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Robin Sisson
A memorial service for Robin Sisson will take place on 27th November at 7pm in St Georges Church, Hanover Square, Mayfair,
London, W1
Calling all Cadets
The school’s CCF/RAF Section Commander is looking to add to the CCF website which is currently under construction, profiles of former BGS CCF cadets who have gone on to a successful career in either the military or civilian life. Please contact Dheeraj Bhasin on d_reg@btinternet.com for further information.
Priestley's Wars
Neil Hanson is the author of an acclaimed series of popular histories: The Custom of the Sea, The Dreadful Judgement, The Confident Hope of a Miracle, The Unknown Soldier and now First Blitz. Published by Doubleday in London and Knopf in New York they have been hailed by critics on four continents as "brilliant", "stunning", "haunting" and "a masterpiece" and one critic was led to compare Neil Hanson to "Siegfried Sasson, Robert Graves and a dozen other immortals". Click here for further information on his latest book.
The School v The OBA
Click here for a report on the match in August between the school and the OBA. Photographs courtesy of current parent, Peter Lund.
1960s Reunion
The 1960s reunion which took place on 21 September was very successful with 34 OBs catching up on their lives post BGS. A full report will be posted shortly.
Roger Mosey
Congratulations to Roger Mosey on being appointed the BBC's Director, London 2012. Click here for further details.
Leverhulme Fellowship
Congratulations to Peter Lloyd-Sherlock (1976 - 1984), currently a Reader in Social Development at the university of East Anglia, on being awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to study older people and International Development. Peter is one of only half a dozen BGS alumni to receive this distinguished award.
Olympic Triathlete
Congratulations to Alistair Brownlee (1998 - 2006) on his Beijing triathlon. Click the link to read an interview with him.
Pink Row
Click here for a report on their successful charity row.
Professor Vivian Nutton
Congratulations to Vivian Nutton (1954 - 62) on being elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
BGS in the 1950s
David Moore is writing a history of the school in the 1950s and is currently trying to contact Geoff "Tatie" Peel who left in 1961. If you have any information as to his current whereabouts please contact David on gingejdm@hotmail.com.
Edward Williams
We were sorry to learn of the death on 10 July of Edward Williams (1933 - 38) and send our condolences to his family.
London Dinner
There will be an additional London get together this month. For further details please go to the London Club News page.
Robin Sisson
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Robin Sisson in a car accident on 26 June. Robin taught English in the school from 1981 to 2003. An obituary written by former pupil, Ben Moore, has been posted. A tribute page has been set up on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18653085877
Alistair Brownlee
Congratulations to Alistair Brownlee (1998 - 2006) on being selected to represent the country in Triathlon at the Beijing Olympics.
Duke of Edinburgh
Congratulations to the following OBs who have successfully completed their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards and will in due course qualify for a trip to Buckingham Palace: Anna Young, Jeremy Taylor, Stephen Goodman, Jamie Moore, Charles proctor and Sophie Cooper.
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