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Finnie, Peter William, son of Thomas Jenkins Finnie of Burnham, Bucks, and Georgina Clara Welby, d. of James Chatburn Madeley of Guildford; b. 26 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (B), (R) Sept. 1926; left Dec. 1929; Glyn Mills & Co. 1937-42; m. 25 July 1936 Norah Isabel, d. of F.E. Bentley of Battle, Sussex; d. 18 Dec. 1946.

Fingard, John Jeffrey, son of Sidney R. Fingard LDS, dentist, of Maida Vale, London; b. 28 Nov. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); (H) Sept. 1939; left July 1940; Univ. of Lond., MB MRCS LRCP 1947; FO (Med. ) RAF 1948; med. practitioner, London; d. Oct. 1990.

Ferrers-Guy, John Humphrey, son of George Norman Ferrers-Guy (qv): b. 21 Mar. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1941; Midshipman (A) RNVR; killed on active service 16 Sept. 1943.

John Humphrey Ferrers-Guy was born on the 21st of March 1924 the only son of George Norman Ferrers-Guy OW, a company director, and Madeline Alice (nee Lubbock) Ferrers-Guy of 8, Vicarage Gate, Kensington in London, later of 11, Ship Street, Oxford. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1937 to July 1941. He was a member of the Colts Cricket XI in 1938 and of the 1st Cricket XI in 1941.
On leaving school he joined the Royal Navy where he trained as a pilot and was appointed as a Midshipman (A) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the 14th of May 1943.
On the 16th of September 1943, John Ferrers-Guy took off from RNAS Yeovilton in Sea Hurricane Mk 1B AE967 for a training exercise. At 1.45pm, he was flying close to Irwerne Minster near Shaftesbury when he attempted a slow roll of the aircraft at a height of 200 feet and it dived into the ground, killing him instantaneously.
His mother received the following letter dated the 17th of September 1943: - “Madam, I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to state that they have been informed that your son Temporary Midshipman (A) John Humphrey Ferrers-Day, RNVR, lost his life on Thursday, 16th September, 1943, as the result of an aircraft accident at Iwerne Minster, near Blandford in Dorset. My Lords desire me to express to you their deep regret at receiving this intelligence and their profound sympathy in the great loss which you have sustained.”
He is buried at Yeovilton Royal Navy Cemetery Row C, Grave 4.

Feild Jones, Robert Llewellyn, son of Rev. Nigel Eames Feild Jones, Vicar of Whyteleafe, Surrey, and Ethel Maud, d. of Robert George Batten of Lewisham; b. 23 Apr. 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (B), Sept. 1956 (L); left Mar. 1959; Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service, Brit. Council of Churches; d. Aug 1995.

Fearnley, George Roche, son of Harold Fearnley FRCS of Blackheath, and Kathleen Tregonning Howe; b. 6 June 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (B); left July 1932; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB MRCS LRCP 1939; MRCP 1942; Lieut. RAMC July 1945; FRCP 1962; consult. physician North Gloucs Area; author of articles on Fibrinolysis in Nature, The Lancet, BMJ etc.; m. 1st Sept. 1941 Joyce Enid, d. of A. H. Andrews of Blackheath; 2nd Elizabeth Munson, d. of Frank Baier of New York; 3rd 28 Feb. 1979 Rosemary Maureen Byrne; d. Jun 1994.

Fairweather, Alastair Harold, son of Harold George Fairweather, chartered patent agent, of Stoke Poges, and Margaret Wight, d. of David Black of Glasgow; b. 3 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B); left Mar. 1938; Merchant Navy in WW2; a sales director; m. 15 Oct. 1955 Isabel, d. of Thomas Skinner of Glasgow; d. 29 Dec. 1982.

Evetts, Desmond Frederick, brother of Julian Arthur Evetts (qv); b. 23 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (B); left July 1930; dir. of Thames lighterage firm; Oxf. & Bucks LI 1940, transf. to RE (Trans­portation) 1942 (Lieut.); m. 7 Mar. 1942 Rosamond Mary, d. of Col. Percy Scamander Clarke MC, Indian railway executive, of West Meon, Hants.; d. Mar. 2007.

Evers, Gilbert Davey, son of Harold Evers of Bromley; b. 11 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (B), (A) Sept. 1926; left Apr. 1929; RAFVR 1939-45 (Flt Serg., flying instructor); PO Jan. 1945; killed in air operations over Germany 28 Jan. 1945.

Gilbert Davey “Pop” Evers was born at Bromley, Kent on the 11th of January 1912 the younger son of Harold Evers, a chartered secretary, and Rhoda Skene (nee Heathcote) Evers of 6, Haven Green, Ealing in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1925 and up Ashburnham from September 1926 to April 1929.
He was granted a short service commission in the Royal Air Force with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer on the 21st of October 1935 and was confirmed in his rank on the 21st of October 1936. He resigned his commission on the 11th of March 1937.
On the outbreak of war he was working as an instrument flying instructor and was lodging at 83, Grand Avenue, Hassocks in Sussex.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1940 where he rose to the rank of Warrant Officer before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 16th of January 1945.
On the 28th of January 1945, Bomber Command dispatched 153 Lancasters for an operation on the Gremberg railway marshalling yards at Cologne. The weather was clear and the target was hit but with some bombs overshooting.
Gilbert Evers and his crew took off from RAF Chedburgh at 10.46am on the 27th of January 1945 in Lancaster Mk I PD296 HA-B, as the Squadron’s lead aircraft for the operation. This was to be his 30th operation, the final one of his tour of operations. While the aircraft was in the target area it was hit by anti aircraft fire and crashed at 2pm at Bergisch-Gladbach, 14 kilometres to the east north east of the centre of Cologne, with the loss of all but one of the crew.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Gilbert Davey Evers (Pilot)
Sgt Ernest Noel James Francis (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Frederick J. Norton (2nd Navigator) (Wounded) (POW)
Flight Sergeant Anthony Morris (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant David Charles Allen (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Eric Holland (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant Edward Bertram Barradell (Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer John Towns DFC (Air Gunner)
Theirs was one of four aircraft which were lost during the operation, one of which crash landed in liberated France.
The navigator, Frederick Norton, was the only member of the crew to survive. He had been wounded by shrapnel in the arm but landed safely by parachute and was captured. Had Gilbert Evers survived the operation he would have been stood down from further operations.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at the Church of Christ the Saviour, Ealing.
He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 31, Row C, Grave 1.

Evans, Ralph Gordon, son of Henry John Evans, member Lond. Stock Exchange, of Wimbledon, and Edith, d. of Alfred Alsbury Crates of Burnham, Bucks; b. 19 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B); left Dec. 1937; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1947; RE in WW2 (Lieut.); a chartered engineer, MRAeS MIMechE; Brit. Aircraft Corpn; m. 18 May 1971 Beryl Gladys, d. of Robert Stringer of Spalding, Lincs.; 26 Jan. 2007.

Evans, Geoffrey Alan, brother of Ralph Gordon Evans (qv); b. 18 May 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1942; RN 1942-6; Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1978; asst. librarian Devon County Library 1950-6; Foreign Office 1957-9; Brit. Council 1959-71; Commonwealth Inst. 1971-2; NSW Coll. of Paramedical Studies, Australia 1972-4; Milperra Coll. of Advanced Education, NSW, Australia 1974-84; retd. 1984; m. 29 Aug 1953 Dorothy Isabelle, d. of Alan Stuart of Exeter, Devon; d. 12 Feb. 1994.