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Barnes, John Darell, son of John Francis Lovel Barnes MRCS LRCP MRCPsych, psychiatrist, of Beaconsfield, Bucks, and Anna Etheldreda Margaret, d. of Capt. Leonard Tinne Berthon, Roy. Warks Regt, of Selsey, Sussex, and grand-daughter of Marmaduke Robert Jeffreys (qv); b. 13 Oct. 1934; adm. Sept. 1948 (R); left July 1952; Sir John Cass Coll., Univ. of Lond., BA 1959, MA 1960; an automation technologist; dir. Crossflight Ltd.; m. 3 Feb. 1962 Eleanor Jean, d. of Harold Kenneth Ashworth TDMB BCh FFARCS DA, consult. anaesthetist; d. 25 Aug. 2008.

Barnes, Sir Kenneth Ralph, brother of Reginald Walter Ralph Barnes (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (R); left July 1895; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Jan. 1897; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; a clerk in the Land Registry Office 1900; Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1909; journalist and dramatist; served in Great War I in India and Siberia; Capt. 9th (Cyclist) Batt. Hampshire Regt. June 1, 1916; mentioned in despatches; author of two plays, Undercurrents (1921) and The Letter of the Law (1924); knighted 1938; retired from R. A. D. A. 1955; brother of two great actresses, Irene and Violet Vanbrugh, he did more than any one man in the whole history of the theatre to secure sound training for the young actor and actress; m. Dec. 12, 1925, Daphne, daughter of Sir Richard Graham, Bart; d. Oct. 16, 1957.

Barnes, Sir Reginald Walter Ralph, son of the Rev. Reginald Henry Barnes, Vicar of Heavitree, Devon, by Fanny Mary Emily, daughter of William Nation, of Rockbeare, Devon; b. April 13, 1871; adm. April 29, 1886 (R); left Dec. 1886; 2nd Lieut. 4th Hussars (from the Militia) Dec. 31, 1890; Lieut. May 10, 1894; Adjutant May 20, 1896 - May 19, 1900; Capt. Dec. 31, 1899; Major 17th Lancers July 17, 1907; Lieut.-Col. 10th Hussars Feb. 4, 1911; Col. June 15, 1914; temp. Brig.-Gen. April 9, 1915 - Nov. 21, 1916; temp. Major-Gen. Nov. 22, 1916; Major-Gen. June 3, 1918; Col. 4th Hussars Jan. 18, 1919; retired April 1, 1921; served with the Spanish army in the Cuban insurrection 1895, in the South African War as Adjutant Imperial Light Horse 1899-1900, with the Remount Department, and as Lieut­Col. 2nd Imperial Yeomanry 1900-2, and was severely wounded; on the western front in Great War I, he was twice wounded, in Oct. and Nov. 1914; commanded 11th Brigade 1915-6, 32nd Division 1916-7, and 57th Division 1917-9; mentioned in despatches L. G. April 16, 1901, June 15, 1916, Jan. 4 and Dec. 11, 1917, May 20 and Dec. 20, 1918, and July 5, 1919; D.S.O. Nov. 29, 1900; C. B. June 3, 1916; K.C. B. June 3, 1919; French War Cross with Palms; commanded West Lancashire Division 1919-21; retired April 1, 1921; m. Aug. 28, 1919, Gunilla, widow of C. D. Wijk; d. Dec. 19, 1946.

Barnett-Smith, Louis Reginald, son of George Reginald Barnett-Smith of Hampstead and Hilda Beatrice, d. of Alexander McBean of Tettenhall, Staffs; b. 20 Apr. 1905; adm. Jan. 1919 (R); left Dec. 1922; Customs Officer Fed. Malay States 1925, Asst Superintendent 1929, sen. Customs Officer 1934; Asst Controller of Customs Sierra Leone 1946; Freeman City of London 1938; Commissioner of Customs N. Borneo 1947; ISO 1955; retd 1955 and lived in New Zealand; m. 20 Jan. 1945 Esmee Ellen, d. of J. A. Louisson of Christchurch, NZ; d. 13 Jan. 1991.

Barradale, John Geoffrey, son of Charles Geoffrey Barradale, solicitor, of Leicester, and Dorothy Victoria Garth; b. 7 Feb. 1918; adm. May 1932 (R); left Apr. 1935; RAFVR 1941 (PO); d. 1964.

Bartlett, James Henry, son of Lieut.-Col. Basil Sorley Bartlett DSO RAMC, of Bodmin; b. 8 June 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left July 1927; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric 1927, BA 1931, BM 1934; Guy's Hosp. Med. Sch.; Colonial Med. Service, Kenya, 1937; RAMC 1939-45 (Capt.); d. in Kenya 15 Sept. 1953.

Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth, only son of Richard Barwell, F.R.C.S., of London, by Mary Diana, daughter of Thomas Shuttleworth, of Preston, Lancs; b. Oct. 25, 1875; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 1889 (R); left April 1892; St. George's Hospital, entrance scholarship, Dec. 1893; William Browne Exhibition; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1899; F.R.C.S. 1901; M.B. (Lond.) 1901; surgeon for, and lecturer on, diseases of the throat and ear at St. George's Hospital; President of the Laryngological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and author of Disease of the Larynx (3rd ed. 1928); m. Dec. 18, 1907, Evelyn Foster, third surviving daughter of Dr. James Foster-Palmer, of Chelsea; d. May 27, 1959.

BASEVI, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, son of George Basevi FRS FSA FIBA, architect, and Frances Agneta, fourth dau. of Joseph Seymour Biscoe, Clifton, Somerset; b. 29 Jun 1833; at Highgate Sch. Jan 1841 - Mar 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1847 (Rigaud's); left Whitsun 1848; went to Cheltenham Coll., adm. Aug 1848; Ensign, 92nd Foot 26 Oct 1855; retd. 25 Aug 1857; d. at sea 8 Feb 1865, unm.

Bates, John Ingraham, son of John Seaman Bates PhD, chemical engineer, of Putney, and Jeanette, d. of John Ingraham of Wolfville, Nova Scotia; b. 19 July 1922; adm. Apr. 1936 (R); left July 1940; RCN in WW2; McGill Univ., Montreal, MD MSc; a neurologist; m. 29 May 1948 Pauline Wells, d. of Dr George D. Little of Montreal; d. 1952.

BATTEN, FREDERICK EUSTACE, youngest son of John Winterbotham Batten KC, Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill, London, barrister, and Sarah Langstaff, dau. of Samuel Derry MRCS, Plymouth, Devon; b. 29 Sep 1865; adm. (R) 26 Sep 1878; left Aug 1883; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1887; MB BCh MA 1891; MD 1895; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCP 1894; FRCP 1901; Physiacian to the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, and to the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street; practised in London; m. 19 Oct 1907 Jean Evelyn, youngest dau. of John James Stevenson FRIBA, Porchester Gardens, Bayswater, architect; d. 27 Jul 1918.