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28 February 1916 : Major Gerald Jamieson
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Gerald Jamieson was born 3 November 1876, Bombay; his parents were Colonel Alister Jamieson and his mother Geraldine (née d'Aguilar). He was educated 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...
25 March 1915 : Lieut. Eric Robert Meade Odling, Royal Engineers
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Eric Odling was born on 30 October 1893, Darjeeling, Bengal, India 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 servant in Frimley, Surrey. At the 191...
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 Op...