Obituaries
at Sandwich. Together they had three sons, Simon, Richard and John. Vernon also had a very active life away from farming, being involved with the Royal British Legion, as a school governor, church warden and anything associated with village life. He was a keen gardener and bee keeper, as well as a keen traveller, often visiting family in Australia, Canada and South Africa. He was survived by Sheila after 67 years of marriage, but sadly she died in November 2014 at the age of 99. They are both survived by their three sons and four grandchildren. Simon Gaylard contributed significantly to this obituary.
fewer than four vessels at home, which he then sailed with the family in the Solent and in the Mediterranean. He also improved the large family home by constructing a swimming pool and landscaping the gardens, which the parish council then opened to the public during the summer for a number of years. He and Alison also indulged their enjoyment of pets by keeping and breeding a large number of cats, dogs, exotic birds (housed in an aviary built by Humphrey), rabbits and Koi carp. After retirement he joined the St John Ambulance as a volunteer, providing medical facilities at national marathon events. As well as his interest in sailing, he was extremely well-read in many subjects, particularly military and naval history and warfare. He kept a substantial library at home, which included some valuable early editions and his father’s own First World War memoirs. He was also a keen and skilled model maker, and one of his Georgian battleship models still stands proudly in its case over the entrance to Lee-on-the-Solent Sailing Club. Humphrey regularly attended OA events in Dulwich and Chichester, and submitted articles of humorous Dulwich reminiscences which appeared in The Alleynian over the years. His son Roger contributed significantly to this obituary.
Mr Humphrey John Anthony Hahn (1938-43) 14.10.1925 – 19.12.2014
Humphrey Hahn was the son of a father who was Chief Librarian of Camberwell and a mother who was a teacher. He came to the College from Brightlands and was in Raleigh. The College was soon evacuated, briefly to Tonbridge. His parent’s home
was destroyed by German bombs and the family were saved by being in their Anderson shelter at the time. He particularly enjoyed his time in the Scouts, was a prefect and a member of the swimming team, as well as President of the Natural History Society. After leaving Dulwich he studied Medicine at King’s College London before moving on to St George’s Hospital with a Devitt-Pendlebury scholarship and qualifying as a doctor in 1948. He joined the Royal Navy as a medical officer in 1950 and travelled widely, being stationed variously in South Africa, Cyprus, Suez, Malta, Gibraltar and Israel, while always maintaining a family home in Fareham, Hampshire. During his naval career Humphrey specialised in eye surgery, rising to the rank of surgeon captain and becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, including a Royal Navy- sponsored spell at Moorfields Eye Hospital in the 1970s. Following retirement from the navy in 1981 he worked both in private practice and for the NHS as a consultant ophthalmologist, retiring when well into his 70s. During his time at St George’s Hospital in the 1940s, Humphrey met Alison Murray, who was nursing there. They married in 1951, when he was stationed in South Africa, and were happily married for 60 years. They had four children, Rosemary, Roger, Ranald and Rona. Both sons also went to Dulwich: Roger (66-73) is a practising solicitor in London and Ranald (67-74) is a surveyor, fellow of RICS and works in the south of France. Rosemary and Rona both qualified as midwives at London medical schools and both then emigrated to Sydney, Australia. Humphrey’s cousin, Douglas Hahn, was another OA prominent in athletics as a sprinter. While in the Navy, Humphrey developed skills in carpentry and DIY generally, and he hand-built no
Jeremy Davy Haines (1956-64) 03.08.1945 – 21.08.2015
Jeremy Haines grew up in East Dulwich and came to Dulwich from Bessemer Grange Junior School in Denmark Hill. While at the College he was in Spenser, was a prefect and in the Royal Navy * section of the CCF.
After leaving Dulwich he went to Clare College, Cambridge, with a Bristol-Siddeley Scholarship to read Mechanical Engineering. While at Cambridge he was heavily involved with the boat club, achieving the rare distinction of being victorious as both cox of the college’s 1st VIII and bowman of the Gentleman’s VIII. After graduating, Jeremy joined Rolls Royce and worked on the development of the aero engine for Concorde. Subsequently, his career took him to a wide variety of roles across the manufacturing sector, in areas as diverse as the dairy industry and the manufacturing of microchips. Jeremy married Julie in 1975 and they had four children, Edward, Michael, George and Charlotte. Jeremy’s job with a dairy took him to Somerset and the family moved to the awkward, but much loved, Clare Cottage in Priston. His great passion was for vintage and classic cars, in particular a 1935 Austin 7 Ruby that he restored in the 1990s, and a 1928 Alvis 12/50 Alpine Tourer, which was the project of his retirement, and which he returned to the road after a 25 year absence. He greatly enjoyed taking these cars out on camping trips across the country.
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