As Izzy Petter (2&3 South 2018) and Will Calnan (Cubitt 2014) take part in the Paris Olympics we look at the nine Cranleighans who became summer Olympians before them […]
Cranleigh’s 11 Olympians
D-Day forty years on
On June 6, 1984, Cranleigh held a parade to mark the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Alan Smith wrote about it in that year’s Cranleighan […]
‘We knew the invasion was about to begin’
While much has been written about the secrecy that surrounded the D-Day landings, the boys at Cranleigh were among the first in the country to know the invasion had started on June 6, 1944 […]
A tragic and futile incident
Much will be written in the coming days about those involved in the D-Day landings. Among the 1,449 British combatants who died on June 6th 1944 few stories are quite as sad as that of 24-year-old Private Philip Sargent […]
Sports round-up – May 2024
A round-up of the last few months of OC sport with success at Harlequins and a century of international caps for Izzy Petter […]
Nick Meyer’s 80 by 80 – as it progresses
Nick Meyer (2&3 South 1962) is walking an 80km cross country route from Winchester to Cranleigh to raise money for the Foundation […]
Ten OCs complete London Marathon
All ten Old Cranleighans (that we know of) who set off completed the 2024 London Marathon on Sunday, raising, to date, almost £31,000 for their chosen charities […]
OCs reach Halford Hewitt semi-finals
We are pleased to report on an outstandingly successful 2024 Halford Hewitt for the Old Cranleighans […]
Juurnee
During her time at Cranleigh Rachel Crampton (West 2004) made friends for life […]
Nicholas Dimbleby
Nicholas Dimbleby (2 North 1965), the gifted figurative sculptor who eschewed his father and brothers’ world of broadcasting to follow his own path, died on February 10th aged 77 […]