2ND LIEUT. OLLYETT ARCHIBALD MENDS-GIBSON, 22ND BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AUGUST 27TH, 1916, AT CORBIE, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION IN TRONES WOOD, AUGUST 22ND. AGED 20. At the School 1910—14 (Day Boy). Ollyett A. Mends-Gibson was the younger son of Mr. Henry Christopher Mends-Gibson, formerly of Dry Bank House, Tonbridge, and now of 12A, Westminster Palace Gardens, S.W., and the fourth son of Mrs. Mends-Gibson, widow of the late Mr. John Hood. He entered the School in September, 1910, and leaving from the Science Fifth in July, 1914, entered St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Though very keen on his preparation for his profession, he volunteered for service, and on January 31st, 1916, became a cadet in B Reserve Brigade, E.H.A., at St. John's Wood, and went through his training there, on Salisbury Plain, and at Okehampton. He received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant R.F.A., June 24th, 1916. His elder brother, Douglas Mends- Gibson (J. H. and D. B. 1909—12), after enlisting in the 16th (P.S.) Battn. of the Middlesex Regiment in September, 1914, received a commission in the R.F.A. (S.R.) in April, 1915. He saw much service in France with the 163rd Brigade, R.F.A., from 1916 to 1919, was awarded the M.C. in January, 1919, and was granted rank of Captain. O. A. Mends-Gibson went to the front on July 10th, and on August 19th his battery, the 106th Battery, 22nd Brigade, R.F.A., was ordered up to Trones Wood, near Guillemont, where fierce fighting was in progress, and on the 22nd he was wounded by a shell. The wound was not at first thought to be very serious, but he died at the casualty clearing station on August 27th, 1916. The medical officer and the sister-in-charge wrote to say how attached to him all had become and how very deeply they regretted his death. His parents have received many tributes to the uprightness of his character and his unusual abilities when he was called upon to use them, and the surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital wrote: " I cannot refrain from expressing my admiration for him, even apart from his glorious death. He was an exceptionally good influence at the hospital and through all walks of life." His Major wrote : " We all hoped that the wound would not prove serious. He was so plucky about it and made light of it. . . . Short though his time had been with the Battery, his keenness and pluck showed him to be a very good officer." He was buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery, at Corbie, near Amiens.