Gover, Charles Cecil, son of Charles Sydney Gover, of St. Marylebone, by Constance Helen Montgomery, daughter of George Anderson, of New York, U. S. A.; b. May 22, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1907; a civil engineer; managing director and subsequently chairman of a civil engineering and marine contracting company; served in France 1915-6; temp. Lieut. R.E. Aug. 30, 1915; severely wounded near Messines Aug. 30, 1916, and invalided home; Capt. Oct. 1, 1917; was transferred to the R.A.F. May 1918, and qualified as Aeroplane Pilot (Night Flying); returned to France in 1918; demob. as Hon. Capt. R.A.F. Feb. 1919; m. 1st Nov. 7, 1912, Maud Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Philipson, of Chelsea; 2nd 1929, Dorothy Mary, daughter of Henry Francis Dorey.
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