Distinguished Old Framlinghamians

Served in both WW1 and WW2 in the RFC/RAF. He was a journalist for more than 40 years with Northcliffe Press and Amalgamated Press, working on Daily Mail, The Times and the Continental Daily Mail.

During WW1 he served in the Army Chaplains Department and was awarded the Military Cross on 1 February 1919. After the war he held a number of religious posts, including Canon of Chichester. On Good Friday 1928 he became the 1st OF to broadcast on the radio, when he appeared in the Children’s Service. His son is Baron Browne-Wilkinson who was a QC, PC and Senior Lord of Appeal until 1998.

He spent his entire career in the Civil Service, rising from the British Consular Service in Japan in 1907 to Economic Adviser to the High Commissioner in New Zealand in 1945. He was made a CMG in 1923 and on 1 January 1946 he was awarded the OBE “For services to HM Government in New Zealand during the War.” He died in 1973.

Engineer; worked for a number of companies, rising to Consulting Engineer. Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, Institute of Locomotive Engineers and The Royal Institute of Great Britain. Died in 1964.

Served in Wiltshire Regiment during WW1. Then became Assistance Director in the Ministry of Food in 1918-19 and was awarded OBE in 1920. Became a fellow of RICS and was Estate surveyor for LNE Railway from 1939 to 1944.. He was a Vice President of the SOF. Died in 1961.

Like Stanley Walker (1893-98) he was a locomotive engineer, but based with Coupler and Engineering Co in Wolverhampton. He was the author of a number of patents applied to locomotives and railway rolling stock. Member of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers.

7th brother of Lt Gordon Muriel Flowerdew VC (1894-99). Chartered Civil Engineer, who rose to become Chief Engineer of both Indian State Railway and Northern Nyasaland Railways – built railway from Blantyre to Lake Nyasa (Malawi). Was awarded CBE in 1936. Was also awarded the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Officers Decoration (VD for short). President of SOF in 1939.

Excelled at athletics and cricket at the College and went on to win Cambridge Blues for both. He had an illustrious Army career. Afterwards he became a director of Imperial Tobacco and chairman of Campbell, Praed & Co (brewers). I assume he was awarded his CBE for his contribution to industry rather than his Army service.

Mechanical engineer on Egyptian State railway and District Locomotive Superintendent of Luxor and Assouan Railway. He was inventor and patentee of Walker reversible oiling pad, Walker indicator, Walker anti-waste funnel and Walker spring clip. Member of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers. See John Cecil George Cossey (1896-99) for another railway inventor.

Qualified as a solicitor and was Deputy Assistant Director at the Department of Agriculture and Lands in the Soudan Civil Administration (1906-07). During WW1 served as legal adviser to the Commander-in–Chief, Egypt and was awarded the OBE in 1918.

By profession he was a Stockbroker in London for Scott Bros and Co., but he is best remembered for his work for the SOF. He was a member of the SOF Council from its formation in 1900 and a Trustee from 1908. He was also President in 1915 and 1916 and Hon Treasurer from 1921 to 1936.

Prominent architect who emigrated to Canada and was Director of the McGill School of Architecture. Died of ill health in 1943, very hurt to see the destruction caused by the air raids in England.

Deputy chairman and MD of Radiation Ltd, Chairman and MD of David Stove Co and Chairman of Diamond Foundry Co. and Nautilus Fire Co. Member of the Council, Federation of British Industries. Governor of the College (1929-37) and gave £500 for a leaving exhibition. Was SOF President in 1928. Died in 1948 at the age of 73.

Draper and milliner and costumier. Chairman of W & J Smith Ltd and a director of the Eastern Counties Building Society. He was a member of Ipswich Town Council for many years and mayor in 1921/2. He was awarded MBE on 1 January 1920 as a civilian war honour. He was an active member of a number of Ipswich committees and associations. He died in 1942.

He was a farmer and one of the best known figures of his time in English agriculture. He was a leading authority on Red Poll cattle, judging at the Royal Bath and West, Smithfield and other shows, including World Fair in Chicago. He died in 1952 at the age of 51 and his funeral cortege was a mile long. “His death is regarded as a great loss to the agricultural industry generally and especially in the Eastern Counties” The Times.