We are very sorry to notify you of the passing of Dudley who was at the School from 1960 until 1969.

Dudley sadly passed away in October.

We are conscious that some people who knew Dudley during his time at the School may not be in contact with us and we would be very grateful if you could pass on this information to those that you know.

As is usual practice, we would like to place an obituary for Dudley in the 2024-25 OI Journal. If you know of any stories or memories which you can pass on to us so we can put them together for the publication we would be most grateful. Please address any contributions to me through oldipswichians@ipswich.school.

Sally Webber
OI Chair

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I was in Highwoods boarding house along with Dudley Allen, and in the same year!

Whilst I wasn’t great friends with him, unlike Peter Charteris, who was with Dudley right through from the prep school, I remember him as a nice bloke, quite entertaining, and leaning towards the arts as I recall, whilst I was more science based. 

He was a fast runner, and effective in the school rugby house matches in an unconventional way, in that he would run in whichever direction took him away from an imminent tackler, regardless of whether he was going towards his own try line!

Best wishes,
Mike Parker (OI 1963-69)