de Boer, Anthony Peter, son of Goffe de Boer of Hampstead and Irene Kathleen, d. of Alfred Grist of Hampstead; b. 22 June 1918; adm. May 1932 (R); left July 1937; RE (AA) 1939-40; 6th Gurkha Rifles IA 1940-3, RIASC 1944-6 (Maj.); joined Roy. Dutch/Shell Group 1937, served China, Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt 1946-58, area co-ordinator Africa and Middle East 1959-63; chairman Shell Trinidad 1963-4, man. dir. (marketing) Shell-Mex & BP 1964-7, retd 1967; dep. chairman Wm Cory & Son 1968-71; chairman Brit. Road Fedn 1972-87, Anvil Petroleum 1974-85, Channel Tunnel Developments 1981-4; CBE 1982; Freeman City of London; Liveryman Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers; m. 19 Jan. 1943 Pamela Agnes Norah, d. of Francis Patrick Joseph Bullock, racehorse trainer, of Banstead, Surrey; d. 24 Apr. 1999.

de Bathe, Sir Christopher Albert, Bart., son of Capt. Patrick Wynne de Bathe, of Westminster, by Violet Lindsay, elder daughter of Nicholas Wood, M. P.; b. Sept. 17, 1905; adm. April 26, 1918 (R); left April 1919; went to Rugby School; 2nd Lieut. Highland Light Inf. 1925; retired 1927; Hon. Attache to the British Embassy at Constantinople 1930, and at Brussels 1931; correspondent for The Times in Persia 1932-3; succeeded his grandfather as 6th baronet Aug. 1940; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Aug. 19, 1940; m. Jan. 11, 1932, Edna, daughter of Arthur Terrell, of Melbourne, Australia; killed on active service June 3, 1941.

Sir Christopher Albert de Bathe was born in London on the 17th of September 1905 the only son of Captain Patrick Wynne de Bathe Bt., HM Diplomatic Service, and Violet Lindsay (nee Wood later Compton) de Bathe of 121, Rue de la Commerce, Brussels, later of “Blackwater”, Lyndhurst in Hampshire. He was christened at St Paul’s Church, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge on the 17th of October 1905. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from the 26th of April 1918 to April 1919. He went on to Rugby School where he was in Cotton House from May 1919 to December 1921.
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1923 before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on the 29th of January 1925. He resigned his commission on the 19th of March 1927. He served as Hon Attaché in HM Diplomatic Service at Constantinople in 1930 and at Brussels in 1931. He was the Persia correspondent for the Times newspaper from 1932 to 1933.
He was married at St Michael’s Church, Pimlico on the 22nd of January 1932 to Edna Winifred (nee Terrell); they had a daughter, Charlotte Louise, born on the 24th of September 1934.
He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his uncle in August 1940, becoming the 6th Baron de Bathe of Knightstown. He was a member of the Naval and Military Club.
He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 19th of August 1940.
On the 3rd of June 1941 Christopher de Bathe and a group of Royal Air Force officers were gathered on a golf course in Berkshire to watch some twin engined aircraft practicing dive bombing. He and three others were walking across the practice ground when he was struck and decapitated by the propeller of an aircraft which was flying at very low level.
His funeral took place at 3pm on the 10th of June 1941 and a memorial service was held in his memory at 3pm the following day at St Mark’s Church, South Audley Street, London.
He is buried at St Andrew’s Church, West Stoke.

DAY, WILLIAM FERDINAND, son of William Day, Queen Street, Mayfair, London, solicitor; b. 29 Dec 1863; adm. (R) 31 May 1877; left Aug 1878.

Davison, Alan Ford, son of Eric Alan Davison MD FRCS (Ed), surgeon, of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Alice Davison; b. 13 Nov. 1928; adm. Sept. 1943 (R); left July 1946; Univ. of Lond. and Queen’s Univ. Belfast, BSc; AMICE; professional engineer, Ontario, Canada; man. dir. Davison Construction Ltd. 1964; d. Aug. 2006.

Davis, Sydney Charles Houghton, son of Edward Charles Davis, of South Kensington, by Georgina Mary Fielding; b. Jan. 9, 1887; adm. May 6, 1897 (R); left July 1903; apprenticed in the Daimler Works 1903-7; a racing motorist; served in Great Wars I and II; Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Armoured Car Section) June 15, 1916; Lieut. R. A. O. C. April 3, 1940; transferred to R.E. M. E.; Major; mentioned in despatches (N. W. Europe) L. G. May 10, 1945; author of Motor Racing (1932), Rallies and Trials (1935), Great British Drivers (1960) and other works on motoring subjects; m. 1st June 16, 1917, Rosamund Sylvia Evelyn, sister of Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard (q.v.); 2nd 1956, Susanna, daughter of Jack Leo Aubrey-Hall, engineer, of Worcester; d. 9 Jan. 1981.

Davis, Robin Tullidge, son of Edgar Tullidge Davis, HM Parkside Sch. E. Horsley, Surrey, and Maude Beatrice, d. of William Macdonald Matthews of Tunbridge Wells; b. 12 July 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (R); left July 1934; Nat. Coal Board 1947-73; bursar Parkside Sch. 1974-82; d. June 1987.

Davis, Colin Charles Houghton, son of Sydney Charles Houghton Davis (qv); b. 29 July 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1949; Central Lond. Poly., AIL (French); an internat. racing driver; 1st in Targa Florio, Italy with Baron A. Pucci (Porsche) 1964; 1st in Le Mans, France 24hr Index of Performance with de Tomaso (OSCA) 1958, and with Siffert (Porsche) 1966; retd. from motor sport 1967; radio broadcaster, Cape Town, South Africa; m. 6 Aug. 1964 Eva Maria, d. of Oscar Francis Schnitzer, of Kensington; d. 19 Dec. 2012.

Davies, Kenneth Frederick, son of Frederick Albert Davies of Beaconsfield, and Ellen Florence, d. of Alfred George Phillips of Devonport; b. 16 Dec. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1936; RAF in WW2 (Corpl Armourer); lost in HM Minelayer Welshman (Med.) 1 Feb. 1943.

Kenneth Frederick Davies was born at Acton, Middlesex on the 16th of December 1918 the son of Frederick Albert Davies, secretary to a public company, and Ellen Florence (nee Phillips) Davies of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. He was christened at St Martin’s Church, West Acton on the 21st of June 1919. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1932 to December 1936. On leaving school he worked as an Assistant Transport Superintendant and lodged at 9, Nevern Square, Kensington in London.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an armourer and rose to the rank of Corporal.
In January 1943, Kenneth Davies boarded the cruiser minelayer HMS Welshman (M84) , under the command of Captain William Howard Dennis Friedberger DSO RN, which was transporting men and stores from Malta to Tobruk. At 5.45pm on the 1st of February 1943, HMS Welshman was struck by two torpedoes from of a spread of four which had been fired by the U Boat U-617, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Brandt. The main deck area flooded and she capsized and sank two hours later with the loss of 163 of her passengers and crew. Several of the casualties were caused by exploding depth charges as she sank. 118 survivors were picked up after five hours in the water by the destroyers HMS Tetcott and HMS Belvoir and were taken to Alexandria. A further 6 survivors were rescued by small craft which had sailed out from Tobruk.
He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial Panel 9, Column 2.