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Eyre, Charles Roland Babington, son of Col. Henry Eyre, C. B., of Westminster, by Kathleen, daughter of the Rev. Robert Machell, Vicar of Etton, Yorks; b. April 7, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left Dec. 1898; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1904; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Sept. 9, 1915; Capt. Sept. 9, 1916; served at Gallipoli, in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine 1915-20; Sub-Warden of the British Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem 1920-5; m. Jan. 8, 1908, Mary, daughter of the Rev. Charles Henry Fairfax, Rector of Brailsford, co. Derby.

Eyre, Philip Colmer, brother of Ambrose Wright Eyre (qv); b. 24 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1938; Pearl Assurance Co.; Sgt Pilot RAFVR, killed in action while returning from a raid over Germany 7 Sept. 1941.

Philip Colmer Eyre was born at Bristol, Gloucestershire on the 24th of October 1920 the son of James Colmer Eyre, a wholesale stationer and bookbinder, and Annie Margaret (nee Gardner) Eyre of 142, Kensington Park Road, Kensington in London, later of 1, Landsdown Place, West Bath in Somerset. He was christened at the Wesleyan Church, Whiteladies Road, Bristol on the 12th of December 1920. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1934 to July 1938. He was a member of the Cricket XI in 1937 and 1938. On leaving school he accepted a post on the staff of the Secretarial Department of the Pearl Assurance Company.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and was posted for pilot training to No. 2 Service Flying Training School. On completion of his training he joined 78 Squadron for operations in July 1941 and was transferred to 102 Squadron later the same year.
On the night of the 6th/7th of September 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 41 Whitleys, 18 Hampdens and 27 Wellingtons for an operation on the synthetic rubber plant at Huls, Krefeld in Germany. The weather was clear and good results were reported by the returning crews.
Phillip Eyre and his crew took off from RAF Topcliffe at 9.05pm on the 6th of September 1941 in Whitley Mk V Z6970 DY-R for the operation. The aircraft was carrying two 500lb general purpose bombs, six 250lb bombs and one hundred and forty 4lb incendiaries. The aircraft was flying to the south of Nijmegen, Holland when it was attacked by two night fighters, one flown by Unteroffizier Schienbein of 2./NJG1 and one by Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Willi Schmale of III./NJG1. The aircraft was shot down and crashed at Sambeek near Vortum-Mullem, Noord Brabant, 26 kilometres to the north east of Helmond in Holland at 1.07am with the loss of the entire crew. Wilhelm Willi Schmale was credited with the victory, his third of an eventual eleven.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Phillip Colmer Eyre (Pilot)
Sergeant Leonard Albert Stock RCAF (Observer)
Sergeant Kenneth Pearson Withyman (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Thomas McGill (Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of eight aircraft which failed to return from the raid.
His mother received the following telegram dated the 2nd of October 1941: - “Regret to inform you that information just received through the International Red Cross states that your son Sergeant Philip Colmer Eyre previously reported missing is now reported missing but believed to have lost his life as the result of air operations. Any further information received will be immediately communicated to you.”
The crew was buried on the 9th of September 1941. Their bodies were exhumed for identification purposes by No. 2 Missing Research and Enquiry Unit, Royal Air Force on the 10th of May 1947 and were reburied at the same location.
One of his flying helmets was sold at auction on the 30th of January 2018.
He is commemorated on the Pearl Assurance war memorial.
He is buried at Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven Plot JJ, Grave 37.

Fairchild, Harry Kane; b. July 23, 1873; adm. May 10, 1888 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1890.

Falconer, John Phillips Egerton, 4th son of John Egerton Falconer, of Nailsworth, Glos, by Isabella Charlotte, fifth daughter of Philip Charles Sheppard, of Bath, Somerset; b. Dec. 1, 1883; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left Dec. 1901; adm. a solicitor 1911; a professional assistant to the Solicitor to H. M. Post Office July 7, 1912; served in the Inns of Court O.T.C. Feb. 15, 1915 - April 22, 1919; author of Genealogical Records of the Falconers of Bath, Part 1 (1919).

Farnfield, Leslie, elder son of Herbert Edward Farnfield, of Streatham, solicitor, by Clara, daughter of John Woodley, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex; b. Feb. 18, 1887; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); left Easter 1903; adm. a solicitor April 1908; practised in London; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. May 12, 1916; Lieut. May 24, 1917; m. April 16, 1914, Eileen Vernon, younger daughter of Vernon Austin, of Hertford; d. April 3, 1944.

FARQUHARSON, CHARLES RONALD, son of Capt. Charles Keir Farquharson, 15th Foot, and Mary Susan ---; b. 28 Dec 1868; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1883; left Jul 1886.

Feasey, Arthur Clifford, brother of Gilbert George Feasey (qv); b. 22 May 1895; adm. Apr. 1908 (H); left July 1914; Roy. Fusiliers and Roy. Sussex Regt in WWI (Lieut.); wounded at Pozières July 1916; a chartered accountant, ACA 1920, FCA 1927; practised in London; m. May 1924 Ida, d. of Charles G. Jackson of Streatham; d. 20 Sept. 1991.

Feasey, Gilbert George, eldest son of George Thomas Feasey, of Streatham, Surrey, by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Edwin Ellis; b. Feb. 26, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1910; served in the Cameroons with the West African Frontier Force; Capt. 2nd Nigerian Regt. April 9, 1918; entered the Colonial Administrative Service, Nigeria 1914; Resident, Nigeria 1934; member of Legislative Council; retired 1937; resident in Jamaica since 1947; served in Great War II; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Aug. 8, 1940; Col.; Senior Political Officer, Ethiopia 1941-2; A.A.G., G.H.Q., M.E.F. 1942-3, Chief of Staff, Region V., C.M.F., Italy 1943-4; Regional Commissioner, Allied Commission Italy, 1944-5; Principal, Control Office for Germany and Austria 1946-7; m. April 23, 1923, Eva Dorothy, widow of Capt. W.D. Downes, M.C., Royal Sussex Regt., and youngest daughter of General Dowker, C.B., Indian Army; d. June 1976.

Ferrers-Guy, Alexander Granville, brother of Allan Whiston Ferrers-Guy (q.v.); b. Sept. 21, 1873; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left April 1891; adm. a solicitor; d. Aug. 10, 1925; unm.

Ferrers-Guy, Allan Whiston, eldest son of Tom Ferrers-Guy, of Kensington, by Annie Whiston, daughter of the Rev. John Lloyd Allen, of Cranbrook, Kent; b. Oct. 11, 1872; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (H); left July 1891; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 15, 1891); B.A. 1894; M.A. 1908; a school master; enlisted in the 18th Batt. Royal Fusiliers in Dec. 1914 and served in France 1915-6; obtained a commission in R.G.A. July 7, 1916, and was invalided out 1917; assistant master at Horris Hill and Wixenford Schools before 1914, and from 1920 at Highfield School, Liphook, Surrey; d. March 24, 1931.