Slough Secondary School 1934

The photograph was taken by ‘Ray Studios Ltd’ in October 1934.
Many of the names have been identified by:

  • G. Peter Bennett (SSS 1930-1936)
  • Mrs Margaret Abbott (Bayly, SSS1930-36, SHS 1936-37)
  • Mrs Margaret Gillett (McGillivray, SSS 1932-1936, SHS 1936-37),
  • Mrs Gladys Mason (Humphreys, SSS 1933-36, SHS 1936-39)
  • Mrs Audrey Wye (Anderson, SSS 1934-36, SHS 1936-39),
  • H. Len Thorne (SSS 1934-1936)
  • Gerry Lines
  • Ian Cairns (SGS 1964-1971)
Back/Top Row (on platform; boys at 01-34; girls at 35-77)
(Check: one name missing from 01-34)
(01-12): Taylor; Holmes; Dean; S. Rex Samways (RH, Flight Sergeant, RAF); S.T.H. “Dick” Sharpe; Allen; Alan Blay; Donald Munro; Alan StJ Dixon; J Greenwood; Douglas Quigley; Norman;
(13-18): G. Pearce; Derrick Ellis Prior (RH, Sgt Pilot RAFVR); Poole; R. Walker; Sydney Blackmun; Owen Jones; R. Finch; Osmer Furnival (RH, Trooper RAC Staffordshire Yeomanry); Howard John Burkhard (RH, Sgt Pilot, RAFVR); R. Jones;
(23-34): Joe Read; “Angy” Iles; Goff; Cotsell; John Murphy; Alan Gunn; Peter Hyde; Philip Waring; Edward Elmer Robbins (RH, Pilot Officer, RAFVR); Cullen; Smith;
(35-50): (35); (36); Gabrielle Moody; (38); (39); (40); (41); (42); (43); Hilda Millroy; (45); (46); (47); (48); Yvonne Toddenham; Cicely Courteney(?);
(51-65): Vera Burgess; Dorothy Harrison; Peggy(?); (54); (55); (56); (57); (58); (59); (60); (61); Ruby (?); Barbara Warren; (64); Joan Birch;
(66-77): Mabel Pryor; Ball; Mary Wilder; Gladys Humphreys; Joan Prior; Dorothy Knight; Olive Young; Joan Jennings; (74); (75); M. Sands; (77).

2nd Row (on platform; boys at 01-31; girls at 32-70)
(Check: one name missing from 32-70)
(01-04): Robert Douglas Warren (RH, Flying Officer, RAFVR); Tommy Dandridge; John Hales; Fred Deeks; Earnest/Ernest? Evans; Hucker; Minchin; Lightfoot; H.L. (Len) Thorne (SSS 1934-1936); Wiles; Warren; Ron Pontin;
(13-24): Richard Pithouse; K. McDowell; John Charels Bament; G(eoffrey) Peter Bennett (SSS 1930-1936); Wyatt; Gerald Horace Brooks (RH, Flight Sgt RAF); George Whitney; George W. Brooks; John Chadwell; J. Harey; Alec Dutfield; Alan Stewart Burgess (RH, Sgt Air Gunner RAFVR);
(25-31): D. Irvine; K. Sly; Leslie Butler; J. Cameron; P. Barrett; A. Poole; (?); (32-50): (32); (33); (34); (35); (36); (37); (38); (39); (40); (41); (42); (43); (44); (45); (46); (47); (48); (49); (50); (51); (52); Joan Robinson; (54); Nansi Jones; (56); (57); (58); (59); (60); (61); (62); (63); (64); (65); (66); (67); (68); (69); (70);

3rd Row (on platform; boys at 01-33; girls at 34-69)
(01-07): (?); Cork; Smith; William Nicholson (RH); R Blackall; P Davis; John Gunn; R. Hohn; Beckford; Watts; Ash; Eric Cross; R Blackman; J Ivall;
(15-33): Graham E. Dyer; Bert Royal; Thomas; Ray Brattle; Shepherd; Cecil Williams; (20); (21); (22); (23); (24); (25); (26); (27); (28); (29); (30); (31); (32); (33);
(34-50): (34); (35); (36); (37); (38); (39); (40); (41); (42); (43); (44); (45); (46); (47); (48); (49); (50);
(51-69): Eileen James; Ida Adams; Muriel Chandler; (54); Mary Jennings; (56); (57); (Marjorie Ford?); (59); (60); (61); Joyce Hobson; (63); (64); (65); (66); (67); (68); (69).

4th Row (standing; man at 01; boys at 02-29; girls at 30-58; uniforms at 12-29 and 30-50)
(01-11): Mr Broughton (Caretaker); (2); (3); (4); (5); (6); (7); (8); Albert J. Rouse (SSS Sep 1929-Dec 1935); (10); (11);
(12-29): (12); (13); (14); (15); (16); (17); (18); (19); (20); (21); (22); (23); (24); (25); (26); (27); (28); (29);
(30-50): Marjorie Ford; (31); (32); (33); (34); (35); (36); (37); (38); (39); (40); (41); (42); (43); Peggy Hobson; Betty Upton; Margaret Bayly (now Abbott); Joyce Leach; Ena Hobson; Gwen Taylor; Peggy Nicols;
(51-58): (51); (52); (53); (54); (55); Ruby Farrant; (57); Nancy(?).

5th Row (standing; boys at 01-29; girls at 30-59; uniforms at 07-29 and 30-49)
(01-06): (1); (2); (3); (4); (5); (6);
(07-29): (7); (8); (9); (10); (11); (12); (13); (14); (15); (16); (17); (18); (19); (20); (21); (22); (23); (24); (25); (26); (27); (28); (29);
(30-49): (30); (31); (32); (33); (34); (35); (36); (37); (38); (39); (40); (41); (42); (43); (44); (45); (46); (47); (48); (49);
(50-59): (50); (51); (52); (53); Jean Bayly (now Garwood); (55); (56); (57); Daphne Pearn; (59).

6th Row (seated; boys at 01-15; teachers at 16-39; girls at 40-58; uniform at 41)
(Check: pupil 12th from left is Robert (Bob) Kipping – recount required)
(Check: name of teacher to be placed – Hamilton)
(01-15): (1); (2); (3); (4); (5); (6); (7); (8); (9); (10); (11); (12); (13); (14); (15);
(16-39): David Luck (PTI); W. Hampshire (Latin); Jackson (Music); Mr Wyatt(?); Mr (later Dr) Murray (Scripture and Geography); (21); John Collin (French); Barnes (Geography); (24); Tom Anderson (Botany and ?); Smith (Maths); Jones (Geography); Wilson (Art); Ben Llewellyn (Maths, Gen. Science, Deputy Head); Edward Rudland Clark (Head); Mrs Sharp (Senior Girls Teacher); Miss Bell (Cookery & Needlework); Miss Byrnes (History(?); Miss Sterrit (English & Latin); Miss Bruckin (French); Miss Needham (English & History); Miss W Cooke (Maths & Sports); Miss Marshall (Gymnastics); Miss Gwen E. Allen (Science);
(40-50): Eileen Ford; (41); (42); (43); (44); (45); (46); (47); (48); Connie Carter; (50); Kathleen Marshall; (52); Joan Castle; (54); (55); (56); (57); (58).

7th Row (kneeling; boys at 01-39; girls at 40-63)
(01-20): (1); (2); (3); (4); Henry Alan Marshall (KIA, Flt Sgt Pilot RAFVR); (6); (7); (8); Ken Turner; (10); (11); (12); (13); Ronald Pardy; (15); (16); (17); (18); (19); (20); (21); (22); (23); (24); (25); (26); (27); Frederick Hall (in front of Mrs Sharp); (29); (30); (31); (32); (33); (34); (35); (36); (37); (38); (39).
40-63): (40); (41); (42); (43); (44); (45); (46); (47); (48); (49); (50); (51); (52); (53); (54); (55); (56); (57); (58); (59); (60); (61); Iris Coles; (63).

8th Row (on ground; row is not well delineated)
(01-??):

Front/Bottom Row (on ground; row is not well delineated)
(01-??): Extreme bottom right: Alison Ridell.

Key: RH = Roll of Honour, KIA = Killed In Action.