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of RWLM (Coll, 65-70). Cap Prae, Latin
Speech, Divinity Prize. Exhibitioner and
Hon Scholar Hertford College, Oxford,
Classics Mods, BA 1942. Commissioned,
Middlesex Regiment, with whom he
landed in Normandy on D+1 and in
NW Europe. He was responsible for
billeting allied soldiers and found a large
farm near Venlo, where he met his first
wife. He later served in Palestine and
Egypt. Demobbed as a Major 1947.
He wrote the History of 2 nd Bn The
Middlesex Regiment. He returned to
Hertford, 1 Lit Hum MA 1948. He
first worked in HM Treasury 1948-59
and then for the UKAEA 1959-80.
Publications: 1967 Three Mozart Operas.
He became an Anglican Reader and
was active in the ministry until deafness
overcame him. He then moved to be
with his son in Durham. In retirement
he developed an interest in questions of
dating - how calendrical systems work
- and he wrote some articles on dating
New Testament documents. Married (1)
1945 Elly Gitmans (died 1980) and (2)
1984 Molly Shapland (died 2010). He is
survived by his son and a daughter from
his first marriage.
Chetwynd John (Jock) Drake Haswell
(K, 32-37): died 21.1.2018 as our 2 nd Sen
Man. Head of House, VI and VIII. Royal
Military College 1938. Commissioned
the Queen’s Regiment, joining the 2 nd
Battalion at Razmak, Waziristan on the
North West Frontier in 1939. In 1942
he was seconded to the King’s African
Rifles. On arrival at Mombasa he was
told that the troopship had been reported
sunk; everyone on board had been
reported dead and it was inconvenient
that they had come alive again! He
served with the KAR in Somaliland,
where he led a successful operation
against the Vichy French, leading two
Generals into captivity. He later served
in Mountbatten’s Headquarters in Kandy,
Ceylon. Thereafter he served in Berlin
during the Berlin Blockade. He retired as
Major in 1959. After 8 years in Industry
he finally became a Retired Officer at
Intelligence Corps Headquarters at
Ashford, where he wrote the NATO
T he T rusty S ervant
Manuals on Intelligence and Deception.
Publications included (first under the
pen name of George Foster) Indian File
1960 and (then under his own name)
The first Respectable Spy 1969 and The
Intelligence and Deception of the D-Day
Landing, 1979. His beautiful hand-crafted
models were features in the lives of his 8
grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Married 1947 Charlotte Petter who died
after 67 years marriage. He is survived by
their two sons and a daughter. Obituary
in The Daily Telegraph.
David Vere Bendall (D, 33-38): died
27.12.2017 aged 97 as our 5 th Sen
Man. Exhibitioner, Co Prae, French,
German and Spanish Prizes, VI and
Soccer XI. Scholarship, King’s College,
Cambridge, 2 Modern Languages 1939.
Commissioned, Grenadier Guards
1940, with whom he served in North
Africa and Italy. He was appointed
GSO 2 (Ops) HQ 5 Corps, where he
was responsible for planning the final
campaign in Italy. Twice Mentioned in
Despatches he was appointed MBE 1945.
Demobbed as Major 1946. He joined
the Diplomatic Service, with whom he
served in Rome, Santiago, Paris (with
NATO International Staff), Washington
and London. He was appointed CMG
1967. Having been tipped to be
Ambassador in Moscow, he retired from
the FCO in 1971 for the sake of his
wife’s health. He joined Morgan Grenfell
Group 1971-89, where he was at the
forefront of the bank’s international
efforts: he went on to be chairman of
the bank’s overseas operations in France,
Switzerland and Italy. A love of Italy
led him to become a Director, Banca
Nazionale del Lavoro 1986-92. He was
Chairman, British Red Cross Society
1981-86. In Suffolk he was a Patron of
All Souls, Ashbocking, quietly supporting
the church’s maintenance. He played
golf at Aldeburgh and tennis into his 80s.
He lived consistently by his own motto:
Bien ou Rien - Done Well or Not at All.
Married 1941 Merrilees Galpin, who died
2014 after 63 years of marriage. He is
survived by their daughter.
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Charles Eyres Carrington (E, 35-40):
died 9.10.2017 aged 95. Head of House.
Commissioned into DCLI 1942. He was
seconded to the Gold Coast Regiment,
with whom he served in India and
Burma. During the Arakan Operation
he was wounded and Mentioned in
Despatches. He was Captain and
Adjutant 1946. On demobilisation
he joined the Colonial Service, with
whom he served in the Gold Coast
1948-56. During this time he became
President of the Kumasi Golf Club.
Before independence he returned to the
United Kingdom and joined the United
Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at
Harwell 1959-82. In retirement he was
Vice President of the Oxfordshire RBL.
Ian West Stoddart (E, 36-41): died
31.8.2017 aged 94. Father of CWS (E,
63-68) and PGPS (E, 66-70). Junior
Duncan Prize and Gold Medal for
Gymnã. Clare College, Cambridge,
Exhibitioner 1943, 2 Nat Sci BA 1944.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital MB, BCh
1947. DObst 1951 (but he learnt more
from midwives, nurses and mothers
during the last year of the war as he
bicycled through bomb ruins of East
London to deliver babies than from his
professors!), National Service, RAMC
1948-50 Captain. After his medical
training he joined a general practice in
Winchester in 1953, where he remained
until his retirement as the senior
partner in 1990. During this time he
was a School Doctor for Freddie’s. In
retirement he bicycled through Orissa in
India and Madagascar visiting Leprosy
treatment centres. He also bicycled
in Greece, aided by his version of
Modern Greek. Once passing a funeral
procession, the ladies burst out laughing
– he had not said ‘My condolences’
but with rare grammatical correctness,
‘My most sincere congratulations!’ He
stayed ahead of medical science until
his last days, and he always stressed the
need to listen carefully to the patient
before diagnosis and treatment. He was
survived for 4 weeks by Bridget, his wife
of 71 years, and their two sons and two
daughters.