Eric Bowman supplies some details about Barry's life and career:

Barry did National Service in the RAF and joined the BBC soon afterwards.  He had a number of interesting jobs in the World Service.  At one time he ran the radio station in the Solomon Islands on secondment.  Later he was Head of Overseas Adminstration, WS, and deputy General Manager of Monitoring. He succeeded Eric as General Manager at Caversham.  From there he was promoted to Controller of Resources, the job he held until his retirement.  He was a BBC man through and through.
In his spare time Barry was a keen golfer and particularly enjoyed playing near Valencia, where he had a home.