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Gascoyne-Cecil, Randle William, son of the Right Rev. Lord Rupert William Ernest Gascoyne­Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, by Lady Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham, daughter of Edward, 1st Earl of Lathom; b. Nov. 28, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left Dec. 1905; Univ. Coll. Oxon., rnatric. Michaelmas 1908; successively a secretary, a journalist, and an actor; emigrated to Vancouver; enlisted in the Mountain Rangers, and arrived in this country with the second Canadian contingent in Feb. 1915; went out to the western front with the Scottish Canadians in April; 2nd Lieut. Warwickshire R. H. A. June 13, and returned to England on obtaining his commission; went out again to the western front in Feb. 1916; Lieut. July 17, 1917; attached to a Trench Mortar Battery; was thrice slightly wounded in July and Sept. 1916, and in July 1917; m. 1916 Elizabeth Claire Turner, of Birmingham; killed in action at Masnieres Dec. 1, 1917.

Gascoyne-Cecil, Rupert Edward, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) Beds Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; was attached to 1st Batt. and went out to the western front May 11, 1915; wounded May 28; Lieut.; killed in action near Ypres July 11, 1915; unm.

Geare, William Duncan, brother of Henry Leslie Geare (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1909; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; Leeds Clergy School 1913, ord. 1913; Curate of St. Margaret, Ilkley, Yorks, 1913; temp. Chaplain to the Forces May 1, 1916; went out to the western front, being attached to the 7th and 9th Batts. of the King's (Liverpool) Regt., in Sept. 1916; killed while ministering to the wounded on the battlefield near Ypres July 31, 1917; unm.

Gee, Geoffrey Richard Dudley, son of Raymond Gee, of Geraldton, Western Australia, resident magistrate, by Annie Alderson, of Summergangs, Pinjarrah, Western Australia; b. Sept. 17, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); exhibitioner 1910; K.S. 1911; Mure Scholar 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. the Royal Sussex Regt. July 31, 1915; went out to the western front in Aug. 1916; was transferred to the R. F. C. in Jan. 1917 as observer; went up in his aeroplane near Ypres. June 4, 1917, and was never seen again; unm.

Gilmour, Archibald Keltie, eldest son of Thomas Lennox Gilmour, of Hampstead, barrister­ at-law, by Elizabeth Hervey, daughter of John Scott Keltie, LL. D., secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; b. July 21, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (G); left July 1911; Balliol Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; adm. to the Middle Temple April 1913; enlisted in the London Scottish Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the King's Own Scottish Borderers Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1915; went out to the western front in. June 1915; was wounded at Loos and invalided home; Capt. Sept. 27, 1915; returned to the front April 22, 1916; killed in the trenches between Fricourt and Bicourt, near Albert, Aug. 15, 1916; unm.

Goodman, Gilbert Anthony, only son of Alfred William Goodman, of Belvedere, Kent, barrister-at-law, by Penelope Mary, daughter of Edwin Alfred Everett, of Erith, Kent; b. July 5, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left July 1913; London Univ., matric. Sept. 1913; enlisted in the Universities and Public Schools Batt., but subsequently exchanged into the Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the Loyal North Lancs Regt. Dec. 24, 1914; went out to the western front May 11, 1916; was mistaken for another officer of the same name and reported by the War Office April 11, 1917, as killed; seriously wounded in the thigh while leading his men in an unsuccessful assault on Greenland Hill April 29, and was invalided home; joined the Air Force on his recovery in the autumn of 1917, and was gazetted to a permanent lieutenancy in the army July 12, 1918, with seniority from Sept. 1915; having received his wings as a pilot he was ordered to the Italian front Sept. 11, 1918; killed while fighting two Austrian machines over an aerodrome at Pianzana, North Italy, before the rest of his patrol could get to his assistance, Oct. 28, 1918; unm.

Gordon, Archibald, younger son of William Edward Gordon, of Chelsea, barrister-at-law, by Bertha, daughter of George Bridges Moore (q.v.); b. May 11, 1897; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; left April 1916; an asst. master at Temple Grove School, Eastbourne; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. Dec. 16, 1916; Observer Sub-Lieut. R. N. March 16, 1917; left England for naval air service in Italy in June 1917; drowned in the Mediterranean while on active service patrol Jan. 7, 1918; unm.