Memorial service for Howard ‘Mac’ Hunt

Ray Hunt writes to tell us of the death of his brother, Howard ‘Mac’ Hunt (1940-1946). A memorial service is to be held at All Saints Church Branksome Park on 14th January 2010. Ray writes:

We both attended Annual Dinners until recently. Among his immediate contempories were, Chris Eales, John Demont, Gordon Prosser, John Ives, John Davis, Malcolm Gritt, and many others.

Eric Bennett passes away

Former Headmaster Eric Bennett (1957 – 1970) sadly passed away on October 8th 2005, aged 94. He was the third headmaster in the history of the school and oversaw many changes as education developed during the 1960’s, in particular with the rapid expansion in the number of pupils progressing to university. He leaves a widow Ria and sons Anthony and Stephen to whom we send our sincere sympathy.

Urfan Mirza passes away

It was with a sense of shock, disbelief and great sadness that we learnt this morning of the untimely death of Mr. Urfan Mirza who had taught chemistry at the school since 1996. He was only 38. As far as we know he passed way peacefully, having just returned to his family home in Southampton after going jogging. He will be greatly missed by his current pupils and by many previous students who have benefited from his dedication and understanding of his subject for the past 8 years. Our thoughts are with his mother and his sisters.