Biddulph Aris (qv); b. 27 June 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left Mar. 1933; RAFVR 1942-3 (FO); m.; killed in action 1943.

Jack Biddulph Aris was born at Edenbridge, Kent on the 27th of June 1915 the younger son of Thomas Biddulph Aris, an Executive Advertising Assistant for the London Passenger Transport Board, and Janet Elsie (nee King) Aris of 21, Purley Rise, Purley in Surrey. He was the twin of his sister Mary Biddulph.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from April 1929 to March 1933. On leaving school he went to work as a buyer’s assistant for a biscuit manufacturers.
He was married at St John’s Church, Shirley, Surrey on the 27th of April 1940 to Joan Elizabeth “Joey” (nee Potter, later Aston), a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 7th of March 1942. He and his crew attended No. 10 Operational Training Unit before becoming operational when they were posted to 158 Squadron based at RAF East Moor on the 9th of July 1942, and flew on their first operation together to Nantes on the 21st of July 1942. They took off from RAF East Moor on the night of the 31st of July/1st of August 1942 in Halifax Mk II W7777 for an operation on Dusseldorf. While over the target their aircraft was hit by anti aircraft fire which put aircraft into a loop and caused a loss of control. The pilot, Charles Sparke, put the aircraft into a dive at 330 mph before he managed to regain control and return to East Moor where they landed safely in the early hours of the morning with no injuries to the crew reported.
He was promoted to Flying officer on the 1st of October 1942.
On the night of the 10th/11th of December 1942 Bomber Command dispatched 48 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters, 8 Stirlings and 6 Wellingtons for an operation on Turin. More than half the force was forced to turn back before they reached the Alps due to severe icing conditions but twenty eight crews went on and claimed to have bombed the target. The city reported that only three high explosive bombs had landed on the city of which two had failed to explode.
Jack Aris and his crew took off from RAF Rufforth at 4.45pm on the 10th of December 1942 in Halifax Mk II DT579 NP-V for the operation. The aircraft came down at 8.45am the following morning near the village of Villeneuve-en-Montagne, eight kilometers to the east of Le Creusot, just thirty meters from a farm building owned by Monsieur Monneret, with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Flying Officer Jack Biddulph Aris (Navigator)
Pilot Officer Denis Ralph Collyer (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Edlington (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant John William Furniss (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Harry Middleton (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Lieutenant Charles Lionel Sparke (Pilot)
Flying Officer Rayden Frederic Watson RCAF (Air Bomber)
Thiers was one of 4 aircraft which failed to return from the mission.
The crew was buried in the local cemetery in a ceremony which was led by the Mayor, Monsieur Bourogoyne, and was attended by all of the people of the town, in spite of the presence of the Germans.
A stone memorial was placed at the crash site in 1992.
He is buried at Villeneuve-en-Montagne Communal Cemetery, Collective Grave