No . 134 The Trusty Servant
Obituary
We write obituaries for all Old Wykehamists and it would be invaluable to us if OWs were to send us some notes about their life , covering a little bit more than appears in the Winchester College Register . These should be addressed to : The Obituarist , Winchester College Society , 73 Kingsgate Street , Winchester , SO23 9PE , or wincollsoc @ wincoll . ac . uk
Henry Stuart Ramsay Watson ( F , 36-41 ); died 14.8.2022 . Brother of JIW , father of HAW . Co Prae . RAC 1941 ; 2 Lt 13th / 18th R Hussars 1942 . On D-Day , he was the regiment ’ s signals officer in its epic 5,000 yards swim in Duplex-Drive Sherman tanks to the Normandy Beaches ; he then continued to fight throughout the northwest Europe campaign . BAOR 1945-46 and MELF / FARELF 1948-50 ; GSO2 BAOR 1947 ; Staff College 1951 ; GSO2 HQ 1 ( Br ) Corps BAOR 1952-3 ; MBE 1954 ; Instructor RMA Sandhurst 1955-57 ; Malaya 1958-60 ; Instructor Staff College 1960-62 ; CO 13 / 18 H BAOR 1962-64 ; MA to CGS and staff of CDS MOD 1964-65 ; SHAPE 1965-68 ; Defence Policy Staff 1968 ; BGS HQ BAOR 1970-73 ; CBE 1973 ; Defence Policy Staff 1973-74 ; Senior Army Directing Staff RCDS 1975-76 as Major General ; Colonel 13 / 18 H 1979-90 . After retiring from the Army , he became Executive Director , Institute of Directors 1977-85 , Deputy Director General 1985-88 . Treasurers ’ Department Conservative Central Office 1989-96 ( Director 1992-94 ). ‘ A warm man with a willingness to listen , penetrating intellect and complete integrity , he commanded respect and affection among all ranks to an unusual degree .’ A very loyal OW . He married Susan Jackson in 1965 , who died in 2012 , and is survived by 2 sons and a daughter . Obituary in The Times and Telegraph
Brigadier John Richard Rigby ( C , 39-44 ); died 31.8.2022 . Grandfather of ANSR ; Co Prae , Head of House , English Speech , won High Jump . KRRC 1944 , 2 Lt 1946 in Palestine ; Army colour , High Jump . RA ( regular commission ) 1948 ; Tripoli and Canal Zone 1948-50 ; RHA 1949 ; Capt 1953 ; Staff Coll 1957 ; CO 94 Locating Regiment RA 1967-70 ; Directing Staff , Joint Services Staff College , Lt-Col ; Col , Hong Kong , 1971 ; Col , MoD 1974 ; Brig , Missile Range Outer Hebrides 1975 ; Comd Artillery TA Brigade 1977 ; ADC to HM The Queen 1978 ; retired 1980 . He then worked for the British Red Cross Society : deputy chairman Suffolk Red Cross 1990 . Churchwarden and chairman , Friends of Holy Trinity , Long Melford 1990-9 . A keen golfer , but most of all enjoyed family life with his 9 grandchildren . He married Patricia ( Tissa ) McKillop in 1956 , who survives him together with their 2 sons and daughter .
John Oliver Udal ( A , 39-44 ); died 12.9.2022 . Brother of ERU and father of NAU and ARU ; Co Prae ; XV 1943 , joint-founder Stamp Soc . Scholarship New College Oxford 1944 ; Irish Gds 1944 , 2 Lt 1945 ; BAOR 1946 and Palestine 1947 . New College 1948 , 2 Mod Hist 1950 , soccer XI 1949 , MA 1965 . He worked for the Sudan Political Service 1950-5 and was assistant district commissioner , Khartoum and Upper Nile 1952- 4 ; MECAS 1951 . He joined the Conservative Research Dept 1955- 66 before becoming a shipbroker : director , Eggar Forrester ( Holdings ) Ltd 1970-9 , Managing Director 1980 ; chairman , Terminal Operators Ltd and vice-president and consultant , Jebsens ( UK ) Ltd 1980-82 ; Central
Council Economic League 1984-9 . JP 1966 . LCC ( South Kensington ) 1961-5 ; GLC ( Alderman ) 1967-73 , contested Leeds South by-election 1963 ; London Centre for young missing persons ( now St Christopher ’ s Fellowship ) 1970-9 ; Gordon Memorial Foundation 1967-2001 ; Sudan Church Association 1967-98 ; trustee , City Parochial Foundation 1973-97 ; Girdlers ’ Company 1969 , Master 2002-03 . Publications : Wind of Change : the Challenge of the Commonwealth 1960 , Paying for Schooling 1975 , The Nile in Darkness : Conquest and Exploration 1504-1862,1998 , A Flawed Unity 1863-1899 , 2005 and Munich on the Nile 2005 . He married ( 1 ) Ann Hopkins in 1959 and ( 2 ) Ann Bridges Webb in 1979 , who survives him together with his 2 sons and a daughter .
Rev Richard Hamilton Moberly ( E , 44-46 ); died 16.6.2022 . Son of WHM ( GoBo , 1942-66 ), 4th generation of Wykehamists , father to son , brother of JCM and RWGM . RNVR ; Midshipman ( submarines ) 1950 . Trinity Hall Cambridge 1950 , MA 1954 . Sub-Lt RNVR 1952 ; Cuddesdon Theological College Oxford 1953 ; Deacon 1955 , Priest 1956 . St Mary ’ s Walton Liverpool 1955 , St Mary Abbots Kensington 1959 ( i / c St George Campden Hill 1960-63 ); Rector , St Barnabas , Chingola , Zambia , 1963 ; Vicar St Anselm , Kennington Cross , 1966 ; South London Industrial Mission from 1980 . He married Patricia Colney in 1959 , who predeceased him and he is survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters
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