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Steven L. Henderson (1943)
24th December 2006
Steven Leslie Henderson (1938-43), who died on 24th December, 2006, was in the XV and was Pipe Major. On leaving school he served with the Royal Engineers in Italy and Austria and later served as a Captain from 1947-59 in 117 Field Engineer Regt, R.E. (T.A.). He qualified as a C.A., becoming Senior Partner in Thomson McLintock & Co., in Aberdeen. He was also a Governor of Aberdeen College of Education (1969-87); President of Aberdeen Junior Chamber of Commerce (1958-59); P...
Edward R. McCosh (1941)
1st June 2005
Edward Robert McCosh (1938-41) died in 2005 (exact date unkown please contact Lorettonian Society if you know the date). He served during the War in the Royal Engineers in France, Germany and the Middle East. He was a landowner of an estate in Lanarkshire.
Peter C. McNeill (1942)
12th November 2006
Peter Calwell McNeill FIMechE, FIEE (1938-42) died on 12th November, 2006. On leaving school he spent two years with L.M.S. as an engineering Pupil before gaining a First in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University, Belfast, followed by a Ph.D. He had a distinguished career as Technical Manager, Radiation Services, with Elliot Bros. (London) Ltd.; Chief Engineer of BICC, London and Director of Balfour-Beatty Ltd. He was an Assistant Consultant with Inbuc...
Peter W. Musgrave (1943)
21st March 2011
Professor Peter William Musgrave (1937-44) died in Australia on 21st March, 2011. He was a prefect and in the XV and the hockey, athletics, swimming and boxing teams. His war service was as a Captain in the 2nd Punjab Regt. in India and the Pacific. He graduated from Cambridge University (St. John’s College) and was awarded an PhD by the University of London before becoming a Senior Research Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Abe...
John M. Weir (1942)
6th April 2012
John McNair Weir (1933-42), who died on 6th April, 2012 aged 87 years, was a prefect, Captain of Cricket and of Fives and in the hockey and athletics teams. In WWII he served as a Captain in the 1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry, in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany and was Mentioned in Despatches. From 1947-58 he served as a Major with the Fife & Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. His CO offered him a job with Jute Industries in Dundee ...
Frederick L.M. Pattison (1941)
21st August 2010
Dr. Frederick Lewis Maitland Pattison FRIC, FCIC, FRSA (1936-41), who died on 21st August, 2010, was a prefect and in the athletics team. He graduated M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D in Chemistry from Clare College, Cambridge. From 1943-47 he did Government Research into Chemical Warfare. In 1947 he accepted a lecturer position in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in 1948 joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), rising to become Chair of the Department. In 19...
Charles G. Ballingall (1942)
17th November 2005
Major Charles George Ballingall (1937-42) died on 17th November, 2005 aged 83. His brother Patrick (1944) writes: “He was Head of School, was in all the school first teams and held the half-mile record in athletics. In the Second World War he commanded one of the earliest troops of the “Funnies” , being Sherman tanks equipped with bulldozer blades, in the 1st Assault Regiment RAC/RE in Italy. His tanks had to operate in front of the leading troops to clear obstructions to ...
Anthony S. Morton (1941)
6th May 2006
Admiral Sir Anthony Storrs Morton GBE, KCB, OStJ., DL (1937-41) died on 6th May, 2006, aged 82. One of Loretto’s most senior military men, his promotion to Admiral in 1979 as U.K. Military Representative to NATO was recognition of a brilliant career at sea and ashore. At school he was a prefect and in the swimming team. Joining the Royal Navy in 1941 he served in the battleship Anson and then the destroyer Onslow on the Russian convoys. He was then appointed to the Wrangl...
George S. Scott-Noble (1941)
21st February 2005
George Sime Scott Noble (1932-41) died on 21st February, 2005. He served during the War in the RAFVR in Burma, India and Hong Kong. He worked in the Borders tweed industry, as Sales Director of Scottish Worsteds and Woollens Ltd and was also a director of Robert Noble & Co. Ltd. He retired to live in Portugal in 1979 where he enjoyed his love of golf and was a much respected member of Penina Golf Club up until his death. He is survived by his wife, Sheila, OL son Peter (19...
James G. Macpherson (1940)
7th September 2008
The Right Honourable Baron (James Gordon) Macpherson of Drumochter FRES, FZS, FRSA, JP, (1938-40) died on 7th September, 2008, at the age of 84. During the War he served as WO1 in the RAFVR in Burma, Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Sumatra. He was Chairman of Macpherson, Train & Co. Ltd., the London food and produce importers and exporters and subsidiary companies and of AJ Macpherson & Co., Bankers. He was a Past Chairman of the West India Committee, President of the British...
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