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As we go to press we regret to record the death of Major-General Sir COLERIDGE | GROVE, K.C.B., a member of the Committee of Management since 1916, who died on Monday, the 21st May, at eighty years of age. Sir Coleridge Grove had a long and distinguished career as a soldier, his most important appointment being that of Military Secretary to the j tion.

War Office from 1896-1901, during the time when Lord Wolseley was Commander - in - Chief. He was a yery active member of the Committee of the National Service League, of the Officers' Families Fund and, since his election in 1916, took the • keenest interest in the work of the Institu-tion.