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     George Manson was born circa 1881 in Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland.^2,1 He married Elizabeth Burness Reith, daughter of James Reith and Helen Copeland, on 29 March 1922 in Adelaide, South Avenue, Carmyle, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ He died on 16 November 1957 in 76 Whamond Street, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.³

     Hugh Kerr Jack was born circa 1896 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.^2,1 He married Nicholas Tait Reith, daughter of James Reith and Helen Copeland, on 26 April 1920 in Adelaide, Carmyle, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ He died in 1963 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.³

     Margaret Reith Stephen was born on 8 April 1878 in Braehead, Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Arthur Stephen and Elizabeth Sutherland.^1,2 She married Lionel William Pellew East on 22 April 1897 in Shillong, Assam, India.^3,2 She died on 29 May 1944 in St Marys Cottage Hospital, Hampton, Middlesex, England, at age 66.⁴
     Madge East (wife, age 22) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Gordon Road, Frimley, Surrey, England, in the household of Lionel East.⁵ Margaret East (wife, age 32) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Saltersford Cottage, The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, in the household of Lionel East. She had been married 14 years with 3 children (all living.)⁶

     Dorothy Kate Stephen was born on 3 July 1888 in 1 Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Arthur Stephen and Elizabeth Sutherland.^1,2,3 She married Donald Brodby Cumming on 6 March 1916 in Ranchi, India.² She died on 26 February 1965 in Nuffield Nursing Home, Wonford Road, Exeter, Devon, England, at age 76.⁴
     Dorothy Kate Stephen (daughter, age 12) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in 8 Carlton Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England, in the household of Arthur Stephen.³ Dorothy Kate Stephen (daughter, age 22) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 26 Park Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, in the household of Arthur Stephen.⁵

     Augustus Anderson Jervis Johnstone was born on 30 May 1862 in Bay of Biscay.^2,3 He married Elizabeth Sutherland Stephen, daughter of Arthur Stephen and Elizabeth Sutherland, on 22 December 1892 in Simla, India.^1,4 He died on 15 August 1952 in 9 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 90.^4,5

     Edward Albert Gait was born in 1863 in Pancras, London, England.^2,3 He married Christian Maude Stephen, daughter of Arthur Stephen and Elizabeth Sutherland, on 27 April 1897 in Assam, India.¹ He died on 14 March 1950 in The Croft, 26 Park Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England.^4,3

     Lionel William Pellew East was born on 27 July 1866 in Weymouth, Dorset, England.² He married Margaret Reith Stephen, daughter of Arthur Stephen and Elizabeth Sutherland, on 22 April 1897 in Shillong, Assam, India.^2,1 He died on 6 September 1918 in near Richebourg, France, at age 52.^2,3
     Lionel East was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Gordon Road, Frimley, Surrey, England, as a Captain in Royal Artillery, age 34 with Madge East, Ruth East, Margaret East, Bessie Johnstone, Arthur Johnstone and Jean Johnstone in his household.⁴
     Lionel East was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Saltersford Cottage, The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, as a Major in Royal Artillery, age 45, with Margaret East, Ruth East, Margaret East and Betty East in his household.⁵
     Obituary: Lionel William Pellew East, DSO, CMG, Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General), Royal Artillery, son of the late Rear Admiral James Wyllie East, Royal Navy, by his wife, Ruth, daughter of C. Cunningham, MD; born Weymouth, 27 July 1866; educated Christ's Hospital, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant September 1885; promoted Captain December 1905, Major May 1910, Liutenant Colonel April 1914, Colonel January 1917, and Temporary Brigadier General, Headquarteres Units, 1916; served in India from 1885; took an active part in Hazara and the 2nd Miranzai Expeditions in 1891; for the latter was mentioned in Despatches; took part also in the North-Eastern Frontier of Assam operations against the Abor Tribes in 1894; awarded the Distinguished Service Order; appointed DAAG in September 1904, and in September 1909, GSO (2nd Grade) in the Welsh Division of the Western Command; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April 1915, and was killed in action near Richebourg 6 September 1918. Buried in the Lapugnoy Military Cemetery. He was mentioned in Despatches on four occasions (London Gazettes, June 1916, December 1916, June 1917, and July 1918), for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Brigadier General East received the CMG in 1916 and was a member of the Russian Order of St Stanislaus. He married at Shillong, Assam, India, 22 April 1897, Margaret Reith ( 14 Amherst Avenue, Ealing), daughter of Colonel Stephen, of The Croft, Ealing, JP, and had four children: James Arthur Cumming, born 21 October 1915; Ruth Winifred Ward, born 13 February 1898; Margaret Evelyn, born 20 November 1899, and Elizabeth Jean Cunningham, born 25 September 1905.²