Obituary

Other Peterites playing for their counties are P. R. G. Graham (Hampshire) and W. Graham (Durham). * * *

Some of the younger generation of O.P.s are beginning to make their mark on the stage. G. A. Radford (1939-48), whose School performances as Brutus in "Julius Caesar", Salathiel in Drinkwater's "A Man's House, and Caiaphas in "Cmsar's Friend", are still well remembered, has made his West End debut at the Whitehall Theatre in "Reluctant Heroes", after a period of apprenticeship with the Bridlington Repertory Company. J. E. Thompson (1937-42) is now playing with the B.B.C., and J. D. Dench (1937-47) is studying for the stage in London and will soon, we believe, justify the promise of a brilliant series of School performances, beginning with Cleopatra in Shaw's "Cmsar and Cleopatra", in 1942 and ending with an outstanding 'Macbeth in 1947. His opposite in the latter production, J. C. Hilton (1942-47), was no less successful as Lady Macbeth. Since his return from military service he has been playing leading parts with the Newcastle People's Theatre, one of the leading north of England amateur companies, and hopes, following a successful audition with the North Regional B.B.C., soon to be heard "on the air".

C. D. Ryder (1941-49) passed out of Sandhurst at the Sovereign's Parade in February, 1951. We congratulate him on passing out 39th of more than 250 Cadets. He hopes to be posted to the Green Howards.

* * * OBITUARY STEPHEN SALISBURY BAGGE, C.M.G.

We regret to record the death of this veteran Old Peterite, who had a distinguished career in the Colonial Service and was the last survivor of Captain Lugard's expedition to Uganda in 1890. He died at his home in London, 69 Eaton Terrace, on 10th October, 1950, at the age of 91. He was at St. Peter's from 1871 to 1874. The following brief resume of his career is copied from The Times:

The son of the Rev. P. S. Bagge, he was born on 22nd September, 1859, and was educated at St. Peter's School, York. In 1890, he went out to East Africa to serve in the Imperial British East Africa Company and some four years later was appointed a district officer in the Uganda Protectorate. He was promoted to a provincial cornmissionership in 1902 and served as chief political officer of the Nandi Field Force in 1906. He retired in 1910 but was re-employed during the invasion of German East Africa, first as political officer of Mafia Island during the naval operations against Konigsberg, German East Africa, in 1915 and in 1916-17 as a political officer on the mainland. GORDON WILLIAM JEREMY GRIFFITHS

It is with deep sorrow that we record the death of Jeremy Griffiths (School House, 1944-49). Jeremy was killed in a motor-cycle accident

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