On the 23rd April 1918 Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Leyland Harrison, #VC, was killed in action on the Zeebrugge Raid, which as a result, he became the second Old Dovorian to be awarded the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members ...
David C Butler (Staff:'79-'06) writes to inform us that Dr. Claire Seymour (Staff:'02-'04) died recently. Dr. Seymour read Music at King's College, Cambridge where she was a Prize winner. After two postgraduate degrees in English at the University of Kent she was the first female appointed as Visiting Lecturer in British Studies at the University ...
The Old Dovorian Club are pleased to be supporting Matt with his fundraiser in add of "The Teenage Cancer Trust" by running the 2024 London Marathon on Sunday 21st April. The London Marathon first took place in 1981 and has become one of the most popular marathons in the world. The route takes in many ...
Francis Newton Parsons VC, OD (23 March 1875 in Dover – 10 March 1900), Is the first #olddovorian to be awarded the #VictoriaCross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Francis Parsons was a chorister educated at King's College ...
The Old Dovorian Club are pleased to support and announce that after nearly 80 years, the Old Dovorian Cricket Club (ODCC) is once again back as an independent, stand-alone OD group within the OD Community. This has only been achieved, because a group of Old Dovorians who have a love, passion and appreciation of the ...
Captain's 2024 New Year Message May I apologise for the delay in sending out my new year greeting, however given the events of the past few weeks in relation to the new College OD Association and the OD Club, I have been using the time in an attempt to understand the implications for our Golf ...
The Old Dovorian Club have just learnt that Ben Foush,(S91 - 94) known as Ben Fuschillo when he was at Dover College, has been commissioned to have his music produced and created as an EP on Spotify. Some of the tracks featured included "You own my heart", "The other day", "We’ll see", "You are the ...
OD Club and the first Annual London Dinner was held on 12 January 1888, and is the precursor of the Old Dovorian Club annual London Cocktail Party which was initially held as well as the Annual London Dinner until the latter was discontinued in the latter half the 20th century, the last London Dinners being ...
A letter from Mexico by Alberto Sanchez (L11 – 15) I hope this email finds you well. As an Old Dovorian, I cherish my time at Dover College, which significantly shaped my journey. I am reaching out with an idea and some exciting updates. Firstly, I am eager to contribute to the Old Dovorian community ...
OLD DOVORIAN GOLFING SOCIETY CAPTAIN’S REPORT 2023 In this my inaugural year as Captain, we have again been privileged to play some excellent golf courses around Kent & Surrey, many of which are jointly organised with Old St Lawrencians. Jack Fuller was in stunning form this year not only winning the OL Summer Invitational, at ...
