Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

often a concerned visitor at sick beds or at the homes of the bereaved. When
hypocrisy or false modesty were absent he could leave the more problematic
aspects of his social persona behind and become a caring fellow man.
Poverty forced Ali to eventually give up his Swiss home and live with relatives
in Britain for the last years of his life. He died at the age of 87 on 19 May
2005, and is survived by his son.
HAROLD BAGLEY FORSTER (1932) spent many years abroad working as a
representative of the British Council. Born on 11 June 1913, Harold was
educated at Winchester before coming up to King’s as a Scholar and reading
Classics and then English. After graduation he spent five years as an assistant
master before war intervened. Service with the Durham Light Infantry was
followed by a commission as a Captain with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
In 1946 Harold joined the British Council and that same year married
Coralia Zaharouli.After six years in Greece he became a Professor of English,
the first at the growing Gadjah Mada University in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. As
the cradle of Indonesia’s newly gained independence, but at the same time
the sanctuary of Java’s ancient traditions, Jogjakarta was a colourful and
constantly interesting place to live in; Harold recorded his experiences in his
commentary Flowering Lotus:AView of Java in the 1950s. After four years he moved
on to become a representative of the Council in Uruguay and
later back in Greece. Harold’s death was recorded in June 1985 in
West Oxfordshire.
RAYMOND FRAWLEY (1936) was born in Preston on 31 August 1917.After
attending Preston Catholic College he came up to King’s as an Exhibitioner
and read Classics and Economics. In 1940 he joined the Royal Artillery and
qualified in survey work. Following a spell with the Directorate of Selection
of Personnel, he spent six months as a Lecturer at the Royal Artillery School of
Survey. In January 1944 Ray joined MI8 (Signals Interception and
Communications Security) as a trainee and worked on the analysis of
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