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of Air Pilots and Navigators Guild and a member of Lloyds. John was the much-loved husband of the late Pamela, father of William and James and grandfather of Georgina, Tommy and Jemima.  DART – On 12th September 2017, John Hibbert Dart (E, 1926-1930), aged 106. The following words were provided by his wife Jill: John was born in New Westminster, Canada and came to St Edward’s in 1924. He went to Imperial College London for his BSc degree. In 1936 he went to Storeys of Lancaster as an industrial chemist and from 1939 was in various managerial posts for the rest of his career. In the War he was also a Special Constable. John had already come to love and serve Christ His Master and helped lead many youth camps, some for East End children. Throughout his life he loved and worked with the youth particularly and was loved by them throughout his life at St Thomas Church of England, Lancaster. He became a lay reader in the 1940s and in later years was a member of the general Synod of the Church of England for 15 years amongst other things. John married Jill who survives him. He loved sport and in his younger days played hockey for Lancaster as well as rugby. He later climbed in the Lakes and very often had a bunch of youngsters with him. He climbed in Europe for decades including the Matterhorn amongst other peaks. The Thanksgiving Service to God for John’s life was with a full church many who had been in his youth groups over decades. He was still a much-loved member of St Thomas Church and was so thankful to God for a church full of people of all ages.

DAY – In 2016, Robert John Day, (D, 1944-1950). Robert was born 9th September 1931. At St Edward’s he was in the Rowing VIII before leaving to study at Exeter College, Oxford where he obtained a 1st class degree in Forestry in 1954. He studied further for an MSc at the University of New Brunswick from 1956-1958 and made a career in the Canadian Forestry Department in Calgary before moving back to academia at the University of Toronto.

Mark Daymond was born in Trowbridge on 5th September 1936. His early education was undertaken by nuns at a girls’ convent school in Warminster! Subsequently he began boarding at the age of eight at Chafyn Grove School in Salisbury. Moving to St Edward’s, Oxford, as a boarder in 1950, he was introduced by Warden Kendall to Portmellon (near Mevagissey in Cornwall), a place that he loved and was to become very significant for the rest of his life.

joining the Board in 1977 as Personnel and Administration Director. During this time he and Margot bought a holiday home in Portmellon where they spent as much time as possible, whilst bringing up four children – a son and three daughters – in Ealing. In 1984 Mark joined the board of Remploy Ltd as Personnel Director. At that time Remploy specialised in employing disabled people in their many factories around the country. His colleague wrote: “Mark ran the operation with skill, intelligence and his characteristic good humour. He made two massive contributions to the disabled community. Firstly he was largely instrumental in developing the strategy of placing employees in jobs in the community. This took a lot of political manoeuvring at first but ultimately resulted in the doubling of disabled people assisted by Remploy. Mark was also one of the founders of the international organisation for the employment of disabled people; he helped to recruit organisations from all over the world and, ably assisted by Margot, ran conferences to develop understanding of ways to help. Mark was hugely respected by colleagues all over the world.” Mark took early retirement at 57, and he and Margot moved first to Box in Wiltshire and finally down to their house in Cornwall. He continued to fulfil a number of non-executive and voluntary roles. He was very committed to education and served as a governor in three different schools – one state primary, his preparatory school – Chafyn Grove, and, of course, St Edward’s. He thought that education should be an all-round experience and not overly focussed on the academic. Unsurprisingly, and making the most of his experience, he was most

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Mark Daymond (second from left, front row)

DAYMOND – On 5th April 2018, Mark Daymond, (E, 1950-1955). The following obituary has been provided by his son, Nicholas Daymond: On leaving school it had always been Mark’s aim to become a doctor. However, his A levels were insufficiently good enough for him to obtain a grant to medical school and so this idea was abandoned. In spite of the elusiveness of Chemistry A level, Mark greatly enjoyed his time at Teddies, playing rugby, rowing, involved in drama and becoming Head Prefect. His association with the school proved to be enduring since he served as a Governor from 1984 until 2006.

National Service gave Mark two years to think about alternative careers, some of which time was spent with the Wiltshire Regiment on active service in Cyprus. After demobilisation, he was taken on as an Assistant Master at Chafyn Grove for a year before joining Arthur Guinness at the Park Royal Brewery in West London as an Under-Brewer. Through involvement in amateur dramatics at Guinness, he met Margot, his kindred spirit and soulmate, whom he married in 1960. Mark continued to work at Guinness gaining promotions to the new Computer Department, to the Work Study Department, as General Services Manager, before finally