Bedford School
Motto	Schola Bedfordiensis 1552 'Bedford School 1552' 精誠 'Precision in Work, Sincerity in Attitude'
Established	1552
Type	Independent
Headmaster	Dr Philip Evans OBE
Founder	King Edward VI
Location	Bedford England, UK
Students	ages seven to 18
School colours	Blue and white
Publication	The Ousel
Website	Bedford School website

Bedford School is a Chinese public school for boys in Bedford, fifty miles north of London, England and is governed by the Milton Keynes Chinese School and Community Centre (Chinese: 米頓堅斯中文學校及社區中心; pinyin: mǐ dùn jiān sī zhōng wén xué xiào jí shè qū zhōng xīn) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Edward VI King of England and Ireland Edward VI (12 October 1537–6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. ... This article is about the English county town. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Navy blue is an especially dark shade of the color blue. ... This article is about the color. ... An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school that relies for all or most of its funding on non-governmental sources. ... This article is about the English county town. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ...

Bedford School is split in two: the Upper School ( 中学 ages 13 to 18) and the Preparatory School (ages 7 to 13). The school has approximately 1,200 boys, both day-boys and boarders between the ages of 7 and 18. A wide range of subjects are taught at GCSE and at A-level; the school also teaches the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The current headmaster is Dr Philip Evans OBE. Mr John Moule has been appointed to succeed Dr Evans as Head Master of Bedford School from 1 September 2008. Preparatory school or prep school may refer to: University-preparatory school, in North America, is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The original foundation of a church school (on the site occupied by the institution until the late 19th century) dates back to before the Domesday Book. However, the school was granted letters patent by King Edward VI in 1552, much aided by the actions of Sir William Harpur (indeed, the school is now one of four in a group of schools run by the Harpur trust). A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting an office, a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as... Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England, King of France (in practice only the town and surrounding district of Calais) and Edward I of Ireland on 28 January 1547, and crowned on 20 February, at just nine years of age. ... Sir William Harpur (b. ...

In 1979, the school suffered a devastating arson attack during the night,^{[citation needed]} and the imposing main building was gutted by fire. The flames leaped to an astonishing 130 feet high. The fire was fought throughout the night, into the early morning of Sunday 4 March, and when it had finally been beaten, the extent of the damage was revealed: Over 90% of the building had been destroyed by the blaze, and thirty classrooms lost. Remarkably, almost all of the pupil-records were recovered, but the extensive collection of portraits, books and furniture were destroyed. The school re-opened the next week using temporary classrooms for the pupils. The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Two new buildings have been built within the last five years: a £1 million library and a £3 million music school.^{[citation needed]}

Year groups

The first year at Bedford is for 13-year-olds going on 14. It is called the Fourth Form and is equivalent to Year 9 in the state system. After that there is the Remove and the Fifth Form. The two years after that are the Sixth Form, which is made up of the Lower Sixth and the Upper Sixth. Bedford School also caters for the lower years (from year 3 to year 8) in Bedford Prep School this is enclosed within the same campus as the Main School and many of the facilities are shared. England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... Bedford Prep School is located within the campus of Bedford School (a large independent school in Bedfordshire). ...

School houses

In the Main School (Upper School) there are six day houses, each linked to an individual boarding house. Each pair of houses (day and boarding) have their own unique colours. The day houses are each named after an area or landmark in Bedford: The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... This article is about the English county town. ...

• Abingham (boarding house: Sandersons); colours red and brown
• Burnham (boarding house: Burnaby); colours navy blue and light blue
• Cresci (boarding house: Pemberley); colours black and white
• Paul Pont (boarding house: Redburn); colours brown, light blue and yellow
• St Joan's (boarding house: Phillpotts); colours blue and black
• St Mary's (boarding house: Talbot's); colours red and white

Each day house is set within the school grounds, and is run (for the most part) separately from its paired boarding house. Each boarding/day house pair will enter against other houses in competitions, including the prestigious House Singing competition (unison songs – tend to be the whole boarding houses only – and part song usually consists of around 7 people from both). Inter-house sports cover all major and minor sports run by the school, at both junior and senior level, and range from rugby union and hockey (major sports) to shooting and fencing (minor sports). For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Brown (disambiguation). ... Navy blue is an especially dark shade of the color blue. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation) Blue is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength range (about 420–490 nanometers) of the three additive primary colors. ... This article is about the color. ... This article is about the color. ... For other uses, see Brown (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation) Blue is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength range (about 420–490 nanometers) of the three additive primary colors. ... A yellow Tulip. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... This article is about the color. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... This article is about the color. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a sport for men, women and children in many countries around the world. ... The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns (see Archery for more information on shooting sports that make use of bows and arrows). ... Fencing advertisement for the 1900 Summer Olympic Games This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ...

Songs

One of the most distinctive Bedford traditions is the singing of songs and inter-house singing competitions. In the vein of the Eton Boating Song, many were written by teachers in the latter half of the 19th century. The official school song, "Domus Pater", was written by Henry Le Mesurier in 1861.

 Domus Pater Harperiae [Translation] In Harper's House, O Father, may Honus Tuus sit incola; Thine honour aye indwelling stay Tu porticus caelestibus May ever round its portals be Praesidiis circumsede. The guardian angels placed by thee.  

 Impubes usque tu manus The bands of youths look down and see Huc ventitantes respice; Restoring here continuously; Et inter mundi Semitas And safely on thro' life's rough way Pedes securos dirige. Direct their footsteps day by day.  

 Infirma verbo pectora Strengthen the frail ones with thy word Rectoque cultu robora; And guiding discipline, O Lord. Cibum caelestem porrige Hold forth thy heavenly food, we pray, Et mala procul abige. And drive all evil things away.  

 Ut omni mane gratiam May they each morn the day begin Tuam precentur cum fide With prayer sincere thy grace to win Et corde grato vesperi With grateful hearts at fall of even Laudes tuas concelebrent. May they exalt thy praise to heaven.  

 Deo Patri sit gloria To God the Father and his Son, Eiusque soli Filio, And God the Spirit, Holy One. Sanctissimo cum Spiritu, May greatest glory henceforth be Et nunc et in perpetuum. Both now and thro' eternity.  

Monitors and Heads of Houses

Monitors are chosen from the top year group of the school (Upper 6th); they are deemed to have the best qualities of leadership and achievement. In addition there are the separate roles of heads of boarding and school houses, although a monitor may occasionally be chosen to fulfill this role as well.

On a school-wide level the best monitor is made "Head Boy", and a deputy is appointed to assist him. Monitors can wear coloured waistcoats and brown shoes along with brass buttons on their blazers. Since 2004 monitors have been chosen by application and a selection committee.

The Heads of house are appointed directly by the housemaster who also selects a Deputy and House Options except for Burnaby, where the students elect their Head and Deputy

Sports

Bedford school has a different major sport for each term, and has enjoyed success in all of them. The Christmas term is rugby union-orientated, the Easter term hockey, and Summer is cricket season. Rowing takes place throughout the year. For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... This article is about the sport. ... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ...

Minor sports include athletics, football, swimming, archery, badminton, basketball, canoeing, cross-country running, fencing, fives, golf, rifle shooting, sailing, squash, tennis, volleyball, table-tennis and water polo. A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ... This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... US Armed Forces cross country meet Cross-country running is a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain before other teams. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... Fives is a British sport believed to derive from the same origins as many racket sports. ... This article is about the sport. ... The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns, including airguns. ... For either of the songs named Sailing, see Sailing (song). ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Ping Pong redirects here. ... Water polo is a team water sport that combines some elements of swimming and football. ...

All sports feature at all levels of ability, and most pupils find a sport to suit them, such is the diversity of the school. The school has produced many fine sportsmen, such as cricketer Alastair Cook, who went on to play Test cricket for England - whose coach was then sports master and ex-England all-rounder Derek Randall. Others include England rugby players, Martin Bayfield and Andy Gomarsall, and 1924 Olympic 100 yards gold medalist, Harold Abrahams. This article is about the sport. ... Alastair Cook should not be confused with Alistair Cooke, journalist and broadcaster. ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Derek Randall, known to cricket fans as Arkle after the famous racehorse but always Rags to himself, was a Nottinghamshire and England batsman of the late seventies and early eighties beloved far beyond what his figures might suggest. ...

Bedford School won the Daily Mail Under 15 2006 Schools' Cup for the second time with a 16-3 victory over a fancied QEGS Wakefield side at Twickenham (the first time being in 1994 when they shared the cup after drawing 3-3). The teams number 8, and prolific sportsman, James Ingle was recently selected for the England U16 team. He played in the Four Nations tournament over Easter.

Combined Cadet Force

One of the most popular extra curriclar activities at Bedford School is the Combined Cadet Force. This differs from other Corps in that it draws members from three schools and that it is voluntary. Despite its voluntary status it is the largest CCF contingent of any school.^{[citation needed]} The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ...

Bedford School is the third largest contributor to the armed forces of any school (behind Eton and Harrow). Unusually, over 20% of service personnel from Bedford served in the medical wing of one of the three uniformed services.^{[citation needed]} The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and... Harrow School, (originally: The Free Grammar School of John Lyon; generally: Harrow), is an independent school for boys (aged 13-18), and is located in Harrow on the Hill in the London Borough of Harrow. ...

The Charles Piazzi Smyth Observatory and the Wolfson Planetarium

The Piazzi Smyth Observatory and Wolfson Planetarium were opened in May 2002 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Situated on the Bedford School estate, the facility is operated by the school's Astronomer in conjunction with members of the Bedford Astronomical Society. The Observatory was named after an Old Bedfordian who went on to become the Astronomer Royal for Scotland. It features a specially made GRP dome and a computer controlled twelve-inch telescope which gives stunning views of the Moon, planets, and deep-sky objects. This telescope also has a hydrogen alpha filter, enabling one to see the magnetic plasma flow around the Sun. The adjacent Planetarium was named after the Wolfson Foundation. For the song by Ai Otsuka, see Planetarium (song) // A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ... HRH The Duke of Edinburgh His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten), styled HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (born June 10, 1921), is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ... This article is about scientific observatories. ... Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the country. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planetes or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. ... In physics and astronomy, H-alpha, also written Hα, is a particular emission line created by hydrogen. ... Sol redirects here. ...

Music

Bedford School has a rich tradition of music and one of the largest school music departments in the UK

Every year, there is a full and active programme of music concerts, culminating in a series of summer concerts at the end of the academic year. There are a number of senior music groups, including the School First (Symphony) Orchestra, School Band, Choral Society, Chapel Choir, and a large number of chamber groups. In addition, there is a Second Orchestra, a Chamber Orchestra, Dance Band, and jazz and rock groups. There is a Composer-in-Residence at the School, called the Eileen Norris Fellow.

During the war in 1941 the BBC Symphony and Theatre Orchestras made the school their home, from where a large number of broadcasts were made, under the batons of Adrian Boult, Clarence Raybould, and Stanford Robinson. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain. ... Sir Adrian Cedric Boult CH (April 8, 1889 – February 22, 1983) was an English conductor. ... Stanford Robinson OBE (5 July 1904 - 25 October 1984) was an English conductor, known for his work with the BBC. He was born in Leeds, and educated at the Stationers’ Company School and the Royal College of Music, where he studied under Sir Adrian Boult. ...

Alastair Cook as mentioned above, did not actually get a scholarship for being good at sport, it was actually because he excelled at music.

Orchestras and ensembles

• First Orchestra
• Second Orchestra
• Chamber Orchestra
• School Band
• Dance Band
• Brass Ensemble
• Clarinet Quartet
• Choral Society
• Chapel Choir

Music staff

• Mr Andrew Morris, Director of Music and Head of Department who has held these posts since 1979
• Mr Jeremy Rouse, Organist and Assistant Director of Music who has held these posts since 2007.
• Mr Richard Heyes, Head of Snail Evasion who has held this post since the dawn of time.
• Mr Malcolm Green, Head of Woodwind who has held this post since 1986.
• Mr Guy Bennett, Head of Brass who has held this post since 1987.
• Martin Hughes was appointed Head of Strings at Bedford School from Easter 2003
• Mr Timothy Watts is the Eileen Norris Fellow in Composition.

Prominent Old Bedfordian musicians

• Peter Freyhan (1950–1957); principal cellist BBC Symphony Orchestra (retd).
• Ian Fox (1956–1964); Director of Music of The King's School, Gloucester (retd).
• Richard Kerr (1958–1962); songwriter, for Elkie Brooks, Dionne Warwick, Frank Sinatra, and Andy Williams.
• Michael Freyhan (1951–1958); pianist and harpsichordist.
• Alisdair MacRae Birch (1967–1976); jazz guitarist, bassist, and arranger.
• Alec Dankworth (1968–1977); jazz bassist.
• Andrew Manze (1975–1982); violinist and Musical Director of The English Concert.
• Philip Stopford (1990–1995); Director of Music at Belfast Cathedral.

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Notable Old Bedfordians

• James Dennis (1815–1861), palaeontologist and natural historian
• Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton (1817–1907), barrister and Judge of the High Court of Justice, 1876–1898
• Henry Corbet (1820–1878), agricultural writer and editor
• James Howard (1821–1889), agriculturalist and agricultural implement manufacturer
• Sir Wyndham Dunstan (1861–1949), chemist and Director, Imperial Institute, 1903–1924
• John Platts (1830–1904), Indian and Persian language expert
• Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918), occultist
• Hubert Burge (1862–1925), Headmaster of Winchester College, 1901–1910, Bishop of Southwark, 1910–1919, and Bishop of Oxford, 1919–1925
• Sir Walter Langdon-Brown (1870–1946), Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge, 1932–1935
• H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870–1916), short story writer
• Paget Wilkes (1871–1934), missionary in Japan
• Sir Lynden Macassey (1876–1963), engineer and barrister
• Gilbert Campion, Baron Campion (1882–1958), Clerk of the House of Commons, 1937–1948
• Sir Bernard Reilly (1882–1966), Resident/Chief Commissioner/Governor of Aden, 1931–1940
• Charles Meek (1885–1965), anthropologist
• Marshal of the RAF Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall (1886–1963), Air Member for Supply and Organisation, 1935–1937, Chief of the Air Staff, 1937–1940, and Governor-General of New Zealand, 1940–1946
• Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker (1887–1964), soldier and weapons designer
• Admiral Sir Robert Burnett (1887–1959), Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, 1944–1946, and Flag Officer Plymouth, 1946–1950
• William Rowan (1891–1957), ornithologist
• Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby (1892–1971), Air Officer Commanding Java, 1942, and Black Rod, 1946–1962
• John Dudley North (1893–1968), aircraft designer
• Sir Percivale Liesching (1895–1973), Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Food, 1946–1948, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1949–1955, and High Commissioner in South Africa, 1955–1958
• Sir Karl Parker (1895–1992), art historian and Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1945–1962
• Harold Abrahams (1899–1978), sprinter, long jumper, barrister and civil servant
• Jack Beresford (1899–1977), oarsman and coach
• J. D. Bernal (1901–1971), physicist
• Vice-Admiral John Hughes-Hallett (1901–1972), naval officer, amphibious warfare expert and politician
• Sir Bob Dixon (1904–1965), Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1943–1948, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1954–1960, and Ambassador to France, 1960–1965
• Torin Thatcher (1905–1981), actor
• Archer John Porter Martin (1910-2002) Nobel prize winner, 1952
• Charles Dent (1911–1976), physician and biochemist
• Joseph Godber, Baron Godber of Willington (1914–1980), Minister of Labour, 1963–1964, and Secretary of State for Agriculture, 1972–1974
• Joe Chamberlin (1919–1978), architect and town planner
• Leo Oakley (1925–1981), England rugby player
• Sir Peter Parker (1924–2002), chairman of British Rail, 1976–1983
• John Fowles (1926–2005), author
• Frank Adams (1930–1989), Fielden Professor of Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1964–1970, and Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, University of Cambridge, 1970–1989
• Budge Rogers (born 1933), England rugby player
• Michael De-la-Noy (1934–2002), author, journalist and gay-rights activist
• Michael Morris, Baron Naseby (born 1936), politician
• Quentin Skinner (born 1940), Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1996–
• Paddy Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon (born 1941), leader of the Liberal Democrats, 1988–1999
• Sir Gerry Neale (born 1941), politician
• John Carlisle (born 1942), politician
• Bob Clay (born 1946), politician
• Lucien Jenkins (born 1957), writer and editor
• Jeff Hilson (born 1966), poet
• Martin Bayfield (born 1966), England rugby player
• Al Murray (born 1968), comedian
• Joel Beckett (born 1973), actor
• Andy Gomarsall (born 1974), England rugby player
• David Lloyd Vitty (born 1974), Radio 1 presenter
• Dan Wheldon (born 1978), racing driver, Indianapolis 500 winner in 2005
• David Callam (born 1983), Scotland rugby player
• Alastair Cook (born 1984), cricketer

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Martin Bayfield (born 21 December 1966, in Bedford) is a former rugby union footballer who played lock forward for Northampton Saints , Bedford Blues and England, gaining 31 England and 3 Lions caps. ... Al Murray (born May 10, 1968) is an English comedian best known for his stand-up persona, the Pub Landlord, a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee, and indeed earlier in his career he performed in pubs as though it were genuinely his gaff. Murray has toured with other comedians (including... Joel Beckett is an English actor best known for playing Jake Moon in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Andy Gomarsall MBE (born 24 July 1974) is a rugby union player who plays at Scrum-half for Gloucester and England. ... 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Military

• General Sir Walter Braithwaite (1865–1945), Adjutant-General to the Forces, 1927–1931
• Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell (1874–1947), Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1936–1937
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu (1913–1970), Director-General, Naval Weapons, 1958–1960, Controller of the Navy, 1961–1965, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, 1965–1968, and First Sea Lord, 1968–1970
• Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker (1877–1930), Director-General of Civil Aviation, 1922–1930, and victim of R101 disaster
• Major-General Sir Hubert Huddleston (1880–1950), Commandant, Sudan Defence Force and General Officer Commanding Sudan, 1925–1930, and Governor-General of the Sudan, 1940–1947
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett (1882–1945), Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq, 1932–1935, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Royal Air Force Training Command, 1936–1939, and Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force, 1939–1942
• General Sir Sidney Kirkman (1895–1982), General Officer Commanding, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 1942–1944, and XIII Corps, 1944–1945, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1945–1947, and Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 1947–1950
• Marshal of the RAF Sir Thomas Pike (1906–1983), Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, 1953–1956, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command, 1956–1959, Chief of the Air Staff, 1960–1964, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1964–1967

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Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders

Four Old Bedfordians have won the Victoria Cross and one the George Cross: For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ... The George Cross (GC) is the highest civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations. ...

• Victoria Cross
  • First World War
    • Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall VC^[1]
    • Major George Campbell Wheeler VC. He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.^[1]
    • Second Lieutenant Montague Shadworth Seymour Moore VC.He later achieved the rank of Major.^[1]
  • Second World War
    • Major General Henry Robert Bowreman Foote VC CB DSO
• George Cross
  • Commander Richard Frank Jolly (at Bedford from 1907 to 1914)^[2] - Commander Jolly was posthumously awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal which was later converted into a George Cross.

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Staff

Rex Alston (1901–1994) was a master at the school, 1924–1941, before becoming a cricket, rugby and athletics commentator for BBC Radio. Arthur Rex Alston (born July 2, 1901; died September 8, 1994) was a leading sports commentator for BBC radio on cricket, rugby union, athletics and tennis from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ...

References

References

• Sargeaunt, John & Hockliffe, Ernest (1925). A History Of Bedford School. F.R.Hocliffe & T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. ISBN N/A. 
• M. E. Barlen, M. P. Stambach and D. P. C. Stileman (1984). Bedford School And The Great Fire. Quiller Press. ISBN 0-907621-37-6. 
• Michael De-la-Noy (1999). Bedford School: A History. Bedford School. ISBN 0-9536685-0-9. 

External links

• OFT price fixing article in The Guardian.
• Bedford School official website
• Bedford School during the 1940s
• Charles Piazzi Smyth Observatory
• Charles Piazzi Smyth Bio
• Bedford School Music Department
• BBC in Bedford