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Dickinson, Anthony Kenrick Rastall, brother of Peter Allgood Rastall Dickinson (qv); b. 24 June 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (B); left July 1942; P&O Co. in WW2; Andrew Yule & Co., Calcutta, India, 1949; a stockbroker; d. April 1981.

Dennington, Philip John, son of John Dennington, asst man. Nat. Prov. Bank, of Minehead, Somerset, and Florence Beryl Aimée, d. of Charles Edward Hagon, solicitor, of Bridgwater, Somerset; 6. 20 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B); left Apr. 1937; Lieut. RA Dec. 1939, later Capt. AOP Sqdn RAF; AIB 1953; man. NatWest Bank Sandown, I. of Wight, 1966-71, Summertown, Oxford, 1971-8, Newport, I. of Wight, 1978, retd 1980; m. 30 May 1942 Rosemary Beryl, d. of William James Creasy, marine insurance underwriter, of Carshalton, Surrey; d. 23 Aug. 2001.

de Mowbray, Michael Stuart, brother of John Marsh Miles de Mowbray (qv); b. 1 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (B); left July 1940; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1940, BA 1943, BM 1946; DPM 1956; MRCPsych 1972; consult. psychiatrist St Mary Abbot's Hosp. Kensington and Banstead Hosp., Surrey; m. 26 June 1954 Hendrika, d. of Hessel Gijtenbeek of The Hague; d. 10 Aug. 2008.

de Mowbray, John Marsh Miles, son of Ralph Marsh de Mowbray FRCS, ofLymington, Hants, and Evelyn Mary, d. of Arthur Stuart Miles ofTenbury, Worcs; f 16 Oct. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1935; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1940, MA 1944; RA 1940-5 (Lieut.); St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB 1954; practised in London, now retired; d. 15 Nov. 2002.

Day-Winter, Alan John, son of Percy Day-Winter, co. chairman, of Brighton, and Nellie, d. of Thomas Felix Davey, mining engineer, of Snaresbrook, Essex; b. 27 May 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (H), (B) Jan. 1935; left July 1937; Univ. of Maine, USA, 1939-41; RCAF 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.); self­ employed in grocery, later toy trade; Freeman City of London; m. 1st 29 Mar. 1941 Pauline Clarice, d. of Col. Clare James Herbert USAF, of Castine, Maine; 2nd 27 Mar. 1965 Violet May, d. of Alfred Thomas Stephenson.

Dawson, John Duncan, son of George Duncan Dawson MSc MB ChB, Prof. of Physiology, UCL, of Carshalton, Surrey, and Mollie Eileen Heppenstall PhD, chemist, d. of Frank Heppenstall of Carshalton; b. 18 Aug. 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (B); left Dec. 1964; St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch., LMSSA 1970, MB BS 1971, DA 1972; MRCGP; med. officer, Brit. Antarctic Survey 1972-4; asst. sec. BMA 1976-9, under sec. 1979-, head of professional affairs divn. 1981-; dir. BMA Foundn. for AIDS 1988-; d. 20 Dec. 1990.

Davies, Morgan Wynn Humphrey, son of Richard Humphrey Davies CB, sec. Liberal Central Assn, and Mary Elizabeth, d. of Humphrey Evans of Ruthin, Denbighshire; b. 26 Dec. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (A), (B) Sept. 1928; left July 1929; Commonwealth Fellow MIT 1938-40, MSc; CEng FIEE LLM; lecturer Univ. Coll. of N. Wales, Bangor, 1940-3; Educ. Officer IEE 1943-7; sen. lecturer and Reader Imp. Coll. Lond. 1947-56; Prof. of Electrical Engineering Queen Mary Coll. Lond. 1956-79; Fellow Q. MC 1984; m. 8 July 1944 Gwendolin Enid, d. of Rev. Canon Douglas Edward Morton, Rector of Camborne, Cornwall; d. 24 June 2007.

Davidson, John Thain, son of Norman Thain Davidson, solicitor, of Kenley, Surrey, and Joyce, d. of James Hill MD, of Brisbane, Australia; b. 30 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1932; articled to his father's firm of solicitors; d. 25 Aug. 1933.

Dalton, John Michael, son of Sir John Cornelius Dalton Kt. MIEE, barrister, and his first wife Winifred, d. of Charles Robertson; b. 20 Mar. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1940; Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1941; read for Bar, Gray’s Inn; 2nd Lieut. RE 1944; accidentally killed on active service with a Parachute Sqdn 7 Oct. 1944.

John Michael Dalton was born in Surrey on the 20th of March 1924 the only son of Sir John Cornelius Dalton MIEE FCIS, a barrister at law, and Lady Winifred (nee Robertson) Dalton of 20, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea in London and of “Little Brook”, North Holmwood in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1937 to July 1940. He matriculated for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1941 and read for the Bar at Gray’s Inn before enlisting into the army where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on the 23rd of July 1944. He joined the 4th Parachute Squadron based at Bisbrooke Hall, Glaston on the 22nd of August 1944. The unit left Glaston in late August and, being the most junior officer, John Dalton was chosen to remain behind with the Residue Party, which was to gather up spare equipment and to secure the base until the unit returned from operations when it was to move to Wragby. He was billeted at Glaston House.
At 4.30am on the morning of the 7th of October 1944, the officer in charge at Glaston received a telephone call from Leicester to say that John Dalton had been killed in a motor accident.
His funeral took place on the 12th of October 1944.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Gray’s Inn.
He is buried at St Mary Magdalene Church, Holmwood.

Dalgarno, Christopher Miln, son of Cecil Miln Dalgarno, and Rita McCubbin; b. 18 Apr. 1933; adm. Jan. 1947 (B); left Apr. 1947; at Michaelhouse Sch., South Africa 1947-50; management consult. and factory owner, South Africa; d.