Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment
Born: January 30th 1922
Died: December 23rd 1944
Age at Death: 22
Killed in action, December 23rd 1944
House Prefect 1939
School Prefect 1940
Head of House 1940
Head of School 1940
Scholar
Father - H.W. Aldrich, Solicitor
Address - 92 Beaconsfield Road, Brighton and 56 Old Steine, Brighton
John Aldrich was born on 30 January 1922 in Steyning, near Brighton, to Horace Wilfred Aldrich, a solicitor, and his wife Hermine Aldrich (née Miller). He won a scholarship to the College, and eventually became Head of School.
During the war he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment. By November 1944 Aldrich was fighting in Tuscany. He was killed in action on 23 December on the outskirts of a village called Picciame, and is buried in the Santerno Valley War Graves Cemetery. He was survived by his father, the long-time chairman of the College Council, who had himself narrowly escaped death in the previous war after being blown up and buried alive.