School Photograph for 1949

I am grateful to Peter Draper who scanned his copy of the 1949 photograph.

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Brian Ransley then cut it up into small pieces. Brian wrote:- I've divided the 1949 photo into 7 more or less equal bits and can give you some of the names for your reference.

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  Picture 1     Picture 2    Picture 3     Picture 4     Picture 5      Picture 6    Picture 7                               

Since then Rennie Vickers has coordinated the efforts of many others (now known as the 49ers) to identify the faces in the photo. Rennie continues to be the main point of contact for this photo.

You can email Rennie at

Rennie has also included some very useful spreadsheets to help you find yourselves and your contemporaries. You can download and print them by clicking these links:

1949 RGS High Wycombe Photograph (A-H rows from back to front).xls,   1949 RGS Photograph Alphabetical Listing.xls,     1949 RGS Photograph Names by picture.xls

Rennie writes: -
The following have contributed names for the RGS 1949 photograph.
Michael Aldridge (1944-49)
Tony Barr (1947-50)
Alan Barrett (1946-54)
Brian Bignell (1947-52)
John Bristow (1948-50)
Peter Draper (1949-55)
Roger File (1945-53)
David Jago (1948-56)
Robert Mitchell (1948-56)
Geoff Pask (1944-50)
Brian Ransley (1947-52)
Peter Rogers (1948-56)
Donald Sainsbury (1943-50)
Geoff Sherlock (1947-54)
Peter Varley (1947-53)
Brian Veale (1946-53)
Douglas Veale (1941-49)
Rennie Vickers (1947-52)
Terry Williams (1947-52)
David Wiltshire (1943-50)
Ron Wynands (1944-50)

This list edited December 31st, 2009