RIP George Dight

6th May 2024;

    We have been saddened to learn of the recent death of George Dight who attended St Mary’s between 1949 and 1957. George was an outstanding goalkeeper who excelled for St Mary’s first eleven in the 1950s. With his family’s permission, we would like to publish the obituary below, supplied by family friend Michael Brown (St Mary’s 1973 to 1980). We offer our condolences to George’s family and friends.

 George Thomas Dight

14 August 1938 – 18 April 2024

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of George Thomas Dight, beloved husband, dad, poppa, brother, uncle and friend to so many.

George passed away peacefully on 18 April 2024, aged 85, with his usual good humour and surrounded by his loving family. He will be missed hugely by all of us.

George attended St Mary’s 1949-57 and, we believe, attended the original school beside St Lawrence’s and the new site on Chislehurst Rd. He was not only taught French by Mr ‘Spike’ Wilkinson (French) but also Jacqui, his second daughter, (St Joseph’s Convent 1977-79/St Mary and St Joseph’s 1979-83) was also taught by Spike. George played football and was an ace goalie playing for the 1st XI and his footballing career continued for decades after when he played in goal for the parents of the village youth club in Hartley, Kent where his first daughter Angie attended.

George started at St Mary’s at the same time as Wilfred Lockwood and he and Wilfred travelled around France together when they were either in or just finished the sixth form. George later became a successful accountant and married Eleanor