Obituaries

Passed away October 18 2020. His wife Ann informed us of the sad news.

PETER DAWSON 6490 (1956)

Passed away on 21 December 2020. His wife wrote to share the sad news.

CHRISTOPHER JOHN ASH 6388 (1955)

Mr Ash’s son, Jeff, wrote to share the news of his father’s passing on 3 March 2021.

He passed peacefully in his sleep after a short illness. He had many fond memories of his time at the school.

JOHN ROLAND ARNOTT 6846 (1963)

We were informed this week that Gordonian John Roland Arnott has passed away. John lived locally in West End. His brother Bruce 7120 (1967) and son Matthew 9053 (1992) are also Gordonians. Our thoughts are with his family.

STUART READ 9042 (1995)

The sad news was received that Gordonian Stuart Read, Gravesend, has passed away. His funeral was at the end of February this year. Our thoughts are with his family.

KEVIN EDWARD ARMSTRONG 6707 (1960)

It is with sadness that we share the news that Gordonian Kevin Edward Armstrong, Gravesend, who was Band Pipe Major, has passed on the 9 January 2021. Kevin’s son, Gordonian Lee Armstrong 8725 (1990) Woolwich, told of his father’s fond memories of Gordon’s and his love of playing the bagpipes. A piper played at the funeral and Gordon Tartan covered the coffin. Our thoughts are with the family at this time. His family informed us late last year that he passed away August 20 2020.

HENRY CAME 5172 (1942)

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Gordonian Henry Came has passed away aged 95. Our thoughts are with his family.

MARY FIRTH

We were informed that Mary Firth has sadly passed away. Mary is the wife of Edward Firth who was Headmaster at Gordon’s School between 1983–1994.

Our thoughts are with Mr Firth and his family at this time.