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Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Sept. 7, 1888; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); exhibitioner 1902; left Easter 1907; temp. 2nd Lieut. 6th (Serv.) Batt. Berks Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1914; Capt. Nov. 17, 1914; Major May 5, 1917; acting Lieut.-Col.; went out to the western front July 1915, and was wounded in 1916; killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge Oct. 12, 1917; unm.

Kelsey, Leon de Barr, only son of Richard and Annie Kelsey, of South Kensington; b. March 3, 1884; adm. April 28, 1898 (H); left July 1901; studied architecture for six years and subse­quently entered his father's business; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. April 22, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 23rd (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. June 11, 1915; went out to the western front Sept. 24, 1915; killed in action between Guinchy and Fiers Sept. 16, 1916; unm.

Hunter, Godfrey Jackson, youngest son of Herbert Hunter, of Streatham, Asst. Solicitor to the London County Council, by Ellen, daughter of Henry Shayer, of Guernsey; b. July 3, 1889; adm. from Merchant Taylor's School Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1907; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; LL. B. 1911; adm. to Lincoln's Inn Nov. 2, 1907, called to the bar Nov. 17, 1911; Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 5th Royal Irish Lancers (Special Reserve) Aug. 15, 1914; Machine Gun Officer 1915; killed in action against the Sinn Feiners in Charles Street, Dublin, while in command of an escort to ammunition, April 26, 1916; unm.

Hallward, Basil Murray, only son of William Lambard Hallward, of Kensington, by Grace, daughter of William Murray, of Dereham, Norfolk; b. Nov. 17, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Easter 1911; was engaged in the study of music at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. Royal Warwickshire Regt. Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1915, R. F. A. Sept. 9, 1915; went out to the western front in Dec. 1915; killed in action near Arras April 10, 1918.

Gundry, Horace Montague, son of Horace Gundry, of Paddington, by Marion Jane, daughter of George Barker, of Hyde Park; b. Aug. 31, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1901; entered an architect's office, and in 1908 emigrated to Canada; enlisted in the 7th Canadian Batt. early in 1915; killed in action Sept. 26, 1916; unm.

Gonne, Michael Edward, younger son of Henry Gonne, of Ringwood, Rants, barrister-at-law, by Grace Staveley, daughter of Henry Marsden, of Bombay; b. Oct. 23, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst May - Oct. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Oct. 27, 1916; was at once attached to the R. F. C. and in March 1917 went to Egypt and thence to France in June following; Acting Flight-Cdr. Jan. 9, 1918; M.C. Feb. 1, 1918; injured while testing a machine in Feb. 1918, and was invalided to England, where, on resuming duty, he acted as gunnery instructor; rejoined his old squadron on the western front Aug. 7, 1918, and on the following day volunteered for the flight from which he never returned; was last seen Aug. 8, 1918, at the height of 2000 feet over the Somme crossings at Brie, and is said to have died in the German Field Hospital at Villers-Carbonnel; unm.

Garvin, Roland Gerard, only son of James Louis Garvin, of Kilburn, editor of the Observer, by Christina, daughter of Robert Wilson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; b. Oct. 12, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (H); won the Public Schools Foils Championship at Aldershot 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancs Regt.) Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. July 3, 1915; went out to the western front July 15, 1915; Capt. July 15, 1916; killed in action near Bazentin le Petit July 22, 1916; unm.