Today, Wednesday 13 August 2025, I was informed that Peter Brown died a few weeks ago. This was very sad if not unexpected news. Peter had been in Henley Road Care Home, Ipswich for several years. Though we overlapped at WHS I never knew him then, but in 2003 he sent me a photo of the school taken from his yacht on the Orwell. We got chatting and decided to organise a barge cruise, which turned out to be the first of several reuniting Old Boys and Masters. Peter was one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet. He became a good friend and apart from the cruises he, Mike Bysh and I met up several times thereafter, particularly for two epic visits to the Bodensee area (Lake Konstanz) and later to the D-D landing areas in Normandy. He was a passionate sailor and Captain of Sailing at WHS and later became a highly successful businessman and Chairman of Flair, the toy company. He took Mike Bysh and I (and Joe Briggs once) sailing on most of the Sundays after the Saturday barge cruises in the early 2000s. He was kind, generous, considerate and a wonderful friend. I was able to visit him two years ago and we exchanged memories and books about WWII, a subject that interested us both. He was rather ailing but I did not think that was the last time I would ever see him. I don't know what else to say at this time, except that it is desperately sad.
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