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Hook, Valentine, fourth son of Bryan Hook, of Churt, Farnham, Surrey, by Catherine Moseley, daughter of John Dewrance, of Tilford, in the same co.; b. May 22, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left July 1913; went to Cirencester Agricultural Coll. with a view to farming in British East Africa; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Nov. 2, 1914; went out to the western front in the summer of 1915; Lieut. Sept. 17, 1915; wounded at Montauban in July 1916; Capt. Nov. 1916; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Cherisy, near Arras, May 3, 1917; unm.

Hook, Christopher, brother of Valentine Hook (q.v.); b. Sept. 14, 1902; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1919; d. 9 Feb. 1978.

Hollocombe, Rudolf, brother of John Christiano Hollocombe (q.v.); b. March 1, 1880; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (R); left April 1894, and went to Repton School; a cattle rancher 1899-1910; served in Great War I; Capt. 9th (Service) Batt. S. Staffs Regt. Nov. 23, 1914; was wounded; M.C. June 1, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1925; temp. translator H. M. Legation, Mexico, Feb. 3, 1923; d. May 22, 1928.

Hollings, Geoffrey Bevan, son of Geoffrey Cecil Hollings MVO, Bank of England, of Wandsworth, and Edith Caroline, d. of George William Bevan; b. 3 June 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); left July 1929; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1937, MD 1939; MRCP 1940, FRCP 1966; RAMC 1940-6 (Lieut.-Col.); consult. physician Kingston Hosp. Group; m. 22 Dec. 1943 Madeleine Joyce, d. of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Greenaway of Leonard Stanley, Gloucs.; d. 9 Aug. 1995.

Holland, Henry William, son of Henry Holland, of Broughty Ferry, Forfar, by Wilhelmina Margareta, daughter of the Rev. William Nixon, D.D., of Montrose, Forfarshire; b. Jan. 3, 1875; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left Sept. 1891; a chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1897; F. C. A. 1921; practised in the City of London; a member of the Inns of Court V. R. C. and O. T. C. 1898-1921; Lieut.-Col. May 9, 1917; Deputy Chief Field Censor 1917-9; attached Gen. Staff at War Office 1919-20; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 22, 1915, June 15, 1916, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; T. D. 1919; Chev. Legion of Honour, 5th class, 1919; American D.S.M. 1919; Commr. Order of Aviz 1919; d. June 22, 1943

Holland, Charles Archibald, son of Charles Carter Holland, of Farnham, Surrey, by Alice, daughter of Charles Peter Christie, of Hoddesdon, Herts; b. Feb. 7, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left July 1902; Trin. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A.; 1908; M.A.; 1916; asst. master at various preparatory schools 1908-12; ord. deacon 1913, priest 1914 (Winchester); Curate of Elson, Rants, 1913; a Y. M.C. A. worker in the Chatham area June - Aug. 1917, and in the 2nd Army area on the western front Sept. 1917-March 1919; Vicar of Newtown, Hants 1930; d. Jan. 29, 1943.

Hodgson, James Farrer, son of Victor James Hodgson MRCS of Westcliff-on-Sea, Kent, and Martha, d. of James Norris Pimm of Staines, Middx; b. 9 Dec. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1926; stationery trade; RASC in WW2; m. 5 Oct. 1946 Marjorie Annie, d. of George Bailey of Woodford Green, Essex; d. 15 Apr. 1961.

Hoare, Rodney Lester, son of Frederick Cecil Hoare, solicitor, of St John's Wood; b. 13 Mar. 1910; adm. May 1924 (R); left Dec. 1926; m. 11 July 1936 Jean Templeton, d. of A. P. Blair of Trinidad; d. 23 May 1994.

Hill, Rodney Fisher, son of Joseph Hill FRIBA, of Surbiton, Surrey, and Enid, d. of William Muskett Yelts; b. 9 Mar. 1920; adm. May 1933 (R); left July 1935; d. Oct. 1955.

Hill, Kenneth Howard, son of Edward May Hill, of Hampstead, by Rosa Sophy, daughter of John Thomas Marshall, of Hampstead; b. March 17, 1894; adm. April 29, 1909 (R); left July 1912; served in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 1914 - March 1915; temp. 2nd Lieut. Royal Marines March 30, 1915; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1915; Capt. Sept. 21, 1917; served in the Dardanelles June - Dec. 1915, and with the Eastern Aegean Squadron Nov. 1916 - June 1919; asst. secretary British East Africa Corporation, Ltd., April 1923; d. (date unknown).