Obituaries The Cheltonian 2023-24

Obituaries

Obituaries are also published throughout the year on the Cheltonian Society website: www.cheltoniansociety.org/pages/obituaries

These obituaries have been compiled from obituaries published in national and local papers and tributes written by family members or those who knew the deceased very well. We are extremely grateful to Malcolm Sloan and to Hannah Dale, College Archivist, for the research she has carried out and for providing many of the College photographs. Please get in touch to let us know of any obituaries or notices for our website and the next edition of The Cheltonian.

01 November 2024

Trevor Davies (College staff, 1962-1988)

Trevor Davies, father of Steve Davies (S, 1980) and Rob Davies (S, 1984) and grandfather of Jonathan Davies (S, 2010), died on 11 April 2024, aged 91.

01 November 2024

Thomas John (Max) Bygrave (Physics Technician & Badminton Coach, 1994-2013)

Max Bygrave died on 4 April 2024, aged 84.

01 November 2024

Jane Waller (Prep Registrar, 2017-2024)

Jane Waller passed away in February 2024.

01 November 2024

Simon Charles Ayre (Xt, 1974)

Simon Ayre died on 30 January 2023, aged 67.

01 November 2024

Duncan Otho Steele Bennett (H, 1980)

Duncan Bennett, brother of Christopher Bennett (H, 1975), passed away on 30 November 2023, aged 61.

01 November 2024

Christopher John Boddy (Xt, 1957)

Christopher Boddy passed away on 17 December 2023, at the age of 85.

01 November 2024

Christopher Michael Brain (H, 1958)

Christopher Brain died on 14 March 2024, aged 84, after a short illness.

01 November 2024

Matthew Kiran Burke (NH, 2018)

Matt Burke died on 24 November 2023, aged 23.

01 November 2024

Colonel Mark Mackenzie Carnegie- Brown OBE (H, 1955)

Mark Carnegie-Brown, brother of Neil Carnegie-Brown (H, 1951) and Adam Carnegie-Brown (H, 1953), and uncle of Bruce Carnegie-Brown (H, 1977) and Ian Carnegie-Brown (H, 1979), died peacefully on 1 August 2024, aged 87.

01 November 2024

Michael John Green (Day Boy, 1956)

Michael Green died on 26 November 2023, aged 85.

01 November 2024

William Neville Dibben (Xt, 1955)

William Dibben, father of David Dibben (Xt, 1978) and brother of Richard Dibben (Xt, 1952), died on 24 June 2024, aged 87.

01 November 2024

John Michael Griffith-Jones (Thirlestaine, 1961)

John Griffith-Jones, brother of the late Christopher ‘Bomber’ Griffith-Jones (Thirlestaine, 1963), died on 23 April 2024, aged 81.

01 November 2024

Peter Marshall Haines (H, 1958)

Peter Haines, brother of Oliver Haines (H, 1959), died in November 2022, aged 82.

01 November 2024

Thomas Guy Stuart Higson (L, 1961)

Guy Higson died in November 2023, aged 80.

01 November 2024

Nicholas Hugh Lindo (L, 1954)

Nick Lindo, father of Hugh Lindo (L, 1979) and Murray Lindo (Junior, 1979), died on 22 November 2023, aged 87.

01 November 2024

Gordon Richardson Mellor (H, 1947)

Gordon Mellor, father of Anthony Mellor (H, 1974), Philip Mellor (H, 1979) and Christopher Mellor (Junior, 1977), died peacefully at home in France on 4 July 2024, aged 94.

01 November 2024

Ian Charles Hugh Moody (Cheltondale, 1946)

Ian Moody, father of Charles Moody (Cheltondale, 1976) and grandfather of Cecelia Warren-Thomas (Ch, 2003) and Guy Warren-Thomas (H, 2004), died on 1 January 2024, aged 95.

01 November 2024

Captain Richard Alfred Nesbitt Orange-Bromehead BSc CEng MICE (Xt, 1945)

Richard Orange-Bromehead, son of Col FE Orange-Bromehead OBE (Xt, 1905), passed away on 19 June 2024, aged 96.

31 October 2024

Stephen Michael Page (H, 1964)

Stephen Page, brother of Gordon Page (H, 1962) and Alan Page (H, 1968), died on 26 June 2023, aged 77.

30 October 2024

Keith Edwin Pow (Xt, 1948)

Keith Pow died suddenly but peacefully in Salisbury District Hospital on 6 July 2024, aged 93

29 October 2024

Dan Minton Rees (Xt, 1955)

Dan Rees, father of Aled Rees (Xt, 1982) and Morgan Rees (Xt, 1988), brother of the late David Rees (Xt, 1952), Henry Rees (Xt, 1959) and the late John Rees (Xt, 1962), cousin of the late Michael Rees (Xt, 1953) and Martin Rees (Xt, 1958), and uncle of David Rees (Xt, 1983), died on 24 February 2024, aged 87.

28 October 2024

Barnaby David Westlake Richards (Cheltondale, 1952)

Barney Richards, father of David Richards (Xt, 1987), died on 1 May 2024, aged 89.

27 October 2024

Anthony James Sollars (L, 1961)

Anthony Sollars, brother of Christopher Sollars (L, 1964), died on 6 February 2024, aged 80.

26 October 2024

Alexander Jonathan Stewart (H, 1968)

Jo Stewart died on 24 May 2023, aged 73.

04 October 2024

Robert (Robin) Temple (BH, 1944)

Robin Temple passed away on 6 January 2023, aged 96.