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Fletcher, Donald Edward, son of Donald Vernon Fletcher (qv); b. 17 Dec. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (R); left July 1957; RAC Cirencester 1958-60; dir. Edward Fletcher & Partners, scientific instrument makers; FISE 1972; m. 1962 Wendy Jean, d. of Harry Lauder of Lagos, Nigeria; d. 19 Oct. 1999.

Fletcher, Donald Vernon, only son of Arthur William Fletcher, of Thirsk, Yorks, by Lilian, daughter of John Lowe. of Manchester; b. May 8, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left April 1917 and joined the 16th Batt. London Regt.; obtained a commission in 3rd Batt. West Yorks Regt. in Aug. 1918 and served with the 8th Batt. in France and on the Rhine until demob. in April 1919; farmed in Yorkshire; m. 1st June 14, 1923, Esme Watts, younger dacghter of Edward Barker Jackson, of Thirsk; 2nd Jan. 30, 1935, Eleanor Gwendolen, widow of Flight-Lieut. E. V. S. Lacey, R.A.F., and daughter of Albert Eduard Carr, of Westhorpe House, Westwood, Scarborough, solicitor; d. April 19, 1950.

Fleuret, Frank Stuart, younger son of Alfred Cronin Fleuret, of South Godstone, Surrey, by Eliza Joie Harman, of London; b. Aug. 11, 1885; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1904; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1907; LL. B. 1908; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1912; practised in London; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Kent Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 26, 1916; served in the British Expeditionary Force in India, and Mesopotamia, where he was wounded; secretary of the Governing Body 1942-4; m. Oct. 5, 1916, Katherine Elizabeth, only daughter of Col. Charles Edward Morgan, of South Godstone; d. March 1, 1945.

Flower, Richard Lancelot Gallienne, son of Arthur Lancelot Flower, architect, of Snaresbrook, Essex, and Dorothy Alberta, d. of Richard Shaw, wharfinger, of South Woodford, Essex; b. 22 Mar. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (R); left July 1955; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1965; DrPhil (Berlin) 1969; asst. Prof. of Persian Language, Literature and Social History, Free Univ. of West Berlin, Germany, 1969-78; Persian language project Bonn Univ., Germany 1978-81; indep. teacher and translator 1981-7; with Iranian media; m. Eva Flower; d. 16 Mar. 2011.

Foster, Norman Leslie, son of Arthur Leslie Foster (qv); b. 26 Aug. 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; RMA Woolwich 1928-9; 2nd Lieut. RA Aug. 1929, Lieut. Aug. 1932. Capt. Aug. 1938, Maj. July 1946, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1952, Col. Dec. 1954, Brigadier Dec. 1958, Maj.-Gen. 1959; psc 1940, jssc 1947; served 1939-45 in Egypt and Italy; despatches (Africa) Apr. 1944; DSO (Italy) June 1945; CRA 11 Armoured Divn 1955-6; Imp. Defence Coll 1957; dep. Mili­tary Sec. War Office 1958-9; GOC Roy. Nigerian Army 1959-62; CB June 1961; pres. Regular Commissions Board 1962-5; retd 1965; Col. Commandant Roy. Regt of Artillery 1966-74; security adviser Civil Service Dept 1974-9; chairman Truman & Knightley Educauonal Trust 1977-80, pres. 1982-7; m. 20 July 1937 Joan Constance, d. of Rev. Thomas William Ernest Drury, Canon and Precentor of St Patrick, Dublin; d. 3 Jan. 1995.

Foster, Stanley Philip John, son of Stanley Charles Foster, civil servant, and Jessie Ellen Foster; b. 10 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1929; RA in WW2 (Capt.); Westland Helicopters, Yeovil, 1968-76; m. 5 Sept. 1936 Gwyneth Beryl, d. of Burford Congdon of Purley, Surrey; d. 6 Dec. 1979.

Fowke, Nigel Sparrow, son of Rev. Roger Henry Sparrow Fowke, Rector of Berwick St John, Wilts, and Dorothy, d. of Cecil North Arnold (qv); b 23 Apr. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (R); left July 1950; d. 2001.

Franks, Francis David, son of Maurice Cardinali Franks OBE, bank official, of Wimbledon, and Marion Gillian, d. of John Edmund Melhuish of Hampstead; b. 11 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1936; RN Coll. Dartmouth; Sub- Lieut. RN June 1942, Lieut. Apr. 1944, Lieut. ­ Cdr Apr. 1952, retd Apr. 1963; training and admin. man. with Pressed Steel Co., Rootes Press ings Scotland, Chrysler UK, and Peugeot Talbot Motor Co., 1964-86; m. 15 Oct. 1955 Marion Conway, d. of Peter Foley of Norwalk, Conn., USA.

Fraser, Francis William Ion Victor, son of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, by Beatrice, daughter of Capt. Henderson Macdonald, of Caskieben, in the same co.; b. April 28, 1887; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (R); left Dec. 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Seaforth Highlanders Aug. 29, 1906; Lieut. June 3, 1911; employed with West African Frontier Force Sept. 1, 1911 - Aug. 4, 1914; Capt. Nov. 13, 1914; employed under the Air Ministry April 1, 1918 - June 11, 1919, and by the Colonial Office Aug. 6, 1920 - Nov. 19, 1922; served on the N. W. Frontier oflndia 1908, and in Great War I, and was wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; retired from the army with rank of Major, Jan. 11, 1928; Flying Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 3, 1939; acting Sqdn.-Ldr.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1945; m. Sept. 30, 1919, Naomi, youngest daughter of Frederick Innes Comins, of Caergwrle, co. Denbigh; d. Nov. 3, 1962.

Fraser, Robert Leslie, son of Robert Stevens Fraser, of Paddington, solicitor, by Elizabeth, daughter of William Grove, of Brackley, Kent; b. Nov. 4, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left March 1902; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1906; adm. a solicitor June 1910; practised in the City of London; d. Sept. 13, 1916; unm.