Peter Delduca has died after a 15 year battle with Parkinson's Disease on 4th November 2025 aged 73 in Cardiff. He leaves a widow, Andrea, two daughters and a grandson to whom he gave support and fundraised tirelessly when the child was threatened with a life-limiting condition. Dukies responded to the call.

Pete was Haig & Clive 1963-70. Of Italian descent, from a Welsh family, his father's main service was with the Army Catering Corps. However Pete proved that he originally served with the SAS, badly wounded as a glider pilot on D Day. Pete was a fantastic senior drummer in the band, playing taps on Grand Day and in the pit band for the annual Gilbert & Sullivan show. Not often picked for school sports teams, he made up for it at house level, his grenade launch bowling style getting more than one of the School's star batsmen out. His long service as 1st XI scorer was rewarded with half colours. In adult life he was a proficient skier which he taught voluntarily.

Pete was a scientist. He worked out that, if he was entered for both Maths Pure & Applied, he only had to get 5% in the weaker subject to add to 95% in the stronger to make the A level grade for the university course he wanted in Cardiff. He spent his career working as a research chemist for Amersham International PLC where, ironically, he did  work on drug treatments for MS which benefited him when he was diagnosed c. 2010. He rarely let MS stop him.

He was a committed recruit in alumni relations after 2011, TDA and a life member OBA. He was one of the first donors, regular monthly + gift aid and also of drummer regalia. He devised regalia for the Secret Cufflinkers, Cliveites+ of his generation who used to meet annually in London. He had cufflinks fashioned from Dukie brass chinstrap buttons. Woe betide anyone who failed to wear them when we met, the sconces were eyewatering!

He was one of a kind, our kind. Some comments from friends:

"He was a dear fellow and a great guy" - Austin Hogarth

"What a splendid man. He will be much missed" - Joanna Godfree (Robertson)

"We are indebted to him. He wrote some neat articles about his school life which are in the Archive" - Andy Sawyer

"A great loss.......he was the encyclopedia of School military traditions. A truly good man and a class act" - Peter Vincent

Chris Crowcroft & others, Haig & Clive 1963-70.