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Lt Col Terence Otway, DSO OD 1914-2006

by Old Dovorian June 23, 2010 Deaths

June 15th 1914-July 23rd 2006 [Written by an Old Dovorian] Otway commanded 9 Parachute Regiment at the Normandy landings on D-day on June 6th, 1944. He trained his 700 men on Salisbury Plain prior to the invasion, setting up a replica of the German Gun Battery he was to attack  (which comprised 4 heavy guns [...]

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R.I.P Geoffrey Thomas Barnes (M.1945c-50b)

by Old Dovorian June 21, 2010 Deaths

From Guy Nickalls Geoffrey Thomas Barnes CBE (M.1945c-‘50b) died after a long illness on the 11th February, 2010. He was born in Malaya, and when the Japanese invaded escaped with his brother to Australia and thence returned to the UK.  At Dover he was Head of School, and his distinguished sporting record included the XV, [...]

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In Memoriam – Admiral Sir Peter White 1919-2010

by Old Dovorian June 13, 2010 Deaths

Admiral Sir Peter White passed away on May 22, 2010, aged 91. There will be a memorial service for him at St Nicholas church in Arundel on 30th June. Update: Sir Peter White’s memorial service is at noon on 30th June at St Nicholas Church, Arundel with lunch afterwards at The Priory, next door.  More [...]

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Sir Donald Luddington 1920-2009

by Old Dovorian June 8, 2010 Births, Marriages & Deaths

From Wikipedia: “Sir Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington, KBE, CMG, CVO , 18 August 1920 – 26 January 2009) was a British colonial government official and civil servant who served firstly in the Hong Kong Government and became District Commissioner, New Territories and the Secretary for Home Affairs successively, during which he had also served as [...]

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