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In Memory

Deaths & Obituaries

2023

Rodney Saunders (RGS 1956-1961) died 1 October 2023
Richard Stow (RGS staff) died 5 September 2023
Peter Peacock
(RGS 1941-1945) died 2023*
Dai Watkins
(RGS Staff 1972-2008) died June 2023*
Graham King
(RGS 1947-1955) died 28 May 2023
Roy Sims (RGS 1942-1948) died 2023*
John Third (RGS 1960-1966) died 15 May 2023
John Rowlands
(RGS 1966-1973) 14 May 2023
Ian Shipman
(RGS 1973-1978) died April 2023*
Robert ‘Bob’ Barkway
(RGS 1949-1955) died 13 April 2023
James ‘Jim’ Irving
(RGS 1951-1959) died 11 January 2023
John O’Connell (RGS 1991-1998) died January 2023*

2022

Peter Edwards (RGS 1968-1975) died 2022*
Michael Woodward (RGS 1971-1976) died 2022*
Alan Symes (RGS 1940-1948) died 30 December 2022
Reverend Trevor Beedell (1943-1950) died December 2022*
Alan Beazley (RGS 1957-1965) died 21 December 2022
Derek Courtney (RGS 1950-1955) died 19 December 2022
Anthony Abercrombie (RGS 1961-1969) died 6 December 2022
Patrick Watson
(RGS 1940-1947) died 29 December 2022
Nick Clayton (RGS 1962-1965) died 10 November 2022
Frank Hayden (RGS 1939-1946) died 14 October 2022
Peter Hoare (RGS 1946-1948) died October 2022*
Tony Earl (RGS 1961-1969) died September 2022*
Eric (Jim) Best
(RGS 1937-1942) died 23 September 2022
Christopher Hasler (RGS 1944-1951) died August 2022*
Barry Amos (RGS 1958-1964) died 15 August 2022
Cliff Bonneywell
(RGS 1944-1950) died 14 August 2022
Peter Gunn
(RGS 1951-1957) died 14 July 2022
Alan Pocock (RGS 1956-1964) died June 2022*
Richard Charlwood (RGS 1952-1959) died May 2022* 
Alan Brownlow
(RGS 1944-1950) died 21 May 2022
John Richards (RGS 1953-1959) died 31 March 2022
John Hopkins (RGS 1943-1944) died 11 March 2022
Roger Hancock
(RGS 1940-1946) died 11 March 2022
Paul Phelps (RGS 1952-1959) died 24 February 2022
Dave Hannan
(RGS 1951-1957) died 18 February 2022
David Liverman
(RGS 1967-1974) died 29 January 2022
Andrew Wilson
(RGS 1957-1965) died 6 January 2022
*Exact date of death unknown

 

2021

Michael Clark (RGS 1977-1984) died in 2021*
John Burgess
(RGS 1962-1969) died 11 December 2021
Roger Clarke (RGS 1945-1953) died 27 November 2021
Lynn Ellaby (RGS 1963-1969) died 23 November 2021
Richard Jennings (RGS 1943-1947) died 23 October 2021
Dick Bason
(RGS 1941-1949) died 22 October 2021
Graham Lane (RGS 1963-1970) died 9 October 2021
Geoffrey Smith
(RGS 1945-1949) died 7 October 2021
Rex Bowkett
(RGS 1942-1947) died 29 September 2021
Keith Lilley (RGS 1943-1949) died 27 September 2021
Tony Sperrin
(RGS 1967-1974) died 13 September 2021 
Robert Munn
(RGS 1941-1946) died 5 September 2021
Bryan May (RGS 1947-1952) died September 2021*
Rev. David Kingdon (RGS 1946-1954) died 30 August 2021
John Eaton-Terry (RGS 1948-1954) died 5 August 2021
Richard Inglis (RGS 1972-1979) died 29 July 2021
Graham Tovey (RGS 1946-1954) died 14 July 2021
Barrie Edgely (RGS 1935-1942) died June 2021*
Keith McDonald-Miller
(RGS 1955-1962) died 5 May 2021
Dr Charles Owen Lister (RGS 1939-1943) died 31 March 2021
David Swan
(RGS 1943-1948) died 30 March 2021
John Earl (RGS 1959-1967) died 14 March 2021
John Anson (RGS 1942-1947) died 9 March 2021
Jeffrey Bee
(RGS 1947-1953) died March 2021*
Joey Benjamin (RGS staff 2002-2019) died 8 March 2021
Lee Adamson
(RGS 1970-1977) died 
14 February 2021
John Matthews (RGS 1948-1955) died 9 February 2021
Raymond Hamps (RGS 1946-1951) died 2 February 2021
Leslie John Lund (RGS 1951-1954) died 30 January 2021
Roger Parks (RGS 1967-1974) died 29 January 2021
Matthew Barnaville (RGS 2004-2009) died 18 January 2021
Hugh Kearns (RGS 1958-1963) died 6 January 2021
James David Payne (RGS 1943-1947) died 3 January 2021
Julian Bryant (RGS 1963-1970) died January 2021*

 

2020

David Smith (RGS 1945-53) died November 2021*
Donald Rhodes
(RGS 1941-1946) died 24 October 2020
Sarah Corbett
(née Belcher, RGS 1997-2004) died 
October 2020*
Bryan Seymour (RGS 1941-1948) died 17 October 2020
William Baily (RGS 1939-1947) died 14 October 2020
Brian Boniface (RGS 1954-1961) died 3 October 2020
Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Dalton (RGS 1942-1948) died 26 September 2020
Michael Endacott (RGS 1955-1962) died 28 August 2020
Michael Charles Day (RGS 1953-1961) died 13 September 2020
David Hawkins (RGS 1947-1952) died 11 August 2020

Peter Fookes (RGS 1944-1949) died 8 August 2020
Paul Whitter
(RGS 1975-1982) died 17 August 2020
Paul Hermon (RGS 1972-1979) died August 2020*
Barbara Mehmood
(RGS staff 1980-2007) died 31 July 2020
James Dalton (RGS 1993-2000) died 24 July 2020
Deirdre Hicks
(RGS staff 1978-2000) died 6 July 2020
Rosemary Few (Hill)
(RGS staff 1979-2004) died 25 June 2020
Quentin English
(RGS 1955-1961) died 23 June 2020
Robin Bligh
(RGS staff 1953-1994) died 17 June 2020
Andrew Thom (RGS 1958-1963) died June 2020*
Bernard Hester (RGS 1939-1943) died 2020*
John Eric Funnell (RGS 1933-1941) died 26 May 2020
Stanley Whitmore
(RGS 1939-44) died 5 May 2020
Martin Baker
(RGS 1972-1979) died May 2020
Brian Wickens
(RGS 1951-1958) died 20 April 2020
Simon Kaye (RGS 1972-1975) died 17 April 2020
Michael Stonard (RGS 1955-1963) died 14 April 2020
John O’Hara
(RGS staff 1990-2008) died April 2020
John Griffin (RGS 1960-1968) died 7 March 2020
David Joel (RGS 1993-1998) died 3 March 2020
Derek Taylor (RGS 1944-1949) died 18 February 2020
Shirley Morris
(RGS staff 1965-1983 approximately) died 15 February 2020
Martin Ellis (RGS staff 1986-2003) died 30 January 2020
John Walder (RGS 1938-1944) died 28 January 2020
Brian William Gale (RGS parent of alumni) died 18 January 2020
Keith Sharp (RGS 1944-1952) died 5 January 2020
Dr Godfrey N Lance (RGS 1940-1946) died 4 January 2020
*Exact date of death unknown

 

2019

Thomas Worthen (RGS 1994-2002) died in 2019
Clifford Myhill (RGS 1957-1961) died on 30 December 2019
Dennis Coles (RGS 1939-1944) died 27 December 2019
Malcolm Green (RGS 1958-1964) died 10 December 2019
Peter Dench
(RGS 1945-1950) died November 2019*
Keith Duerden (RGS 1942-1950) died November 2019*
Gerald White (RGS 1942-1949) died 21 November 2019
Martin Wedlock (RGS 1960-1966) died 11 November 2019
Brian Leonard Francis Clarke (RGS 1937-1942) died 8 October 2019
David Tremlett (RGS 1932-1942) died 5 October 2019
John Blow
(RGS 1949-1953) died October 2019
Ed Jones
(RGS 1994-2002) died October 2019
John Richley
(RGS staff 1980-1989) died November 2019
William Pledge
(RGS 1943-1950) died on 1 September 2019
Charles Atkinson (RGS  1950-1958) died in September 2019
John Dorricott (RGS 1962-1967) died 27 August 2019
Brian Boothroyd (RGS staff 1984-2000) died on 5 June 2019
Lois Bufton
(RGS 1996-2004) died on 29 May 2019
James Hugh Lister (RGS 1940-1949) died on 23 May 2019
Mario Betés (RGS 1971-1978) died 26 April 2019
Paul Scott (RGS 1954-1961) died on 18 April 2019
John Buchanan
(RGS 1962-1970) died on 13 April 2019
Nigel Seale
(RGS staff 1963-1965) died on 10 April 2019
Raymond Walker
(RGS 1954-1961) died in 2019
Timothy Marriott (RGS 1952-1958) died in March* 2019
Stephen Blow
(RGS 1951-1959) died in March* 2019
Frank Hart
(RGS 1948-1956) died on 5 February 2019
Roger Yates
(RGS 1959-1970) died on 3 February 2019
Graham White
(RGS 1965-1968) died in January* 2019
David Boyd (RGS 1971-1975) died 31 January 2019
Alan David George Oates (RGS 1939-1941) died on 16 January 2019
Commander David Dixon
(RGS Bursar 1983-1991) died on 10 January 2019
David McKinney (RGS 2000-2005) died in 2019*

 

2018

Colin Lawrence (RGS 1986-1988)
Derek Marriott
(RGS 1949-1954) died in December 2018
Graham Victor Cory Harding
(RGS 1963-1970) died on 30 December 2018
Michael
Schermuly (RGS 1959-1966) died on 1 December 2018
Alan George William Brown
(RGS 1958-1965) died in November 2018
John H Smith
(RGS 1935-1940) died on 12 November 2018
Elizabeth Drew
(nee Lilley, RGS 1982-1984) died on 8 October 2018
Giles Penfold (RGS 1969-1976) died on 21 September 2018
Richard (Tony) Harris-Maunder (RGS 1934-1939) died on 17 September 2018
Colin Metcalfe
(RGS 1940-1948) died on 27 August 2018
David Waller
(RGS 1959-1967) died in August 2018
Mr Bill Edwards
(RGS Staff 1990-2018) died on 25 August 2018
Michael Branson
(RGS 1947-1955) died on 11 August 2018
Alan McGee
(RGS 1943-1951) died on 1 August 2018
David Mitchell
(RGS 1947-1954) died on 1 August 2018
Robert Emery
(RGS 1941-1947) died on 30 July 2018
Stuart Neath
(RGS 1974-1981) died in July 2018
Stephen Shipman
(RGS 1969-1976) died in June 2018
Laurence (Laurie) Reed
(RGS 1948-1953) died on 21 May 2018
John Powell
(RGS 1959-1966) died in April 2018
David Matthews
(RGS 1942-1947) died in April 2018
Ian Hawkes (RGS 1946-1951) died on 28 April 2018
Lance Housley
(RGS 1964-1971) died on 13 April 2018
David Huggett
(RGS 1945-1950) died on 29 March 2018
Ivor Dicker
(RGS 1948-1953) died 8 March 2018
Charles Prophet
(RGS 1977-1982) died in March 2018
Roger Barnett
(RGS 1953-1961) died in March 2018
Kenneth Watling (RGS 1942-1948) died February 2018
George Bailey (RGS 1935-1942) died 10 February 2018
Edward Newman Bangay (1948-1955) died January 2018
Reginald Brooker
(RGS 1942-1948) died in January 2018
Jim Peters
(RGS 1940-1945) died on 24 January 2018
Howard Van Praag (RGS 1962-1969)

 

2017

Michael Collard (RGS 1957-1964) died in December 2017
Richard Havers
(RGS 1964-1970) died on 31 December 2017
Jeremy (Jez) Stevens
(RGS 1978-1985) died on 28 December 2017
Michael Langran
(RGS 1943-1952) died on 22 December 2017
Basil (Ben) Lynch (RGS 1939-1943) died on 10 December 2017
John L Haybittle
(RGS 1932-1940) died on 19 November 2017
John Tharp
(RGS 1950-1957) died on 11 November 2017
Paul Vickers
(RGS 1974-1981) died in November 2017
Stephen Thomas (RGS 1970-1972) died in 22 October 2017
Geoff Wickens (RGS 1967-1974) died on 21 October 2017
Jeremy Richards (RGS 1954-1961) died on 19 September 2017
Alan Phillips (RGS 1938-1946) died in August 2017
Matthew Muggeridge
(RGS 2001-2008) died on 28 August 2017
Bruce B J Farrington (RGS 1942-1949) died on 29 August 2017
Roger J F Pullen
(RGS 1960-1967) died on 23 August 2017
Bernard Wyld (RGS 1957-1965) died on 17 August 2017
Michael Snelling
(RGS 1942-1948) died on 13 July 2017
Philip Plumb (RGS 1953-1959) died on 8 July 2017
Allan G Ansell (RGS 1946-1951) died on 29 May 2017
Kenneth Longley (RGS 1936-1943) died 28 May 2017
Raymond Humphrey (RGS 1928-1934) died on 22 April 2017
Roger Dawe (RGS 1946-1953) died 29 March 2017
Jocelyn Ian Rickard
(RGS 1989-1997) died on 24 February 2017
Wilfred Small (RGS 1944-1952) died on 10 February 2017
Howard Flack
(RGS 1954-1962) died on 2 February 2017
Roy Hobbs
(RGS 1946-1950) died on 26 January 2017
Clive Phelps (RGS 1941-1948) died on 11 January 2017
James (Jim) Martin (RGS 1938-1944) died on 7 January 2017
Melanie Knight, nee Rae (RGS 1984-1986) died in 2017*

 

2016

Arthur Osmond Clark (RGS  1926-1931) died aged 101 in 2016
Simon Olorenshaw
(RGS 1978-1985) died on 26 December 2016
Alan Lusted
(RGS 1944-1952) died on 10 December 2016
Peter Messaline (Burrell, RGS 1955-1963) died on 8 December 2016
Trevor Keepen
(RGS 1957-1964) died on 8 December 2016
Alan Bacon
(RGS 1932-1939) died on 10 November 2016
Christopher Dugdale
(RGS 1955-1962) died on 26 October 2016
Alan Robert Ellis
(RGS 1960-1967) died on 12 October 2016
Christopher Todd (RGS 1956-1963) died on 6 October 2016
Harold Azavedo (RGS 1938-1945) died on 6 September 2016
John Bashford (RGS 1940-1945) died on 6 September 2016
Ian Swan
(RGS 1972-1979) died in September 2016
Lynley Gloyne
(RGS Staff 1986-1998) died in September 2016
Christopher Roberts
(RGS 1947-1955) died Summer 2016
Michael Thorp (RGS 1947-1953) died August 2016
Edgar (Eddie) Waller (RGS 1926-1932) died on 28 August 2016
Tim Carter 
(RGS 1955-1962) died on 11 August 2016
Michael Hall (RGS 1942-1951) died in August 2016
A D Martin (RGS 1935-1943) died on 8 July 2016
Franklin Brunger (RGS 1964-1971) died on 25 July 2016
Peter Valenti (RGS 1944-1950) died on 16 June 2016
Roland Ford (RGS 1954-1962) died on 14 June 2016
Peter S. Noble (RGS Staff) died 31 May 2016
John Horne (RGS 1971-1975) died on 8 May 2016
Sid Shilling
(RGS 1946-1952) died on 7 May 2016
Bob Unwin (RGS 1957-1965) died on 8 April 2016
David Painting (RGS 1952-1955) died in April 2016
John Hunt (RGS 1943-1950) died on 15 March 2016
Sir Anthony Hidden
(RGS 1945-1954) died on 19 February 2016
Stuart Eccles (RGS 1967-1972) died on 10 February 2016
Professor John Murrell (RGS 1943-1950) died on 25 January 2016
Arthur Westall (RGS Staff 1962-1983) died on 24 January 2016
Geoffrey Kenney (RGS 1956-1959) died on 24 January 2016
Norman Burgess (RGS 1937-1944) died on 12 January 2016
Rex Pearson (RGS 1954-1961) died in January 2016

 

2015

Frank Haines (RGS 1934-1938) died on 10 December 2015
Richard Andrews
(RGS 1955-1963) died in December 2015
Roger Allery (RGS 1952-1960) died on 28 November 2015
Roger Appleton
(RGS 1959-1967) died on 26 November 2015
Edward Edmonds
(RGS 1932-1937) died on 12 November 2015
Aubrey Scrase
(RGS Staff 1956-1995) died on 4 November 2015
Keith Louis
(RGS Staff 1959-1997) died on 24 October 2015
Peter Smith
(RGS 1942-1949) died on 19 August 2015
Michael Rose
(RGS 1943-1949) died on 17 August 2015
Mike King
(RGS 1957-1963) died on 11 May 2015
Dr Stephen Berti (RGS 1970-1974) died on 24 April 2015
Gordon Sproul (RGS 1971-1978) died on 6 April 2015
Robin Wells 
(RGS 1950-1957) died on 4 April 2015
Derek Washington 
(RGS 1949-1954) died on 1 April 2015
Peter Blackwood 
(RGS 1939-1946) died on 6 March 2015
Anthony Harvey 
(RGS Staff 1960-1964) died on 22 February 2015
Jon Fielder
(RGS & RSM Staff 2004-2015) died on 14 February 2015

 

2014

Dr Anthony Platts (RGS 1939-1946) died on 23 December 2014
Harry Newton (RGS Staff 1982-1999) died on 22 December 2014
Michael Bullen (RGS Staff 1974-1994) died on 21 November 2014
Leonard Lockyear (RGS 1945-1951) died on 5 November 2014
Keith Perry (RGS 1939-1944) died on 4 September 2014
John Edwards (RGS 1951-1958) died on 30 August 2014
Dr Peter Venables (RGS 1939-1946) died in June 2014
Malcolm Pendrill (RGS 1937-1942) died on 17 May 2014
Frank Piper (RGS Staff 1965-1984) died on 21 April 2014
Danny Moss (RGS 1975-1982) died on 19 April 2014
Terrence Tipping (RGS 1947-1953) died in March 2014
Christopher Scott (RGS 1960-1967) died in March 2014
Tony Clarke (RGS 1944-1949) died in February 2014
Stephen Garrish (RGS 1942-1949) died on 11 February 2014
David Wroe (RGS 1953-1961) died 2 February 2014
Charles Davidson (RGS 1971-1975) died on 23 January 2014
Eric Brook (RGS Staff) died on 1 January 2014

 

2013

Donald Evans (RGS 1938-1945) died on 22 December 2013
Thomas Howe
(RGS 1936-1944) died November 2013*
Neil Farrar
(RGS 1950-1952) died in October 2013*
Frank Howlett
(RGS staff 1959-1963) died on 4 October 2013
Anthony Walker
(RGS 1957-1965) died October 2013*
Michael Hook
(RGS 1949-1955) died September 2013*
Richard Coster
(RGS 1954-1961) died on 25 July 2013
David Lovelock
(RGS 1949-1956) died on 11 June 2013
Edgar Mann
(RGS 1939-1943) died on 2 June 2013
Frederick Gammon
(RGS 1925-1932) died June 2013*
John Boulcott
(RGS 1923-1931) died June 2013*
Mark Bingham
(RGS 1980-1982) died on 5 May 2013
John Gardiner
(RGS staff 1978-1997) died April 2013*
David Mair
(RGS 1943-1951) died on 1 April 2013
Peter Downing
(RGS 1942-1949) died on 9 March 2013
Michael Durham
(RGS 1953-1960) died March 2013*
John Barnes
(RGS 1939-1946) died on 5 February 2013
Andy Hart
(RGS 1952-1960) died on 2 February 2013
Benjamin Hollis
(RGS 1990-1998) died on 24 January 2013
John Baldry
(RGS 1964-1972) died on 13 January 2013

Testimonials...

The broad education and resilience developed at RGS gave me a firm foundation for the challenges of working life.

Sir Peter Gershon (RGS 1958-1966)

I promise to make the most of the opportunities available to me, because I’m constantly reminded of the journey which has brought me here and realise that it began with the gift of an RGS education.

Karolina Csathy (RGS 2008-2015)

I am confident that together the Reigatian community will make a huge difference to the lives of many deserving children.

David Walliams (RGS 1981-1989)

Highlights...