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.

Fairman, Arnold Richard, stepson of Harry Fairman of Regent's Park, London; father's sur­name Tamplin; b. 11 Apr. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left July 1925; d. 17 Mar. 1928.

Farmar, Julian Avenel, son of Maj.-Gen. George Jasper Farmar CB CMG, Lieut.-Governor The Royal Hospital Chelsea, and Bertha Frances, d. of Maj.-Gen. William Henry Paget and grand- daughter of Lord William Paget (qv); b. 14 Aug. 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (A), (R) May 1934; left Apr. 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) Sept. 1938; Lieut. (p.c.) Feb. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. Aug. 1952; retd Mar. 1958; m. 21 Mar. 1945 Daphne, d. of William Joseph Carlisle of White Waltham, Berks; d. 18 Aug. 1969.

Farrer, Oliver Thomas, 4th Baron Farrer, second son of Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Farrer, and his second wife Evangeline, d. of Octavius Newry Knox of Abinger Hammer, Surrey; b. 5 Oct. 1904; adm. from Eton Coll. Oct. 1919 (A); left Mar. 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1922, BA 1925; P & O Co. Ltd 1925-40; RAFVR 1940-5 (Wing Cdr), despatches Jan. 1944; succ. as 4th Baron 11 Mar. 1948; vice-chairman Herts CC; DL (1951) and JP, Herts; dep. chairman Nat. Playing Fields Assn; m. 23 Oct. 1931 Hon Katharine, d. of Walter, 1st Viscount Runciman PC; d. 24 Jan. 1954.

Faulkner, Eric William Scarlett, elder son of William Bowler Faulkner, of New Malden, by Louisa, daughter of James Scarlett, of Hanworth Park, Middlesex; b. Oct. 15, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); non-resident K.S. 1913; joint Mure Scholar 1915; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1916; enlisted in the 5th (City of London) Batt. London Regt. (London Rifle Brigade) Oct. 20, 1916; went out to the western front Nov. 7, 1917, where he joined the 2nd Batt., and early in 1918 was transferred to the 28th Batt. (Artists' Rifles); d. July 26, 1918, at the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Dovelleris of wounds received in action at Aveling Wood, Englebelmer, near Albert, July 24, 1918; unm.

Fay, Desmond John, son of Sidney Michael Fay of Brondesbury Park and Kathleen, d. of Henry Friend of Sunderland; b. 27 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (A); left July 1937; RAPC 1940-3, Min. of Information 1943-5; Midland Bank head office, retd 1978; m. 14 July 1962 Elizabeth, d. of George William Holland of Bournemouth; d. 21 Nov. 2003.

Fearnley, Michael Edward, brother of George Roche Fearnley (qv), b. 18 Nov. 1924; adm. Apr. 1936 (A); left Dec. 1939; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1946; FO (Med.) RAF Aug. 1947, Flt Lieut. Aug. 1948; served Yangtze River ops Apr. 1949, DSC Nov. 1949; consult. in Physical Medicine St George's Hosp.; m. 23 Feb. 1952 Doreen Margaret, d. of David Brown of Ystrad Mynach, Mon.; d. 1972 in Canada.

Feiling, Geoffrey Severin Anthony, son of Anthony Feiling MD FRCP, Vice-Pres. Roy. Soc. of Medicine, and Helga Isabel Hope OBE, sister of Geoffrey Severin Anthony Hawkins (qv); b. 6 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1938; Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1938; The Queen's Regt 1941, transf. to Bombay Grenadiers IA (Lieut.-CoL); called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) June 1953; Principal Rosario English Sch. Argentina 1960; m. 1st 28 Apr. 1951 Eva Veronika, d. of Viktor Varga of London; 2nd 20 Jan. 1960 Elsa Raquel, d. of Juan Eduardo Gleeson of Buenos Aires; d. 19 July 2005.

Felix-Jones, Ivor, son of Frederick Felix-Jones, M.R.C.S., of Llantfyllin, by Ada Louisa, daughter of Hiram Codd, of Brixton; b. June 2, 1899; adm. April 30, 1914 (A); left Dec. 1916; served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during Great War I and was severely wounded in France Oct. 6, 1918; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1925; Superintendent of the Education Service of N. Nigeria 1922-3; assist. master at Campbell Coll., Belfast; Inspector of Schools, Hong Kong, 1955; 2nd Lieut., R. Welsh Fusiliers, Nov. 18, 1940; Capt.