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William D. Marr (1949)
19th June 2020
William Donald Marr (1943–49), who died on 19th June, 2020 at the age of 89 years, was Head of School, Captain of Cricket and was in XV and the Hockey, Athletics, Golf and Fives Teams. He saw National Service in the Royal Navy which meant a lot to him. He was trained on Britain’s last battleship HMS Vanguard, and then went destroying mines left over from the war across the Mediterranean on the minesweeper HMS Plucky. It was a very happy time for him. He qualified as a CA and ...
Douglas W.D. Shaw (1940)
14th July 2020
Revd Professor Douglas William David Shaw, O.B.E. (Nippers: 1937–40) died on Tuesday 14th July 2020, aged 92. He went on to The Edinburgh Academy and from there to the Universities of Cambridge (B.A.; M.A.), Edinburgh (LL.B.;B.D.) and Glasgow (D.D.; W.S.). He worked first as a lawyer in London and then, as a Writer to the Signet, with Davidson & Sime in Edinburgh from 1953 to 1957. Having been an Associate Minister at St George’s Church West in Edinburgh, he became a lecturer...
Hannah M. Williams (Hon)
10th January 2020
Hannah Masterton Williams (Hon 1985–95) died on 10th January, 2020, one day before her 89th birthday. She came to Loretto as San Sister and Matron of Schoolhouse, after a similar post at Oxenfoord Castle School. When she retired, the School Doctor, Eddie Maguire, wrote: “Her dedicated nursing ... by day and, when required, by night, saved many potential hospital admissions ... Her meticulous record-keeping, her obliging attitude and her management of minor injuries after full...
Peter C. Macdonald (1955)
6th September 2020
Peter Cameron Macdonald D.L. (1947-55) died on September 6th 2020. He studied at the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Agricultural College, gaining the Scottish Diploma of Agriculture. His description of himself as a hill-farmer doesn’t really do him justice as he was also a Director of John Dickson & Son, Gunmakers and Fishing /Tackle manufacturers from 1968 to 1999 and was Convenor of the Scottish Landowners’ Federation, becoming its Vice president. and represented the S.L....
Alistair D.R. Boyd (1968)
30th June 2020
Alistair Douglas Robertson Boyd (Nippers: 1966 – 68) passed away in June 2020. He went on to King’s School, Worcester, and worked in sales for Confederation Life Insurance (UK) Ltd and then as a consultant with removals company GB Liners Ltd before relocating to Dorset with his wife as a store proprietor, where he was happy. His interests included song writing, playing guitar and entertaining his three grandchildren Alice, Heidi and Franklin. A much-loved father; remembered f...
Niall J. Riddell (1969)
8th June 2019
Dr Niall Jervis Riddell (1965–69), who died suddenly on 8th June 2019 whilst on holiday in Australia visiting his surgeon son, was a prefect and a member of the hockey, athletics and swimming teams. He read Medical Sciences at the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and continued his medical training at St Thomas’s Hospital in London, gaining his MB, BChir, and later becoming MRCP, DRCOG. He served in the RAMC in the UK, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, the Falklands and So...
John C. Smith (1959)
4th September 2019
John (Johnny) Crosthwaite Smith (1952-59) died on 4th September, 2019. Johnny joined the Nippers in 1952. During his time at Loretto, he was a Marksman in the CCF and Tenor Drummer in the Pipes & Drums. He graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a B.Sc. in Agriculture going on to manage a farm in Piercebridge, County Durham. After 3 years he returned to his family in Egglescliffe where he worked on his Father's farm (Alan Forster Smith, OL 1927) where severa...
Alan J.W. Berry (1953)
4th October 2019
Lt.Colonel Alan James Walter Berry (1947-53) late K.O.S.B., who died on 4th Oct, aged 84, was a prefect and in the XV, XI, Hockey XI and Athletics Team and was Captain of Fives. Whilst still at school, aged 16, he played for Kelso RFC and is still the youngest player to play for their 1st XV.
He went on to the R.M.A. Sandhurst and joined the K.O.S.B. serving in Korea, Borneo, Hong Kong, Berlin, Mauritius and Northern Ireland, being promoted to the rank of Lt Col in 1976 aft...
Fergus G.B. Millar (1953)
15th July 2019
Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar (1949-53) who died on 15th July, 2019, aged 84 years, was a renowned classicist and a leading world authority on the ancient world. He was Editor of The Lorettonian. He won a Scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours in Lit. Hum., which he followed with a D. Phil, D. Litt., and an Hon. D.Phil from Helsinki. He was recognised by colleagues as a towering figure in the field of both Roman and Greek history a...
David S.C. Arthur (1948)
28th December 2018
David Sloan Coullie Arthur M.B.E. (1943-48) died on 28th December 2018, at the age of 88 years. He was a prefect and in the XV. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh and gaining his P.G.C.E., he became a schoolmaster, firstly at Larchfield School, Helensburgh, in 1955, followed by a move to Edinburgh’s Melville College and then to Aberdeen as head of history at Robert Gordon’s College. From there he went as ¬deputy headmaster to Stirling High School before becom...
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