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ANDREWS, SEPTIMUS, seventh son of William Andrews, Homington, Wilts., and Mary --- (IGI); b. 21 Sep 1832; adm. 15 Feb 1847 (Rigaud's); QS 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1851, matr. 12 Jun 1851, Westminster Student to 1869; BA 1855; MA 1858; ordained deacon (London) 1857; Fellow of St. Peter’s Coll. Radley 1857-60; Assistant Master at the School Sep 1860 - Dec 1865; Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics. 1865-9; received into Roman Catholic church 1869; ordained sub-deacon 1871, deacon 1872, priest 1873; oblate of St. Charles, Bayswater, from 1871; author, My reasons for leaving the Church of England; d. unm. 19 Sep 1914.

Angelo, Robert Henry, son of William Angelo, bank manager, of Cheam, Surrey, and Eleanor Maud, d. of W.C. Rose of Kotagiri, S. India; b. 7 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1934; BNC Oxf., matric. 1934; a prep. school master; Intelligence Corps 1941-5 (Maj.); m. Sept. 1941 Catherine Helena, d. of B.C. Pratt of Leeds; d. 11 Sept. 1985.

Archdale, Mervyn Talbot, son of William Porter Palgrave Archdale CBE, cotton plantation man., Gezira, Sudan, and Alice Edith Palgrave, d. of Charles Alexander Price Chetwynd-Talbot, HM Consular Service; b. 20 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1940 and went to Campbell Coll. Belfast; a farmer; DL Co. Tyrone 1974, High Sheriff 1985; m. 19 Apr. 1951 Aureole Helen, d. of Rev. Robert Hamilton Whelan, Rector of Lislimnaghan, Co. Tyrone, and Canon of Derry; d. 9 Jan. 2012.

Archer, Denis Henry Ross, son of Henry Edwards Archer FRIC, chemical pathologist St Barth. Hosp., and Winifred, d. of William Ross; b. 15 Dec. 1922; adm. Sept. 1936 (R); left July 1941; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1948, MA 1950; REME 1943-5 (Capt.); sales man. A. C. Cossor Ltd until 1961; author and editor of military journals; ed. Jane's Infantry Weapons, Jane's Weapons Systems, Defence, and World Aviation Electronics; m. 21 June 1952 Angela Gwylan, d. of E. Auorey David MC of Abergavenny; d. 17 May 1978.

Armitt, Henry Cecil; b. Dec. 5, 1898; adm. Oct. 4, 1912 (R); left July 1917; Probationary Flying Officer R. N. A. S. Aug. 14, 1917; submarine and reconnaissance patrol, North Sea.

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.