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Obituary
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Peter Ellyatt Cattermole (Co Ro, 76-00):
died 16.3.2015. Father of HAC (A, 91-92).
Educated at Canford; Exeter University, 1
Chemistry 1970; he went on to take a PhD
in Chemistry, followed by a Post Graduate
Teaching Certificate. He taught at Millfield
School 1974-76 before arriving at
Winchester in 1976. He was Head of
Chemistry 1977-99 and Head of Science
1986-99. On leaving the School, he bought
a house in Bridgwater, which he returned to
its former glory, doing most of the work
himself. He always retained an interest in
railways, becoming Chairman of the
Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust and a
Director of West Somerset Railway. He was
curator of a small railway museum at
Washford Station; he coordinated the
rebirth of the Blake Museum; and he
became vice chairman, Bridgwater Civic
Society. For his work for Bridgewater he was
awarded the Bridgwater Cup 2009. He is
survived by his wife Ann and their three
daughters and a son.
John Sumner Townsend Gibson (Coll, 2934): died 3.5.2015 aged 99 as Second Sen
Man. Son of HOSG (Coll, 1897-01) and
father of PJTG (I, 63-64). War Scholar,
Drawing Prize. New College, Oxford, 3
Zoology 1938, MA 1947. He acquired his
interest in mountaineering on the Oxford
University Greenland expedition 1936.
RAFVR 1940, Flying Instructor Canada
1942-44 and Transport Command in the
UK 1945. He first worked as a biologist for
the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
1947, then as a commercial salmon
fisherman 1948-67 on the board of the
Prince Rupert Fishermen’s Co-op. In 1967
he bought a property in Cowichan Station,
where he lived until 2005. One of his
proudest moments was celebrating his 80th
birthday climbing Merry Widow Peak near
Port Alice with his son and grandson. His
accurate pen-and-ink sketches of the
mountains of Vancouver Island have been
used in guide books and his oil paintings
can be found on many walls. He was an
active member of the Society of Friends
(Quakers). Survived by Dorothy, his wife of
70 years, and their son.
Peter Wilson Ward-Jackson (G, 29-33):
died 15.2.2015 aged 99 as Fourth Sen Man.
Brother of WAW-J (G, 23-27). Born in
Johannesburg. Holgate Prize 1931. Captain
of Fencing. He left Winchester early and
went to Mr Webber’s School at Bonn.
Thereafter he spent 18 months in Italy and
a year in France, hence he was fluent in
German, Italian and French. Magdalene
College, Cambridge, 2 Modern Languages
1938. RMAS and commissioned in
Worcester Regiment 1940, with whom he
served in the Middle East. Mentioned in
Despatches. After the fall of Tobruk he
made a miraculous escape back to Cairo. He
then worked for MI6 in Italy and Germany
until he was demobbed as a captain in 1946.
He then began a long and successful career
with the V&A Museum, first as Assistant
Keeper, Woodwork Department 1948-53,
then Assistant Keeper, Engravings,
Illustration and Design Department 195363 and finally as Deputy Keeper, Prints and
Drawings Department 1963-76. His
crowning achievement was his two-volume
catalogue of the V&A’s Italian Drawings,
published in 1980, which was described by
Anthony Blunt as a task performed ‘with
love, scholarship and modesty’. He retained
an interest in English and Continental
literature and on one memorable occasion
he was seen packing Voltaire’s Candide in
his rucksack for a lengthy hike on the South
Downs. He retired first to Battersea and
then to South Wales where he was strongly
supported by his wife. Married (1) 1959
Joan Schellenberg (died 1963), (2) 1983
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Shaunagh Fitzgerald, who survives him with
the two sons of his first marriage. Obituary
The Guardian.
George Robert Acworth Conquest (D, 3135): died 3.8.2015 aged 98 as Fourth Sen
Man. He was born on 15th July, 1917 just
after the Bolsheviks’ first fumbling attempts
to take power in Russia. Bisley, just one
point away from winning the \