Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Leyland Harrison, #VC, 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 of the British Armed Forces . Harrison was born in Torquay, Devon, and educated at Brockhurst Preparatory School, where he is remembered every Armistice Day and ...
John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for such movies as Ice Cold in Alex, Cape Fear and The Guns of Navarone Thompson was born in Bristol on 1 August 1914. His family had links to the theatre. Thompson studied at Dover College during the ...
Erik Chitty (b 8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent – d 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex, aged 70), Erick Chitty was an English stage, film and television actor. From 1937 - 1977 Early life Eric Chitty was the son of a flour miller, Frederick Walter Chitty and his wife Ethel Elsie Assistance née Franklin; they ...
Ysenda Maxtone - Graham D75 - 78. Sharing a dormitory in Duckworth House with Paromita Sanatani, Karen Davies and Helen Nickalls, I started at Dover College aged 12 in 1975. Tins of talcum powder from Woolworth’s crowded our dressing tables. Mrs Tuckwell was our bracing housemistress. Hockey five times a week; ankles whacked, fingers frozen, ...
This weeks famous Old Dovorian to feature in our current series is Dr Edward Michael Darmady, b 3rd October 1906 - d 9th February 1989 Dr Edward Darmady was at the College in Priory House from 1915 – 1920, he was head of house and a member of the College Rugby XV and Boxing teams, ...
Paromita arrived 1975 at Dover College as part of the official first 40 girls intake to Duckworth House. A year later she moved to newly opened 2nd girl’s house, Belmont, of which she became Head of House in her final year 1979/1980 After A levels she went to Brighton Polytechnic (these days Brighton University)where she …
Adrian Dura Stoop (b 27 March 1883 – d27 November 1957). Adrian Stoop was at #DoverCollege from 1896 -98. he was an #English #rugbyunion player of Dutch descent. He played 182 times for #Harlequins between 1901 and 1939, and won 15 caps for England at Fly half. He was president of the #Harlequins 1920–1949. The …
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 ...
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 ...
