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Alexander Sinclair Gillett

In this 80th anniversary year emphasis in the media is very much on the younger generation and how they are responding to the wartime experiences of t… More...

Daisy at Amazon

Many alumni will remember Daisy speaking at the Dukie Luncheon a few years ago. There was not a dry eye in the house! More...

New Book cover

I have read many books about the second World War, but other than autobiographies they have never described what was happening at the individual level… More...

Dukie History

Alexander Sinclair Gillett

In this 80th anniversary year emphasis in the media is very much on the younger generation and how they are responding to the wartime experiences of t… More...

The Royal Hibernian Military School on parade in 1924 at Somerset Barracks, Shorncliffe Camp.

In 1924 the Royal Hibernian Military School based in Shorncliffe Camp was amalgamated with the Duke of York's Royal Military School, ending 155 years … More...

The Battle of Isandlwana. By Charles Fripp who visited the battlefield a few weeks after the battle.

The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Sever… More...

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In Memoriam

Lance Corporal 24442111 Paul Neville Lightfoot 264 (SAS) Signal Squadron 14 January 1961 ~19 May 1982 Age 21. More...

Alexander Sinclair Gillett

In this 80th anniversary year emphasis in the media is very much on the younger generation and how they are responding to the wartime experiences of t… More...

Peter Somerville, front left.

Peter Jaffray Somerville 20.06.31 to 11.10.22 Regimental Number 418390 More...

School News

The School Song, Play Up Dukies! was certainly not sung during the 1980s, however the plan is that all year 7s (1st years) will now learn it. The foll… More...

Presentation of Colours July 1965

Chris Charter and Anthony (Jack) Stacey received the new Colours on Grand Day 1965 More...

Sport

Fundraisers

Swimming Certificates from the 1958-59 period

All boys were expected to swim and prove it by passing these tests More...

Support our Giving Day this Friday 8th March. More...

Events

Pre-match drinks

The 2024 Army vs. Navy get-together was a roaring success, marking a significant turnaround after a few years of diminishing numbers at this event. More...

Dukie Visits

Presentation of Colours July 1965

Chris Charter and Anthony (Jack) Stacey received the new Colours on Grand Day 1965 More...