A new picture of Lt Col Frank Byers, Liberal MP for North Dorset and chief party whip. 32 years old, Col Byers was educated at Westminster School and Christchurch, Oxford, where he took honours degree (BA) in politics, philosophy and economics. When war broke out him listed as a private soldier, was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in March 1940. He saw service in the Western Desert, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. In addition to the British decorations he is a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur and holds the Croix de Guerre wih palms. He was elected to his seat in the general election in 1945 and made chief whip of the Liberal party last year, the youngest whip in the history of the party. He was an athlete of distinction at the University, is in Oxford "blue". 1 April 1947