He was born on 10th March, 1923, and entered Grey House in January, 1936. He passed his Cambridge Certificate in 1939, and on leaving school in August 1940, went mining at West Nicholson for a few months before joining the R.A.F. School Record: House Prefect, 1940; Rugger 1st XV, 1940; C.S.M. in Cadet Corps. Took an active part in dramatics and represented his House in tennis, hockey and water polo. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour