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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

Armstrong, Lindsay Crawford, son of Hugh Clayton Armstrong, solicitor, of Bromley, Kent, and Norah MacMahon, d. of William Henry Cortland Mahon of Dulwich; b. 21 June 1912; adm. April 1926 (A); left July 1929; a timber merchant; Roy. Sussex Regt 1940-4 (Lieut.); m.; d. of smallpox on active service in India 10 Apr. 1944.

Lindsay Crawford Armstrong was born at Bromley, Kent on the 21st of June 1912 the youngest son of Hugh Clayton Armstrong, a solicitor, and Nora Macmahon (nee Mahon) Armstrong of 7, Sanford Road, Bromley. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from April 1926 to July 1929 after which he went to work as a timber merchant. He was married at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1933 to Leonore “Nordie” Mary (nee Langton) of Chidham in Sussex.
Following the outbreak of war he attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the 21st of September 1940. He was later attached to the 1st Battalion, Sierra Leone Regiment.
On the 1st of February 1944, the 1st Battalion, Sierra Leone Regiment was advancing down the banks of the Kaladan River in Burma in pursuit of the retreating Japanese, who had placed a number of ambush parties in their path. D Company was patrolling in advance of the rest of the Battalion when Lindsay Armstrong singlehandedly killed an entire seven man Japanese patrol.
He was later contracted smallpox from which he died.
He is buried at Chittagong War Cemetery Plot 7, Row D Grave 8

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.

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.

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.

Atwood, Wilfrid Murray, son of Frederick Atwood, of Kew, Surrey, by Lilian, daughter of Charles Nicholson Hunt, of Challow, Berks; b. Dec. 13, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left July 1919; A. C. A. Feb. 1925; F. C. A. 1936; practises in London; m. Aug. 28, 1926, Adela, daughter of Thomas Roland Francis, of London.

Baer, Jean, son of John Baer, of Holland Park; b. Feb. 12, 1902; adm. Jan. 20, 1916 (A); left July 1918.