I am grateful to Peter Draper who scanned his copy of the 1949 photograph.
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.
Rennie Vickers has since coordinated the efforts of many others (now
known as the 49ers)
to identify the faces in the photo and continues to be the main point
of contact for this photo. You can email Rennie at
Click on the photo above to open a large version in a new window. Depending
on your browser you may have to click again to enlarge it further.
Click on the links below to view each section together with a list of boys for that section.
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:
Rennie writes: -
The following 49ers have contacted me and special thanks are due to those that have been able to contribute names for the RGS 1949 photograph.
Michael Aldridge (1944-49)
Tony Barr (1947-50)
Alan Barrett (1946-54)
Brian Bignell (1947-52)
Ken Bowell (1948-54)
John Bristow (1948-50)
Peter Draper (1949-55)
Chris Edwards (1946-53)
Roger File (1945-53)
Sir Peter Fry (1941-49)
Bill George (1944-49)
Peter Hearn (1947-51)
David Jago (1948-56)
Keith Lord (1944-50)
Robert Mitchell (1948-56)
Tudor Olsen (1948-54)
Geoff Pask (1944-50)
Brian Ransley (1947-52)
John Read (1942-49)
Peter Rogers (1948-56)
Tony Rushby (1947-52)
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)
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