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country houses all over Britain. His
best-known work is Hall Barn for Lord
Burnham in 1972, where he resolved
to retain and restore as much of the
original. Married 1946 Alice Hunsaker,
who died in 2015 after 69 years of
marriage. He is survived by their two
sons and a daughter. Obituary in The
Times. See TS article above.
Alastair Murray Thorburn (A, 33-38):
died 9.7.2017, aged 96. He was our
Seventh Sen Man. Brother of RPT
(A, 39-43) and father of HBT
(A, 71-76) and RMT (F, 74-78). Co
Prae, VI (Captain). RMC Sandhurst
1939. He was commissioned into the
KOSB in 1939, with whom he served
in the BEF, India, Korea, Malaya and
Aden. He sailed to France on 12 th June
1940 as part of a force designed to pull
the French together, but within 24
hours they were ordered to withdraw
and left 3 days later. He transferred to
the Commandos in 1942, with whom
he landed on D-Day at 6.30am and by
noon he had crossed Pegasus Bridge. He
took part in the Walcheren operation,
for which he was awarded the Croix de
Guerre 1944. In 1945 he joined 2 KOSB
in Peshawar, NW Frontier of India and
during this time he was captain of the
Peshawar Services Cricket Team. As
a result of a hit on the nose he came
closest to death. He was in Korea in 1952
with I KOSB when his company fought
off 1,000 Chinese, for which he was
Mentioned in Despatches, and was on
operations with 1 KOSB in Malaya 1955-
57. He proposed to Ann on a jungle
road with a loaded rifle between them.
In 1962-64 he achieved his ambition to
command 1 KOSB in Aden. No sooner
had they returned to the UK than the
battalion was ordered back to Aden to
deal with dissident tribesmen. Thereafter
he was employed on the staff, first as
Brigade Colonel, Lowland Brigade,
1964-68 then as OC Combined Record
Office 1968-72, a most interesting and
rewarding job looking after the careers
of soldiers, and finally as Commandant,
Cadet Training Centre 1972-75. In
retirement he was Head of the London
T he T rusty S ervant
Division of the Corps of Commissionaires
for ten years and he worked for the
Talking Newspapers for the Blind.
He much enjoyed his golf at Hankley
Common Golf Club. He is survived by
Ann, his wife, with whom he celebrated
their diamond wedding anniversary a
month before he died, and their two sons
and a daughter. Obituary in The Times
(Scottish Edition).
Cecil Herbert William (Bill) Hodges
(Coll, 35-40): died 14.11.2016 aged 95.
Sen Cap Prae, VI, English Speech Prize
and Kenneth Freeman Prize. Scholarship
to Oriel College, Oxford 1 Class Mod
1942. He was commissioned into the
Royal Artillery 1942 and landed in
Normandy on D-Day and later served
in Holland and Germany. He was one of
the first British officers to enter Belsen
and his letters home, full of the horror of
that place, are now held in the Imperial
War Museum. Demobbed as a Captain in
1945. He then started a successful career
in the Treasury from 1947. His most
interesting job was as Treasury Adviser to
the UK Mission to the UN in New York
1961-63. He was loaned to Department
of Economic Affairs 1966-68. He then
went to the Cabinet Office 1972-74. He
was appointed CBE for his work in the
Treasury. On retirement he moved to the
Cotswolds with his partner, Bernard Finn
– their dinner parties were renowned
throughout the area. Bill and Bernard
took advantage of new legislation
to form a Civil Partnership in 2005.
Increasing infirmity persuaded them to
return to London. Despite deafness and
deteriorating eyesight he maintained his
sense of humour and determined that
the School should benefit from his will.
Having been known as Cecil but always
wanting to be Bill, he waited until the
death of his mother aged 101 before he
changed his name.
Adam Lothian Turnbull (H, 36-41):
died 11.5.2017 aged 94. Brother of AHT
(H, 31-36).Whilst at Winchester he
worked on farms in Basingstoke to help
with the harvest. Magdalen College,
Oxford, 2 Natural Sciences (Physiology)
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1944, Gotch Memorial Prize 1944.
Whilst at Oxford his musical education
advanced rapidly: he answered calls
by the visiting Sadler’s Wells Opera
for chorus singers for The Magic Flute.
He also joined the Oxford Bach Choir.
London Hospital Medical College
1944-47. Ross and Nelson Prizes. BM,
BCh Oxon 1947. DM Oxon and FRCP
London 1969. National Service as Flight
Lieutenant (Medical) with RAFVR
1949-51, with whom he served in Kenya
and Aden. Graduate Assistant, Radcliffe
Infirmary, Oxford 1952-54. Research
Fellow in Haematology, University of
Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle
1959-61. Senior Lecturer, Clinical
Haematology, London Hospital Medical
College 1964-86, Consultant Physician,
London Hospital 1967-86. During this
time he was Treasurer, London Hospital
Medical Club. He retired in 1986 and
moved to Aldeburgh where he became
involved with the Aldeburgh Music Club
(of which he was Treasurer 1989-95), the
RNLI Guild (of which he was Treasurer
1995-2006) and the local Macmillan
Committee (of which he was the
Treasurer from 1996). He combined with
colleagues in the publication of many
papers on Haematological issues. He is
survived by Jo, his wife of 60 years, and
their son and daughter.
Ian James Alastair Graham (B, 37-42):
died 1.8.2017 aged 93. Science Prize.
He joined the RNVR (A) in 1944 and
was involved in radar development.
Demobbed as Sub Lieutenant 1947.
Trinity College Dublin, 2 Science,
BA 1951. He was twice awarded the
Science Society Silver Medal. He first
worked at the National Gallery restoring
pictures 1951-54. He then became an
independent archaeological explorer in
Guatemala where he became a respected
Maya archaeologist 1959-68 and carried
out annual expeditions for more than
40 years. He was a research Fellow at
Harvard University 1968-75 and was
assistant curator and then director of the
Maya Corpus Program 1975-2004. The
May a had become the subject of much
looting, to counter which he assembled