Stratton Park School Alumni

This is a list of known former pupils of Stratton Park School. Unless otherwise stated the boys were at the school only during its period at Brickendonbury. E&OE. If you have any updates or corrections please use our feedback form.

Surname	First names	Dates	School on leaving	Notes
Adams	David	c. 1931
Adams	Douglas TS	-1929	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; Exeter College Oxford; Major RM; Assistant Secretary Lawn Tennis Association
Adams
Alderson Smith	G	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Alderson Smith	J	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Ashton	(two boys)
Austen-Brown	John F	1936-8	Wellingborough	Pilot 45 Sqn RAF served in Malaya; President of Austen-Brown Aircraft
Austen-Brown	Peter H	1936-8	Wellingborough	served in the Navy as a radar operator; went to Cambridge graduated in arts
Badcock	G	c. 1918
Badcock	Maurice C	-1916	Sedbergh	at Biggleswade; d. 1921
Bagshaw	N	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Barratt				of the sweet manufacturer's family
Batt	Michael S	-1935	Sedbergh	d. at Sedbergh 29 Apr 1936 from meningitis
Batt	Peter D	-1934	Sedbergh	Major 1st King's Dragoon Guards; MC; d. 6 Jun 2001
Bayliss	JG			at Stanmore
Bayliss	L			at Stanmore
Bott	David AA	1938-42	Harrow	at Stanmore; d. 7 Sep 1989
Bott	Edward CA	1938	Harrow	at Stanmore; Trinity Cambridge; FRCP; Chief medical officer with Metropolitan Police; CBE; d. Apr 2005
Boudard	Robin	1933-8	Sedbergh
Bourne	J Wilfred	1931-4	Eton	at Great Brickhill; became a clerk of the Crown; KCB QC; d. 19 Oct 1999 obit Times 22 Oct 99
Bourne	Robert MA	1927-31	Eton	at Great Brickhill; became a master at Eton; d. 1995
Brown	D	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Buchanan	Tommy			at Stanmore
Buckingham
Burgess
Caithness	James M		Campbell College Belfast	at Stanmore; served with the Irish Guards and the Malaysian police; head forester in Co. Antrim; d. Dec 1995
Caithness	W John	1933-8	Campbell College Belfast	at Stanmore; served in the Royal Navy
Carr	Q	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Carruthers	C	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Casement	Peter			?at Great Brickhill
Clouston	Olaf			nephew of the headmaster
Clouston	Ranald			nephew of the headmaster
Clouston	Rudolph HS			at Biggleswade; son of the headmaster; occasionally taught at SP; believed to have been a member of Mosley's Blackshirts; later Cpl Royal Army Service Corps; d. 4 Apr 1944 in Nigeria
Coleman	(two boys)			the younger was an uncle of the elder boy
Combe	John R	-1920	Sedbergh	at Biggleswade
Comyns-Carr	JB	-1924	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill
Cory	Hugh D	-1940	Harrow	Ship owner; director of John Cory & Sons
Croft	J	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Crofton	Edward Blaise	1936-8	Royal Naval College	5th Baron Crofton of Mote; Victor Ludorum in 1938; d. 1974
Crozier	John E	-1939	Sedbergh	chartered surveyor; d. Feb 2001
Cullen	Michael	1933-7	Marlborough
Dawkins
Elliott	Robert GI	-1938	Harrow	at Stanmore; Corpus Christi Cambridge; Flt-Lt in RAF; Senior assistant director with Ministry of Defence
Engert	Roderick M	-1940	Harrow	Served with US Army; Yale University; historian with US Army
Fairey	(two boys)			connected with Fairey Aviation
Fender	Peter RK		Haileybury	at Stanmore; Clare Cambridge; Liveryman of Worshipful Company of Vintners; son of England cricketer Percy (PGH) Fender whose brother Robert owned Brickendon Grange
Gardner	Nigel NR	-1935	Sedbergh	d. 1999
Graesser	N	1938-		at Stanmore
Gregory	C			at Stanmore
Hammersley	John M	-1934	Sedbergh	served with the Royal Artillery; mathematician with doctorates from both Cambridge and Oxford; Fellow of Trinity Oxford; FRS; d. 2 May 2004 Times ? May 2004 Indep 14 May 2004
Harmer	F	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Hay	(two boys)
Hutchinson	John AH	-1939	Sedbergh	said to have been a fine mathematician; d.
Ireland	D	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Ireland	J	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Jacobs	B	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Jacobs	F	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Jacobs	M	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Jacobs	R	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Jackson	Peter RW	-1939	Harrow	at Stanmore; Lt in Royal Fusiliers
Johnson	(six boys)			?at Great Brickhill
Jones	Derek B	-1937	Sedbergh
Kindersley	(two boys)			at Great Brickhill
King	R	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Larner	J	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Lawrence				at Great Brickhill
Livermore
Lorant				son of Stefan Lorant editor of Picture Post widely regarded as the father of photojournalism
Lotery	J			at Stanmore; worked at Lloyds; d. 25 Jan 1975
Lotery	M			at Stanmore
Maclaren				at Great Brickhill
Manderson	Timothy
Martin	R Kenneth	-1934	Sedbergh	Corpus Christi Oxford; ordained an elder of the Church of Scotland; d.
McElwee	Patrick J	-1925	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; Christ Church Oxford; taught modern languages at Blundells; d.
McElwee	William L	-1921	Sedbergh	at Biggleswade and Great Brickhill; Major 2nd Bn 93rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; MC; author
McSwiney	John M ('Pat')	-1934	Sedbergh	Major Royal Artillery; DSO MC; schoolmaster at Harrow; d. 21 Dec 2003 obit Telegraph 12 Jan 2004 Times 16 Jan 2004
Murphy	Richard	c. 1929
Oakley	(two boys)
Pragnell	Michael
Pratten	E	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Rankin	Ian JC	-1925	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; probably related to the headmaster
Rhodes James	Richard JR	1929-34	Sedbergh	Queen's Oxford; served with 3rd Gurkha Rifles; taught at Haileybury; author
Rhodes James	William (Bill)	1929-33	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; a powerful sportsman; served with 6th Ghurkhas; awarded the MBE; mentioned in despatches twice; d. Nov 2005
Roche or Rock
Romer	D	-1942	Harrow	at Stanmore
Romer	R Mark	-1942		at Stanmore; Corpus Christi Cambridge; Cmdr RN
Routledge	Dryan C	1938	Harrow	at Stanmore; Lt Royal Horse Guards
Royle	Adrian F			at Stanmore
Saunders Clervaux	Francis M			at Stanmore
Sheldon	Stanley	-1930	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; d.
Simons	Martin E	1938-41	Bedford	Chartered Accountant with ICI corporate planning
Simons	Peter JG	1940-2	Bedford	Consultant physician; played a part in the introduction of legislation requiring motorcyclists to wear crash helmets; d. 25 Apr 1988
Smethurst	Carl AW	-1923	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; d.
Smethurst	Henry FW	-1930	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; d.
Smethurst	J	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Smethurst	M	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Smethurst	William ML	-1922	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; d.
Stone	Thomas S	-1923	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill
Streatfeild	R	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Strick	A			at Stanmore
Sweeting	Donald			at Stanmore
Sykes	Reginald S	-1927	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; Major Royal Army Service Corps; d. 3 Dec 1944 in Nong Pladuk PoW Camp Siam as a result of Allied bombing
Taylor				?at Great Brickhill
Tessier
Tilley	D			at Stanmore
Tovey	Alexander H	-1926	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; related to Admiral Lord Tovey
Tovey	Kenneth D	-1923	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; related to Admiral Lord Tovey
Tribe	Colin R		Clifton College Bristol	Trinity Oxford; served with Royal Army Medical Corps; consultant pathologist; d. 26 Dec 1983 obit BMJ 17 Mar 84
Tweney	M	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Vignoles	Charles M	-1914	Sedbergh	at Biggleswade; Chairman Shell-Mex and BP; OBE; governor of Sedberg School; d. 1961
Vignoles	Keith H	-1920	Sedbergh	at Biggleswade; served in Military Intelligence; taught at Cheltenham; author; d. Jul 1991
Walker	Charles	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Walker	Ian HD	-1927	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; Sqn Ldr RAF; accidentally killed 10 Aug 1940 while flying on active service
Wall	P	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Warren	John	-1930	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; possibly related to the headmaster; Lieut Royal Engineers; George Medal; knighted 25 Aug 1944; d.
Welby	Bernard G	-1925	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill
Wheldon	John	-1925	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; d. Mar 1999
Wheldon	Robert	-1931	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill; Balliol Oxford; Flying Officer 501 Sqn RAF Volunteer Reserve; killed 25 Apr 1942 when his Spitfire was engaged by Messerscmitts while on bomber escort duty
Williamson	W	c. 1918		at Biggleswade
Wingate	Walter R	-1941	Haileybury	Royal Navy 1945-8; Director G Garratt & Sons millers and bakers; d. 31 Aug 1983
Winser	John F	1926-31	Sedbergh	at Great Brickhill
Winser	Michael P	-1939	Sedbergh	d.
Wright	P			at Stanmore

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