Philip Geddes

Killed by an IRA bomb at Harrods


Philip Geddes attended Barrow Grammar School, before moving on to Oxford, where one of his fellow students was future Prime Minister Teresa May.


After graduating Philip joined the staff of the London Evening Standard, then moved to the Daily Express. In December 1983 he was in Harrods, the Knightsbridge store, when orders were issued for the building to be evacuated. Realising there was a story to be had, Philip went to investigate. He was killed by the blast from a bomb planted by the IRA. Philip Geddes was just 24.

 

A tree and plaque in the gardens of St Edmund Hall commemorate his life, and since 1984 the Philip Geddes Memorial Prize has encouraged promising student journalists on the path to Fleet Street, radio and television. Former prizewinners are employed by the BBC, ITN, Reuters, the Economist, and a wide range of Fleet Street newspapers.

 


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