One of our most illustrious Old Bordenians, Admiral Sir Kenneth Eaton, died on July 20th 2022.

Born in Plymouth, Sir Kenneth joined the School from the Sheerness Dockyard School. After Borden he studied Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge. Eaton joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and served in the carrier fleet before various desk jobs. He did not stay on dry land too long, with stints on other ships including as Captain of HMS Ark Royal from 1976-1978. With more senior shore roles, such as Commander of HM Naval Base Portsmouth (1987-1989) and Controller of the Navy (1989-1994), he was promoted to full Admiral in 1993.

After the Navy he held a string of high-profile Chairs, including that of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust (1995-1999) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (1996-2002).

At his death at home at Warnford, Hants he left his wife Sheila and three children and four grandchildren. 

Please note that the 2022 OBA AGM will be held through a Zoom meeting on Friday 23rd September at 7:00pm.

All members are welcome to attend the meeting. If you wish to attend, could you email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to enable the agenda and any supporting documents to be sent to you in advance. Also we will send you the link required to join the meeting via Zoom.

All documents will be published on this website after the AGM.

Dr Nigel Dickson (BGS 1968-1975) has provided us with an aerial view of Sittingbourne in 1964, which includes the school, originally published in the Kent Messenger. 

Once again the Old Boys Veteran (retired) FC players held their annual reunion on 16^th June on a warm sunny evening at the UK Paper Sports Pavilion.

It is with great sadness we learn of the passing of Stephen Bedelle on 15th June 2022.  Stephen attended the School 1969-1974 with his twin brother, Paul.

Martyn Lawrence has kindly sent in a copy of the 1965 all School photo.

We have previously shared the news of the death of Peter Highton (1939-1947). OB Martyn Lawrence contacted us to provide some  recollections of his friendship with Peter.

Sad news reaches us of the recent death of Bill Usher, who attended the School from 1939-1944. 

It is with regret we report the death of Old Bordenian Richard Evans in April 2022. Richard attended the School from 1954-62 and had been living in Epsom until his death. 

Thanks to Dave Palmer we can report that current School pupils are demonstrating great spirit and charity in responding to the War in Ukraine.