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Bedford, Felix Hugh Wyatt, brother of David Edwin Wyatt Bedford (qv); b. 13 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1979; a hotelier 1934-40 and 1945-7; RAFVR 1940-5 (Cpl), RAuxAF 1950-5 (Cpl); Lloyd's 1947-78; Div. Commissioner of Scouts in Greater London; Court of Assistants, Haberdashers' Company 1960; seven years on Holborn Borough Council; m. 1 Mar. 1941 Sara Elspeth Joyce, d. of Arthur Westerman MD; d. 31 Dec. 1998.

Beeman, Philip, son of Eng. Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Beeman KBE CB CMG RN, and his first wife Margaret Kate, d. of John Madden of Portsmouth; b. 21 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left Apr. 1935; RM, 2nd Lieut. Sept. 1935, Lieut. Oct. 1937, Capt. June 1942, Maj. June 1950, Lieut.-Col. June 1958, Col. June 1962; DSC (battle of Crete) Jan. 1942; ADC to the Queen 1965; m. 7 Jan. 1943 Maida, d. of Rev. David James Jones, Vicar of Llanbadarnfawr, Cardiganshire, and Canon of St David's; d. 2002.

Beeston, Alfred Felix Landon, son of Herbert Arthur Beeston, patent agent, and Edith Mary, d. of William Landon of Hackney; b. 23 Feb. 1911; adm. Sept. 1923 (A, non-res. KS); left 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933 (1st class hons in Oriental Languages), James Mew Arabic Schol. 1934, MA 1936, DPhil 1937; sen. asst Bodley's Library 1935, Sub-Librarian and Keeper of Oriental Books 1946; Intell. Corps 1940-5 (Capt.); Laudian Prof. of Arabic 1955-78; Feliow of St John's Coll. Oxf. 1955, Emeritus 1978; FBA 1965; author of several works on Arabic liter­ature and language.

Bell, Alexander Montgomerie, son of Rev. William Montgomerie Bell, Vicar of St Barnabas, Kensington, and Beatrice Frances Mary, d. of Maj. Charles Reginald Hoskins RE; b. 29 May 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1938; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1947, MA 1951; Lane. Fusiliers 1940-5 (Lieut.), wounded in France; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1950, practised in London; d. 28 Jan. 1998.

Bell, Evelyn Victor Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. Feb. 6, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Hants Regt. July 19, 1916, attached to R. F. C.; Lieut. Jan. 19, 1918; taken prisoner by the Germans; killed in a motor-cycle accident near Linaskea, Ireland, Aug. 23, 1922.

Bell, Henry John, son of Henry John Bell of Narainganj, Bengal, and Elizabeth Annie, d. of John Wheeler of Savernake, Wilts; b. 30 May 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1924; a chartered accountant, FCA 1947; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt-Lieut. A & SD); Macfarlane & Co., Calcutta, 1931- 47, Bulawayo Omnibus Co. 1948-51, Northern Trust Co., Lusaka, 1951-4; in private practice 1954-69; m. 11 Sept. 1938 Eileen Bernadette, d. of William Hill of Bombay; d. 18 Jan. 1969.

Belson, Philip Charles Euan, son of Frederick Charles Belson and Hilda Carlyon Euan, d. of Col. Sir Charles Euan-Smith KCB CSI; b. 16 Dec. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left Apr. 1934; TA 1937 (TD 1946); RA, despatches France 1940, seconded Parachute Regt 1944-5, Lieut. Feb. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. Dec. 1951, Lieut.-Col. July 1960; retd as hon. Col. June 1964; a management consultant 1965-; m. 21 Dec. 1945 Sheila, d. of Edwin C. Keliher; d 31 Mar. 1999.

Bendall, Geoffrey Skeat Manley, brother of Philip Manley Bendall (q.v.); b. Oct. 2, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 26, 1901; left Dec. 1904; a Director of Mark Mayhew, Ltd., Flour Millers, 1907-13; Capt. Oct. 21, 1915; and Adjutant June 1, 1916, 58th London Divisional Train R.A.S.C.; mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 30, 1918; d. 1 Jan. 1932.

Bendall, Philip Manley, son of Samuel John Bendall, of Norbury, Surrey, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Ellen, eldest daughter of William Stone, of London; b. Oct. 24, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (A); left July 1901; became a member of the London Stock Exchange 1907; went out to the Federated Malay States Sept. 1910 and engaged in rubber­planting, returned home in May 1915; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. and became Capt. and Adjt. 19th Batt. London Regt.; served in France June - Nov. 1916, Salonica Dec. 1916 - June 1917, and Palestine June 1917 - Aug. 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1919, and Order of the Nile (4th class) Aug. 1919; returned to the Federated Malay States March 1920; m. March 6, 1920, Ethel Maude Liddell, daughter of Morton Peto Betts, of Mentone, France; d. Aug. 23, 1948.

Bensley, Wimond Egbert Cornelis, son of George Egbert Bensley MRCS, and Adeline, d. of S. Evans of Alfreton, Derbyshire; b. 30 Mar. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1923; d. 30 May 1979.