The TRUSTY SERVANT

N O .109 MAY 2010

Porcinum Os: What bankers must do to earn customers’ trust

The Rev’d. JD’EE Firth (Coll, 1912- clergy are bidden to be ministers of God’s counter their money, about which they 18; Co Ro, 1922-54), always knows as word and faithful dispensers of God’s very reasonably care a great deal, with Budge, was Master of the Temple and priest- sacraments. Teachers are set to be faithful absolute confidence – not only without in-charge of the Temple Church in London. dispensers of truth, moral and intellectual questioning but without giving the basic Before that, he was for many years a chaplain alike, to children who are not their own. principle of the system, or its mechanism, and Housemaster of Trant’s (1939-46). As a It is the first rule of true medicine that it a single thought. They just know that all pupil he captained Lord’s in 1918 and took all always puts the patient first. will be well with their money, and that the ten wickets in Eton Match. The ball with amount of their deposit will be there for which he did so is preserved in our archive. them to draw upon whenever they like. If This sermon was preached at St Michael’s this were not so, the consequences, Cornhill, in the City, on 11 May 1955 for the material and psychological, would be annual service of Barclays Bank, whose immediate and grave; but it is so. What is chairman at the time, AW Tuke, was a fellow more, people simply assume that, when Wykehamist and classical scholar. they consult their bank – and they often talk frankly, really talk, to their bank ‘It is required of stewards, that a managers – they will get the advice which man be found faithful.’ is the best for them, both enlightened and 1 Cor. iv. 2 disinterested. In these facts you will, I am In preparing this address, I thought at sure, find much of your deepest once of the text which I have chosen, and professional satisfaction and your richest searched no further. For a steward is one professional reward. who is entrusted with the safety, the good And they are very remarkable facts. condition, and the use of the property of In the long, and at times, chequered somebody else. He is a highly responsible history of banking, this public confidence agent, an expert in his own department; he has not always been present. But it has to take decisions, often far-reaching, on certainly exists now. It has grown up his own, without the beneficiary being through many generations, by goodwill compelled to check, or even being able to But of no profession in the world is it and confidence steadily accumulating check, what he is doing. Yet all the time he more obviously and directly the case than it and – perhaps we may dare to say – in our must remember that the property is not his is of your own that its members are called to own country to an unsurpassed degree, own; the true steward never forgets that he be stewards. You – the bankers – are and in a mode somewhat special to is a steward only, acting for a principal. stewards in the clearest possible sense, for ourselves. Our race, in diverse and you look after the public’s money, and do for Now in this way and now in that, all notable ways, has developed concerns the public what it could not do for itself or the great professions have in them this originally of private origin into public at least would be very ill-advised to attempt. element of stewardship; and Our Lord institutions – not all necessarily publicly Himself, during his earthly ministry, made One sign of your stewardship is the owned, but in the widest sense public- it clear that He was not here to do His unquestioning trust reposed in you by your spirited. What was at first founded for the own will but the will of the Father. The clients. People pay into you across the honourable, but limited, purpose of

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private profit has become, imperceptibly, the vultus instantis tyranni and the civium rest?’, the answer, I would suggest, is that a branch of the national service. In the ardor prava jubentium: against the frown they derive from a simple and direct moral process, a code of ethics, largely self- from above and the clamour from below. intuition. This intuition was once well imposed and internally administered, has expressed, in its most generalised form, by And there is further, and more subtle, become accepted and traditional. Sir Edward Grey, when he was asked how, temptation which arises from the power as Foreign Secretary, he could see his way It is certainly not for me, or for given to us by our professional knowledge through the maze of a particularly difficult anyone outside your own ranks, to attempt itself. The layman cannot argue or international negotiation. ‘I see my way to say anything about the detailed content compete on equal terms with the expert clear’ he replied, ‘because I have always of the ethics of banking. For it is of the surgeon in his own consulting room, the believed that to do the right thing is the essence of professional ethics that they are expert teacher in his own classroom or the right thing to do.’ This correctly centred determined and judged inside the expert banker in his own office. As you conscience, purifying the trained intellect, particular profession itself. For inside any pray, then, for the moral courage to advise the specialised knowledge and the profession there are temptations; and there and to do what your professional accumulated experience, enables true are pressures from the world. There are knowledge assures you to be true and right, professional men and women, whatever forces operating upon professional men whatever the laity may say, will you also their special vocation may be, to be and women all the time to bribe or bully pray for the humility always to remember faithful stewards of that which is committed them into compliance with corrupt, that you are indeed rightly on the to their charge, and helpful servants of ignorant or short-range considerations of vantage-ground of the expert, and yet that those who so deeply trust them. We must what may seem right, as against what, by you, that we all, are also but ‘creatures not pray for God’s help and protection in our training and experience, we either meant to be too wise or good for human keeping us all steady and true in our know to be unsound or are not sure to be nature’s daily food’. professional life to that which, by the right. If I may venture for a moment into If we ask, ‘upon what do professional conscience which He has implanted the public quotation of Latin, we have to ethics, and their claim upon us, ultimately within us, we already know to be right. ■ be armoured and adamant alike against

The Winchester Keep Boards – First World War Memorabilia

Suzanne Foster, College Archivist, writes: farmhouse together with other troops, one of whom was an officer who was an Old Once in a while working with records Wykehamist. This officer asked if there was and items in the College Archives is like anyone present who could carve wood as he doing a jigsaw – everything unexpectedly wished to prepare a board listing the Old slots neatly into place. Wykehamists whom he knew to be in France In January this year, I was contacted at that time (it may have been who had by a Mr Lush, the grandson of a Sergeant already died in France). My grandfather was WJ White of the Royal Berkshire a joiner and so volunteered and the board was Regiment. He wrote: prepared. It was subsequently crated and sent to Winchester College where it was ‘I am researching my grandfather's understood to have been installed on the service in WWI and would relate the armoury wall. I saw, many years ago, a letter following story. that my grandfather had, addressed to the During his time in France, my Tommies who had packed the crate, from the grandfather, Sgt W J White, of the 2/4 Royal ladies at Winchester College who had Berkshire Regiment, found himself in a unpacked it, so it is clear that this is a true Sergeant WJ White of the Royal Berkshire Regiment

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sure that there sent by Major-General JRE Charles (Coll, were originally 1889-92) to accompany the boards after a three boards, and recent visit to Winchester in October that his 1930. Major-General Charles also grandfather had wrote:‘the naming of this Post is not without carved one of interest. Early in 1915, (when I was a junior those still in our Staff Officer on that front), it was apparent possession. We that a long period of trench warfare was likely were both to ensue, and it was decided to organize the delighted to fit trench system as thoroughly as possible. As the two sides of fresh troops were always coming and going, it the story became necessary to identify the roads, which together – it is were unnamed on the French maps, by extraordinary allotting English names to them. I accordingly after over 90 gave the names of certain Public Schools to years to know various roads that passed through or along our who carved one front, and, not unnaturally, used the name of of them. Mr Lush my old School to distinguish one of these roads. also kindly gave Subsequently we were ordered to strengthen us a copy of the the front system of trenches by building a series trench map to of supporting posts a few hundred yards in show the rear, and the officer who was responsible for location of the building a post alongside Winchester Road Post and a must obviously have called the post after the photograph of his road which was in its proximity’. grandfather; and The names commemorated on the he has two boards are: subsequently visited the site Major HM Richards (B, 1882-1887); and sent me Capt H Campbell (F, 1888-1893); photographs of Lt Col PE Ricketts (G, 1881-1886); the area as it is Capt AN Palmer (B, 1900-1906); today. Capt CS Baines (C, 1904-1908); Brig-Gen GGS Carey (Coll, 1879-1883); I also found a Lt CB Hunt (B, 1894-1899); reference in The Maj-Gen RB Stephens (C, 1882-1886); Wykehamist for Maj-Gen HB Williams (I, 1879-1883); story. I once called at the College, with the February 1917 which recorded that a Major S Low (G, 1901-1907); letter, hoping to follow up on this story but it second ‘Winchester Keep Board’ had been Major JA Don (F,1896-1900); was school holidays and there was no-one sent to the Headmaster and would be Capt AH Moreing (B, 1904-1906); there to help me. The letter passed to my placed alongside the first in Memorial Capt C Gordon (H, 1907-1911, killed in mother but after several house moves and my Buildings. action 16 Aug 1917 near Ypres); parents’ deaths I no longer know of its We’d like to know a little more about Lt GH Greenwell (C, 1909-1914); whereabouts but am most anxious to do what these boards and their history. If any of Capt CJ De B Sheringham (E, 1897-1902); I can to find out more.’ you remember them in either the Lt VAL Mallett (F, 1906-1911); I knew of two carved wooden boards, Memorial Buildings or in Armoury, please 2nd Lt RC Barrett (A, 1908-1913); plus a little background information, kept do let me know. Does anyone remember 2nd Lt JA Middleton (D, 1908-1914). in Wiccamica Room. The boards list the three boards? And, if so, what happened Please do contact me if you know names of those OWs on active service to the third? anything about these Keep Boards – my who passed through a particular Keep or ■ We know the boards were in email address is [email protected]. Post in the Laventie area of Flanders. Mr Armoury in the 1930s because I have also Lush came to see the boards and we felt found a caption explaining a trench map

3 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT Life in College

Alastair Land, Master in College, writes: trivial perhaps to the observer but highly leavening of scholars in Choir, Orchestra significant in boarding life. That all our and on prize lists, the Chamber spirit gives I am a northern grammar school boy, meals are taken in College Hall, even when Collegemen the drive that makes us and thus, by inclination and upbringing, we are taking it for granted, cannot but Steeplecha- champions for the third year sceptical about boarding. The intensity, instil a sense of pride in the foundation. running and represented in the first (and endeavour and joy that I see in the life of Hall has great moments: I love the dark tea- indeed also humblest) teams for nearly the Collegemen makes me a convert, with time of winter when the panelling gives a every sport. all the ardour and urgency concomitant warm rich feeling, and conversely, in with that state. Collegemen are very fortunate to have summer brightness the stained glass sparkles all of their accommodation in Chamber Royal Charters for Winchester College at lunchtime. Celebratory suppers are Court and in the new and recently were granted to the Founder in 1382 and inevitably all the more enriched by the upgraded Bethesda. The reformed upstairs the business of College was inaugurated on room in which they are enjoyed. Giving Chambers and bidets are a delight to look the morning of 28th March 1394 (medieval speeches at College Supper has an immense at and civilised to live in: I show them off building contractors being about as fast as frisson as I look around the room at the proudly. modern ones), when the Warden, priest- faces of the Collegemen, the portraits of fellows, scholars and Quiristers walked into their forebears above them and of the kings College is full of minutiae, quotidian Chamber Court in solemn procession. Life and bishops on the beam stops. traditions and ways of living that are very in College represents an unbroken tradition attractive and instil the essence of But if College is different (scholars of learning and growing up in this most Chamber Court life: high table on aside), it isn’t because of Hall: it is because wonderful, challenging, yet comforting Mondays and Thursdays, gowns in Preces of the life in Chambers. At the end of a environment since that time. (over any order of dress and thus covering a preceding term the College Officers gather multitude of sins), toys with individual Collegemen, along with the Master in convivially in my dining room in the late decoration, sweat lists and Officers’ notices College, College Tutor and College Matron evening and choose Chambers for the next. on the phall’ and Chamber Teas. (in Bethesda), live in College. So life in Thus cross-age groups are formed that will College, as well as being headily academic live, work and socialise together, for a term Bethesda is a unique College and traditional, includes prosaic essentials: in a Chamber, until the process is repeated. phenomenon and despite the move away in other words, it’s rather normal. We take The precedent for this is laid out in the from old Sick House remains a cornerstone our meals in Hall. The Chamber ladies Statutes. Without bedsits or mugging hall, of College life. Here, under Matron’s careful clean and keep the whole plant in good the Collegemen play out their lives of work ministration, all the usual medical matters order. The handyman lights fires in the and recreation openly and confraternally. may be attended to, but more importantly it Chambers in the winter time. There’s a Ideas are exchanged and augmented freely offers a refuge, a place of stillness and boot and Corps uniform room, and musical and rapidly; a senior don once commented reflection. For Collegemen to play in instruments are practiced in Ist, IIIrd and that the great thing about chambers is that ensembles, compete athletically, write tasks School; folders, dictionaries, violins and if you tell two Collegemen something up to and complete Olympiads (sometimes all in cricket bags get left on the strat racks in books, then the rest of them will know all the same day) means that they often VIIth Chamber Passage. There is a about it by breakfast the next morning. It is operate at 110%, thus becoming a little computer room, a place to watch television, in the milieux of IInd, IVth, Vth, VIth, frayed or ‘pale and interesting’. Bethesda is a library, a games room and a bogle store. VIIth and Thulé, that the scholars without the place to regroup, for an afternoon, inhibition, embarrassment and indeed overnight or longer. Collegemen may I think the food is special: as a biologist sometimes guilelessly brace each other’s award themselves the luxury of some time I would inevitably stress its significance. ideas, form and test their own and develop there or have it foisted upon them by The Kitchen staff work hard and with grand schemes. In such a stimulating Matron or me. They might instead spend a imagination to cook good meals and the environment it is no wonder then that therapeutic afternoon working in the Hatches team present them with Collegemen form such a considerable and vegetable garden or revising under the dedication and care. We meet weekly to vigorous presence in the life of the School. apple tree. discuss menus and debate great matters Whilst one might anticipate a substantial such as waffles, porridge and fruit salad – Above all College is about being a

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teenager in the company of other scholars. three of College’s greatest men of the 20th determined by the stimuli to which the This indeed was Wykeham’s trenchant century, and in doing the research for it I conscious mind is subjected. So being in insight: that greater things will come of was gratified to light upon contemporary College does in fact change your mind, lively minds if they learn their thinking evidence for the Founder’s insight. bringing it nearer the optimum level of with those of a similar caste. This has Neurophysiology shows us that in the years sophistication and capacity that ever its always been intuitively and anecdotally the leading up to twenty the brain is still very genetic potential might allow. College, in case – one can feel the sense of it and watch active and forming itself: connections cognitive terms as well as the rest, most it happening. I recently gave a lecture in between nerve cells are still being made. luxuriantly nurtures your nature. ■ School (another of College’s gems) on The fashion and richness of such joining is Godliness and Good Drawing

Many readers may recall the cartoon map (see page 28), drawn by Canon Ian Dunlop (C, 1938-43) during his last year in the School. Ian kindly offered this poem, should The Trusty Servant ever have another ‘Poets Corner’. He wrote and decorated his poem whilst staying with an old friend in France, in response to the announcement of the birth of his son, Arnaud de Contades. ■ PRAYER FOR ARNAUD DE CONTADES

I could have asked for Grace that he might live With all that Nature, all that Art can give, With every noble virtue which we find Enrich the soul or ornament the mind; Of God’s abundant treasury aware, Eager to taste and generous to share; Ready for pastures new when times move fast, Yet always mindful of the cherish’d past; That in each chosen walk he might pursue, Whate’er is Good and Beautiful and True, Nor yet disdain, engrossed in worldly strife, The saner pleasures of a Simple Life. My faith forbids. It is not in my Creed To tell my Maker what He knows we need. These may be pearls which we must sacrifice To gain that one true Pearl of costly price. So grant him, Lord, that only gift Divine Which turns life’s water into purest wine; Thy richest, dearest blessing from above, His God, his neighbour and himself to love. Ian Dunlop

5 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT Book review: The Russian Countess: Escaping Revolutionary Russia by Edith Sollohub

Tommy Cookson (I, 1955-60) writes: for fires in the thousands of acres of forests rumours of a marauding Wild Division. in the summer. She shot elk and even bears. Then in December 1917 Kamenka was Wykehamists of the late 1950s and The Russian countryside became a part of ‘nationalised’ and Edith summoned to early ’60s often saw Countess Sollohub, her. ‘In the appear before the Lissino District by then an old lady, making her way up stillness of the Rural Committee and a hostile and down Kingsgate St. They knew she air I feel the crowd of peasants. Edith refused was Nic Sollohub’s1 mother and, vaguely, symphony of to be cowed. The first priority that she was a Russian aristocrat who had was the safety of her boys: in the somehow summer of 1918 she got them escaped the out of Russia into German- Bolsheviks. occupied Estonia but was forced Few can have back to St Petersburg by the known the need to salvage all she could astonishing from her parents’ flat. While she story of her was there the frontiers were life. closed. As a bourgeois, she was The first under suspicion and unable to third of the travel. And by Christmas 1918, book is an although she didn’t know it, her account of Edith (r) with her husband was dead. her childhood mother and sisters, As she looked for ways of in St 1903 Edith (r) with her sisters, 1898 getting back to Petersburg. her sons, she Edith Sollohub was the eldest of three had to earn her daughters of a tsarist minister and professor living. She at St Petersburg University. She doted on worked as a her parents, especially her father. She was porter at the educated by governesses, enjoyed the Nikolayevsky glitter of winters in the capital and Station, summers at an estate in Livonia, a Baltic collecting province. She loved the outdoor life, luggage on her particularly shooting. Married at 20, she sledge and joined in the running of her husband’s dragging it estate, Kamenka, south of St Petersburg, as through the well as bringing up three sons, all born Edith and Alexander – their streets to its before war started in 1914. engagement photograph,1906 destination. But When her husband and many of his without the scents and colours, one which workforce left to join the army, she took kindness of reveals the very soul of this over the management of the estate. Initially Edith with her three sons in 1917 former servants landscape.’ It was an Eden from nervous, she learned to negotiate with Nic (aged 3) is on the right she might not which she was soon to be driven. buyers of her timber, to help with the have survived: one had been made logging at the end of winter and to watch The summer of 1917 brought the first Commandant of her block of houses and

1 Co Ro 1954-80 signs of impending revolution. There were went out of his way to protect her;

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moments are invested with a touch of the ordinary which makes them seem natural and credible, whether she is escaping military patrols during curfew, enduring prison or bluffing her way into the Smolny Institute and hearing what Lenin had for lunch. Local reviewers often make allowances for books written by local authors. This book needs no such indulgence. It is a masterly account of an extraordinary experience. ■ Bear hunt 1915 another became a ‘bag lady’ who bartered violinist in an orchestra; and when the All these are illustrations from the book "The Russian her domestic items in the countryside in Polish army’s advance made retreat Countess: Escaping Revolutionary Russia" by Edith Sollohub. Impress Books, Hardback, £18.99 ISBN exchange for food; another, from eastwards essential, as a red cross nurse 13:978-0-9556239-5-0 obtainable from P & G Wells Kamenka, made the dangerous journey to travelling towards the front. Bookshop and other leading booksellers. St Petersburg to offer Edith all his savings. The account of her escape is The attitude of the peasants was less compelling. She relied on an uncanny predictable: ‘Communism is not so bad as ability to foresee problems, a cool head long as there are things to be taken. But when in difficulty, the kindness and when everything has been taken—we courage of numerous people-and on luck. won’t need communism any more.’ The She comes across as a heroine because she attitude of the Cheka, the security police, does not see herself as one and has no self- was one of ruthless hostility. Fear of house pity. Like a large-scale Victorian novel, searches, of being arrested in the street, of her pages are crowded with sharply- the disappearance of friends was constant. observed characters from all walks of life: By the end of 1919, escape across the even the commander of the Lubyanka Polish border became a possibility. In prison appears momentarily human when January 1920, Edith assumed a Polish she spontaneously grasps his hand on her identity (she had learned enough Polish release—‘his red moustache moved, a for this) and went to join a train in glimmer of a smile played on his Moscow. The plan fell through. She was impassive face’. She avoids sentimentality imprisoned in the Lubyanka and for a and one of her funniest characters bursts time in the nastier Butyrki. Finally on the scene at the very moment of her released, she made her way south-west leaving Moscow, knowing she is unlikely with a new identity towards Poland as a to see it again. Even the most dangerous Countess Sollohub in Winchester ca.1960

7 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT Charioteer rescued from bomb shelter

John Falconer, Curator of Treasury, writes: Chaplain, to track it down to the bomb shelter. The casts were deposited there at One by one the few survivors from the time of the conversion of Museum to the old Museum’s once extensive Common Room in 1983 when the floor collection of plaster casts are being must still have been dry. But the rise of rescued, restored and returned. Last time the water table in the intervening years it was Hermes; now the plaster cast of the meant that many of the smaller casts were Delphi Charioteer has been given a new disintegrating, and the Charioteer was right hand and base, and placed in the perilously near to collapsing, saved only Treasury, pending the creation of a more by his reinforced base. The restorer, accessible museum in the Warden’s Martin Holden, with his colleagues Stables. While the bronze Hermes sat carefully wrapped the Charioteer in cling- rusting at the back of the PE centre, the film and succeeded in manoevering him safely up the slippery stairs without further loss of plaster. The original bronze of this early 5th century BC charioteer stands in the Delphi Museum with some of the bronze reins still in his hand. He was dedicated by Polyzalos, tyrant of Gela in Sicily, following a victory of his horses in the chariot race. When the statue was excavated in 1896 the left arm was already missing, and only small fragments of the horses were found. It is not known when the right hand of our plaster copy was broken off, but an accurate replacement was eventually made from a The Charioteer in the Treasury mould in the collection of Chiurazzi, the Naples company which made our Hermes would be very welcome, as would be copy and still supplies casts from the old stories of how the now flooded bomb moulds. So eager was this firm to shelter was used in times of war. The complete the statue that our first request Charioteer, with his eyes still painted in to replace the broken right hand an intense red to reproduce the onyx inset produced their imagined version of what into the original bronze, must have the missing left hand would have looked despaired of his years of dark, damp like. However, we resisted the temptation imprisonment. His present home in the to fit this on, and it was returned to Italy old Beer Cellar is shared with a horse Charioteer had been consigned to a much in its box. from the Tang dynasty, a culture which, greater indignity, imprisonment in the like the Greeks, greatly prized the nobility Earlier requests in the Trusty Servant fetid vaults of a Second World War bomb of horses. If they ever find their way to the for recollections of what happened to the shelter behind Art School (once the Stables, they may feel more at home rest of the cast collection have so far Sanatorium). For many years rumours had there, beside the ghosts of our own former drawn a blank, and it is unlikely that any been circulating of statues hidden in a age of the horse. ■ further relics of the old Museum will now hut, but it needed the investigative skills come to light. But any new information of Robert Ferguson, former Senior

8 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT Colditz, Uncle Jock and my grandfather

This is the text of a talk given by Tom most were recaptured and sent to At Colditz, grandpa had a photo of Pumphrey at Pilgrims’ School in June 2009, Eichstatt. Being an engineer, Jock helped his sister by his bed. Jock fell in love! then aged 12. Tom’s ‘Uncle Jock’ had been at design and work on the Eichstatt Tunnel; In April 1945, the Americans came Clifton, but his sons, Tom and Ben were both 63 soldiers escaped, including Jock and over the hill and started shelling Colditz, Wykehamists (in Cook’s, 62-67 & 68-73), my grandpa, but they were all recaptured thinking they were German. Bader, the whilst his grandfather was Sir Laurence and sent to Colditz. famous fighter pilot who was standing Pumphrey KCMG (C, 29-34), all of whose On Jock’s arrival at Colditz, he close to my grandpa, had his legs blown four sons, Matthew, Charlie, Jo and James quickly drew a detailed survey of the right off him in a mortar blast; he fell to (Tom’s father), were also in Cook’s. castle for the escape organisation. He also the floor, but not to worry - he wasn’t Surprisingly perhaps, Tom will be entering made a set of skeleton keys and became a hurt; he’d lost his legs in a flying accident Hopper’s in 2010! before the War; he just needed help to Colditz Castle was a maximum high find his wooden legs again! The Union security POW camp for notorious Allied Jack sewn by grandpa, Jock and others was officers who had escaped from other hung out of a window and the Americans camps. I want to tell you about two came to their rescue. officers imprisoned there during the Jock never scored a ‘Home Run’, but Second World War. he never stopped trying. He was In 1941, my grandfather was awarded the Military Cross for his captured in Crete and taken to a bravery at the end of the War. My camp near Lübeck. He was grandfather married my transported by truck to Warburg grandmother soon after the War. where he met Jock Hamilton- Jock was invited to the wedding and Baillie for the first time. Jock was a met my grandfather’s sister for the professional soldier and an awesome first time. They were married two escaper. years later! Jock attempted many escapes, Jock took home some Colditz twice from camps near Rouen and memorabilia, including his set of Peronne before being recaptured and skeleton keys which he used 50 years sent to Laufen. Here he escaped by later when, on a tour of the castle, a guide climbing a fence and, when caught, was was unable to open a door. Jock pulled out sent to Titmoning. In his next escape of his pocket his skeleton set of keys and attempt, he cut through barbed wire and opened a door that hadn’t been opened for travelled miles across Germany before years. The flag he made was draped over being found just metres from the Swiss the coffin at his funeral which my dad border; his small scale map had misplaced skilful lock-picker. He designed a sewing helped carry a few years ago. his position. He was arrested by a border machine made from Red Cross boxes. My grandfather is now 93 and thinks guard and sent back to Titmoning. The They made a huge Union Jack just in no one is interested in his stories about Commandant congratulated him and case, and it was lucky they did. the War, but I am. ■ then sent him on to the Warburg camp. In Colditz, my grandpa acted in plays, Sir Laurence Pumphrey died on 23rd Not even the famous ‘Warburg Wire slept lots and set up the ‘Pumphrey December 2009, aged 93, not long after Job’ could help Jock or grandpa score a Special Squad of Stooges’, being look-outs learning to his delight that his grandson’s ‘Home Run’, which means making it all for German guards while escapes were article would be in this issue. the way back to England! Jock helped being planned. He told me it was just like design and build the jointed ladder to being at boarding school! cross the fence; lots of men escaped, but

9 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT A German Officer at Caen

This extraordinary incident is reported to to interfere with a 60-ton tank, armed with no been ordered to retire. I trust you not to look have taken place in Normandy on 3rd more than a rifle, and while Powle stalked the where we are going. When we are out of August 1944. Tiger, he stalked Powle. A British revolver earshot you can make your way back to your would have been no use to him, but his Luger, lines, I hope? However, as a formality, I shall The following narrative has been like all German automatic pistols, had a high have to ask you to leave your boots behind.’ taken from a book: Caen: Anvil of accuracy even in his inexperienced hands. He Victory, written by Alexander McKee, Huge lengths have been taken to try hit Powle in the arm, spinning him over. OBE, and first published by MacMillan to ascertain the veracity of the story, going paperback in 1964: The German then stalked forward and through School rolls from the 1920s and 1930s to find German surnames, but a ….. He quickly came blank was drawn. back, to report a Tiger However, if the with a track off, borrowed German officer’s a captured German mother had been rifle from one of the German, but his cars, and set off for father English, a slice of lone this would not sniping. When he reveal his dual did not return, nationality. Corporals Bradbury Against this, it and Bland moved is important to cautiously down the lane on balance foot. ‘Then,’ says the McKee’s Household Cavalry undoubtedly Regiment historian. high reputation ‘they halted, for in as a military front of them, historian. The standing in solitary story is also splendour, was a pair of credited to the British Army boots! Of historian of the their Troop Leader – not a Household sign.’ Lieutenant Powle Cavalry had met his match. Regiment, The Household fighting as part Cavalry was the most of Guards’ glittering Regiment of Armoured the ‘Establishment’; and Division in the on his first (quite unofficial) bocage area reconnaissance back in July, their Colonel introduced himself in perfect behind the had been hopelessly distracted by a covey of public school English. ‘I was at beaches. partridge, which he had attempted to ‘walk Winchester. Where were you?’ After Regardless, the up’, in spite of the fact that the birds were in fifteen minutes of security-conscious inference intended is that, in a minefield. Old habits die hard. But now conversation on both sides, the Tiger was spite of the potential consequences of such Powle met the appropriate sort of German, repaired, and the German said casually, ‘As a an incident, it is still possible for a degree lying back at his ease while he watched his matter of fact, we’re rather pushed. Your of mutual respect to exist between foes. ■ crew repair the broken track. Frankly, he chaps, as far as I can make out, should be thought it was presumptuous of Powle to try advancing towards this spot, and we have

10 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT Champion of Swedish Poetry Paul Britten Austin (G, 1935–39)

‘He wrote books As well as writing history and translating through Britten Austin’s skilful work. about Sweden Bellman’s poetry into rhyming and Britten Austin remarks ‘the poem is one and translated scanning English verse, Britten Austin of Bellman’s greatest. At a stroke he some Swedish worked for Radio Sweden’s foreign service created in Swedish poetry a new vision of works; he had a (1948-57) as head of English-language the natural and urban scene. Fresh as particular broadcasting, then directed the Swedish Martin’s. Detailed as Hogarth’s. interest in 18th Tourist Office in London until 1967. century Swedish While ‘commuting on “staggering wheel” Frail and ethereal as Watteau’s.’ poetry’, between Victoria and Haywards Heath’, Paul Britten Austin Britten Austin deftly steers us through recorded the he ‘cudgelled his brain for rhymes or to Bellman’s crazy mixture of pubs, officials, Trusty Servant cautiously. This was a elucidate eighteenth-century Swedish drunks, musicians, and prostitutes in distinct understatement, given even what texts’ in the ‘draughty and unsprung Gustavian Stockholm; and behind that, a little I knew of Britten Austin. carriages of British Railways’. merry procession of classical nymphs, On consultation, the Swedish Immigrant The work of bringing a poet from a far-off maenads, and gods. Institute didn’t mention his 20-year time and little-spoken language to life is He points out that the poetry works even project to write an acclaimed trilogy, not easy. Britten Austin uses carefully when Bellman makes a rainbow burst 1812, on Napoleon’s disastrous foray to detailed history, analysis, reconstruction, across the sky after the sun has set: ‘and Moscow, but it did say he was awarded the portraits, maps, facsimiles, translations the reader realizes with surprise that he Swedish Academy’s special prize for books and quotations to draw the reader into hadn’t noticed anything strange about on Bellman, as well as its translation prize. vanished worlds, both real and imagined. that, so vivid is the description, so apt the And it listed his 28 books and 5 For instance, Britten Austin explains that music.’ translations. Bellman’s Epistle 48 ‘describes the poet’s Somehow, Britten Austin knows that It was not just any 18th century Swedish return by boat from a night out among the Bellman’s 80th Epistle is ‘virtually a poetry, then: it was the ‘Genius of the islands of the Mälaren. No one who has paraphrase, almost a translation, of the Swedish Rococo’ as the subtitle of Britten ever risen on an early Swedish summer opening lines in Boileau’s L’Art Poetique Austin’s book The Life and Songs of Carl morning to see the sun shining from a on the proper composition of pastorals: Michael Bellman, has it. clear sky on the placid water and has heard or read this song, with its breezy Telle qu’une bergère, au plus beau But Bellman is familiar air, can ever forget it.’ jour de fête…’ practically unheard of in In the boat are Marjo, a peasant girl, with only to continue ‘It is more lovely in England. He has a cargo of birch-sprigs, milk, and lambs; Swedish: been described, and her father, proudly puffing his pipe at Liksom en herdinna, högtidsklädd, inadequately, as the helm. It is, comments Britten Austin, Vid källan en junidag...’ ‘Sweden’s a charming picture. Shakespeare of Britten Austin’s Bellman is a huge We meet Movitz the cellist, and Bellman’s Carl Michael Bellman the guitar song’. achievement. Like Bellman’s songs, it is by Per Krafft, 1769 dream-mistress Ulla Winblad. Britten Britten Austin also oddly comforting, celebrating life in Austin comments: ‘Everything occurs suggests he is rather ‘the Mozart of the full knowledge of its brevity. ■ with apparent haphazardness. Yet each Swedish poetry. He is also its Hogarth. stanza is a little picture, framed by its When words and music have faded into Ian Alexander (G, 1967-72) melody. We remember it all, seem to have silence it is the visual image that remains.’ lived through it, like a morning in our And he laments: ‘What, the greatest of all own lives. It is true, even in translation, song-writers, in any language, unknown?’

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Go Bo Long Roll exquisite anthem for the occasion, In Christ there is no East nor West. A Member In September last year, having become MMX Long Roll is now nearing of SOLAW composed the prayers, Warden of New College, Professor Sir completion and is available to all comers at members of the WCPPG read the lessons Curtis Price took over the seat on the £10 a copy. Should you wish to purchase a and members of the CU led the Governing Body previously occupied by copy, please contact Alastair Land (Master intercessions. Next year we will be his predecessor, Professor Alan Ryan; and in College) on [email protected], or marking the Week of Prayer for Christian just in March Professor Christopher Stephen Anderson (Senior Tutor) on Unity again on Sunday, 23rd January 2011 Sachrajda replaced Professor David Hanna [email protected]. – an event to which all OWs are invited. as the representative of the Royal Society. Eton Again - Again! Book Review Co Ro Dick Wilkinson, Head of Spanish, writes: Matthew Huntley, late of P & G Wells, writes: No fewer than ten dons will be leaving us at Dear Editor, As a plant originally nurtured the end of Cloister Time. They are Paul Andrew Rutter: Winchester - Heart of a City in Eton clay, but currently flourishing in Thomas, who has taught in the Economics that of Winchester, I was interested to read This important new book on Winchester department since 2003; Mike Thompson, James Sabben-Clare’s account of how he has been published by P & G Wells in who has been a Chemistry don since 2005, took a top-up of Winchester soil to Eton in association with the City of Winchester and Head of that department since 2008; case the original deposit should be Trust, and with sponsorship from the late Madeleine Copin, who came as a Wykeham disturbed. But it cannot have been Albert H. Gordon of New York and his son Student in Mathma in 2006, and destined for ‘School Court’ as there is no Dan Gordon (E, 1968-69). The author, subsequently stayed on; Stephen Finigan, such place there. The enclosed spaces that Andrew Rutter, was Winchester’s first Wykeham Student in Classics 2008-09, and at Winchester, as at Cambridge, are called Conservation Officer from 1974 to 1997 in Mathma ‘09-10; David Freeman, courts, and at Oxford quadrangles, at Eton and has an unparalleled knowledge of the Wykeham Student in English since 2008; are all called yards: so it is in School Yard city, in particular its architecture and its Rory Malone, Wykeham Student in that the soil rests. Perhaps JPS-C as a planning politics during the last thirty years. Geography since 2008; Scott Steven, historian of the College can explain why Wykeham Student in Biology since 2008; With an impressive attention to detail and the different seats of learning use different Yolanda Alonso, Wykeham Student in a profusion of illustrative photographs, descriptors for such a common feature of Spanish since last September; Anupa drawings and prints, the book looks at their topography. Jayakrishnan, Wykeham Student in Art each street in the Conservation Area of since September; and Hugh Salimbeni, I am, Sir, yours etc Winchester and considers why it has Wykeham Student in Mathma, also since R.D.Wilkinson evolved the way it has, what might have last September. We wish them all well for been, and how it is coping with new the next stage of their careers, and offer Week of Prayer for Christian Unity planning imperatives. This detail extends particular congratulations to Mike On Sunday, 24th January, the Winchester to the natural setting, including not least Thompson, who is to be Head of Science at College Christian Fellowship (WCCF) the trees, and constantly draws attention Rugby, and Madeleine Copin, who has been helped create a service to mark the Week to the interaction of townscape with appointed Head of Maths at The of Prayer for Christian Unity: a service led landscape. The book attempts to answer Portsmouth Grammar School. In addition by the chaplaincy involving the the difficult question: how can we to these, Peter Metcalfe, formerly Housedon Winchester College Parents’ Prayer reconcile healthy economic growth with of Cooks, and more recently Head of Group (WCPPG), the School Christian the need to conserve historic buildings History, left at the end of Common Time. Union (CU) and the Society of Our Lady and remain sensitive to the heritage of a at Winton (SOLAW). city like Winchester? It is therefore We offer our heartiest congratulations to relevant to many other towns and cities Alastair Land, Master in College, and to Mark Stephens (F, 1955-59), one of the faced with the same question. Madeleine Copin (again!) on their recent founder members of the WCCF, gave the engagement. The wedding will take place address. Malcolm Archer, the School’s The area covered starts with the walled city later this summer. Director of Chapel Music, composed an divided into 9 sections and follows with

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chapters on the ‘old’ suburbs: northern time to go and see what our efforts had and mules; we camped overnight in (Hyde), eastern (St Giles’ Hill), western (the achieved on the ground. And so, on 19th breathtaking locations. College), and finally St Cross. There is an March, 22 boys, all currently in VI2, and 4 The last day, quite a tough one, brought us excellent final chapter on the archaeological adults set off for India. We flew to Delhi down to the village of Tarsaal, our and historical development of Winchester, and in the evening of our arrival took an destination and the site of the new primary which could usefully be read first. overnight train to Kathgodam to the school which we are funding. Tarsaal lies at north-east of the city. Old Delhi Railway This handsome, highly illustrated book is 6,400 feet, a scattering of houses on a steep, Station at night comes as quite a shock to available from Wells - terraced mountainside. The delicate green those who do not know India, but once on [email protected] - at £35 (or £40 of wheat covered the terraces, down in the the train, the boys settled into air- if mailed within U.K.) valley flowed a rock-strewn stream beside conditioned couchette-style sleepers. We which we camped, high up in the distance, disembarked at first light, finding ourselves Water Polo Instructor retires Nanda Kot, at 6861 metres, gleamed a already in the foothills of the Indian Tom Noyce, having instructed water polo at brilliant white between two green Himalaya. Progress by road is necessarily the College for the last 12 years or so, has shoulders of mountain against a perfect slow: the lush terraced valleys are deep and decided to give up at the end of this term at blue sky. This was the backdrop to five days steep-sided, the roads narrow and uneven, the age of 78. After a very good innings, of hard work, which the boys set about the towns choked with traffic. Clouds over which has been unpaid, Andrew Leigh (don with great energy and enthusiasm. The the distant mountains hid the peaks of i/c Water Polo) is organising a send-off for three-room stone building was not yet Nanda Devi and the Pindari Range from Tom after the OW vs Win Coll match on complete but all the stone for the view, but we were to get glimpses later on. Winchester Day. Andrew has been trying to construction had been broken by hand and The next day took us in a convoy of jeeps get in touch with OWs who used to play this required a lot of shifting. The boys also through Bageshwar and on up to the end of water polo; should you wish to be involved, excavated a high bank and dug the road, the last part a steep, dusty and please contact him on [email protected]. foundations, working alongside local bumpy climb with sheer drops and no women who proved their equal in strength Win Coll in India, March 2010 safety barriers. And thus began the trek and endurance. We were all struck and part of this adventure. We walked for two David Baldwin (Co Ro, 1969-2009) writes: moved by the ready smiles, the happy and a half days, reaching 9,000 feet at one namastes which greeted us every morning, With more money raised for our project in stage, surrounded by rhododendron trees in the shy waves of women and children India than I had dreamed of, it was now full bloom. Our bags were carried by horses

The Wykehamist party with their Indian fellow-workers

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peeking out from tiny dinner in a smart Delhi hypotheses. Fossils, preserved specimens, upper floor windows. hotel with seven Old crystals, micrographs, x-rays have all been Another job was to paint Wykehamsts, among them connected directly with expanding and and decorate the the Nawab of Pataudi, enriching the sum of human knowledge. two–room building who gathered in the city Photographs, notes and plans have which presently - and for for the occasion. I am catalogued how experiments were done – a while yet - serves as the most grateful to Rohit crucial in the restless scientific quest to school. The team which Poddar (E, 1987-89) and both diversify and refine experiments and took this on transformed William Muir (K, 1992- observations. the building, leaving it 97) for organising this. In Wiccamical terms science education is shining white on the We were all filled, I am relatively young having only been part of outside with lovely blue sure, with a great sense of the curriculum in some form for 140 years tendrils and red flowers achievement at the end of (following the reforms of Headmaster decorating the pillars. In this adventure, and an Ridding). Science, from its inception at one of the two rooms we adventure it certainly was. Winchester, imbibed the school’s tradition painted coloured numbers and letters, The people of Tarsaal will not forget us. of collecting and cataloguing its business; three comic bees, a map of the world, a The boys are equally unlikely to forget thus the Science School Museum and colourful fruit tree and a height chart them and the experience of India. Many Archive has an unparalleled collection of which recorded the name and height of wish to return. items: birds, beetles, butterflies, and one of the tallest Winchester boy, a height no the first x-ray machines and vacuum tubes. Indian is likely to reach! It now remains for the next year group to As well as their intrinsic significance is the take the project forward into the next We had managed to cram into our luggage history and philosophy of science, they are phase. This means raising money for two lots of small toys and clothes for the aesthetically pleasing too. Encouraged by more rooms and the first part of a hostel children, even some footballs, as well as the Collections Committee, the Science for children from outlying villages which pencils, crayons, pens and exercise books, School Museum and Archive presents have no school at all. Another party will many of which were generously donated by fifteen images illustrating a taste of the be going out to India with me next March. P & G Wells. These we distributed on our collection. Should you wish to see these final day in the village, and we put on an Crystals, Wings and X-ray for yourself, they cost £5 a set and are entertainment for the children into the Machines available in Science School and bargain. And then began the long journey Cornflowers or from the Development by road back to Delhi, where we had a day Alastair Land writes: Office, 17 College Street, Winchester, and a half for some sight-seeing and For as long as there has been empirical SO23 9LX together with your address and shopping, with the obligatory Hot in front science there have been illustrations and a cheque for £5. Please write SSM & A on of the Red Fort. We finished in style with a artefacts associated with the testing of the back of the cheque. ■ Old Wykehamist News

The Editor would like to draw readers’ also runs football and the Fives Society and advocacy director at its international attention to the comments on page 24 in takes teams in rugby, hockey and cricket. secretariat there. ‘From the Director’, given the paucity of OW CE Garrett (C, 76-81), a diplomat, has News in certain sections of this and earlier Appointments/Elections been appointed Head of International issues. SP Crawshaw (C, 68-72) worked for The Affairs for the London Olympics 2012. Independent for many years, then joined Academic Human Rights Watch, where he was Sir Hugh Roberts (K, 61-66): Surveyor MH Feltham (D, 77-82): Master of the London director and then its UN Emeritus of The Queen’s Works of Art. Queen’s Scholars at Westminster School. advocacy director in New York. He PP Wilson (H, 89-94): Chief Press Officer returned to London to work for Amnesty PG Nunes-Carvalho (H, 85-89) teaches at the Dept of Energy and Climate International and is now international Economics at Sutton Valence, where he Change.

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Arts making of the Western World, Yale UP, £25. comparative literature, and a global view ISBN 9780300148787. of medieval romance. Kent, £55. ISBN CPK Edwards (B, 83-87) played Oberon 9781905146755. The Tale of Genji is a opposite Dame Judi Dench as Titania in A DR Markham (K, 55-60): Playing Through 10th century novel by Murasaki Shikibu. Midsummer Night’s Dream at Sir Peter Hall’s – the History of West Surrey Golf Club, £25 Rose Theatre in March 2010. The play was + £5 p&p from the publisher, West Surrey JCK Wells (K, 81-86); The Evolutionary directed by Sir Peter, with Titania the Fairy Golf Club, Enton, Godalming, GU8 5AF. Biology of Human Fatness, CUP, £60. Queen imagined as a version of Elizabeth I, ISBN 9780521884204. JGD Musson (F, 79-83): Up and Down and Oberon as the Earl of Essex. Stairs: the history of the country house Commerce and Industry servant, John Murray, hb £25, ISBN Books AH Fergusson (B, 85-90) has returned 9781848543003, pb £9.99, ISBN According to the Public Lending Right from banking in New York to London as 9780719597305. In an article in Country Office, AJ Beevor’s Berlin: The Downfall an IT consultant. Life, illustrated with a large picture of the 1945, published in 2002, was the history Trusty Servant, the author explained the AJ MacKinnon (E, 92-97) is in book most often borrowed from a origins of his interest in this subject. Win investment banking. selection of public libraries between July Coll is indebted to Jeremy for his 2008 and June 2009. AJB (K, 60-64) considerable contribution to the recent Ecclesiastical plans to produce a large volume in 2012 Annual Report, in which he wrote up his SM Gordon Clark (G, 51-55) was asked about WW2, covering the entire conflict; five interviews covering a cross-section of in 2006 to cut the ribbon at the opening so, too, does Sir Max Hastings. topics. of the Bishop of Angola’s new house near Colonel HME Cadogan, RWF (G, 48- Luanda; he was the only representative of AAS Philps (C, 68-72): The Boy from 53): The Road to Armageddon. The Life and the Church of England present. Baby House 10, a non-fiction account of Letters of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry how one child escaped from a Russian Dr SJG Spencer KSG (Coll, 33-38) Cadogan, RWF (1868-1914), Bridge state orphanage to build himself a new celebrated his 90th birthday with a Mass of Books, £20. ISBN 9781844940561. life. Weidenfield & Nicholson, £18.99. Thanksgiving on four occasions during his ISBN 9780297858935. Published in birthday week, starting on 4th May 2010 Germany as Wolkengänger, Kiepenheuer, (SJGS’s actual birthday) at Corpus Christi ISBN 9783378011083. Church, Headington, Oxford, then at St James’ Church, Spanish Place, London, Andrew Rutter, Winchester’s first again in Headington (for Catenians and Conservation Officer, 74-79: Winchester – others) and finishing at Ampleforth Abbey Heart of a city, published by P & G Wells in Yorkshire. The correspondent attended in association with the City of the first of these services, taken by no less Winchester Trust with sponsorship from than three Roman Catholic bishops, and the Albert Gordon Trust and Dan witnessed the delivery and reading of a Gordon (E, 68-69); £35, available from personal message from His Holiness Pope [email protected]. ISBN Benedict XVI, containing the Apostolic 9780900796043. See review in Blessing. Wiccamica section. Honours Robert Sackville-West (F, 71-75): Inheritance: The Story of Knole and the 2010 Sackvilles (Bloomsbury, 2010). £20. ISBN GCVO: Sir Hugh Roberts (K, 61-66) on 9781408803387 relinquishing his appointment as Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of Prof. PR Stanley-Baker (I, 56-61), (ed.): the Queen’s Works of Art. The Tale of the Genji: Its Picture Scrolls, RE Dunbar (G, 76): How Many Friends Texts and Romance. A collection of essays KCVO: Rt. Rev’d. David J Conner, Dean Does One Person Need?, Faber, £14.99. by six international scholars addressing of Windsor (former Senior Chaplain and ISBN 9780571253425. the Tale of Genji scrolls and the Tale of member of Common Room). IK McGilchrist (Coll, 76-81): The Master Genji texts in the context of new critical MBE: and his Emissary: the Divided Brain and the theory relating to cultural studies, AR Beevor (E, 53-58) for voluntary narrative painting, narratology, service to Fairbridge youth organisation.

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R Chester (F, 48-53) for services to young Cambridge Deanery, spending most of the round 4, following a walkover in round 1 people through the Explore charity. first year in Bury St. Edmunds Hospital in and wins in 2 and 3. general medicine and surgery. Dr SN Liversedge (E, 63-68). According RJA Noble (E, 59-64), holder of the to the Bolton News, ‘Dr Liversedge CE Musters (K, 91-96) was appointed world land speed record 1983-97, is enjoyed incredible success co-ordinating Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at working on his Bloodhound project, the Big Bolton Health Check, in which Newham University Hospital, East which aims to smash the present land more than 67,000 people in Bolton aged London, w.e.f. August 2009. speed record of 763 mph by some 200 over 45 were given free health checks to mph in the desert in the Northern Cape Prof. AJ Pawson (I, 65-69) was awarded an identify those at risk of heart disease.’ of South Africa next year. honorary doctorate of Medicine in May by AM: LN Walford (A, 41-45) was made a the Karolinska Institute (Sweden). NA Bird (A, 62-66) was the military Member of the Order of Australia on historian who, in the spring of 2009, Australia Day 2010, so AM now follows Services guided the England cricket team on their his name. The award was for service to Maj. Gen. JJC Bucknall (A, 72-76): pre-Ashes tour of Ypres. The players were the performing arts, particularly in the Colonel of the Coldstream Guards and much moved by what they saw and heard, field of theatre restoration and decorating, currently Assistant Chief of the General but it was also a convivial occasion. [Ed. and to the profession of interior design. Staff, he has been promoted Lt. Gen. with With apologies to Nicholas for having effect from 10th August 2010. He will omitted this from the previous issue.] Legal command the Allied Rapid Reaction Wykehamist Sailing Club – Second TJH Pattinson (G, 69-74): district judge Corps, this being the only Corps level Solent Cruiser Rally 8th/9th May 2010 (magistrates’ courts) assigned to SE circuit command in the British Army. from May 2009. Following the successful WSC rally in Maj. Gen. NP Carter (H, 72-76) now 2009, the second rally took place on 8th GOC 6th (UK) Div, to be Director Medical and 9th May 2010. As before, the aim was General Land Warfare from February 2011. O Coldrick (H, 86-90) has a diploma from to link up Wykehamists in the School with the American College of Veterinary RGS Luckyn-Malone (A, 98-03 and yacht owners and to give the young dinghy Pathology, is a Fellow of the Royal College Univ. Coll. London) was commissioned sailors the opportunity to helm yachts. of Pathologists, and is now working in a into the Light Dragoons last summer. private veterinary laboratory in Exeter. Four boat owners and eight Wykehamists, Sport accompanied by Richard Shorter (former SP Hettiaratchy (Coll, 83-87): appointed GC Nash (K, 02-07) rowed at No. 3 in Housemaster of Furley’s), met at Hamble as a Consultant Plastic and the winning Cambridge crew in the 2010 Point Marina at lunchtime on the Reconstructive Surgeon at Imperial Boat Race; it is refreshing to find a 20 Saturday. Lionel Hoare (B, 72-76) College Healthcare NHS Trust, based at year-old undergraduate taking part on brought his Grand Soleil 46.3, Alcyone; Charing Cross Hospital, specialising in such an occasion! David Anderson (Coll, 69-74), the Vice microsurgical reconstruction and hand Commodore, helped by David Baldwin surgery. He is still active in the Army The same three OWs competed in the (former Housemaster of Chawker’s), reserve, serving as part of 16 Air Assault 121st University Golf Match, held at brought Stardust, his Hallberg Rassy 312; Brigade; he has been deployed to Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales on Christopher Beer (D, 60-65) and his wife, Afghanistan between May and July this 18th to 29th March 2010, as did at Rye in Angie, came in Geronimo, their Rustler year as a surgeon and has met AP Speed 2009, though this year it was the turn of 36, and Graham Stott (G, 69-72) and (F, 82-87) and AJ Reynolds (Coll, 80-84). Claudio Consul (C, 00-02) and Ben Charles Pinder (G, 69-72) brought Twiney (G, 97-02)’s Oxford to have the AR Mehta (F, 99-04, Gonville & Caius 04- Graham’s Moody 33, Family Affair. The better of James Whittington (Coll, 01-06) 07, New College 07-10) passed with merit yachts were flying the very smart new and his colleagues in the Cambridge team. the Final BM exam (clinical medicine) in WSC burgee, designed by Rear January, and will graduate as BM, BCh in The President’s Putter had to be held later Commodore Calum Sillars (A, 72-76). July. In March he was on his medical than usual because of weather conditions. After lunch, the Wykehamists, led by Ed Elective in India, then going to Toronto for TQG Hawkings (G, 76-81) and AGM Thomas (F), Captain of Sailing, were split an 8-week special study module in Goodrich (B, 68-73) lost in round 2 after up across the boats and a race took place Movement Disorders such as Parkinson’s walkovers in round 1; GHE Winkworth from Hamble Point to Cowes, started by Disease. In August he takes up his job as an (K, 91-96) lost in round 3, following wins Calum Sillars and James Ekins, an Academic Foundation Year 1 Doctor in the in 1 and 2; CA Consul (C, 00-02) lost in honorary member of WSC. Peter Hunter

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(I, 53-58) was on the Royal Yacht Squadron line to count the boats in. The boats berthed in the Royal Yacht Squadron and were joined by Roderick Walker (G, 79-83) our other flag officer, who had brought his trimaran, Tinkerbell. Following drinks in the Royal Corinthian, a group of 23 dined in the Royal Yacht Squadron, hosted by Sir David Clementi (E, 62-67), Warden and Commodore. A hot took place after dinner which resulted in a draw in OTH’s favour. The following morning dawned grey and calm, but this did not prevent the organisation by Peter Hunter, the race officer, of two very enjoyable races Back row: Hugh Green (H, 75-80), David de Lanoy Meijer (A, 84-89), Gordon Baker (H, 84-89) (capt.), starting on the Squadron line. Richard Nick Lloyd (G, 84-89), John Hornby (I, 67-72), Richard Hall (B, 85-89), Tomaso Cremonesi (A, 87-89), Oswald (D, 77-81) joined these races in William Drew (F, 85-89) his yacht, Little Emily, after which the Front row: Nicholas Hall (B, 87-92), Olly Gorton (I, 84-88), Johnny Hewitson (F, 80-85), Tony Scott (G, 85-90), Seb Beloe (I, 85-90), Ben Donald (I, 85-90) crews returned to the Squadron for a prize-giving in the Haven, presented by ([email protected]) for a part (D, 90-95), GN McLachlan, RHS Black the Commodore. The Wykehamists then in next year’s campaign. and RN Cooch (all F, 89-94) and HDJ returned to Winchester whilst the older Phillips (H, 90-95). generation sat down to a roast lunch. Obiter dicta PEHS Gale (A, 75-79) was the subject of Guy Beadon (H, 32-37), among many It was a very successful weekend and plans an article last December in The Sunday others, much enjoyed reading Peter are already in train for the 3rd Solent rally Times about the transformation of his Lipscomb’s article on John Manisty’s on 7th/8th May 2011. Any Wykehamist garden in Cornwall. code-breaker role at Bletchley Park, in yacht owner interested is encouraged to the November 2009 edition of The Trusty contact David Anderson at An article in The Times about the possible Servant. Guy was with the Royal Corps of [email protected] or the abolition of cheques included a mention Signals and readily recalls his four-year Club’s Secretary, Claire Webster, on of AP Herbert (C, 1904-09), who stint in a very small signals unit, based in [email protected]. celebrated 60 years of writing for Punch by the Middle East, which specialised in acting out one of his own fictional cases, Congratulations go to the OWFC monitoring German stations in Southern The Negotiable Cow, writing (in very large Veterans’ XI upon reaching the final of Europe. The results of their many letters) a cheque on the side of a Golden the Derrick Moore Veterans Cup (the interceptions of the enemy’s messages Guernsey, and walking the cow into the Veterans equivalent of the Arthur were highly valued by both Bletchley and, bank, where the cheque was duly cashed. Dunn Cup - qualifying age: 35), played indeed, M16. Guy is the last of this Alistair Houghton (B, 89-94) set off on at the Bank of England Club, particular tiny unit. We salute him and 24th April 2010 with his brother-in-law, Roehampton, on 21 March 2010. Having his former comrades. beaten the Reptonians, 7-4, the Richard, on a cycle challenge to raise TJC Eggar (K, 65-6) was appointed on Cholmelians, 3-2, and Lancing, 3-1, along money in aid of the CFS Research behalf of George Osborne and the the way to the final, they ultimately lost Foundation, a charity funding research Shadow Treasury team to lead a review of 1-0 to the Salopians. This is first time into M.E. They cycled from Southampton the North Sea oil and gas industry. OWFC have reached the final since the to Edinburgh in only 8 days, covering nearly 600 miles and carrying all their own start of the competition in 1992. JC Fayers (D, 90-95) was married in gear. In 2007, Alistair’s brother, Ross (B, Particular tribute to John Hornby (I, 67- Sweden in June last year to Jessica 91-96), died after a painful and brave eight 72), who has played in every one of the Nyberg, whom he had met when they year fight with M.E. (also sometimes past 18 years’ action. Athletic over-35s were living in China; when he wrote, known as chronic fatigue syndrome). The still in possession of football boots are they were living in Singapore. OWs photograph in front of Edinburgh Castle is encouraged to contact Gordon Baker present at the wedding were MLT Pussard intended to prove that they didn’t just go

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on holiday for a week. If you should feel JFX Miller (staff 72-89, Housemaster, B, happy conclusion, Ed Lascelles announced that their tremendous effort deserves your 82-89, HM Newcastle RGS 89-08) retired his engagement the night before they all support, even after the event, you can with his wife Ruth to a house in left Delhi. achieve this through the quick and easy Herefordshire; they were interested to find Ferret Soc? – Can any Freddieite from online giving service at Everyclick, the link that the previous owner was Rear Admiral the 1970s please help Toby Stubbs (E, 72- for which is www.everyclick.com/ Peter Hogg (Secretary of Wyk. Soc. and 77) to soothe his troubled mind? He has cyclechallengeforme. Alistair apologises then the first Works Bursar, 80-88, who recently written the following to DWLF: for not taking his razor on the trip and, died in 2007). Just before Christmas 2009, borrowing the words of Sir Steve James suffered a burst disc in his lower Dear David, Redgrave, volunteers: ‘’If anyone sees me back which seriously damaged his health. We mentioned this august soc when we last on a bike again, they have my permission He is now confined to a wheelchair but is spoke and I have been trying hard to recall to shoot me’. determined to make the most of things, some of the detail. It was formed in around and plans to be present on Winchester ‘74/5, mainly by disaffected Freddieites who Day (19th June) and at the Toye’s weren’t made members of the Croquet Soc. Anniversary Dinner on 30th June. A tie and colours for a sweater were ordered RA Pagnamenta (I, 86-91) is Energy from Gieves. They resembled the Freddies’ Editor of The Times. colours with the white stripe replaced with a yellow stripe. We dined at the Southgate & I CH Perry (B, 54-59) has been African think Jo Bain was our patron. Bureau Chief of Time magazine since 2006. I kept my ferrets (Justerini & Brooks) at David Last October Bhanu Singh (A, 89-94) was Matthew’s parents’ house opposite Hunter married in Delhi. Six days of festivities and Tent, from where they could easily be retrieved feasting included a polo match between the en route to a ratting expedition on the sewers on bride’s team and the bridegroom’s; the score the side of Hills, or a gentle afternoon in was 3-3. The ceremonial culminated in the Morestead churchyard catching rabbits in nets. triumphal Bharaat procession, with the Monday morning was a highlight in my last bridegroom, magnificently accoutred in half, as it comprised only books-chas and was gold, riding a white horse along the avenues thus spent on Twyford Down (pre M3!). of New Delhi to join his bride, Rakhi, for their final wedding rites, administered by David Matthew (71-76) was a good two priests under an ornate canopy, with an supporter along with, I think, Jeremy Griffith (70-75) & his brother Dominic (73-77). Alistair Houghton (B, 89-94) with his impressive mix of formality and bonhomie brother-in-law, Richard – the senior priest’s mobile phone rang in It is likely that only a nostalgic meal at mid-ceremony and he answered it, briefly Winchester’s Hotel du Vin (formerly The The Internat. Forum of Sovereign and unabashed, as the natural thing to do. Southgate Hotel) will satisfy him, no Wealth Funds had its inaugural meeting The guests all wore splendid turbans, doubt downing a few bottles of Justerini in Baku, Azerbaijan, in October 2009; revelling in and contributing to the colour & Brooks’ best. Please could any fellow two OW presenters, Sir Andrew Large (F, and pageant of the occasion. Among them ferreter contact Toby on either 56-60 and former Warden) and RFC were the following Old Furleyites: Mánus [email protected] or 0207 Dobbs (D, 79-84) travelled from the UK Sweeney (85-89), Christopher Peters (86- 984 8569. and Korea to attend. 91), Ali Khalpey (91-93), Karl Balz (88-93) and the bridegroom’s exact contemporaries From Tortoise to Helping Heroes AC Lovell (B, 67-72) reports that he and Sam Hoexter, Jonathan Kan, Oliver his wife, Ginny, and their two daughters, Picture the scene: a thirteen-year-old Kingsbury, Edward Lascelles, David and Peter Stansfeld (C, 64-68), who has bespectacled Kennyite, not much seen Luyombya, Fionn Sweeney and Ian Van lived in Australia for many years, and his outside the library, standing in a gloom- Every, accompanied by their wives and wife, were astonishingly on the same 50- grey Winchester College P.E. kit in the partners – and their Housedon, Henry passenger boat on a 10-day trip to the December chill being relentlessly taunted Thompson. Most of those had been present Antarctic Peninsula over New Year. A for his clear lack of physical ability by his only three months earlier in Dublin at the hot was duly held in broad daylight at six-foot companion, also a Kennyite. The wedding of Fionn and Catherine Sweeney; midnight on New Year’s Eve; OTH were pair are standing outside Hunter Tent, and in London the previous October at convincing winners. (not so) eagerly awaiting the start of Jun: that of Ian and Nadya Van Every. In a

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Jun, a race in which the bespectacled one Months of it. In fact, I’ve been running Two things eased my way through this will achieve the mighty position of 107th twenty to thirty miles a week for the last challenging time. (i.e. last) two years in a row. Half-way two years. What on earth happened over First, I found I needed to focus on setting round the course he is seriously regretting those seven years that made me don a set myself challenges and overcoming them. why he even bothered putting on his of running lycra, find a talented At my brother’s funeral, a retired Major- running kit while his gazelle-like sportsman and decide that running 27 General, on hearing that I was applying to companion has given up his teasing and kilometres along the Thames would be a the same Oxford college as the one at galloped off into the distance. In fact, he good idea? which his daughter was a first-year, said to has probably finished by now. He’s On 11th August 2007, that far off conflict me, ‘Get in. Get in for him.’ I wanted to undoubtedly in a nice warm shower, zone of Afghanistan suddenly became a succeed not only for myself but for my munching on a Kit-Kat, feeling invigorated much starker reality than it ever had brother, who would no longer be able to after a jolly jog. Meanwhile, miles behind been. My brother, Acting Company see my successes. So I started running on the galling slopes of St. Catherine’s Hill, Commander of C (Essex) Company, 1st with a mind to raising some money for the his friend scrambles around foolishly, Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, wounded members of my brother’s wishing by now that he hadn’t even been Captain David Hicks, was killed in action regiment. For me, it was an immense born. The two actors in this comedy were fighting the Taliban at Forward Operating challenge. I had been allergic to sport for myself (playing the Bespectacled Weed) Base Inkerman, seven kilometres north of almost five years, as those who have and Tom Ryan (playing a male Paula Sangin. He was posthumously awarded suffered my presence on the football or Radcliffe). It was 2003 and I hadn’t even the Military Cross. Life has been cricket field will testify. Now, however, I heard of Helmand Province. somewhat different since then. wanted a physical challenge, something Fast forward seven years and I’m getting a truly hard and completely divorced from Returning to Kenny’s a few weeks after his strange sense of déjà vu. Tom and I are my otherwise utterly academic life. By death was not easy. It was the sort of thing standing at the start line of the Kingston October 2008 I had done my first charity that everyone knew about (it had been Breakfast Run; it’s 0800, 11th April 2010. run, a 10k assault course run by ex-Royal splashed across the National Press for the He’s still taunting me. Actually, he’s been Marine Commandos and had raised over last month), but few dared mention. doing that for nearly a decade now. Not £1,500 for my brother’s regiment. But I School life was punctuated by military much has changed, although Tom’s height didn’t stop running there. It became events, memorials and, on one has seemingly doubled. And we’ve seen fit somewhat addictive (and besides I could particularly memorable day, a trip to to rid ourselves of the grey P.E. kit. And pretend to all those girls at university that Buckingham Palace and Downing Street. I’ve done some training for this one. I was a toned athlete and not a soggy bookworm...). By that time, I was lacing up my running shoes at least three or four times a week. My friends in Kenny’s were the second aspect to my coping strategy. There are only so many people in the world who will conduct great feats of engineering to lock you in your room and film it, but then it is exactly these people, who know you so well and with whom you have spent so much time, good and bad, that you need when Fate turns round and slaps you in face. It is no surprise that when looking for a new running challenge, it was a fellow Kennyite who suggested an event and became a much-valued running partner. And there we were, Tom, ex- Head of House, and I, shivering in the morning sun, limbering up for sixteen- miles of what my thirteen-year-old self would have called sheer madness. Ed Hicks (on the left) running with Tom Ryan

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The 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian suffering very heavy losses on their Headley Court. I hope that our small Regiment, also known as ‘The Vikings’, current tour of duty. As previous editions gesture will go some way in easing are again in Helmand Province. Their of The Trusty Servant demonstrate, a someone else’s passage through a difficult tour has again been costly. The first number of Old Wykehamists have served time, just as my Winchester friends fatality in 2010 was a Viking. More have or are serving in Afghanistan. It is an helped me through mine. happened since then. I ran the Kingston unfortunate fact, but we can never be far Tom and Ed’s fundraising page: Run in a red and yellow T-shirt, the from the effect of the War. For this reason, www.justgiving.com/ryanandhicksybreakf colours of the Regiment, with the names Tom and I chose to raise money for the astrun will remain open for the next of the nine men from the 1st Battalion charity ‘Help for Heroes’. This charity month. Visit their Facebook Group at killed in 2007 on my back. Three of them helps service personnel wounded on ‘Ryan and Hicksy dominate the Kingston were killed by friendly fire, the victims of operations in our most recent theatres of Breakfast Run’ ■ an American pilot’s misplaced 500lb war, Iraq and Afghanistan, and provides bomb. The Rifles, the regiment with much needed assistance to over-stretched which Winchester CCF is affiliated, are institutions such as Selly Oak and Obituary If you would like a copy of any press obituary referred to, please contact the Winchester College Society office. You can request either by email to [email protected], telephone +44 (0)1962 621217 or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Director, 17 College Street, Winchester SO23 9LX. ‘Obit’ indicates that a copy of some other tribute is also available.

We apologise for two unfortunate clerical Rt. Rev. Colin James, Bishop of on solving intercepts of German Navy errors in the notice about Peter Graham Haig Winchester 1985-95 (and therefore Visitor messages on the Enigma machine, 41. (D, 33-38) in the last issue: Alistair and of Win. Coll.), died on 10 December 09, Transferred to work on ‘Tunny’, a German Charlbury were not his Christian names, but and is remembered with great respect and teleprinter cipher, 43. The series of were accidentally copied from another OW’s affection. See Daily Telegraph, Hampshire machines built to decipher ‘Tunny’ entry in the Register; and he moved to Chronicle, and Times. included ‘Colossus’, now considered the Hobart, Tasmania, in 94, not 92. world’s first electronic computer. Fellow at David A Quayle (Fellow, 98-08), f of SAQ Trin. Hall 48-58, when he became chief and EOQ, was a founder, with Peter Block, Rev. Lawrence Heber Waddy (staff 38-42 mathematician at GCHQ in Cheltenham. of B&Q. He joined the Go Bo in 1998, and and Chaplain 46-49). Marlborough, Retiring in 73, he taught Maths and Greek made a valuable contribution for ten years, Balliol Coll., Lit. Hum. OU Squash at Cambridgeshire High School for Boys for during which he became the first Chairman Rackets 35-6, Rugby Fives 34-7. Asst. seven years. An accomplished chess and of the Works Committee. He died on 6 Master Marlborough 37-8. HO, d 40, p bridge player, he compiled crosswords and April 2010, while he and his wife were on a 41. Naval Chaplain 42-6, RN Squash 46. was a keen long-distance walker, a founder cruise ship returning from South Africa. He HM Tonbridge 49-62. Hon. Canon member of the Social Democratic Party is survived by two sons and a daughter from Rochester 62; Education Officer BBC 62- and an active supporter of the Liberal his first marriage, one son from his second, 3. Chaplain The Bishop’s Sch., La Jolla, Democrats. He took part in activities of the and two step-daughters. See Daily Telegraph. Calif. 63-7; Lect. In Cl. And Hum., University of the Third Age in Cambridge, Univ. of Calif., San Diego 69-80; V., Ch. Shaun Wylie (Coll, 25-31), one of the Ten including play-reading in the original of the Good Samaritan, San Diego 70-74; Sen Men. Leaving Exhn. Sch., New Greek, which impressed his fellow readers joined the staff of St. James’ Episcopal College. Commonwealth Fund Fellowship, until the end of his life. Died 6 October 09, Ch., La Jolla. Died, aged 95, on 21 March Princeton 34, Procter Fellow, Ph.D 37; survived by his daughter and two sons, pre- 2010, survived by his wife and Robbie Schol., Aberdeen 37; Lect. Ch . deceased by his eldest son. See Daily stepchildren. See Times. Ch. Oxf. 38; Fellow of Trin. Hall, Camb. Telegraph and Times. Obit. 39. Played hockey for Scotland 38. Univ. Elizabeth Margaret Nash (Staff, 1982 – 97), James Elliott Moncrief Melville (D, 27-32), Lect. In Math., 38-9. Asst. Master, Lecturer at Oriel College Oxford. Died of one of the Ten Sen Men. Magd. Coll., Wellington College, 39-40. Joined cancer 11 May 2010. There will be a Camb. MB, BCh; London Hpl. 35-39, Bletchley Park, Hut 8, which was working memoir in the next issue. MRCS, LRCP; MB, BChir (Camb.) 40.

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House officer, London Jewish Hpl. 39; R. High Commission 48; Hong Kong 51-66. Educ. 47. Asst. Master Stockport School Hants. Co. Hpl. 40. Lt., Ind. MS 41; India, Elected 64 to Exec. Cttee. of the Internat. 47; King’s Sch., Peterborough 50-5; sen. SEAC. In India he contracted TB and was Conference of Social Work in Athens, and Classics master King’s Sch., Macclesfield advised not to return there after the war; he served on both the Hong Kong Exec. and 55, and Beechen Cliff Comp. Sch., Bath did so as a medical missionary in 47, but his Legislative Councils. Exec. dir. of the Nat. 71-7. Died 22 September 09, survived by health soon gave way. After recuperating in Bureau for Co-operation in Child Care, his second wife, Helen, son and two England he went to help a friend in India Gulbenkian Foundation London 66-7; daughters. Obit. before joining Stanes School, Coimbatore, Exec. dir. of the Nat. Extension Coll, Gp. Capt. Hugh Anthony Shipley Disney, as Warden, and housemaster of the Camb., under Michael Young, 67-71. Died OBE (H, 31-36), f of PWWD. Soccer XI boarding house. On return to the UK he 9 March 2010, predeceased by his wife, 34-6 (Capt.), VI 33-5 (Capt. twice), Bisley. enjoyed the company of his family and gave survived by his daughter. See Times. Exhnr. BNC. Oxf. OU Soccer XI 36-8, excellent lunch parties (cooking the lunch Sir John Laurence Pumphrey, KCMG OU Air Sqdn. RAF: 608 Sqdn. 40; S/Ldr himself). He worked part time for the NHS (Exhnr., C, 29-34), b of JMP. Steeplechase, 48 Sqdn, Gibraltar 44; LO with US Navy, and at the end of his sixties he twice went Gold Medal for Gymnastics. Leaving Exhn. Casablanca 43; W/Crd (establishments) to Nepal to work as an unpaid anaesthetist. New College, Lit. Hum. 1; half-blue for HQ Coastal Command 44; despatches; In 09 he was admitted to hospital and then cross-country running. Inns of Court Regt. Dep. Chmn. Asian Estabs. Cttee., Ceylon to Brendoncare, Winchester, where he died 39, Northumberland Hussars 40; Greece 41 and Singapore 45-6; Estabs. Advisor to on 2 November 09. Obit. (Greek MC); POW 41; Germany until 45, Govt. of India 46; DD Joint Anti- Maj-Gen. Ian Argyll Robertson of Brackla, for the last two years in Colditz. HM Submarine School 47; CO 201 Sqdn. 50; CB, MBE (H, 27-32), one of the Ten Sen Diplomatic Service 45; Private Sec. to PM Air Plans, HQ Coastal Command 50 Asst. Men. Lords 31-32, Soccer XI 31-2 (Capt.). 47-50; Counsellor as head of Establishment Sec. to Chiefs of Staff Cttee. (Army, Navy Trin. Coll., Oxf. Seaforth Highlanders 36, and Organisation 55. In 56 he was told by and Air Force); Task Force Cdr. Nuclear Capt. 40; N. Africa (wounded) 42; psc 44; someone who worked in the Conservative Tests Australia 57; CO RAF Kaitak, Hong Bde-Maj. Normandy 44; Instr. Staff Coll Central Office that the latest change in Kong 58; CO RAF Kuala Lumpur 59; Sen. 44; despatches. AAG, NEI and Malaya 45- bank interest was already widely known RAF Instr. Joint Services Staff Coll. 60-3; 9 (despatches); Joint Services Staff Coll. there before it was announced. He retd. Man. Dir of QB Ltd 63-73 and 49; OC Highland Brigade Depot 50; GSO1 concluded that this was proof of Hazells Ltd., 73-6 (both in the printing 52; OC 1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders 54; government malpractice and reported the business). In retirement he worked in Comd. Support Weapons Wing S of I 57; matter to the Labour Opposition; a tribunal printing and publishing and tracing his Comd. 127 (E. Lancs.). Inf. Bde. 59; Nat. concluded that the allegation was family history. Died 2 November 09, Def. Coll. Delhi 62; Cmd. S of I 63-4 and unfounded, but there were no survived by a son and three daughters from Highland Div. TA 64; Dir. of Army recriminations and he ‘went quietly on in the first of his two marriages. Equipment Policy, MOD, 66. Retd. 68. He his department.’ Counsellor to the Douglas Charles Earle Lyne (A, 34-39). played cricket for the army and golf for the Commnr.-Gen.’s office in Singapore 60; Trin. Coll., Oxf. RA 41; 8th Army, N. Highland Brigade, had a keen interest in No. 2 in Belgrade 63; Dep. High Commnr. Africa and Italy 42-5; Intell. Corps, Italy carpentry, painting and music and was for Kenya 65; High Commnr. Lusaka 67; and Austria 45-6. Script-writer for films many years the representative in Scotland Ambassador to Pakistan 71-6. Retd. 76. 47-52; reader MGM 52-7; press and p.r. of Spink & Son. In retirement he was a DL ‘Always honest and direct with little taste officer Engineering in Britain Info. and, 80-88, Vice-Lord Lieut., Highland for ‘flannel’, a hard worker who sought to Services, British Printing Machinery Region (Nairn). Died 10 January 2010, master his job and its problems, a Assoc., National Careers Exhn, etc. survived by his wife and two daughters. See pragmatist and a sceptical realist.’ He kept Archivist, Father Ignatius Memorial Daily Telegraph. up his intellectual interests to the end: on Trust, from 1968. Died 22 January 2010, the night before he died, he was found Michael Henry Asquith (H, 28-33), one of survived by his two daughters. reading War and Peace in Russian and, on the Ten Sen Men. It is believed that MHA the morning of his death, reading the New Richard Borlase Adams, CBE (F, 35-39), died at some stage in 2004, but little else is Testament in the original Greek. Died 23 3rd generation Wykehamist, b of HWA known. Any more information would be December 09, survived by his wife, four and WMA, f of JRA. Soccer XI 38. Trin. much appreciated. sons and daughter. See Times. Coll., Oxf. Essex Regt. 40; RB 41; N. David Whinfield Barclay Baron, OBE Africa and Italy 42-4; Maj.; Austria and Laurence John Vigor (Coll, 30-35). Sch. (Coll, 28-33), one of the Ten Sen Men. MEF 45-6; despatches; wounded three New College. RA 39; India and Burma Sch. Hertford Coll., Oxf. HM Overseas times. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., 41-4; Aachen 45, wounded. OU Dipl. Civil Service 37-66; Ceylon 37; E. Africa Calcutta and New Delhi 47, Hong Kong

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57; Bombay and Calcutta 60. Chmn. Islay Co. Prae, Steeplechase (jun 42, sen 44), 1 Team, Kirby Foils 44. Exhnr. New College; & Co., Singapore 63; Br. India SN Co. mile 44. RNVR 45; RAC OCTU 46 OU Fencing 45-9 (Capt. 48): Executive in London, dir. 66, man. dir. 68, chmn. 70; (Belt of Honour); Scotland 48, reg. chemical industry; retd. 88. Died in 2008. P&O SN Co., dir 69, man. dir. 79-84; comm.; ADC to GOC-in-C Scottish Richard Gordon Scriven (I, 42-46), b of Middle East Navigation Aids Service, dir. Command 50; Capt.-Instr. Mons OCTU JRDS. VIIII 46, XV 45. Scots Gds. 46-9. 70-83. Clerical Medical, dir. 75-88. Died 52. Laing & Cruickshank 54, member Freeman of City of London 49; Past Master, 8 November 2009, survived by his wife, Stock Exchange 55, partner 56, chmn. Salters and Leathersellers Companies; Gen. two sons and daughter. 80-7; member of Stock Exchange Council Commnr. of Income Tax; member, London 78-86, Chmn. SE Quotations Comm. 81- William Mercer Adams (F, 37-41), 3rd Court of Arbitration and Instit. of Export. 5, and of Disciplinary Appeal 85-90; dep. generation Wykehamist, b of HWA and JP 64. Scriven Bros., Ltd.; ED Sassoon Chmn. Panel on Take Overs and Mergers RBA. Trin. Coll., Oxf. RB 42; N. Africa, Banking Co., Ltd. 67-72; Morgan Grenfell 85-7; member of Securities Investments Egypt, Italy and Austria 43-5; MEF 45-6, & Co., Ltd (retd. 84); consultant on Local Board 85-7, CBI working party on Capt. Stockbroker, Vivian Gray & Co., Authority Finance for Phillips & Drew City/Industry Co-operation 87. Member London 47-9; Francis Drummond & Co., until 87. Governor of various hospitals and of the Bd. of Brit. Motor Corporation 60- Nairobi 49-63; Philip Hill, Higginson, schools. Died 1 December 09, survived by 76. After retirement from full-time Erlangers 63; Hill Samuel 65; Laing & his wife, two daughters and son. activities in the City he served on the Bds Cruickshank, London 67 and Eastbourne of several investment and other financial Warine Miles Martindale (B, 42-45). 80; retd. 88. Died 2 March 2010, survived companies and was also Honorary Consul London Univ. Schoolmaster and private by his wife and daughter, predeceased by for Mexico in Scotland for 15 years. He tutor 49-52; Inspector, EMI Electronics 56- his son. was a first-class shot, an enthusiastic skier 8; LCC school (Christopher Wren) 57; Henry Graham Mackrill (I, 38-43) b of and pilot, regularly completed The Times head of Physics, Endsleigh Sch., Colchester IRM and DM. RNVR 43; Sub –Lt. MGB; crossword ‘and was a quick performer in 58-9. Founded Highlands Sch., Needham S. India and Ceylon 46. Trin. Coll., Camb. any mental arithmetic or word game’. Market 61; the sch. closed in 83. Part-time 47. Family business (oil-processing), Hull Died 17 October 09, survived by his third lect. Ipswich Civil Coll., 69. Dist. 49; the company changed to plastic wife, Carola, whom he had married in 81, Councillor till 86. Organist, various Suffolk industry in 65 and was sold in 74. Farming by a daughter and three sons of his first parish churches, and author of articles in and managing Elmswell 66. JP 72. Yorks. marriage and by two stepsons. See Times School Science Review, he was keen on and Lancs. Agric. Lands Tribunal 78. Died and Daily Telegraph. astronomy and a talented painter in oils, 25 March 2010, survived by his wife and mostly of the countryside. Died 4 John Hedley Leathart (F, 40-44). RAC 45; two daughters. September 09, survived by his wife. 15th/19th KR Hussars 46-8. Magd. Coll., John Francis Ashweek Archer (C, 38-43), Camb. 49, Rural Estate Management. Asst. Adrian John Quentin Frith (D, 42-46). b of PGAA. RA 43; India 45. New College agent Lord Iveagh’s Burhill Estate 52; asst. RASC 47; R. Corps of Mil. Police 48. 47. Barr. (Inner T) 50, Bencher 85; WH Cooke & Arkwright, Hereford 53-5, Queen’s Coll., Camb. 49. Commercial Recorder of Crown Court 74; QC 75; Mold 55-60; asst., then partner, Osborne asst. Bombay Burma Trading Corp., member of Criminal Injuries King & Megran, Belfast 60-88; retd. Singapore, 52-4; teaching in Sec. Mod Compensation Board 87. A keen bridge FRICS, FLAS. Died 12 August 09, survived and Grammar Schools, ending as Sen. player. Died 2 November 09. by his wife, two daughters and son. History master. Craigmyle & Co., Harpenden 85-7. Appeal Dir. Edinburgh John Charles Inglis (A, 38-43), b of CRCI. Alexander Strachan (Tim) Watt (B, 40- Univ. 87; retd 88. Died 5 November 09 RAC 43; 2 Lt. Gren. Gds. 44; BLA and 45), f of JNW and APW. RNVR 45; predeceased by his wife, survived by his Palestine 45; transf. to 15th/19th KR Sub-Lt. 47-8. Pemb. Coll., Camb. Instr. Lt. daughter. Hussars 45; Cricket and Tennis; Capt. 51; RN 51; Cdr. 66; retd. 82. Died 20 March Maj. 58; Staff Coll. Course 59; Lt.-Col. 67; 2010, survived by his wife and three sons. Arthur James Keble-White (F, 43-48). CO 15/19 KRH 68-70; retd. 72. Field Sec. RC of Sigs. 49; MELF. Trin. Coll., Camb., John Parry Challinor Evershed (D, 41-45), The Salmon and Trout Assoc. 72-86 and Mech. Sci. C. Eng., FI Mech. E: FCIBSE. f of AJPE. Welsh Gds.: 2 Lt. Queen’s Royal ran fishing tours to Kashmir, Labrador and Man. Dir. Carrier Engineering Co., Ltd., Regt. 46. Balliol 48; asst. master Copthorne the Falkland Islands. Died 11 December 09, 57-75; consulting engineering 75; Assoc. Sch. 50; Sandroyd School. Farming from survived by Rosaleen (his wife for 50 years) Partner Pell Frishmann & Partners 75-81; 63. Died 11 June 07, survived by his wife, and two sons. Obit. dir Ove Arup & Partners 81-93. Died 11 three daughters and son. January 2010, survived by his wife and Robin Andrew Stormonth Darling (C, Derek Nigel Parham (Coll, 41-5); Fencing three daughters. 40-44) b of PMSD, half-b of ASD. Sen.

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Arthur Christopher Llewelyn Smith (Coll, Dr. James Roderick (Roddy) Campbell Marcus Chung Ching Lim (A, 86-90). As 43-48), f of MWS, JRCS and NPHS. Morton (F, 58-63), b. of DAJM, AMM and a member of Furley’s he is remembered as Leaving Exhn; Ed. Wyk. Solicitor since 56; MGEM. VI 62, 63 (Capt.), Soccer XI 62, bright and accomplished, and with a wide Partner Freshfields 60-88; dir Imperial 63 (Capt.), Running 63 (Capt.). Pemb. range of interests. He went up to Continental Gas Assoc. 72-87, Contibel Coll., Camb; St Thomas’s Hpl., MB, Cambridge, graduated and gained blues Holdings plc 86-8, JR & A Smith 83-7, B.Chir., D. Obst. RCOG, Soccer XI for tennis and polo, and became an Tennants Consolidated and Susse Fonduer (Capt.). Partner, Friarsgate, Winchester, ophthalmologist. Many polo players later SA 88. He ran the Paris office of Freshfields 75-07. As one of the school doctors, he will took to wearing goggles after he had before his retirement, which he spent in be remembered by many OWs. On 16 warned them of the risk of eye infections travelling, reading and enjoying the food December 09, he was out shooting, which from the mud churned up by the horses’ and wine of the Loire Valley. Died 12 was one his favourite sports, when he had a hooves. He was an experienced diver and March 2010, survived by his wife, daughter stroke and died in the evening. Survived by keen underwater photographer, but on 25 and three sons. his wife, three daughters and son. October 09 was in a diving accident at the dive location Seven Skies, near Pulau Christopher Lubock Verity (I, 46-51), b of Rev. Mark Hewett Ashton (C, 61-66). Aur, Malaysia, when he was using re- HGV and TMV, f of JWGV. ½ Running Sen. Co. Prae, VIII 66, Boxing Colours, breather equipment, became unconscious Blue. Suffolk Regt. 54-6. Co. Sec. Malaya XV. Sch. Ch. Ch., Oxf., 67-70; Trin. Coll., and soon died. He is survived by his wife 56-66; tobacco co. executive 66-80; mktg. Camb. Theology, and training for and two young sons. dir. Spinneys Ltd. 80-7; Lloyd’s Syndicate ordination at Ridley Hall, 70-2; rowed in Exec. 87-9; Officers’ Assoc. 89-98. Died 28 Camb. Goldie crew 71. C. Christ Church, We have been told of the following March 2010, survived by his wife and two Beckenham 73-7; Chaplain, Win. Coll. 77- deaths and, if we have further sons. Obit. 81; Nat. Sec. Church Youth Fellowships information, will include it in the next Assoc; V. The Round Church, Cambridge issue. Sir John Napoleon Ruthven Barran (K, (now the Round Church at St. Andrew the 47-52), 3rd generation Wykehamist. 5th C W Wordsworth (C, 43-47) on 10 Great) from 1987 until his death of cancer R. Inniskilling Dragoon Gds. 52-4, December 2009 on 3 April 2010; he is survived by his wife, Fencing. Advertising, UK and US 64; two sons and daughter. See Times. J F Marshall (H, 29-33) on 16 January 2010 FCO, 1st Sec. Information, Brit. High Commn, Ottawa, to 67; Central Office of Nicholas Frederick Darms (F, 66-70). M J McCleary (C, 48-52) on 28 January Info., Head of Overseas TV and Film York University, Economics & Statistics. 2010 Unit, Documentary film Unit, Head of From 75 his career was in the MOD; in R Wootten (D, 1945-49) on 4 May 2010 Home TV Production. Head of York; with the RAPC in Worthy Down; Information Technology; retd. 88. Died in Cyprus for a year; from 81 in England, E J Baden (K, 41-46) on 13 May 2010 25 March 2010, survived by his wife, son working on Costing and Management Sincere apologies are extended for having and daughter. Accountancy, Policy, Human Resources omitted Charles Blackham’s second name and Business Improvements, one of the Roland Nicholas Younger (I, 48-53), b of in his Obit. Charles’ good friend, Henry team leaders looking after the MOD’s GWY and SGY. Magd. Coll., Camb. Mason (also Coll, 00-07), tells us that his Enterprise Architecture. Died 3 January Metallurgist; research office BWRA; full name is: Charles Michael Arthur 2010 after suffering a heart attack while in Davy Ashmore; Rio Tinto Zinc Corp. Herbert Blackham. He was a jealous the gym. He is survived by his wife and Technical dir, Davy McKee; ch. engineer; guardian of all of these names, and it daughter. Fellow, Institution of Metallurgists. Retd. greatly irritated him when — as happened 98, then took a Music degree at Leeds Richard Eustace Murray Affleck (D, 70- frequently — the ‘M.’ was omitted from University. Died 7 April 2010, survived 74). The first to be awarded Colours for his initials on school lists (mostly, in his by his wife and three sons. fishing, which, with shooting, remained a case, prizes and commenda-s on the HM’s lifelong passion. Pembroke Coll., Camb., No.Bo.). Despite Charles’ best efforts to David Merlin Bennetts (Exhnr, D, 57- Land Economy. He worked as a land have his initials changed on the master 62). Capt. of Fencing 62. New College. agent, and with John D Wood, set up database, the ‘M.’ seemed always to drop Peat Marwick McClintock from 67. ACA Egerton in London in 86, and ran it with out, as it has in his obituary notice (T.S. 71; FCA 79. Partner Middle Eastern firm Peter Egerton-Warburton from 91. He no. 108, p.22). ■ 75-8; partner Continental European firm then owned and very successfully ran The 78-85; partner UK firm 88. Died of cancer Boot, a pub in Houghton near 14 November 09, survived by his son and Stockbridge. Died unexpectedly on 5 daughter. April 2010, survived by his ex-wife.

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Office 17 College Street From the Director And one more thing: I know that some of Winchester you have struggled with the concept of the SO23 9LX More about ‘Class of …’ ‘Class of …’ (for reasons which defeat Telephone: 01962 621217 Reunions me!). Suffice it to say that we shall Facsimile: 01962 621218 continue to invite only the year-group that E-mail: [email protected] I am delighted to report that it has been a fits the existing format, but if you should Web site: www.winchestercollege.co.uk case of ‘so far, so good’ (or even ‘so very feel that you would rather be associated Directors: David Fellowes (I, 63-67) good’), according to the touchingly with a ‘year-group’ on one side or other Lorna Stoddart appreciative feedback from those who from your own, you are always more than Deputy have attended the three ‘x Years-on’ welcome to ask for an invitation to be Director: Tamara Templer gatherings that have been held in 2010 to included therein! date. As can be seen from the reports The Council which follow, the two events in OW News, this publication and William Eccles (H, 73-77) - Chairman Winchester (20 and 40 Years-on) were the website Rod Parker (A, 61-65) poorly attended by most standards, but I would really appreciate as many David Fellowes (I, 63-67) - Director the enlightened few who did attend have volunteers as it takes to be my ‘eyes & ears’ invariably urged me to persist, as they Andrew Joy (C, 70-74) out there in whatever sphere of existence, enjoyed themselves enormously, whilst as our ‘OW News’ section is, almost Richard Morse (K, 72-76) those at the much better attended inevitably, only as good as what you tell us Toby Stubbs (E, 72-77) London event (a lunch for the 50 Years- about yourselves or, indeed, about each Rupert Younger (F, 79-84) on) are keen for a repeat performance in other. If I could know I had, for example, a five years time, with some hoping for it to Alasdair Maclay (Coll, 86-91) ‘City Editor’ and an ‘Industrial Editor’ etc, be held in Winchester – I have promised Andrew Wilson (A, 88-90) or even just a ‘Business Editor’, I would nothing yet, but am happy to listen! feel a lot happier that we stood a better Michael Humbert (B, 90-95) A 30 Years-on Dinner has now been chance of capturing more of your news. Mark Toone (E, 90-95) arranged in London on 6th October 2010, Ed Mathews (K, 91-96) The same applies to any of your as was implied in the last issue, but achievements, however whacky they may Peter Joost (past parent) encouraged by the above feedback, and be – we can but ‘store them safely’, if any Dr R D Townsend - Headmaster even by some senior OWs protesting ‘and should be ‘unsuitable’! Put modesty aside what about us?’, I have booked The Lorna Stoddart – Director of Development for once and share them with this Cavalry and Guards Club for lunches for TEN SEN MEN the 60 Years-on group on Thursday, 14th 10 Years-on Reunion for the A G C F Campbell Murdoch (C, 24-29) October, and for the 65 + Years-on group on Wednesday, 8th September 2010. ‘Class of 2000’ D J J Evans (F, 25-29) I still live in hope that a ring-leader from M C Burn MC (F, 26-31) In 2011, I plan to switch things around, at least to a degree, partly as an experiment among the 2000 Leavers will step M R Evans DFC (H, 27-30) and partly in the spirit of compromise, by forward to organise a reunion in London Dr J Gask (K, 28-33) holding the 30 and 50 Years-on reunions for his contemporaries. He will be The Reverend F D G Campbell (K, 28-33) in Winchester in Common Time (to stepping into the illustrious shoes of past J S T Gibson (Coll, 29-34) coincide with XVs and VIs) and the 20 organisers, all of whom have reported and 40 Years-on reunions in London in really successful evenings. Even some Lt. Col. The Lord [GNC] Wigram MC funding/sponsorship may be on offer! (H, 28-34) the autumn. This programme is still very much in its infancy, but I am convinced Please contact me ([email protected]) P W Ward-Jackson (G, 29-33) that it is worth persisting with – please to ensure that this enjoyable notion does Dr J F Monk (A, 29-34) bear with me whilst I test these not wither on the vine in what should permutations on your behalf. be its fourth year!

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readership. Likewise, may I encourage hesitate to let me know. (Now, I still the School’s ‘current affairs’ from the you to take a look at the School’s website haven’t mentioned any of the School’s Warden and the Headmaster. (www.winchestercollege.org) and, financial needs, have I?) 20 Years-on Reunion Dinner (‘Class of indeed, our own (www.wyksoc.com); log in and help to kick-start a thriving Some events – from late October 1990’) – 16 OWs returned to Win Coll discussion forum. 2009 to mid-May 2010 on Saturday, 6th February 2010, some arriving in time to witness a particularly OW Bath Dinner – on Friday, 30th Generations of Wykehamists close XVs on Meads, Houses beating October 2009, at Bath Spa Hotel. As Commoners with the last kick of the Judging from the enjoyment derived by all ever, a very convivial occasion, with 30 in match. After a welcome cup of tea in those involved in the ‘Wigram visit’ on attendance to hear the Warden, Sir David Dons Common Room, Peter Cramer 28th January this year, more of you should Clementi (E, 61-66) as Guest Speaker. (former Housemaster of Toye’s and step forward! Allow me to explain: I had All those present were encouraged to current History don) ‘took Div’, leading a the undoubted pleasure of organising a visit bring an OW guest next year in order to discussion on Leonardo’s drawings, which, to Win Coll for [Lord] Neville Wigram (H, ensure that this very special annual much to their surprise, was hugely 28-34), his son, Andrew (H, 62-67) and his dinner should continue its almost enjoyed by all! Drinks in School were grandson, William (H, 97-02). This started unbroken run from 1804 for the benefit of followed by a peaceful 15-minute in Outer Court with a visit to the Archives, future generations. where certain Wigram ‘memorabilia’ were Compline in Chantry, before returning to displayed; it was followed by a walk through You need not live in the area to attend School for Dinner. Rob Wyke (Second War Cloister on our way to lunch with the this dinner; should you be interested, Master and formerly Housemaster of Headmaster and Mrs Townsend in their please apply to the dinner’s Hon Sec, Hopper’s) spoke about the School, with house opposite South Africa Gate and Jonathan Wyld – [email protected]. Sen Man, André Sokol (D, 85-90), responding. Other guests at the Dinner ended in Trant’s, where the Housemaster William Stanley Goddard Lunch – on were John Brooks and Peter Cramer, both had kindly commandeered the services of a Friday, 6th November 2009 in School. A current members of Common Room. fourth-year man to show us round the record number attended the annual lunch House. Nostalgia was much in evidence, for members of the Legacy Society and Under 25s Reception & Buffet Supper – which seemed also to affect our noble their guests. on Friday, 12th February 2010, at The young guide, who noticeably warmed to his Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s OW Reception – as ever, a popular event, ordeal the more he observed the common Inn Fields. Ian Fraser, Head of Biology, held on Wednesday, 18th November in bond of reliving an experience that his entertained nearly 50 young OWs as the Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn, attended by party had shared not only with each other, Guest Speaker, his general theme being to approximately 190, representing all but also himself! Please don’t hesitate to get explore ‘Why are the best lessons in life generations of OWs. Dennis Armstrong in touch with me should you wish to enjoy rarely experienced in the classroom?’ The (H, 36-41), Sen Man, was among the something similar; Win Coll would Sen Man was Freddie Martelli (G, 98-03). certainly enjoy making a fuss of you! audience who enjoyed a brief update on Legacies It has not been my practice to use these pages over the past six years to foist upon you the financial needs of the School, nor indeed do I intend to start now. However, having practised as a ‘private client’ accountant for many a year, I find that old habits die hard when given a suitable platform; hence my inability to resist the temptation of simply drawing your attention to the obvious Inheritance Tax advantages of including a charitable legacy in your Will or Codicil! Seriously, if any reader might consider leaving a legacy to Win Coll, please don’t The Headmaster addresses the OW Reception in November

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Bristol Undergraduates – your Director Nick was particularly pleased to meet up OW Sporting Societies Reception – hugely enjoyed his fifth ‘Pizza Reunion’ in with his fellow-Hopperite, Tommy there was a wonderful response from the Bristol. Paddy Halling (E, 01-06) easily Cookson, who was equally relieved to be OW sporting fraternity, with over 150 persuaded 23 of his fellow OWs to join attending as a member of his own ‘Class attending the Reception in the Old him in Brown’s for a couple of hours on of’, rather than in any other capacity! Hall, Lincoln’s Inn on Thursday, 13th Tuesday, 2nd March 2010. Mark Loveday (H, 57-62 and a current May 2010, ‘in Celebration of OW Fellow) addressed his seniors on matters Sport’, covering the past couple of 40 Years-on Reunion Dinner (‘Class of relating to the modern-day Winchester, centuries. A ‘Hall of Fame’ power-point 1970’) – 21 OWs returned to Win Coll with Charles Dinwiddy (C and former presentation was displayed on a large on Saturday, 13th March 2010, for very Sen Co Prae) responding as eloquently as screen throughout the evening, whilst much the same fare as for the younger has come to be expected of him! the speeches recalled many fine, mixed ‘Class of 1990’, as described above, with some quirky, sporting including Peter Cramer’s Div, this time on The Northern Dinner – Robin Brims (K, achievements, performed principally by Baudelaire’s essay on ‘The Painter of 65-69) was the Guest Speaker at the those in the audience! Modern Life’. There was also another Northern Counties Club in Newcastle on excellent game on Meads, this time of VIs, Thursday, 22nd April 2010. 30 attended between Houses and Commoners (the the dinner, principally made up of OWs writer is persuaded to suggest that those and their wives, with guests including interested in the result should refer below Geoff Hewitson and Henry Thompson. to avoid further uncalled-for John Johnson (C, 41-46) was Sen Man. triumphalism). Michael St John Parker, a Edinburgh Undergraduates – the current Fellow and former member of Director continued north to the Scottish Common Room, and Sen Man Tim Eggar capital and hosted an entertaining group (K, 65-69) were the two principal speakers of Wykehamist students to supper at at the dinner in School. Other guests Amore Dogs in Hanover Street on included former members of Common Monday, 26th April 2010. He was most Room: Michael Baron, Geoff Hewitson, grateful to Freddie Blackett (E, 01-06) for Henry Thompson and David Smith. having persuaded his fellow OWs to tear 50 Years-on Reunion Lunch (‘Class of themselves away from their revision- 1960’) – an excellent turnout of 45 OWs, studies for just a couple of hours to including 43 (40%) of those eligible, partake in what transpired to be a lively attended a memorable lunch in The and wide-ranging ‘discussion forum’! Cavalry and Guards Club on Thursday, N.B. DWLF reminds OWs at other 18th March 2010. Geoffrey Sladen (H) universities that he is invariably up for the had travelled from Miami to be with his challenge of hosting similar gatherings, subject contemporaries, whilst Nick Majendie (I) only to a respectable quorum being raised. had travelled from the far side of Canada; Max Woosnam (F,1906-11)

The late Max Woosnam (F, 1906-11) was pronounced Win Coll’s Victor Ludorum. In spite of there being many other worthy contenders to draw from over the past couple of centuries, there can surely be little argument when the following has been written about you, even some 27 years after your death: ‘he was, quite simply, the most extraordinary sportsman this nation has ever known’ [Patrick Collins in The Mail in 1992]. In response to several requests, both the presentation and the speeches can be 50 Years-on Reunion Lunch

26 T HE T RUSTY S ERVANT found on the ‘Past Events’ page of the Win Coll Football – Results in Singles (The Foster Cup): website: www.wyk.soc.com. For those 2010 : 1951: AD Myrtle (D) who were not there, the Director repeats that a sympathetic line be taken with XVs – Houses beat Commoners: 44 - 41 1952: MD Scott (A) regard to ‘E&OE’! Xs – Commoners beat College: 54-42 1962: HR Angus (E) Philip Whitcombe (B, 36-41) and Rob Xs – Houses beat College: 60-36 2010: CH Portz (H) Tillard (D, 37-42), both of them no V1s – Houses beat Commoners: 47 - 39 mean sportsman themselves, were the V1s – Commoners beat College: 51 - 32 Doubles: two Sen Men. V1s – Houses beat College: 53-34 1943: GHG Doggart (E) & JB Thursfield (H) The undoubted highlight of the evening Rackets News 1944: HE Webb (G) & GHJ Myrtle (D) was the Warden’s recognition of Stuart Churchill’s 40 years ‘not out’ on the Princes (Christian Portz, H, and Ben 1945: HE Webb (G) & GHJ Myrtle (D) ground-staff, the last 28 of them as Head Stevens, E) won the Public Schools title 1949: PM Welsh (G) & MR Coulman (D) Groundsman. The thundering applause at Queen’s Club for third successive year, 1950: MR Coulman (D) & AD Myrtle (D) thus entitling the School to retain the for Stuart’s outstanding contribution to 1951: MR Coulman (D) & AD Myrtle (D) life at Win Coll reflected the audience’s trophy in perpetuity. Christian completed huge appreciation of the exceptionally a remarkable personal hat-trick in having 1953: RTC Whatmore (K) & DBD Lowe (A) high standard of the all grounds and been in all three winning pairs, thus 1972: AC Lovell (B) & PG Seabrook (E) gardens. Stuart’s wife, Susan, and son, emulating just two players: Mark Faber, of 1992: NR Hall (B) & MN Segal (K) Eton, in the mid-sixties and our own John, were also there to witness the 2008: SM Knight (H) & CH Portz (H) occasion, on which they will, no doubt, Mike Coulman (D, 46-51). Christian also report to his daughter, Ruth, who was won the prestigious Foster Cup in the 2009: SM Knight (H) & CH Portz (H) unable to attend. In addition to Public School Singles in December, thus 2010: CH Portz (H) & BDH Stevens (E) becoming the first Wykehamist to have honorary life membership of the OW The 2010 Lords Season to date Cricket and Football Clubs being done so since Howard Angus (E, 57-63) bestowed on Stuart, the existence of a in 1962. Many congratulations to both of Lords have enjoyed an excellent start to well-earned collection was made known these boys. the season, with 7 wins out of 7 chalked up, having played Portsmouth Grammar, to him, for which it would be a gross Just for the record, Winchester has won understatement to say that he was ‘most Charterhouse, Marlborough, Canford, the following titles over the past 70 years: ■ grateful’! Bradfield, XL Club and Harrow.

Richard Priestley presenting Stuart Churchill with his OWCC tie Chris Mallett talking to Barry Reed and Philip Whitcombe

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Dates for your Diary in 2010 & 2011

Reception for 3rd & 4th Year Parents – Royal College of Surgeons in London. William Stanley Goddard Lunch – Wednesday, 2nd June 2010, in Winchester. Friday, 12th November 2010 in School, 30 Years-on Reunion Dinner (‘Class of for members of the Legacy Society and 1980’) – Wednesday, 6th October 2010, Charlie Van der Noot Cricket Match – their guests. at The Cavalry and Guards Club in London. Wednesday, 9th June 2010 at 4.30pm, at OW Reception – Tuesday, 23rd November 60 Years-on Reunion Lunch (‘Class of Burton’s Court, off the Kings Road, London. 2010, at Lincoln’s Inn in London. 1950’) – Thursday, 14th October 2010, Winchester Day – Saturday, 19th June at The Cavalry and Guards Club in London. Illumina- – Friday, 10th December 2010, 2010, in Winchester: at 4.45pm on Meads. OW Bath Dinner – Friday, 29th October • 10.15am Chapel Service 2010, at the Bath Spa Hotel (you need 30 Years-on Reunion Dinner (‘Class of • 11.30am Lords & 2nd XI v. OWCC not live in the area to attend this special 1991’) – probably on Saturday, 5th on New Field & Meads, respectively annual dinner, which has been running February 2011, in Winchester. • and several other School attractions ever since 1804; please apply to the Under 25s Dinner – tba, probably in • Hunter Tent Donors Lunch on New dinner’s Hon Sec, Jonathan Wyld – February 2011, in London. Field (by invitation only). [email protected] – should you be interested). The Guest Speaker will be 50 Years-on Reunion Dinner (‘Class of Toye’s 150th Anniversary Dinner – Richard Southwell QC (D, 48-53). 1971’) – probably on Saturday, 12th Wednesday, 30th June 2010, in London. March 2011, in Winchester. Domum Dinner for 5th Year Parents – Saturday, 3rd July 2010, in Winchester. 65 + Years-on Reunion Lunch (‘Class of 1935’ – and earlier) – on Wednesday, 8th September 2010, at The Cavalry and Guards Club in London. Wykeham Day – Saturday, 18th September 2010, in Winchester. Shropshire Lunch – Sunday, 26th September 2010, at Albrighton Hall, by kind permission of David Thompson (F, 67-71) and his wife, Marika. Reception for 1st & 2nd Year Parents – Tuesday, 28th September 2010, at Lincoln’s Inn in London.

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