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Godson, Rufus John, son of Lieut. -Col. Charles Aubrey Godson MC MRCS LRCP DTM, Indian Med. Service, and Olive Mary Morgan, d. of Rev. James Bone Hawkesford, Rector of Rodmell, Sussex; b. 9 July 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1950; Univ. of Oxf. Inst. of Statistics 1948-50; commercial officer, Brit. Coking Industry Assn. 1953-66; sen. economist, Brit. Iron and Steel Fedn., later Brit. Steel Corpn., 1966-9; sen., later chief economist, Brit. Gas Corpn. 1969-87; dir. of economic planning, Brit. Gas Plc 1988-; MBE Jan. 1988; m. 1947 Barbara Jean Fletcher; d. 23 Sept. 2008.

Gonne, Michael Edward, younger son of Henry Gonne, of Ringwood, Rants, barrister-at-law, by Grace Staveley, daughter of Henry Marsden, of Bombay; b. Oct. 23, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst May - Oct. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Oct. 27, 1916; was at once attached to the R. F. C. and in March 1917 went to Egypt and thence to France in June following; Acting Flight-Cdr. Jan. 9, 1918; M.C. Feb. 1, 1918; injured while testing a machine in Feb. 1918, and was invalided to England, where, on resuming duty, he acted as gunnery instructor; rejoined his old squadron on the western front Aug. 7, 1918, and on the following day volunteered for the flight from which he never returned; was last seen Aug. 8, 1918, at the height of 2000 feet over the Somme crossings at Brie, and is said to have died in the German Field Hospital at Villers-Carbonnel; unm.

GOODAIR, WILLIAM HENRY, son of William Henry Goodair, Ashton Lodge, Lancs., cotton manufacturer; b. Preston, Lancs. 2 Jan 1862; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (R); left Aug 1877; Lieut., 5th Lancers 27 Jan 1883; Capt., 9 Mar 1892; Liverpool Regt., 12 Sep 1894; served Sudan expedition 1885; d. 21 Jan 1896.

Goodall, John Frederick, son of George Goodall, of Nottingham; b. Feb. 5, 1891; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (R); left July 1910; Emman. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 16th Batt. Liverpool Regt. Oct. 29, 1915, Lieut. July 1, 1917; m. Aug. 3, 1922, Alice Ann, second daughter of the Rev. M.C. Mackenzie, of Swatow, China.

Goodbody, Roger Relton, son of Lionel William Sturge Goodbody, architect, of Victoria BC, Canada, and Irene Emily Isobel, d. of Rev. Frederick Relton; b. 2 Dec. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1931; PO (equipment) RAF Jan. 1937, FO Jan. 1938, Flt Lieut. Sept. 1940; OBE Jan. 1943; psa; Sqdn Ldr June 1943, Wing Cdr July 1949, Group Capt. July 1958; OC 93 Main­tenance Unit 1957; retd Jan. 1969; a co. director and business consultant; m. 1st 9 Aug. 1943 Margaret Thelma, d. of Lawrence H. De Fontaine of Pinner, Middx; 2nd 8 June 1949 Suzanne Elizabeth, d. of Joseph William Shilson JP of Charlbury, Oxon; d. 1 Oct. 1980.

Goodhart, Sir Ernest Frederic, Bart., elder son of Sir James Frederic Goodhart, Bart., M. D., F.R.C.P., of London, by Emma Sandford, daughter of William Bennett, of Ashgrove, Herefordshire; b. Aug. 12, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); left July 1898; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1902, M.A. 1935; called to the bar at the Inner Temple April 27, 1904; Western Circuit; Secretariat of Ministry of Munitions; succ. as 2nd baronet May 28, 1916; treasurer of the Elizabethan Club 1923-46; m. Dec. 19, 1906, Frances Evelyn, sister of Charles Francis Armstrong (q.v.); d. Jan. 13, 1961.

Goodhart, Gordon Wilkinson, brother of Sir Ernest Frederic Goodhart (q.v.); b. July 24, 1882; adm. as non-resident Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895 (R); left Nov. 1898; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 25, 1899); B.A. 1902; M.A. and B. Ch. 1907; M.B. 1908; M. D. 1923; Guy's Hospital, Freiburg, and Berlin; served as temp. Capt. R.A.M.C. Sept. 26, 1914; served in Second London General Hospital (T. F.); mentioned in despatches; Clinical Pathologist Univ. Coll. Hospital 1919; M.R.C.P. 1935; F.R.C.P. 1941; Pathologist to the L. C. C. in charge of St. Mary Abbot's Group Laboratories; president, Pathological Section, Royal Soc. of Medicine; m. April 15, 1914, Alice Stransham, fourth daughter of Lieut.-Gen. William Puget La Touche, of the Indian Army; d. July 16, 1948.

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, younger brother of Richard Edward Clifton Gordon (q.v.); b. Nov. 4. 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1913; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 16th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Nov. 16, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1916, Capt. Nov. 14, 1916; went out to the western front in Sept. 1917; killed in action at Moeuvres Nov. 27, 1917; unm.

GORDON, ARTHUR PITMAN, youngest son of Charles Gordon (in school list 1801, qv); b. 3 Mar 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); at Eton 1851-5; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1855; BA 1859; MA 1862; ordained deacon 24 Feb 1861, priest 1862 (both Salisbury); Curate, Pitton and Farley, Wilts., 1861-3; Rector of Newtimber, Sussex, from 1863; m. 12 Jan 1865 Harriet Anne, dau. of Rev. William Hicks, Rector of Coberley and Whittington, Gloucs.; d. 16 Oct 1904.

Gorer, Richard Benjamin, son of Edgar Gorer and Rachel Alice, d. of Michael Cohen, mer­chant; b. 10 Feb. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (R); left Apr. 1931; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934; a contributor to Grove's Dictionary of Music 1954; author of many books on horticulture; d. June 1994.