Frank (pictured) was a proud Loudesian who, at 16-years-old, left the town to join the RAF Cadets at Cranwell.
While serving with the RAF Frank achieved an Honours Degree at Birmingham University and began to work on Navigation Systems for the then new Vulcan Bomber.
This work took him on flights across the world and he made a significant contribution to the long and successful service of that iconic aircraft.
On leaving the RAF, Frank joined an American owned computer company in the North East of England, working as a buyer. During his time with this company Frank met Sir Alan Sugar who was then in the early days of his own very successful business life.
The next step in Frank's varied career saw him working in the oil Industry where he was employed for several years in the Brent Field designing electrical modules.
After losing his second brother Frank returned to his home in Louth, living at High Home Road before taking on work in Saudi Arabia and Libya.
Later he joined East Lindsay District Council where he worked for 23 years until his retirement in 2008.
Frank was a family man, married to Beryl with six children – Bryan, Rachel, Deborah, Lesley, Simon and Timothy.
He was a man blessed by many friends and a happy family life and he will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Family mourners attending: His Wife Beryl Gilliatt; Son and daughter-in-law Bryan and Mandy Gilliatt; Daughter and Son in Law Rachel and Huw Thomas; Daughter Deborah Ewing; Son and Daughter in Law Leslie and Tessa Gilliatt; Son and Daughter in Law Simon and Carrie Gilliatt; Son and partner Timothy Gilliatt and Victoria Maycock; Sister in Law and Husband Norma and Anthony Lane; Sister in Law and Husband June and Arthur Hogget; Brother in Law and Wife Bryan and Tracy Atkinson; Ian and Julie Gilliatt; Geoff and Carol Thomas; Fiona and Verity Hoyle; Beth Gilliatt, sister-in-law; Peter Dodds, brother-in-law; Pam Gilliatt, sister-in-law (also repGilliatt family); Cathy Jeffrey, niece; Victoria Atkinson, niece; Stephanie Atkinson, niece; Elizabeth Atkinson, niece; Katherine Atkinson, niece; Peter Dodds, nephew and Rachel Solomon; Emma Morris, niece and Jamie Parker, partner; Lindsay and Stuart McPherson, niece and husband; Angie Chandler, niece (also rep Paul Chandler); Joe Gilliatt.
Other mourners attending: Richard and Clare Brewin, Brett and Kim Leith, Frank and Jenny O'Hare, Jim and Anne Randall, Gareth and Louise King, Bob and Shirley Frankum (also rep Hugh and Shirley Poths); John and Ann Handley (also rep Tim Williams and Len Taylor, HAT Horncastle).
Messrs: Geoffrey Hunsley, Mick Flower, Tony Greaves, Alan Johnson, Eric Wilson, David Short, Don Limpkin, Richard Sands, Bernard Wilson, Terry Holmes, Steve Hancock, Ray Kemp, John Fowlston, David Willey, Robert Frost, Scott Ashdown, Father Allan Barton, John Metcalfe, John Epton, Phillip Smith, Malcolm Abbott, Barry Saunders, Les Darby, John Emerson, John Needham, Trevor Carpenter, Ken Hills, DS Smith, Chris Myers, Richard Moore, Eric Ramsdale, Peter Hickson (ELDC), Tony Lascelles (ELDC), John Green, Carl Bradley, Paul Mitchell, Gus Robertson (also rep Tuff Robertson); Andrew Berry (also rep Seymour Castle); Edwin Sharp (also rep Edwin Sharp Ltd); John Atkinson (also rep Norah Atkinson); Kevin Graham (also rep Kenmore Builders); Sam Robbins (also rep East Lincs District Council); Arthur Garlant (also rep North Lincs Engineering); Rod and Chris Margarson (also rep Fred Margarson Ltd); Andrew Clover (also rep Carla Clover and Steve Williamson).
Mesdames and misses: Annabelle Douse, Gemma Fretwell, Ann Adlam, Marie Bell, Karen Lawless, Gill Sharp, Mary Stuart, Rhona Adam, Alison Penn, Fiona Handley, Debbie Bagley (also repJane Fytche); Helen Seddon (also rep Charles and Sue Hill); Ann Carter (also rep John Carter and Keetch Factors); Christine Guy (also rep Barry Guy and Glenys Pembroke); Helen Markham (also rep Station Sports Centre, Mablethorpe); Ros Webber-Jones (also rep Noel, Sian and Robin Webber Jones); Tracie Grant (also rep Rachel Legge and Cathy Sykes, Grimsby A&E Department); Ann Andrews (also rep Simon Tye and Staff of Emergency Care DPOW Hospital); Sandra Cook (also rep Susan Lidgard and A&E Department Grimsby Hospital).
Arrangements were by Kettle Ltd of Grimsby and Louth.