Bate, Trafford Ian, son of Col. Albert Louis Frederick Bate, A. M. S., by Florence Emily Wilson West; b. April 30, 1901; adm. April 30, 1914 (A); left Dec. 1918; 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers July 16, 1920; Lieut. Aug. 12, 1922; Capt. July 16, 1927; Indian Army Ordnance Corps May 19, 1929; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1936; Major July 16, 1938; Lieut.-Col. April 12, 1942; acting Col. Aug. 12, 1944; retired with the hon. rank of Col. Nov. 12, 1948; re­employed March 3, 1952 as Administration Officer, Depot and Training Establishment, Royal Military Police; m Nov. 16, 1926, Dorothy Gwynne, daughter of Col. Charles John Gwynne Bird, of St. Helier, Jersey.

Bedford, David Edwin Wyatt, son of Edwin Curtis Bedford (q.v.); b. Aug. 26, 1902; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left July 1920; an insurance broker member of Lloyds; m. June 6, 1931, Ruth, daughter of Dr. Richard Houlton Jackson, of Bakewell, Derbyshire; 28 Apr. 1979.

Beeman, Philip, son of Eng. Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Beeman KBE CB CMG RN, and his first wife Margaret Kate, d. of John Madden of Portsmouth; b. 21 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left Apr. 1935; RM, 2nd Lieut. Sept. 1935, Lieut. Oct. 1937, Capt. June 1942, Maj. June 1950, Lieut.-Col. June 1958, Col. June 1962; DSC (battle of Crete) Jan. 1942; ADC to the Queen 1965; m. 7 Jan. 1943 Maida, d. of Rev. David James Jones, Vicar of Llanbadarnfawr, Cardiganshire, and Canon of St David's; d. 2002.

Beeston, Alfred Felix Landon, son of Herbert Arthur Beeston, patent agent, and Edith Mary, d. of William Landon of Hackney; b. 23 Feb. 1911; adm. Sept. 1923 (A, non-res. KS); left 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933 (1st class hons in Oriental Languages), James Mew Arabic Schol. 1934, MA 1936, DPhil 1937; sen. asst Bodley's Library 1935, Sub-Librarian and Keeper of Oriental Books 1946; Intell. Corps 1940-5 (Capt.); Laudian Prof. of Arabic 1955-78; Feliow of St John's Coll. Oxf. 1955, Emeritus 1978; FBA 1965; author of several works on Arabic liter­ature and language.

Bell, Alexander Montgomerie, son of Rev. William Montgomerie Bell, Vicar of St Barnabas, Kensington, and Beatrice Frances Mary, d. of Maj. Charles Reginald Hoskins RE; b. 29 May 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1938; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1947, MA 1951; Lane. Fusiliers 1940-5 (Lieut.), wounded in France; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1950, practised in London; d. 28 Jan. 1998.

Bell, Evelyn Victor Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. Feb. 6, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Hants Regt. July 19, 1916, attached to R. F. C.; Lieut. Jan. 19, 1918; taken prisoner by the Germans; killed in a motor-cycle accident near Linaskea, Ireland, Aug. 23, 1922.

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.

Chapman, Sir Stephen, brother of Roger Chapman (qv); b. 5 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS 1921; Capt. of the school 1925-6; left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb. (open schol.), matric. 1926, BA 1929 (1st class hons Class. Trip. pts 1 & 2), MA 1933; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1931 (1st class and cert. of honour, Bar final); SE Circuit; asst legal adviser Min. of Pensions 1939-46; QC 1955; Bar Council 1956, hon. treas. 1958, vice-chairman 1959-60; Recorder of Rochester 1959-61; Recorder of Cambridge 1961-3; Commissioner of Assize Winchester 1961; Bencher Inner Temple 1961; Leader of SE Circuit 1962; Judge of the Crown Court and Recorder of Liverpool 1963-6; Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Divn, 1966-81; Kt 1966; author of Statutes on the Law of Torts 1962; m. 1963 Pauline Frances, d. of Lieut.-Col. H. Allcard and widow of Dmitri de Lobel Niewiarowski; d. 23 Mar. 1991.

Chappelow, Archibald Cecil, son of George Browne Chappelow, of London, by Kate Annie Heath; b. Aug. 3, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left Dec. 1902; a fine art consultant and valuer, formerly a building and decorative contractor with Geo. Chappelow and Son, Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London; illustrated W. H. Helm's Homes of the Past (1921); author of The Old Home in England (1953); m. Nov. 17, 1914, Karen Ragnhild, daughter of Christian Emil Permin, of Copenhagen; d. 1976.