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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.

Arnold, Giles Geoffrey, son of Arthur Cecil Arnold, master printer, and Ena Genevieve, d. of John Cuthbert Jeffree, coal exporter; b. 10 Jan. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (A); left July 1955; RMA Sandhurst 1956, Lieut. RA 1960, Capt. RHA 1964, Maj. 1970; Lieut. -Col. commanding 7th Regt RHA 1979-81; Brig. commanding 2nd Divn. RA 1984-6; Roy. Coll. of Defence Studies 1987; Dep. Cdr. Brit. Forces Hong Kong 1988-90; CBE Jan. 1990; commanding Roy. Sch. Artillery 1990-2; retd. Jan. 1993; m. 9 Dec. 1972 Georgina Dawn, d. of G. Donald Trentham, civil engineer; d. 6 Aug. 1995.

Arnold, John Phillip, son of Arthur Phillip Arnold (qv); b. 21 Oct. 1944; adm. Sept. 1958 (A); left July 1962; Roy. Acad. of Music 1962-6, LRAM; cello teacher, RAM 1966-88; a freelance orchestral conductor with Roy. Ballet, BBC, and City of Birmingham orchestras, London Mozart Players, and with American and other European orchestras; 1st prize Lugano internat. conducting competition 1978; m. 29 July 1979 Gillian Anne Arnold, teacher, d. of Stanley Rose, med. practitioner; d. 6 May 1993.

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.

Arnold, Arthur Phillip, son of Montie Phillip Arnold, solicitor, and Sonia, d. of Jacob Rubens; b. 4 Aug. 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (A); left July 1930; Univs of Grenoble and Sorbonne Sept-Dec. 1930; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1933, MA 1938; adm. a solicitor Nov. 1937; 1st Sec. Aux. Met. Police and Aux. Police Assn of England & Wales 1941-3; Intell. Corps 1943-5 (Lieut.) NW Europe; commanded 275 Field Security Section; Master Worshipful Company of Painters & Stainers 1978-9; m. 12 Apr. 1938 Betty Esther, d. of Jack da Silva Haley; d. 29 Dec. 1995.

Armstrong, Angus MacConnal, son of Rev. Frederick William Armstrong of Bromley, Kent, and Margaret Muriel, d. ofJohn MacConnal of Tarbert, Argyllshire; b. 13 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1930; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1941; PhD (Edinburgh) 1943; Asst Sec. DOE; retd.; d. 15 May 2003

Ashley, Francis Noel, son of Frederick Morewood Ashley, of Merrow, Surrey, by Edith, daughter of John Oliver Hodges, of Bagshot, Surrey; b. Dec. 11, 1884; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (A); migrated up Grant's; left March 1902; Sussex Artillery Militia 1902-04; Cape Colonial Mounted Forces, South Africa, 1904-07; asst. Dist. Commissioner, Pol. and Adm. Service, Nigeria 1908; Resident, Southern Provinces 1928; Resident Commissioner, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1928-39; employed by Bahamas Govt. 1945-47; C.M.G. 1937; served in W. African Frontier Force 1915; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 26, 1940; Sqdn. Ldr.; m. Jan. 18, 1913, Marjorie Wills, daughter of James Wills-Robinson, of Bexley Heath, Kent.

Asquith, Simon Roland Antony, son of Hon. Herbert Asquith and Lady Cynthia Charteris, writer, d. of Hugo, 9th Earl ofWemyss and March; b. 20 Aug. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1938; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1938; publishing; m. 1 Oct. 1942 Vivien, d. of Sir Lawrence Evelyn Jones Bt, MC, of Fakenham, Norfolk; d. 18 Dec. 1973.

Astbury, Arthur Ralph, only son of Arthur Kingsby Astbury, of Gloucester, by Caroline Eliza James; b. June 5, 1880; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (A); left July 1897; R. I. E. Coll. Cooper's Hill; entered the Indian Civil Service, Public Works Department, Oct. 1, 1900; assistant engineer Dec. 1900; executive engineer Oct. 1908; under-sec. to Govt. Building and Roads Branch, P. W. Dept., Punjab, Nov. 1915; superintending engineer Jan. 1920; M.I.C.E. 1921; officiating chief engineer and sec. to Govt. Nov. 1924; chief engineer, Indian P. W. Dept. 1925; C. I. E 1928; C. S. I. 1933; retired 1935; served in the Ministries of Home Security and of Works in Great War II; m. Aug. 18, 1908, Friede Hildegard, daughter of Otto Christian von Schoenberg, of Wurzen, Saxony.