Richard Aldington (8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962), born Edward Godfree Aldington, was an English writer and poet, and an early associate of the Imagist movement. #RichardAldington‘s 50-year career included work in poetry, novels, criticism and biography. He edited The Egoist literary journal and wrote for magazines such as The Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, …
Rear Admiral Simon Charlier. CBE. FRAeS - School House 71 – 76. Educated at Dover College and joined the Royal Navy in 1978 at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. His appointments, as a Midshipman were spent in Her Majesty’s Ships SIRIUS, BRINTON and BRISTOL. In 1979 he joined HMS STUBBINGTON assigned to Fishery protection duties ...
Sir Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington, KBE CMG CVO (b 18 August 1920 – d 26 January 2009). His father, Norman John Luddington, was a civil servant in British Ceylon and his mother was Myrtle Amethyst Payne. He studied at #DoverCollege in the 1930’s and then the #UniversityofStAndrews, where he obtained a MA degree. From 1940 ...
General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, GCMG, KCB, KCVO, DSO, KStJ (22 August 1896 – 22 March 1966) was a British military commander who went on to become the 19th and longest-serving Governor of Victoria, #Australia. Brooks was born on 22 August 1896 at #Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, son of Dallas George Brooks and Violet Ruth, née ...
Graham Dalby S71 - 76, Born 2nd December 1957. Graham was commissioned in #TheRoyalHongKongPolice in 1977. He made his professional debut as a singer there as Christus in The Bach St Matthew Passion with the #HongKongPhilharmonicOrchestra in a live broadcast by RTHK on Easter Day 1978. He returned to London in 1980 to study singing ...
Admiral Sir Peter White GBE. Born. 25 January 1919 , Died. 22 May 2010 (aged 91), Service/branch, Royal Navy Years of service 1937–1977 Rank, Admiral Battles/wars, World War II Awards, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Educated at Dover College, 1932 – 1936, He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet ...
Yesterday, Monday 17th August, the Old Dovorian Club President and Chairman had the great pleasure in welcoming Mr Simon Fisher the new Headmaster of Dover College and his young family personally on behalf of the Old Dovorian Club, which can be viewed on the OD Club’s Social media platforms. There was a discussion around how …
For 2020 we had planned to play at the London Club, Princes at Sandwich, and Royal Ashdown in a Triangular match against former pupils of Kings Canterbury and St Lawrence but these all had to be cancelled because of Covid-19.The latest news re ODGS is as follows: We expect to play Redlibbets with our Old …
Dover College War Memorial and Endowment Fund Annual Report 2020 Trustee: The Corporation of Dover College. Hon. Treasurer: R.D.S. Foxwell Esq Committee (from 23/06/19) R.D.S. Foxwell Esq S. Schilder Esq J. Ryeland Esq G. Kitiyakara Esq Report for the year ending 5th April 2020 The charity is governed by an indenture dated 30th September 1926. …
In September, the Old Dovorian Club and College will be welcoming Mr Simon Fisher, as the fifteenth Headmaster of Dover College, since the College was founded back in 1871, together with his young family to the Dover College. Below is a personal message from the New Headmaster to the Old Dovorian Club I am delighted …
