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DIALOGUE Issue #5 2020
OGEVENTS L–R: John Downham OG 1943, Gil Carter OG 1963, Tom Archer-Burton OG 1996, Dr Jon Cox Headmaster and Robert Strick OG 1949
REMEMBRANCE SERVICE November 2019 OGs, pupils and staff joined in remembrance in Great Hall on 11 November 2019 to pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in conflict from the First World War to the present day. In a moving ceremony, wreaths were laid on behalf of the School and Old Guildfordians, the Last Post was sounded and Tom Archer-Burton OG 1996 gave the address. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Blues and Royals, Chief of the General Staff’s British Army Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis and is the Chief of the General Staff’s British Army Fellow at the IISS. His message about the future nature of conflict and how people from many walks of life, careers and skillsets could contribute to defence was both moving and inspirational.
Poppy crosses commemorating each OG lost in the First World War, handwritten by boys from across the Lower School and planted on the lawn in front of the New Building
Tom Archer-Burton OG 1996
