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Lambe, Philip Agnew, brother of John Lawrence Penrose Lambe (q.v.); b. Feb. 23, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1913; served in Great War I; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. May 3, 1916; invalided; Trinity Hall, Camb., B.A. 1932; M.A. 1947; an artist; Gold Medallist, Paris Salon; served in the Navy in both Great Wars; painted the portrait of Walter Hamilton, Head Master, 1957; m. 1955, Zoe Violetta Lane, of New Zealand; d. 1968.

Murray, Colin Andrew, son of Colin Hay Murray FRIBA, of Eastbourne, Sussex, and Joan Pamela, d. of Stanley Tooth, engineer, of Buxted, Sussex; b. 7 Jan. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA 1951; Roy. Greenwich Observatory 1950-85, SPSO 1965-85; Roy. Astronomical Soc., Fellow 1952, Council 1965-8 and 1974-7, Vice-Pres. 1975-7; gave 1988 Halley lecture on "The Distances to the Stars"; m. 27 Feb. 1954 Frances Mary, d. of Rev. George Stephen Nason, Vicar of Greenwich and Dean of Gibraltar; d. 8 Nov. 2012.

Abrahams, Austen Neville, son of Neville A. Abrahams, of Bayswater; b. Jan. 30, 1904; adm. Jan, 17, 1918 (R); left Dec. 1919; called to the bar at Grays Inn June 12, 1929; equity draftsman and conveyancer; served in Israeli Army 1948-50; warden, Montefiore College, Ramsgate, 1956-62; warden, Hillel House, Birmingham, since 1962; m. Viola Margaret, daughter of David Aaron, actuary; d. 1981.

Albert, David Fenwick, brother of Aubrey John Fenwick (qv); b. 20 June 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (R); left Oct. 1931; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc; FRGS; RNVR (Sub-Lieut. 1942); m. 20 June 1940 Muriel Rita, d. of G. Etheridge of St Leonard's-on-Sea; d. 19 Mar. 1985.

Alers-Hankey, Richard Lyons, son of Sydney George Alers-Hankey of Zara, Dalmatia, and Theodosia Abdy; b. 7 Oct. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left Apr. 1921; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, LLB 1929, MA 1932; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Jan. 1929; Treasury Solicitor's Office 1939; Prin. Asst Solicitor Min. of Transport and Civi Aviation 1953-63; dep. Treas. Solicitor 1964-9; CB Jan. 1957; m. 30 July 1937 Margaret Lavender Reyne, née Barr; d. 14 Nov. 1969.

Aitken, Hon. Peter Rudyard, brother of Sir John William Maxwell Aitken (qv); b. 22 Mar. 1913; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left Apr. 1930; Roy. Fusiliers 1940-2, Pioneer Corps 1942, Roy. Fusiliers Aug. 1942-5 (Capt.); m. 1st 25 Jan. 1934 Janet, d. of Murray Macneill, Prof. of Mathematics Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS; 2nd 1943 Marie Patricia, d. of Michael Maguire, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 3 Aug. 1947.

Alport, Claude Mashiter, younger son of Laurence Alport, of Kensington, by Mary Ann Frances, daughter of Thomas Augustus Sackville Manning; b. Oct. 29, 1888; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (R); left Easter 1906; went out to China; Cipher Officer H. B. M. Legations, Pekin and Hankow 1934; Temp. Sec. H. B. M. Embassy, Ankara, 1940; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1941; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Black Watch Feb. 18, 1916, Lieut. Sept. 18, 1917, Capt. May 24, 1918, attached R.A.F.; m. June 26, 1918, Violet, only daughter of Leslie Charles Wintle, of Eastbourne, Sussex; d. Dec. 18, 1945

Allen, Sir William Kenneth Gwynne, son of Harold Gwynne Allen (qv); b. 23 May. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1925; Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland; engineering pupil Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow and Belfast; subsequently W. H. Allen Sons & Co., Bedford, dir. 1937-70, man. dir. 1946-70, chairman 1955-70; chairman Amalg. Power Engineering 1968-70; FIMarE, MRINA; pres. Engineering Employers' Fedn 1962-4; Freeman City of London, Liveryman Worshipful Company of Shipwrights; Beds CC 1945-55, High Sheriff 1958-9; Kt 1961; DL (Beds) 1978; m. 1 July 1931 Eleanor Mary, d. of Henry Eeles, shipbuilder, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 4 Apr. 2000.

Allpress, Anthony Lawrence, son of Capt. William Aguillar Allpress, R.G.A., of London, by Ada Margaret, daughter of Major Harper Toulmin, of St. Albans, Herts; b. May 13, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (R); left Dec. 1919; a company director in Southern Rhodesia; J. P.; Capt. R.E. (S. R.) May 10, 1939; A. Q. M. G. (Movements) 21st Army Group; Lieut.-Col. S. H. A. E. F.; m. Feb. 7, 1940, Doris Sara, daughter of William Hugh Davies-Cooke, of Mold, Flint.

Allen, Harold Norman Gwynne, brother of Sir William Kenneth Gwynne Allen (qv); b. 30 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left Apr. 1930; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1937; MIMechE 1951, MICE 1962, FEng. 1979; FICE, FIMechE, FRINA, FIMarE, FIProdE; eng. training John Samuel White & Co, Cowes, John Brown Ltd, Clydebank, and Merchant Navy, 1933-7; progressive staff appts W. H. Allen Sons & Co, chairman 1970-7; Governor Coll. of Aeronautics, Cranfield 1955-69; Charter pro-Chancellor, Cranfield Inst. of Technology 1969- 75; CBE 1965; hon. DSc Bath 1967, Cranfield 1977; DL (Beds) 1978; member Magic Circle; m. 29 Jan. 1938 Marjorie Ellen, d. of William Henry Brown of Cowes, I. of W.; d. 6 Dec. 1995.