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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.