Lorettonian Society

Allan Dey Ruxton (1939-43) died on 19th January, 2017, aged 91 years. He was born in Ceylon and left for Cargilfield aged 7 before moving to Loretto. Because of the difficulties of getting back home, he didn’t see his parents or his brothers for the majority of his childhood and lived with a succession of aunts and uncles in Scotland. At Loretto he was in the XV and the Hockey XI. His son Alastair writes: “This explains a lot about dad’s stoicism, his single-mindedness and ...

Raymond A. Jacobs (1949)

1st December 2016

Raymond Alexander Jacobs (1944-49) died on 1st December, 2016 at the age of 85 years. After a short career in retailing in both Glasgow and Canada he joined the Montreal Examiner until, in 1959, he returned to the U.K. and joined The Glasgow Herald. He became the greatly admired Golf Correspondent for the Herald, a position he held for 37 years before retiring in 1996: he would compose his reports in handwriting and phone them through to the newspaper having resolved that ...

Ian C. Michie (1957)

14th December 2016

Ian Charles Michie T.D. (1949-57) died peacefully on 14th December, 2016, after a long illness. He was Western Sales Manager in the U.S.A. for BMK Ltd, the Kilmarnock Carpet Manufacturers. His military career included service as a Lieutenant with 6/7th Cameronians (T.A.) from 1959-61 then as a Major with 23rd S.A.S. Regt (V) from 1964-81 as well as with the Sultan's Armed Forces in Oman from 1967-69. He was awarded the T.D.

Ian's great love was sailing and he was a life...

John A.D. Cormie (1951)

15th November 2016

John Alastair Dawson Cormie (1944-51) (Nippers 1944-48), died suddenly on November 15th, 2016, aged 82 years. Alastair was a C.A. Senior Accountant with the Civil Aviation Authority, and was the much loved husband of Elizabeth, father of Gillian and Michael, grandfather of Lewis, Caroline, Isla and Ben and brother of Hamish (1966) and the late Bill (1954).

Joseph Thomson (1944)

3rd October 2016

Joseph Thomson (1939-44) died on 3rd October 2016 at the age of 90. He took the Short Army Course at the University of Edinburgh and served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in Germany, Italy, Egypt, Greece and Palestine from 1944-47 and later as Captain in the 531st L.A.A. Regt R.A. (T.A). He was Managing Director, of Wholesale Ironmongers, Thomson Bros (Kirkcaldy) Ltd (part of Fife Indmar PLC, which was eventually incorporated into the Wolsley Group) until he retired...

Bryce C.S. McCririck (1945)

27th September 2016

Bryce Charles Sloan McCririck (1938-45) died on 27th September, 2016. He served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. from 1945-48. He was a very well-known and respected farmer in the Borders. He is survived by OL sons Charlie (1973) and Jonathan (1977) and his brother Robert (1951). Another son Shane (1979) pre-deceased him.

David Doig (1952)

1st February 2016

David Doig (1948-52) died on 9th February 2016. He was in the Fives Team. After qualifying as a C.A he became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He worked as a stockbroker and a business consultant, was President of the Planned Investment Corporation in Montreal and was an executive Vice President of Camflo Mines Ltd. He was passionate about golf all his life, and continued the painting that he had started at Loretto
In 2013 he spent a very h...

Brian R. Anderson (1966)

31st August 2016

Dr. Brian Robert Anderson (1961-66) who died suddenly on 31st August 2016, aged 68, was in the sailing team. He won an Exhibition to the University of St Andrews and graduated with a BSc in Physics in 1970; he was awarded a Ph.D.in 1973, following the award of a Taylour Thomson Bursary, at the University of Nottingham.
He was an internationally acknowledged expert in the field of thermal insulation and a government advisor on building regulations and energy efficiency. He s...

Colin P. McNaughton (1941)

4th December 2011

Major Colin Patrick McNaughton M.C. (1937-41) died in Kenya on 4th December, 2011. He served in the Royal Engineers in India, Burma, Malaya, 1941-46. He was awarded the M.C. and was Mentioned in Despatches: he retired in the rank of Major. He then served as Adjutant with the R.E. component of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Div. (T.A.) from 1947 until1950. After his military career he became a Garage Proprietor and Loss Adjuster in Kenya and was an Associate Member of the Asse...

Gordon S. Morrison (1960)

20th June 2016

Gordon Scott Morrison (1952-60) who died on 20th June, 2016. was Head Nipper and in the XV, XI and the Fives and Athletics teams; he also played for the London Scottish Schoolboys XV and later for the Edinburgh and Bahamas XVs. On leaving school he spent a year in France improving his knowledge of the language and also learning the basics of the wine trade. On his return he joined the family business - Ronald Morrison - famed for one of its most successful product - Glay...

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