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     Major Douglas Reynolds, V.C. was born in 1881 at Clifton, Bristol, England^G.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. Henry Charles Reynolds and Sarah Eleanor B. Goodwyn.² He married Marie Doris Petersen, daughter of Sir William Petersen and Flora M'Kay Sinclair, in 1915 at Epsom, Surrey, England^G.^1,2 He died on 23 February 1916, from wounds recevied in action.²
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.² He was commissioned in 1900 with the rank of officer, in the service of the Royal Field Artillery.² He fought in the First World War, where he was severely wounded.² He was awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.) on 16 November 1914.^1,2 He gained the rank of Major in the 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.²

     Diana Mary Bulteel was born on 7 October 1920.¹ She was the daughter of John Crocker Bulteel and Marie Doris Petersen.¹ She died on 8 August 1948 at age 27, unmarried.¹

     Brenda Georgiana Mary Bulteel was born on 27 July 1922.¹ She is the daughter of John Crocker Bulteel and Marie Doris Petersen.¹

     Mary Bulteel was born on 15 May 1928.¹ She was the daughter of John Crocker Bulteel and Marie Doris Petersen.¹ She married Richard Francis Birch Reynardson, son of Lt.-Col. Henry Thomas Birch Reynardson and Diana Helen Ponsonby, in 1951.² She died on 18 April 2015 at age 86.²
     From 1951, her married name became Birch Reynardson.²

     Eveline Mysie Sawyer was born in 1885 at Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Harcourt Sawyer and Edith Mary Rachel Hanbury.¹

     Marjory Violet Sawyer was born in 1891 at Maidenhead, Berkshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Harcourt Sawyer and Edith Mary Rachel Hanbury.¹

     Eric G. Sawyer was born on 27 October 1886.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. William Harcourt Sawyer and Edith Mary Rachel Hanbury.¹

     Frank Horsburgh Lane was born on 3 January 1923.¹ He was the son of Charles Macdonald Lane and Jessie Helen Grant.² He died on 18 October 1944 at age 21 at Burma^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers.¹

     Margaret Isabel Lane was born on 28 March 1921.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Macdonald Lane and Jessie Helen Grant.² She married Major John Bulley Bray Ayre in 1943.¹ She died in 1989.¹
     From 1943, her married name became Ayre. On 20 November 1967 she was granted by Royal Warrant the rank of an earl's daughter.¹

     Major John Bulley Bray Ayre married Margaret Isabel Lane, daughter of Charles Macdonald Lane and Jessie Helen Grant, in 1943.¹ He died on 18 July 1994.¹
     He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹