Denis Kehoe, 88, died following a short illness in October 2008. He taught for 35 years and was a headteacher in Dover where he will be remembered at a celebration held at St. Martin's School in River, on January 21.

His son Rory said he was always keen to hear about former pupils.

He spent his early childhood in the Southsea, attending St Thomas' Catholic School, and moved to Dover to join military school.

From there he went into the army and served from 1935 to 1948 with the Royal Engineers.

In 1950 he took up teaching and married Jeanne Bonney for 53 years until her death in 2003.

He became a headteacher in 1960 and for the next 25 years ran schools in Dorset, Ludlow and finally Dover, where he retired in 1985.

Mr Kehoe leaves behind two sons Rory and Shaun.