Armed Services… 80th Anniversary of VE Day 8th May 2025 7 May 20257 May 2025 To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe from our community’s perspective, we remember with gratitude those OHs, OISCs, Masters and College staff who gave service to their country…
1930s… Dr. Arthur Reginald Webster Page (H 37) 2 Sep 20243 Feb 2025 We are saddened to report the death of OH Dr Arthur Page (H 37) who has passed away aged 100. Upon leaving Haileybury in 1941 Arthur Page trained as a…
1940s… D – DAY 80 YEARS ON 3 Jun 20243 Jun 2024 As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day the Society pays tribute to all its members who saw active service during WW2, in particular those who were involved in…
1920s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Captain Edwin Smith (C 27) 13 Dec 20223 Jan 2024 Edwin Thomas Martyn Smith (C 27) was born on 29th May 1913 at Walsall, Staffordshire. After Haileybury he went on to study for his MB (Bachelor of Medicine) and ChM (Master of…
1940s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: 2nd Lt. J.R.K.Doig (BF 46) 21 Nov 202220 Dec 2023 John Rodger Kenneth - "Rodger" - Doig (BF 46) was born on 6th May 1932 at Grimsby, Lincolnshire and at Haileybury played in the XV of 1948-49, captaining the side in…
1930s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Flyng Officer John Jannings (E 36) 9 Nov 20223 Jan 2024 John Gordon Jannings (E 36) was born on 8th October 1922 at Golders Green, Middlesex. On 29th June 1944, the Handley-Page Halifax bomber he was flying was shot down and…
1900s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Lt. F E Cadge (M 1907) and Capt. W Cadge (M 1903) 30 Sep 20224 Jan 2024 Peter Rye (A 65) has been in contact with the Haileybury Society following a recent visit to the church of Holy Trinity, Loddon in Norfolk. Walking inside he came across a…
1900s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Sgt. Basil Fenwick (C 1900) 19 Jul 20223 Jan 2024 Basil Middleton Fenwick (C 1900) was born on 2nd September 1885 at Leeds, Yorkshire. He was the son of C.R. Fenwick of Penrydding in Yorkshire and when war broke out…
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…
1940s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Major Hubert Bourne (L 1916) 4 Jun 202020 Dec 2023 Major Hubert Johnstone - Hu - Bourne (L 1916) served in the Royal Engineers in India and was present at the defence of Singapore in 1941, where he died undertaking…
1920s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Lt. Denys Wright, RN (Tr 26) 3 Jun 20208 Jan 2024 Lieutenant (E) Geoffrey Michael - Denys - Wright, RN, MBE, DSC, (Tr 26) fought in the submarine service in WW2 and died serving on HMS Triumph in the Mediterranean in January…
1890s… Haileybury Roll of Honour: Captain F H Barton (M 1894) 26 May 20204 Jan 2024 Chris Darnell (M 65) has been in touch about a story concerning another former Melvill pupil, Captain Francis Hewson Barton (M 1894), whose medals recently came up for auction in…