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Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, elder son of Sir James Johnston Dobbie, Kt., F.R.S., LL. D., Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, by Violet, daughter of Thomas Chilton, of Greford, Flintshire; b. June 22, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1/6th Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) April 26, 1917; went out to the western front Aug. 18, 1917; d. at Pernes April 13, 1918, of wounds received in action near Bethune April 11, 1918; unm.

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, younger brother of Richard Edward Clifton Gordon (q.v.); b. Nov. 4. 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1913; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 16th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Nov. 16, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1916, Capt. Nov. 14, 1916; went out to the western front in Sept. 1917; killed in action at Moeuvres Nov. 27, 1917; unm.

Purves, Walter Douglas Laidlaw, youngest son of William Laidlaw Purves, M.D., of London, by Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Adie, of Isleworth, Middlesex; b. July 15, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Dec. 1909; went to South Africa, and afterwards to the Malay States; enlisted in King Edward's Horse Aug. 6, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 4, 1915; acting Capt. April 24, 1917; killed in action on the Doiran Vardar front April 28, 1917; unm.

Hunt, Arthur George, youngest son of Frederick William Hunt, of St. Marylebone, architect, by Mary Louisa, daughter of the Rev. Edward Vinall, Vicar of Hildenborough, Kent; b. April 23, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left Aug. 1899; emigrated to Canada in 1901; joined the Seaforth Highlanders at Vancouver on the outbreak of Great War I, and came to England with a draft of that regiment in 1916; 2nd Lieut. in the Irish Guards; went out to the western front in 1918, attached the Guards Machine Gun Regt.; m. Katherine Isabel Bingham Powell; killed in action near Villiers Pol and Le Quesnoy Nov. 4, 1918.

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.

Eyre, Gerard Layton Phipps, eldest son of Layton Eyre, of Hampstead, by Louisa, daughter ofJohn Forbes Moir, of Aberdeen; a nephew of Charles Lewis Eyre (q.v.); b. Oct. 5, 1890; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (G); left July 1908; Lieut. 59th (2nd North Midland) Div. R. F. A. June 1, 1916; served on the western front from 1917 until he was gassed near Monchy in April 1918; discharged as permanently unfit July 1, 1919; d. from the effects of gas-poisoning May 4, 1921.