They decided to descend to low level where, despite the intense anti-aircraft fire, the risk from falling bombs from the bombers above and the ground explosions, they identified their target and dropped their bomb accurately. SIR Gerald Elliot (LI 1937-42), Chairman and Chief Executive of Christian Salvesen, the shipping, trawling and whaling business, died on Sunday 28th January 2018.Sir Gerald Elliot was born in 1923. Roger was born on 3rd October 1921 in Rothwell, Northamptonshire. The best we can do is the statue of Doctor Johnsons cat Hodge in Gough square. List of Old Marlburians - Wikipedia I was there in the Lent Term on teaching practice. In 1942, whilst still at school, two events occurred: he gained a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford and he volunteered for the Royal Armoured Corps in 1942. Janet led the quartet for most of that time, until after she became ill, when she swapped parts and played 2nd violin. Nicholas Willink (CO 1949-54) died October 2021. Perhaps my books should be read as cautionary tales.Peter Hopkirk, author, was born on December 15, 1930. From there he returned to BAOR as DAAG Headquarters Rhine Area in Dusseldorf, where he was able to indulge his love of opera by regularly attending the local opera house. He loved good food and experienced the best cuisine wherever he was in the world, and the cheaper the better. Marlburian Artillery frame 7.50. Neave Brown at home in Fleet Road, Camden, in 2015. Marlburian Club - Marlborough College SIR Eric Yarrow Bt MBE (CO 1934-39), Past President of the Marlburian Club, father of Norman (CO 1973-78), Peter (CO 1973-78) and David (CO 1979-83) and the late Richard (CO 1966-71), died on the 22nd September aged 98. Among the best he sent out from his base in Arundel, Sussex, were Shirley Heights in the 1978 English and Irish Derbys, Ragstone in the 1974 Ascot Gold Cup, Shadayid in the 1,000 Guineas in 1991, and three St Leger victories with Moon Madness (1986), Silver Patriarch (1997) and Millenary (2000). It wasnt all plain sailing, we all have our set backs and for Geoffrey one came very early in almost his first case in the Crown Court. He later qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London and worked in the West Midlands for many years. We trained hard - personally I trained 5-6 times a week throughout my school days - but we did it for fun, and out of that came success. Carr volunteered to fly single-engine aircraft such as Austers and flew wartime sorties as a member of No 654 (AOP) Squadron RAF. His aim was to show that home-delivered food could be a viable alternative to eating out. His younger brother Christopher was born four years later, with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare calcium deficiency which required a great deal of medical care, special schools, and [], Born in Radlett, Hertfordshire, his father was a family doctor of a Yorkshire family and his mother Scottish, born in Cardross. You can read his full obituary in The Times(you will need to be a subscriber to read it). The Marlburian Club has over 10,000 members worldwide, supporting a dynamic network of OMs and building strong ties with Marlborough College today. After school she went to University in Scotland, later studying Fine Arts at the Courtauld Institute in London. In 1985 they moved to West Wales where he became Vicar of St. Brides-with-Dale-&-Marloes. He told me that he did his best to resist breakfast on both the trains because the best one was to be got on the ferry if he could hold out till after about 10.00! Peter and my father had a pencil drawing of Hoenitz who at the material time was in bed with his girlfriend. He then followed the itinerary of his boyhood hero Kim from Lahore to Varanasi and into the Himalayas, speculating on the models for Kiplings characters in Quest for Kim: In Search of Kiplings Great Game. This feat he did not achieve, as some have believed, bare-foot; indeed his ankles were so swollen by the time he reached the Arizona mountains that he was forced to resort to wearing miners boots stuffed with bandages, at first managing to average only 1.5 mph.In fact Bruce should never have come to Marlborough at all. His grandson did the same at the same age but luckily did not make the wiltshire News. James Sabben-Clare, (CR 1964-68) of Corfe Castle, Dorset, died peacefully at home on 8th March 2017. 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. He'd decided to countermand the master's orders and head for Rio, or Bahia - whatever port they could reach with the prevailing wind and currents. There he stayed, observing and participating in Glasgows regeneration and reflecting on it in Regenerating the Inner City: Glasgows Experience (1987, edited with Alan Middleton). Lieutenant-Colonel Jimmy Eagles (C2 1931-35), who has died aged 95, was the fifth generation of his family to serve in the Royal Marines and later became Standard Bearer of Her Majestys Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Much later, he received recognition from the French Government for his role, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion dHonneur at a ceremony in Edinburgh in 2016.By late September 1944, he and his troop were reconnoitring in the Netherlands when they were ordered to halt as any vehicle movements would be attacked by the RAF. ), he created a team spirit which was centered round admiration for him, but also affection. According to Geoffrey, who was never shy about telling a tale against himself, the case was called on, Geoffrey stood up and had been addressing the court in a nervous falsetto for 4 minutes when LCJ leant forward and bellowed tetchily Is there anyone here representing this man?This was but a temporary set back and Geoffreys career flourished. Instead he designed exhibitions (including two at the Hayward Gallery for the Arts Council Le Corbusier in 1987 and Thirties British Art and Design in 1978) and found work abroad, teaching in Germany (as professor at Karlsruhe University) and designing projects in Italy (Bergamo) and, particularly, the Netherlands (at The Hague and Eindhoven). Old Marlburian of the Year award - The Marlburian Club Monday, June 27, 2022 Old Marlburian of the Year award Do you know of an Old Marlburian who has gone above and beyond to help their local community or society at large? John Hicks had a very erudite practice and Geoffrey, in his usual self-deprecating way, used to say that he never understood any of the legal problems that John Hicks advised on. The story of when he ordered a Rolls Razor washing machine to be delivered to Preshute for one Absalom Smith is both legendary and true. There are photographs of my grandfather appearing at a funeral in evening dress instead of morning dress much to the amusement of my father. In 2000 she married the writer Andrew Barrow, who survives her with their son. old marlburian deathsmeadowglen lane apartments. My friend Peter Banyard, who has died aged 70, lived for 50 years as a tetraplegic following an accident suffered as an officer cadet in the Royal Green Jackets. He graduated in 1942 and had call-up papers for the RAF in the same post as the offer of a place at Ridley Hall, a theological college in Cambridge with a strong evangelical tradition. David Nobbs (CO 1948-53) was a prolific writer of novels, TV series and scripts. He selected and trained the men as well as designing the spectacular assault course. John was single and had no relatives: at his direction there is to be a private cremation. Then there was Hornets, a fairly lowly fellow in the food chain of Nazi War criminals. He was at Marlborough between 1935-40 and was both a School Prefect and Head of House. Hitlers telephone book is in with Jennifers cookery books. He was then responsible for running down the Regiment, leaving a few weeks before its final disbandment, as he had obtained a Competitive Entry to the Army Staff College in Camberley, Surrey, attending the course in 1956. It is with great sadness that Marlborough College and the Marlburian Club announce the death of Roger Ellis, Master of Marlborough 1972-1986, who passed away at the age of 93. He had firm views on the correct procedures for washing up, and etiquette in general. He left a wife, Jeannette, and two grown-up children, Kat and Nick. 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. He loved small children, and was particularly delighted by the arrival of two great-grandchildren. Eight enjoyable years at Marlborough involved teaching A Level History, and being form master to a junior form teaching History, Geography, English and Divinity, while also commanding the CCF from 1966, and coaching the 2nd XV, helping with Athletics, and being the last master in charge of Boxing.Keen for new challenges, he obtained a two-year leave of absence to take up a post at Cranbrook School in Sydney, Australia, little knowing that it would turn into a five-year stay from 1969-74. Helen was born in Devon England to Geoffrey and Fay Thornton. Jarin Carmichael - Accidentally drowned in the ocean . However, 133 of his troop joined him in a plan to sail to Sumatra in a 66-tonne diesel-engine launch but before they could sail, the local commander of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) took him and the launch under command in order to search for other British or Commonwealth troops who may have reached Sumatra. He was married to Victoria and had two children, James and Jonathan. David was very supportive of the OM Arts and Media Industry Group and had expressed an interest in Mentoring. Piers was an active member of the House of Lords for over 25 years and relished the opportunities afforded to speak his mind on many and various topics and to serve on Defence and Heritage Parliamentary Committees. 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. Martin stopped at a traffic light; Dennis came up behind and deliberately nudged his rear bumper. Grete sadly died in 1973. Marlburian Club Magazine 2021 by rawdesign - Issuu David's daughter, Rachel, also wrote to us and added; "My father David V. Donnison attended Marlborough College during the war and signed up for a lifetime subscription for the magazine when at Oxford University in the late 1940's. Nevertheless, he was a highly respected advocate who tenaciously defended all manner of alleged criminals, ranging from petty offenders to jewellery thieves. If you ever needed a Good Samaritan Martin was your man. In 1965 he was promoted to brigadier and posted to Western Command as Commander Royal Artillery Lancashire and Cheshire Division in North-West District. A round-up of this week's Marlburian match action. Loving music from an early age he first auditioned for the choir of Kings College in 1930 but, on this occasion, was sadly unsuccessful. In later years, from 2006 to 2013, he was publications editor for the Association of Lloyds Members, writing knowledgably and irreverently on the world of finance. 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 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. He also spent 25 years looking after the churchyard at St Lawrence Church, where he and Audrey were regular churchgoers for more than 50 years. He wrote a dozen adventure books for boys and later became the writer and presenter of the weekly The World Around Us which gave television viewers the background to the news. Contact. Richard returned to the Duke of Yorks Royal Military School, Dover, as a retired Officer teaching modern languages until retirement. The ever sociable Geoffrey enjoyed all of the many things that went with a day at the races.His Irish heritage also meant that he was a great supporter of Irish rugby.He had other appointments that he was particularly proud of. Obituary by Ian Alston (PR 1957-62). After LNER was nationalised in 1948, he worked for British Railways Scottish Region until 1955 and then for the Western Region. In 1973, John transferred to the bar. Years later, when Idi Amin seized power in Uganda, his name rang a bell with Hopkirk (I think he was in my battalion) and he made great efforts to contact him.He was inspired by Sir Fitzroy Macleans Eastern Approaches to seek a life of adventure. 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. 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. Conscription was with the Royal Navy, where he was posted to the public school slot of captain of the heads. A childhood friend of his was Diana Pratt, who had two daughters. During Blossoms illness and after her death in May 2012 Annabel campaigned to raise money for Kiss It Better, a national appeal launched by Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity to raise money to fund research into the causes and treatment of childhood cancer. Deaths Obituaries OM Obituaries Helen Thornton-Mutiso (TU 1982-84) 07 May 2019 Helen was born in Devon England to Geoffrey and Fay Thornton. He then had a spell as a lecturer at Toronto University (1953-55). After clinical training at Westminster Hospital and house appointments at Westminster and Addenbrookes hospital, Cambridge, he took a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and departed for Laos. He was an excellent sportsman and while at Marlborough played for the Rugby XV, the Hockey XI and the Cricket XI. 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 ability to tackle fiendish problems always left me in awe. Helen is survived by her husband Kenya, daughter Zinzi, her parents Geoffrey and Fay and brother Simon.Helen leaves behind a legacy in African Forest, which Kenya will continue to develop and grow in her memory. Obituaries Archives - The Marlburian Club He skied energetically right up to this Spring. He was also a Member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. It was to be their family home for 40 years. Dorothy died in 1992. Under Patrick and Nick's leadership, the group diversified into contract printing and became a leading publisher of the UK underground press, printing such avant garde publications as the International Times and OZ Magazine - which was the subject of an obscenity trial in 1971 for the publication of a highly sexualized Rupert Bear parody. Guys focus on evidence-based medicine and quality of care meant that he was involved with medical audit from the late 1980s. Many of us followed Bruce's example, racing barefoot on grass and even the College cinder track. Following that he worked successively in finance for M&S, Dixons and Chase Manhattan Bank before arriving at Bass. In addition to this, he was also a prominent Corps rugby player and boxer.From 1957-1958 he served with 45 Commando in Malta, North Africa and Cyprus. A former Queen's champion as a boy, Rob has coached no fewer than four world champions including the Old Marlburian pair of Guy Barker (B3 1988-93) and Ali Robinson (PR 1983-88), who are the only Public Schools winning pair in history to go on and win major championships together including the World Championship. Whatever solution he hit upon, it didnt hold him back because, despite that start, his time with John Hicks was a happy one. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "marlburian" Flickr tag. His membership of the MCC brought him happy days watching Test cricket at Lords. He published many peer-reviewed papers, including articles on GP Education, Diabetes Mellitus, Family Planning, Clinical Governance, Assessment, Appraisal and Medical Audit. After his fathers retirement, Guy became senior partner and oversaw the expansion of the family practice into Greenbank Surgery. John Cloudsley-Thompson was a naturalist, soldier, adventurer and a pioneer in the study of desert wildlife. He made himself rather less popular among constituency associations, however, in his role as right-hand man to David Cameron during his drive to modernise the party and rid it of its public-school-educated middle-aged white male image. When watching school matches and plays, he was highly partisan and never ceased to congratulate his children and grandchildren for being the best performers regardless of the reality. We spent many summers together in Font Romeu in the Pyrenees from where came many of our shared friendships and which led on to unforgettable big championship experiences. Funeral service to be held at Great St Mary's, Sawbridgeworth, on Monday 24th September, at noon. She was always the one who made copious notes after courses with all the bon mots such as no negative vibes. Betsy Zander writes We were members of a quartet, which was originally formed on the Grittleton course in 1986, which has played together for a week every summer from then until 2014. He is missed by family and friends. 18/01/2023. He trained in Canada and, after passing out top of his course, was posted to Bomber Commands Pathfinder Force, an unusual appointment for someone with no operational experience. See Telegraph obituary. After four years' postwar service in the RAF he went up to Balliol to study classic He joined the Foreign Service in 1951 and served in Warsaw, Jedda, Lisbon,Geneva and Moscow as cultural attache. In June 1960, unsurprisingly, he was the first choice to command the Royal Marines Commando Display Team that played an important part in the Military Tattoo associated with the British Exhibition in New York. There was the annual ritual of trying to find the metal court markers at the start of each summer, they having somehow buried themselves over the winter; once the markers were unearthed the lines were marked out, never completely straight but eventually a sort of rhomboid shaped playing area was arrived at. Travers Cosgrove, born October 9 1920, died December 27 2013.Click here to read a full obituary which was published in The Daily Telegraph. As an Arabic language specialist myself and with a comparable passion for Oman over many years I know what a great loss to this country and his many Omani friends, as well as expatriates, Davids passing represents. His travels through Asia resulted in six books and he was arguably the leading 20thcentury expert on the region. Professor Colin Prentice, born December 13 1934, died February 1 2014.Click here for the full obituary on The Telegraph website. Winter evenings were spent making Christmas cards and at the weekends playing cards Rummy and Slippery Anne were two favourites. Click here to read the full obituary in The Telegraph. His elder brother, Peter (Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville), was the Northern Ireland secretary of state credited with initiating the peace process.His education was traditionally privileged: he attended Marlborough school, and after two years national service with the Royal Engineers in the Middle East, went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied classical literature, ancient history and philosophy. He and his wife did the same work, though less frequently, for Barnardos in Glasgow, The Child Migrants Trust in Nottingham and the Catholic Child Welfare Council. Charles Truman (PR 1962-66), a leading historian in the decorative arts, has died aged 67. He raised millions of pounds. Their success was in large part due to Brooke Turner's fluent, elegant Russian -even their KGB minder began to thaw - as well as his good humour and his inexhaustible fund of tales.From 1965 Brooke Turner had three years back at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and then a series of short posting. Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Severne, who has died aged 90, was a Cold War fighter pilot before becoming Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh; after a series of senior command posts in the RAF he was appointed Captain of the Queens Flight.Ever since he was a small boy building model aeroplanes, Severne had been passionate about flying. Read More Friday, February 3, 2023 . He was responsible for the administration in the Crown Courts here as well as having his every day duties in court. He was a Teaching Scholar in the department of Zoology at Birmingham University, and Assistant Keeper at the British Museum of National History, before serving as a commissioned officer in the Royal Artillery during World War II. Hopkirks second wife was the journalist Joyce Hopkirk, which whom he had a daughter, Victoria, a landscape gardener. His father was stationed in Southern Africa during the Second World War and Evelyn sailed in August 1940 to join him. Anthony Monk (C1 1938-42) died December 2022 aged 97. Popular Pages. Her very first restoration project was the grotto below the Marlborough Mound on the Marlborough College site. This book established Hopkirk as an authority not only on the Great Game but on the region in which it was played.Peter Hopkirk was born in Nottingham, the son of a prison chaplain. He developed the survey beacon on the seven pen recorder (No.5) for sound ranging, the long-necked dial sight, later used on Abbot. After retirement, he briefly worked as a motorcycle courier before settling down to gardening, surfing, motorcycling and photography from his home at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.Roger was a caring, generous, highly intelligent man with a wonderful sense of humour. He had to appeal the sentence and in due course went to London to RCJ for a hearing in front of the Lord Chief Justice and 2 other senior judges. The nine-person team offers a broad base of experience in archive research, communications, event management, photography and social media. 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. He also had a strong preference for the arts with a special love of music and the violin which he played to a high standard. Catherine Stewart - Chairman - LinkedIn At . Fact Check-VAERS data does not prove thousands died from receiving Between 1965-68 he was a Lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford after which he joined Marlborough. Anyway this union threw into the mix of genes a totally dysfunctional family of natural 4th class honours men with short bursts of flair and with a little hard work a la Evelyn Waugh mode would achieve upper thirds or in my uncle Lawrences case a special. Christmas at the Old Church with Michael Allen Harrison 2021 From what I have heard of his parents, I think that they probably quietly approved of his initiative, if not of his choice of horses to back.After school he went travelling; he loved Turkey and the Middle East and travelled extensively though those areas. Typically, he had left his application rather late; others have coaching to prepare for the interview and spend days rehearsing for the process; Geoffrey just turned up. There is a mental demand of constant sensitivity to the needs of accompaniment and the reading of unfamiliar rhythmic patterns. His brother, son, nephew and three grandchildren are all Old Marlburians.Peter Boreham, born 26 May 1922, died 8 March 2014. In all his coaching Bruce led by example. His last military appointment was as a Brigadier back in St Christopher House as Director of Weapons A, working on the then new light gun as well as on new 155mm guns, FH 70 and SP 70 and on the M110 as well as on smaller calibre weapons including SA 80. From Marlborough he went up to Jesus College Cambridge to read medicine. Diana said she was off to a place called Baden Baden. To secure a council loan for the co-op, the houses had to meet local authority requirements; but the efficiency of Browns planning meant that he was able to deliver four bedrooms and two bathrooms within the space and cost limits that had been prescribed for a three-bedroom, one-bathroom unit. He died on October 6, 2013, aged 87The Times 1/11/13. Ours was a very happy and warm relationship. And so he was laid to rest in the mid-Devon soil that he loved so much, at the Church in Shobrook where as a young man he had worked as assistant grave-digger. Davies moved around with his eastern thoughts and when I last saw him aged 21 he seemed to be following a fellow called Puck Subud. Colin Cooke-Priest sadly died on 6 April 2020 at age 81. He was appointed OBE in 1986 for services to the community. Her wealth and experience from the world of swimming helped to lay the foundations of a swimming legacy at MC. He ripped up the rulebook in this area and devised a system written in Greek symbols, of course which revolutionised the time tabling process. He sailed to Normandy in the aftermath of D-Day, landing on 1 July 1944, after being made a troop commander in B Squadron. Bill Freeman died in June 2012 after a short illness. Angus went to prep school in Peebles and then to Marlborough College in Wiltshire. This is not the kind of material which will make a composer famous, but his music, his teaching ability and his humorous and affectionate personality won him many devoted and admiring pupils and friends. For very many years Janet led the section, which means direction and ensuring both uniformity in playing and integrating new players.
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