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HAMPSON – In 2011, George Edward Hampson (E, 1963-1965). Brother of Peter Hampson (E, 1963-1965). George went on to be an Engineer at Rees Bros in Aldershot.

retired from the Army and for the next 17 years, based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he raised funds for the Conservative party. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 1985. His wide range of interests included golf, sailing, fell walking, shooting, hunting and polo. Michael Knight married first, in 1946, Bridget Maude who died in 1979 and secondly, in 1980, Jane Reid who survives him with three sons of his first marriage (a daughter predeceased him). LANSDELL – In February 2014, Anthony Roy Harrie Lansdell (A, 1946-1949). He began as a trainee at Rootes Group automobile company, Coventry from 1949-1953, before becoming Deputy Examiner Association GCE BD from 1963-1965 and Assistant Secretary of the Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1965 -1977, and a Marketing Consultant from 1976. LATTEY – On March 2014, John Irvine Lattey (G, 1943- 1947) aged 84. The following obituary has kindly been provided by his son Nick (G, 1972-1976). My father was born in Alexandria in Egypt in 1929. His brother Derek (G, 1944-1949) was born in 1930. His father had a legal practice and it was a classically colonial household with a nanny and staff doing much of the hands-on care. He went to Memphis Preparatory School followed by Victoria College in Alexandria. Aged 11, he returned to the UK with his mother and brother – travelling through Calais a month before it was taken by the German army. His father remained in Egypt, and the family never reunited. His father died in 1950.

He studied at Trinity College

morning, his triumph acclaimed but explanations demanded (not for his absence, but for the fact MCR and friends alike had not been tipped off, and not helped themselves to the 8-1 price on offer!) John’s riding career, which included victory in the Amateur Derby at Epsom, (he was thrilled it was sponsored by Moet), gave way to a training career in Lambourn, his home until his untimely death. Twice he came close to Classic success with second place for Wind in Her Hair in the Oaks and Broadway Flyer in the St Leger (beaten by a horse trained by his father). He also conquered Hong Kong with a horse called Docksider. John was one of the good guys in racing and in life– a friend, supporter and encourager to everyone– he even spent time on the National Trainers Federation, a thankless role to which he was elected by his peers. It says more about John Hills than any words of mine that at the Thanksgiving Service held on a sun-kissed afternoon in his beloved Lambourn it was standing room only half an hour before the start, hundreds listened outside and two of racing’s greatest icons, Frankie Dettori and Tony McCoy, gave up their rides for the day to attend. I was one of at least five OSE who attended that service. To me, and I am sure to all of them who had known him the best part of 40 years, John’s friendship dating back to Teddies was something to cherish. HUTCHINSON – On 1st February 2014, Paul D Hutchinson (B, 1940-1942). Brother of Stephen Hutchinson (B, 1918-1924) and Peter Hutchinson (B, 1936-1941).

Oxford, from 1943-1946, where he obtained his MA before becoming Assistant

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Master at Sebright School near Kidderminster from 1946-1954, and Clifton College Preparatory School from 1954-1988, Housemaster from 1962- 1977, Second Master from 1977-1987, becoming Acting Headmaster in 1982 before retiring in 1988. KENDALL – Thomas Hugh Kendall (F, 1949-1954). He attended Southampton University from 1956- 1959, receiving a First Class BSc, before becoming Communications Engineer at Marconi Ltd in 1961.

John William Hills

HILLS – On 1st June 2014, John William Hills (C, 1974- 1978), aged 53. The following obituary has kindly been provided by Michael Vince (G, 1972-1976). John Hills’ death at the age of just 53, little more than two months after being diagnosed with cancer was a huge shock to his friends and everyone in the world of racing. It is just impossible to imagine how deep his loss is to his wife, Fiona, his four daughters and his immediate family. John was odds-on to end up in the world of racing from the day he arrived at Teddies, but he was the last person to realise it. For him in those teenage years the dream was all about flying, being a pilot and knowing everything about the skies. His father Barry, one of the outstanding trainers of his generation, even arranged for young Master Hills to absent himself from Field House in his second year to ride in the great amateur event the Newmarket Town Plate. Victory was duly secured on a horse that went on to win at Royal Ascot the following year. John’s photo lit up the back pages the next

Lt Col Michael Knight

KNIGHT – Lt Col Michael Knight, aged 94. The following obituary is taken from the Telegraph . Lt Col Michael Knight, witnessed the end of Britain’s Indian Empire, fought throughout the Second World War and was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry. Knight transferred to the British Army in 1948 and joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. A series of postings took him to Germany, Scotland and Cyprus and then, in 1963, he became Commandant of the Central Ammunition Depot at Longtown, Cumbria. After a spell in Singapore in 1974 he