Major General James H. Short CE OBE (M 68)
19 January 2024Educated at Wellington, James was commissioned into the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers in 1970. His promising Regimental career alternated with demanding Staff appointments, including Military Assistant to Commander 1 (BR) Corps. As Commanding Officer he led the Regiment during its notably successful six month operational tour in Belfast in 1993 – 94, for which […]
James S. Delahook (C 62)
19 January 2024James Delahooke will be remembered as a “consummate horseman” as industry figures paid tribute to the distinguished bloodstock agent and stud manager, who died at the age of 77. Delahooke was born on January 7, 1945, the son of Garry and Priscilla Delahooke, owners of Adstock Manor Stud near Buckingham. He ran the stud for a […]
George Christopher Hall (O 59)
19 January 2024Christopher arrived at the College in 1955. He was brought up in Camberley, a place surrounded by the military, with the Staff College and RMA Sandhurst across the road from where he lived. In some ways, it was no surprise that he was sent to Wellington, being the local public school, although Christopher was the […]
Major Colin Gillespie MBE (43 Hl)
10 January 2024Major Colin Gillespie, who has died aged 98, was a sapper officer who saw active service in the Second World War and with the SAS in Malaya; after retiring from the Army, he became one of the West Country’s leading wine growers. Colin Leonard Beauchamp Gillespie MBE, the son of an officer in the Royal […]
Bryn S. Parry OBE (Hg 75)
10 January 2024During his time in charge of Help for Heroes, the charity Bryn Parry OBE (Hg 75) co-founded with his wife Emma, he raised £260 million and helped more than 50,000 people to recover from the trauma of combat stress and injury while fighting for their country, whether in the army, navy or air force. Bryn […]