Obituaries
Old Alleynians showed their great respect and affection for David by making him President of the Alleyn Club in 1985, the first person to be appointed who had not been a pupil at the school. Even after leaving the College he remained a most loyal friend and was elected a Fellow in 2003. While still at Dulwich he had somehow found time to act as Chairman of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) in 1984 and Deputy Chairman of the English-Speaking Union from 1984 until 1989. On retirement he was looking for new outlets for his phenomenal energy levels and educational expertise, becoming Director of the London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates, now Goodenough College, from 1987 to 1995, where he had a great rapport with the students who were aged from their late 20s to their 60s, and he also significantly restored the trust’s finances. He developed transatlantic ties: at the University of North Carolina with the Morehead scholarships; and in Toronto, Canada, for example. In the UK he served as Chairman of the Joint Educational Trust, which pays school fees for vulnerable children, from 1987 to 1990; he was on the committee of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools from 1989 to 1992, and Vice-Chairman of Council and Deputy Pro-Chancellor of City University from 1989 to 1991. In 2001 he was President of both the careers guidance organisation (ISCO), and the Brasenose Society. He was also on the council of the Fairbridge Society from 1984 to 1996, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts from 1988. He was a Freeman of the City of London, and hugely enjoyed being Master of the Skinners’ Company in 1987 and from 1988 to 1991 he was Honorary Colonel of the Skinners’ Territorial Army brigade, the 39th (City of London) Signal Regiment, Special Communications. He acted as governor of many schools, and he and Pam both had a happy association with the RNLI in Chichester, where he served as Chairman. Somehow he also found time to enjoy walking and playing golf. He is survived by Pam, three of their children and all six grandchildren. This obituary is based on one written by the College Historian, Jan Piggott (Staff 1972-05), for publication in The Times .
saw action following the D Day landings, rebuilding railway bridges across northern Europe immediately behind the front line. At the end of the war he served in Malaya, helping to rebuild railway infrastructure and was promoted to captain in December 1945. After his war service John moved to Street in Somerset to join shoe company Clarks as an engineer, where he designed a commonly-used foot measuring device. In 1953 he moved to Monmouthshire to work in the personnel department at British Nylon Spinners. In 1970 he was moved to Harrogate, Yorkshire, with ICI Fibres when their personnel department was relocated there. At the end of WW2 John had married Sue. A first daughter was born in Somerset and a second* daughter in Monmouthshire. While the family was in Yorkshire in the 1970s he was an active member of the church; enjoyed skippering a sea going boat every year with friends; walked many miles across the Yorkshire Moors with his dogs and family at weekends; was a Joint Master of the Claro Beagles; and was an active fundraiser for many charities. After 10 years working for ICI Fibres he took early retirement in order to return to his beloved Wales and live in the valley and house of his dreams for the next 30 years. John and Sue had many animals over the years and a lifelong passion was walking his dogs in the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. He also enjoyed sailing at Llangorse Lake, amateur dramatics and going to the ballet in Cardiff. He was a fine furniture maker; all the family have several beautiful pieces to enjoy for many years to come. On retirement, John joined the local church; he was a member of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, Crickhowell Civic Society, and Probus. He played a large part in finding the appropriate Outward Bound building in the Brecon Beacons for Dulwich College to use. He and Sue took great pleasure in holidaying in Scotland, for many years joined by their eldest granddaughter. He adored all his five grandchildren and always took a very active interest in their activities, being especially proud when his first great-granddaughter was born. Mike Morrison, son-in-law, contributed significantly to this obituary.
John Arthur Stanley Annatt (1936-39) 20.06.1922 – 11.12.2014
Robert Ian Bowie (1947-54) 22.05.1937 – 06.03.2015
John Annatt was born the son of Arthur Annatt, a contractor’s manager. The family lived in West Wickham and John came to the College from the Prep and was in Grenville. After leaving Dulwich he initially trained as a civil engineer and enlisted in the
Ian Bowie was born in 1937 and his early childhood was spent in Kent with many memories of the Second World War; nights in air raid shelters, bombing raids and playing with cartridge cases. As a small boy he remembered trying to cross the road to go to
Royal Engineers for the remainder of the Second World War. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in October 1943, promoted to Lieutenant in May 1944 and
school with convoys of trucks, tanks and armoured cars going down to the docks for D-Day. He came to Dulwich from Telham Court School near Battle, Sussex.
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