. All possible avenues of treatment were explored, but it was not to be. He is missed by family and friends. I remember him describing how after several days at sea having left Southampton docks he woke early one morning to see out of his cabin porthole the lights of landfall. This fearless action won him the Military Cross. Amongst the long distance runners, famously individualists ('lonely'! Bill was a Founder Member of the Marlborough Brandt Group and later became its Chairman. Quartered next door but one was another IG, Major RSA Williams and his wife, Cicely, who soon after gained a daughter, Biddy, whose later home in Poulshot, outside Devizes, he would visit from Marlborough. He married Margaret Hoppe in 1937. Every dwelling had a front door opening on to the street as well as its own open-to-the-sky private external space often, as at Winscombe Street, comprising a balcony (adult zone) overlooking a courtyard (childrens zone) as well as a communal garden beyond. The evenings when he wasnt working were spent in the garden, making the clay more fertile and growing flowers and fruit and vegetables. Reprinted with kind permission from The Guardian Website. As president of the Law Society, Gaskell was credited with persuading the government to break the monopoly that the Bar held on advocacy and litigation in the higher courts by granting solicitors rights of audience in the Crown Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, Court of Session, Privy Council, and House of Lords. Dr Forshaw is survived by his wife, Muriel, who is now in a nursing home in Norwich and by his two sons, Paul and David. In 1985 they moved to West Wales where he became Vicar of St. Brides-with-Dale-&-Marloes. Our futures were sealed. He briefly worked with British Aerospace as marketing executive in Europe, visiting many countries and setting up contracts particularly in Switzerland and NATO.Later, with major heart problems, Shaw turned to business rescue and was successful in 34 cases, the largest in size, but not of difficulty, of which was Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners. Nevertheless, he chose to take additional A levels in Latin and Greek in his final year at school, and was accepted to read medicine at St Johns College, Cambridge, on condition that he passed these as well. Old Marlburians' 1917 dinner, Bailleul Remembered Today: CH/5624 Private William Henry IVES (RMR/B/1189). His next role was providing air defence around Antwerp and the Scheldt estuary, a vital logistical link between Britain and the advancing Allies on the Continent. Unable to risk moving his vehicles, he borrowed a bike from a nearby inn and cycled into the town to establish that the enemy had indeed left. I couldnt count the number of occasions on which Janet would wisely anticipate a knotty administrative problem ahead and, at the same time, present me with a lucid analysis of all the best options for its solution.In 1991 Janet relinquished the post of Director of Studies and became the first Senior Mistress. He then spent the next eight years writing the history of the Ulster Defence Regiment Testimony to Courage published in September 2001. In 1944 he married Dorothy, only child of a famously eccentric Cambridge Classics don. Romanian economists, Polishlawyer, Bulgarian doctors, Hungarian judges- all came to London as the centre's guests, to be introduced by Brooke Turner to British colleagues.It was a triumph. Balme, a master at Harrow for 33 years, with his colleague Mark Warman immediately published Aestimanda (Up for discussion), which took Greek and Latin extracts and presented them as subjects for literary debate, directly increasing the appreciation of classical literature within everyday classroom teaching. OMRC Annual Report 2016. But Titmuss, just appointed to the new chair of social administration at LSE, was searching for someone to be his deputy as reader. She met Kenya Mutiso in 2005 through their mutual interest in trees and forestry. He attended prep school in Haywards Heath and gained a scholarship to Marlborough College alongside three of his four brothers. His grandson did the same at the same age but luckily did not make the wiltshire News. List of Old Marlburians - Wikipedia His astonishingly logical and creative mind was put to good use when he was asked to take on the difficult matter of writing the school timetable. Bornin England and educated at Marlborough College, he served with Royal Signals in Germany,Korea, Hong Kong, Borneo, and Britain more, It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Robert Avery on Tuesday 17th April after a long illness which he bore with great fortitude. He took Peters boxer dog Ricky out for walks in the Black Forest. Mary Bless, who died in 1972, with whom he had four children, Anna; and Elizabeth (Biz), with whom he was idyllically happy in his later years. At Cambridge he became an expert on fluid mechanics and, in particular, the behaviour of waves. Balme was also instrumental in changing Classical teaching methods: in the 1960s he was a major contributor to the Cambridge Latin Course, while he also created the beginners Greek course, Athenaze (To Athens) - a grammatically based reading course published by OUP with a diverting narrative set in the fifth century BC. Sadly, the idea has yet to gain any traction.Richard is survived by his second wife, Valerie (nee Zelle), whom he married in 1970; by their children, Sasha and Ricky; and by four children, Yvonne, Julia, Caroline and Stephen, from his first marriage, to Elaine (nee Good), which ended in divorce.As featured in The Guardian. You can read it here:. His hobbies included bridge and readingparticularly theology. At the end of the war he took up his post in the Colonial Service in Nyasaland (Malawi), starting as a District Officer and served there for 18 years through the turbulent times of the Winds of Change, before returning to England in 1964. Janet enjoyed the company of their children and one spoke of Janet donning a witches costume and joining in the fun of a Halloween Trick or treat party. When Dorothy developed a lymphoma in the late 80s John brought forward his retirement to nurse her. Robin Sinclair Ferguson 1931-2021, Colin Cooke-Priest (LI 1952-57) Memorial Service. Jumbo Jennings was delighted in my time to be caught by my father reading Ovid in the back of his car at Devizes Station. He was Managing Director from 1973-81 and chairman from 1981 until he retired in 1988. During the mid 70's Bruce was coaching Kenyan Olympic athletes and Mike Boit would come and train with us. He was Director of a theatre company called Forkbeard Fantasy that was started by 2 University friends, Chris and Tim Britton. Peter Davies (C3 1946 51) was born in Bedford and grew up in Rochester. But the lure of the desert was too strong and in 1960 he returned to North Africa, as professor of zoology at the University of Khartoum, and keeper of the Sudan Natural History Museum.After a spell as visiting professor at the University of Albuquerque in the deserts of New Mexico in 1969, he and Anne returned to London in 1972. He went by train from Marlborough to London where he was met by an aunt, fed, and then put on the overnight train to Glasgow. In 1974, he began a pupillage in Carpmael Building under the mentorship of Neil Butter. After his fathers retirement, Guy became senior partner and oversaw the expansion of the family practice into Greenbank Surgery. All those wishing to attend are asked please to email Winchester College Society. Who else but the tenants, at least in a major way? Old Marlburian of the Year award - The Marlburian Club Many who went on to important roles in Eastern Europe had been through his workshops, including Hanna Suchocka, who became Poland's first female prime minister in 1992, and Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary since 2010.Alan Brooke Turner was born in 1926 and educated al Marlborough. To his wider family he was the much loved Uncle Geoff. Family lore says that his opening chat up line was Would you like to come and see my puppies. He had joined the club on turning eighteen, following in the footsteps of some forty members of the Playfair family, and won the R&As Jubilee Vase in 1954. He courageously persuaded the Palestinians to drop their weapons and avoid a firefight.He relished being a reporter but now focused on his books. A High Court judge once pronounced: "No-one who has met him would ever forget Mr Shaw", but as this judge reached the wrong conclusion Shaw reckoned this, too, was suspect. Evelyn Ebsworth (B2 1946-51) was born in Richmond, Yorkshire on St Valentine's Day, 1933. Following that he worked successively in finance for M&S, Dixons and Chase Manhattan Bank before arriving at Bass. He also gave wise counsel to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at London University. He was Captain of Tennis whilst at Marlborough and gained a Cambridge Hockey Blue in 1939, scoring the winning goal against Oxford in the Varsity Match. He almost immediately joined the newly formed Ulster Defence Regiment in a full-time capacity, becoming the Adjutant and Operations Officer of the 3rd (County Down) Battalion (3 UDR) based at Ballykinler. Richard explains, The Chairman of the local constituency party, appropriately, was Lionel 'Whiggy' Gough, the splendid, eccentric and leftish Head of English [at Marlborough College]. He was promoted to lieutenant in September 1935 and to captain in 1940.He served in Edinburgh and then in Ireland until the South Irish Coast Defence guns were sold to the Irish Government in 1937. Ordained Minister. He told the story of this colonial family, of Burma and his early life in a revealing account, Last of the Guardians (2005). For two years after the end of the war Carr was a staff officer with Burma Command. Grant de Jersey Lee was born in 1921 in Ceylon, then Sri Lanka, on a remote tea estate near Adams Peak which was managed by his father. Batchelor, born in 1931 in Woking, grew up with his parents in Chennai, then Madras, India during the last years of British colonial rule. In the 1970s he bred several foals and really got some satisfaction with this. Musical ability was encouraged at MC. OMRC Annual Report 2015. Then, three months after the murders, on Sept. 4, 2021, news broke that Alex Murdaugh, 54, had been shot in Hampton . It was a good time for bicycling and on one occasion he cycled up to Lords from Marlborough ( a similar feat achieved by Doctor Roger Bannister from Bath) to watch the Rugby/Marlborough cricket Match only to faint on arrival and miss the fun. The story he came up with was not at all what I was expecting, but he had a very mischievous streak, which is why Reggie Perrin is such fun. Read the story here.Further obituary links:GuardianTelegraphIndependentScotsmanNew York TimesDaily Mail. He will be hugely missed, not just by family, ex pupils and many friends, but by a great circle of music makers who were looking forward to him conducting a performance of Bachs St Matthews Passion next March.Nick Milner-Gulland was a talented, kind and considerate friend to many people and one most endearing characteristic was his great sense of humour, which helped to see him through some testing and challenging times, and gave great pleasure to those in his company.There will be a Service of Thanksgiving in Ardingly Chapel on Saturday 14th April 2018 further details will be published on the website nearer the time.MCWE/CAJ, Peter Godfrey, Director of Music at Marlborough College from 1949-58, died on 28th September 2017.Peter was born in 1922 in Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire. Father was based in Baden Baden as liaison officer to the French zone but the biggest bonus was the rations (French, British and American). The Marlburian Club - The Marlburian Club Now the Lord Chief Justice sits in a vast court room, as many of us here can confirm. Robin Brodhurst (PR 1965-70) died January 2023. Grete sadly died in 1973. His charm, speaking ability and his uncanny resemblance to his ancestor, Josiah, made Piers the ideal spokesman for the Wedgwood brand and he travelled throughout the world as Wedgwoods international ambassador. He was based in London, staying with his newly wed brother when a charming young lady came to visit. My father enjoyed his early childhood there and in particular outdoor activities like riding his bike and walking down Drews Pond Lane. Over the years, as well, his aphorisms (and he had plenty!) His residence was deemed the most suitable for Her Majesty to stay in. In 2006, he published two novels: Skinner a kitchen-sink tale of a man beset by schizophrenia and alcoholism who feels that he is told by God to embark on a murderous mission, and The Barn the story of a Londoner trapped in a dull job and life who becomes a ghostwriter. None of you will be surprised to hear that although he had a superb intellect, he was never a dry academic. Anonymous member. He had not long recovered from being wounded, the result of literally sticking his head above the parapet, and would go on to win the Military Cross for yet another example of his daring in the face of danger. He had decided at an early age to practise medicine, like his parents and both his siblings. Those months in Razmak provided John with the only opportunity during nearly fifty years service to fire in anger, when his Troop engaged the camel gun belonging to the notorious Faqir of Ipi, whilst it was shelling Miram Shah, the administrative headquarters for North Wazirastan, on what is now the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. My father John Philp Hodge was born on the 12th December 1925 at Newport Isle of Wight. He looked like a school-boy so they decided to stop to give him a lift and were surprised as they drew up to see that it was their son. After turning 40 Angus joined a firm called Save and Prosper, and over time was promoted to Head Office running the sales force so he ended up spending his working days in an office a thing he had vowed never to do. For a second time in his career he came under fire when the IRA mortared the camp.On his retirement from 3 UDR, John was appointed the Regimental Secretary for the UDR, based in Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, which he did for seven years, finally retiring in January 1992. It was Spartan. He restarted the Barmine project and worked on the FOIL free flight rocket programme.Retirement from the Army in 1970 gave him more time to be at home with Biddy in Wonersh but his energy and imagination led to the foundation of the Defence Manufacturers' Association and Ring Sights with Ray Budden. He also volunteered for a time with the Territorial Army and was given a commission in the Intelligence Corps. They are now a special resource for publishing studies students at Stirling University. A colleague said: Write exactly the same way. Annabel Pauline Jekyll Freyberg was born on August 16 1961, at a time when her father, an officer in the Grenadier Guards, was on service abroad and her mother was living at Windsor Castle, where her father-in-law was then serving as Deputy Constable. Born in what is now the Old Rectory at West Dean (13 January 1921),Tony wasthe son of Canon Percy John Dale (Archdeacon of SalisburyCathedral) and his mother, Dorothy (neChurchill). He graduated BA 1942; MA 1949; MB, BChir 1945; MChir 1952. On leaving university he joined theCommonwealth Relations Office (later to become the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) and served in Karachi, Lagos, Ottawa, Jamaica and Bombay (now Mumbai). After University, Michael taught at Sedbergh and at Rugby before becoming Headmaster of Bramcote School, Scarborough and later at Monkton Junior School. He gained a Blue for cross-country running. Then there was Hornets, a fairly lowly fellow in the food chain of Nazi War criminals. She kept going right until the end and was an inspiration to us all. Janet also played with the Swindon Symphony Orchestra after her retirement from College until she was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. Peter Bradford (CO 1955-60) died January 2023. Captain Asbury was Secretary of the International Military Staff at NATO, Bursar of Marlborough College (1976-84) and a Governor of Wellington College (1984-91). However, when Geoffrey approached Martin at the start of term and asked Martin, can you help me with something? he was met with the retort No, and you call me Mercer here.Geoffrey went on to win a scholarship to Marlborough. Old West; Victorian Bystanders; Plains Wars; 20th Century WW1 The Great War; World War II; 20mm World War II; 20mm Arab / Israeli Wars ; . On his retirement smallholding near Modbury he set about proving how little carbon was needed to live, by installing a mini wind turbine, waterwheel and solar panels. The boys and girls responded so well to her calm interest, enthusiasm and expertise: they loved her. Helen was born in Devon England to Geoffrey and Fay Thornton. He was thrilled with the arrival of his grand daughter, the cherubic Jemima. He farmed for about 10 years near Marlborough, and then near Andover. "Patricks innate common sense and ability to put his finger on the nub of the matter saved many a board discussion from meandering down unproductive byways," Mary remembers. However when the Marlborough Concert Orchestra was founded in 2006 Janet joined soon after its foundation. So we were fortunate that one of the family homes had been in Devon, and it was to Devon that he returned when embarking on his career. An early indicator of his passion for the movie industry! Saturday, October 29, 2022 1:58 PM. Old school friend, Richard Russell (B1 1941-48) recalled Denys Hodson, as a pupil, taking part in the mock election of 1945 as the Labour Party Candidate. Father worked for Andre Morariev in advertising in London but tragedy struck when in March 1948 my eldest half-sister Maryvon died in Putney and my half-sister Brigitte were removed to France never to return until Christmas 1957. The boys who worked in the College Press provided the election publicity. He married, in 1950, Elizabeth (Betty) Davidson, who survives him with their two daughters. It was the first built in England in over two centuries. He and I sat next to each other in Shell Q, with AH Davis as our form tutor, and became firm lifelong friends. In his 70s he began volunteering for Family Care, now known as Birthlink, an organisation to help those who have been adopted or fostered to search for their biological families. As the first British troops into Boxmeer, we were of course enthusiastically welcomed as liberators - a heart-warming experience which we had enjoyed several times before in France and Belgium, he recalled. A contributing member of society, he was a Justice of the Peace, a council member of the Shaw Foundation, Chairman and later Advisor to the National Fire Prevention and Civil Emergency Council and a founding member of the International Seakeepers Society. John was at Marlborough college when the second world war was declared in 1939, and, after having finished his education in Trinidad and Ontario, sailed back in time for his 18th birthday to join up. The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that August signalled the Japanese surrender, ending, he observed, a cruel war. He attended Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in Natural Sciences (Zoology) in 1933. His great life focus was on house building and construction, having already been the parliamentary liaison officer for the National Federation of Building Trades Employers before he became an MP. Carr needed all his patience and tact in the negotiations to decide what could be saved and what had to go. He bicycled to Devizes to work so that my mother could have the car, rode with the Olympic team in Porlock, hunted with the Avon Vale and took the dogs rabbiting on the aerodrome. John Greig, who died in January 2013, joined the family firm of WT Greig Ltd in 1950. He then produced the highly popular weekly programme Looking at New Zealand. This was wartime. This was difficult for John, obliged as a public servant to follow government policy.Writing many years after the event, he said: Walking down the corridor, followed by BBC television cameras, to hand in our notice of withdrawal to [the director general], was the saddest day of my diplomatic career.The son of James Gordon, a materials scientist and author of several popular engineering books, and his wife, Theodora, John was born in Fleet, Hampshire. In New York, the Royal Marines Display was an immediate and outstanding success. In designing this piece of city, Brown aimed to create a modern version of Londons traditional urbanism, based on a vocabulary of streets and squares. Despite having very different political views from some of his friends, there was never an acrimonious discussion. He left Marlborough as the 2nd World War started. He achieved proficiency at the computer and enjoyed keeping in touch by email with his children and grandchildren across the globe.During his last decade, Roger was lovingly supported by his family and many friends, particularly his fellow parishioners at St. Johns, Timberhill, Norwich. Moscow threatened action against Poland, provoking martial law. His twin brother died of a fatal illness in 1993 and Jeremy joined him on 11th July 2017. He met his wife Caroline at a meeting of Chelsea Young Conservatives and they were married in 1969. The old town rises up a sharp spur - to either side the slopes descend into deep gorges of the Jcar and Hucar rivers - whilst the new town spreads across the valley below. In 2013 Janet moved down to Town Mill and there received much help from the management and again from neighbours, who enabled her to retain her independence to the end. Laurence Ellis (CR 1955-77) arrived at Marlborough College in 1955 to teach Mathematics after doing National Service with the Green Jackets and reading Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. This was Olyffe, and they took an instant shine to each other. Their three sons, Hugh, Tim and Peter, survive him. In 1945 he joined The Royal Signals and was commissioned at OTS Mhow, India 1946. Obituary by Ian Alston (PR 1957-62). His brother, Guy (PR 1934-1939), nephew Peter (C3 1969-73), niece Alexandra (CO 1974-76) and nephew Patrick (C3 1980-85) attended Marlborough, as did his great nephews and nieces: Matilda Kay (EL 2002-07), Arthur Kay (PR 2004-09), Benedict Kay, (PR 2006-11), Daisy Kay (EL 2009-) and Ami Jackson (MM 2012-). Deaths Obituaries OM Obituaries Helen Thornton-Mutiso (TU 1982-84) 07 May 2019 Helen was born in Devon England to Geoffrey and Fay Thornton. After leaving school, Jeremy, like the rest of our contemporaries, had a double extended gap year in the form of two years conscription for National Service. He even gave me running spikes. He ran free across the fields, fished and swam in Emborough Lake; cycled along numerous lanes and delighted in studying the birds and wildlife. No flowers please, but donations, if desired, to RNRS, c/o R Davies & Son, 63 Westbury Hill, Bristol, BS9 3AD. A fraught period in Lloyds history, Greig was deeply affected by the misery suffered by many Names. Douglas Quadling OBE (CR 1953-67), who was one of the four inspirational drivers behind the School Mathematics Project (SMP) in the 1960s and 70s, has passed away.The School Mathematics Project, which radically changed the course of mathematics teaching in Britain, had its origins in an Oxford conference of 1959 and another held two years later in Southampton, but its impetus came from a meeting between Quadling and three other men (H. Martyn Cundy, Tom Jones, Professor Bryan Thwaites) in a Winchester garden in September 1961. There was John Lubbock, who got into terrible trouble in the army when his telephone calls were taped and sent to the Brigadier (the record of the conversation was who is more common than the Brigadier? He was then called to the English Bar, Inner Temple in 1988. Peter Boreham (B2 1936-40) was born on 26 May 1922 in China of missionary parents. He eventually became Dean and Head of the Music Department. He joined The Sunday Express and was assigned to the French counter-insurgency war in Algeria in 1955, where he accompanied French troops in helicopter assaults on rebels strongholds. John had a happy second marriage, to Minty, widow of a schoolfriend; she provided a further decade of companionship, a real Indian Summer for them both sadly cut short by Mintys death in 2004.The time came, in 2013, when John moved in with his son and daughter-in-law in Cley. His good manners aided his advocacy , which was good because of his innate self-control. He chose to answer the call-up to the ministry, and after ordination, became curate at St Pauls Portman Square, a large and very busy parish just off the Marylebone Road in London. Then it was back to field gunnery in 154 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) starting in the Lebanon and supporting 10th Indian Division who then took part in the campaign in Italy. Dismissing any doubters as to the sweaters authenticity, Geoffrey said that he was sure it was genuine because of the curry stains down the front.He loved playing at the beautiful cricket ground at Shobrooke, playing for the club for many years. His myriad other roles included trustee of the Dementia Services Development Trust, chair of Civil Service Selection Boards, vice-convener of the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, governor of Edinburgh Academy and voluntary work with the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland. A solo sailor in his junk-rigged boat, Sulaire, he went where the wind took him.
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