Ken Beach (OB 1970-1974) has advised us of the sad passing of Graham Steady (OB 1968-1975), whom he knew at School and with whom he became a lifelong friend.
Our thoughts are with Graham's widow and children, and wider family and friends.
Harold Sofronios Vafeas 1955 - 2014
Dennis Fowle (OB 1945-1951) has notified us of the sad passing of his classmate, Roy Hunt. We send our heartfelt condolences to Roy's family and friends.
Dennis writes:
Tom Doucy has notified us of the sad passing of his father, Robert Doucy, who was a pupil at Borden between 1940 and 1947. We send our heartfelt condolences to Tom and to Robert's entire family and friends.
We invite Old Bordenians who remember Robert to send their tributes and memories to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
These tributes have been received from Mark's classmates, Old Bordenians all:
It is with tremendous sadness that we learn of the passing of Old Bordenian (Peter) Mark Heppell.
Following notification from his nephew, Peter Nokes (OB 1965-72), we note the sad passing of former BGS Teacher John Bishton. John taught languages at Borden from the late 1950s to the early 1960s and we invite OBs who remember John to send in your tributes and memories to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., to add to his Obituary.
Our thoughts are with his widow and children, and wider family and friends.
We have been informed by his son of the passing of Dr Roy Hunt (OB 1945-52) in December 2023. We send our condolences to his family and thank Andy (his son) for providing more detail about a life well lived.
In response to our recent appeal for getting in touch with members, several Old Bordenians have advised us of the sad passing of Geoff Fuller (OB 1972-80) two years ago.
Geoff is understood to have succumbed to Covid.
We send our condolences to Geoff’s family and friends and ask for any memories or stories about Geoff which could allow us to publish a more detailed obituary in the near future. Please email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We have been advised of the passing of Phil Kitney (1972-79) in December 2023. We send our belated condolences to his family and invite Old Bordenians to submit any memories or stories about Phil which could allow us to publish a more detailed obituary in the near future.
We aim to publish obituaries of those Old Bordenians we have lost, even if sometimes we learn of their passing sometime after the fact. In a recent drive to update records we were sad to hear of the death in 2021 of Stan Whitnell. His nephew and fellow OB Allen Whitnell kindly provided this obituary of Stan which we are honoured to publish.
Dennis Fowle (at School 1945-51) contacted the OBA on seeing the obituary for Dick Baker, who he had known at School. Dennis has sent us a further tribute to Dick Baker which we publish below:
It is with great sadness we report the passing of Francis (Dick) Baker CBE in December. His daughter, Karen Page, wrote to the OBA with this obituary of one of our most distinguished OBs both through public service but also in supporting the School.
Following notification from his son, we note the death on 4th July 2023 of John Frederick Hearn, teacher at the School during the 1960s.
Mark Sayer (OBA Committee) offers this personal tribute to his old teacher: