David Ellison (SHE1946-51)
03 February 2015
Described by his friends as "a private and humble man" David, passed away on New Year's Day this year at the age of 81. After Aldenham David did his National Service and was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Artillery, serving in the Korean War. He then went to Merton College, Oxford and after graduating with a B.A. in mathematics he began a teaching career at Cheltenham College. David settled in New Zealand in 1964 and took a maths teaching position at Wanganui Collegiate, he then moved to Christchurch in 1969 and worked at Christ's College until he suffered a severe stroke in 1995. Having vested the fortune that had grown from his frugality in a charitable trust, David took great joy in distributing funds to those in need.Never forgetting his early roots and education at Aldenham, David has left a gift in his will that will be attributed to the Aldenham Annual Fund 2014/15. He will be missed by his friends and remembered very fondly, especially by Michael Handcock (SHE1945-50), who visited David in 1997 and Dr Chris Brown TD (SHE1946-51).