December 1945
We regret to report the death in an aircraft crash near Rochefort im France of Wing Commander Jack Halliday on his return home to be demobbed after service in India.
A well-known figure in Oxford sport, he was captain of our School football and cricket teams, and even before leaving school had found his place in the County Cricket eleven, of which team he was elected Captain in 1938.
In 1933 he went up to Merton where he was a Postmaster and Ewelme Exhibitioner and in 1936 he took 2nd class in Maths Mods. In 1935 he was awarded his cricket blue.
Before joining up, he was on the staff of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
(Vol XXXVIII. i, December 1945 No 126)