1940 entry
(The 2A and 2C lists were supplied by Brian Hester. The 2B list comes mainly from Clifford Walters and partly from Brian Hester. The 2D list is from Arthur (Aff) Hilton and Ro Evans.)
1. Entry into A stream in 1940 - form 2A
| ARMITT, J. Michael M.B. | HERITAGE, Raymond Sidney |
| ARNOLD, Phillip | HESTER, Brian William |
| BARNEY, Ronald | HIGGINS. Derek Leonard |
| BUIST, Gabriel | HORSLEY Victor David |
| BUTTER, Ronald | =HESLOP |
| =CADMAN | HORNBY Michael John |
| CARMODY, Frank | MELBOURNE Edward Lawrence Charles |
| CHIVERTON, Paul Fredrick John | MYERS, Donald |
| COLLINGS, Ernest Lawrence Edward | NEWMARK. David |
| DAYMOND, G. John | =PIEDOT |
| DIBBEN, John | POCKETT, John |
| DRANE, Brian | +RATCLIFFE, Arthur Gordon M.B. |
| EDWARDS, Vivien Owen | REVELL, Victor, David |
| FICKLING, David | SINDALL, Kenneth |
| FITZGIBBON, James | THORNTON John Edwin |
| GADDES,. Kenneth | =VALENZA, Michael |
| HALL, Stewart (or Stuart) M.B. | THOMPSON, James Oliver |
Boys who joined the group in later forms, either as new boys or by being held back a year include:
| BAYLIS, Kenneth | JACKSON, Graham Nicholas |
| BISHOP, David (Rev) | +LITTLE, Eric |
| CAMISH, Derrick | +OATES, Alan Henry |
| CRAMPTON, Neville | REES, Anthony Horace Stanley |
| FAWTHROP, | NOTTAGE, Derrick |
+ deceased
= left school before School Certificate exam
Form list for 1940 entry into form 2B.
Kenneth C. Adamson
Allison
John Backhouse (worked fro Trinity House, the lighthouse authority)
Bates
Mickey G. M. Bristow (state scholar)
Butler
Catchpole
Frank Darling (worked for the railways at Crewe)
Bernard Dyer (lived at Romney Drive, Rayners Lane)
Vivian Edwards
John Ellis (worked for the Gas Board)
Frohmair (he came to the school knowing more about chemistry than the staff did)
Peter Gay (civil engineer)
Peter Goodwin (always top of the form)
Loveridge
Maddock
Kenneth Mason (Clifford Walters writes: "I had a fight with this boy in the
playground. He blackened my eye, but you should have seen him when I had
finished!!)
Peter Muckersie (from Scotland)
Peter Painter (He came from Priestmead School in Kenton. He died
whilst at school, possibly of TB. He was a very gifted artist.)
Harry Paterson (very big in sports, especialy swimming. His father was a
policeman at Wealdstone Police Station. He was a Regular in the Army for 23
years and became Regimental Sergeant-Major in the Royal Artillery.
Chairman of the Harrow Branch of the Royal Artillery Association.)
Jack Preston Rowberry (Came from Priestmead School. Deceased)
Brian Quilter (Always immaculately turned out. Became school captain and worked in the management side of
theatre in the West End. Mnaging Director of Rank Services in 1970. Possibly deceased.)
Riley
John Spittal (Came from Priestmead School)
Alan Thompson
Clifford Leslie Walters (came from Priestmead School in Kenton. His father
was a policeman at Wealdstone police Station.)
Ernest Albert Welling (came from Priestmead school. Did he go to Canada?)
Anthony Wiseman (from Wembley)
Youens (from Scotland. Had a brother at the school.
Form list for 1940 entry into form 2C
Keith Hayward
Monty Frey
Emery
Oliver
Timms
Swainson Doug
Peter Munns
Form list for 1940 entry into form 2D
| Brian Alley | Alan Neal |
| Arnold | Page |
| Brian Ballard | Ian Parkins |
| John Brake | Alan Prosser |
| Burkitt | Rous |
| Collins | Brian Saunders |
| Crowther | Peter Slack |
| Peter Doe | Tony Streeter |
| Ro Evans | Doug Swainson |
| Freeman | Nig Swallow |
| Dennis Glover | Don Thompson |
| Green | Tod |
| Aff Hilton | Bev Uwins |
| James | David Wiggins |
| Ken Kearney | Scottie Wight |
| Jimmy Moore | Ferdie Wyatt |
| Zammett |
Arthur Hilton writes: "In addition we had Larry Mehrtens for a short while and a lad named Bourne who had been torpedoed on the Athenia. He later continued his journey to the USA under the Kodak scheme. Neville Parsonage also joined us and in the Vth form DEG Rees and Charlie Rose came aboard. Alan Neal was killed in the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash. Another, who shall be nameless, carried out a daylight robbery on a jewellers in Bond Street and was caught. This made the National Press. "
2. 1940 Entry
Most names on this list were extracted from an article by John Brake in The Old
Gaytonian 2000.
John Armitt
J. Backhouse
R. Barney
John Brake
G. Buist
G. Collins
F. Darling
G. John Daymond
V. Edwards
J. Ellis
Jim Embrey
R. Evans
D. Fickling
Jim FitzGibbon
D. Glover
G. Hartley
B. Hester
D. Higgins
A. Hilton
M. Hornby
L. Lloyd
Gerry Miles
I. Parkins
H. Paterson
J. Pocket
J. Rowthorn
D. Swainson
G. Taylor
Derek Turner
C. Walters
r County School for Boys - Class 1K 1972
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