Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris was born on 16 March 1917, a younger son of Major John Percivall Foxley-Norris and his wife, Dorothy Brabant Smith.
16 Facts About Christopher Foxley-Norris
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Christopher Foxley-Norris was educated at Winchester College and then Trinity College, Oxford, where he read law.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris joined the Oxford University Air Squadron in 1936.
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The Bar Council requested the money back, but Christopher Foxley-Norris made an arrangement with them that he would leave it to them in his will.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris was commissioned in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve after graduating and was called up for active service in 1939.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris undertook initial flying training at No 9 Flying Training School at RAF Hullavington and completed the training at No 1 School of Army Co-operation.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris's first posting on completion of training was to No 13 Squadron RAF flying Lysanders in the Battle of France.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions, published in the London Gazette on 29 May 1945:.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris has completed numerous sorties on his third tour of duty during which period he has operated against a wide range of enemy targets.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris undertook the Senior Officers' War Course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and a course at the Imperial Defence College in Belgrave Square in 1961.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris went on to be Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1962, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff in 1963 and Air Officer Commanding No 224 Group in 1964.
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In 1967, Christopher Foxley-Norris was appointed Director-General of RAF Organisation at the newly unified Ministry of Defence.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris was promoted to air marshal and took command of RAF Germany and of the 2nd Tactical Air Force in 1968.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris was one of the umpires for the 1974 Sandhurst wargame on Operation Sea Lion.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris retired as the organisation's public figurehead in 1989, and was replaced by Lord Harris of High Cross.
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Christopher Foxley-Norris's funeral took place at St Mary Devoted at Turville, near Stokenchurch, on 7 October 2003.