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Born, 1891; educated at Temple Grove, Lancing and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1911; served with 2 Bn, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1911-1916; Lt, 1913; service in Malta, 1913-1914; served in World War One (MC, despatches), 1914-1918; Capt, 1915; temporary Maj, Machine Gun Corps, 1916; General Staff Officer 3, 17 Corps, Western Front, 1916-1917; Bde Maj, 26 Infantry Bde, France, 1917-1918; General Staff Officer 2, 11 Div, 1918; General Headquarters, 1918-1919; 9 Corps, 1919; General Staff Officer 3, Northern Command, UK, 1919-1921; service with the Iraq Army, 1925-1928; Brevet Maj, 1929; Brevet Lt Col, 1931; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, War Office, 1932; Lt Col, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1934; Col, 1935; commanded British Troops in Palestine, 1935; General Staff Officer 1, Palestine, 1936; Brig, commanding 16 Infantry Bde, Palestine and Transjordan, 1936-1939; awarded CBE, 1937; Brig, General Staff, Headquarters, Northern Command, India, 1939-1940; awarded CB, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; commanded Western (Independent) District, India, 1940-1941; Maj Gen, 1941; Divisional commander, 1941; Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1942-1944; awarded US Legion of Merit, 1943; Senior Military Adviser to Minister of Supply, 1944-1946; retired 1946; Head of British Ministry of Supply Staff in Australia, 1946-1951, and Chief Executive Officer, Joint UK-Australian Long Range Weapons, Board of Administration, 1946-1949; knighted, 1951; Managing Director, Rotol Limited and British Messier, 1951-1958; Chairman, Rotol Limited and British Messier, 1958-1960; died, 1988.

Evelina Hospital, Southwark Bridge Road, London, was a voluntary hospital for children, founded in 1869. In 1948 it became part of the Guy's Hospital Group, and in 1974 Guy's Health District (Teaching). Evelina Hospital closed in 1975.

Born in 1913; served in 50 Royal Tank Regiment, [1941-1942]; completed Special Operations Executive (SOE) training at Haifa, Palestine, and at General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, 1943; volunteered for service in SOE Force 133, West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944; Lieutenant, 1943; Captain, 1944; Major, [1945]; served in Royal Artillery Regt, 1946-1947; died 1994.

Born 1918; served in Australian Army; died 2000.