Bloxam, Robert Basil Reginald, 1896-?
Bloxam, Robert Basil Reginald, son of Robert Henry Raynsford Bloxam, of Ryde, I. O. W., by Lily, daughter of James Castle Cass, of Barnsley, Yorks.; b. Sept. 11. 1896; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1913; technical author (naval ordnance) with Vickers, Ltd., Naval Construction Works, Barrow-in-Furness; m. Aug. 28, 1928, Elizabeth Jean, daughter of Alfred Bird, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Blount, Maurice Bertie, 1886-?
Blount, Maurice Bertie, twin brother of Arthur Stanley Blount (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; served in Great War I as trooper in King Edward's Horse, Canadian Overseas Force; invalided Jan. 1917.
Blount, Cecil, brother of Arthur Stanley Blount (q.v.); b. April 18, 1892; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left July 1907; a bank accountant at Nottingham; served with the London Scottish 2/14th London Regt. Feb.- Aug. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. Dec. 10, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in Mesopotamia 1916, India and Burma 1917-9; m. March 18, 1916, Hilda, daughter of William Turner.
Blount, Arthur Stanley, 1886-1926
Blount, Arthur Stanley, son of Frank Blount, of Clapham Common, Surrey, by Mary Frances, daughter of William Hull, of Edinburgh; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; served in France with the Canadian Overseas Force 1915-8; M. M. Nov. 19, 1917; d. March 21, 1926.
Bloom, Albert Edward, 1902-1986
Bloom, Albert Edward, son of Henry Bloom, of Hampstead, by Rebecca, daughter of Louis Halle, of Hampstead; b. May 27, 1902; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); left July 1918; an electrical engineer; 2nd Lieut. London Divisional R. A. S. C. (T. A.) March 4, 1939; Capt. Oct. 23, 1939; mentioned in despatches (France and Belgium) L. G. Dec. 20, 1940; T. D. 1950; 1st clasp to T. D. 1953; m. Jan. 5, 1926, Sybil Edna, daughter of Max Bickley, of Hampstead; d. 7 Apr. 1986.
Blizard, Gray Percy, son of George Blizard, of London, architect; b. Aug. 2, 1889; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (A); migrated up Rigaud's; left Easter 1903; readm; Sept. 28, 1905; left Dec. 1907; served as a gunner in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Great War I.
Blane, James Pitcairn, 1883-1915
Blane, James Pitcairn, second son of Capt. Arthur Rodney Blane, R. N., of Heggatt Hall, near Norwich, by Mary Georgina, second daughter of James Pitcairn Campbell, of Burton Hall, Cheshire; b. May 27, 1883; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1901; became a mining engineer; was four years in West Australia, and went to West Africa several times; was manager of a mine in Cornwall when the war broke out; Lieut. 8th (Service) Batt. the King's Royal Rifle Corps Oct. 2, 1914; Capt. March 5, 1915; went out to the western front in May 1915; d. in the Belgian hospital at Poperinghe Nov. 23, 1915, from wounds received in action in West Flanders Nov. 19, 1915.
Blair, Charles James Longworth, 1893-?
Blair, Charles James Longworth, son of Charles Samuel Blair, M. D., F.R.C.S., of Claygate, Surrey, by Mary Alice, daughter of James Henry Longworth, of Fulwood, Lancs; b. June 21, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left July 1912; served as temp. Surgeon-Lieut. in the Navy during Great War I 1917-8; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1917; in practice as an ophthalmic surgeon in London and at the Royal Hospital, Richmond, Surrey; m. Dec. 27, 1918, Lilian Edith Berry, daughter of William Frederick Steege, of Twickenham, Middlesex.
Blair, Alec Michael Ambler, 1919-1970
Blair, Alec Michael Ambler, son of Alec Hood Blair, of Westminster, and Grace Evelyn, d. of John Ambler of Bradford, Yorks; b. 10 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; d. 1970.
Birdwood, Hubert Broderick, 1896-1980
Birdwood, Hubert Broderick, brother of Christopher Travers Birdwood (q.v.); b. Feb. 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 17, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 2, 1916; was wounded; retired 1920 as acting Capt., having served in France some two and a half years; M.C. May 31, 1916; engaged in mercantile business; m. July 18, 1918, Brenda Clephane Forrester, daughter of James Brown Fortune, of Stoke Poges, Bucks.; d. 14 Aug. 1980