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Robert J. Hutchinson (1946)
26th December 2007
Robert John Hutchinson (1946) died on 26 December 2007 aged 79. He was a prefect and in the XV. He graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (Jesus College) in 1949. In 1953 he graduated M.B., B.Chir.. Part of his career was spent working in community medicine in Yorkshire.
Stephen Allan (1946)
19th May 2010
Stephen Allan (1942-46) died on 19th May, 2010. He graduated in History and Economics from Cambridge (Corpus Christi College) and was in the University Rifle Team. In 1951 he was in the Yorkshire Rifle Team and was also in the Kings 100 at Bisley. He was Personnel Manager with British Steel (Special Steels), in Sheffield. Stephen and his wife Shirley, who survives him with two of their three children, became keen and expert fly-fishers, visiting the major Scottish rivers. ...
John J.S. Birrell (1946)
16th December 2006
John Jardine Stewart Birrell (1939-46) died on 16th December, 2006: having stoically overcome the effects of a stroke suffered eight years ago, he had recently been experiencing increasing ill health.  He was Editor of the Lorettonian and in the shooting team.  Having graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, he worked as an Underwriter at Lloyds and was Chairman of Birrell Smith Underwriting Agencies Ltd in London.  His son, Christopher, writes:  “He enjoyed fishing and once ...
Tindle Bullen (1946)
1st August 2005
Tindle Bullen (1942-46) died on 1st August 2005 suddenly at home aged 77. He joined the Regular Army & was commissioned through "Intake 2" at Sandhurst in 1948. He then served with the Royal Artillery in Tripoli, British Army on the Rhine, the Canal Zone and Cyprus, retiring in 1965 in the rank of Captain, to join his father-in-law's business and settled down to family life in his beloved home town of Sunderland. He ended his career as a liaison officer with the Sunderland ...
John N.H. Gourlie (1945)
1st June 2005
John Norman Henry Gourlie (1942-45) died in June 2005 (exact date unkown please contact Lorettonian Society if you know the date). He went to the West of Scotland College of Agriculture before serving in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders from 1946-7 (representing the Scottish Command at athletics). Following studies at RMA Sandhurst he took a regular commission in 1951 and served with the RASC in Malaya, Singapore and Germany, retiring in 1961 having played for the Army X...
James D.H. Hume (1945)
26th April 2009
James Douglas Howden Hume CBE, LLD (1942 – 45) died on the 26th April 2009, aged 80. David H Hume (1951) writes: “My brother Douglas was the last of four generations of our family to run the international Glasgow based engineering firm of James Howden & Co. Ltd., which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004. He was an apprentice at Howden from 1947 and qualified as a ‘reliable craftsman in all aspects of general engineering’ in 1955. During this period he did his National ...
John G. Salvesen (1946)
19th January 2008
John George Salvesen (1942-46) died on 19th January, 2008, at the age of 79. He graduated from the Edinburgh & East of Scotland Agricultural College of the University of Edinburgh, captaining the University Golf Team and excelling at snooker and bridge. He farmed at Bruceton in Perthshire and was a respected consultant and designer of golf courses: his legacy can be seen on the fairways and greens in the Vale of Strathmore, at Charleton in Fife, Traigh near Arisaig, Caldy i...
Ian A.B. Mackenzie-Ross (1946)
25th April 2010
Dr Ian Alexander Bruce Mackenzie-Ross (1941-46) who died on 25th April 2010, after a long illness, was a prefect, in the 1st XI and the Fives Team. He graduated BA., (Natural Sciences) from Cambridge University (St John’s College) and MB., Ch.B. from the University of Edinburgh where he captained the University Cricket XI. He served as a captain in the RAMC from 1953-54 in Malaya and worked as a GP in Brasted and Sundridge, Nr Westerham, Kent from 1961 to 1991. His brother Ke...
Robert L.S.C. Murray (1946)
12th March 2013
Robert (Roy) Lumsden St. Clair Murray (1942-46), who died on 12 March 2013, was a Prefect, Captain of the 3rd XV and a member of the Fives Team. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Graham, Smart and Annan in Edinburgh. He joined John Dewar & Sons Ltd, the Whisky Distillers in Perth in 1954 and was appointed a Director in 1964. He sat on the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland from 1979 to1984, as well as various Council committees until 1990. ...
Alan J. Findlay (1945)
2nd May 2002
Alan J. Findlay (1941-45) is reported to have died on 2nd May, 2002.
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