(The main source is a list of Form III that was printed in The Gaytonian in December 1939. Other sources are a list of members of Form V who passed the General School Examination that was printed in The Gaytonian in April 1943, some lists of those who served in the armed Forces, and some additional notes from Bernard Wood, Ken Groves and Ken Turner.)
Form IIIa 1939
Allfree, N J
Arthur, J P
Balfour, W E - V.A
Birkenshaw, E
Body, R J
Bufton, A W J - V.A
Burrage, J S F (Julian Burrage was serving with the Forces in July
1945, gaining a place at Royal Naval College. Later Royal Naval Staff College
and submarine Commander.)
Davis, G R (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Donaldson, J W - V.A (In IIA in 1938-39.
Poem published in Gaytonian, May 1939. Form IVA 1940-41. Another published in December
1940. Captain of the school rugby 1st
XV, 1944, until he left for Oxford in December. Gained the Douglas Imrie prize for French,
1945. Exhibition in Modern Language to Queens, Cambridge and Scholarship in Modern
Language to Oriel, Oxford 1944-45)
Drain, L E - V.A (Bernard Wood writes that
Drain "was a maths genius. He used to help out a master who got stuck with a
problem." He got a Scholarship in Natural Sciences to New College, Oxford,
1944-45)
Edmunds, J A (John Edmunds came to HCS from Bridge
Primary School, Wealdstone. Form IVA 1940-41. He was serving with the
Forces in February 1945. In 1970 he was a First Secretary in the
Diplomatic Service.)
Esser, D H
Gilbert, A - V.A
Hay, I S - V.A (serving with the
Forces in
February 1945)
Hill, D R A - V.A (Donald)
Hoggs, J S - V.A (School Captain 1945-46)
Johnson, W F H - V.A (Received School Prize
given in memory of Francis W. Davis, 1945. Awarded Mrs. William's prize for personal
service to the School, 1945)
Keele, D F
Kohn, K V - V.A
Moffitt, R M - V.A (Exhibition in Modern Language,
Selwyn, Cambridge, 1944-45)
Morgan, L E
Oliver, P H - V.A (Paul Oliver came back to the school as
Art Master in 1949)
Pope, G C
Reay, W W
Richardson, V A (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Rowlinson, C (Colin Rowlinson became Deputy Chairman of the
Australian Rugby Football Union in 1990. He died, aged 80, in Australia,
in 2006.)
Saunders, J M - V.A
Smyth, D G - V.A
Thomas, D F
Tudball, I G
Verney, K J - V.A (Ken Verney came
to Harrow County from Priestmead School. Form IVA 1940-41. In
Section IV, ATC 1941. He was serving with the Forces in
February 1945)
Williams, S D - V.A (Selwyn Williams came to HCS from
Bridge Primary School, Wealdstone)
Wyatt, A G (In IIA in 1938-39. Poem published in Gaytonian, March 1939)
Form IIIb 1939
Adkin, A C (Alan Adkin came to
Harrow County from Byron Court Primary School. He was serving with the Forces
in February 1945)
Brown, G - V.B
Cornish, R F - V.B
Coxon, R E - V.B (graduated with
B.Sc.(Hons) Engineering, 1949.)
Cruickshank, I (Ian Cruickshank came to
Harrow County from Byron Court Primary School)
Edmonds, A A (Form IVB 1940-41)
Evans, D G
Fitzgerald, R H - V.B
Fraser, D C
Goddard, E S - V.B
Graham, G A - V.B (serving with the Forces
in
July 1945)
Grove, A A
Heard, M E
Hodson, R - V.B
Jones, B
Jones, E S - V.B (came to HCS from Bridge
Primary School, Wealdstone)
King, L A
Loveday, A G
Partridge, A E
Peters, R Ll
Phillips, N A
Price, K G - V.B (Ken Price was at Harrow
County 1938-42.)
Reece, A R - V.C
Slater, A B - V.B
Smith, A A B - V.B
Spence, D V
Staerck, D J - V.B (came to HCS from Bridge
Primary School, Wealdstone. Bernard Wood remembers that he always told masters how to
spell his name)
Turner, K G - V.B (Kenneth Turner came to
Harrow County from Byron Court Primary School)
White, R J
Wood, B J - V.B (Bernard Wood came to HCS from
Bridge Primary School, Wealdstone)
Form IIIc 1939
The Form Master of Form Vc in 1941-42 was Jack Hackman.
Barlow, P J
Bosdet, J A (Joint Secretary/Treasurer of the Gayton Rowing Club
1942-43)
Bowles, B B
Clack, W W G - V.C (came to HCS from Bridge
Primary School, Wealdstone)
Coman, K
Cook, L A
Cooper, D A
Dixon, M G - V.C
Dugan, H E
Ford, A P N (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Goodwin, M V
Gossage, G A (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Green, R J
Groves, K E M - V.C (Ken Groves started in
IIC in 1938. Form IVC 1940-41. In Section IV, ATC 1941. B.Sc.(Hons.) in Physics at Durham University (Hatfield
College). Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (F.I.E.E.))
Hermes, F E (Prefect 1945-46)
Jones, S R
Kirby, D S (Form IVC 1940-41. In Section IV, ATC 1941.)
Marshall, D W
Parker, C J
Samwell, S D (Stan Samwell, an accountant, was Hon. Auditor of
the Old Gaytonians Association in 1983, when he retired from Arthur Young,
McClelland & Co.)
Scarsbrook, A F
Search, J
Sears, J (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Simpson, H G
Smith, A
Thatcher, R A (Form IVC 1940-41. In Section IV, ATC 1941.)
Form IIId 1939
Barke, J W (Jimmy)
Bishop, G C (Geoffrey Bishop came to Harrow County from Welldon Park
First School.)
Burrows, C J
Cane, B S
Chandler, B H (Bernard)
Davis, N E
Douglas, M L
Fielding, C R (Form IVD 1940-41)
Goddard, E G
Hardcastle, R A - V.D
Harding, D (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Horne, G H - V.D (came to HCS from Bridge
Primary School, Wealdstone)
Kitson, R A
Lambkin, A G
Lyons, H J
Marsh, A D - V.D
Parrish, D A - V.D (serving with the
Forces in
July 1945)
Rees, D H
Robinson, D A
Roxberry, D K (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Searle, W W
Silman, D F
Steer, A L
Thorne, D E F - V.D (serving with the
Forces in July 1945)
Waller, E R
Whittam, R H (Ray Whittam Became a Fleet Street publicity writer.
He ran the Fleet Street Jazz Club, which was a Friday lunchtime venue in Fetter
Lane. He played bass
saxophone with the Temperance Seven.)
Willard, J A (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Williams, A C
Wilson, D C
Wilson, G W
Others in Form V in 1943, but not listed in Form III in 1939:
Bentall, J E (serving with the Forces in May 1944)
Blackwell, M A - V.B
Burningham, A V - V.C
Dale, A E - V.B (repeating form V?)
Davies, I L - V.D
Edridge, C M - V.D
Finch, R W - V.C
Gayler, J E - V.B (Joined later than
1938, having joined HCS from elsewhere)
Giddings, D - V.C
Giles, A L - V.A
Glover, S - V.A
Good, R - V.D
Gribble, K J - V.B (Joined later than 1938,
having joined HCS from elsewhere. Bernard Wood writes that he possibly came from
Birmingham. "We thought he had a strange accent!")
Hallifax, D H - V.D
Harman, K - V.B (repeating form V?)
Hartles, R J - V.B (repeating form V?)
Jury, S N - V.D
Lehmann, H J - V.B (repeating form V?)
Lucraft, A R - V.A
McGee, G M - V.B (repeating form V?)
Miles, G G M - V.A
Moss, V R (serving with the Forces in July 1945)
Peachey, E G - V.B (repeating form V?)
Ross, I P - V.D
Rumble, T B - V.B (repeating form V?)
Rushton, P - V.A (Joint School Captain 1944-45)
Smith, D G - V.C
Tanter, A - V.D
Walker, R R - V.B
Wardle, T P B - V.B (repeating form V?)
Yates, J - V.C