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Rosing, Valerian, son of Vladimir Rosing, singer, and Maria Falle; b. 21 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1924; an artist; m. 12 Apr. 1932 Meriel, d. of Robert Moss; d. 14 June 1969.

Ross-Clunis, Robert Chattan, son of John Ross-Clunis of Cape Town and Marguerite, d. of François du Plessis of Molteno, Cape Colony; b. 25 Mar. 1905; adm. Oct. 1919 (R); left July 1921; held various ranks in S. African police and Rhodesian armed forces; Commandant Cyprus Military Police 1934-45, seconded Brit. Police Mission Greece 1945-52; District Commis­sioner Cyprus 1952; m. 20 June 1936 Aliki Shekla, d. of Nikolas Tsepis of Larnaca, Cyprus.

Roura, Joseph Esteban, son of Jose Edwards Roura y Vilaret, of Brockley, Kent, by Maria del Carmen Ferrer y Llosas, of Barcelona; b. Dec. 22, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1913.

Rowlands, Franklyn Theodore Rowland, only son of His Honour Judge Rowland Rowlands, of Porthcawl, co. Glamorgan, by Mary, daughter of Gwilym Thomas, of Ynishn, co. Glamor­gan; b. Sept. 25, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); left July 1916; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. South Wales Borderers May 1, 1917, attached 2nd Batt.; went out to the western front Oct. 1917; killed in action near Rumilly, Cambrai, France, Nov. 21, 1917.

Russell, Henry John Dashwood, son of Henry Alexander Russell of Leatherhead, Surrey, and Ada Emily, d. of Henry Dashwood of Gosport, Hants; b. 7 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left July 1923; farming in NZ 1925; Govt Monopolies Dept. Malacca 1931-42, transf. Singapore 1942; m. 21 Nov. 1931 Evelyn Millicent Violet, sister of Egerton Shelley Walter Hanbury Leigh­ Hunt (qv); killed in action (Malaya) 13 Feb. 1942.

Henry Neville Dashwood Russell was born at Clapham, South London on the 7th of November 1906 the son of Henry Alexander Russell, a civil servant, and Ada Emily (nee Dashwood) Russell of 29, Deauville Mansions, Clapham Park in London. He was christened at St Saviour’s Church, Pimlico on the 15th of December 1906.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1920 to July 1923. He was a noted swimmer while he was at the school. In 1925 he moved to New Zealand where he worked as a farm hand and lived at 6, Baretta Street, Canterbury. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment, Supplementary Reserve of Officers, on the 26th of June 1929. He was appointed as Probationary Assistant Controller for the Straits Settlements on the 12th of December 1929 and he served with the Government Monopolies Department at Mallacca from 1931 to 1942 and as King’s Harbour Master at Malacca.
He was married at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore on the 21st of November 1931 to Evelyn Millicent Violet (nee Leigh-Hunt) and they had two daughters, one of which was Charmain Anne, born in 1932, and a son, born on the 23rd of February 1935. He was a member of a Malay Volunteer Regiment but following the Japanese invasion of Malaya he rejoined his old Regiment whose 2nd Battalion was serving in the colony. The Battalion was involved in heavy fighting following their invasion of Malaya on the 7th of December 1941 and throughout the retreat which followed. They suffered very heavy casualties during the campaign. On the 20th of December 1941 the survivors of the Battalion were merged with the remainder of the 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the composite British Battalion. After further heavy fighting The Battalion withdrew to Singapore Island where Japanese forces began landing on the 8th of February 1942. Having come under a series of enemy attacks on the 12th of February, on the following day, the 13th of February 1942, the Battalion came under bombing and shelling with the unit protecting its left flank being forced to withdraw during the afternoon. During the day two groups of survivors were detailed to escape by boat from the colony but Henry Russell was not in either group and his fate is unknown.
When the Singapore surrendered two days later, the remaining 265 officers and men of the British Battalion passed into captivity.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Gray’s Inn.
He is buried at Kranji War Cemetery Collective Grave 34 D 15-17.

SALWEY, HENRY, third son of Rev. Thomas Salwey, Vicar of Oswestry, Shropshire, and Frances Maria, second dau. of Henry Gibbons, Oswestry, Shropshire; b. 4 Oct 1836; adm. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855, Westminster Student 1855-68; BA 1859; MA 1862; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1860, priest (Hereford) 1861; Curate, Ironbridge, Shropshire 1860-2, Tidenham, Gloucs., 1862-3, St. Saviour’s, Upper Chelsea 1864-6; Vicar of Kildwick, Yorks. 1868-75; Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Ashley Place, Westminster 13 Jan 1875 – Dec 1883; m. 28 Jan 1868 Lucy Brenda, second dau. of George Henry Christie, Framingham Hall, Norfolk; d. 24 Mar 1913.

Sampson, Anthony Terrell Seward, son of Lieut. -Col. Michael Trevisky Sampson OBE MC and Phyllis, d. of Sir Albert Charles Seward DSc FRS, Master of Downing Coll. Camb.; b. 3 Aug. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA MA 1952; RNVR 1944-7 (Sub-Lieut. ); editor Drum Magazine Johannesburg, South Africa 1951-5; editorial staff The Observer 1955-66; assoc. Prof. Univ. of Vincennes, Paris, France 1968-70; chief American correspondent, The Observer 1973-4; contributing editor Newsweek 1977-; writer and journalist; author, The Anatomy of Britain 1962, and other publications; m. 1965 Sally Virginia Bentlif JP, d. of Philip Graeme Bentlif MD MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner, Jersey, Channel Islands; d. 18 Dec. 2004.

Samwell (subsequently Samuel), Hugh Roderick Lynne, son of David Sydney Samwell AMICE, of Wimbledon, and Edith Margaret, d. of William Thomas Davies of Dowlais, Glamorgan; b. 10 May 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1951; St John’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1951, BA 1954, MA 1958; assumed surname of Samuel; adm. solicitor Mar. 1958; Wimbledon BC 1959-62, Merton BC 1964-9; contested (Cons. ) Lewisham North 1970, Manchester Blackley Feb. 1974; d. 28 Mar. 2011.

Saper, Michael, brother of Norman Saper (qv); b. 20 Apr. 1927; adm. Sept. 1941 (R); left July 1943; d. Nov. 1997.

Saper, Norman, son of Maurice and Sarah Saper of Hampstead; b. 20 Oct. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1943; d. July 1989.