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Obituary

If you would like a copy of any press obituary referred to , please contact the Winchester College Society office . You can request either by email to wincollsoc @ wincoll . ac . uk , telephone + 44 ( 0 ) 1962 621217 or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Director , 73 Kingsgate Street , Winchester SO23 9PE . ‘ Obit ’ indicates that a copy of some other tribute is also available .
Archibald George Charles Forde Campbell Murdoch ( C , 24-29 ): died 29.6.2016 aged 105 as Sen Man . Trinity College , Oxford ( MA 1950 ), after which he attended Royal College of Music 1933-35 , sang for BBC Radio and successfully auditioned for Glyndebourne . He studied with Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender in Berlin 1937 . Because of poor eyesight he joined the London Auxiliary Fire Service 1939-45 ; he converted to Roman Catholicism 1941 . He started a teaching career , becoming assistant master at Cumnor House School 1945 , then assistant master and headmaster of the Thomas More School 1946-55 , followed by All Hallows School , Lyme Regis 1958 , St Luke ’ s College , Exeter 1959 , St Joseph ’ s School , Devizes 1960-62 and finally Carterton County Primary School 1962-71 . Music and singing were his passion . He moved to Malta on retirement , returning to the United Kingdom in 1985 . Married 1932 Sheila Haigh , who died in 2003 aged 100 after 71 years of marriage . See appreciation above .
Benjamin Burford King ( Coll , 30-35 ): died 27.2.2016 a few months short of his 100th birthday as 3rd Sen Man . Bib Prae , Maths Prize 1934 . Scholarship , Trinity College , Cambridge 1935 . Maths 1 Pt 1 , 2 Pt 2 , BA 1938 . On the outbreak of war he joined the RAFVR , with whom he served with Coastal Command in Wick and later in Gibraltar , where he listened to Luftwaffe radio communications to track the movements of German and Italian aircraft . He was later assigned to Bletchley Park where he was privy to ‘ Ultra ’, whose secret he closely guarded for 30 years . He was then moved to the British Military Mission , Washington , where he was responsible for liaison between the US Navy and the US Army , for which he was awarded the US Legion of Merit . Demobbed as Wing Commander 1946 . After the war he joined the newly established International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( the World Bank ) in 1947 . He spent 34 years there , during which time he participated in economic missions to Iraq and Spain and was a member of the Bell Mission studying India ’ s economy . He was the World Bank ’ s Chief Economist 1968-69 and Director of the Development Economics Department 1978-81 : an extremely influential Briton at the World Bank HQ . Married ( 1 ) 1945 Dorothy Walbridge ; ( 2 ) 1968 Georgia Konstantinopoulos , who survives him with their son and two sons from his first marriage .
James Irvine Watson ( F , 31-37 ): died 27.4.2016 aged 97 as 4th Sen Man . Brother of HSRW ( F , 36-41 ). His grandfather had been born before the Battle of Waterloo . Exhibitioner . In 1935 he featured in The Hampshire Chronicle for his admired performance in the Chawkerite play Outward Bound . Christ Church , Oxford 1937 , 2 Modern Classics 1939 ; MA 1944 . Commissioned into the Royal Artillery 1939 with whom he served at the Combined Operations Training Centre , Dunoon , before joining 18th Division bound for Singapore . The Division arrived in time to be captured . But the ship in which the anti-tank regiment travelled broke down and returned to port . After attending Staff College he served on the staff in India . After the war he first worked for the LMS Railway 1946-47 . He then embarked on a highly successful career with the British Council : for 22 of the 31 years he was the Secretary ( chief executive ). He was appointed OBE in 1972 . Retired 1978 . He devoted his retirement to York , firstly as Chairman , York Diocesan Care of Churches Advisory Committee 1980-86 , then Trustee York Minster Fund 1989-93 , Chairman , York Minster Fabric Advisory Committee 1991-93 . Founder Trustee , Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust 1998- 2000 . He knew every Archbishop of York from William Temple to John Sentamu . He was appointed Knight of Papal Order of Saint Sylvester 1982 and Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire 1991 . In everything that he did there was great precision , but despite this focus on accuracy he was capable of sustaining all his friendships . Survived by his brother and nephews and niece .
Arthur Ivens Spriggs ( D , 33-38 ): died 12.12.2015 aged 96 as 8th Sen Man . Brother of EAS ( D , 31-36 ). New College , Oxford , MRCP 1944 , DM 1952 . Commissioned RAMC 1944 . One of the first doctors to enter Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 . Demobbed as Captain . He then embarked on a career in pathology at Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford ; eventually he became Consultant Cytologist for the United Oxford Hospitals 1960 , where he set up one of the first regional cervicalcancer screening services . He always instilled in his department a sense of fun and friendliness and the willingness to share knowledge with visiting students and researchers . Publications included History of Clinical Cytology 1980 and Atlas of Serious Fluid Cytopathology 1989 . Elected FRCP 1963 and FRCPath 1973 . President , the European Federation of Cytology Societies 1979-81 . He retired in 1984 , after which he studied and collected oriental porcelain and antique lace . Married 1943 Gereth Watson , who
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