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Freeston, Charles Garner, brother of Bernard Dunkerley Freeston (q.v.); b. Aug. 23, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Michaelmas 1915); joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 1, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 2nd South Midland Brigade R.F.A. Nov. 3, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France; an area secretary of Toc H; m. Feb. 15, 1934, Rhona Margaret, daughter of Frank Brookhouse Dunkerley, of Bowdon, Cheshire.

Freeston, Bernard Dunkerley, son of Rev. Frank K. Freeston, of Kensington; by Maude Mary, daughter of Charles Chalton Dunkerley, of Bowdon, Cheshire; b. May 14, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left Easter 1913; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1913; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Berks Battery R. H. A. Aug. 20, 1915; was on the News Executive of the B.B.C.; m. June 18, 1919, Beatrice Kimber, daughter of Frank Kimber Bull, of Limpsfield, Surrey; d. 2 Nov. 1969.

FREEMAN, ROBERT MARRIOTT, eldest son of Robert Marriott Freeman MRCS LSA, Stony Stratford, Bucks., and Mary Anne Scriven (IGI); b. 6 Aug 1836; adm. 22 Jan 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1855, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1855, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Jan 1856; BA 1860; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both Rochester); Curate, Stevenage, Herts. 1860-3; Perpetual Curate of High Leigh, Cheshire 1863-7; Rector of Berkley, Somerset, from 1877; m. [by 1881]; d. 20 Apr 1892.

Freeman, John Ibrooke, son of Guy Herbert Freeman (qv); b. 22 July 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (R); left July 1957; Bank of England 1958-80; a lay pastor Frinton Free Church, Essex, 1980-4, St John’s Great Clacton 1984-6; chaplain to a care community for people with mental disabilities 1986-; d. 2 Nov. 2005.

Freeman, Guy Herbert, son of Guy Clifford Freeman, bill broker, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and Faith, d. of John Thomas Robey of Leigh-on-Sea; b. 24 Mar. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); left Dec. 1927; Nat. Prov. Bank 1928; RASC 1940-5 (Maj.); chief inspector Nat. Prov. Bank 1961; asst gen. man. NatWest Bank 1968; m. 26 Sept. 1936 Joan Mary, d. of Sidney Henry Smith of Westfield, Sussex; d. 14 July 1988.

Fraser, Tammy William, son of James Donald Fraser, co. dir., and Geraldine Margaret Annette, d. of William Box of Stratford-on-Avon, Warks; b. 4 Dec. 1946; adm. Sept. 1960 (R); left July 1965; a mech. engineer; d. 1 Apr. 1993.

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.

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.

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.

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.