We are very sorry to notify you of the passing of Andrew who was at the School from 1948 until 1957.

Andrew passed away on 24th November, aged 85 years.  

Andrew's funeral will take place on 17th December 2025, 2.15pm at Ipswich Crematorium, Cemetery Lane, Ipswich.

We are conscious that some people who knew Andrew 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 Andrew in the 2025-26 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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Andrew and his family have been known to me for most of my life. His mother was a member of the Towns family who had friends close to my father’s family since the late 1800’s. Both families lived not far apart in St Matthews Street, Ipswich. Towns keeping a well-known pub in that area. Bill Towns – Andrew’s uncle – was a great friend of my father’s and kept wicket for Suffolk in the 1948 period. Andrew (a year younger than me) and his brother Malcolm (a year older than me) both at Ipswich School where Andrew learnt to keep Wicket – all from his uncle. This carried on for the Old Ipswichian Club after he left the area.

His main career was a photographer based in London, where he met his wife, but still travelled down to play cricket and moved back to Suffolk in retirement and kept in touch.

David Coe (OI 1945-54)

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My late husband, Michael Ronald Pemberton (Mike) (OI 1946-57), grew up in Ipswich and, like Anrew and his brothers, also attended The Ipswich School. Andrew’s family were friends with the Pemberton’s. The boys were playmates and Mr and Mrs Cockrill were especially good friends with both Mike’s mother Peggy and her sister Joan Sherman.
Mike eventually took up a lecturing position at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
In Mike’s absence, Andrew was always exceptionally kind to both Mike’s mother and aunt. He often visited them and helped them with his photography skills, especially with photographs of Mother’s special furniture. When Aunt Joan was eventually placed in care, Andrew visited her with his dog Fritz, much to her joy. We have a lovely photo that he took of Joan and Fritz.
Andrew’s career was in photography, especially ballet photography. His Christmas cards were always one of his ballet photos, mounted on card to share greetings. Over many years, I have kept them all.
Whenever we visited Suffolk, Andrew took great delight in showing us new aspects of Ipswich, so we usually walked around the school, admiring new developments.
Andrew was always exceptionally kind, considerate and a wonderful friend to our family. It was a great privilege to have known him, his wife Donna and his nephew Martin.
Marilyn Pemberton,
Brisbane, Australia
January 2026