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Armstrong, Cecil Ferard, brother of Walter Launcelot Armstrong (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1895; London Univ.; Slade School of Art; dramatist and dramatic critic; author of A Century of Great Actors (1912), other books, and several plays; served in Great War I Oct. 1914-0ct. 1919; temp. Capt. R. A. S. C. Oct. 15, 1915; d. 1934.

Armstrong, Charles Francis, son of Montagu D'Oyly Fullerton Armstrong, of Horton Kirby, Kent, by Florence Angelica Sophia, daughter of Charle.; John Proby, H. M. Consul at Florence; b. May 27, 1881; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left April 1899; Capt. in the Egyptian Coastguard Service; d. unm. at Alexandria, Egypt, Dec. 11, 1904.

Armstrong, Walter Launcelot, elder son of Sir Walter Armstrong, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, by Emily Rose, daughter of Charles Cotton Ferard, of Ascot, Berks; b. Feb. 3, 1876; adm. Sept. 1889 (R); left Dec. 1893; served in France during Great War I until Aug. 1916; Capt. 9th Batt. Seafortli Highlanders Oct. 24, 1915; afterwards in Home Service as Major Pioneer School of Instruction; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; m. July 21, 1914, Laura, youngest daughter of Samuel Solomon Joseph, of London; d. April 26, 1944.

Arnold, Richard Andrew Humfrey, son of Richard Howard Arnold, average adjuster, of Dinas Powis, and Gwen, d. of Charles Humfrey, scientist, of Hartford, Cheshire; b. 17 Oct. 1920; adm. May 1934 (R); left Apr. 1938; RA 1940-5 (Maj.), Z Reserve 1946; Assn of Average Adjusters 1955-84, chairman 1970-1; Liveryman Worshipful Company of Shipwrights 1957, Court of Assistants 1979, Warden 1987, Prime Warden 1989; m. 3 Apr. 1948 Mary Margaret, d. of Ellis Dudgeon Hunter, brewer, of Dunbar, E. Lothian; d. 26 Oct. 2002.

Arthur, James Fergus, son of James Alexander Swan Arthur, of Hampstead; b. Feb. 16, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Easter 1913; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt., 2nd Lieut. in 14th Batt. of the Royal Fusiliers Jan. 5, 1915, transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and went out to France; Lieut. Aug. 1, 1916; mentioned in despatches; an exchange and share broker at Penang; employed with Fraser and Co. Ltd., Singapore; m.; d. March 23, 1961.

Ash, William Claudius Casson, elder son of William Henry Ash, of Heathfield, Sussex, by Mary Esther, daughter of Joseph Wellington Casson, of Dublin; b. Feb. 6, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (D); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1888; entered the Militia; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (The Middlesex Regt.) Sept. 28, 1892; Lieut. July 31, 1895; Capt. March 14, 1900; served in the South African War 1902; Adjutant 5th Batt. Jan. 13, 1902- Jan. 12, 1907; Major April 1, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1914 - Feb. 7, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. commanding 23rd (Service) Batt. of his Regt. Oct. 30, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 4, 1914, was wounded at Loos Sept. 25, 1915, and invalided home; returned to the front May 3, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. March 1, 1894, Edith Learoyd, second daughter of Edward Wright Barnett, of Selly Oak; d. at Etaples Sept. 29, 1916, of wounds received at Fiers Sept. 15.

Aston, John, son of the Rev. John Walter Aston, Vicar of Ambleside, Westmorland, by Constance Helena, daughter of William Hinkes Cox, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 18, 1879; adm. from Harrow School Sept. 28, 1893 (R); Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1898, matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; asst. master at Hill Side School, Godalming, 1902-6, and at St. Clare, Walmer, 1906-9, Head Master at St. Clare from 1910; served in France as 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 1916 -July 1917; dangerously wounded near Hollebeke, July 27, 1917 and was discharged for wound Feb. 1918 and gazetted Lieut.; author of sketches of Christ Church, Oxford (1902) and other works; d. Jan. 12, 1937.

ATHERLEY, EDWARD GAMBIER ELIOT, third son of Rev. Arthur Atherley, Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, and Prebendary of Chichester, and Amelia Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Dawkins, Commissioner of Excise; b. 18 Dec 1834; adm. 4 Oct 1849 (Rigaud's); Ensign, 45th Foot 3 Nov 1852; Lieut., 13 Oct 1854; Capt., 6 Nov 1860; 60th Rifles 2 Dec 1862; retd. 25 Oct 1864; d. 10 Oct 1898.

ATHERLEY, SIDNEY KERR BULLER, brother of Edward Gambier Eliot Atherley (qv); b. 22 Oct 1837; adm. 4 Oct 1849 (Rigaud's); went to Eton; Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 4 Apr 1854, readm. 23 Feb 1855, matr. Mich. 1855; m. 3 Apr 1877 Georgiana Louise, youngest dau. of Grenville Charles Lennox Berkeley, Commissioner of Customs; d. 27 Feb 1878.

Atherley-Jones, Ernest Egbert Stanley Bright, son of His Hon. Llewellyn Archer Atherley­ Jones, K . C., of Brayswick, Berks, Judge of the City of London Court, by Elizabeth Fanny, daughter of James David Lambert, of Chapel House, Durham; b. May 5, 1883; adm. May 6, 1897 (R); left July 1902; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1902; subsequently migrated to Worcester Coll.; called to the bar at the Inner Temple May 10, 1911; Midland Circuit; asst. private sec. to Lord Rhondda, Ministry of Food, and sometime Grain Officer, South Midlands, during Great War I; m. 1st June 29, 1911, Charlotte Abney, only child of Col. H. Walker, of the West Yorks Regt.; wd Oct. 26, 1922, Betty Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Henry William Richards, Rector of Stanwick, Northants; d. Feb. 25, 1936.