Features
While much has been written about the first day of the Battle of the Somme (July 1, 1916) when there were 19,240 British soldiers killed, the appalling loss of life continued for the remainder of the month. Twenty Old Cranleighans died in July, more than 10% of the total lost in the conflict overall; all but one of those fell in France. […]
Lionel ‘Leo’ Last (House 1906) died early on the opening morning of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It took a hundred years for his name to finally be included on the Cranleigh war memorial […]
Jolyon Palmer (North 2009) speaks about the driver who inspired him most, what he would have been had he not gone into racing, and how he is the best in his family […]
On Friday, June 8, 1866 the School played its first proper competitive match when the Village doctor, Albert Napper, raised an XI to take on the Surrey County School on the Common. Three days later, on June 11, the first inter-school game was held when a team from Hurstpierpoint came to play […]
John Bowler (West 1949) won the Military Cross in the Korean War and was in London for the unveiling of a memorial to those who served in the conflict […]
Current and former Cranleighans continue to make an impression in the rugby world with several playing in the Premiership as well as pressing for international recognition. We look at who’s making an impression at the moment […]
There were a few raised eyebrows when Jolyon Palmer (North 2009) was named as Lotus’ replacement for Roman Grosjean at the end of the 2016 Formula One season. But as he prepares for his F1 debut, he says he is “looking forward to going toe-to-toe with the best drivers in the world” […]
The memorial for David Emms will be held at Cranleigh on Sunday, June 5 at 2pm. David, who was headmaster between 1960 and 1970, died on December 21 at the age of 90. “It is fitting that Cranleigh should remember one of its great Headmasters,” said Martin Reader. “Pam, John and other representatives of David’s […]
The new history of Cranleigh School is published on April 21 and Old Cranleighans have until February 7 to order it at the special pre-publication price and have their name included inside […]
It is with great sadness we have learned that David Emms, who was Cranleigh’s headmaster between 1960 and 1970, died on December 21. He was 90. […]