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          • Auvray, Ray
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          • Braund, Keith
          • Brewer, Kim Waldegrave
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          • Caldwell, John
          • Cooper, Paul
          • Dare, John
          • Day, Jonathan
          • Deeks, Fred
          • Evans, Mike
          • Garnsey, John
          • Gibby, David
          • Glover, Mike
          • Granger, Jim
          • Grist, James
          • Gutsell, Cecil F
          • Harman, David
          • Heal, Colin
          • Hearn, Beverly Michael
          • Hinkly, Malcolm
          • Hinks, Alan L.
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          • Hocking, Geoff
          • Hopkins, Norman
          • Jewell, Anthony
          • Jones, Norman KC
          • Jones, Richard “Dai”
          • Laidler, James
          • Lamey, Terry
          • Latter, Duncan
          • Lee, Michael
          • Lee, Gerald
          • Levick, Roger
          • Metherell, Ian
          • Metherell, Stephen
          • Moses, Robin
          • Nicholls, Pete
          • Pain, Andrew
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          • Shebbeare, John (b 1709, d 1788)
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Biographies

Auvray, Ray (BGS 1959-67, President 2019-20)

Beer, Andrew (BGS 1952-57, President 2013)

Beer, David Frank (BGS 1952-56)

Bennett, John Nicholas (BGS 1960-67, President 2024)

Blackmore, Rev. Ellis (BGS 1960-67)

Blaney, John (BGS 1959 – 61)  

Bowden, Peter William (BGS 1944-49)

Braund, Keith (BGS 1946-52, President 2003)

Brewer, Kim Waldegrave (BGS 1965 – )

Bright, Ingram C (BGS 1940–50, President 1996 & 2025)

Brown, Brian Hilton (BGS 1953-59)

Caldwell, John (BGS 1946-54, President 2005)

Cooper, Paul (BGS 1968-71, President 2026)

Dare, John Christopher (Headmaster 1970-75)

Day, Jonathan (BGS 1963-1968)

Deeks, Fred (BGS 1950-55)

Evans, Mike (BGS 1955-60)

Garnsey, John (BGS 1944-50)

Gibby, David (BGS 1952-59)

Glover, Mike  (BGS 1955-61)

Granger, Jim (BGS 1955-61)

Grist, James (BGS 1972-79)

Gutsell, Frank (BGS 1940-45, President 2007)

Harman, David (BGS 1962-66)

Heal, Colin (BGS 1952-57, President 2012)

Hearn, Beverly Michael (BGS 1946-53)

Hinkly, Malcolm (BGS 1946-54, President 1999)

Hinks, Alan L. (BGS 1940-)

Hockin, Bruce MBE (BGS 1947-52, President 2006)

Hocking, Geoffrey Thomas (BGS 1963-68)

Hopkins, Norman (BGS 1954-61) CEng MIMechE

Jewell, Anthony (Jimmy) (BGS 1959–65, President 1990)

Jones, Norman Henry KC (BGS 1953-60)

Jones, Richard “Dai” (BGS 1952-56)

Laidler, James (BGS 1968-72)

Lamey, Terry (BGS 1948-53)

Latter, Duncan (BGS 1958-64)

Lee, Gerald (BGS 1960-65)

Lee, Michael Henry (BGS 1952 – 1959)

Levick, Roger (BGS 1960-65)

Metherell, Ian (BGS 1954 – 61)

Metherell, Stephen (BGS 1972-78)

Moses, Robin (BGS 1953-61)

Nicholls, Pete (BGS 1960-65)

Pain, Andrew (BGS 1970-77)

Pidgeon, Basil (BGS 1939-45) BEM

Portus, Jim (BGS 1965-71)

Rew, John (BGS 1944-50, President 2004)

Rowell, Gerry (BGS 1952-57)

Sawtell, Ray (BGS 1939-46, President 1989)

Shebbeare, John (b 1709, d 1788)

Shepherd, Peter (BGS 1962 – 1969)

Shute, Ron (BGS 1960-65)

Stevens, Sidney George (BGS 1932-33)

Waghorn, Robin (BGS 1971-76) 

Waldron, Gerald (BGS 1943-50)

Walsha, John Dalton (BGS 1952-57)

Watts, Alan Leonard (BGS 1962-66, President 2021)

West, Colin Andrew (BGS 1957-64)

Westlake, John (BGS 1955-62)

Wood, Jim (Timber) (BGS 1951-55, President 2018)

Wyatt, Ian (BGS 1952-60)

 

 

 

 

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