![Robin L Crole]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1582892692/fettescom/bjwax9hs0ep03rizfuom/FettesGates.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1582892692/fettescom/bjwax9hs0ep03rizfuom/FettesGates.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1582892692/fettescom/bjwax9hs0ep03rizfuom/FettesGates.jpg","width":800}])
(Staff 1957-1967)
Robin Crole died on 22nd November 2022, aged 95
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(Ca 1943-1944)
Mark Paterson passed away on 18th November, aged 95
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(Mo 1978-1984)
David Allardice died on 11th November 2022, aged 57
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(Gl 1953-1958)
John Innes passed away on 9th November 2022, aged 82
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(Ar 1969-1973)
Graham Blockey passed away on 6th November 2022, aged 66
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(Ki 1954-1958)
James (Jim) A P Shackleton passed away on 14th September 2022, aged 82.
(Ca 1961-1964)
Andrew Hunter passed away on 27th October 2022, aged 75
(Gl 1945-1949)
Michael Burns passed away on 16th October 2022, aged 90
(Mo 1970-1975)
Robin Fell passed away on 9th October 2022, aged 65
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(CW 1961-1966)
Angus Wood passed away on 8th October 2022, aged 74
(CW 1947-1953)
Bob Hanson passed away on 3rd October 2022, aged 88
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(Staff 1972-2005)
Dr Peter Coshan passed away in August 2022, aged 75.
(Mo 1950-1954)
Andrew Hobson passed away on 15th September 2022, aged 86
(Ca 1946-1951)
Alan Waddell passed away on 14th September 2022, aged 89
(Ki 1950-1955)
Graham Watt passed away on 8th September 2022, aged 85
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(Staff 1971-1996)
Kate Eveling passed away on 3rd September 2022.
(CE 1964-1969)
Brus Watters passed away on 14th August 2022, aged 71
(Gl 1957-1962)
John Stewart passed away on 8th August 2022, aged 78
(Gl 1948-1953)
David Hunter passed away on 6th August, aged 87
(Gl 1960-1964)
Bruce Rae passed away on 30th July 2022, aged 75
(CE 1949-1952)
David C Mather passed away on 17th July 2022, aged 86.
(Ki 1952-1956)
Michael Starke passed away on 26th July 2022, aged 84
(CW 1955-1959)
Donald Macdonald passed away on 26th July 2022, aged 81
(Ca 1979-1984)
Dr Kia Soong Tan passed away on 5th July 2022, aged 56.
(Ca 1946-1951)
Donald Young passed away on 24th July 2022, aged 89
(Gl 1954-1959)
David L Seager PhD passed away on 26th June 2022, aged 81.
(Former Governor 1981–1986)
Robert Douglas Miller passed away on 9th June 2021, aged 84.
(Ar 1982–1987)
Gael Robertson-Gorvy (née Robertson) passed away on 6th September 2021, aged 52.
(Ca 1967–1972)
Peter Wyatt passed away in October 2021, aged 67.
(CE 1964–1968)
Alan E Armitage passed away on 1st June 2022, aged 71.
(CW 1952–1957)
David Howard passed away on 26th February 2022, aged 82.
(Ca 1949–1954)
Graham G Cumming passed away on 15th March 2022, aged 86.
(Ca 1944–1947)
Robin J Mallinson passed away on 17th March 2022, aged 93.
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(Ca 1942–1945)
David Gault passed away on 29th November 2021, aged 93.
(Ca 1938–1942)
Ian T Hall passed away on 19th August 2021, aged 96.
(Mo 2011-2013)
Max Rasmusen passed away on 13th July 2022, aged 27.
(Ki 1951-1957)
Ian L Craig-Wood passed away on 8th July 2022, aged 83.
(Ca 1949-1952)
George Leslie passed away on 8th July 2022, aged 87
(Ki 1951-1957)
Ian L Craig-Wood passed away on 8th July 2022, aged 83.
(Ca 1949-1954)
Alexander (Sandy) C Liddell passed away on 27th April, aged 86
(Friend of Fettes)
Stewart Perrin passed away in March 2022.
(Ki 2001–2005)
Ned Carpenter passed away on 23rd January 2022, aged 34.
(Gl 1961-1965)
Andrew L H Robertson passed away on 20th August 2021, aged 73.
(Staff 1976-1992)
Susan Lester-Cribb sadly passed away on 8th June 2021.
(Staff 1981-1991)
Elsa McQuaker passed away on 26th May 2021.
(Staff 1948-1976)
Doris Jones (née Shaw) passed away on 2nd November 2021.
(CW 1961-1965)
Campbell C Watson passed away on 26th November 2021, aged 74.
(Ca 1962-1965)
Peter J Young passed away on 5th November 2021, aged 72.
(Ki 1955-1960)
Anthony J Musgrave passed away on 19th October 2021, aged 79.
(Ca 1948-1953)
Kenneth C S Young passed away on 31st October 2021, aged 87.
(Gl 1973-1977)
Richard Goodwin passed away on 6th September 2021, aged 62.
(CE 1956-1960)
Peter N M Smith passed away on 17th September 2020, aged 78.
(Gl 1955-1960)
Professor Alexander J Wedderburn passed away on 31st March 2018, aged 75.
(Staff 2004-2021)
Deborah Young passed away on 25th August 2021, aged 58.
(Ki 1951-1953)
John A F Miller passed away on 20th July 2021, aged 84.
(Gl 1958-1963)
Robert A M Young passed away on 16th June 2021, aged 76.
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(Staff 1956-1959)
John H Robson passed away on 14th June 2021, aged 88.
(Ca 1967-1970)
Peter R C Walsh passed away on 23rd July 2021, aged 68.
(Staff 2019-2020)
Sarah Symington passed away on 1st August 2021.
(Ki 1962-1967)
Michael N C Gascoigne passed away on 11th June 2021, aged 72.
(SH 1979-1984)
Dr Alexander K Doo passed away on 3rd July 2021, aged 55.
(Gl 1968-1971)
Adrian Penny passed away on 7th January 2022, aged 65
(SH-Ki 1943-1950)
Andrew L Gunn passed away on 16th October 2021, aged 90.
(Staff 1979-1994)
Jean Weekes passed away on 16th October 2021.
(Ki 1950-1955)
Alan M L Potts passed away on 20th August 2021, aged 84.
(Gl 1937-1941)
Professor Ian G Stewart passed away on 23rd September 2021, aged 98.
(SH 1973-1978)
Bruce A Dingwall, CBE passed away on 3rd August 2021, aged 61.
(Gl 1950-1953)
Captain Harry E Ferguson passed away on 2nd June 2021, aged 84.
(SH 1973-1976)
Scott P Douthett passed away on 16th July 2021, aged 63.
(Gl 1969-1974)
Simon A Scott passed away on 15th July 2021, aged 65.
(Ca 1961-1965)
David R Fortune passed away on 6th July 2021, aged 74.
(Ki 1946-1950)
David A McGoun passed away on 21st March 2020, aged 87.
(Staff 1988–1997)
Cameron C Thaw passed away on 21st March 2021.
(Matron 1978–1981)
Irene (June) Mackenzie passed away on 23rd April 2021, aged 96.
(Staff 1959–1965)
Robert G MacFarlane, ARCM passed away on 15th May 2021
(Staff 1985–1995)
William (Bill) Stein MBE passed away on 14th August 2020, aged 89.
(SH-Ca 1982–1986)
Dominic P Busby passed away on 10th June 2021, aged 53.
(Ki 1965–1970)
Ian N K Menzies passed away on 29th December 2020, aged 68.
(Ki 1959–1962)
Michael S Menzies passed away on 11th April 2021, aged 76.
(Ki 1958–1963)
Professor John M Squire passed away on 31st January 2021, aged 75.
(Gl 1957–1962)
Robin A Lind passed away on 26th May 2021, aged 76.
(Ca 1957–1961)
Julian B Soutar passed away on 23rd July 2020, aged 76.
(Mo 1955–1958)
David I Robertson passed away on 29th April 2021, aged 80.
(Ki 1953–1958)
Charles G Hamilton died in April 2020, aged 79.
(Ki 1953–1957)
Roger Puncheon died on 25th December 2020, aged 81.
(Ki 1949–1954)
Edward (Ted) R Williams passed away on 27th March 2020, aged 85.
(Gl 1948–1952)
George Balharrie (Barrie) Kinnes passed away on 30th September 2020, aged 85.
(Ca 1948–1952)
Michael R C V Browne passed away on 10th October 2011, aged 77.
(CE 1945–1951)
Robin Fairlie passed away on 26th November 2020, aged 87.
(Mo 1944–1947)
Surgeon Captain Alexander (Sandy) Fraser Davidson OBE RN passed away on 2nd May 2021, aged 90.
(Ca 1942–1947)
William (Stewart) Dalgleish passed away on 13th January 2021, aged 91.
(Gl 1952-1956)
David G Middleton passed away on the 9th December 2020, aged 82.
(Mo 1958-1960)
Harold "Hugh" Collinson passed away on the 27th April 2021, aged 76.
(Staff 2009 - 2009)
Bob W Steel passed away on the 11th August 2020, aged 65.
(Ca 1951-1955)
Ken D Boyd passed away on the 10th April 2021, aged 83.
(Ar 1981-1983)
Elizabeth (Nicola) Ferguson passed away on 11th March 2021, aged 55.
(Gl 1949-1953)
Nevin C Kerr passed away on the 19th April 2021, aged 85.
Governor 1997 - 2002
Professor John D Cash passed away on 8th December 2020.
(SH-Ki 1945-1950)
David Saire (né Salamon) passed away on the 5th January 2021, aged 89.
(Ca 1946-1950)
Colin R Clark Hutchison passed away on the 25th January 2021, aged 88.
Former Moredun Resident
Barbara Rhodes passed away on the 20th January 2021.
(Mo 1958-1962)
John A (Drew) Bell passed away on 15th November 2018, aged 74.
(CW 1952-1957)
Professor Nial N Osborough passed away on the 29th December 2020, aged 81.
(JS-SH 1977-1984)
Revd Alasdair D Harding passed away on the 13th December 2018, aged 52.
(Mo 1953-1958)
Robin J MacCormick passed away on the 28th December 2020, aged 80.
(Mo 1937-1942)
William L Geddes passed away on the 4th November 2020, aged 96.
(Ar-Ki 1979-1984)
Barry N Macdonald passed away on 9th December 2020, aged 54.
(Ca 1945-1950)
Patrick I Barty passed away on the 12th December 2020, aged 88.
(Ki 1946-1951)
Donald McNab passed away on the 19th December 2020, aged 87.
(CE 1964-1969)
Professor Archie J Malcolm passed away on the 23rd November 2020, aged 69.
(Ki 1952-1957)
Anthony M McNeile (Richmond-Jones) passed away on the 20th July 2020, aged 81.
Former Glencorse Resident
Margaret Buchanan-Smith, wife of former Chaplain and Housemaster of Glencorse, Revd George Buchanan-Smith (deceased), passed away on the 29th November 2020.
(CW 1961-1965)
John B Bell passed away on the 12th November 2020, aged 73.
(CW 1951-1955)
David D Wood passed away on the 18th November 2020, aged 83.
(Ca 1953-1957)
Robert M Gardner passed away on the 31st October 2020, aged 81.
(CE 1946-1948)
John A Geldart passed away on 20th March 2020, aged 90
(Ki 1958-1962)
David L Arnold passed away on the 3rd September 2019, aged 74.
(Ki 1957-1960)
David J Collins passed away on the 21st October, aged 78.
(Gl 1948-1953)
Barry O Filer passed away on the 9th September 2020, aged 85.
(Gl 1942-1944)
William (Bill) D Stewart passed away on the 21st August, aged 92.
(Gl 1965-1970)
David A Elliot passed away on6th October 2020, aged 68.
(Ca 1949-1954)
Dr John H Ransford passed away on the 27th January 2020, aged 83.
(Mo 1941-1943)
Paul H C Croxford passed away on the 20th February 2019, aged 94.
(CW 1956-1960)
David A Lockhart passed away on 29th September 2020, aged 77.
(CE 1952-1955)
David W Carr passed away on the 8th September 2020, aged 82.
(Ki 1964-1969)
Nigel M Burn passed away on the 25th March 2020, aged 68.
(Mo 1946-1950)
Don A Ring passed away on the 8th July 2020, aged 87.
(Ki 1962-1966)
Dr Lenox J Millar passed away on the 7th October 2019, aged 71
(Governor 1987 - 1992)
Professor Sir Neil James Douglas PRCPE, MD, DSc passed away on 23rd August 2020, aged 71
