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Authority recordFarmer, George, 1851-1925, Reverend, Anglican clergyman
- KCL-AF1100
- Person
- 1851-1925
Born 1851; student of King's College London (Jelf Prize, 1880, Wordsworth Prize, 1881; Associate of King's College, 1881); ordained deacon, 1881, and priest, 1882; Curate of St Michael and All Angels, Sydenham, 1881-1886; Curate of St Margaret's next Rochester, 1886-1891; Vicar of Hartlip, 1891-1904; licentiate preacher, Archdiocese of Canterbury, 1904; Fellow of King's College, 1921; died 1925.
Publications: A Comparison of the Authorised and Revised Versions of the first chapter of the Revelation (Privately printed, 1910).
Fearon, Sheppard Percy, 1911-1984, Lieutenant Colonel
- KCL-AF0242
- Person
- 1911-1984
Born in 1911; attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1929-1931; 2nd Lt, 2 Bn, Border Regt, 1931; joined 5 Bn, 14 Punjab Regt, Indian Army, 1932; served in India, 1932-1935 and 1947, Abyssinia, 1935-1937; seconded to Burma Frontier Force, 1937-1941; Lt, 1933; Capt, 1939; commanded No 1 Independent Infantry Company, Malaya, 1941-1942; held as POW by Japanese,1942-1945; served in Burma, [1945-1946], and India, [1946-1947]; died in 1984.
Feasey, Gilbert G, 1891-1976, Colonel
- KCL-AF0243
- Person
- 1891-1976
Born in 1891; worked in Colonial Administrative Service, Nigeria, 1914-1937; recalled for military service in Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1940; Lt Col, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1941; Senior Political Officer, Ethiopia, 1941-1942; Assistant Adjutant General, General HQ, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1942-1943; Chief of Staff, Region 5, Allied MilitaryGovernment, Italy, 1943-1944; Col 1944; Regional Commissioner, Allied Commission and Allied Military Government, Italy, and Joint Chairman, Allied Commission Coordinating Planning Committee for Occupation, North West Italy, 1944-1945; died 1976.
- KCL-AF1101
- Person
- 1959-
Born 31 January 1959; student, Mathematics and Physics, Edinburgh University, 1976-1978; BA honours History, King's College London, 1983; part-time research student, Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1984-1989.
Fergusson, Sir William, 1808-1877, Knight, Professor of Surgery
- KCL-AF1102
- Person
- 1808-1877
Born,1808, educated University of Edinburgh, from 1826, pupil, prosector and demonstrator, Old Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh, under the anatomist Dr Robert Knox, 1828; surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Dispensary, 1831-1836; surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1836-1840; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1829; Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1836; appointed Professor of Surgery, King's College London, and surgeon, King's College Hospital, 1840, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1840, Fellow, 1844, Vice-President, 1869, President, 1870, Hunterian Orator, 1871; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1848, President of the British Medical Association, 1873; Surgeon in Ordinary to Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, 1849; Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1855; Sergeant Surgeon, 1867; resigned as Professor of Surgery, King's College, 1870; died, 1877.
Publications: Case of aneurism of the insominata (Edinburgh, 1841); Account of the dissection of a patient in whom the subclavian artery had been tied for axillary aneurism (Edinburgh, 1841); A system of practical surgery (Edinburgh, 1841); The introductory lecture delivered at King's College, London, on opening the medical session of 1848-49 (London, 1848); Lectures on the progress of anatomy and surgery during the present century (London and Edinburgh, 1867); The Hunterian Oration for 1871 (London, 1871).
Fernbank, Edmund Pius Mary, 1911-1985, Wing Commander
- KCL-AF0244
- Person
- 1911-1985
Born in 1911; served with No 166 Sqn, 1938-1940, and with radar intelligence units No 109 Sqn, 1941-1942, No 1474 Flight, 1942-1943, and No 192 Sqn, 1943-1944; Wg Cdr, 1947; retired, 1958; died in 1985.
Fernyhough, Alan Henry, 1904-1981, Brigadier
- KCL-AF0245
- Person
- 1904-1981
Born in 1904; 2nd Lt, Royal Artillery, 1924; Lt, 1926; Capt, 1937; Assistant Inspector, Ammunitions Branch, Armaments Inspection Department, 1938-1939; Instructor, Royal Army Ordnance Corps School of Instruction, 1939-1940; Maj, 1940; Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, General Headquarters, BEF, France, 1940; General Staff Officer Grade 2, 1940-1941; AssistantQuartermaster General and later Colonel, Q Branch, Ordnance Supplies and Ammunition, Washington, 1941-1942; Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, 1942-1943; Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General, 1943-1944; Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Middle East Land Forces, 1944; Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Central Ordnances Provision Office, Middle East Land Forces, 1944-1945; Deputy Commandant, Central Ordnance Depot, Donnington, 1945-1949; Lt Col 1948; Deputy Commandant, Central Ordnance Depot, Bicester, 1951-1952; Col, 1952; Commandant, Battalion Ordnance Depot, British Army of the Rhine, 1952; commanded HQ Ammunition Organisation, Eastern Command, 1954-1956; Director, Ammunition and Stores, War Office, 1956-1959; Brig, 1956; retired, 1959; publication of History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1920-1945 (1967); died in 1981.