Distinguished Old Framlinghamians

Framlingham is rooted in the county of Suffolk, but Framlinghamians have spanned the world from the age of Empire, through times of conflict and into the modern era, in pursuit of trade and adventure. There are those who have made their mark in business, sports, academics, as artists and writers, in agriculture, in the services, the media and in the world of entertainment. You can learn about them here, and you can nominate additions.

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Mr Bernard Y Aldwinckle (1906-1908)

Lt, Royal Field Artillery

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Rev Geoffrey Seldon Arnold-Wallinger (1905-1908)

Inns of Court. Died during a training accident.

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Mr Arthur Ronald Clarke (1907-1908)

Princess Patricia Light Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Mr Herbert George Downing MC (1905-1908)

2nd Lt, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) (brother of below)

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Mr Cecil Frederick Napier Draper (1906-1908)

2nd Lt, Middlesex Regiment

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Mr John Samuel Fry (1906-1908)

2nd Lt, Transvaal Scottish Regiment

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Mr Arthur Annan Johnston (1904-1908)

2nd Lt, Royal Field Artillery

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Major Leslie Spencer White

Major Leslie Spencer White (1905-1908)

2nd Lt, Royal West Kent Regiment

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Mr Frank Cuthbert Buchanan (1905-1907)

Australian Expeditionary Force

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Mr Gordon Harmer Catchpole (1903-1907)

According to the 1968 Register there is another name that should be added to the Memorial – Gordon Harmer Catchpole (1903-07) .... Read more

According to the 1968 Register there is another name that should be added to the Memorial – Gordon Harmer Catchpole (1903-07) . He was born on 12 August 1893 and served in the Canadian Field Artillery. The Register simply says that he was “Killed 1917”, but the CWGC website clearly has him listed as being killed on 11 May 1917. He is buried near Arras. His great nephew visited the College chapel and his grave in July 2017.

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Mr Thomas Marshall Dale

Mr Thomas Marshall Dale (1904-1907)

In the 1968 register, No 3349 is for Thomas Marshall DALE (04-07) . According to the Register he served in 1st Dorsetshire... Read more

In the 1968 register, No 3349 is for Thomas Marshall DALE (04-07) . According to the Register he served in 1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry and was killed in action in the Holy Land on 23 August 1918 and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel. Although he is not mentioned on the War Memorial in the Chapel, the Framlingham Town War Memorial does include him. His name has therefore been added to the Chapel memorial – see picture. As a result of an article being published in the 2012 Yearbook we now have fascinating additional information about how he deserted from the Navy and then served in WW1 under the alias of Max Henderson – see this article. My thanks to OF John Bridges (S57-66) and Evelyn Empson and her son for finally solving this mystery.

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Mr Richard Leslie Downing (1905-1907)

Royal Field Artillery (brother of above)

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Mr Hugh Wilfred Hall (Kerrison 1902-1907)

2nd Lt, London Regiment

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Mr Robert Charles Jago (1904-1907)

Sussex Yeomanry

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Mr Holford Charles Fourdrinear Plant (1907-1907)

Along the bottom of the memorial are 4 additional names including Holford Charles Fourdrinear PLANT (1907-08) – Lt, 3rd North Staff.

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Mr Vernon Jack Reading (1907-1907)

Royal Flying Corps (RFC). It would seem that it should have been VERNON JOHN (JACK) READING (1907) on the war memorial.  He... Read more

Royal Flying Corps (RFC). It would seem that it should have been VERNON JOHN (JACK) READING (1907) on the war memorial.  He was born on 13 September 1895 and was the nephew of Leonard Septimus Reading (1892-94).  2nd Lieutenant Vernon Reading served in the Royal Flying Corp and was killed during WW1 on 26 March 1918.  He is remembered on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.

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Nominate a Framlinghamian

We have no hard and fast rules about who should be recognised as a “Distinguished Old Framlinghamian”, and are always interested to hear about people who are exceptional in all sorts of ways – so please feel free to click on the link below, and complete a nomination form.