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Authorized form of name
Butcher, Francis Herbert, 1914-1994, Squadron Leader and colonial administrator
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Dates of existence
1914-1994
History
Born in 1914; educated at Bournemouth School; commissioned into RAF, 1936; took part in development trials of Fairey Battle day bomber; worked as RAF flying instructor; took part in development trials of Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO); seconded to the Foreign Office in Germany as a magistrate, 1945-1947; joined Colonial Service and posted to Nigeria, 1947; retired from Colonial Service, 1958; appointed Director, Yorkshire Association for the Care of the Disabled, 1958, and Director, Nigerian National Council for the Blind, 1960; set up West African Organisation for the Blind; died in 1994.
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0099 KCLMA
Status
Final
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Partial
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Sources
Further information is available at the National Archives (F77861)