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Dorling, Anthony Lionel, son of Col. Liane Henry Godfrey Dorling MC OBE RA, of Horley Row, Surrey, and Charlotte Patricia Hazel, d. of Col. William Elliot; b. 11 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left Dec. 1941; RA 1943-5 (Capt. ); Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1947, BA 1950; Fisons Ltd. 1950-8; commercial dir. Fisons (Pty) Ltd. South Africa 1958-64; Omnia Fertilisers Ltd. 1964-78; m. 1st, 2 Aug. 1952 Philippa, d. of Samuel Leonard Shannon of Walkerburn, Peebles; 2nd, 2 May 1981 Joanna Bland.

Cunningham, Martin Francis, son of John Francis Cunningham OBE FRCS, ophthalmic surgeon, and Phyllis Lovell, d. of Lovell Burchett Clarence, Judge of the Supreme Court, Sri Lanka; b. 28 Dec. 1923; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1942; music specialist Mechanical Copyright Protection Soc.; retd. 1987; m. 2 July 1949 Dora Eileen Gray, sec. Country Gentlemen’s Assocn, d. of Reginald William Gray, farmer, of Little Staughton, Beds.

Cohen (subsequently Croft), Ivor John, son of Oswald Hamilton Croft and Augusta Doris, d. of A. Phillips; b. 6 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; re­adm. May 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941; temp. June admin. officer FO 1942-5; BA 1945, MA 1948; asst. teacher LCC 1949-51; assumed the name of Croft in lieu of Cohen 1959; Children’s Dept. Home Office 1952-66, sen. res. officer 1966-72, head of res. unit 1972-83; Criminological Scientific Council, Council of Europe, 1978-83, chmn. 1981-3; CBE 1982; a painter in oils.

Barr-Taylor, Peter, son of Charles Ernest Taylor, schoolmaster, of East Sheen, and Rosemary Lilian Williams; b. 14 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1941; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1947, MB 1948; gen. med. practitioner at Fareham, Hants; m. 5 June 1948 Jean Mary, d. of Charles Frederick Thomas Hall, schoolmaster, of Lingfield, Surrey.

Johnson, Peter Henry Fielder, son of John Francis Fielder Johnson of Mundesley-on-Sea, Norfolk, and Frieda Mary, d. of Charles Ernest Pilling of Norwich, Norfolk; b. 22 Apr. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1941; RNVR 1943-5 (Lieut. ); Jesus Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949; called to the Bar, Inner Temple Nov. 1950; m. 23 July 1955 Eleana Katherine Mcintosh, d. of W. A. Fraser; d. date unknown.

Bengough, Harry, brother of John Lynton Harcourt Bengough (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left Dec. 1939; Queen's Roy. Lancers in WW2; a member of Lloyd's; m. 6 Aug. 1954 Sonia, d. of Joseph Barker of Knaresborough, Yorks.

Allchin, Frank Raymond, brother of William Henry Allchin (qv); b. 9 July 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A); left Dec. 1939; Univ. of Lond., BA 1950, PhD 1954, MA (Cantab.) 1959; lecturer in Indian Archaeology Sch. of Oriental and African Studies 1954-9; in Indian Studies Univ. of Camb. 1959, Reader 1972-; Fellow Roy. Asiatic Soc. 1954, FSA 1957, FRSA 1974, FBA 1981; Fellow Churchill Coll. Camb. 1963-; consultant UNESCO 1969, 1972, 1975; chairman Broads Tours Wroxham Ltd 1975-86; author of many works on Indian civilisation; m. 1951 Bridget Gordon PhD FSA, d. of Maj. Stephen Gordon MC IMS, of Crosthwaite, Lancs.

Vatcher, Sidney John, son of Sidney Vatcher (qv); b. 25 Apr. 1924; adm. Apr. 1936. (R); left Dec. 1937 and went to Badingham Coll.; worked in an aircraft factory in WW2; a civil servant in Min. of Pensions and Nat. Insurance 1946, later DHSS; m. 19 June 1965 Eug

Stevens, Leslie Clark, son of Vice-Admiral Leslie Clark Stevens USN, Naval Air Attaché US Embassy, London, and Nell Catherine, d. of Horace Fletcher Millikin of Danville, Indiana, USA; b. 3 Feb. 1924; adm. Sept. 1936 (R); left July 1937 and went to Western HS, USA; Yale Univ.; USAAF in WW2 (Capt. and Intell. Officer); a playwright; worked for Time magazine; m. 1 May 1950 Ram-se Carroll.

Sleightholm, Peter, son of Isaac Alfred Sleightholm, bank official, of Roundhay, Leeds, and Mary, d. of Robert Thomas Tennant, manager Midland Bank Thirsk, Yorks; b. 23 Mar. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (KS); left July 1941; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1941, BA 1944, BSc 1946, MA 1948; res. chemist Courtaulds 1945-8; Univ. of Nottingham 1948-9; asst master Scorton GS 1951; asst lecturer Blackburn Tech. Coll. 1952-6, lecturer Cambridge Tech. Coll. 1956-60, sen. lecturer Bolton Tech. Teachers' Training Coll. 1960; m. 4 Apr. 1953 Margaret Elizabeth, d. of Tom Walters Venn of Bedford.