Duke of Yorks Royal Military School 1961-68

With my parents being posted to Africa and Germany during my secondary school years, they decided to send me to boarding school, the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Dover. I was there from 1961-68 for my complete secondary education. Being a military school it will surely be no surprise that we wore uniforms and marched around a lot, including to meals 3 times a day. The end of term Grand Days were full of parading and in my final year I was the Colour Sergeant Major (CSM), handing over the colours to the selected guard house as part of the parade. A boarding school life is full of sports and other activities, as you can see from the cricket, rugby, hockey and choir photos. Plus I really enjoyed the Gilbert and Sullivan operas that we performed.
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1962 Colin Cowdrey
1962 Colin Cowdrey
1962 DYRMSCricket XI
1962 DYRMSCricket XI
1963-a DYRMS Cricket XI
1963-a DYRMS Cricket XI
1963-b DYRMS Cricket XI
1963-b DYRMS Cricket XI
1964-a Cricket XI
1964-a Cricket XI
1964-b Cricket XI
1964-b Cricket XI
1965 Cricket XI
1965 Cricket XI
1965 crt-1st-X1-
1965 crt-1st-X1-
1966 DYRMS U16 Cricket XI
1966 DYRMS U16 Cricket XI
1967 DYRMS Cricket 1st XI 
1967 DYRMS Cricket 1st XI 
1967 Cricket 1st XI
1967 Cricket 1st XI
1968 DYRMS Cricket 1st XI
1968 DYRMS Cricket 1st XI
1962 School Choir
1962 School Choir
1963 DYRMS School Choir
1963 DYRMS School Choir
1964 School Choir
1964 School Choir
1965 DYRMS School Choir
1965 DYRMS School Choir
1966 DYRMS School Choir
1966 DYRMS School Choir
DYRMS 1959 Haig House
DYRMS 1959 Haig House
1962 DYRMS Haig
1962 DYRMS Haig
1963 DYRMS Haig House
1963 DYRMS Haig House
1964 DYRMS Haig House
1964 DYRMS Haig House
1964 Clive
1964 Clive
1965 Clive
1965 Clive
1966 Clive
1966 Clive
1967 Clive House
1967 Clive House
1967 Clive House
1967 Clive House
1968 Clive House
1968 Clive House
1968 Clive House
1968 Clive House
1968 DYRMS Clive House
1968 DYRMS Clive House
1963 DYRMS Rugby XV
1963 DYRMS Rugby XV
1964 DYRMS Rugby XV
1964 DYRMS Rugby XV
1965 DYRMS Rugby XV
1965 DYRMS Rugby XV
1967-68 DYRMS Rugby 3rd XV
1967-68 DYRMS Rugby 3rd XV
1965 Hockey XI
1965 Hockey XI
1966 DYRMS Hockey XI
1966 DYRMS Hockey XI
1967 Hockey U16
1967 Hockey U16
1968 DYRMS Hockey 1st XI
1968 DYRMS Hockey 1st XI
1962 DYRMS Gondoliers 1
1962 DYRMS Gondoliers 1
1962 DYRMS Gondoliers 2
1962 DYRMS Gondoliers 2
1962 DYRMS Gondoliers 3
1962 DYRMS Gondoliers 3
1965 Pirates of Penzance 1
1965 Pirates of Penzance 1
1965 Pirates of Penzance 2
1965 Pirates of Penzance 2
1965 Pirates of Penzance 3
1965 Pirates of Penzance 3
1967 DYRMS Grand Day 1
1967 DYRMS Grand Day 1
1967 DYRMS Grand Day 2
1967 DYRMS Grand Day 2
1968 18
1968 18
1968 18
1968 18
1968 18
1968 18
1968 18
1968 18
1968 Dave as CSM 18
1968 Dave as CSM 18
1968 Dave as CSM 18
1968 Dave as CSM 18
1968 Clive 4th form dorm
1968 Clive 4th form dorm
1968 DYRMS
1968 DYRMS
1968 DYRMS Colour Party
1968 DYRMS Colour Party
1961 Dave Richmond
1961 Dave Richmond
1962 Dave Richmond Haig 3
1962 Dave Richmond Haig 3
1962 Dave Richmond Haig DSC_3907
1962 Dave Richmond Haig DSC_3907
1962 DYRMS No 1 DSC_3870 (2)
1962 DYRMS No 1 DSC_3870 (2)