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David W.W. Bargman (1944)
20th January 2010
David William Weddel Bargman (1938-44), who has died, was a prefect and in the XV and the Hockey XI. He served from 1944-47 as a Lieutenant in the RAC in Germany and India. He was a manager with Adrema Ltd. and then a sales associate with Hambro Life Assurance plc
William H. Darling (1945)
24th March 2010
William (Bill) Hunter Darling (1940–45), who died on 24th March 2010, was a prefect and a member of the shooting team. On leaving school, he joined the Army and served in the Royal Tank Regiment before attending St. John’s College, Cambridge where he graduated in 1951 with a degree in Agriculture. He farmed in Hertfordshire and won a Nuffield Scholarship in 1957 to study farming methods in Australia and New Zealand. He was also a Senior Magistrate in North Herts., a member ...
David H. Galbraith (1945)
20th January 2009
David Hope Galbraith (1936-45) died on 20th January 2009, aged 82. His twin brother, Hamish GR Galbraith (1944) writes: "At the Nippers he had an apt School Report from Tim Colman: 'Busy everywhere except in class.' He was a House Prefect and Sergeant in the J.T.C.; he was much liked for his kindness, consideration for others and his sense of fun, qualities which endeared him to everyone all his life. During National Service he was commissioned and served with the Argyll ...
Colin C. Mudie (1947)
17th April 2012
Colin Couper Mudie (1942-47), who died on 17th April, 2012, was a prefect and in the hockey and athletics teams. He served in the Regular Army as a Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regt until 1955 and then moved to Nairobi as Branch Manager with United Dominions Corp (EA) Ltd until 1961. He returned to the UK as Area Commercial Manager for Scotland for United Dominions Trust Ltd until 1984 and finally worked as the Registrar, Financial Houses Association until his retirement in...
Robert S. Wilson (1947)
1st January 2004
Robert Stewart Wilson (1942-47) who died in 2004 (exact date unkown please contact Lorettonian Society if you know the date) in North Carolina was a prefect and in the XV and the hockey and athletics teams. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, moved to the U.S.A. and worked as a wine merchant becoming a director of The House of Burgundy Inc, wine importers and national distributors, in New York. His wife Joan died last year.
George Cunningham (1947)
1st January 1996
George Cunningham (1943-47) is reported to have died in 1996 (exact date unkown please contact Lorettonian Society if you know the date).
Robert L.F. Fife (1946)
29th September 2006
Robert Leonard Fulton Fife (1943-46) died on 29th September, 2006. His early working life, following National Service in the Royal Air Force, was as Manager of the seed potato department in the family firm Dobbie & Co in Edinburgh. He was a successful gent for a number of companies in Scotland during the 1980s and this was followed by about 10 years in Majorca owning and running a large restaurant. He and his second wife Eileen returned to Scotland several years ago. He i...
Douglas M. McKenzie (1946)
7th September 2011
Douglas Manifold McKenzie (1943-46) died on 7th September, 2011. After Loretto he attended Bradford Technical College then went into his family’s knitwear business, Kidmar, in Bridgeton, Glasgow. Following an amalgamation with Donbros in Alloa, he was Export Sales Manager from 1958-63. He also held a Directorship of Woodside Shipping Co. Ltd and Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd, Glasgow, which came from his mother’s side of the family. He joined his brother-in-law in the buildin...
Charles R. Colman (1948)
2nd February 2013
Charles Robert Colman (1938-48) (twin brother of next entry), who died on 2nd February, 2013, was a prefect and in the XV. He went on to Jesus College, Cambridge, and later moved to Canada after becoming one of 5 people who were invited by Brendan Brackan to join mail-order company, Simpson-Sears. He worked for them for many years until the mid-80s and then became Executive Director of the Hospital Records Institute at Don Mills, Ontario. He played for the Ontario XV and is a...
Daniel M.H. Jones (1947)
21st January 2007
Dr Daniel Michael Howard Jones (1943-47) graduated MB, BS, from the University of Durham, where he was in the cross country team and a member of the caving club. At this time he helped pioneer the deepest exploration of Fairy Hole Caves, Ludwell, Tyneside. Specialising in psychiatry, he trained in Harrogate and Derby and was a Registrar at Wallingham Park Hospital in Surrey. He then worked at the London Hospital and Claybury Hospital, Epping, became a FRCPsych and, in 1968 ...
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