Official Pre-1945


Official School Photographs pre-1945 (Click or tap on images to view full size)

Rendcomb College 1944

Rendcomb College 1944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1943

Rendcomb College 1943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1942

Rendcomb College 1942

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1941

Rendcomb College 1941 (courtesy Peter Binks OR 1935-41)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1940 (Courtesy Peter Binks OR 1935 – 41)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1935

School Photograph 1935 (courtesy Peter Binks OR 1935-41)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1933

Rendcomb College 1933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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School Photograph 1932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RC Bolton-King Annual Photo 3-1930 adj

School Photograph 1931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RC Bolton-King Annual Photo 2-1929 adj

School Photograph 1930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1929

Rendcomb College 1929 (Courtesy R. Bolton King)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1928

Rendcomb College 1928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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School Photograph 1927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1927 (#2)

Rendcomb College 1927 (#2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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School Photograph 1926 – Official

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1926 (Draft Proof)

Rendcomb College 1926 (Proof not selected as year photograph from DW L-B album)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School Photograph 1925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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School photograph 1924

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School photograph 1924  (Confirmed by “History of Rendcomb College” p25 and by 1923 difference)

 

 

Rendcomb College 1923 (from DW L-B album)

Rendcomb College 1923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These photographs are from the period 1921 to about 1932 when J H Simpson was headmaster of Rendcomb College.
Having scrutinized these pictures we think this is the correct sequence. Subtle clues are in the height of the headmaster’s
daughters and one of the few boys with spectacles (Shown 1930 directly behind the eldest daughter, elsewhere in the
previous two pictures). None of the photographs have dates printed, so the sequence and dates may be incorrect.

 

Rendcomb College 1921

School Photograph 1921 (24 boys)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendcomb College 1921 - Colourized

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is thought to be the oldest and first Rendcomb College school photograph. It was probably taken in 1921.
The initial intake when Rendcomb College opened on 2nd June 1920, is known to have been twelve boys, reaching
twenty four in early 1921. By September 1922 there were forty boys, by 1925 to over fifty, and by 1926
increasing to over sixty. By 1930 the maximum number of sixty five for whom there was accommodation was reached.