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Bill Tilman

Bill Tilman (1914)

After leaving Berkhamsted School and serving in the First World War, Bill Tilman spent time in Kenya as a coffee grower. Here, he met Eric Shipton and his interest in climbing began. Tilman turned do…

Jocelyn Lee Hardy

Jocelyn Lee Hardy (1911)

After being taken prisoner by the Germans in August 1914, Hardy wasted no time in trying to escape from the POW camps and was successful in five of these attempts. Some of Hardy's more daring escap…

Norman Wilkinson

Norman Wilkinson (1896)

Norman Wilkinson CBE RI (24 November 1878 – 30 May 1971) was a British artist. He was primarily a marine painter, but also an illustrator, poster artist, and wartime camoufleur. Dazzle painting was …

Alan Pennington

Alan Pennington (1935)

Alan Pennington joined Berkhamsted School as a boarder in 1931. He was an excellent all-round sportsman, representing the school in both the 1st XI Cricket and 1st XV Rugby teams, but his particular …

Graham Greene

Graham Greene (1922)

Not only did Graham Greene attend Berkhamsted School for some years, his father Charles Greene was Headmaster of the school from 1911 to 1927. After studying at Oxford, Greene worked as a journalist …

Roger Courtney

Roger Courtney (1919)

Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Roger Courtney was an adventurer in Africa. A skilled canoeist, Courney even paddled the entire length of the Nile with only a spear and a sack of potatoe…

Ice Shelf

Colin Bertram (1929)

After graduating with a degree in Zoology from Cambridge University, Colin Bertram took part in several scientific expeditions, including a trip to East Greenland and a nine-month study of coral reef…

Bottle of Relish

A Story of Relish

Robert Goodall established a chemist’s shop in Leeds in 1853 and five years later partnered with two chemists, William Powell and Henry Backhouse. They began to make relish from a family recipe and b…

A British Hero of the Holocaust

A British Hero of the Holocaust

A British Hero of the Holocaust. An auction lot came to the attention of the Old Berkhamstedians in early November. Noonans Mayfair auction house were offering for sale a collection of medals; cata…

To War with the Old Gent

To War With The Old Gent

CHARLES RIDLEY PAWSEY A further addition to the archive category ~ Books written by or about Old Berkhamstedians. To War With The Old Gent ~ Written by Nicholas Lambert. The story of the 1/8th Batt…

Stumped

Stumped

This decorated cricket stump was dropped off at my office just before the summer holidays (see photo gallery below story). It has been split in two, with hinges at each end to allow it to fully open,…

hand fives

Hand Fives Cup

A recent find in the East Wing tank room, this lovely old cup was brought to the archive by a member of the caretaking team. It stands nearly ten inches tall and is engraved on every available space…

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