Bell, Henry John, son of Henry John Bell of Narainganj, Bengal, and Elizabeth Annie, d. of John Wheeler of Savernake, Wilts; b. 30 May 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1924; a chartered accountant, FCA 1947; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt-Lieut. A & SD); Macfarlane & Co., Calcutta, 1931- 47, Bulawayo Omnibus Co. 1948-51, Northern Trust Co., Lusaka, 1951-4; in private practice 1954-69; m. 11 Sept. 1938 Eileen Bernadette, d. of William Hill of Bombay; d. 18 Jan. 1969.

Béranger, Stewart Charles Walsh, son of Henri Lucien Béranger of Paris, and Marguerite Louisa Minnie, d. of Lionel George Lawrence Walsh; b. 19 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left Apr. 1935; enlisted in 206th Infantry Regt, French Army; p.o.w.; killed while attempting to escape 21 May 1944.

Stewart Charles Walsh Béranger was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of June 1917 the only son of Henri Lucien “Harry” Béranger, an architect, and Marguerite Louisa Minnie (nee Walsh) Béranger of 62, Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court in London. He was christened at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton on the 30th of July 1917. He was educated at Westminster School on an Exhibition where he was up Ashburnham from September 1930 to April 1935. He played of part of Sidney Gibson in the farce “The Private Secretary” at the Westminster Theatre on the 29th of July 1933. He was a member of the Chess team and of the 1st Football XI from 1932 to 1935, where he played as goalkeeper and continued to play in the same position for the Old Westminsters XI. The Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1932/33 football season: - “Emerged from obscurity and from his very first game showed high promise of becoming a great goalkeeper. He has a fine sense of position, good hands and is very reliable. Does not yet punt the ball very well.”
On leaving school he moved to Paris as a student and lived at 89, Rue de Lille.
On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 206th Infantry Regiment, French Army in 1939 and was captured at the fall of France in June 1940.
He was interned in a labour camp at Bruck sur la Mur where he was shot and killed while attempting to escape.
His father donated £100 towards the Westminster School war memorial appeal in his memory.
His place of burial is unknown.

Edwards, Trevor Hope Martin, son of Rev. Trevor Hubert Edwards, Vicar of Wangford, Suffolk, and Mildred Hope Osborn; b. 7 June 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1929; Coldstream Guards 1939-45; man. dir. Black & Edgington Hire Ltd 1967-76; MBE 1969, MVO 1976; agent for Ightham Mote 1977-84; m. 1st 16 May 1936 Sylvia Maud, d. of Maj. Ernst Olaf Henrici RE; 2nd 5 July 1974 Joan Ellen, d. of James Lough of Shanghai; d. 1 June 2002.

Eggar, Ralph Alfred James, son of James Eggar CVO CBE, Asst Sec. HM Office of Works, and Eda Mary, d. of George Ison of Cambridge; b. 12 Aug. 1914; adm. May 1928 (A); left July 1933; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1962; 2nd Lieut. RASC Jan. 1935, Lieut. Jan. 1938, Capt. Jan. 1943, Maj. Jan. 1948, Brevet Lieut.-Col. July 1952, Lieut.-Col. Sept. 1954, Col. May 1956, Brigadier Jan. 1960; despatches Dec. 1940 and Apr. 1946; MBE (Sicily) Mar. 1944; OBE June 1954; Brigadier Q (Ops) War Office Dec. 1962; CBE 1964; HQ, BAOR 1966-9; retd 1970; Col. Commandant RCT 1971; m. 14 Aug. 1947 Ann Gabrielle Wilson, d. of Lieut. ­ Col. Alfred Garnett Horsfall DSO, Duke of Wellington's Regt; d. 12 Dec. 1987.

Ellissen, Francis Lyon Gordon, son of Arthur Victor Ellissen, member Lond. Stock Exchange, of Richmond, Surrey, and Irene Maude Mary, d. of George Lyon Begbie; b. 26 May 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (A); left. July 1935; RNVR in WW2; lost in the sinking by enemy action of SS Laconia 12 Sept. 1942.

Francis Lyon Gordon Ellissen was born at Richmond, Surrey on the 26th of May 1918 the son of Arthur Victor Sampson Ellissen MC MP, a barrister at law, and Irene Maude Mary (nee Begbie) Ellissen, an artist, of 6, Cardigan Road, Richmond. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from January 1932 to July 1935. On leaving school he worked as a commercial artist.
Following the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Royal Navy, was trained as a gunner and was attached to the 19,695 ton passenger liner SS Laconia.
The SS Laconia, under the command of Master Rudolph Sharp OBE, sailed from the Middle East bound for Liverpool, and stopped at Capetown before setting sail for Freetown. She was unescorted and was carrying 136 crewmen, 80 civilians, 268 military personnel, including nurses, and 1,809 Italian prisoners guarded by 160 Polish troops; she was also carrying 200 tons of general cargo.
At 10.20pm on the 12th of September 1942, the SS Laconia was sailing some 360 miles to the north, northeast of the Ascension Islands when she was struck by a torpedo which had been fired by the U-Boat U-156, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Werner Hartenstein. The torpedo struck her in the hold on the starboard side, killing many of the Italian prisoners in the explosion. She began to list to starboard and, as Captain Sharp was regaining control of her, she was struck in her Number 2 hold by a second torpedo. With the forecastle now awash, Sharp issued the order to abandon ship with the women, children and the wounded taking to the lifeboats. 32 lifeboats had been destroyed by the explosions. At 11.11pm the ship sank by the bow leaving hundreds of survivors in the water. Although estimates vary, between 1,658 and 1,757 passengers and crew are thought to have lost their lives in the attack.
He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Memorial Panel 68, Column 1.

Evans, Jeffrey Dilwyn, son of Edwin James Evans of Maida Vale; b. 27 Aug. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (A); left July 1926; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.).

Evers, Gilbert Davey, son of Harold Evers of Bromley; b. 11 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (B), (A) Sept. 1926; left Apr. 1929; RAFVR 1939-45 (Flt Serg., flying instructor); PO Jan. 1945; killed in air operations over Germany 28 Jan. 1945.

Gilbert Davey “Pop” Evers was born at Bromley, Kent on the 11th of January 1912 the younger son of Harold Evers, a chartered secretary, and Rhoda Skene (nee Heathcote) Evers of 6, Haven Green, Ealing in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1925 and up Ashburnham from September 1926 to April 1929.
He was granted a short service commission in the Royal Air Force with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer on the 21st of October 1935 and was confirmed in his rank on the 21st of October 1936. He resigned his commission on the 11th of March 1937.
On the outbreak of war he was working as an instrument flying instructor and was lodging at 83, Grand Avenue, Hassocks in Sussex.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1940 where he rose to the rank of Warrant Officer before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 16th of January 1945.
On the 28th of January 1945, Bomber Command dispatched 153 Lancasters for an operation on the Gremberg railway marshalling yards at Cologne. The weather was clear and the target was hit but with some bombs overshooting.
Gilbert Evers and his crew took off from RAF Chedburgh at 10.46am on the 27th of January 1945 in Lancaster Mk I PD296 HA-B, as the Squadron’s lead aircraft for the operation. This was to be his 30th operation, the final one of his tour of operations. While the aircraft was in the target area it was hit by anti aircraft fire and crashed at 2pm at Bergisch-Gladbach, 14 kilometres to the east north east of the centre of Cologne, with the loss of all but one of the crew.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Gilbert Davey Evers (Pilot)
Sgt Ernest Noel James Francis (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Frederick J. Norton (2nd Navigator) (Wounded) (POW)
Flight Sergeant Anthony Morris (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant David Charles Allen (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Eric Holland (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant Edward Bertram Barradell (Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer John Towns DFC (Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of four aircraft which were lost during the operation, one of which crash landed in liberated France.
The navigator, Frederick Norton, was the only member of the crew to survive. He had been wounded by shrapnel in the arm but landed safely by parachute and was captured. Had Gilbert Evers survived the operation he would have been stood down from further operations.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at the Church of Christ the Saviour, Ealing.
He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 31, Row C, Grave 1.

Fearnley, Michael Edward, brother of George Roche Fearnley (qv), b. 18 Nov. 1924; adm. Apr. 1936 (A); left Dec. 1939; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1946; FO (Med.) RAF Aug. 1947, Flt Lieut. Aug. 1948; served Yangtze River ops Apr. 1949, DSC Nov. 1949; consult. in Physical Medicine St George's Hosp.; m. 23 Feb. 1952 Doreen Margaret, d. of David Brown of Ystrad Mynach, Mon.; d. 1972 in Canada.

Felix-Jones, Ivor, son of Frederick Felix-Jones, M.R.C.S., of Llantfyllin, by Ada Louisa, daughter of Hiram Codd, of Brixton; b. June 2, 1899; adm. April 30, 1914 (A); left Dec. 1916; served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during Great War I and was severely wounded in France Oct. 6, 1918; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1925; Superintendent of the Education Service of N. Nigeria 1922-3; assist. master at Campbell Coll., Belfast; Inspector of Schools, Hong Kong, 1955; 2nd Lieut., R. Welsh Fusiliers, Nov. 18, 1940; Capt.

Ferguson, Howard, son of Stanley Ferguson, banker, of Belfast and Edith Frances, d. of James Carr of Belfast; b. 21 Oct. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (A); left Dec. 1923; RAF 1940-2; hon MusD Queen's Univ. Belfast 1959; a composer, pianist and musicologist; published compositions include choral and orchestral music, chamber music, piano music and songs; editions include early keyboard music, including the complete solo piano works of Schubert; author of Keyboard Interpretation from the 14th to the 19th Century 1975; d. 31 Oct. 1999.