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Goligher, Derek Garvin, son of Hugh Garvin Goligher CBE, Asst Sec. and Comptroller of Lands, War Office, and Lilian Mary Stacey OBE; b. 23 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc (1st class hons engineering) 1935; Admiralty in WW2; AMIEE 1953; asst engineer Eastern Electricity Board, retd 1978; OBE; m. 17 Mar. 1951 Beryl Irene, d. of G. Wilmot Sutton; d. 12 Oct. 2005.

Goodwyn, Peter, son of Harold Goodwyn, rubber planter, of Felixstowe, Suffolk and Mary Evelyn Goodwyn; b. 4 Sept. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (B); left July 1946; RMA Sandhurst 1951; Lieut. RE Sept. 1952, Capt. Sept. 1956, Maj. Sept. 1963, retd. Sept. 1966; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1962; Inspector of Taxes, Inland Revenue; m. 22 June 1957 Pamela Mary, d. of Robert Hermann Alexander Neuschild of Enfield, Middlesex; d. 11 May 2013.

Gordon, Douglas Julian Strachan, son of Douglas William Gordon, HM Colonial Service, of Putney, and Clarice Mary Briggs of Willerby, Yorks; b. 3 Apr. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (B); left July 1947; Cornell Univ., NY, USA BSc 1952; asst. man. The London Hilton Hotel; proprietor, Shepperton Hotels Ltd; d. Jan. 2018

Grace, Edward Nathaniel, son of Edward Nathaniel Grace FSI, of Eastbourne, and Helen Lemprière, d. of John Henry Deane, med. practitioner, of Eastbourne; b. 6 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left Dec. 1933; 6 Bn Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.), wounded (Anzio beach­head) Feb. 1944, MC June 1944; adm. a solicitor May 1946; sec. Faculty of Music McGill Univ., Canada, 1947-9; solicitor Brit. Transport Legal Service 1950-; HM Coroner W. district of E. Sussex 1977-88; m. Sept. 1946 Ivy Lavinia, d. of Thomas Danskin Henderson of Newcastle-on­-Tyne; d. 13 Jan. 2011.

Graham-Little, Esmond Birch, son of Sir Ernest Gordon Graham-Little MD MP and Sarah Helen, d. of Maurice Kendall; b. 9 Apr. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1933; Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) May 1938; RAFVR 1940-1 (FO); killed on active service 10 June 1942.

Esmond Birch “Bep” Graham-Little was born at Marylebone, London on the 9th of April 1915 the only son of Sir Ernest Gordon Graham-Little MD, FRCP, MRCS MP and Lady Sarah Helen (nee Kendall) Graham–Little of 19, Upper Wimpole Street, Marylebone and of 1, St George’s Gardens, Lynwood Road, Epsom in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1928 to July 1933. He was awarded the Goodenough Medal for Modern Languages in 1933. He matriculated for Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1933 where he read Engineering and graduated with a BA in 1936. He later trained as a barrister and was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in May 1938.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in May 1939 where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Sergeant (754494) before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 7th of September 1940. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 7th of September 1941.
On the 10th of June 1942, Esmond Graham-Little took off from RAF Castle Camps in Mosquito NF Mk IIF DD603 with his observer, Warrant Officer Wilfrid Arthur Clement Walters, for a night flying exercise. The aircraft had been undertaking Air Indication exercises at around 10,000 feet and when the exercise was completed it turned and went into a shallow dive down through cloud towards the base. The cloud was 10/10ths with tops at between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. It was flying over Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex when it disintegrated in mid air and crashed at Bentfield Bury near Bishops Stortford at 5.05pm, killing both men.
The wreckage was spread over a large area with the aircrafts forward section and starboard engine both catching fire and burning out on the ground.
His funeral took place on the 13th of June 1942.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Grays Inn and on the memorial at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
He is buried at Saffron Walden Cemetery Compt 39, Grave 10.

Gray, Stephen Marius, son of Basil Gray CB CBE FBA, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, and Nicolette Gray, art historian and lettering expert, d. of Laurence Binyon CH, poet and Keeper of Prints & Drawings, British Museum; b. 3 Aug. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1955, BA 1958; a chartered accountant, ACA 1962, FCA; partner Dixon Wilson 1967, sen. partner 1981-98; dir., Abingworth Plc 1973-2001, chmn. 1994-2001; dir., Associated Newspaper Holdings 1983-2009, Daily Mail and General Trust 1985-2009; dir., British Biotech Plc 1982-99; Tower Hamlets Health Authority 1982-; chmn., London Hosp. Special trustees 1974-2000; governor, London Hosp. Med. Coll. 1984-9; chmn., management committee, The King’s Fund 1985-98; CVO June 2011; m. 2 Sept. 1961 Clare Anthony, d. of Sir Anthony Horace Milward Kt. CBE, chmn. British European Airways; d. 29 Jan. 2013.

Greenland, Francis Laffan, son of George A. Greenland, and Catherine May, d. of Henry Ward of Brancaster, Norfolk; b. 29 Apr. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1942; SOAS, Univ. of Lond., 1942-4; Intell. Corps 1944-5 (Capt. ); Queens’ Coll. Camb., matric. 1947 (Col. Service course); HM Colonial Admin. Service 1947-50, Colonial Office 1950-61; Dept. of Tech. Co-operation 1961-4, Min. of Overseas Development 1964-71; d. 26 Aug. 2001.

Griffiths, Brian Pinckstone, son of William Edward Bertram Griffiths CBE, dir. of Aviation Safety, Ministry of Aviation, of Blackheath, and Emily Pinckstone, d. of Walter Williams of Plymouth, Devon; b. 1 June 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (B); left July 1953; Bank of England 1955-; m. 1st, 23 June 1962 Caroline Alexandra, d. of Leslie Bilsby, property developer, of Blackheath; 2nd, 5 June 1985 Alison Jane, d. of Peter Lawson Marshall, chief press officer, Home Office; d. Aug. 1995.

Griffiths, Robert John, son of Edgar Jones Griffiths, tinplate manufacturer, of Porthcawl, Glam., and Beatrice Lillie Griffiths, d. of Robert Ray of Briton Ferry, Glam.; b. 9 Feb. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left Mar. 1931; King's Coll. Lond., BSc 1935; 2nd Lieut. Manchester Regt Jan. 1935, Lieut. Jan. 1938, Capt. Jan. 1943, Maj. Jan. 1948, temp. Lieut.-Col. Feb. 1955; served Palestine 1936-9; Armaments Design Dept. Min of Supply in WW2; retd 1960 as hon. Lieut.-Col.; m. 16 Mar. 1947 Audrey Veronica, d. of R.E. Izzard; d. 31 Oct. 1986.

Griswold, Frank Martin, son of Demetrius Wilbur Griswold, electrical engineer, of New Orleans, USA, and Maud Harriet, d. of Martin John Abernethy, Batavia, IL, USA; b. 3 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1939; Sacramento State Coll., USA, MA; social planning and applied anthropology; m.; d. 26 Apr. 1987.