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Bertram G. Forrest (1939)
21st May 2014
Dr Bertram Galloway Forrest (1930-39), who died on 21st May, 2014, aged 96 years, was in the XV and the athletics team. He graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of St Andrews and D.A. from London. His studies at St Andrews were interrupted by the Second World War and he served as a Captain in the RAMC from 1945 to 1948. He married Brenda Forrest in 1951 and after positions in Norwich and Dundee he and his family settled in Rotherham, working largely at Rotherham's Donc...
Richard B. Ash (1992)
24th May 2014
Richard Brian Ash (1987-92) died at home on 24th May, 2014, after a short battle with cancer.
Patrick M. Forman (1941)
17th April 2014
Patrick McLelland Forman (1936-41) died on 17th April aged 91. He was a former Legal Advisor to The Consumer Council, Air Pilot, Investigative journalist (Air Safety), a member of the Parliamentry Air Safety Group and author of ‘Flying into danger’ published in 1990. He was born in Dumfriesshire 1923 and lived at Craigilands near Moffat with brothers Sholto (1935),Denis (1936) and Michael (1939).His father Adam was Loretto’s Chaplain from 1907-12. His Uncle, AR Smith (Sconnie...
John P. Wright (1956)
7th February 2014
Revd John P Wright BD, FSA(Scotland) (1953-56) died on 7th February, 2014, after suffered a severe stroke in early July 2013, which left him paralysed on the right side, and unable to speak more than a few words. After Loretto he went to R.M.A., Sandhurst (following a £100 bet from his father that he wouldn’t be able to get in!) and served in the Regular Army from 1958-65 as a Lieutenant in the Water Transport Section of the R.A.S.C. He was seconded to train with the Br...
Stuart C. Sandeman (1963)
4th June 2011
Stuart Charles Sandeman (1959-63) died on 4th June, 2011. He was in the swimming and sailing teams – and he continued to enjoy sailing on the West Coast all his life. He worked as manager of Troutbeck Bridge Swimming Pool Ltd, nr Windermere in the Lake District. He is survived by Fiona, his wife of 43 years, and his daughter Suzanne and son Nicholas his grandchildren, Jamie, 16, Katie 7 and Charlie 5. Fiona writes: “Stuart was a very gentle man who was much loved as a ...
Peter V. Schlech (1963)
4th November 2013
Peter Victor Schlech (1961-63) sadly passed away on 4 November, 2013. He attended Williston Academy in Massachusetts and the University of Miami, Florida. After time as an able seaman in the merchant marine, he became a finish cabinet maker in yachts, working first in Annapolis, Maryland, then in San Diego, California, where he lived on a sloop he had rebuilt. He later branched out into fine woodwork with tropical hardwoods, producing furniture, boxes, vases and sculptural w...
Simon D. Atkinson (1953)
13th February 2014
Simon Douglas Atkinson (1949-53) passed away peacefully on February 13th 2014. An accomplished wing-forward who played for the 1st XV in 1952-53, Simon retained an abiding passion for rugby, in particular Gloucester RFC, and continued to play to inter-station standard during much of his ensuing RAF career.
After National Service in the RAF he spent time in sales, particularly of tyres and calculating machines but re-enlisted in the RAF as an NCO. In 1956 Simon married to...
Ronald Mortimer Batten (1940)
3rd May 2014
Ronald Mortimer Batten (1936-40) died on 3rd May 2014. He was Editor of The Lorettonian and was in the shooting team. At 17 he volunteered to join the RAF, claiming to have lost his birth certificate. His initial training took him to Essex, Devon, Aberystwyth, Maidenhead and then Moosejaw in Canada. Further training to fly Spitfires took him to 132 Squadron in Peterhead, then Orkney and finally Liverpool. His role there was to accompany merchant shipping on the dangerous Atla...
John A. Reid (1943)
6th February 2014
John (Jack) Addison Reid (1939-43) died on the 6th February at the age of 88 years. He was in the XV, XI, Hockey XI and the Athletics team. At Glasgow University he did the short Naval Course. He qualified as a C.A. and became Managing Director of R.W. & John Reid Ltd, Paper Bag and Box Manufacturers and Printers in Glasgow retiring in 1983. A very keen golfer, he was Past Secretary and Captain of Prestwick Golf Club and was President of the O.L. Golfing Society from 1977-...
John S. Middleton (1953)
15th January 2014
John Skene Middleton (1948-53) died on 15th January 2014 after a mercifully brief final illness. His Memorial Service at Leamington Hastings was attended by some 500, a fitting tribute to his life and character. At his request, a second Memorial Service for friends North of the Border was held on Sunday 1st June 2014 in the Loretto School Chapel.

Born in Edinburgh, the middle of three brothers, where his Father was an eminent Dental Surgeon. The family spent much of the W...
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