Roy Stafford
1928-2022

Roy was born in Beckenham and attended Sevenoaks School from 1942 to 1945. He graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After National Service with the RAF, he served with the Church Mission Society and moved to Kenya, where he taught Physics at Maseno School. He led a team of Kenyans and Italians to translate the Bible into the Luo language, the second most widely spoken tribal language in Kenya.

He later taught Physics at Ware College, Hertfordshire, before joining the faculty of All Nations Christian College. He travelled widely both teaching and learning with his wife Jan in Africa and Asia at the request of national Christian leaders. Roy was always grateful for the privilege of having been at Sevenoaks and proud of being an Old Sennockian. He passed away peacefully after a long illness at home in Ware.

Jan Stafford