Royal Hospital School

Royal Hospital School

. (1891-1957)
* Air Vice Marshall Desmond Hall, CB, CBE, AFC (1925-?)
* Rear Admiral Stanley McArdle, GM (1922- 2007)
* Don Topley - (Essex CCC and coach of Zimbabwe)
* Peter Richards (Rugby, England, Gloucester and London Irish)
* Captain Thomas Henry Tizard (1839-1924) - Oceanographer, Hydrographic surveyor and Navigator
* John Deane (1800 – 1884) and Charles Deane - inventors of the diving helmet, and discoverers of the wreck of the "Mary Rose" in 1839, whilst clearing the wreck of the "Royal George".
* Professor Bernard de Neumann (1943- ) – Mathematician
* Commander Harry Pursey MP (1891—1980) - Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East 1945-70
* Captain Oswald Tuckv (1876-1950) – Naval Chaplain and Instructor
* Malcolm Douglas Cooper (1947-2001) - British marksman who won Olympic gold medals at Los Angeles and Seoul and beat or equalled 15 world records
* Henry Davenport Sarratt (1828-1899)- Navigator, Royal Navy, Command of the Royal Yacht which brought Princess Alexandra from Denmark to marry the Prince of Wales
* Duncan Scott-Ford (1921-1942) executed for treason.
* The Brazilian footballer Pelé spent a brief period at the school as an exchange student in 1956.
*Lieutenant Colonel Richard Cantelo FRCA RAMC Consultant Adviser in Anaesthetics to the Director General Army Medical Services
*T/Sub-Lieut.John Herbert BABINGTON,GC Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Awarded George Cross for bomb disposal work 27Dec 1940. Headmaster 1947-1956
* Dave Cash. Pirate radio DJ (radio caroline) mid 1960s

References

Literature

* Turner, H.D. "The Cradle of the Navy: The Story of the Royal Hospital School at Greenwhich and at Holbrook, 1694-1988," William Sessions Limited of York, United Kingdom, 1990, ISBN 1-85072-077-0

External links

* [http://www.royalhospitalschool.org Official site]
* [http://www.rhsa.co.uk/images/gallery/RHSAforair.jpgAerial photograph]
* [http://hobos.co.uk Holbrook Old Boys Online]
* [http://www.nelsonweb.co.nr Nelson Leavers Site]
* [http://www.rhsa.net RHSA site]
* [http://www.grenhosp.org.uk/index.htm Greenwich Hospital site]
* [http://www.holbrookmusicsociety.co.uk Holbrook Music Society site]


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