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Martin, Cecil Philip Creswell, son of James Cecil Martin MICE and Jessie, d. of Henry Louis Creswell of Edinburgh; b. 12 July 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left July 1927; Sun Insurance Ltd 1929; AAF 1938, PO RAF RegtJune 1942, Flt Lieut. Nov. 1943; m. 24 June 1950 Lavender Eve­lyn Trelawny, d. of Capt. Leonard Treise Morshead RE; d. Jan. 2005.

Martin, William James Royle, son of William Henry Martin, of St. Johns Wood, solicitor; b. April 19, 1891; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left Dec. 1908; Capt. 22nd (Serv.) Batt. City of London Regt. Oct. 18, 1916; served in Great War I; M.C. Nov. 14, 1916.

Marzetti, Neville, son of Arthur Marzetti, of Surbiton, Surrey, a member of the London Stock Exchange; b. Feb. 5, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1910; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. and served in Great War I; d. 1990.

Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon, son of William Gordon Masefield CBE MRCS LRCP JP, of Brentwood, Essex, and Marian Ada, d. of Edmund Lloyd-Owen, civil engineer, of Brisbane, Australia; b. 19 Mar. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1928 because of ill-health and went to Chillon Coll., Switzerland; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; an aeronauti­cal engineer, CEng GIMechE; Fairey Aviation Co. 1935-7; tech. editor The Aeroplane 1938-43; air correspondent Sunday Times 1940-3; war correspondent RAF and US Army 8th Air Force 1941-43; sec. War Cabinet Committee on Air Transport 1943-5; Civil Air Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington 1945-7; Dir.-Gen. Long-term Planning Min. of Civil Aviation 1946-9; chief exec. BEA 1949-55; man. dir. Bristol Aircraft Ltd 1955-60; dir. Pressed Steel Co. 1960-4; chairman BAA 1965-71; dep. chairman Brit. Caledonian Airways 1971-87; dir. Nationwide Building Society 1971-84; FCIT; hon. FRAeS, Pres. 1959-60; FRSA 1961, Vice-Pres. 1979-; Kt Jan. 1972; chairman Lond. Transport 1980-2, dir. Lond. Transport International 1981-; author of To Ride the Storm (the story of airship RIOI) 1982; m. 9 May 1936 Patricia Doreen, d. of Percy Harold Rooney of Wallington, Surrey; d. 14 Feb. 2006.

Matcham, Alfred Warton, son of Alfred Matcham, M.R.C.S., of Southwark, by Agnes, daughter of Alfred Warton, of Wandsworth Common, b. Feb. 11, 1886; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left July 1903; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1909, practised in London; served in Great War I; Lieut. 2nd East Anglian Brigade March 16, 1912; R.F.A. Sept. 11, 1917; m. 1st Feb. 14, 1914, Jessie, daughter of William Nimmo Dewar, of St. Helier, Jersey; 2nd Oct. 16, 1930, Dilys Myfanwy Adey; d. Dec. 11, 1960.

Matcham, Anthony Hugh Warton, son of Alfred Warton Matcham (qv); b. 14 July 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1934; RA 1940-6 (Maj.), despatches (Med.) May 1946; adm. a solicitor July 1947; in practice in London; m. 23 Apr. 1947 Helena Margaretta, d. of Michael Francis Quann, farmer, of Clonmel, Eire; d. June 1998.

Mathews, Edmund Douglass Jefferiss, son of Maj. Henry Edmund Mathews OBE TD FRIBA, The Royal Sussex Regt, and Florence Mabel, d. of Henry Jefferiss, merchant, of Sydenham, Kent; b. 10 July 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left Mar. 1926; Coll. of Estate Management Lond., ARICS 1929; an architect, ARIBA 1939; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Sussex Regt (TA) 1926, transf. RE 1938; France 1939-40 (Capt. and Adjutant), despatches 1940; GHQ Middle East 1940-1 (Maj.), despatches 1941; 10th Army and Persia-Iraq Force 1941-5 (Lieut.-Col.); TD 1941; OBE June 1945; demob. 1947; FRIBA 1947, FIArb. 1960; sen. partner Mathews Ryan Partnership, London and Gateshead, 1946-72; Vice-Pres. RIBA 1953-5, chairman ARUCK Council, retd 1972; m. 1st 1932 Alice Margaret, d. of Herbert J. Nicholson of Oxted, Surrey; 2nd 1969 Patricia Ann Russel, d. of Col. William Bruce OBE RAMC, of Edinburgh; d. Oct. 1992.

Matthews, Gilbert, son of Sir Thomas Matthews, Kt., C. E., of Clapham Common, by Frances, eldest daughter of Henry Blackwell, of Penzance, Cornwall; b. Dec. 29, 1890; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (R); left Easter 1907; joined the Great Western Railway 1908; divisional superintendent Swansea 1937-9; asst. superintendent of the line 1939-41; superintendent of the line and chief operating superintendent, Western Region, British Railways 1941-55, chairman, Railway Executive Operating Committee in Great War II; Lieut.-Col. E. and R.S.C., R.E., T.A.; C.B.E. 1947; C.V.O. 1949; m. 1st 1916, Emily Louise Gough; 2nd July 29, 1933, Doris Esmae, youngest daughter of H. A'Court, of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Matthews, Herbert Eaton, son of Joseph Matthews, of Sevenoaks, Kent; b. Jan. 27, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left July 1890.

Matthews, John Evelyn, brother of Herbert Eaton Matthews (q.v.); b. Feb. 11, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (R); left April 1895; d. at Colombo, Ceylon, March 7, 1909.