We are saddened to share the news of the deaths of the following OAs since our last publication
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The Reverend Canon John Bowers
1936 - 1942 1960 - 1967 1937 - 1944 1937 - 1941 1941 - 1946 1944 - 1950 1961-1969 1936 - 1942 1953 - 1960 2009 - 2011 1942 - 1949 1954 - 1963 1942 - 1951 1946 - 1950 1957 - 1965 1947 - 1954 1969 - 1977 1967 - 1974 1942 - 1947 1964 - 1970 1959 - 1966 1954 - 1962 1937 - 1943
18 December 2019 24 February 2020
In October the Alleyn Club were delighted to accept a donation from Tim Tookey (75-80) on behalf of the Tookey Family, a lovely silver plate. The plate was presented to Robert Bolton Ransford (1880 –1888) (pictured) by the Alleyn Club, on the occasion of his marriage in 1898, in appreciation of his services to the club. Robert was serving as the Hon. Secretary of the Alleyn Club at the time. TOOKEY PLATE
Anthony N Brewer
Peter Briggs
15 October 2020
Cyril Bristow
30 October 2020 31 January 2020 08 February 2020 19 December 2020 06 March 2020 11 June 2020 17 February 2020 27 October 2018 24 October 2019 02 January 2021 03 January 2021 22 March 2020
Malcolm S Burrells Michael H Bushby
Roger A Clark
Dr John H M Clubb JP
Ivan J Collins
Jin Dai
Brian Davies Michael S Day Alan N Finlay Peter R Franklin Michael Gerard Anthony Gibbs
16 July 2020 10 April 2020
Dr Andrew J Gilbert
Ranald Hahn
19 November 2019
James D G Hammer CB
26 June 2020 21 March 2020
Bruce W Hawkins John P Hopwood Roger B Houghton
2019
11 September 2020
Donald Jacob Brian M Jones John P Jones William R Leon
December 2019
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25 May 2020
1952 - 1961 1948 - 1952 1952 - 1958 1946 - 1949 1946 - 1953
12 October 2020
July 2020
Sir Gavin A Lightman Richard Littlehailes
02 March 2020 13 January 2020 16 June 2020 05 April 2020 09 October 2020 23 May 2020 13 April 2020 20 August 2020 19 April 2020 19 August 2020 05 September 2020
Colin Mealor
Stephen Medland
*
Gp Capt Derek E North DL Sir Richard O Plender QC
1956 - 1963 1957 - 1964 1949 - 1952 1947 - 1952 1946 - 1954 1956 - 1963 1943 - 1947 1940 - 1944 1944 - 1946 1949 - 1955 1939 - 1946
and was only cleared up several hours later when Lionel’s parents arrived at the Police station and were able to fully corroborate his story. After the war RBR’s other son Alan, and Tim’s grandfather joined the family firm, where he worked his whole career. The firm grew to become leading patent agents in many fields, including industrial and engineering. C&R are to this day a leading international intellectual property and patent agency with over 70 patent agent and trade mark attorneys. The tray was passed down through eldest sons which meant Tim’s grandfather received it as his elder brother Lionel was killed in the war. AJR died in 1976 and the tray was passed to Tim's mother (the elder of his two daughters who became guardian of the tray. Tim's mother (born Jill Ransford, Jill Tookey on marriage) died in August 2019 and the tray came to light with a note saying it should be passed to Tim.
The Tookey family has a long history with the College, as not only was Robert an OA, but five of his uncles were too, and, eventually, twelve of his nephews. Robert Bolton Ransford (RBR) was Tim’s great-grandfather. RBR had two sons, Alan John Ransford (15-22) (AJR), Tim’s grandfather and Lionel Bolton Ransford (12-17). RBR joined Carpmaels & Ransford as a patent Attorney and served for a year as President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. Lionel joined the Royal Naval Air Service and served as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant dying in northern France in WW1 on 18.3.1918. Prior to his untimely death and whilst still at school in the Easter of 1917 Lionel was on holiday at Southwold in Suffolk when he, along with his friend Ronald Cowell, were mistakenly arrested for being German spies. The confusion had originated when a local man had overheard the two schoolboys practising Latin declensions, something he mistook for a coded conversation,
Terence A Rhodes John R Savory John P Sheridan
John K Skelton
David Smith
Anthony V Spain John R Spencer Ernest S J Sutton Ian R Thompson Christopher Trussell Anthony J Walkden
04 August 2019
28 November 2018
30 May 2020
23 February 2020 05 October 2020 02 February 2020 14 August 2020 22 December 2020 04 December 2020 03 August 2020 12 January 2021
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1946 - 1954
Chris Wall
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The Very Reverend Alan Warren
1943 - 1950 1976 - 1982 1982 - 1989 1946 - 1952 1944 - 1948
Andrew Windsor Andrew Winning Derek C Woolston Dr Michael Young
*Honorary Staff Member of the Alleyn Club
15 April 2020
Obituaries can be found online at dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians-home/obituaries
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