OBITUARIES
Listed are members of the Pauline Community who have died since publication of autumn’s Atrium. Name Peter R Bacon
(1946-50)
David J Cakebread
(1942-45)
Richard J (Jim) Cook
(1944-49)
Edward M (Martin) Dyson Master in Charge of Cricket (1960-65) David H Evans
(1953-58)
Thomas (Tom) J Gilbert
(1945-48)
Malcolm Heath Cricket Professional
(1991-2001)
John R Jevons
(1943-45)
Barnaby I Levy
(1998-2003)
Sir Jonathan Miller CBE
(1947-53)
James (Jamie) R Morris
(1959-63)
Christopher H O Richards
(1946-51)
Stephen D Natcher
(1955-57)
Christopher N (Nicholas) Parsons CBE
(1937-39)
Jonathan Richmond
(1971-76)
Peter H Rothschild OBE
(1938-40)
Peter S Savill
(1953-58)
Robert J Silver
(1969-73)
David C Snelling
(1961-66)
Vanni E Treves
(1953-58)
Rev Dr Anthony (Tony) M Williams
(1952-56)
David J Wilson
(1972-77)
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ATRIUM
SPRING / SUMMER 2020
Thomas J (Tom) Gilbert TD MSc DIC CEng FIChemE (1945-48) My father, Tom, who has died aged 90, was at St Paul's immediately after World War 2, after wartime evacuation to Keswick. He rowed in the 1947 First VIII, "The Champions of The Tideway". Having represented the school at Henley Royal Regatta, for the next 70 years he was a familiar sight in the Stewards' Enclosure, wearing his School Colours Cap. After St Paul's Tom studied Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, where he maintained his passion for rowing, staying on for an MSc. He joined the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 1949, was Chartered in 1960 and elected a Fellow in 1974. Tom did National Service in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1954/5, continuing as an officer in the Territorial Army until the early 1960s, commanding his Light Armoured Workshop during annual exercises in Germany. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration. Tom met his wife, Judy, while working for ICI on Teesside. They married in 1964. After five years in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, they moved to Rickmansworth, on the outskirts of London, living in the same home for over 50 years. His engineering career saw him managing a variety of projects for companies that included Power Gas, Pritchard Rhodes, Bechtel and NorskHydro. Some of these took him abroad (unaccompanied), to Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Norway. A passion Tom shared with Judy was classical music, especially the piano, and the opera. A chess set was always at hand for a visit of son or grandson. He loved reading, especially books about Churchill and Field Marshal Montgomery. Tom had the ability to form lasting friendships and enjoyed the opportunity of retirement to strengthen these relationships. Thoughtful and kind, he was always encouraging, displaying his natural geniality and enthusiasm for life. Tom died on 9 December 2019 with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife, Judy, children Peter, Penny and Jo, and six grandchildren. Submitted by Commander Peter Gilbert Royal Navy (son)
Malcolm Heath (Cricket Professional, 1991-2000) Malcolm Heath played for Hampshire from 1954 to 1962 and was an integral part of the Championship winning team of 1961. Derek Shackleton and Malcolm formed a formidable new ball bowling combination. Their enterprising captain Colin InglebyMackenzie referred to them as “Cab Horse” and “Wonder Horse”. In 1958 he took 126 wickets including a match analysis of 13 for 87 against Derbyshire at Burton. Those 13 wickets were some of the 39 that fell in one day in a game that Hampshire lost. Malcolm was also the only member of the team prepared to sit in the passenger seat of his captain’s car as he drove idiosyncratically on the winding A-roads of pre-motorway England for the duration of a 28-match season. Malcolm was upright in all senses of that word. He had a beautiful, high action that made best use of his lean 6’6” frame, and firmly held views on how life should be lived and how cricket should be played – competitively, fairly, skilfully and for enjoyment. He always maintained that he had been fortunate to play in a golden age. His great experience, deep knowledge and gift for communication helped to make Malcolm an impressive coach. With his warm, rich tones, smiling visage and relaxed demeanour, he worked by encouragement and persuasion, never diktat. He was both greatly liked and hugely respected by the boys, who never doubted his judgement. He abhorred excessive noise and any hint of exhibitionism on the field but admired application, effort and skill, whether by friend or foe. His imaginative warm-up exercises and competitions, particularly at the end-of-season festivals, were extremely popular, as were the prizes for them (usually made of chocolate). Always immaculately dressed whether in ‘civvies’ or ‘whites’, Malcolm made a massive contribution to the cause of Pauline cricket. In 2001 he retired to his much loved Stroud, and in December 2019, in the words of his wife Margaret, “he was run out going for his 86th run”, and so sadly he will not attend the re-union of the unbeaten 2000 1st XI, who so admired him, which is planned for June 2020. Gwyn Hughes
