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Robert (Bill) Steel – PrepB, ThB 47-57
Submitted by Marnie Hooker Bill, 87, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died unexpectedly in his home on 17 January 2026. Bill was born on 30 May 1938, grew up in England, and was nicknamed after the fam…
Roger Eades – PrepA, ThA 53-61
Submitted by Emma, Lucy and Victoria (Roger’s daughters) It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Roger Paul Eades on 13th September 2025, aged 82. Roger was born in Augus…
Michael Morris – BaA 44-52
Submitted by Simon, Richard and Nicholas Morris (Mike’s sons) Mike had a distinguished career as a research scientist, specialising in entomology. After reading Natural Sciences at Selwy…
(George) Robert Armistead – PrepA, MdA 47-56
Submitted by Anthony Armistead Robert was the first son of William (Bill) Armistead, former Master of the Royal Mathematical School and of his wife Joan Archer, a nurse at the sicker before WW2. He…
Helen Crowe – 3s 50-58
Submitted by David Crowe Born on 2nd July 1939, Helen won a scholarship to Hertford in 1950, having been awarded an Almoner’s place under the London County Council scheme operating at th…
David Pearl – ColA 53-59
Submitted by Paul Wade David Pearl passed away peacefully on October 3, 2025. He was 83. After CH, he trained at the London Hospital and went on to be an outstanding dentist: Bachelor of Dental Sur…
Peter (John) McGregor – MaB 49-53
Submitted by Richard McGregor It is with great sadness I advise the passing of Commander John McGregor OBE Royal Navy on August 12th 2025 at the age of 88. After a varied naval career, which inc…
Susan Mitchell – 1s, 7s 47-56. Treasurer of Christ’s Hospital Foundation 96 – 02
Submitted by Susannah Holliman In Loving Memory of Susan Mary Mitchell (née Hamilton) 1938 – 2025 It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Susan Mary Mitchell on 23 June 2025, a…
John Gale – ColB 38-46
Submitted by Peter Bloomfield (PeB 44-51) John Gale was one of several of the wartime generation at CH, alongside Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Levin, and Brian Magee, who achieved national fame in the …
Roger Barrett – MdA 48-54
Submitted by Sarah Lower (nee Barrett) Roger was born on 7 May 1937 to Stanley and Gladys Barrett and he had an older brother, Geoffrey, with whom he had a close relationship. Roger died on 6 F…
Richard Dixon MdB 41-48
Submitted by George Matcham (PeB 63-70) Richard Frederick Jesse Dixon, an Old Blue who attended Christ’s Hospital from 1941-1948, died on November 21, 2024, in McKinney, Texas, USA. Richard w…