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always looked back with great pleasure at his time at St John’s and kept in touch with the college throughout his life.
“He worked at several private legal firms and local authorities until retiring in 1979, and ultimately moving to Southwold, where he took part in a variety of activities, including the Royal Naval Reserve with promotion to Lieutenant Commander; Coastguard Watch; Commodore of the local sailing club; governor of his old prep school; and a number of other activities.
“With the help of carers, he was able to continue living on his own in his bungalow until shortly before he died aged 92. He never married.”
F.E. Reiss (G)
died 4th December 2017.
1945
Harold Halle (S)
died 22nd December 2018.
His daughter, Rosie, writes: “Harold’s Commanding Officer wrote in his Service and Release Book in 1948 that ‘Harold is honest and of good integrity, and there is no doubt he will prove to be a valuable member of any future organisation of which he becomes a part.’ Integrity and honesty became the guidelines for both his personal and professional lives.
“Harold was born in Berlin and moved with his family to the United Kingdom in 1933. He attended preparatory school in Caterham, Surrey, and Moffat, Scotland, before he and his twin brother, Bernard, started at Oundle on the 1st May 1941, eventually becoming House
Prefects of Sidney in their final year. Harold represented Sidney in rugby, cricket and fives. He also represented the School in fives and cricket, earning his School colours as a member of the 1st X1.
“On 7th March 1946 he began his National Service in the Royal Air Force at RAF Kirkham and was released on 14th March 1948, having completed his service requirement.
“Harold then joined the family’s textile business, Halle Models, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, where his strong interpersonal skills served him well in the role of Sales Director. The employees from the machinists to the directors were all greeted personally each day until his retirement. His belief was that every single employee was to be treated with respect if a business was to be successful.
“Harold married Barbara Shaw on 19th January 1952 at Prestbury Church in Cheshire. They had four children: Rosie, Clare, Debbie and Rick (S 81), but sadly lost their second child, Clare, to meningitis.
“Throughout Harold’s life, family was of primary importance and as his family grew with the arrival of grandchildren and great grandchildren, family celebrations became even more meaningful to him.
“His love of sport never dwindled. He was a highly competitive tennis and hockey player, and equally competitive on the golf course, even though he only took up the sport in his late 30s, when his hockey days were over. The Old Oundelian Golf Society brought him much pleasure and many new friends, who shared his passion for the game.
“He will be greatly missed by his wife, children and extended family, but he leaves a legacy to all of them on the value of respect, honesty and integrity in dealing with one’s fellow human beings.”
M.E. Mocatta (Sc)
died 22nd March 2019.
1946
P.M. Barnard (S) died in 2018.
R.G. Price (Sc)
died 3rd October 2018.
1948
S.M. Alley (D)
died 3rd March 2019.
J.S. Lang (S)
died 21st April 2019.
1949
I.T.N. Deakin (G)
died 23rd September 2018.
W.J. Gowing (N) died 5th July 2017.
Martin Rogers (N)
died 30th July 2018.
His wife, Jane, writes: “Martin arrived at Oundle in 1944. One of his contemporaries and oldest friends, Brian Mattinson (N 49), wrote in a tribute read out at a thanksgiving service last September that he recalled sitting on a hard bench on a dismal war-weary autumn afternoon in 1944 in the prep room of New House with two other boys, one of whom was Martin, and that was the start of lifelong friendships with them both.
“Martin admired the Headmaster, Graham Stainforth, and enjoyed his amusing Housemaster, Arthur Marshall, but he and his friends shared a particular affection and respect for their House Tutor, Rolf Barber. Martin was a School Prefect and Head of House. He was awarded House colours for gymnastics, which he greatly enjoyed, and also represented the School in gymnastics.
“Due to a serious knee injury suffered playing rugby at school, he was not accepted for National Service and so went to Heidelberg University for a year, before going to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences Part One and History Part Two, and rowed for the college. He always said that his interest in science was based on the excellent teaching in the Science department at Oundle, especially the Chemistry teaching of ‘Bungy Pip’ Palmer.
“At the request of his father, he www
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