Lorettonian Society

Timothy John Geldard Hyslop (1953-58) died on 10th July, 2005. He was a prefect, in the athletics team and the Pipes and Drums. He attended Harper Adams Agricultural College and worked in farming in Warwickshire, Shropshire and Yorkshire before buying his own sheep farm in 1985. From 1985 with his wife, Rosemary, he converted all the farm barns into self-catering holiday cottages. He is survived by Rosemary, daughter Nicola (25) who lives in Sydney, Australia, and son, St...

Andrew N.G. Barker (1959)

13th July 2013

Andrew Nicholas Gillespie Barker A.C.I.I., F.C.I.B. (1953-59) who died on 13th July 2013 and was buried in Prestbury where he had lived all his life, was a Prefect and in the XV, XI and the hockey, athletics and fives teams. His brother, David, writes: “Andrew and I worked together for over 35 years in our father’s Insurance Broking business, Andrew having qualified with Hogg Robinson in Manchester in 1964. He and I joined the Hallé Choir together shortly after I left school...

Charles P. Douglas (1939)

23rd August 2005

Professor Charles Primrose Douglas FRCOG, FACS, Hon FACOG (1934-39) died in Bathurst, NSW, Australia, on 23rd August, 2005, aged 84. He graduated MA from Peterhouse, Cambridge and MB ChB from the University of Edinburgh, where he was in the university hockey and tennis teams. He served as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the RNVR in the Pacific. He was awarded a William Waldorf Astor Foundation Scholarship to the USA for a year in 1957, mainly at Duke University in North Carolina. ...

John G. Drew (1938)

8th August 2003

John (Jack) Graham Drew (1934-38) who died on 8th August, 2003, served during the War in the Royal Signals. He was Managing Director of McRae & Drew Ltd., the Paisley manufacturers of upholstery fillings and materials, until 1968 when he retired to the south of France, living there until he returned to the UK some 10 years ago. He was a keen member of Prestwick Golf Club. He is survived by his first wife and their daughter.

Walter J. Gillies (1939)

12th February 2008

Walter (Wattie) John Gillies (1934-39) who died on 12th February, 2008, at the age of 86, was in the fives team. He graduated BA from Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played football for the college, and MB, ChB from the University of Edinburgh. Before his National Service in what is now Ghana, he spent six months in paediatrics and worked as a surgeon in Edinburgh and Carlisle. He then took up a locum job in Moffat, where he was to become a highly respected GP for 46 y...

Laurence A. Hill (1939)

20th January 2004

Laurence Alexander Hill (1934-39) died in Norfolk on 20th January, 2004 at the age of 82. He was a prefect and was in the XV, in the cricket and hockey teams and was Captain of Swimming. His War service was as a Captain in the Royal Engineers in Madagascar and Burma. He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, and gained his B.Sc. from the Royal School of Mines in London, later becoming an A.R.S.M. and A.M.I.M.M. He worked as a mining engineer in Europe, India, U.S.A., So...

George H.P. Lawrence (1938)

16th August 2008

George Holcombe Peace Lawrence (1929-38) died on 16th August, 2008, aged 87 years. During WWII he served as a Captain in 3rd Regt R.H.A. at El Alamein, Tunis, Salerno, Normandy and NW Europe and as a Major in the R.A. with 8th Corps. He was awarded the M.C. He subsequently worked as an adviser to the Tobacco Manufacturers and as an agent in Portugal for Maschinenfabrik Fr. Niepmann, the German Tobacco Machinery Manufacturers. His OL brother Albert (1940) died in 2000.

Angus F.W. Low (1939)

18th June 2001

Angus Feredith Webster Low (1934-39) who died on 18th June, 2001, was a prefect and a member of the XV. He served during the war in the Gordon Highlanders before transferring to the Glider Pilot Regiment: captured at Arnhem, he managed to escape, and was Mentioned in Despatches. He worked in India as General Manger of Pierce Leslie & Co. Ltd. in Coimbatore. On returning to the UK in 1971 he worked for the Official Receiver’s Office in Southampton. The Glider Pilots’ Assoc...

Arthur J.A. Rickards (1937)

5th May 2005

Lieut. Commander Arthur James Aitchison Rickards (1930-37) died on 5th May, 2005. He joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1939 but, after being invalided out, transferred to Motor Torpedo Boats and served in the North Sea, the Channel, Belgium and Holland. He was Mentioned in Despatches. Following his retirement from the Royal Navy in 1951 he worked in Ireland, where he met his wife, Patience. He returned to Scotland and ran the estates of Colonel George Malcolm in Argyll and Sir Ch...

Charles F. Rolland (1939)

27th July 2008

Dr Charles Frederick Rolland (1935-39), who died on 27th July, 2008, was Captain of Boxing, a prefect and in the XV and athletics team. He went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge as a scholar and graduated with a First in Natural Sciences. He completed his medical training, graduating MB, ChB and subsequently MD, at the University of Edinburgh and he played for the university XV and later became a FRCP (Edin). In the latter stages of the war he served as a major in the RAMC att...

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