Showing 1253 results

Foxlee, Ralph Rudd, brother of Richard William Foxlee (q.v.); b. Sept. 22, 1892; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left Easter 1910; A.M.I.C.E. 1919; in the service of British Railways; retired 1953; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R. Anglesey Engineers, Jan. 4, 1916; Lieut.; m. Jan. 15, 1936; Adelaide Isabel Bessie Louisa, daughter of William Edward Hart, of Kilderry, co. Donegal.

Foxlee, Richard William, elder son of William Theodore Foxlee, M.Inst.C.E., of Weybridge, Surrey, by Fanny Elizabeth, daughter of Herbert Tew, of Harrow, Middx; b. May 29, 1885; adm. May 14, 1900 (H); left July 1903; A. M. l. C. E. March 7, 1911; M. l. C. E. Jan. 8, 1929; Deputy Chief Engineer (Civil), Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies 1928-45; Chief Civil Engineer 1945-9; Engineer-in-Chief and Engg. Advisor to Secy. of State for the Colonies 1949-54; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1953; m. April 2, 1913, Olive Marjorie, elder daughter of F. R. Flintan, of Hersham, Surrey; d. Nov. 27, 1961.

Frankish, William Martin, son of William John Frankish, M.R.C.S., of Chelsea; b. April 30, 1895; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left Dec. 1912; joined the 28th Batt. London Regt.; 2nd Lieut. April 29, 1918; Lieut. 20th Batt. June 1, 1916; m. Aug. 16, 1922, Queenie Emilie Charlotte, eldest daughter of M.P.C. Byrne; a commercial artist and advertising specialist at Southampton.

Franks, Rudolph Keane, son of Edward Franks, of Tooting, a clerk in the India Office, by Jane Grace, daughter of George Cattermole, R. A.; b. June 7, 1879; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left April 1896; in the service of the P. & O. Steamship Navigation Co. (Malta and Bombay) 1897-1909; enlisted in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry) as a Trooper in Aug. 1914, and went out to the western front in the following month; 2nd Lieut. N. Somerset Yeomanry July 18, 1915; Musketry Instructor 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917, and Adjutant with the rank of Capt. until demob.; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; at different times a breeder of pedigree dogs in Oxfordshire and Somerset, and an antique dealer at Sulgrave; m. 1st March 11, 1922, Charlotte Margaret, daughter of Major George Holland, V. D., of Birchington, Kent; 2nd June 15, 1943, Marie Kathleen, 2nd daughter of Rev. George Marie Capell, Rector of Passenham, Northants; d. 29 Dec. 1970.

Fraser, Kenneth Gordon, son of John Fraser, of Bromley, Kent, by Rose, daughter of Samuel Frost, of Hardingstone, Northants; b. Sept. 12, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1912; m. Jan. 2, 1941, Beatrice Kathleen, daughter of Edward Heathfield, of Faversham, Kent.

Freeman, Denys Franz Andrew Roberson, son of Rev. Andrew James Freeman, Vicar of Standish, Oxon., and Ethel Freeman; b. 22 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left July 1928; Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931, MA 1967; successively Principal For. Office (German section), private sec. Air Min., sec. Roy. Radar Establishment Malvern; retd 1969; m. 8 Aug. 1933 Nancy, d. of William Stevens Lee, HM Dover College; d. 19 Oct. 1986.

FREEMAN, JOHN EDWARD, brother of Ernest Carrick Freeman (qv); b. 2 Nov 1865; adm. (H) 15 Jun 1876; left May 1883; d. 26 Feb 1944.

Friedberger, John Canteron, son of Capt. William Sigismund Friedberger, Royal Fusiliers, by Ethel May, daughter of Henry Stevens, of Finchley, solicitor; b. June 10, 1899; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 25, 1913 (H); non-resident K.S. 1914; left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Jan. 25, 1918; Lieut. July 25, 1919, acting Capt. Jan. 16 - Oct. 8, 1919; served in France and Belgium Aug. 30 - Nov. 11, 1918; was wounded; Capt. R.H.A. Jan. 25, 1931; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1936; Major Aug. 1, 1938; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1, 1945; Brigadier 1942; Commander R. A. 53rd (Welsh) Div. 1942-5, 76th A. A. Bde. 1945-6, 98th AGRA (AA) (T. A. J 1947-8; Solent Garrison 1949; retired May 14, 1951; D.S.O. (N. W. Europe) Feb. 1, 1945; Bursar of Portsmouth Grammar School 1951-61; member of British Show Jumping Teams at Dublin 1937 and 1938, London 1938 and Nice and Rome 1939; m. Oct. 19, 1932, Phyllis Grace, daughter of Sir Percy Daniels, K.B.E., of Mayfair.

Fry, Gilbert Herbert, only son of Herbert Thomas Fry, of London, by Caroline Amelia, daughter of Johnston Batchelar, of Brookham, Surrey; b. Feb. 24, 1871; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); exhibitioner 1884; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, scholar 1890, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1893; M.A. 1898; a chartered accountant; practised in Johannesburg; retired 1933; d. March 2. 3, 1951

Fuller, Elliott, only son of Ernest Comper Fuller, of Brixton; b. April 22, 1878; adm. April 28, 1892 (H); d. July 4, 1893.