On Thursday 21st December I had the pleasure of meeting Charles Harvey (1939 - 1945 Clive) and his son and daughter in law.

Charles' son Richard had contacted me to arrange for them to visit the school.  Charles is one of the oldest surviving Dukies at age 94 (95 next February), he is at least the oldest Dukie to have attended DOYRMS, Cheltenham, Dunblane and Saunton Sands we believe, as his whole school career was during the Second World War.

Although Charles was hard of hearing and is losing his sight, his memory was amazing! Charles first arrived at Dover aged 9, on 4th January 1939, a date which is imprinted on his memory. He remembered where he sat in Chapel and has a vivid memory of the dining hall. Charles remembers there being rosettes placed above the house names in the dining hall to signify the 'Champion House' and apparently Clive always won! If anyone can remember anything about rosettes in the dining hall, we would love to hear more. He also remembers boxing and playing football and in his words 'was no good at playing a musical instrument'!

Charles' 3 brothers also attended Dukies after him, Leslie (1941 - 1945 Clive) and later his twin brothers George and Edward (1948 - 1955 Haig).

Charles and Leslie both joined the Army Apprentice School, George went into Civvy Street and Edward joined the army.