Badham, John Frederic, son of Major Richard Leslie Stowell Badham, of Upper Tooting, by Ada Maria, daughter of Edward Luckie, of Brighton, Sussex; b. Aug. 16, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1893; enlisted in the Royal Dragoons Oct. 1898, and served in the ranks for more than three years and a half; 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt. April 23, 1902; Lieut. Nov. 17, 1904; Adjutant April 4 - Nov. 8, 1907; employed with the West African Frontier Force 1912-8; Capt. Sept. 18, 1914; Major Jan. 29, 1917; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan 1, 1918; temp. Lieut.-Col. employed with the West African Frontier Field Force Jan. 11, 1922, Assistant Commandant June 27, 1922; Major R. Welch Fusiliers Feb. 17, 1923; Lieut.-Col. Dorset Regt. Nov. 18, 1925; served in the South African War Nov. 1899 - May 1902, in Great War I, in the Cameroons and East Africa 1914-8, and on the western front in Europe July-Nov. 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 7, 1918, and Oct. 20, 1920; D.S.O. July 27, 1918; French War Cross; m. June 21, 1918, Ruth, daughter of Graham Graham Parry, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. Oct. 6, 1946.