The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

The College at Large
John Walter Lloyd
Zehetmayr OBE (HT 1941)
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died on 3 July 2009 aged 87. He was educated at St Paul’s
School, came up to Keble to read Botany and was a member of
the University Rover Scout Group. After one year he was called
up and commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve (1942). He
was a Radar Officer on HMS Ulster Queen (1944), a Fighter
Direction Vessel and he was Mentioned in Despatches (1945).
He returned to Keble after the war and read Forestry (1947).
He joined the Forestry Commission as a Forest Officer and was
an Assistant Research Silviculturist (1948–56), Head of Work
Study (1956–64), Conservator of Forests for West Scotland
(1964–6) and finally Senior Officer for Wales (1966–81). He was
a member of the Prince of Wales Committee and related groups
(1968–89). He had remained in the Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve after the war, received their decoration (VRD, 1963)
and retired as a Lieutenant Commander (1966). He had been
a voluntary Warden at the Lavernock Point nature reserve in
Penarth since 1976 and he continued after retirement. He was
awarded a special commendation at the Wales Volunteer of
the Year Awards held at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay (2007) for
30 years service. He served on the Brecon Beacon National
Park Committee (1982–91) and was Chairman of the Forestry
Safety Council (1986–92). He was awarded an OBE (1991) and
was made Honorary Vice-President of the Wildlife Trust of
South and West Wales (2008). He published many articles on
forestry. For over 20 years he was a voluntary ski instructor
on the Fairwater artificial ski slope and it was there at the age
of 86 he fell and broke his leg. He had already had a double
heart bypass, been fitted with a pacemaker and suffered
breathlessness from lung cancer. His wife Betty died last year
(2008) but he is survived by their children Brian, Peter and
Susan.
Ronald Edward Burdgett (1959, History) died 26 September
2009.
Watutantirige De Alwis (1959, Law) died 2009.
Peter Crevie Lee (1959, Geography) died 5 June 2009.
Ralph Gregory Pearce (1948, English) died 11 September
2009.
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