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Brand, Charles Neville, only son of Charles James Brand, of Hampstead, by Alice Emma, daughter of William Dobell Hutchings, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Jan. 5, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (R); left July 1913; a clerk in the Bank of England 1914; served in Great War I 1914-8 as Flight Sub-Lieut. R. N. A. S. (Seaplane Pilot), and Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Auxiliary Patrol); author of two vols. of poems and several novels; m. Aug. 17, 1918, Norah Joyce, eldest daughter of Victor Vaughan, of Hampstead, Middlesex; d. Sept. 2, 1951.

Bramall, Hugh Stanley Richard, son of Stanley Bramall, stockbroker, of Putney, and Eva Rose, d. of Henry Darley Hill; b. 14 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (R); left Apr. 1925; a stockbroker's clerk; d. 4 Mar. 1936.

Bradbury, Hon. Paul, brother of John, 2nd Baron Bradbury (qv); b. 28 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (R); left July 1933; BNC Oxf., matric. 1933, BA 1937, MA; FBIM; industrial relations dir. Imperial Group Ltd; m. 25 Mar. 1940 Margaret Amy, d. of John William Stammers of Ferring­ by-Sea, Sussex; d. 9 Apr. 1999.

Bradbury, John, 2nd Baron Bradbury, son of John Swanwick, 1st Baron Bradbury GCB, Jt Perm. Sec. to the Treasury, and Hilda Maude, d. of William Arthur Kirby of Hampstead; b. 7 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left July 1932; BNC Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935; ACA 1940; succ. as 2nd Baron 3 May 1950; m. 1st 19 Aug. 1939 Joan, d. of Walter Dingle Knight of Addlestone, Surrey; 2nd 2 Dec. 1946 Gwerfyl, d. of Edward Stanton Roberts of Ruthin, Denbighshire; d. 31 Mar. 1994.

Brackenbury, Christopher Charles (known at school as Christopher Charles Klein), son of Adrian Bernard Klein MBE, artist and inventor, of St John's Wood, and Angela Edith, d. of Admiral John William Brackenburv CB CMG RN; b. 2 Apr. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (R); left July 1934; RAFVR 1940-1 (PO); m. 1940 Rosemary, d. of Frank Struben of Pretoria, S. Africa; killed on active service May 1941.

Christopher Charles Buzz Klein was born at Hampstead, London on the 2nd of April 1917 the only son of Major Adrian Bernard Leopold Klein (later Cornwall-Clyne) MBE, FRPS, artist and inventor, and Angela Edith (nee Brackenbury later Cornwall-Clyne) Klein of 32, The Pryors, East Heath Road, Hampstead in London. He was educated at Westminster School, where he was known by the last name of Klein and was up Rigaud’s from January 1931 to July 1934. He later changed his surname to that of his mother’s maiden name.
He was married at Chelsea in 1940 to Rosemary Patricia (nee Struben).
On the outbreak of war he enlisted as an Aircraftman 2nd Class in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman where he trained as a pilot and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 23rd of November 1940, with seniority from the 14th of November 1940.
He was posted to No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School as a flying instructor.
On the 16th of May 1941, Christopher Brackenbury and his student, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Henry Morgan, took off in Tiger Moth Mk II T5712 for a training exercise. At the time he had accumulated a total of 353.25 solo flying hours of which 274.20 were on Tiger Moth aircraft.
During the flight the aircraft struck a balloon cable at Clifford Bridge Road near Walsgrave near Coventry and crashed into a field, killing both men.
His wife received the following letter dated the 20th of May 1941: - “Madam, I am commanded by the Air Council to express to you their great regret on learning that your husband, Pilot Officer Christopher Charles Brackenbury, Royal Air Force, lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident on 16th May, 1941.”
An inquiry into the accident concluded: - “No previous difficulties with the Coventry balloon barrage, the nearest site of which is three miles. The position of all balloons affecting this unit is well known to flying personnel who have continual reference to the situation. Error of judgement or mental preoccupation on part of pilot who was instructing at the time”
He is buried at St James’ Church, Anstey.

Bovill, William John, son of Edward Bovill (q.v.); b. May 14, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left April 1900; 2nd Lieut. Yorkshire Regt. March 2, 1904, Indian Army Feb. 6, 19o6; Lieut. June 2, 1906; Capt. March 2, 1913; Major March 2, 1919; Lieut.-Col.; commanded the 6th Batt. Baluchi Regt.; served in Arab Rebellion 1920; Chief Infantry Adviser to King Feisal I 1922-6; retired 1933; O.B.E. 1920; lived after retirement in Egypt and Tasmania; m. June 20, 1932, Constance Anne Caroline, daughter of Alfred Jordan, of Bournemouth; d. in Tasmania Oct. 1944.

Bovey, Quentin Christopher Drummond, son of Henry Taylor Bovey, F.R.S., of Chelsea, Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, by Emily Jane Boner, daughter of John Redpath, of Montreal, Canada; b. Sept. 11, 1895; adm. from St. John's School, Montreal, Sept. 24, 1908 (R); non-resident K.S. 1910; left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1919; seconded from the Canadian Militia and attached to 8th Batt. Gordon Highlanders, temp. Lieut. Sept. 8, 1914; Capt. July 20, 1915; wounded in Sept. 1915; attached to Headquarters Eastern Command Sept. 1916; A.D.C. to G. O. C.-in-C. Forces on the Rhine April - June 1919; mentioned in despatches; Supervisor, Exchange Dept., Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, since Feb. 1923; m. Sept. 15, 1921, Elizabeth Maude, daughter of Charles A. Kennedy, of Montreal; d. 3 Aug. 1987.

Bourke, John William Patrick, son of William Henry Bourke MD, and Annie Lees, d. of John Carver of Marple, Cheshire; b. 1 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1933 (sen. schol.), MA 1935; Heidelberg Univ., PhD 1936; Friends' Relief Service in Europe 1945-8; lecturer in English Munich Univ. 1948; Bundesverdienstkreuz (W. Germany) 1970; OBE 1975; author of Baroque Churches of Central Europe 1958, Englischer Humor 1965, and other educational works in German and English.

Bosworth, John Stern, son of Col. William John Bosworth, 5th Batt. Manchester Regt., of Roehampton, Surrey; b. Sept. 18, 1891; adm. May 4, 1906 (R); left Dec. 1907; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. Dec. 7. 1914; Lieut. Dec. 7, 1915; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 19, 1939; Flying Officer Sept. 19, 1940; Flight-Lieut. March 1, 1942; m. Feb. 29, 1916, Mrs. Lesmoin Gordon, daughter of Surgeon-General H. J. Rose.

Booker, Arthur John Nussey, brother of Josias Antony Nussey Booker (q.v.); b. Nov. 12, 1871; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (R); left June 1889; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Dec. 17, 1889; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1896; m. May 30, 1899, Florence Percival, widow of William Stewart-Brown, of Glasgow; d. Jan. 1, 1902.