GATER, EDWARD HOLWELL, son of William Gater, Exeter, Devon, and Isabella Ann, dau. of Edward Holwell, Exeter; b. 10 May 1798; adm. Mich. 1811; Min. Can. 1812; KS 1813; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1817, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1817, aged 19; buried St. Martin’s, Exeter 18 Jul 1817.
Gates, Arthur Charles, third son of Philip Chasemore Gates, K.C., of South Kensington, Recorder of Brighton, and sometime County Court Judge of Bradford, by Annie, younger daughter of Peter Harbin, of Wandsworth; b. March 24, 1871; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1885; C. C. C. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1889; B.A. 1893; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 27, 1900; practised at Bradford and was a member of the N. E. Circuit; d. Oct. 4, 1916; umn.
Gates, Edward Alfred, brother of Arthur Charles Gates (q.v.); b. April 16, 1874; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left July 1891; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1898, L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1898, M.R.C.P. 1903, M.B. (1st class Honours in Medicine, Lond.) 1900; M. D. (qual. for Gold Medal, Lond.) 1902; M. D. (Florence) 1908; sometime Civil Surgeon, Egyptian Army; in practice at Florence, Italy; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Sept. 12, 1914; Capt. Sept. 12, 1915; acting Lieut.-Col. April 19, 1918; attached to 25th Batt. Royal Fusiliers in March 1915, and went out to join the East African Expeditionary Force the following month; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; Medical Officer to the School 1923-48; m. 1st June 24, 1905, Mary Elizabeth, third daughter of Major-Gen. Charles Fowler, R.E., of Great Marlow, Bucks; 2nd Aug. 24, 1935, Aileen Dora, daughter of David Kenning; d. July 1965.
Gates, Eric Chasemore, elder son of Percy George Gates, M. P., of Kensington, solicitor, by Mabel Anna Jane, daughter of the Rev. George David William Dickson, Vicar of King's Somborne, Hants; b. July 20, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left Easter 1908; adm. a solicitor 1913; Lieut. 13th (Co. of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Batt. the London Regt. Sept. 1914, Capt. Feb. 1915; went out to the western front Dec. 1914; killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, France, March 12, 1915; unm.
Gates, Horace William, brother of Arthur Charles Gates (q.v.); b. May 20, 1876; adm. Jan. 16, 1890 (R); left July 1893; head brewer to Ind, Coope and Co., Ltd., Burton-onTrent, Staffs; m. Sept. 12, 1901, Rose Mary, eldest daughter of Charles Ford, of Clifton, Gloucs; d. Nov. 3, 1952.
Gates, Lionel Chasemore, brother of Eric Chasemore Gates (q.v.); b. May 24, 1895; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1913; enlisted in the Hon. Artillery Co. and went out to the western front Sept. 17, 1914; was wounded at Hooge June 6, 1915, and invalided home; 2nd Lieut. 2/13th Batt. the London Regt. Sept. 15, 1915, the Lincoln Regt. June 20, 1916; Lieut. Dec. 20, 1916; returned to western front June 25 - Nov. 1916, at Salonika Nov. 1916 - June 1917, in Egypt and Palestine June 1917 - Feb. 1918, being wounded Nov. 6, 1917; M.C. Jan. 18, 1918; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1923; retired from Active List Sept. 1947; Regimental Administrative Officer 1947-51; m. 1st July 6, 1918, Lorna May Wakeford Town, only daughter of Col. Frederick William Town Attree, R.E.; 2nd Jan. 23, 1947, Catherine, second daughter of John Macleod, of Braeselet, Isle of Lewis; d. 1974.
Gates, Ralph Charles, son of Edward Alfred Gates (qv); b. 21 Apr. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left. July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1928, MA 1933; cadet Malay Civil Service 1929, Asst Commissioner 1939; Penang Volunteers in WW2 (Capt.), p.o.w. Thailand; Commissioner for Co-operative Development, Malaya and Singapore, 1955; retd 1959; UN Food and Agric. Organisation, assigned Caribbean Commn 1959, S. Pacific Commn 1962; US AID Uganda 1963, British ODM 1965; UN FAO West India 1968; Plunkett Foundation, Oxford, 1971; m. 15 May 1934 Yolande, d. of J. Stewart Cartwright of Claremont, Cape Province, SA; d. 2 Jan. 1984.
Gates, Terence Horatio, brother of Ralph Charles Gates (qv); b. 17 Nov. 1908; adm. Jan. 1923 (A); left. Dec. 1925; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. 1928, BA 1931; RA 1940-4 (Lieut.); m. 18 Jan. 1936 Margery Helen, d. of Col. Sir Henry George Lyons RE, Fellow and Treasurer Royal Society; killed in action (Burma) 1944.
Terence Horatio Gates was born in Italy on the 17th of November 1908 the younger son of Dr Edward Alfred Gates MD OBE OW, Medical Officer at Westminster School, and Mary Elizabeth (nee Fowler) Gates of 9, Cambridge Square, Paddington in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from January 1923 to December 1925. He matriculated for Selwyn College, Cambridge in 1928 and was awarded a BA in 1931.
He was married on the 18th of January 1936 to Margery Helen (nee Lyons) of York Terrace, Regent’s Park; they lived at Flat 2, 28, Cleveland Square, Lancaster Gate in London. They had two daughters, Christine Mary, born on the 24th of May 1937 and Hester, born on the 3rd of July 1939.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on the 2nd of November 1940. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and was later appointed as Battalion Intelligence Officer.
In March 1944 the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment formed No. 16 and No. 61 Columns of the Chindit operation code named Operation Thursday. The operation was to penetrate deep behind Japanese lines and was made up of 45 columns, each of 400-450 men and 60 mules. They were to attack Japanese supply lines, cutting roads, bridges and railway lines and to attack their troops at every opportunity. The leading elements of the Chindit force began its long march into enemy territory on the 5th of February 1944 with the last column following on the 22nd of February. They created air strips in the jungle to allow resupply and to evacuate casualties.
Terence Gates left his column on the 18th of June 1944 with two Kachin policemen and headed for Chaungwa where they were to recruit and organise small parties of Kachins to use for scouting. Three days later he was recruiting in a village when he learned from the villagers that there was a large party of Japanese troops in the area. He then set out for the village of Mapyin and, as he was approaching it, he saw two Japanese soldiers sitting on a tree trunk outside the village and opened fire on them. He immediately came under fire from Japanese troops hidden in nearby bushes and was shot in the stomach. He died a short time later.
He is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery Plot 7, Row D, Grave 23.
Gatley, Clement Mervyn, son of John Clement Carpenter Gatley (qv); b. 1 June 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (A); left. Dec. 1926; in the motor trade; MBE 1944.
Gatley, John Clement Carpenter, son of John Gatley, of Chiswick, by Adelaide Amelia, daughter of George Aylmore; b. Jan. 19, 1881; adm. Jan. 14, 1892 (A); left Aug. 1899; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1906; B.C. L. 1906; LL. D. of Dublin Univ. 1907; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1904; South Eastern Circuit and Sussex Sessions; has acted as examiner in legal subjects for the Civil Service Commissioners, the Univ. of London, and other bodies; D. C. L. Oxon. 1928; author of The Law and Practice of Libel and Slander in a Civil Action; m. 1911 Eleanora Blakeley, eldest daughter of the Rev. H. S. Lancaster; d. July 23, 1936.