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Category: Batten

Stories about OHs from Batten House, Haileybury

2020s…

This could be the start of something BIG …..

12 May 2025
OH golfers Derek Lam (B 85-89) and Kevin Yuen (M 87-92) played their inaugural golf match v Old Oundelians on the New Course at the Hong Kong Golf Club on…
Alban's…

ANNUAL LONDON LUNCH 2025

25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025
We were delighted to welcome over 80 OHs and guests to our annual London lunch at the RAF Club on London’s Piccadilly on Wednesday 19th March 2025. After drinks in…
Batten…

New Zealand OHs get-together

24 Mar 2025
Two’s Company – Three’s a crowd! Charles Deane (E 67) writes from NZ that he, John Middleton (C 88) and Matthew Goodson (B 88) met up on 18th March 2025…
2010s…

TRAVEL GRANT – Daniel Hampshire (B 13)

17 Mar 202517 Mar 2025
We are pleased to have awarded a travel grant for £500 to Daniel to enable him to travel independently to Guatemala. Daniel is planning to immerse himself fully in the…
1960s…

Lloyd Bookless (Former Staff 1969 – 2005)

4 Dec 20243 Feb 2025
We are very sorry to announce the death of Lloyd Bookless (Former Staff 1969 – 2005). Lloyd spent his entire career teaching Classics at Haileybury, He served Haileybury as Assistant…
1940s…

Annual London Lunch – Our Best Turnout Yet!

14 May 202414 May 2024
On 23rd April 2024 112 OHs, Honorary members and guests gathered for the Society’s Annual London Lunch at the RAF Club in London’s Piccadilly. After a welcome glass of fizz…
Alban's…

Haileybury Youth Trust seeks Assistant Country Manager

28 Feb 2024
The Haileybury Youth Trust (HYT), is seeking an Assistant Country Manager to help lead its operations in Uganda. An OH graduate, the successful candidate will succeed Ed Brett (E 11)…
1960s…

1964 Mikado Tour of Sweden – reunion get-together being organised!

5 Feb 20245 Feb 2024
Richard Lawrence (L 60) is arranging an informal 60th anniversary get-together for those who came on the Mikado tour of Sweden six decades ago and/or those who were involved with the…
1950s…

OHRFC friends celebrate rugby, companionship and coincidences

3 Nov 20234 Jan 2024
We were delighted to hear once more from Tony Harper (K 60) who has written to us about his regular get-together with fellow OHs at the OHRFC old players' lunch.…
2010s…

Ben Hampshire (B 13) seeks to raise £3000 for WaterAid – please help him

28 Sep 20233 Oct 2023
On April 21st 2024, Ben Hampshire (B 13) will be running the London Marathon in support of WaterAid. As Ben says, his love for running ultimately started in his time…
2000s…

2003 leavers’ reunion a great success

20 Sep 202326 Sep 2023
On Saturday 16th September a large group of OH leavers from the class of 2003 gathered at Singer’s Tavern in London to celebrate twenty years since they left Haileybury. The event…
1940s…

London Lunch celebrates a special year for Haileybury and its alumni

3 May 202317 Oct 2023
Senior Members of The Haileybury Society enjoyed a wonderful reunion at this year's Annual London Lunch on 26th April, held once again at the RAF Club on Piccadilly. A spirit of community…
2000s…

Financial Services: Gentium FX

15 Mar 202330 Mar 2023
Amir Safar (B 06) is joint owner of Gentium FX, which provides bespoke foreign exchange solutions that help corporate and private clients manage their FX exposure. Services Established for over 14…
1940s…

Ian Tennent (B 44) – army man and editor

3 May 202216 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Ian Peter Tennent (B 44) on 19th April 2022 aged 91. We are grateful to his brother Tim who has written an obituary. Ian…
1950s…

James Everitt, OBE (B 50) – businessman and golfer

10 Feb 202223 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of James - Jim - Edmund Everitt, OBE (B 50) who has died aged 85 on 1st February 2022 in…
1970s…

Unbeaten rugby XV of 1971 meet once more fifty years later!

2 Dec 202111 Dec 2023
Saturday 27th November 2021 marked a very special occasion when The Haileybury Society hosted a wonderful reunion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unbeaten rugby XV in 1971. The afternoon…
1940s…

Major Noel Shuttleworth (B 47) – considerate founder of retirement homes for professionals

29 Nov 202117 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Major Noel Charles Shuttleworth (B 47) who has died aged 88 on 29th October 2021. At Haileybury, Noel played…
1900s…

Old photo of 1914 Haileybury Gymnastic Team poses new questions

12 Oct 202118 Dec 2023
The Haileybury Society was fascinated to hear from Richard H C Wooles (Th 92) about a photograph uncovered following the death of his father. Taken on the eve of the…
1940s…

Imogen Thomas remembers VE Day at Haileybury

13 Sep 202114 Dec 2023
We were delighted to hear from Imogen Thomas recently who sent us her memories of the war at Haileybury - and also its aftermath. Imogen's father, Edgar Matthews, taught at…
1930s…

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Attlee, CB (B & L 36) – Queen’s Flight commander who was arrested in Mali

30 Apr 202116 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Air Vice-Marshal Donald Laurence Attlee, CB, LVO, DL (B & L 36), who has died on 28th April 2021, aged…
1930s…

Ralph Hedderwick (B 30) – Society Past President and Haileybury Life Governor

4 Mar 202122 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is deeply saddened to learn that past-President Ronald Arthur Ralph - "Ralph" - Hedderwick (B 30) passed away peacefully after a fall at his home in Oxfordshire, on…
1970s…

Simon Kverndal, QC (B 71) – popular barrister who strived hard for others

23 Jul 202017 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Simon Richard Kverndal, QC (B 71) who has died aged 62 on Sunday 14th June 2020. Head of House, Deputy…
1910s…

Haileybury Roll of Honour – Lt. F.W.A. Buckell (B.1889)

24 Jun 202020 Dec 2023
Francis William Ashton Buckell (B.1889.2) was born on 20 May 1875 in Chichester, Sussex. He was the son of Dr. Leonard Buckell and Mary Augusta Duke, formerly Ashton. He had an…
1910s…

Haileybury Roll of Honour: Captain Barry Hartwell (B 1894)

19 Jun 202020 Dec 2023
Captain Barry Hartwell (B 1894.3) who served in the 2nd Battalion., 8th Gurkha Rifles, was killed at the battle of La Bassée on 30th October 1914. Above: Barry with some of his regiment,…
1890s…

Haileybury Roll of Honour: Captain Barry Hartwell (B 1894)

19 Jun 20203 Jan 2024
Captain Barry Hartwell (B 1894.3) who served in the 2nd Battalion., 8th Gurkha Rifles, was killed at the battle of La Bassée on 30th October 1914. (Above: Barry with some his regiment, possibly…
1930s…

Derek de Rivaz, JP (B 34) – Arnhem survivor who became a major figure in the dairy industry

13 Feb 202017 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Andrew - Derek - Hylton de Rivaz (B 34), who has died on 15th January 2020, aged 99. Derek…
1980s…

Richard Ferris (B 83) – insurance and reinsurance specialist

28 Nov 201917 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the untimely death of Richard - Rick - Ferris (B 83) on 28th November 2019, aged 49.  After leaving Haileybury in 1988,…
1940s…

Eric Alexander (B 49) – Dutch theatre historian

7 Nov 201823 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the the death of Eric Alexander (B 49) on 2nd November 2018, aged 86. After Haileybury, Eric went on to enjoy a…
1950s…

Sir Nigel Broomfield, KCMG (B 50)- army man and diplomat

31 Oct 201817 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death aged 82 of Sir Nigel Broomfield, a talented OH who served in the British Army before joining the Diplomatic Service.…
2000s…

Health & Wellbeing: Carter & George

1 May 201823 Aug 2023
Jamie George (LS & BFr 02) and Rhys Carter (LS & B 01), longstanding friends from Haileybury, are the founders of a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary healthcare practice in Hertford. Services The…

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