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Beesley, Henry Alfred, only son of Thomas Beesley, of South Lambeth, Surrey, licensed lay preacher, by Mattie, daughter of Edward Spinney, of Salisbury, Wilts; b. Oct. 11, 1874; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1887 (H); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon, July, 1893, matric. Oct. 1893; B.A. 1897; d. Nov. 29, 1908.

Bellenger, Rodney Charles, son of Rt. Hon. Frederick John Bellenger PC MP, Sec. of State for War, and Marion Theresa, d. of Generalkonsul Karl Stollwerk of Köln, Germany; b. 18 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left Dec. 1939; a valuer and co. dir., FSVA 1968; m. 1st, 30 Dec. 1948 Helga Wertheimer; 2nd, 4 June 1983 Jean Ann, widow of Ronald Bowden; d. 29 Nov. 2015.

BELSON, LIONEL PHILIP LARPENT, second son of Cdr. Henry George Belson, Royal Navy, and Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William Symons MD, St. Helier, Jersey; b. 28 Oct 1868; adm. (H) 22 Sep 1882; left Aug 1885.

Benjamin, Joseph Henry, son of Ludwig Benjamin, of Bayswater, by Gertrude, daughter of Isaac Solomon Henry; b. Feb. 25, 1904; adm. from Tonbridge School May 2, 1917 (H); left Easter 1921; a clerk in the London Stock Exchange.

Bernard, Oliver Owen, son of Capt. Oliver Percy Bernard MC OBE FRIBA, architect, and Edith Dora Hodges (aka Fedora Roselli), singer, d. of Joseph Thomas Hodges, master butcher; b. 6 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (H); left July 1940; RAFVR 1943-7; Goldsmiths’ Coll., Univ. of Lond., 1950-3, BA; teaching English in France 1948-56; advertising copywriter, Nolly Advertising Ltd. 1958-64; English and Drama teacher, Bury St Edmunds GS 1965-82; Gold Medal, Poetry Soc. 1982; author of Country Matters 1961, Poems 1983, Five Peace Poems 1985; ed. and trans. Rimbaud, Collected Poems 1962, Apollinaire, Selected Poems, 1965-85; writer, translator 1961-2001; m. 1st, 1952 Veronica Ann, d. of William Humble, accountant; 2nd, 1958 Jacqueline Pamela Guise, dancer, d. of Walter Guise, fisherman; d. 1 June 2013.

Berry, Zephaniah Donald, son of Edmonds Augustine Berry, of Westminster, by Violet Evelyn, daughter of William Charles Brown, of Herne Hill, Surrey; b. May 7, 1902; adm. April 29, 1915 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1919; an engineer; m. Oct. 20, 1950, Diane Rose, sister of Peter James Stuart Bevan (q.v.).

Bersi-Mangakis, Demosthenes, known at school as Demosthenes Mangakis, son of Michael Mangakis of London and Sophie, d. of Paul Bersi of Athens; b. 22 Feb. 1914; adm. Jan. 1927 (H), KS (non-res.) Sept. 1927; left Dec. 1931; LSE, BSc 1935; FO Political and Intelligence Dept 1943-6; Chatham House 1946-9; export dir. Goya Ltd 1949-55, Colman Prentis & Varley Ltd 1955-9; export man. Yardley Ltd 1959-72; marketing consultant E. Europe 1972-5; changed name by deed poll Jan. 1973; retd 1975 and lived in Greece; m. 23 Dec. 1963 Cecile Vera Cruickshank; d. 16 Dec. 1997

Bird, Ashley Hinckes, son of Arthur Hinckes Bird, L. S. A., of Chelsea, by Kate, daughter of John Clark, of the same place; b. April 22, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1912; Magd. Coll. Oxon. matric. Michaelmas 1912; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Sept. 14, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Lincs. Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. July 1, 1917; Capt.; wounded at Gallipoli 1915, on the Somme 1916, and at Arras 1917; M.A. (Oxon.) 1920; entered Wye Coll., Kent, Oct. 1922; Dip. Hort. (Wye) 1924; staff 1924; secy. and bursar 1932-45; m. April 26, 1916, Cicely, daughter of Arthur Hutchinson, of Grantham.

Binney, Alexander Lindsay, brother of William Max Binney (qv); b. 13 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H), KS 1921; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; asst master at the school 1930-1; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1931-69, housemaster 1948-63; Army Gen. List 1941-5 (Maj., Special Duties); m. 20 Nov. 1943 Heather, d. of Frederick William Gillespie, solicitor, Chair­man Leeds Bench of Magistrates; d. 22 aug. 2001.

Blackburn, Maurice Cecil Mitford, son of Maj. Maurice Edgar Musgrave Blackburn, Indian Army, and Gladys Marion, d. of Robert Osbaldeston Mitford, of Mitford Castle, Northumberland; b. 17 July 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1941; KCL 1946-8, BSc 1948; flying boat captain, Aquila Airways and Eagle Aviation 1948-59, Reseau Aerien Interinsulaire, Tahiti, 1959-60; Internat. Computers Ltd. 1960-88; m. 1st, 4 Apr. 1957 Yvonne Eileen Hinns; 2nd, 13 June 1975 Sarah, d. of Col. Matthew Dunning DSO MB RAMC; d. 12 Jan. 2015.