Philip E Nash died in 1968 from heart trouble, which had caused him to retire early from Denstone College in 1967.
An Open Scholar of University College he came from Ambleside in 1938 to replace Mr G E Churchill as Senior Classical Master. He was an inspirational teacher with a special interest in rugger and athletics.
After he returned from 4½ yrs service in the RAF with the rank of Flt Lt, his meticulous care for detail was shown in the productions of “Glorious Gallows” in December 1946 and Dorothy Sayers’ “Zeal of the House” in Dec 1947.
He left at the end of that term.