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Worthington, Lawrence Valentine, brother of Arthur Little Worthington (qv); b. 6 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; Princeton Univ.; USNR 1943-6; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., res. asst 1946-50, res. assoc. 1950-8, physical oceanographer 1958-63, sen. scientist 1963, chairman Dept of Physical Oceanography 1974; m. 1952 Ruth Scott, d. of R. C. Mc Guinness of Denver, Colorado; d. May 1986.

Tasker, Theodore Henry Grant, brother of John Mellis Tasker (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left Apr. 1938; de Havilland Aeronautical Tech. Sch. 1939-42; RNVR (A) 1942-6 (Sub-Lieut.); an aeronautical engineer, ARAeS 1946; de Havilland Aircraft Co. 1946-58; Avery Hardoll Ltd 1958-62; a civil servant 1962-84, MOD (Navy), retd 1984; m. 7 June 1947 Doreen Ellen, d. of James Frederick Davey of Swanage, Dorset; d. 10 May 2013.

Richardson, Frederick Fales, brother of Albert Butler Richardson (qv); b. 2 Aug. 1918; adm. May 1932 (R); left July 1936; Princeton Univ.; Esso Standard Oil Co. Bombay; m. 11 Dec. 1947 Piloo Rustem, d. of Rustem Khaikhusru Albless of Bombay; d. 9 July 1983.

Yonge, Martin Godwin, son of Ernest Adams Yonge, of Hendon, sometime music master at the school and at Eton, and Margaret Mary, d. of James Thomas Godwin; b. 12 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Dec. 1938; Sgt Observer RAFVR; trained in S. Africa May to Dec. 1941; d. of cerebro-spinal meningitis on board ship to the Middle East 22 Dec. 1941.

Martin Godwin Yonge was born at Paddington, London on the 12th of July 1921 the only son of Ernest Adams Yonge, a music master at Westminster School, and Margaret Mary (nee Godwin) Yonge of 19, Shirehall Lane, Hendon in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1934 to December 1938. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an Observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 55.