1941 Aut WC Allen 1942 Spr WC Allen 1942 Sum WC Allen 1942 Aut GS White 1943 Spr GS White 1943 Aut HB Walton 1944 Spr HB Walton 1944 Sum PW Knight 1944 Aut BN Webster 1945 RF Watts 1946 KW Fuller 1947 D Kerridge 1948 JE Leaney 1949 B Bumpsteed 1950 LW Fleet 1951 Aut RE Daisley 1952 Spr FJ Marven 1952 Sum FJ Marven 1952* Aut AGS Taylor? 1953* AGS Taylor 1954* TNG Perry |
1955 RG Sallis, deputy L Norman 1956 CF Cropley, deputy DA Hobbs 1957 A Moore, deputy MF Thomas 1958 JW Newman & M Human 1959 DA Crowe, deputy BD Ward 1960 GS Davis & A Folks 1961 DB Bailey, deputy CR Taylor 1962 CR Taylor, deputy DJ Register 1963 GJ Ball & JM Daly 1964 AM Pennick & JW Chapman 1965 GR Fernie, deputy SC Porter 1966 SC Porter, deputy EB Crompton 1967 RJ Brown, deputy TC Salmon 1968 JR Harding, deputy CD Hill 1969 PAJ Easy, deputy R Murfitt 1970 IE Cox, deputy PD Griffiths 1971 B King, deputy SJ Yeomans |
* the School Lists (that is, for Autumn Term onwards of the calendar year) for the following years state:
1952 AGS Taylor
1953 TNG Perry
1954 JB ButcherThe Christmas Parties Cartoon 1954 (see Scrapbook) also features John Butcher as School Captain; John Marven distinctly recalls being Head Boy in 1952! He says "I think the confusion has arisen because during the school year 1951/1952 there were two school captains. Roy Daisley was school captain from September 1951 until December 1951 when he left school having gained a place at Cambridge. I then became school captain for the remaining two terms until July 1952."
John Butcher says: "Tom Perry left “before his time” when his family moved to London, so I can only think that there may have been a handover part way through a year. Sadly Tom died a few years later so we may never get to the bottom of it."
If you can sort out the apparent confusion over 1952-54 please contact the editor.
Wartime School Captains from the Soham Grammarian/HB Walton
Some text from the history has been corrected