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Baker-Cresswell, Gilfrid Edward, son of Henry Gilfrid Baker-Cresswell AMICE, GPO engineer, and Vera Mabel, d. of Edward Foote Ward of Salhouse Hall, Norfolk, and niece of Gerald Charles Fanshawe (qv); b. 15 July 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Apr. 1932; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935; RMA Woolwich 1935-7; RE 1937-42 (Maj.); m. 27 Sept. 1938 Anne Sylvia, d. of Sir John Charrington, coal merchant, of Crockham Hill, Kent; killed in action (Middle East) Oct. 1942; despatches (posthumous) June 1943.

Gilfrid Edward Baker-Cresswell was born at Edinburgh on the 15th of July 1914 the elder son of Henry Gilfred Baker-Cresswell AMICE, an engineer for the General Post Office, and Vera Mabel (nee Ward) Baker-Cresswell of Salthouse Hall, Norfolk, later of The Post House, Ellingham, Chathill in Northumberland. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1927 to April 1932 He won a O.W.W. Masonic Lodge Prize for Science (practical) in 1930. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1930. He won the Long Distance Race at Putney in 1931 and the Long Distance Race on the 8th of March 1932 and won a number of other cups for running during his time at the school.
On leaving school he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on the 30th of August 1934. He was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge on the 1st of October 1934 where he read engineering and graduated with a BA in 1936. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th of August 1937 and to Captain on the 30th of August 1942.
He was married on the 27th of September 1938 to Anne Sylvia (nee Charrington) of Broad Oak End, Hertford. They had two children, Sally and Gilfred John, born on the 12th of December 1939. Shortly after he was married he was posted to Mauritius for garrison duty.
He was Mentioned in Despatches: - “In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East during the period 1st May 1942 to 22nd October 1942”, which was announced by the War Office on the 24th of June 1943.
He is commemorated on a stone plaque in St Maurice’s Church, Ellingham and on the war memorial at Ellingham. He is also commemorated on the memorial at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He is buried at El Alamein War Cemetery Plot XI, Row E, Grave 1.

Abbott, James Alexander, son of Albert Abbott CBE, Chief Inspector Technological branch, Board of Education, and Nancy, d. of Edwin Hargreaves of Chorley, Lancs; b. 25 April, 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1931; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1934; practised in London and Burton-on-Trent; RAFVR (FO Oct. J 942), invalided Nov. 1943; m. 15 Sept. 1939 Eleanor Dorothy, d. of Ernest Hastings Nicolls of Stevenage, Herts; d. 20 May 1944 of illness contracted on active service in North Africa.

James Alexander Abbott was born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire on the 25th of April 1909 the only son of Albert Abbott CBE MA, Chief Inspector for the Technological Branch of the Board of Education, and Nancy (nee Hargreaves) Abbott of 130, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, later of Catwell, Williton in Somerset. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1922 to July 1927. He matriculated for Christ Church, Oxford in 1927 where he achieved a BA in 1931. He qualified as a solicitor in December 1934 and worked at Burton-on-Trent and in London, where he lived with his sister at 3, Templars Rise, Golders Green in Middlesex.
He was married at Hitchin, Hertfordshire on the 15th of September 1939 to Eleanor Dorothy (nee Nicolls) of Stevenage, Hertfordshire and the couple lived at Ivy House, Ickleton, Saffron Walden in Essex. They had a son, Roger, born on the 15th of June 1940.
He was commissioned as an Acting Pilot Officer on probation in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 17th of October 1941 and was confirmed in his rank on the 17th of December 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 1st of October 1942.
He served in North Africa and later returned to England where he resigned his commission on the grounds of ill health on the 24th of November 1943.
He died at Cambridge from an illness he had contracted while on overseas service.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Christ Church, Oxford.
He is buried at St George’s Church, Sampford Brett.

Lewis, George Alexander, son of Harold Jardine Lewis, schoolmaster, of Jersey, and Helena, d. of Richard William Beadon of Culmstock, Devon; b. 21 May 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Univ. of Reading, BSc; a farmer at Diss, Norfolk; m. 18 Jan. 1938 Joyce Elsie, d. of Jesse Edmund Hawkings of Burnham-on-Sea; d. 11 June 1984.

Batten, Richard Lindsey, son of Lindsey William Batten MB FRCP, of Hampstead, and Ellen Mary, d. of George Lindsay Turnbull, gen. med. practitioner; b. 29 Sept. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (R), KS 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1944, FRCS 1953; RAMC 1944-7 (Capt.); house appts Westminster, Hereford and Birmingham 1948-55; lecturer Univ. Coll. Hosp. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1955-61; consult. orthopaedic surgeon Birmingham 1961-83; Fellow Brit. Orthopaedic Assn 1973; m. 18 Dec. 1954 Mary Longford, nurse at Great Ormond St Hosp., d. of Harry Longford, engineer; d. 29 Dec. 1997.

Wakeford, Richard, brother of Victor David Wakeford (qv); b. 23 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Apr. 1940; Roy. Hampshire Regt 1941-5 (temp. Lieut.-Col.), three times wounded, despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1943; awarded the Victoria Cross July 1944 for leadership in an attack near Monte Cassino in May 1944; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1962; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1951; partner Layton & Co.; a Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Divn) 1964; member Court of Assistants Haberdashers' Company, and a governor of Haber­dashers' Aske's Hatcham Schools; JP (Surrey); m. 31 Mar. 1951 Denise Elizabeth, d. of Sidney Thomas Corlson; d. 27 Aug. 1972.

Willett, Bernard Hastings, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Dec. 29, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899, matric. Michael­mas 1899; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1901; asst. master at Charterhouse School 1904-45; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) July 1, 1917, employed R.E.; m. April 23, 1919, Muriel, youngest daughter of Ethelbert Hosking, M.R.C.S., of Turner's Hill, Sussex; d. March 14, 1949.

Willett, John Abernethy, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. June 14, 1872; adm. April 1884 (R); left July 1890; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 11, 1890; B.A. and M.B. 1894; M.A. and M.D. 1906; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1899; practised in London; Capt. R.A.M.C. (T.F.) April 1, 1916; served in Mesopotamia and France in Great War I; d. May 6, 1932.

Willett, Alfred Stuart, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. March 25, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left March 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. (M.T.) April 15, 1918; m. Oct. 10, 1906, Cicely Hilda, daughter of Charles William Catt, of Duffield, Derbyshire; d. Jan. 21, 1935.

EASTLAKE, CHARLES LOCKE, fourth son of George Eastlake, Plymouth, Devon, Admiralty Law Agent and Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet; nephew of Sir Charles Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy, painter and art historian; b. 11 Mar 1833; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's); QS 1848; left 1850; pupil of Philip Hardwick RA, architect; Royal Academy Schools, silver medal for architectural drawings 1854; successively Assistant Secretary and Secretary, Royal Institute of British Architects 1866-78; FRIBA 19 Apr 1869; Keeper and Secretary, National Gallery 1878-98; a Governor of the School from 1882; author, Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, 1868, A History of the Gothic Revival in England, 1870, and other works; m. 1 Oct 1856 Eliza, youngest dau. of George Bailey; d. 20 Nov 1906. DNB. [Mother perhaps Eliza Shute (IGI)]