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ARENTSEN – Raymond
Tomas Leif Arentsen
(F, 1936-1940).
Aero Engineering at
Chelsea College from 1942-
1945, 1st Cl Dip, before
becoming a Licensed Aircraft
Engineer. Olley Air Service,
Croydon 1945-1949 BOAC,
Bristol 1950-1952 BAC then
Br Aerospace, Filton 1953-
1983. Flt Insp 1953-1959
Spares Engineering, Britannia
and Concorde Aircraft 1959-
1983, before retiring in 1983.
He was also a Glider Pilot
(C03S) and served as the
Honorary Consul of Chile at
Bristol from 1976.
BARROW – On 14th
December 2013, Geoffrey
Wallis Stuart Barrow (C,
1937-1939) in Edinburgh.
Born in Headingly, Leeds,
28th November 1924, he
obtained an Hon DLitt from
Glasgow, and at Newcastle
upon Tyne, FRSE, FRHistS,
FSAS, where he then became
Professor of Mediaeval
History from 1961-1974. He
was Professor of Scottish
History at the University of
St Andrews from 1974-
1979, and the Sir William
Fraser Professor of Scottish
History and Palaeography
from 1979-1992. He
went on to become the
Joint Vice-President,
Commission Internationale
de Diplomatique from 1994-
2005 and the Joint Literary
Director, Royal Historical
Society, from 1964-1974.
He was also Chairman of
the British Academy Anglo-
Saxon Charters Committee
from 1978-1988, a member
of the Royal Commission on
Historical Manuscripts from
1984-1990 and President
Saltire Society from 1987-
1990.
BARCLAY – Peter Barclay
(B, 1936-1940) aged 92.
Brother to Tim Barclay, (B,
1938-1942). Peter was in
the Royal Northumberland
Fusiliers from 1941-1947, as
a Major. He studied for his
MA at Hertford, Oxford,
from 1947-1950. He was
an Assistant Master at
Portsmouth Grammar School
from 1950-1987, and Careers
and Housemaster, before
retiring in 1987.
BIRD – On 23rd April 2014,
Donald William Kemp Bird
(F, 1942-46), in Cumbria. Mrs
Bird has kindly provided the
following obituary.
After leaving St Edward’s,
Dr Bird went to St Catherine’s
College, Cambridge, where
he attained a BA and went
on to University College
Hospital in London, qualifying
as a Doctor in 1952. He
joined a general practice in
Maidstone, where he became
interested in mental health,
and in 1963 moved to London
with his family to retrain as a
psychologist and psychiatrist.
While studying, he worked
as a psychiatrist and medical
assistant, and then in 1971
became a consultant at the
Tavistock Clinic in London,
and then chairman of the
Adolescent Department
and Dean of Postgraduate
Studies. Having always taken
part in amateur dramatics, he
continued that interest when
he retired to Cumbria, taking
part in many of the Caldbeck
Players productions as well as
village activities such as Meals
on Wheels and the Village Hall
Committee. He also found
at Potts Ghyll, a garden big
enough to grow old-fashioned
roses, and to have a dog, and
was able to die at home, as
he wished.
BOODLE – In January 2014,
Arthur Trelawny Boodle
(C, 1932–1936), aged 96 in
Limington, Somerset. He was a
self-employed Solicitor at Messrs
Marsh Warry & Arrow Solicitors
and a Solicitor Commissioner
for Oaths. He served as a Major
in the Royal Artillery from
1939-1945. Husband of the late
Jean (née Page), father of Gillian
and David (C, 1968-1973) and
grandfather of Oliver.
BRUCE – In March 2014,
Douglas S Bruce (A, 1943-
1948) aged 84. He obtained
a BSc from Birmingham
University from 1948-1951,
RE 1951-1953 2nd Lt., Ind
Mngmt 1953-1974. Member
of the Local Government
for Gloucestershire County
Council since 1974, and a Senior
Consultant. Branch Chairman
Inst Br Foundrymen 1973-1974
MBIM MMS.
CARSTAIRS – On 6th
January, Timothy John Carstairs
(B, 1972-1976), after a long
illness. He studied at Reading
University, and went on to be
Director of Communications
for Mines Advisory Group.
Throughout his career, he was
dedicated to the campaign
against landmines as well as
broader humanitarian goals.
COX – In January 2014, Jeremy
Munro Cox (E, 1948-1952).
Jeremy’s brother John Cox (E,
1948-1952) has kindly provided
the following obituary notice.
Service in the RAF, where,
after study at the School of
Oriental and African Studies
at London University, he
was posted to Hong Kong to
monitor Chinese radios. He
followed this working for a
consulting engineering firm
engaged on contracts in the near
and far east and in this country.
On retirement he worked
for the Tear Fund, became a
Deacon in the Baptist Church
as their local treasurer and was
also responsible for the finances
of the Gideon Society in the
area where he died.
COX – On 20th January 2014,
John William Andrew Cox (C,
1952-1957), aged 76.
The following obituary was
kindly provided by his friend
David Bevir (C, 1952-1957).
Apart from being struck
by a car while crossing the
Woodstock Road on a run in
his second term and losing
several front teeth, John Cox
had a successful career at school.
He became a School Prefect and
Head of House in Bim Barff ’s
last year as Housemaster and
Senior Under Officer in the
CCF. He sang in the Choir for
five years and acted in several
school plays, including Morning
Departure in 1955 when it was
reported that his Scots accent
Jeremy Cox
John William Andrew Cox
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