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575 Graham Leonard DEBNEY (1935- ) (Member of the Brierley Hill club until it disbanded at June
2011. Inducted 1.7.2011; left on 30.6.2012.) Industrial finishing plant.
Retired but previously Sales Director of Burntwood Engineering Co
Limited and Fintech Finishing Plant Limited in Prospect Road, Burntwood,
both of which manufactured spray booths and paint shop plants. The
companies were voluntarily wound up in 1992 and ’93 respectively.
He was born and raised in Smethwick. He joined the RAF in 1956 and
as a Pilot Officer flew Canberra jets for photo-reconnaissance for about 5
years before joining Burntwood Engineering. His home was at Great Barr
until 1967 before moving to Wordsley. In retirement he has been active
in public service: Director 1999-2005 of Wordsley Housing Society, which provides residential
care for individuals with mental health and substance abuse problems; Trustee of Wordsley and
District Community Association, which manages the Wordsley Community Centre and its many
activities; Trustee/Director of Stourbridge Navigation Trust from its incorporation in 2002 until
retiring in 2014, and latterly as Chairman. The Trust maintains the Stourbridge Extension Canal,
and owns the historic Bonded Warehouse in Stourbridge and canal-boat operator Fellows,
Morton & Clayton Ltd. He was also Dudley Councillor for Wordsley ward for two terms 1999-
2006 and for a time a Director of Dudley & West Midlands Zoological Society.

576 Peter MARSH, JP (1951 - ) (Inducted 1.7.2011; still a member at 2022.
Previously a member of Brierley Hill Rotary Club from 1995 and its
President 2004-05; made Paul Harris Fellow 2011.) Project Management.
Head of Support Services for Interserve (Facilities Management) Ltd, in
charge of all the non-medical services at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley for
10 years until retiring in 2014. He joined Interserve in 2001 but had
worked with the National Health Service for more than 40 years. While
with Interserve he was seconded to Sir Robert McAlpine 2001-05 to
manage the Reviewable Design Process for the expansion of Russells Hall
Hospital.
Peter is Dudley born and bred. He attended Sebright School, Wolverley for 3 years and then
Ellowes Hall School, Dudley before being articled to builders A J Crump in the management of
the firm from 1967 until it went into receivership in 1970. He then joined the Health Service as
a Works Assistant at New Cross Hospital. In 1974 he moved to Dudley Guest Hospital but was
concerned with managing and maintaining community buildings: health centres, clinics and
ambulance stations. 4 years later he was appointed Senior Building Officer for Dudley NHS
looking after Burton Road and the Guest hospitals, The Limes and Prestwood sanatoriums and
the newly constructed Russells Hall Hospital.
Peter is well involved in local community activities: he served as a magistrate on the Dudley
(now Black Country) Bench 1997-2021; is a director/trustee of White House Cancer Support and
of Mary Stevens Hospice (and now Vice Chair); a trustee of Baylies' Educational Foundation,
Daniel Parsons Educational Charity and The Dudley Church of England Schools Foundation; and
was Chair of the Governors of Castle High School and Visual Arts College for 6 years until it
converted to St James Academy in 2017. His home in the Oakham district of Dudley.