K.C.B., C.V.O., C.B.E., who died on the 5th of December, 1954, at the age of 61, had been a member of the Com- mittee of Management for seven years.

He first joined the committee in 1947 as an ex-officio member when he was Admiral Commanding Reserves. On his retirement from the Royal Navy in 1949 he was co-opted as a full mem- ber, and later became Vice-Chairman of the Boat and Construction Com- mittee. He was also president of the Dartford branch of the Institution.

In the last war Admiral Patterson commanded the battleship King George V from 1940 to 1942, and for his ser- vices in the chase and destruction of the Bismarck was appointed C.B. As Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Wea- pons) at the Admiralty he was directly concerned with planning the Mulberry harbours. In 1945 he was appointed to command a cruiser squadron of the East Indies Fleet. He was promoted to Vice-Admiral in 1946 and Admiral Commanding Reserves in October 1947.

Obituary Notices have unfortunately had to be held over to the June number, of Coxswain Hugh Xelson, John W. Bayes, Henry Robert Johnson, Charles H. Barrett, and Brigadier R. J. P. Wyatt..