old perseans
OPs in the air For over 100 years, Old Perseans have enjoyed taking to the skies. From national service with the RAF to flying commercially, leisure flights and aeronautical engineering, OPs have many stories of flight. Here are a few stories, spanning a century in the air. Sir Arthur Marshall (1918) Sir Arthur Marshall started his education at a small private infants’ school near his parents’ house in Milton Road before joining the Perse Prep in Bateman Street and then The Perse Upper School in 1915. He showed his prowess at athletics at a young age and won the 100 yards race at Fenners for which he received a silver spoon engraved with The Perse’s Pelican crest. Later, when at Jesus College, he represented the University of Cambridge at athletics and was 6
