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Davidson-Houston, Wilfred Edmond Clear, elder son of Lieut.-Col. Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston, C.M.G., by Annie Henrietta, only daughter of E. Langley Hunt, of co. Limerick; b. Sept. 1, 1901; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left March 1918; 2nd Lieut. R. Berks Regt. Aug. 31, 1922; Lieut. Aug. 31, 1924; served with the Waziristan Expedition 1923-4; seconded W. African Frontier Force 1926-32; Capt. Feb. 28, 1935; Major Aug. 31, 1939; temp. Lieut.-Col. 1942; mentioned in despatches (Persia and Iraq) L. G. Dec. 30, 1941, Aug. 5 and Dec. 25, 1943; retired with hon. rank of Lieut.-Col. April 7, 1948; m. June 1, 1941, Vernie Agnete, only daughter of Noel Pinkston O'Reilly-Blackwood, M.B.E., of Famagusta, Cyprus; d. 18 Oct. 1978.

Davidson, Archer Grant, son of Alexander Gordon Davidson, M. D., of Tarkwa, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, by Jane Napier, daughter of Richard Robb Grant, of Glasgow; b. Oct. 27, 1902; adm. May 2, 1917 (R); left July 1919; in the employment of the African and Eastern Trading Co. Ltd., at Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana.

Daus, Edward Herbert, son of Robert Daus of Hampstead and Katherine Mary Gertrude, d. of Anthony Klimek of Hamburg, Germany; b. 30 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left Dec. 1941; Fordham Univ., NY, USA, BSc 1953; Cordi, Durrant & Murray Ltd. 1946-9 and after 1954; French American Banking Corpn., New York, 1949-51; Chase National Bank 1951-2; resident Bradenton, FL, USA; d. 6 Dec. 1996.

Dauber, John Addison Grant, son of John Henry Dauber, M.B., F.R.C.S., of Mayfair, by Margaret Isabel, daughter of Col. Addison Potter, C. B., of Heaton Hall, Northumberland; b. Jan. 10, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1919; entered the employ of the Gas Light and Coke Co.; m. April 26, 1947, Hilary Grey, daughter of George Grey Turner, F.R.C.S., of Huntercombe Manor, Berks, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, London Univ.; d. 19 Apr. 1981.

Darling, Kent Crosby, son of Edward Crosby Darling, of Hampstead; b. Nov. 12, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left April 1916.

D'Arcy, William Francis, elder son of William Knox D'Arcy (q.v.), by his first wife; b. Sept. 14, 1873; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (R); left July 1892; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Easter Term 1893, left 1894; m. May 23, 1906, Violet Nina, daughter of Francis Charles Baring, of Salisbury, Wilts; d. Oct. 11, 1919.

D'Arcy, Lionel Knox, younger son of William Knox D'Arcy (q.v.), by his first wife; b. Feb. 12, 1876; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (R); left July 1893; 2nd Lieut. 19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars May 15, 1897; exchanged into the North Lancashire Regt. Oct. 1899; Lieut. May 11, 1901; retired June 6, 1906; served in the South African War 1899-1902; d. 1932.

Danos, Stephen Rudolph, son of Ladislas Danos, architect, of Budapest, and Stella Zimmerman; b. 16 Mar. 1927; adm. Nov. 1940 (R); left July 1943; Brit. Council for Aid to Refugees; m. 20 Feb. 1954 Ann Caroline, d. of Lieut. -Col. G. R. Knight of Broadway, Worcs; d. 2014.

Daniel, Edgar George Clement, son of William Clement Daniel, M. D., M.R.C.S., of Epsom, Surrey, by Agnes Maria, daughter of George Stilwell, M. D., of Epsom; b. Oct. 21, 1869; adm. Sept. 25, 1884 (R); left July 1888; Emman. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1888; B.A. 1891; M.A., M.B., and B. Ch. 1896; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1895; Visiting Surgeon, Horton, County of London War Hospital, 1915-9; in practice at Epsom; m. June 16, 1917, Maud, daughter of George Zair, of Solihull, Warwickshire; d. Nov. 1, 1943.

Da Costa, Stanley Campbell, son of Surg.-Major Edward Ronald Da Costa, I.M.S.; b. Aug. 1, 1892; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left Easter 1909.