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Gray, Eric Hubert, 1892-1938
GB-2014-WSA-08151 · Person · 1892-1938

Gray, Eric Hubert, son of James Gray, of Forest Hill, Kent, barrister-at-law, by Mary Winifred, daughter of the Rev. Edward Ebenezer Crate, Rector of Jevington, Sussex; b. March 30, 1892; adm. as non-resident K.S. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left Dec. 1910; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1911; 2nd Lieut. unattached Jan. 20, 1912, Indian Army March 8, 1913; Lieut. April 20, 1914; D. C. Officer 74th Punjabis; Capt. Jan. 20, 1916; served at the Suez Canal, France, Flanders, and Gallipoli in 1915, and with the Aden Field Force in 1916; Major Jan. 20, 1929; Lieut.-Col. March 16, 1937; m. Oct. 17, 1917, Phyllis Jean Mary, elder daughter of George Philip Lammert, of Hongkong, China; killed at Nowshera, N. W. Frontier Province, whilst in command of 4th/2nd Punjab Regt. by a sepoy who ran amok, Nov. 24, 1938.

GB-2014-WSA-08150 · Person · 1895-1969

Gray, Cyril Douglas, only son of Charles Herbert Gray, of Maida Vale; b. April 26, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (H); left Dec. 1909; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 20th Batt. London Regt. Oct. 14, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1915; relinquished his commission on account of ill health Dec. 31, 1916; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. April 8, 1940; Flying Officer April 8, 1941; m. July 19, 1916, Emily, elder daughter of William Thomas Waller, of London; d. 20 Feb. 1969.

GB-2014-WSA-08144 · Person · 1870-1953

Grant-Wilson, Sir George Wemyss, brother of Charles Westbrooke Grant-Wilson (q.v.); b. Feb. 21, 1870; adm. June 12, 1884 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. July 1888 (adm. pensr. Oct. 6, 1888); B.A. and LL. B. 1892; M.A. 1900; LL. M. 1900; editor of the Cambridge Review; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 28, 1895; a director of Richard Evans and Co.; director of the Borstall Assoc.; knighted June 5, 1920; hon. sec. of the Elizabethan Club 1901-5; d. Jan. 21, 1953.

GB-2014-WSA-08143 · Person · 1868-1943

Grant-Wilson, Charles Westbrooke, son of George Grant-Wilson, of Streatham, by Lucy, daughter of Richard Squires, of Liverpool; b. Nov. 20, 1868; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); left July 1887; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1895; practised at Sidmouth, Devon; founder of the O. W. Cricket Club; m. June 2, 1898, Lilian Frances, only daughter of the Rev. Albert Jenkin, of Harbridge, Rants; d. Nov. 1, 1943.

GB-2014-WSA-08130 · Person · 1903-1960

Grant, Alexander Dunnett St. Clair, son of Alexander Grant, O.B.E., of Streatham, by Margaret St. Clair, daughter of John Dunnett, of Edinburgh; b. July 17, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (H); left July 1920; a clerk in the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.; d. Jan. 2, 1960.

GB-2014-WSA-08112 · Person · 1890-1980

Graham, Stuart Douglas, second son of Major William Bannatyne Graham, of the Manchester Regt., by Mary Beatrice, daughter of the Rev. Edward Halifax Hansell, Rector of East Ilsley, Berks; b. Feb. 18, 1890; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1908; R.M.A. Woolwich 1909; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 23, 1910; Lieut. July 23, 1913; Capt. July 23, 1916; acting Major Dec. 30, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the staff on the western front and in Greek Macedonia, etc.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and May 21, 1918; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; p. s. c.; staff Capt. at the War Office 1926-8; Major May 1, 1927; Ede. Major, Aldershot, 1928-30, and in India 1934; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1937; Col. Jan. 9, 1939; Brigadier; wounded 1940; M.I. 11, War Office, 1941-3; chairman, Inter-Services Security Board; retired May 1946; Jurat of the Royal Court, Jersey, 1955-60; m. July 11, 1916, Marjorie Helen, elder daughter of George Harry Le Maistre, of London; d. 15 Dec. 1980.

GB-2014-WSA-08101 · Person · 1885-1961

Graham, Evelyn Ronald Brodrick Cloete, fifth son of Lawrence Graham, of Hardelot, Pas de Calais, France, by Edith Margaret, daughter of James Dickson Park, of London; b. June 21, 1885; adm. May 3, 1900 (H); left July 1902; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1909; in practice in London; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. April 3, 1917; 2nd Lieut. 22nd Batt. the London Regt. May 28, 1918, attached to 1st Gurkhas and 74th Punjabis in Palestine and Egypt; president of the Elizabethan Club 1949-52; m. Dec. 2, 1916, Ada Nora, sister of Hardington Arthur Bartlett (q.v.); d. Oct. 13, 1961.

GB-2014-WSA-08073 · Person · 1904-1939

Gover, Patrick Montgomery, brother of Charles Cecil Gover (q.v.); b. July 8, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left July 1921; an actor; d. Jan. 17, 1939

Gover, Charles Cecil, 1890-?
GB-2014-WSA-08072 · Person · 1890-?

Gover, Charles Cecil, son of Charles Sydney Gover, of St. Marylebone, by Constance Helen Montgomery, daughter of George Anderson, of New York, U. S. A.; b. May 22, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1907; a civil engineer; managing director and subsequently chairman of a civil engineering and marine contracting company; served in France 1915-6; temp. Lieut. R.E. Aug. 30, 1915; severely wounded near Messines Aug. 30, 1916, and invalided home; Capt. Oct. 1, 1917; was transferred to the R.A.F. May 1918, and qualified as Aeroplane Pilot (Night Flying); returned to France in 1918; demob. as Hon. Capt. R.A.F. Feb. 1919; m. 1st Nov. 7, 1912, Maud Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Philipson, of Chelsea; 2nd 1929, Dorothy Mary, daughter of Henry Francis Dorey.

GB-2014-WSA-08058 · Person · 1916-1997

Gough, Hugh Percival Henry, son of Rev. Percival Gough, Rector of Acton, Middx; b. 31 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (H); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc 1937; sec. Sulgrave Manor Board 1939-50; a harpsichord maker; m. 1st Apr. 1945 Cynthia Mary Jefferys; 2nd May 1955 Jane Anne, d. of John Gordon Legg of Wethersfield, Essex; d. 14 Apr. 1997.