the wellington college year book 2010/2011
major r.m.d. buxton, obe, km, cpm, pjk
144
[pn 1936–1941]
R
ichard volunteered as a private soldier, completing his
officer training in Bangalore,
India before commissioning in the 9th Gurkha
Rifles. Later he worked in the Indian Army
Cipher Unit, Dehra Dun and joined Lord
Mountbatten’s Joint Planning Staff.
After the war Richard served in Malaya
from 1949 during the Emergency and rose
to become Assistant Commissioner of the
Royal Malaya Police in 1965. He was then
approached by the Thai government to assist
in the defeat of communism and became
Technical Advisor to the Royal Thai Police,
first in Udon and then in Bangkok. On
retirement he remained in Thailand, living in
Pattaya for the rest of his life, where he was
the doyen of the ow community.
c a p t a i n a . d . p. p a y n e
[a 1937–1942]
eaving Wellington in 1942,
Anthony was commissioned into the Royal
Artillery in time to land at
Arromanches during the
Normandy invasion. He was remembered
for his coolness when his whole battery was
overrun by the Germans later in the campaign, and for the award of the Bronze Cross
of the Netherlands for gallantry in the libera-
tion of that country. As the war came to a
close, Anthony was much involved in the huge
problem of refugee camps in Europe. Once,
at the point of a gun, he had to gain the assistance of a German nurse in aid of a new born
Ukrainian infant.
After the war, Anthony became adc to
the Minister of War, Emmanuel Shinwell, mp
a former disruptive Trades Union official,
travelling with him across Europe and to the
White House. In 1954, Anthony settled in
Marnull, Dorset as a farmer, and later built
up a successful firm, which became Intasco.
He was much involved over the next 60 years
in parish church, village and festival councils
and gave unstinting time to the youth club.
His step-son John was in the Anglesey from
1962–1966.
c o l o n e l r . w. b . m a y , m c , d l
[hl 1939–1943]
A
true heroum filii (his
father won three mcs in
World War I), Roger was
commissioned into the
Royal Hampshire Regiment
in 1944, but served as a platoon commander
in 4th Bn Somerset Light Infantry from
early 1945. On 30th March, after the Rhine
Crossing, Roger took out a recce patrol and
ran into a German patrol. Dashing forward
and firing from the hip, Roger killed two enemy,
wounded two and captured the remainder.
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