Walter Lucian Garstang

Who is Walter Lucian Garstang?

Walter Lucian Garstang was a British educationalist. He was headmaster of Owen's School 1949–1954; of Loughborough Grammar School, 1955–1958 and finally of Roan School, Greenwich, from 1959 until his retirement in 1968.

Garstang was the son of the marine biologist Professor Walter Garstang and his wife Lucy. He was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Oxford. He worked as research chemist for Gas Light and Coke Company from 1931 until 1937, when he turned to teaching at Oundle, becoming an assistant master there from 1937-1944. He then was 1944-1946 an assistant master at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, and senior science master Maidstone Grammar School from 1946 to 1948.

He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, as a Pilot Officer on Probation, Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, and resigned his commission on 21 May 1934