Hallett, Lawrence, son of Sir Frederic Greville Hallett (q.v.); b. July 2, 1890; adm. April 21, 1904 (A); left Dec. 1906; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Manchester Regt. Dec. 2, 1915; gassed at Nieuport Oct. 1917 and invalided home; Lieut. Nov. 14, 1918; m. July 11, 1935, Monica Felicity, daughter of the Rev. John W. Robson, Vicar of Witcham, Cambs.; d. Dec. 27, 1950.

Halse-Hearne, William Edward, son of William Frederick Halse-Hearne, RN stores officer, and Esther, d. of James Alexander Crofton; b. 22 July 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (A), (B) Jan. 1933; left Dec. 1933; Drummond's Bank; 2nd Lieut. Wilts Regt 1943, transf. Commandos (Capt.); m. 18 June 1940 Margaret Horner; d. of wounds (Burma) Nov. 1944.

William Edward Halse-Hearne was born in North London on the 22nd of July 1917 the only son of William Frederick Halse-Hearne RN, a naval stores officer, and Esther (nee Crofton) Halse-Hearne of 17, King’s Road, Wimbledon in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from April 1931 and up Busby’s from January 1933 to December 1933.
He joined the staff of Drummonds Bank in London in 1934 where he worked as a clerk. He enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company in 1938 where he served with B Battery and he was mobilised for war service in September 1939.
He was married in Surrey on the 18th of June 1940 to Margaret Gertrude (nee Horner).
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on the 4th of June 1943 and was later attached to No. 1 Commando where he was appointed to the command of No. 4 Troop.
In November 1944, No 1 Commando was based at Teknaf in the Maungdaw Hills of Burma from where they were carrying out patrols against Japanese troops in the area. On the 11th of November 1944, No. 4 Troop, No. 1 Commando was briefed for a patrol to investigate a report of the presence of Japanese troops in the area of the village of Ywathitke. The patrol was to consist of eighteen other ranks, commanded by William Halse-Hearne, accompanied by Lieutenant Paterson and by an Intelligence Officer. It was to take a route on the outward journey of Nurutlapara –Chiradan West - Ywathitke to Thavengonbaung and return by the same route. The patrol set out at midday and was due to return at 6pm.
They advanced down the main road to a river crossing where they received updated information that enemy troops were in Thavengonbaung and in a another village to the north of it. On receiving this information they split into two groups, one under Lieutenant Paterson and the other under William Halse-Hearne, with one advancing towards through the villages towards Thavengonbaung and the other continuing down the main track where the two groups were to rendezvous. Both groups reached the rendezvous point without incident where they were informed by a native boy that the Japanese were in the village where they were commandeering millet from the locals. They continued their advance towards the village in open order with C Section, under Lieutenant Paterson, on the left and with D Section, under William Halse-Hearne, on the right. They reached the south end of the village where they found the approach to it was across 100 yards of scrub with a further 100 yards of forward slope and then 800 yards of open paddy fields beyond. Having covered the 200 yards to the village they came under fire from an enemy light machine gun and from rifle fire from their right and from snipers on their left. The two sections took cover but William Halse-Hearne had been wounded and was lying on the open ground. He was brought in by his men under heavy fire who were then forced to fall back when they were brought under 2 inch mortar fire. C Section also withdrew having kileld three enemy snipers. William Halse-Hearne was carried to Thavengonbaung and then taken on an improvised stretcher to Chiradan West. He died from his wounds during the journey when the party was approximately a mile from Thavengonbaung.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at the Royal Bank of Scotland branch at 36, Andrew Square, Edinburgh
He is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery Plot 3, Row G, Grave 4.

Hamilton, Spencer Hugh, son of Hugh Hamilton of Beckenham, Kent, and Gertrude Jane, d. of Thomas Jones of Forest Hill, Kent; b. 9 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1923; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927, MA 1931; ord. deacon 1929, priest 1930 (Southwark); Curate-in-charge St Peter Gt Yarmouth 1933-5, asst priest Chichester Centre of Divine Healing 1935-8; Curate Preston Church Brighton 1938-40; Rector of West Blatchington, Hove, 1940-1; Vicar of St Elizabeth Eastbourne 1941-50; m. 7 May 1931 Florence Mary, d. of Rev. Sidney James Nightingale, Vicar of Tetsworth, Oxon.; d. 1 June 1953.

Hancock, Frank Rider Thompson, son of Frank Thompson Hancock MRCS and Ethel Cullen, d. of Henry William Ellis of Hounslow, Middx; b. 1 Dec. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left Mar. 1924; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1930; sen. med. hospital officer (obstetrics) Roy. Bucks Hosp. Aylesbury; retd 1971; m. 23 June 1928 Gladys Estelle Mary, d. of Joseph Rudolph Derouet of Niton Undercliff, I. of Wight; d. 16 Jan. 1997.

Hansford-White, Willoughby, brother of Theodore Hansford-White (q.v.); b. Sept. 29, 1900; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (A); left Dec. 1918; P.A.S.I. 1928; Lieut. R.N.V.R. July 11, 1940; Lieut.-Cdr.; m. Feb. 3, 1944, Louisa Catherine, widow of Llewellyn William Martin, of Neston, Cheshire.

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.).