Victorians, here there and everywhere from “The Victorian, 1979” - Part1

Victorians, here there and everywhere from “The Victorian, 1979”
Collated by “Dixie” Landick

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On parade on 12 July 1955 are:
Sgt Jack Mackay, Sgt Don Wickens, Sgt Les Maisey,
Sgt Ibrahim bin Kassim, Sgt Peter Oliver,
Sgt Ian de Leschery, and others

Ian Richard de Leschery (at VC 1945—1951) spent his first year after leaving College with Barclays Bank DCO in London. He then served for three years in the Intelligence Corps, mostly in Singapore. For the next 18 years he worked with The Chartered Bank, mainly in the Far East. Since I973, he has been a Vice President of the Security Pacific National Bank at its Headquarters in Los Angeles and is responsible for worldwide correspondent banking relations and marketing. lan writes

“I am now actively involved in tennis and golf and it is ,now many years since I participated in athletics, which was my main interest at V.C.J. Occasionally, I met O.V.s in the Far East, but not since arriving in California. Recently however. we were delighted to welcome Tony Chinn (V.C.J. ’45—’51) and his family on their brief visit to Los Angeles, and my wife and I would extend a welcome to any O.V. who may be passing through California.”

Tony's supplement:

Register: 4790, De Lescherry, Ian Richard, b. 25.3.34, left 1951. Went into Overseas Banking. Field Security Sergeant, Intelligent Corps, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.

The 1987 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 13 June 1987 and included an OBE for Ian Richard de Leschery – “For services to British commercial interests in Los Angeles.”

 Victorians, here there and everywhere

Our next letter comes from Zimbabwe Rhodesia where Wing Commander Cyril P. Chilvers. A.F.C.. now retired after 42 years of aviation. has taken up an administrative post with the Central African Power Corporation at Kariba. Cyril Chilvers entered V.C.J. Prep in 1929 and was at College from 1931 to 1937. 

On leaving he went to Rhodesia to take up farming but at the outbreak of war in 1939 was commissioned in the Rhodesian Air Force as a pilot. After operations in the Middle East, he returned to Rhodesia as a flying instructor with the Empire Air Training Scheme. Subsequently in 1944 he participated in No. 8 course of the Empire Central Flying School at Hullavington, Chippenham, Wilts, and then returned to Rhodesia to take command of his station. 

In 1948 he worked for the Lion Match Company but left in 1954 to join the Department of Civil Aviation in Salisbury as an Air Traffic Controller. In February 1962, he was posted to Kariba as Senior Air Traffic Controller/Airport Manager, where he retired on attaining his 60th birthday this year. As a part-time interest, Wing Commander Chilvers started an air rifle club at the local school in 1969 and this activity is still flourishing. He is a keen member of the Kariba Lions Club (District 412) of which he was President for the year 1976/77. “The Victorian” heartily reciprocates his best wishes.

Tony's supplement:

Register: 4114. Chilvers, Cyril Percy, b. 26.7.19, left 1937. Resident in Salisbury Southern Rhodesia.

Cyril Percy Chilvers was born on 26 July 1919 in Shanghai, China, to Rose Marguerite Mancini, age 39, and Percy Tyndale Chilvers, age 38.

Post-Independence, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, he seems to have returned to the UK, where his death is recorded: Cyril Percy Chilvers died on 9 January 1993 when he was 73 years old at Torbay, Devon, England.

Victorians, here there and everywhere

On to Nassau in the Bahamas, where Peter W. Furzer (1955—1960) is now Vice-President of Paradise Island Ltd., a subsidiary of the US. based Resorts International. Peter writes . . .

“I am responsible for all hotel and restaurant operations adjacent to the Casino, which we also control. This is a very busy year-round resort, our hotel occupancy averaging 88 per cent. Last year our Gourmet restaurants, show-theatres, etc. did over 13 million dollars’ worth of business! I have experienced my first hurricane. Fortunately, Nassau was some distance from the centre but it still rained for ten days! Hope to be back in Jersey for a visit next year”.

Tony's supplement:

Register: 5524. Furzer, Peter William, b. 27.3.44

Peter William Furzer (age 78) is currently listed as living in Broward, Florida .

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-12-26-8503300991-story.html

John deMers. United Press International, Chicago Tribune, Dec 26, 1985:

"WRITING FROM NASSAU. — Few groups stand up better to the stress and strain of celebration than Bahamians at Junkanoo time. To hear them tell it, the secret is in the food they eat. This wild swirling carnival, most notable for its love affair with ear-shredding noise, is a test for even the most resilient of stomachs. That`s why the islanders have developed a rather exotic menu to prepare them for hours of drinking and dancing in the streets. Before every Junkanoo party, the careful Bahamian is likely to sit down to a heaping platter of boiled fish and grits."

''The dish staves off the pain caused by overdoing,'' said Peter Furzer, general manager of the Paradise Island Resort and Casino, which serves boiled fish in 3 of its 12 restaurants. ''The grits act as a stomach buffer.''