Soham Grammar School Photo October 1937

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Courtesy of Herbert (Wilkes) Walton (1936)

"A SCHOOLDAYS SOUVENIR
THIS PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH IS
1/6
PLEASE KEEP CLEAN AND RETURN TO
SCHOOL NEXT DAY IF NOT REQUIRED,
OR 1/6 IF KEPT
FURTHER COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED"

# means on the 1939-45 Roll of Honour

1/10

back: Nipper Law - # Albert Jugg - JE Luddington - Robert Gilbert

row 3: GJ Vail - Eric Smith - Ron Harding - Harold Frank Goodwin - Podge Cornell

row 2: John Fox or ? Gray - Sam Uffindel - Doug/Kong Taylor - Maurie Hobbs - Wyatt

front: Peter Knight - John/Micky Fyson - Don Boyce - R Murfitt?

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

2/10

back: 1 - Peter/Jeeps Brown - 3 - 4 - RJ/Donkey Haywood - D Thorby

row 3: Tim Eyet? - Hubby Human - Alfie Thompson - ? Abraham - Woodbine

row 2: 1 - Les Steadman - Badcock - 4

front: Alan Talbot - Ken South?- Graves? - Pinion?

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

3/10

back: ( ) - 1 - 2 - Mike Ward - Derrick/Ted Leonard - Kit Coulson - Carter?

row 3: Rodney Neil - Ernie Fitch - Mervyn Peacock - Pat Norman - Camel Count

row 2: Brown? - Ken Holt? - John Caton - Peckitt

front: Ted Cox? - 2 - Palmer - ( )

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

4/10

back: ( ) - Ezra Sulman - JW/Dumper Clift - P Smith - Colin Mason - Norman 'Claude' Sneesby

row 3: ( ) - South - Mackender - Gerald Sadler - Basil Stubbings - 5

row 2: Parker - HF/Fred/Rats Harding - Doug Tann - Mr Hunt (Kerney) Rural & General Science

front: Francis Bailey - Ronald Peacock - Sykes Morriss - Keith Leonard

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

5/10

back: WF Cross - Jack Huxley - TW/Tim White - H Constable - AWE/Tubby Chamberlain

row 3: Palmer - Johnson - Leslie Martin - # EG Fretwell - Banger Day

row 2:
1 - Mr Riley
2 - Mr Lait 'Milky'
3 - Mr Thomas
4 - Mr BJA Neill (HM)

front: C Hiblin - M Ibbott - C South - R Cobbin

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

6/10

back: James/John Spencer - RJ/Shooey Bent - IW/Jarb Jarman - JF Miller-Mead - FA/Fred Barton - IC/Ivor Asplin

row 3: Wisby Butcher - Ken Pope - Derek Thornhill - Herbert Dick Clarke/Boss Pettit - ? Covill

row 2:
1 - Mr Johnson (Latin/English) 'Bish'
2 - Herbert Peacock (History)
3 - Mr Ford (Botany/Zoology/Chemistry) 'Charlie'
4 - Mr Cecil Crouch (Arts/Music)

front: Doug Cranwell - AIR/Roy/'Dink' Palmer - Michael Lee - Stan Lee - 5 - ( )

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

7/10

back: ( ) - Rayner? - RE/Tubby Squire(s) - Les Stimpson - CR Colin Lown

row 3: # K Turner - H (Bert) Simpson - Des Gutteridge - Ginger Liles - 5

row 2: # John Norman - Malcolm/Pelly Norman* - Philip Lovering - 4

front: (1) - Ivan Howlett - Neville Chamberlain - Bunny Warren - RJ/Rusty Bridgeman**

* Peter Bedford recalls he could throw a cricket ball 95 yds
** see In Memoriam

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

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back: HB/Wilkes Walton - RJ/Dick Turner - Bill Mitchell - GS/Steve White - Oliver Fyson

row 3: Dozy Palmer - Tusker Isaacson - # Fred Hockley - Philip Foreman

row 2: 1 - # Titch Bradshaw - Dosh Ashby

front: Mervyn Hill - Heywood - Heywood - Palmer

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

9/10

back: Derek Heffer - 2 - Denis Ward - ?Fletcher/?Pledger - ?Murfitt

row 3: 1 - Jack Leggett - Malcolm Sadler - ? Hatch - Tich? Routledge

row 2: Pinion - 2 - Ron Griggs - JWR (Tubby) Taylor* - ( )

front: Peter Bedford - 2 - Ronald Mitchell - 4 - R/Weeny Butcher

* Editor and author of many aircraft publications e.g. Jane's Aircraft, MBE

Soham Grammar School Photo, 1937

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back: Gordon Wright - 2 - John Peacock - Derek Oakman - Hitch - 6

row 3: 1 - Alfred Edward/Knox Eden - 3 - Ken Gandy - Doug Steel

row 2: John Hughes - # EH Reader - JE/John/Slogger Atkin - Bob Martin - George Dann

front: ( ) - 1 - 2 - WC/Bill Allen

last names update 20 April 2024: photos enlarged 10 Oct 10
photo: Ray Studios, Braintree, Essex: courtesy of Herbert Walton (1936)
identifiers: Terry Allen, Glenda Bailey, Peter Bedford, Peter Brown, Richard Clarke, George Dann, Fred Eden, Yvonne Gilbert, Frank Haslam, R Vincent Martin, Clare Mitchell, Peter Nicholls, Janette Scanlan, Colin Thornhill, Arnold Tomalin, Angela Toynton, Mary Turner, AJ Vince, Wilkes Walton.