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Ainsworth-Davis, John Creyghton, 1895-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-01995
  • Person
  • 1895-?

Ainsworth-Davis, John Creyghton, son of Professor James Richard Ainsworth-Davis, sometime Principal of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucs., by Jessie, daughter of James Coutts, of Edinburgh; b. April 23, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1914; Christ's Coll. Camb., exhibitioner, matric. Michaelmas 1914; ran second in the hundred yards and in the quarter-mile at the Special Camb. Univ. Sports in May 1919; ran against Oxford in the quarter-mile in 1920; ran for England in the Olympic Games 1920; Gold Medal for 4 x 400 metres relay; B.A. 1920; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1923; M.A., B. Ch. 1924; M.B. 1925; F.R.C.S. (Edin.) 1926; F.R.C.S. 1929; M. D. 1933; a consulting urological surgeon practising in London; sometime president of the Hunterian Society; author of Essentials of Urology (1952); 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Rifle Brigade Dec. 16, 1914, attached to 6th Batt.; Capt.; Royal Flying Corps; served 1914-19 in France, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine and was taken prisoner; Sqdn. Ldr. (Medical) R.A.F.V.R., Sept. 18, 1939; Wing-Cdr. Sept. 1, 1941; in charge of surgical division of a R.A.F. hospital 1939-45; m. rst 1920; wd 1947, Irene, daughter of Alfred Hope, of Wolverhampton.

Airy, Alan Guy, 1914-2001

  • GB-2014-WSA-01996
  • Person
  • 1914-2001

Airy, Alan Guy, brother of Ronald William Airy (qv); b. 18 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (H); left July 1932; Wye Agric. Coll.; a nurseryman; RA 1939-45 (Capt.), despatches (NW Europe) 4 Apr. 1946; emigrated to New Zealand 1961; m. 30 Mar. 1964 Margaret Brenda, d. of Albert Birkby; d. Jan. 2001.

Airy, Ronald William, 1911-1968

  • GB-2014-WSA-01998
  • Person
  • 1911-1968

Airy, Ronald William, son of Eustace William Airy FCA and Elsie Catherine, d. of C. L. Grant; b. 31 Jan. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1929; Guildhall Sch. of Music; a church organist and market gardener in Kent; RNVR 1942 (Lieut.), discharged with disability pension 1945; d. 21 Aug. 1968.

Aitken, James Douglas, 1895-1955

  • GB-2014-WSA-02002
  • Person
  • 1895-1955

Aitken, James Douglas, son of James Aitken, M.B., of Ilford, Essex, by Isabella Muir, daughter of David Gilmour, of Glasgow; b. Aug. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1913; 1st class diploma Royal School of Mines 1922; member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and of the Indian Institute of Mining Engineers; representative in Hyderabad of John Taylor and Sons and Superintendent of the Nizam's gold mines 1937-55; served in Gallipoli in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Machine Gun Corps July 6, 1916; Capt. March 5, 1918; wounded in Gallipoli; m. March 5, 1927, Marjorie, daughter of Octavius Edward Lambert, of Lewisham; d. Oct. 28, 1955

Aitken, William John, 1899-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-02005
  • Person
  • 1899-?

Aitken, William John, brother of James Douglas Aitken (q.v.); b. Aug. 28, 1899; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); K.S. 1913; left July 1917; M.B., Ch. B. Glasgow 1925; diploma of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool 1926; in practice at Ilford, Essex 1926; a medical officer, Colonial Medical Service, Tanganyika Territory 1931; m. Dec. 16, 1926, Shiona Alexa, daughter of - Muir, of Troon, Ayrshire.

Akerhielm, Claes Edward, 1918-2012

  • GB-2014-WSA-02006
  • Person
  • 1918-2012

Akerhielm, Claes Edward, son of Baron Evert Akerhielm, Swedish Dipl. Service, and Mary Dorothy, d. of Charles Frederick Maria Scarisbrick; b. 27 Feb. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Mar. 1936; a consulting engineer; MIEE 1941, CEng FIEE 1959; RAOC July 1942, REME Oct. 1942 (Capt.); Ewbank & Partners Ltd (London and Brighton) 1958-78; m. 1st 26 June 1943 Suzanne Naomi, d. of Col. E. L. W. Henslow OBE MC, of Fleet, Hams; 2nd 12 Dec. 1952 Lynette Mary Guinness, widow of Maj. George Learmouth Streeter MC; d. 1 Jun. 2012.

Alcock, Alfred William, 1859-1933

  • GB-2014-WSA-02014
  • Person
  • 1859-1933

ALCOCK, ALFRED WILLIAM, son of John Alcock, Blackheath, Kent, and Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Christopher Puddicombe; b. 23 Jun 1859; adm. 27 May 1875 (H), having previously been at Mill Hill and Blackheath Schools; left May 1876; Aberdeen Univ.; MB and CM 1885; LLD 1901; Assistant Professor Zoology, Aberdeen 1883-5; entered Indian Medical Service 1 Oct 1885; Surgeon Mar 1886; Surgeon-Maj. Oct 1897; Lieut. -Col. Oct 1905; retd. Dec 1907; served with Punjab Frontier Force May 1886 - Oct 1888; Surgeon-Naturalist to Marine Survey of India on board R. I. M. S. Investigator 1888-92, and to Pamir Boundary Commission 1895; Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal Sep 1892; Superintendent, Indian Museum, and Professor Zoology, Medical Coll. of Bengal May 1903 - Dec 1907; on return to Britain joined London Sch. of Tropical Medicine; Professor of Medical Zoology, Univ. London 1919-24; FRS 6 Jun 1901; CIE 1 Jan 1903; Barclay Medal, Asiatic Society of Bengal 1907; author, A Naturalist in Indian Seas, 1902, and Entomology for Medical Officers, 1911; m. 29 Jul 1897 Margaret Forbes, third dau. of Joseph Rothery Cornwall, Aberdeen; d. 24 Mar 1933.

Allen, Ernest Geoffrey Moir, 1904-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-02051
  • Person
  • 1904-?

Allen, Ernest Geoffrey Moir, son of Ernest Joshua Allen, C.B.E., of Streatham, by Maud Lilian, daughter of Josiah Ellis Randell, of Moorfields, Hereford; b. May 10, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; m. Sept. 20, 1932 Faith, only daughter of Oscar Siemssen, of Streatham.

Allen, Morris Anthony Vermont, 1875-1952

  • GB-2014-WSA-02070
  • Person
  • 1875-1952

Allen, Morris Anthony Vermont, son of Vernon Allen, civil engineer, by Mariette Louise, daughter of Thomas Robert Bent Vermont, of Jamaica, sugar planter; b. June 5, 1875; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left July 1894; became a sugar planter in Malaya and later entered the Malay Civil Service, retiring as Warden of Mines, Selangor, in 1929; m. July 3, 1907, Ada Buckley, daughter of Lieut. Henry Charles Carey, H. M. Indian Navy; d. Jan. 15, 1952.

Anderson, Aubrey Thallon, 1870-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-02133
  • Person
  • 1870-?

Anderson, Aubrey Thallon, son of Joseph Anderson, of Kensington; b. Feb. 13, 1870; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (H); left Dec. 1885.

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