Mr. A. C. Advani ex Bursar and Curzon House Master passed on
Dear Old Cottonians This is to inform that my father, Arjun Advani, passed away at Simla on 25th June 2017. Cremation is scheduled for June 26th at 230 pm at Kanlog crematorium at Simla. Sincerely Anil Advani
Mrs M. Varughese departed
Sad day. Deepest condolences for a good woman and a wonderful teacher. She was virtue defined and I can still see her in that class room, which had a view of the Tara Devi Hill, teaching us the first lessons in arithmetic – how to add, subtract, multiply and divide in that order, over those […]
Tilak Raj Pawa – passed on
Dear All, I have just received the following message from Vinod Pawa: Sad to inform you that my brother, Tilak R. Pawa (Tilly) passed away today at 12;20 PM, Singapore time. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008, had it operated on and was ok till August 2010. He’s been bed ridden since […]
Lt. Gen. M. N. Batra (Curzon 1928-37)
I write to convey the sad news that my father Lt General M N Batra ( Curzon 1928-37) passed away in Delhi on 15th May. A prayer meeting is being organised at 5.30pm on Thu 18th May at the Central Lawns , Som Vihar Apartments , opp DPS, RK Puram , New Delhi. Arun Batra […]
Mark Wood-Robinson / passed on
Dear Old Cottonians We’ve had a spate of losses recently, and just got the news of yet another Old Cottonian passing away this 14th. Here is a message from David Wood-Robinson about his brother Mark. Our condolences to the family. My brother Mark Wood-Robinson who was at BCS from 1940 to 1945 has just died […]
Suraj Prakash Akers ( Lefroian, 1950 batch) / passed on
Very sad to inform you that my elder brother Suraj Prakash Akers passed away yesterday in Toronto. He had been ailing for some time, recently. He was in Lefroy around 1948-50. Regards N.K.Akers
Tejpal Singh Sawhney [TS] passed away today
Sorry to hear this sad news that Tejpal Singh Sawhney [TS] passed away today. No further details yet, but we will add any information as it comes in.
Message from Peter Stringer / Obituary Ron Plunkett
I would like to take this opportunity to send cordial fraternal good wishes for a happy & successful Reunion OCA Delhi next Saturday. Would you be kind enough to add my sadness on behalf of OCAUK: Last evening I received a call from Les Homer (L 43-49) in Bristol to say Ron Plunkett (C 43-50) […]
Milo Dhanoa / no more
Shocked and saddened on hearing about the sudden demise of Milo Dhanoa. No further details yet. Excerpt from a message by his daughter Vaneeta Dhanoa Manhas : Dad no words can express how much we love you. I can’t let you go yet because I still feel that you are here. I don’t know how we […]
Obituary | PETER TRAVERS | Rivaz 1942-45.
PETER TRAVERS (Rivaz 1942-45) Instead of happy Season greetings sorry to be the barer of sad news. In our post this morning I received a letter from Alison Price, daughter of Peter Travers – Peter passed away 10 December in Woking. I have managed to make contact and received details – A Cremation service is […]