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9 Aug 2021 | |
Fondly Remembered |
LEIGHTON, Ken (Class of 1953)
This obituary was provided by Ken's son.
Mr W K Leighton (Ken).
Born in Manchester in 1935, and educated at Cheadle Hulme School and subsequently Edinburgh University where he gained a degree in Biology, Ken went on to teach biology at Loddon School in Norfolk. After a few years as a housemaster at Brighton College, where he also taught biology and geography, Ken then gained a Deputy Headship at a British Forces Education Service Boys School in Hamm, in the then West Germany. It was during this time that Ken lost his first wife Margery to a tragic rockfall accident whilst walking in the Swiss Alps.
As the British Forces education footprint in Germany reduced and schools amalgamated Ken became Headteacher of a combined school, where he also met his 2nd wife Vicky, before spending further time at Prince Rupert School again in Germany in a small town called Rinteln. After over 11 years in Germany Ken returned to the UK to take up a Headship at Elmbridge School in Essex, before retiring in 1994 with Vicky to North Thoresby, in Lincolnshire.
Having had a rich and fulfilled retirement, Ken never truly recovered from the loss of Vicky on 1 July 2020, and on 2 August 2021 Ken tragically, but peacefully, passed away. He is survived by his children, Mr Mark Leighton, Mrs Penny Christou and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Leighton MBE.
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