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followed by promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and a move to Nigeria as an Instructor with the British Army Training Team at the Nigerian Staff College in Kaduna. This was a testing appointment in many ways, not least in overcoming the difficulties of personal and family administration. Nothing much worked, it was hot and humid and most modern conveniences did not exist. This was right up Jeremy’s street and, despite pitfalls such as the family pony dying of rabies, he managed to make the most of an exciting environment including travelling widely with the family by road around West Africa. He retired in 1997 to the house in West Mersea on the Essex coast which he and Lizzie had acquired some years before. They had long had an ambition to have a boat built to their own specification in which they could travel beyond home waters. The resulting 35 ft wood epoxy gaff cutter was much delayed by a serious fire in the boat builder’s yard when it was nearing completion, and Jeremy never really managed to achieve all the cruising he had planned before illness struck. He began working for the West Mersea Lifeboat in 2002 and in 2007 took over management of the Station, a job he much enjoyed. He became a Church Warden overseeing the fabric of the local 10th Century church. Finding no money available for repairs he initiated an appeal, and then set up the Friends of West Mersea Parish Church, a group dedicated to ensuring a constant trickle of money for maintenance. He was active in establishing new and popular allotments for Mersea Island. He died on 22 February 2015, aged 72, courteous and modest to the end. The packed church at his funeral was testament to the loss which has been felt by his friends and his local community. He is survived by Lizzie and their three children, Richard, Leafy and Emily, and by four grandchildren. Kirkwood On 8.5.2014 The Hon Sir Andrew Tristram Hammett Kirkwood, (f, 1957-1961). He went up to Christ Church, Oxford and became a Barrister, taking Silk in 1989. He was a Recorder from 1987 to 1993 and then a High Court Judge. Roberts On 9.5.2015 Timothy Alexander Mann Roberts, (f, 1958-1963). He rowed in the 1963 lst VIII. In his early career he worked in the insurance market in London and Canada in companies such as Marsh UK and Jardine Lloyd Thompson. After a spell in renewable energy and energy conservation and running his own property development
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Tim Roberts company he joined the search industry. After three years as Head of Research with Saxton Bampfylde he worked for nine years as Senior Research Consultant with Korn Ferry International. This was followed by over thirteen years as an Independent Researcher with Executive Research-Direct. In 2011 he became a Senior Consultant with Edward W Kelley and Partners. He worked extensively with clients in the UK and the USA as well as Australia and New Zealand, the Far East and the Indian Subcontinent. His experience covered Financial and Professional Services, Government, Not for Profit, Academia and also included Construction, Energy, Oil and Gas as well as Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Retail and Industrial markets. His brother, James, and his son, Garth, were at Radley. Milner-Barry On 7.9.2014 (John) Simon Patrick Milner-Barry (c, 1960-1965). He ran his own Design and Marketing Agency. He was a Trustee of Somerset Counselling Centre in Taunton and was committed to bringing counselling and mental health issues to the fore and helping SCC provide services to the community. His grandfather, Lloyd Rennie, was at Radley. Joyce On 9.1.2014 Captain Mark Thomas Altham Joyce, (f, 1962-1967). He went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst where he was in their Boxing team. He was commissioned into lst The Queen’s Dragoon Guards and served with them from 1970 to 1994. He was in the British 4 Man Bobsleigh (GB2) in the 1978 World Championships. After leaving the Army he worked for GKN Defence and then for Alvis Ltd as a Training Adviser. His brother, John, was at Radley.
Mark Joyce was in the 2nd Vlll at Radley and enjoyed other activities such as Rifle Shooting, Boxing and the CCF. On leaving Radley he therefore joined the Army and was commissioned into 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards. He was very much a Regimental soldier and excelled as a driving and maintenance instructor. He had a fascination for all things mechanical and had an eclectic collection of vehicles, many of them ex-military. These included a Russian Ural truck that he brought back from the First Iraq war. He and his vehicles were sometimes employed as film extras after he left the Army. Sheppard On 3.1.2015 Christopher Richard Seton Sheppard, (h, 1962-1966). Over 400 people attended his Memorial Service at St Luke’s in Chelsea. The Tribute by Jonathan Eastwood: It all started fifty-two years ago when Christopher and I were thirteen years old and were new boys in the same house at Radley College. He had been a choral scholar at the Pilgrims school and a chorister at Winchester Cathedral. I arrived a term later than him for some reason and since then for the better, and sometimes for the worse, he became part of my life. It was clear from the start that Christopher was not like the rest of us, or at least not like me. I went to Radley impressed by the size of the place and its traditions, particular vocabulary and rules and regulations. I was keen to keep my head down, to fit in and to conform. Christopher wasn’t like that at all. He had a very limited tolerance to authority, even at the age of thirteen. When I think about Christopher I realise that one of the leitmotivs of his life was his inability to accept authority. Later in life he was not cut out to be employed. His father found him a job in the City which lasted very little time. At school, it was a constant refusal to accept instructions. We had a fagging system which involved having to undertake tasks demanded of us by prefects. Christopher quickly understood that if you did something extremely badly you were unlikely to be asked to do the same again. When he was ordered to make a cup of coffee he would lace it liberally with boot polish... Christopher arrived at school already a keen fisherman and we had a lake that was