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28 February 1916 : Major Gerald Jamieson
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His parents were Colonel Alister Jamieson and his mother Geraldine (née d'Aguilar). He was educated in turn at Cheltenham College and Dulwich College (1888) and then spent time in Heidelberg before returning to England and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He passed out in September 1896 and joined the Royal Artillery. Three years later h…
25 March 1915 : Lieut. Eric Robert Meade Odling, Royal Engineers
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Eric's parents were Charles and Alice (née Meade). His father Charles Odling was the chief engineer for the India Public Works Department. At the 1901 Census, age 7, Eric was living with his parents, older sister Winifred and a domestic servent in Frimley, Surrey. At the 1911 Census, age 17, Eric was a boarder at school in Cheltenham Colleg…
5 July 1918 : Brevet Lt Col William Bovet, Royal Engineers
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He was the second son and eldest child of five children of Frederick Bovet of London and Shanghai, China Merchant and Mary Love (née Haden). Educated at Grosvenor School and University College School, Gower Street, London and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Gazetted 25 July 1893, 1895 Bombay Sappers, Commander, Royal Engineers, Mekran Ope…