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A Norwegian hero

Martin | May 7, 2020 | Features

The last Cranleighan to die before VE Day was Olav Ringdal, who was member of the Norwegian resistance shot by the Germans in the final weeks of the war […]

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The silent Armistice

Martin | March 24, 2020 | Features

A look back to 1918 when the Spanish Flu pandemic caused Cranleigh to send all boys home early […]

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SPORT ROUND-UP – March 2020

Martin | March 19, 2020 | Features

A quick look at what’s been happening with Old Cranleighans in the sporting world over the last four months […]

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SPORT ROUND-UP – OCTOBER 2019

Martin | October 28, 2019 | Features

A quick look at what’s been happening with Old Cranleighans in the sporting world over the last three months […]

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Running for awareness

Martin | October 22, 2019 | Features

There are at least six Year of 2017 leavers running in the 2020 London Marathon which is amazing from a single year group. Among these is Lewis Bedford (Cubitt 2017) […]

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The last hurrahs

Martin | October 20, 2019 | Features

In the weeks after the outbreak of World War Two the OCHC and OCRFC manfully – but briefly – tried to continue […]

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“A really gentle walk”

Martin | May 13, 2019 | Features

OC Society chairman Martin Williamson and his wife, Mel, joined Nick Meyer for two days of his Cornish Coastal Challenge … […]

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Alone and forgotten

Martin | November 11, 2018 | Features

John Walker is not commemorated on any memorial.  He fought in the war and died in 1973 aged 77.  The bare facts hide a tragic story […]

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The final sacrifice

Martin | November 9, 2018 | Features

On November 11, 1918, 2738 men were killed (including 863 from Britain and the Commonwealth). One of those was 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Piggott Whittington-Ince (1&4 South 1915) of the 11th Battalion of the East Yorkshires. […]

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The origins of the Gower Club

Martin | October 28, 2018 | Features

When Charles Gower, the man known as the architect of Cranleigh rugby, died in 1963, a group of Old Cranleighans decided something needed to be done to commemorate all he had done. And so the Gower Club, which plays an annual match against the 1st XV, was formed […]

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