Faija, John Herbert Kearsley, brother of Reginald Kearsley Faija (q.v.); b. March 15, 1881; adm. Jan. 17, 1895 (R); left Dec. 1895; d. 1914.
FABIAN, WILLIAM, fourth son of John Fabian, Westminster, and his first wife Agnes., dau. of Thomas Cole, Westminster; bapt. 24 Jan 1607/8; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, matr. 10 May 1631, Westminster Student to c. 1643; BA 1631; MA 1634; ordained; Rector of Letton, Herefs., from 1632 - still 1656; Vicar of Eardisley, Herefs., from 1641 - still 1656; m.; d. 1673.
FABIAN, JOHN, son of Thomas Fabian, Langley, Bucks.; b.; adm.; KS 1620; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1625, matr. 3 Feb 1625/6, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1637; MA 1632; ordained; Rector of Nettleton, Wilts., 1637; Vicar of Chew Magna, Somerset, from 1 Sep 1628 [but date must be wrong : check]; d. by 22 Aug 1643 (will proved PCC 28 Apr 1645).
Faber, Sir Richard Stanley, son of Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber, Kt, publisher, Fellow and Bursar of All Souls Coll. Oxf., and Enid Eleanor, d. of Sir Henry Erle Richards KCSI KC, Chichele Prof. of Internat. Law, Univ. of Oxf.; b. 6 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1942; left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, pres. Oxf. Union Soc. 1949, BA 1949 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1950; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ); HM Foreign Service 1950, served Baghdad, Paris, Abidjan, Washington; head of Rhodesia Political Dept, FCO 1967-9; Counsellor HM Embassy, The Hague 1969-73, Cairo 1973-5; asst. Under Sec. of State, FCO 1975-7; HM Ambassador to Algeria 1977-81; CMG June 1977; KCVO 1980; retd. 1981; author, historical biographies; d. 18 Oct. 2007.
Eyton-Jones, Frederick Mortimer Maurice, son of the Rev. Hugh Mortimer Eyton-Jones, Vicar of St. Paul's, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, by Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Savage; b. March 19, 1903; adm. as K.S. Sept. 21, 1916; left July 1920; St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he obtained an entrance scholarship in Arts 1921; M.B. and B. S. (London) 1927; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1927; M.D. (London) 1929; M.R.C.P. 1929; Ph. D. 1930; formerly in practice at Littlehampton and Brighton; m. Aug. 1, 1931, Sarah Mabel, daughter of Sir Haniel Thomas Tudor, K.C., Chief Justice of Gibraltar; d. 30 Dec. 1977.
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.
Eyre, Humphrey Walter, brother of Gerard Layton Phipps Eyre (q.v.); b. March 17, 1894; adm. April 30, 1908 (G); left July 1912; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 22nd Batt. London Regt. Aug. 29, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; a stockbroker; m. Dec. 14, 1923, Gladys, only daughter of Podmore Clarke, of Chelsea; d. of the effects of his war wounds Jan. 9, 1928.
EYRE, GILES, son of Giles Eyre, Box, Wiltshire, and Middle Temple, London, barrister, and Elizabeth Smith, Bath, Somerset; bapt. St. Clement Danes, London 7 Apr 1744 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1757; KS (Capt. ) 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Feb 1762; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 25 Mar 1765; Lieut., 6 Jun 1770; retired c. 1772; of Bath, Somerset; d. 13 Mar 1806.
Eyre, Gerard Layton Phipps, eldest son of Layton Eyre, of Hampstead, by Louisa, daughter ofJohn Forbes Moir, of Aberdeen; a nephew of Charles Lewis Eyre (q.v.); b. Oct. 5, 1890; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (G); left July 1908; Lieut. 59th (2nd North Midland) Div. R. F. A. June 1, 1916; served on the western front from 1917 until he was gassed near Monchy in April 1918; discharged as permanently unfit July 1, 1919; d. from the effects of gas-poisoning May 4, 1921.
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.