Through the great war part 2

1918

Timeline World

School

March 1918 German Spring Offensive April 1918 Advance to within 75 miles of Paris Monsieur Chicoteau returns to his teaching post April 1918 27 May 1918 British RAF formed Reginald Francis Hitchcock dies, Death toll reaches triple figures

4 June 1918 Brigadier-General F.W. Lumsden dies June 1918 Captain M.A. James Awarded Victoria Cross

8 August 1918 The Hundred Days Offensive September 1918 First successful Allied offensive of the war Record number of 620 boys in school

October 1918 Allies recover France and Belgium 11 November 1918 Armistice sign ending the fighting Following the recent abdication of the Kaiser

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Good-bye

Good-bye! Too quickly spoken: from each heart May its true meaning follow, though we part: We linger still - one last firm clasp - ‘tis o’er Good-bye! Yes, God be with you, evermore.

Good-bye! How often in these fateful years ‘Tis sadly said with trembling and with tears: And yet not seldom Pride some comfort blends, Lightening sorrow in the hearts of friends.

Good-bye! Be this our prayer, while life endures, May new light softly shine on you and yours: And whatsoever Fame may bring you there Here, not unmindful, all our hearts will share.

T.D.

School Chronicle December 1916

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Contents School Life Flu Pandemic Societies Sports War News Lost at Sea Baker Prize Officer Training Corps Scouts Angell James Awarded the VC Teachers Deceased

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School Life April 1918: “The Chronicle has been reduce for ‘duration of the war’ owing to the increased shortage of paper. A number of boys are again going on the land these holidays under the able care of M. Guerra. They will be doing general farm work.“

Following this, the July 1918 Chronicle also makes reference to the paper shortage, but also notes a a number of other threats to the length of the Chronicle: “This year the woes and troubles of an editor are increased tenfold. Contributors are either “flued” or away “scholing”, paper is scarcer than ever, and matter must therefore be cut down etc. The Editorial, however, is unfortunately not cut out although cut down.”

The Editorial of the December 1918 Chronicle has a rather different focus, following the official end of the War: “Of course the great event of the term was the signing of the Armistice on November 11th, but this is not the place to moralise on an event whose full significance our minds have hardly yet grasped, dazed as they are by the proximity of the struggle which for four years has occupied our mental horizon.

An immediate result is the return of Mr. Turner, who will most certainly resume his duties among us next term. This is a matter for great rejoicing throughout the School, and we extend to him a most heart welcome.

From all the stress and strain and the many difficulties of the last four years the School has emerged triumphant, and we may hope for a period of unexampled prosperity in the future.”

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Flu Pandemic The 1918 Influenza pandemic lasted from January 1918 until December 1920. It infected approximately 500 million people across the entire world during this time, and was unusually deadly. It is estimated that between 50 and 100 million people died as a result of the outbreak in these two years. This accounted for roughly 5% of the World’s population, classing it as one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Britain lost around 250,000 individuals, which was almost half as many as both France and America.

Reports of the illness and death rates were rare due to the Wartime censorship, particularly in Germany, Britain, France, and the United States. However, in Spain the papers were free from censorship, causing the false impression that Spain had suffered particularly badly. This is what led to the nickname “Spanish Flu”.

This particular virus outbreak had a greater effect than others, due to the fact that it predominantly killed previously healthy young adults. Modern research has revealed that this was because this particular strain of the virus killed through a “cytokine storm”. This is means an over-reaction of the body’s immune system. The stronger immune systems of the young adults meant that they were hit harder when the immune system over-reacted. The weaker immune systems of the young and elderly, meant that there were significantly fewer deaths in comparison.

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The School The December 1918 Chronicle holds a number of references to ‘Flu. It is clear that, while they attempted to carry on as usual, the infection was having a definite effect on every day life.

In spite of manifold difficulties – epidemics of ‘Flu, and suchlike – every branch of the school life has been carried on with the traditional keenness and activity.

The work of the Corps has maintained the high standard of previous years, and though bad weather and influenze have interfered somewhat with the programme laid down at the beginning of the term, much creditable work has been done.

Owing to the epidemic of Influenza, the Annual Cot Collection has not yet taken place. Nevertheless we have every prospect of gaining an even greater amount than last year.

The Annual Prize Giving was originally fixed for October 31st, but owing to the large number of boys absent with influenza, was held privately on November 28th.

Scientific Society: “Since this meeting we have had no other lecture, the reason being that the School was closed for a week owing to influenza.”

It was reported that one Old Bristolian, and one current student were lost to influenza.

Thomas Richard Davies, died November 4th, from influenza, aged 36.

Ernest Walter Wood, died November 23rd, from pneumonia following influenza, aged 17.

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Societies Literary and Debating April 1918: “In spite of the fact that military duties have taken from us our best speakers, the Society may claim even more support than in the last few years.”

December 1918: “The meeting held at the end of last session, when the Rev. E. de Lacy O’Leary gave a Lantern Lecture on “Egypt” proved a great success. Members of the Society were allowed to bring a limited number of visitors, and also the Staff were invited, so that Room 5 was filled to its utmost capacity. Those who were able to secure an entrance ticket had a most enjoyable evening. The lecturer had spent some time in Egypt as a chaplain in the earlier years of the war, and the slides shown during the lecture were prepared from photographs taken by himself.”

Scientific Society April 1918: “Once more we have to bemoan the lack of blinds in the Chemical Laboratory. On this account it has been impossible to have any practical meetings this term, but we shall be able to resume them next term and then once more the lab will regain that atmosphere which invariably results from a practical meeting, a mixture of chlorine and sulphureted hydrogen, and this time perhaps the fruit fragrance of dogfish and mangled rabbits thrown in.”

December 1918: “This term we have had three practical meetings in spite of the lighting restrictions. At one meeting a member of the Society tried to re-tip some matches, but owing to the curiosity of a small boy the lot exploded when he touched them, much to the manufacturer’s disgust.”

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Sports Hockey April 1918: “We were exceedingly fortunate in being able to arrange an O.B’s match at the beginning of the season, which needless to say, the School won. This match was quite a novelty as O.B’s matches are few and far between in these days of Armageddon.”

Fives April 1918: Wars may come and wars may go, but Fives goes on for ever.

At one time such a boast might have been questioned. A weary and well-nigh heartbroken Fives-Captain, having sent messages far and wide over the country in search of balls which no one seemed to be making, at length was rewarded for his toil; and the occasion was indeed momentours when with mingled feelings of pride and dread a small box with numerous wrappings was opened containing Fives, Ball for, Sample, one.

Pride entirely usurped the feeling of dread when the ball was tried and pronounced good. Before long, the eager crowds demanding the wherewithal to play their beloved game were satisfied that the moderate price of threepence per ball. Since then, the game has flourished as keenly as ever; the courts are filled at the available seasons, and many would-be players have to be disappointed.

Cricket July 1918: This year there have been more difficulties to face than ever before. Material is scare, and in the earlier part of the season it was impossible to hire a suitable horse for cutting the grass. It is hoped however, that this difficulty has finally been settled.

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War News April 1918: “An unusual honour has been conferred on S.C. Atchley, who has received the Cross of the Greek Order of the Saviour [Also known as the Order of the Redeemer] in recognition of his services as interpreter to the British Legation at Athens. Anyone who has heard the horrid mixture of Turkish and Greek which now forms the spoken language will agree that the honour was well earned.”

December 1918: ““The Old Boys’ Society - The War” The above title begins to look out of date, but unfortunately the effects of the war are still felt. Our casualty list is not long, but the losses it records have brought sorrow to many. As demobilisation proceeds, we shall doubtless learn of many O.B.’s whose service has not yet been recorded, at it is hoped that next summer a revised Roll of Honour may be issued.”

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Lost at Sea Observer Sub-Lieut. J. C. A. Jenks, R.N., Prisoner of War, Under Turkish Commander Nafiz Bey, Tripolis, via Konstantinopol 18/07/1917 My dear Mother and Father, - Another new address at last! You must have had a very anxious time waiting – while I was reported missing, so I had better tell you how I managed to get here. On Sunday, 8th July, about 10.15, I was in the ante-room having some selections from “Tina” on the gramophone all to myself, when up comes a messenger to say I was to go out on patrol with Robinson. Hurried down to the machine, and in a few minutes we were off. It was only supposed to be a short trip, so we put nothing special on. Robbie, in fact, had no coat, collar or tie. . . . After being out two hours, we found a mist had sprung up and that we had lost the island. About two o’clock we missed our only chance of being rescued. A French hospital ship, with escort, came into view, but Robbie thought it too rough to land, so we continued to search for the island. At three we came down for an hour, saw nothing, and decided to stay on the sea all night. In the morning we thought the wind was blowing away from the island, so flew for thirty minutes, and with the same fear in the evening flew another thirty minutes. Still we saw nothing, and at last our petrol was exhausted and we had to stop on the water whether we liked it or not. By careful calculation, we reckoned we were only 35 to 40 miles from home, and we still think we were more or less right. About seven o’clock on Tuesday evening our hopes rose high – two steamers came up over the horizon, but did not approach nearer than fifteen miles. We waved furiously, and fired off Very lights, and thought that help would surely come in the morning. Just after this we had an awful fright – Robbie thought he saw a periscope a little way off in the water and we were mortally afraid we should be bagged by a submarine before our rescue came. Submarine or no submarine, it never

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came near us – nor did any ship or sea-plane. Wednesday afternoon we were very down-hearted. All we had to eat was a small bottle of Horlick’s Malted Milk tablets, and were obliged to drink the dirty water from the radiator of the engine – which, luckily, was water-cooled.

Another hope: Wednesday evening, smoke on the horizon, but it never materialised into anything more solid. The wind was now blowing N W., taking us S. E., away from the island. The days were hot and the nights bitterly cold and damp, and we had only one old coat between the two of us! During the day I rigged up an overhead W.T. aerial, but our instruments were too weak to so any good. From time to time one of us would get the hump, and then the other would do the cheering up game. Our malted milk tablets were now running low; we could only have half a one for breakfast, same for lunch and dinner. They were great times – those meal times! if Robbie happened to be keeping the machine into the wind – he would yell out “Lunch ready to be served, sir! What will you have, sir? Horlick’s soup or malted lamb cutlets” And we would forthwith spit out the lump of paper or string which we happened to be chewing and slap our lips over half a tablet. By jingo, they were fine, with those and the water we just managed to live. Every day, right from the start, we said to each other, “Oh, something will turn up; we can last out another two days, anyhow!”

Thursday was our worst day. The wind and sea came along hard from the N.W.; the rollers – which fortunately, did not break – were anything from 30 to 50 feet high. We felt bally awful. Still, the great hope of seeing “England, home and beauty” once more – if eating strawberries and cream in Brown’s Café, made us hang on with the skin of our teeth. About 11.40 p.m. an awful accident happened – the starboard (right) wing tip float (the thing which keeps the wing out of the water) broke away, and so the beastly boat would not balance. Hereafter, we had to take turns sitting on the other wing to balance matters up. We were always afraid the other float would go – there was now so much strain on it, and, of course, if it had gone, well, the whole jolly show would have turned turtle, or sunk till only the top plane was left. That never happened – that’s why we’re here! We were getting so exhausted and tired by now, that night watches were practically a wash-out.

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Friday. – This day bring the 13th, we had high hopes of something happening – especially as Robbie had just won a “pony” in a raffle with No. 13! The wind happily moderated, but quite a lot of water got into the hull of the boat, which had to be baled out. And, by the bye, the dirty, rusty water in the radiator was now tasting like champagne! About now our poor little Marys were getting so empty that we suddenly remembered only too well how fine were the times we had at home in calmer times.

I told Robbie that when “the” ship came along (a ship, it was understood, was bound to come some time or other), we would get leave, and that he should come and stay with us and see if we couldn’t beat Canadian strawberries and cream!

Saturday morning arrived, and when we had thawed a little we settled down to our sumptuous breakfasts. By now we had cut out “lunch” altogether. Revived by “Brekker,” I had a tremendous brain wave: By careful calculation, we thought we might be going about 2.5 to 3 knots an hour, and that therefore, if the wind kept steady, we might by Tuesday fetch up on the coast of Africa. This bucked us up muchly, till the afternoon – when the wind dropped. So did our hope, as we knew we must now be much too far south of the shipping between Port Said and the island.

Sunday, the 15th. – You remember the grand picnic I was going to have, I made all arrangements, invited everyone, and lo, the great day arrives and I am floating round on the sea and have been for a whole week; Robbie turned cheerful, though, and wished me “Many happy returns of the day” – though whether he meant them to be spent on this earth he discreetly did not say!

About ten o’clock we noticed that the sky towards the S.S.W. looked very red – as though from the reflection of heat from sand, and a little later Robbie – who was sitting on the front plane – really thought he had gone balmy, for he fancied he saw sails in the distance; and later still he jumped up with such a bump that the boat lost its balance, and one wing slipped into the water. By much straining of eyes, small sticks like trees could be seen on the horizon.

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Great excitement; a rush for the top plane. The coast line seemed to be N. and S. a little inclined to South, and as we were moving South, too, it took quite a time to get near the shore; in fact, though we first sighted it at 11. a.m., it was not till evening that we were close enough to see what kind of country it was. About 7 p.m., we sighted a ship, and found we were making right for her – but alas! she was an abandoned ship on the rocks. By 9 p.m., we could hear breakers on the shore, which looked much indented, and at 10 p.m., we were rushing full tilt for the shore. By a strange coincidence, we made straight for the wrecked ship, and were just able to miss it and crash upon the rocks in the shelter it afforded.

All the evening we had thought we had seen a village close, and had wondered what kind of stew we should be made into; whether we should be met by a gentleman in flowing robes on a prancing gee-gee, or a gleeful black warrior with large earrings and an ever-growing “pot”!!! We had great ideas, too, of capturing tigers and lions with a Very’s light pistol!! But, most of all, we thought we were near the Italians, and that we should be home once more. Well, the old seaplane slid on the rocks very well, and, not withstanding the quite big seas, we got off practically dry. After eight days on the sea, our legs were so weak that we reeled about the shore like drunken men, and, as it was about five in the morning, and as soon as possible had a good look round.

The old steamer had evidently been wrecked for months, so it was no good trying to get food from her. It was a heart-breaking coast, nothing but sand hills and flat country covered with small, stubby bushes. We were very thankful when we found footprints in the sand – rather recent, they seemed, too – for, mounting a little knoll and looking round, we spotted a man about a mile off, who, however, pushed off when he saw us looking at him. Though feeling very groggy on our pins, we started a little tour in the same direction, but could not get near the person we had seen. Still, we found a kind of berry growing and made a meal off them.

Then, just as we were thinking of returning to our “base,” we heard a shout, and on looking round saw an Arab soldier complete with camel. This was really great and fortunate (so we thought, then), and we were soon sitting down gulping great

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mouthfuls of meal and water. This johnnie had apparently found the machine in our absence, as he had with him my coat and our shoes and socks, etc., and. as he seemed desirous of pushing on, we decided that it would be wiser to go with him.

So, turning our backs on our old pal, the seaplane, we marched along with the Arab.

By this time (11 o’clock) it was fearfully hot, and after a few miles I felt so done up that I had to have a lift on the camel. About five miles further on, the camel konked out, and I then had to walk. Happily our guide knew of a hermit who lived among the sand hills all around, the colour of very light biscuit, and in the little dell in the middle two fresh water springs with cucumbers, tomatoes and melons growing. The old hermit, a most repulsively dirty wretch, sat in a spot sheltered from the sun. The water was fine. Our lips were swollen and so were our tongues, feeling like pieces of dry leather.

Here, the soldier gave us to understand that we were en route for a large town, and that we should reach it by sunset. This seemed a deuce of a way; still we were cheered up by the idea that we should soon see a British consul and be lodged in a comfortable hotel – we determined we should rest for at least three days and regain our lost strength on choice fruits, afterwards leisurely journeying back to our base. We talked in this strain the whole journey, and it was only that which made us keep our peckers up. At 2 o’clock we had another three hours’ march – the camel being nearly done in, we all three had to march. Heavens! I shall never forget that tramp – nothing but desert all round, and the atmosphere was so rarefied that huge lumps of land seemed to be floating about in the air, or rather in a great sea of blue.

About 4 o’clock we reached the tumbledown castle we had seen from the sea, and had another hour’s rest in the shade it afforded. While we were sitting there an Italian cruiser passed quite close in shore, and we thought we should soon be at the port en route for home. It was five when we again started – with mouths like bakers’ ovens and legs and feet like bars of lead. Evening was drawing on, however, and we thought we should be at our destination by sunset, and this gave us extra spirits. By 8 o’clock the camel was done in, and we, being overtaken by a man with a donkey, decided to

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follow him and lose no time.

About seven miles in front a hill loomed up from the awful desert, and, as far as we could make out, the town was just behind it. How we walked! Just as the sun went down we rounded its base, and, another seven miles off, there was another hill, but no town could be seen! That night we pushed on as far as the next hill, where some Arab shepherds were living in tents, and there we literally dropped. An Arab gave us a cane mat and a rug, and we went to sleep under the stars. Early next morning we found our old friend, the soldier had turned up – though without camel and without food – and soon we were on the road again.

The previous day we had set out on a good meal, and with plenty of water on the camel; but this morning we trotted off on empty stomachs and the old Horlick’s bottle half full of water. Our feet were badly blistered, and the sun came up with alarming rapidity. We were absolutely done to the world. Still, we struggled on, and at last came upon some palm trees and the semblance of a road. With many rests in the shade of the trees, we at last came to a tumbledown town. Everywhere the houses seemed to have been destroyed – where ever the people lived was a mystery. Anyhow, there was a well there, and about a bucketful of good, cool water disappeared beneath our waist lines.

Once on the road again, we had quite a following. Robbie induced a weird looking gent on a donkey to give me a lift for a few minutes, and later on, when I was on the last notch, he neatly knocked a young fellow off another so that I could get along better. About 11.30 we at last arrived at the gates of a city, and were very bucked up to see a modern building or two. For the next half mile we were followed by a howling mob, with a gentleman in front yelling out “Inglaise!” at the top of his voice. By the time we had arrived at the main street, I should think hundreds were following, kicking up an awful din. It must have been the funniest sight going.

We were marched into an old doorway, where we at once took the opportunity of sitting down. The whole place got crowded with Arabs, and Robbie yelled out in bull’s

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voice for the Italian! An Italian soldier brought us some water, and suddenly a voice said in English, “Oh, so you are English are you?” “Yes,” we replied, and the speaker went on, “Well, I am a German, and this place is in the hands of the Turks, so you are prisoners here!” I’ve had many surprises in my life, but I think that one took the biscuit. Robbie’s face – with eight days’ rosy red growth, very dusty and dirty – was a picture, and no mistake.

We soon found that we were in the town jail, and were pushed into a very dirty cell and given a bottle of water and a few dried dates. We remained there for several hours, and then were taken before the Turkish commander, where we also saw another German officer, who spoke English. They were exceedingly nice to us, and said that though there was a great difference between Africa and Europe, still they would make us as comfortable as possible.

At present we are still in the prison though moved to a slightly better room. It is not over pleasant, though. Arabs are imprisoned all round us, and the cries and groans do not make the sweetest music. The general commanding the whole country is coming in a few days, and then we hope to be moved elsewhere. Our great hope is that they will send us to Constantinople, where there are many English prisoners, and where we should be much better off.

We have a black fellow – Mahomet – for our servant, and he also speaks a little English, which is a great help. He also acts as our “armed escort” when we go out for a walk, which we are allowed to do at any time of the day, so long as he is with us. There are no shops or anything in the town, only tumbledown houses, and as it is awfully hot we go out very little. We have been told that you may send us small parcels – they must not be bulky or heavy. And, by jingo! we want lots of things… The food here is good, but too much of a sameness. …

At present we have nothing to do but to look at each other, and, though a thing of beauty is a joy for ever, still, even Robbie’s cheerful mug gets monotonous after a

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time! Please write very often, as it is likely that letters may never reach this out of the way spot. Any letters are welcome, and everyone who writes shall be blessed! Best love to all at home and Maurice,

Your ever-loving son, Jack

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Baker Prize The Sydney Harold Baker Prize for General Science was given to the School by Mr. James Baker, in memory of his son, who died in action in 1918. “Major in the Gloucesters, was killed in action on March 23rd at the age of 37. He had been in temporary command of an entrenching battalion, and the officer to whom he had just handed over command before he was shot, writes that Major Baker had been holding a redoubt for 36 hours, and by his example and ability had kept the enemy at bay. At the order to withdraw he was the last to leave, and just as he was nearing safety he was hit by a bullet and instantaneously killed. He had put up a splended fight. Major Baker was an honours science man at Oxford. He took an open science scholarship at Jesus College, Oxford, and honours degree 1903. He then went to Charlottenburg for a post-graduate course, and after a short period as a science master at Loretto he took charge and developed the science work at Abingdon School. At Jesus College he was captain of the boats, and stroke of the Eight at Oxford and Henley. He was a scientific photographer, and lectuer on German life, natural history, and science. He was a good linguist, and had travelled widely in Europe. He was gazetted Major whole in Salonika in August, 1916, where he did valuable reconnoitring work.�

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Officer Training Corps The 1918 reports on the Officer Training Corps give a wider picture of how it prepares the recruits for active service. Training and practice has increased greatly throughout the War. Even in the December 1918 Chronicle, following the Armistice, there seems to be no intention of reducing the activity and importance of the OTC. School Chronicle April 1918: “The work of the Corps has proceeded without interruption, and though everyone is busily employed in many and different ways, time is fond to carry out the course planned by the authorities with thoroughness and regularity. It must never be forgotten that the O.T.C. is in reality a school for the training of officers, and that a careful record is kept of the behaviour and attainments of every Cadet: on the work he does, the standard of efficiency he reaches, his skill, smartness and industry depends the recommendation he receives from the C.O. when the time comes for him to apply for admission into an Officer Cadet Battalion.

The older members continue to do sound, solid work: they are giving more time to musketry, and if they will only listen carefully to the instruction given and endeavour to put into practice the lessons they receive, progress is obliged to ensue. It cannot be emphasised to frequent of too strongly that a full knowledge of all the parts of the rifle, of its mechanism, of the proper methods of loading and unloading, and most of all, of the correct way of aiming is undoubtedly the most important part of the work that is done. Numbers of Old Boys have gratefully acknowledged that the training they received in this subject, when members of the Corps, has proved invaluable to them, not only when they were Officer Cadets, but also on actual service.”

School Chronicle July 1918: “It is no exaggeration to say that the members of the Corps have never worked more strenuously than during the term now drawing to a close, for in addition to three parades a week firing has taken place on the Miniature Range every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon. Thanks are due to the Headmaster for this concession, a concession which has not only been much appreciated, but one which has enabled substantial progress to be made in what

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perhaps is the most important branch of the training given.

The N.C.O.’s and Senior Cadets have been practised individually in section, platoon, and company drill, and it is satisfactory to note that no candidate form this contingent for an army examination has yet failed to qualify for the 400 marks which may be gained by a member of the O.T.C. who in the opinion of his Commanding Officer has reached the Certificate A Standard. Moreover, special attention has been paid this term to extended order drill and fire control, and wisely so, as it was shown by the severe test to which the Corps was put in this respect on the occasion of the Annual Inspection.”

School Chronicle December 1918: “The work of the Corps has gone on smoothly and uninterruptedly throughout the term, although influenza and inclement weather have done their worst to mar its progress. The contingent numbers 170, 42 of whom are recruits, and it is a matter of regret that the War Office will not at present allow the establishment to be increased; it is hoped, however, now that the end of the war is in sight, that permission will soon be obtained for the numbers to be augmented to an extent that will correspond with the growth of the School.

The Band continues to do good work, and great credit is due to Corpl. Ewens for the untiring energy with which he maintained not only the numbers, but the standard of the playing. The impromptu performances on Armistice Day, though not official, were mots praiseworthy. Amid all the confusion and babble prevailing, none but expert and disciplined musicians could have continued playing with such correctness and swing as were displayed by the members of our Band.

The Cadets of 18 years of age and over are required by the War Office still to devote 10 hours a week to military training, and under the keen supervision of the SergeantMajor have been instructing the Recruits in squad drill, extended order and rifle exercises. The recruits have now been equipped, and will probably be incorporated in the Corps itself early next term.”

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Inspection, July 1918 “The Annual Inspection of the O.T.C., after being postponed for a week, the date originally fixed being subsequently found by the Inspecting Officer to be inconvenient, took place on Tuesday, July 2nd, on the Tydndall’s Park playing field. The Corps was again favoured with a fine afternoon, but owing to a large number of Cadets being absent through illness, the parade was smaller than usual.

Lieut.-Col. Ingram, O.C. Gloucester Depot. Horfield was the Inspecting Officer.

After the general salute and inspection, the Company marched past in column of platoons. The usual routine of close order and skirmishing drill followed, the platoons working independently under their commanders, but at some disadvantage as Col. Ingram would not permit them to be told off into their ordinary sections, and the N.C.O.’s had to carry on as best they could with the platoons still sized for ceremonial purposes. It was some compensation that none of the section commanders were called upon to show their individual skill at drilling the company.

Col. Ingram, in addressing the Corps, expressed satisfaction at what he had seen. He again laid stress upon the point which Col. Carroll emphasised last year – that the work should not be treated as an amusement, but as actual preparation for military duty, to which many of the cadets on parade would be called in the near future, and have an opportunity of winning honours already gained by past members, many of whom had been in the Corps during the school life of those present, and of the V.C. recently won by M.A. James – an honour for the School and for the Gloucester regiment. The Band, which had played a number of selections during the afternoon, and Sergt.-Major Savage, as Drill Instructor, also came in for a few words of wellearned praise.

At the time of writing Col. Ingram’s report has not been received from the War Office, but a few extracts from it, which have been received from the Southern Command, suggest that it will not be below the high standard of those earned in previous years.”

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Scouts April 1918: “Last term we had to bid good-bye to Mr. Guerra, who, owing to his increased work in connection with the School games, found that he could not carry on with the Scouts. The Troop presented him with a gold Swastika – the Scouts’ Thanks Badge – in recognition of his splendid services. [The Swastika symbol predates use by the Nazi party by around 5000 years, at this point in history it was a good luck symbol.]

This term we have been lucky in obtaining the services of the electrician of the Royal Blind School, who is taking an Electrician’s badge Class, and Mr. Dumble, Examiner for Pioneer’s Badge, who is taking a Pioneer and Ambulance Class. Each class has been attended regularly by those interested, and they will be ready for their test at the end of the term.

We are also very grateful to Mr. Heath and Mr. McClymont who have been taking a Second Class Ambulance and Signalling Class.

Members of the Troop have been doing different kinds of war work, such as distributing envelopes and collecting for local war charities, orderly duty, etc.”

July 1918: “On Independence Day, July 4th, there was a big Scout parade. On Whit Monday, a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. The Troop marched to the west District camping ground at Coombe Dingle and had tea there. Tea finished, a game was organised with the 8th and 18th Troops, which were encamped there. Later on in the term there is to be a combined game with the rest of the West District, to be concluded with a Camp Fire Sing-song at the camping ground.

This term a Pack of Wolf Cubs has been formed. Mr. Heath is Cub-master, and P.L. Heath, of the 18th Troop, has been helping him. There are now about 36 Cubs. Also a Library has been started which contains about seventy books, and about 30 scouts make use of it.”

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December 1918: “Three 100-days and one 50-days War Service Badges have been gained and much useful War-work has been done. The Troop supplies 34 scouts every Saturday for duty at Bishop’s Knoll Hospital. Fifteen scouts acted as stewards at the Citizen’s Thanksgiving Service at the Colston Hall and the Troop has helped in the distribution of handbills in connection with the Clothes Week for the Serbian and Montenegrin Fund. These are a few of the ways in which the scouts have been able to render assistance and they are quite ready to do more when called upon.

Several Church Parades have been attended and the troop took part in the combined parade held to celebrate the signing of the armistice. These parades have given the band an opportunity of showing their worth and on each occasion they have done excellently. Our best thanks are due to Mr. Ace for his untiring and very successful efforts.”

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Angell James is Awarded the Victoria Cross School Chronicle July 1918: As we go to press, news arrives of a second V.C. gained by an Old Boy, Captain M.A. James, now a prisoner of war. The Gazette announces the award in the following terms:

“For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack. Captain James led his company forward with magnificent determination and courage, inflicting severe losses on the enemy and capturing 27 prisoners and two machine guns. He was wounded, but refused to leave his company, and repulsed three hostile onslaughts the next day. Two days later, although the enemy had broken through his right flank, he refused to withdraw and made a most determined stand, inflicting very heavy losses on the enemy and gaining valuable time for the withdrawal of guns. He was ordered by the senior officer on the spot to hols on “to the last” in order to enable the brigade to be extricated. He then led his company forward in a local counter-attack on his initiative, and was again wounded. He was last seen working a machine-gun singlehanded, after having been wounded a third time. No praise can be too high for the gallant stand made by his company, and Captain James, by his dauntless courage and magnificent example, undoubtedly enabled the battalion to be withdrawn before being completely cut off.”

Before winning the highest war honour Captain James had twice distinguished himself on active service. He was mentioned in despatches in May, 1917, and later was gazetted to the Military Cross for a most gallant deed. Previous to a British attack, he took up a forward position under heavy hostile barrage in order to obtain accurate information as to the progress of our advance. Afterwards he assisted to capture a strong point and made a very daring personal reconnaissance. The official record of his deed states:

“His total disregard of danger and brilliant initiative throughout the action were largely responsible for its success.”

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Scrapbook of Maude Boucher Maude Boucher created scrapbooks from articles and other documents throughout the Great War. These are in the care of the Bristol Record Office. The Article below about Captain Manley Angell James has been reproduced from one of these scrapbooks. Bristol Record Office Reference 44589, Scrapbooks compiled by Maude Boucher.

June 29: 1918 ANOTHER BRISTOL V.C. HEROISM OF CAPT. M. ANGELL JAMES. BRILLIANT FIGHTING CAREER. NOW PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY. Bristolians will learn with pride that another Victoria Cross has been awarded to a fellow-citizen. The winner is Captain Manley Angell James, M.C.m of the Gloucesters.

The Gazette announces the award in the following terms. – For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack. Capt. James led his company forward with magnificent determination and courage, inflicting severe losses on the enemy and capturing 27 prisoners and two machine guns.

He was wounded, but refused to leave his company, and repulsed three hostile onslaughts the next day.

Two days later, although the enemy had broken through his right flank, he refused to withdraw and made a most determined stand, inflicting very heavy losses on the enemy and gaining valuable time for the withdrawal of guns. He was ordered by the senior officer on the spot to hold on “to the last” in order to enable the brigade to be extricated. He then led his company forward in a local counter-attack on his own initiative, and was again wounded. He was last seen working a machine-gun singlehanded, after having been wounded a third time.

No praise can be too high for the gallant stand made by his company, and Capt.

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James, by his dauntless courage and magnificent example, undoubtedly enabled the battalion to be withdrawn before being completely cut off.

OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOY Captain James, who is a son of Dr. J. Angell James and Mrs. Angell James, of Nevil Road, Bishopston, will be 22 years of age next month, having been born at Odihas, Hampshire, in 1896. From 1906 to 1914 he was a scholar at the Bristol Grammar School, and passed for a proficiency certificate while a private in the school cadets, in which corps he afterwards became a sergeant. On the outbrewak of war he applied for a commission, and was gazetted to the 8th Gloucesters, in which battalion he has been ever since. Going to France with the famous 19th Division, he was in much fighting.

In the Battle of the Somme, 1916, he was severely wounded at La Boiselle, with the result that he subsequently spent five months in “Blighty”. He returned to France in December 1916, and in the spring of last year he was slightly wounded. Later he was for a time on the head-quarters staff of the brigade, but, anxious to get back to his battalion, he rejoined the 8th in June 1917, and was through the terrible fighting at Wytschaete and Messines Ridges, winning the Military Cross. “A” Company, with whom he was fighting, were given the special decoration of “The Butterfly” – a representation of an “Admiral” butterfly worn on the right sleeve. In September last no fewer than six Military Medals went to members of that company, and one of the junior officers won the Military Cross.

PREVIOUS DISTINCTIONS Before winning the highest war honour Capt. Angell James had twice distinguished himself on active service. He was mentioned in despatches in May 1917, and later was gazetted to the Military Cross for a most gallant deed. Previous to a British

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attack, he took up a forward position under heavy hostile barrage in order to obtain accurate information as to the progress of our advance. Afterwards he assisted to capture a strong point and made a very daring personal reconnaissance. The official record of his deed states “His total disregard of danger and brilliant initiative throughout the action were largely responsible for its success.�

On March 23rd Capt. Angell James was reported missing, and it was a considerable time before the anxiety of his relatives was relieved by the news that he is a prisoner of war. The further good news that his heroic fight has been fittingly rewarded will be received with much pleasure by his many friends. The gallant captain is now at Posen Camp, East Prussia and in a message to his parent he states that he is well treated there and is going on splendidly. Captain Angell James is an all-round athlete, and, like his father, a keen cricketer – he played for the Bohemians. He played football for the Bristol Rugby Club.

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Teachers Monsieur Chicoteau April 1918: Mr. Chicoteau, after serving in the French Territorials (otherwise ‘les terribles tauriaux!’) and as interpreter at the base of an English Army in France, has been enabled by a recent French law to return to his post at the School.

The School was delighted to see M. Chicoteau back in his old place at prayers on the first day of term. He has served for the last three years in the French army. The latter part of this time he has been an interpreter.

July 1918 July 1918: Mr. Burkitt and Mr. Turner continue to flourish at Salonika. Mr. Caudwell has had pneumonia seriously, but is now convalescent.

December 1918 December 1918: Our Indian exiles are on the move. Mr. Oakford has at last a chance of seeing active service, possibly in Mesopotamia, with a brigade of the R.F.A. Of course the great event of the term was the signing of the Armistice on November 11th… an immediate result is the return of Mr. Turner, who will almost certainly resume his duties among us next term. This is a matter for great rejoicing throughout the School, and we extend to him a most hearty welcome.

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Deceased April: We are thankful to record this term a much shorter list of the fallen, though each of those whose names are now added to the Roll will be sadly missed.

Arthur William Brian Danne

7th October 1897 to 30th March 1918.

“Left the School in 1915, and soon obtained a commission in the 14th Gloucesters.

He was one of the few officers in it who survived the attack on Houthulst Forest in the spring, but was killed while leading his men in a counter-attack on March 30th.

Many letters bear witness to his popularity and gallantry in action. He had been recommended for the M.C.� - July 1918 The details of this particular offensive on Houthulst Forest have not yet been identified by the Archive Department. Danne is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

Pozieres Memorial, France

Photographed by Nicola Pearce, 2013

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Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Photographed by Nicola Pearce, 2013

Reginald Francis Hitchcock

6th June 1897 to 14th April 1918.

Reginald Francis Hitchcock was the younger brother of Herbert William Hitchcock, who passed away 12th November 1916. Both brothers served with the Machine Gun Corps, in different divisions. Reginald Hitchcock passed away on 14th April 1918, and is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

“Hearty congratulations are also due to R.F. Hitchcock in winning one of the Classical Scholarships at Corpus.” - Dec 1915 “R.F. Hitchcock and J.G. Hogan are reported missing.” - July 1918 “There seems now little doubt that R.F. Hitchcock was killed on April 17th, 1918, near Kemmel Hill. Oxford has lost in him and his elder brother two very promising scholars.”

- April 1919 Jack Graham Hogan is reported as having passed away on 28th March, 1918.

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The Slade Brothers

Ernest: 12th July 1888 to 4th May 1918.

Frank: 5th June 1890 to 26th October 1918.

Born two years apart, Frank Oscar Slade and Ernest Cowper Slade died within 6 months of each other. Frank is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. Ernest is buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium.

Ernest Cowper Slade: “…offer the very heart congratulations of the School and all connected with it to Captain and Temporary Major E.C. Slade, who has been in temporary command of his battalion, and has won the great distinction of the Military Cross.” - July 1916 “Congratulations... to Temporary Major E.C. Slade, who has added to his Military Cross the further honour of the D.S.O.” - December 1916 “had a brilliant career in the Army. While Major in the 6th Gloucesters he acted for some time as Lieut.-Col. of his battalion, and gained the D.S.O. and M.C. He was killed in action of May 4th at the age of 29.” - July 1918

Frank Oscar Slade: “served for some time in the Army Pay Corps. He was attacked this autumn by pneumonia, and died on October 26th.” - December 1918

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Frederick William Lumsden

14th December 1871 to 4th June 1918.

July 1918: Since last term we have had sad losses, the most striking of which is that of General Lumsden, who had received only two days before his death the C.B. to add to his numerous and probably unprecedented honours.

Reprint from the ‘Morning Post’, June 10th 1918: “We regret to announce the death in action of Brigadier-General Frederick William Lumsden, V.C., D.S.O. General Lumsden was born in December, 1871, and entered the Royal Marine Artillery in September, 1890. He was a graduate of the Staff College; but before the war had seen no actual fighting. For four years from June, 1910, he served as General Staff Officer in the Straits Settlements. The war had brought to him honours and promotion. He was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch of April 30th, 1916, and in the year following he won the V C. and D.S.O., and was awarded three bars to the D.S.O.; last year, too, he was given a brigade command.”

Frederick William Lumsden is buried in Berles New Military Cemetery, France. However, he also has his own memorial in the Memorial Gardens of the Royal Marines Museum, in the Portsmouth.

Berles New Military Cemetery, France Photographed by Nicola Pearce, 2013

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Joseph Arthur Holdsworth

16th January 1895 to 17th June 1918.

Joseph Arthur was the older brother of Wesley Cope Holdsworth. While Joseph died 17th June 1918, Wesley had unfortunately also passed away on 6th October 1917.

“In the various spring offensives the following have had the misfortune to be taken prisoners: M.A. James, S.H. Watson, R.J. Tucker, J.A. Holdsworth, G.K. Stanley, R.S. Milani.” - July 1918 “has already been recorded as wounded and prisoner of war. It is now known that he died in hospital in Germany on June 17th. After gaining a commission in the Gordon Highlanders he was transferred to the Lancashire Regt., and won the M.C. about a year ago near Ypres, On March 21st last he was wounded in the head by a shell and not found by the enemy till two days later. At School he had distinguished himself both in games and in the Classical Sixth, and when war broke out he had been for a year Exhibitioner of St. John’s College, Oxford.” - December 1918 Of those taken prisoner, all but M.A. James, and J.A. Holdsworth survived the War.

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Leslie Harrison Bell

6th April 1898 to 26th September 1918.

During his time at the School, Leslie Harrison Bell was highly involved in sports.

Following his death on active service in September of 1918, his mother presented his cricket bat to the School. This is still awarded today for services to cricket. “was so frequent a visitor to the School since leaving it two years ago that the news of his death came as a great shock. He had transferred from the Gloucesters to the R.A.F., and before going to fly in France did much useful work off the N.E. coast of England. On September 26th he was returning with his pilot from a bombing raid when his machine was hit and badly damaged, and in attempting a forced landing it crashed and killed both instantaneouly. The School has seen few such all-round athletes. He won his colours for cricket, football, hockey, and fives, was captain of hockey 1916 and of cricket 1915 and 1916, witha batting average of 50. In 1915 he tied with M.T. Todd for the Sports Challenge Cup, which he might have won again in 1916 but for the repeated trouble with his shoulder. Numerous letters from the front attest how deeply his loss has been felt.” - December 1918

“In memory of L. H. Bell, Captain of Cricket 1915-1916, who was killed in the war, Mrs. Bell has presented the school with his bat, which will be hung in the pavilion.

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Hayes, Christopher Walter. Attended the School between 1901 and 1905. Served in the Army. Died 17 February 1918, aged 29. Buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Africa.

Baker, Sydney Harold. Attended the School between 1890 and 1899. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 23 March 1918, aged 37. Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

Sandy, Walter Fawkes. Attended the School between 1907 and 1908. Served in the Army as a NCO. Died 25 March 1918, aged 26. Remembered on the Arras Memorial, France.

Hogan, Jack Graham. Attended the School between 1908 and 1911. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 28 March 1918, aged 19. Remembered on the Arras Memorial, France.

Danne, Arthur William Brian. Attended the School between 1908 and 1915. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 30 March 1918, aged 20. Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

Swain, Clifford Maxwell. Attended the School between 1910 and 1915. Served in the RAF as an Officer. Died 4 April 1918, aged 19. Buried in Picquigny British Cemetery, France.

Davis, Leslie James George. Attended the School between 1899 and 1905. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 5 April 1918, aged 29. Buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Stone, Harold George. Attended the School between 1911 and 1913. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 5 April 1918, aged 19. Remembered on the Arras Memorial, France.

Churchill, Arthur Joseph. Attended the School between 1896 and 1901. Served in the Army. Died 11 April 1918, aged 32. Buried in London Cemetery, France.

Watson, Kenneth Charles Forrester. Attended the School between 1910 and 1914.

Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 12 April 1918, aged 22. Remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

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Hitchcock, Reginald Francis. Attended the School between 1906 and 1916. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 14 April 1918, aged 20. Remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

Arney, Frank Stanley. Attended the School between 1907 and 1912. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 18 April 1918, aged 21. Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.

Thomas, Arthur Lewis. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 24 April 1918, aged 32. Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

Naish, Reginald Paul. Attended the School between 1906 and 1913. Served in the Army as a NCO. Died 4 May 1918, aged 23. Buried in Canford Cemetery, Britain.

Slade, Ernest Cowper. Attended the School between 1900 and 1904. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 4 May 1918, aged 29. Buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium.

Hill, Albert Charles Leonard. Attended the School between 1907 and 1911. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 27 May 1918, aged 22. Buried in St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, France.

Lumsden, Frederick William. Attended the School between 1886 and 1888. Served in the Navy as an Officer. Died 4 June 1918, aged 45. Buried in Berles New Military Cemetery, France.

Holdsworth, Joseph Arthur. Attended the School between 1905 and 1914. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 17 June 1918, aged 23. Buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.

Hawley, Arthur Charles Richard. Attended the School between 1911 and 1915.

Served in the RAF as an Officer. Died 9 August 1918, aged 19. Remembered on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France.

Gray, Reginald Francis. Attended the School between 1895 and 1897. Served in the Army. Died 15 August 1918, aged 35. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France.

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Webb, Jack Purnell. Attended the School between 1904 and 1912. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 22 August 1918, aged 25. Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, France.

Nash, Clifford Sydney John. Attended the School between 1908 and 1912. Served in the Army. Died 28 August 1918, aged 24. Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, France.

Lowndes, Edmund Harold. Attended the School between 1911 and 1916. Served in the Army. Died 18 September 1918, aged 19. Remembered on the Loos Memorial, France.

Bell, Leslie Harrison. Attended the School between 1910 and 1916. Served in the RAF as an Officer. Died 26 September 1918, aged 20. Buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.

Drake, Edward Barfort. Attended the School between 1911 and 1914. Served in the RAF as an Officer. Died 29 September 1918, aged 20. Remembered on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France.

Rees, Dudley Carruthers. Attended the School between 1906 and 1911. Served in the RAF as an Officer. Died 30 September 1918, aged 24. Buried in Le Cateau Military Cemetery, France.

Piper, Arthur Edward. Attended the School from 1907 and 1911. Served in the Army.

Died 12 October 1918, aged 23. Buried in Hautmont Communal Cemetery, France.

Slade, Frank Oscar. Attended the School from 1900. Served in the Army as a NCO. Died 26 October 1918, aged 28. Buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Britain.

Hill, Frederick Stanley. Attended the School between 1902 and 1906. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 4 November 1918, aged 29. Buried in Landrecies British Cemetery, France.

Vincent, Austin Ears. Attended the School between 1909 and 1911. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 8 November 1918, aged 23. Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, France.

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Lowther, Rowland. Attended the School between 1900 and 1904. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died 10 November 1918, aged 29. Buried in St. Andre Communal Cemetery, France.

Poole, Arthur George. Attended the School between 1907 and 1911. Served in the Army as an Officer. Died in 23 November 1918, aged 25. Buried in Clevedon (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Britain.

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Post War

Timeline World

School

25 March 1919 Samuel Collier Oakford dies 28 June 1919 Treaty of Versailles

April 1920 German Howlitzer given to school

July 1921 Bell Bat donated by family

5 October 1922 Unveiling of War Memorial

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Contents Sounding the All Clear 275 School Life 276 The War Memorial 278 The Unveiling of the War Memorial 280 The German Howitzer 285 Oddities 286 Teachers 287 Deceased 289

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School Life Despite the War, by Autumn 1918, there are 620 boys in attendence. This is a new record, and is almost 200 more than at the beginning of the War. By the end of 1919, life is very much returning to normal. The main event of this year was the planning and building of the War Memorial.

School Chronicle April 1919: “With the passing of the war-cloud it is at length possible to write an Editorial unhampered by the blue pencil of the censor or the guilty fears inspired by the paper famine.”

“With the cessation of hostilities the various War Hospital Supply Depots have closed down, and it is interesting to note that the boys of this School have through the medium of the Depot in Merchants Road - distributed some hundreds of articles to the local hospitals. This should be a source of much satisfaction to the makers and an achievement of which they may well be proud.”

School Chronicle July 1919: “In brief, we may say that the spirit of the School has rarely, if ever, been in a more healthy condition and with the total assumption of the Peace-time activities, feel convinved that it will go forward from strength to strength in every sphere of work and sport.”

Even after the official Armistice on 11th November 1918, there were still Old Bristolian’s seeing active service. A small number of OBs were lost even into 1919.

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The War Memorial The subject of a War Memorial was first mentioned by Barton during the annual meeting of the OB’s Society, recorded in the December 1917 Chronicle. He suggested that a room should be created, suitable for use as a library, reading-room, and meetings room. The exterior should incorporate a ‘dado of brass, with the names of those who had served their country inscribed on it.’

In April 1920 the President of the OB’s Society is noted as saying that ‘he was a little disappointed in connection with the funds obtained ’ for the War Memorial. He suggests that a solution to the design of the Memorial could be to ‘panel out’ one end of the Great Hall, on which would be recorded the names of all those who had fallen.

The War Memorial was next mentioned at the meeting of the Committee, recorded in the July 1920 Chronicle. Mr. G. C. Laurence, an Old Boy, attended the meeting and is described as promising to produce a rough sketch of a screen which would be placed in the entrance to the transept. It is clear that the design of the Memorial is still somewhat up in the air at this point. It is also noted at this point that ‘The Fund continues to increase, if somewhat slowly’, this is followed by a plea for more donations wherever possible.

By December 1920, a final plan for the Memorial appears to have been decided on.

It was said that design had ‘been a labour of love’ for Mr. Lawrence.

‘There would be panels bearing the names of the 112 Old Boys who had fallen, and it would be erected in the E.N.E. transept. Over the panels was a fine cornice, with a fan tracery, and the effect was very fine. The inscription, on a ribbon along the cornice, would be: 1914-18, and the School Motto, and the whole of the screen would be in oak. There would also be the School Arms and the city Arms. The Memorial would not obstruct in any way from the view of the Founders’ Window. The width of the screen would be 17ft., and the height 8.5ft.’

By December 1921 the final design for the Memorial had been agreed and sent to the

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contractors, in order for them to begin work. A grand total of £1,450 [Approximately £62,000 today] had been raised for the fabrication of the Memorial. Following this it is reported that work has been delayed due to a fire at the contractor’s which led to the destruction of the drawings and the oak. However, they are still hopeful to have it ready by Easter 1922.

It is noted in the July 1922 Chronicle that the War Memorial ‘is now nearly completed, and will be unveiled early next term.’

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Plan for the War Memorial School Chronicle April 1921

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The Unveiling of the War Memorial School Chronicle December 1922 On October 5th a large assembly of Old Bristolians, School Cadets, masters, and relatives and friends of the fallen witnessed the unveiling and dedication of the War Memorial. Mr H. E. Chattock, chairman of the Governors, presided. The report following is taken from the Western Daily Press.

The memorial is worthy of the school and the cause for which it has been provided.

It takes the form of a screen across the transept of the Great Hall, forming a background to the platform dias. Its design has been carried out by an old boy of the school, entirely as a labour of love, and is a most attractive example of modern Gothic art. Like the Great Hall itself, its style embodies the perpendicular features that were in vogue at the date of the school’s foundation. In type the screen follows the tradition of the arcaded and vaulted rood screens that are characteristic of the West of England. It has thus a double appropriateness, not only as most suitable to the practical purpose of the memorial, but also as reminiscent of what was perhaps the most prominent and important ornament in pre-Reformation parish churches – the portrayal of the Great Sacrifice, by means of the Crucifix with attendant figures.

The screen is designed in six bays; the two end bays are occupied by doorways to the East Transept. Over the two doorways are the mottoes: “Ducle et Decorum Pro Patria Mori,” and “Ex Spinas Uvas Celestes.”

The panelling of the four bays between the doors contains the memorial tablets in bronze, with a dignified cast lettering, to which very careful attention had been given.

The tablets and side tablet are the work of Messrs. Humphreys and Oakes, of Bristol.

The screen has been admirably executed on oak without artificial colour of any kind, by Messrs. R. F. Ridd and Sons, of Bristol, and the carving of the upper portion, particularly in the free rendering of the vine ‘motif’ on the frieze, offers a really good example of modern craftsmanship. The dais is furnished with a table and chair of Jacobean date, the colour of which harmonises with that of the bronze tablets, and as these are toned by time, the face only of the letters will be kept bright.

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At the side of the memorial screen is a bronze tablet inserted in the panelling of the hall, with the following inscription: This screen was erected by the Old Boys Society and by the parents and friends of those who gave their lives for King and country in the Great War.

Their name liveth for evermore.

Over 700 old scholars of this school joined the Colours, and among the distinctions gained were: Victoria Cross, 2.

Companion of the Bath, 3.

Distinguished Service Order, 5.

Military Cross, 29.

Distinguished Conduct Medal, 4.

Croix de Guerre, 8.

Lêgion d’Honneur, Croix d’Officier, 1.

It is worthy of note that the design and execution of the memorial, in every detail, is Bristol work.

When the memorial had been dedicated by the Bishop the inspiring notes of “The Last Post” rang out, and the organ led the large assembly in singing “Let saints on earth in concert sing.”

Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith immediately followed with his address. He said – The Memorial which has just been unveiled was one of many hundreds which had been set up throughout the country in the last three years. Those memorials had differed very widely in form and type, and also in the bond that united those whose names appeared upon the roll of honour. But there was no bond that was closer and stronger than the bond of fellowship in the same school. There was no need for him to say anything about the form which their memorial had taken. They saw it before their eyes, and they could judge of the beauty of its design and workmanship, the fitness of its setting, and the grace and dignity which it added to the great hall which, for many of them, was so full of imperishable memories. He was not going to speak to

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The War Memorial, Great Hall

Bristol Grammar School, Archive Department

them of the form of the memorial, but rather of the inner meaning of it. What exactly did it stand for? What was its object and aim? Primarily it was a reminder of the death of those 120 men and lads who gave their lives for their country. But it was not for the dead they mourned; he was thinking rather of the public loss, the loss to their city, their country, and to the world. If the screen was a reminder of death, it was far more a reminder of that great response to duty which led those lads to give themselves to their country, and in the end to make the supreme sacrifice. When they thought of it from that point of view their sadness was mingled with the pride and with joy. Looked at from that opint of view the screen presented to them not only the sacrifice of the 120 men and lads whose names were inscribed thereon, but also of the many hundreds who gave themselves just as cheerfully and willingly; who faced the dangers and privations of the war, many of whom lost health and limbs, but who were not called upon to make the last sacrifice of all. They were proud to be fellow countrymen and fellow citizens and schoolfellows of such men and lads.

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The memorial screen would be to them and to future generations a reminder, a warning, and an inspiration. It would be a reminder to future generations of British boys of the way in which their predecessors did their duty; it would be a warning to them not to let their standard of devotion fall below theirs; it would be an inspiration and an encouragement to the timid and faint-hearted to play their part well and manfully in whatever emergency their country might hereafter be called upon to meet.

But if they wished to build a permanent and worthy monument to their dead comrades they had to do much more than build a memorial screen in that hall. They had to carry on and complete the work of those who had fallen. They had to take a hand in the building of the new world to realise which they, who had gone, had given their lives.

That was a far harder task then sending a subscription to a war memorial committee.

It was now four years all but one month since the last shot was fired in the great war, and still the state of the world was such as to give rise to the very greatest appalling loss of live and material wealth, but rather was he thinking of the national and international jealousies and suspicions and hatreds which were still burning or smouldering, whilst at the same time there had been a decline in the standard both of private and public virtue. That came at a time when it was of the utmost importance that the standard should be raided instead of lowered. They hoped, they believed it would give way to a better state of things. It would be strange, indeed, if that period of common effort, of common sacrifice, and common sorrow which had passes through did not produce some effect in deepening and ennobling the national character. They hoped and believed it might yet be so, and that the present phase, remarkable as it was, for the increased intensity of the pursuit of private pleasure and indulgence and decline in the sense of duty and responsibility, would be but a temporary phase. So they hoped also that the present state of unrest and suspicion and hatred among the nations would give way to a higher, nobler conception of patriotism and loyalty, not only to each individual country, but to the great commonwealth of nations. They all hoped and believed that the same emergency which their fallen comrades had to face would not recur in their time, but in one form or another the call of duty was always there. The perils, the dangers, of the country at the present time were not so sensational and dramatic as they were in 1914, but they were grave enough to need

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all their energy and devotion, and it would be only by acting in the same spirit that those old Bristolians whose names and memorial they were honouring that day were animated by that they could build for them a lasting memorial, of which that beautiful screen was only the outward sign.

Col. T. H. Openshaw, president of the Old Boys’ Society, moved a vote of thanks to Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith and the Bishop.

Dr. Cyril Norwood, in seconding, stated that 90 at least of those who fell were at the school with him, and many of them were his friends. Some would have gained distinction, and one, perhaps, would have won a national reputation.

The Head Master, in adding the thanks of the present school to the Bishop and Sir Hubert, said they would like to feel that the names recorded on those tablets might be a perpetual stimulus to all that was best in school life, and pass into the life blood of school tradition. It had not been his privilege to know personally those to whom Dr. Norwood had paid his striking tribute; but he had known others like them, and the one thought that occurred to any schoolmaster was the uniqueness and apartness of those who had so freely given their lives. We lived in troubled and uncertain times; but their glory and their niche were something final and secure. For most of us life became a gradual compromise with material conditions and aims, but they had transcended human weakness in obedience to a hold instinct, so that they taught the lesson that life is not measurable by time. Looking at what they were and what they attained, we could not say their lives had been in any sense cut off. Their lives, rather, had been gloriously completed and consummated. The School would be proud of the beautiful and dignified memorial, the work of an old boy, and was grateful to the Old Boys’ Society for its efforts in giving to the memorial a permanent shape. The school would guard it with care and reverence.

The Bishop, in closing the proceedings, said that no one could have been present that afternoon without feeling the atmosphere and being better for it.

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The German Howitzer April 1920: “In addition to the captured German Machine Gun which the Corps has possessed for some time, the War Trophies Committee, in recognition of the work of the Contingent during the Great War, have presented it with a large German Howitzer.

When this arrives it will be placed in a prominent position near the School entrance.�

Unfortunately, as yet we have been unable to find out what happened to the Howitzer.

It is possible that it was reclaimed during the Second World War, to be melted down.

A World War One German Howitzer

SourceL http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=494

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Oddities Many of those who served have had inaccuracies or a mystery in one way or another.

However, four names on the War Memorial in the Great Hall raised questions as to their validity. A fuller account will be given when we move to detailed information on individuals, but, in brief, Alfred Mosley, Charles James Glasson, John Stuart Rymer and Harold Kingsley Denning pose problems.

Harold Kingsley Denning, BGS 1908-1911, was born in 1894 and appears to have died in 1949. So far no record of service has been found, and there is no one of that name commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There is however a Private Harold Thomas Denning, 660, 6th Bn., Royal Munster Fusiliers who died on 14 August 1915, and it is possible that the compiler(s) of the Roll of Honour incorrectly identified the casualty.

Charles James Glasson, M.D. Brux., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng. (Captain R.A.M.C. 1915-1920), BGS 1875-1880, held a temporary commission as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died suddenly13 February 1921, and as with Rymer there is the possibility that his illness was or was regarded as the result of war service.

Mr Alfred Mosely CMG,BGS Jan-Dec 1870, who also appears on the South African War Memorial, probably never struck a hostile blow or joined any armed force.

However, in both the South African War and the Great War he financed a hospital for the troops, and he died in 1917. It seems likely that his name was included to commemorate this generosity.

John Stuart Rymer, BGS 1907-1912, served as a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery.

He died 3 October 1921 in the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Bath, a military hospital, and his Death Certificate specifically records ‘Ex Gunner RGA, a farmer’; the cause of death is not directly connected to the War, but it is sufficiently likely that this could be why he is included.

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Teachers Many of the teachers facing active service returned to their teaching posts following the end of the War. School Chronicle July 1919: “We also welcome the safe return from the army of Mr. Bridge, Mr. Caudwell, Mr. Burkitt, and Mr. Roberts.”

Mr. Oakford School Chronicle July 1919: “All who knew him will have heard with great regret of the death of Mr. S.C. Oakford who from May 1910, to July 1914, was a master in the Preparatory School. He was admirably fitted to deal with young boys, and both in and out of School was much liked by them. Much of the success of the games was due to his efforts, as he devoted considerable time and trouble to coaching after School hours, and whilst he was with us the rivalry between the two Houses was unusually keen. When war was declared he enlisted in the 4th Devon R.F.A., and sailed from India on October 3rd, 1914. His last visit to the School was on October 2nd, when he said good-bye and left with the good wishes of all with whom he had associated. Two years ago he went to Mesopotamia, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was expected to resume his duties here in September next, but died at Basra shortly before he was due to sail for England. H.W.G.”

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Oakford, Samuel Collier. School Master between 1910 and 1919. Served in the Army as a NCO. Died 25 March 1919, aged 33. Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.

Rymer, John Stuart. Attended the School between 1907 and 1912. Served in the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Man. Died 3 October 1921, aged 25. Buried in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Frampton Cotterell, England.

Glasson, Charles Henry. Attended the School between 1875 and 1880. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps as an Officer. Died 13 February 1921, aged 37.

St. Peter’s Churchyard, Frampton Cotterell Photographed by Elizabeth Pearce, 2014

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Roll of Service Throughout the War, the School attempted to keep up with the service, regiments, awards, and deaths of Old Bristolians. The Chronicles featured regular updates, corrections, and lists of those in active service. This was not an easy feate, and generally relied on families or friends giving news to the School. The difficulty of this task is clear from the fact that even the printed Roll of Honour, and the War Memorial, don’t agree on those who were lost.

The Archive Department has carried out extensive research into this area, in order to make corrections, remove duplicates, and add any who were missed. This process is by no means finished, and there are some individuals whom we may never be able to confirm. As such, the final Roll of Honour printed in the July 1921 School Chronicle has been reproduced on the following pages. Following this is the most up-to-date record that we have been able to produce. Those in italics are individuals who we have so far been unable to confirm. Those with poppies by their names were sadly lost, and those with medals by them were honoured with an award.

The current total stands at 700 serving, (including staff), and 123 lost. A number of external sources have been used in this research: Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Records of military burials Forces War Records: Military service records Find My Past: Military and civilian records Ancestry: Census and civilian records

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Abrahams, Kenneth Duncan. Attended the School 1910-1911. Served as a

Captain, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Alderwick, Francis Ralph. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Alexander, Ernest William. Attended the School 1892-1897. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Army Service Corps.

Alford, Allan Charles George. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn. attd. 3rd Bn.

Previously, Worcestershire Regiment., Army.

Alford, Kenneth Field. Attended the School 1911-1916. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Royal Air Force Coast Patrol.

Alford, Percy Noel. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Man, in the

Shropshire Yeomanry, Army.

Allen, James Bernard. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Allen, Walter John. Attended the School 1905-1907. Served as a Cadet, in the

Royal Air Force.

Amos, Alexander Harold M. Attended the School 1896-1904. Served as a

Corporal, in the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Anstey, Henry Charles. Attended the School 1889-1891. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Armstong, Francis Dennis. Attended the School 1891-1897. Served as a

Corporal, in the Royal Engineers, Signals Division 41st Bn., Army.

Armstong, Leonard. Attended the School 1894-1904. Served as a

Bombardier, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 493rd Siege Battery, Army.

Arnaud, John de Barbazon. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a Man,

in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves.

Arney, Frank Stanley. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery 1st Medium Trench Mortar Bty, Army.

Arnold, Harold Henry. Attended the School 1904-1908. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Avery, Clifford. Attended the School 1901-1902. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Avery, John Stanley. Attended the School 1894-1898. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Axford, Vincent Elliot. Attended the School 1908-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

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Baber, Clement Thomas. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Navy.

Bailey, Horace Henry. Attended the School 1894-1896. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Bailey, Philip George. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Baker, Alan Ernest. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a Cadet, in the

Quetta, Indian Army (Military College).

Baker, Arthur Charles. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Baker, Stanley George Reginald. Attended the School 1899-1907. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Baker, Sydney Harold . Attended the School 1890-1899. Served as a Major, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Entrenching Bn., late 1st Bn., Army.

Ball, Arthur Lewis. Attended the School 1909-1910. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Banks, Cyril Marshall. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army.

Barnard, Reginald Charles. Attended the School 1906-1908. Served as a

Wireless Operator, in the Royal Air Force.

Barnes, Archie Fairbairn. Attended the School 1887-1895. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

Barnett, Percy John. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Royal Air Force General List and Royal Flying Corp. Previously,

Royal Fusiliers Regiment 24th Bn. Barraclough, Joseph Harold. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Barry, Archibald Hastings. Attended the School 1896-1904. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Postal Section, Army.

Batchelor, Walter George. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as a Man,

in the 90th Rifles, Canadians, Army.

Bate, John Brabant. Attended the School 1877-1883. Served as a Captain, in

the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Bateman, Leslie Richmond. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Batten, Cyril Townshend. Attended the School 1912-1914. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Bawn, Leslie Francis Palmer. Attended the School 1902-1903. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

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Bell, Frederick Donald Linnel. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a

Private, in the London Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service

Rifles) 15th Bn., Army.

Bell, Harold Stormont. Attended the School 1901-1905. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment “B” Coy. 2nd/8th Bn., Army.

Bell, Leslie Harrison. Attended the School 1910-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force 58th Sqdn. Previously, Gloucestershire

Regiment, Army.

Bennett, Charles Elson. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the South Midland Royal Engineers, Signals Division.

Previously, Essex Regiment., Army.

Bennett, Frank Henry. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the North Lincolnshire, Army.

Bessell, Charles Raymond. Attended the School 1896-1900. Served as a

Corporal, in the 244th (Montreal), Canadians, Army.

Beswetherick, William John. Attended the School 1898-1904. Served as a

Private, in the South African Infantry 5th Bn., Army.

Bickle, Alan Edward. Attended the School 1899-1904. Served as a Private, in

the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn., Army.

Bingham-Hall, Vincent Bingham. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as

a Captain, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Bn. att. 1/5th Bn.,

Territorial Force, Army.

Black , Norman. Attended the School 1905-1909. Served as a Flight Lieutenant,

in the Royal Naval Air Service 9th Sqdn., RAF. Blacker, George Frederick. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a

Lieutenant , in the Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn., Army.

Blackmore, Ernest. Attended the School 1894-1897. Served as a Corporal, in

the Royal Air Force.

Blake, George Shearsby. Attended the School 1894-1898. Served as a Captain,

in the North Staffordshire Regiment 4th Bn., Intelligence Officer,

General Staff, Army.

Booker, Stanley Charles. Attended the School 1903-1912. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment 2nd/7th Bn., Army.

Borthwick, Chris Brian. Attended the School 1903-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Boucher, Frank Treadwell B. Attended the School 1892-1899. Served as a

Captain, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

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Bould, Harold Samuel. Attended the School 1898-1904. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Army Ordnance Corps.

Boyton-Smith, Edward Sydney. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the 10th Jats, Indian Army.

Brasher, Charles William James. Not Bristol Grammar School. Served as a

Major, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Brassington, Harry Wardley. Attended the School 1905-1913. Served as a Man,

in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Braund, Richard Percy. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Man, in

the Somerset Light Infantry 4th Bn., Army.

Bray, Arthur Vivian. Attended the School 1910 Feb-Dec. Served as a Man, in the

Welsh Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Bray, Basil John. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves.

Bretherton, Walter Kington. Attended the School 1882-1890. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Army.

Bridge, Robert Sheldon (Staff). Attended the School 1910-1919. Served in

Military Service.

Britton, Reginald Bertram. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Bromhead, Jack Hartland. Attended the School 1904-1910. Served as a Man,

in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Army.

Brooks, Gilbert Clifton. Attended the School 1912-1917. Served as a

Sub-Lieutenant , in the Royal Navy.

Brooks, William Henry. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Brown, Eric Thornton. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Brown, Harold Bainbridge. Attended the School 1911-1913. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Wiltshire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

Brown, Harold Bainbrigge. Attended the School . Served as a Corporal, in the Field Artillery, U.S.A., Army.

Brown, Malcolm William. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a Captain,

in the 8th South Wales Borderers, Army.

Brown, Thomas Richard. Attended the School 1901-1904. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Bryant, Arthur William. Attended the School 1902-1906. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Engineers, Signals Division, Army.

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Bryant, Frederick Albert. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Bryant, Frederick Albert. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Divisional Cyclists, Army.

Bryce, Lawrence Leslie. Attended the School 1896-1902. Served as a Man, in

the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Bunker, Wilfred Harry. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a Man, in the

South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Burgess, Sidney Graham. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Burkitt, Frank (Staff). Attended the School 1910-1919. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Burrill, Geoffrey Thomas. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Man, in

the North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

Burt, Harold Tetley. Attended the School 1909-1916. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Royal Field Artillery attd. Royal Air Force.

Buscombe, Leonard. Attended the School 1913-1915. Served as a Man, in the

Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Button, Eustance Harry. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a Cadet,

in the Calvalry, Army.

Byrt, Stanley Howe. Attended the School 1905-1907. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Caldicott, Arthur Henry. Attended the School 1879-1883. Served as a Chaplain,

in the Army.

Campbell, Donald. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a Man, in the

South Midland Royal Army Medical Corps.

Campbell, Robert James Turner. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the 12th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Army.

Campling, Archer Henry. Attended the School 1905-1907. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Essex Regiment, Army.

Carl, William Walter James. Attended the School 1902-1904. Served as a

Warrant Schoolmaster, in the Royal Navy.

Carter, George Frederick. Attended the School 1891-1893. Served as a Man,

in the Canadians, Army.

Carter, Henry. Attended the School 1888-1889. Served as a Sergeant, in the

2nd Infantry Brigade, Army.

Carter, James. Attended the School 1889-1893. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

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Carter, Thomas Moravian. Attended the School 1883-1885. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Castle, Gilbert Stacey. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Lieutenant Colonel, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., attached Lancashire

Fusiliers. Previously, Gloucester Regiment 4th Bn. (Captain)., Army.

Castle, William Ivor . Attended the School 1890-1892. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Canadians, Army.

Caudwell, Leonard Vernon (Staff). Attended the School 1910-1938. Served as

a 2nd Lieutenant, in the East Surrey Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Champion, Ivor Edward. Attended the School 1891-1893. Served as a Private,

in the Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st Bn., Army.

Chantrill, Bevan Stanislaw. Attended the School 1910-1913. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force. Previously, Gloucestshire

Regiment. Previously Hussars, Army.

Chapman, Harold Victor. Attended the School 1914-1918. Served as a Cadet,

in the Royal Engineers, Signals Division, Army.

Charsley, Clive. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Chate, Charles Geoffrey. Attended the School 1899-1901. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Cheeseman, Arthur Lawrence. Attended the School 1892-1895. Served as a

Captain, in the South African Light Infantry 9th Bn., Army.

Cherry, Herbert Edgar Cecil. Attended the School 1903-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Chicoteau, Charles Henri (Staff). Attended the School 1911-1939. Served as

an Interpreter, in the French Army.

Church, Kenneth Eyre. Attended the School 1910-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 15th Bn., Army.

Churchill , Arthur Joseph. Attended the School 1896-1901. Served as a Private,

in the Canadian Infantry 24th Bn., Army.

Clarke, Harold. Attended the School 1895-1896. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Wiltshire Regiment, Army.

Clarke, Henry Albert. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a Lance

Corporal, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Clarke, Henry Richard. Attended the School 1904-1906. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps, Remounts.

Clarkson, Kenneth Toller. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Army Medical Corps.

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Clay, Roland Francis. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a Man, in the

12th Yeomanry Cyclists, Army.

Clibbens, Leslie Gordon. Attended the School 1911-1916. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Air Force.

Clutterbuck, Ernest Raymond. Attended the School 1911-1916. Served as a

Man, in the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st Bn., Army.

Coates, Douglas Bernard. Attended the School 1905-1909. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Cockle, Richard Poyntz. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Driver,

in the Royal Field Artillery “A” Bty. 351st Bde, Army.

Cole, Aubrey du Plat Thorold. Attended the School 1887-1889. Served as a

Staff Captain, attached Lovat’s Scouts, Army. Previously, Dragoon Guards.

Collis, Charles Howard. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Collis, Leslie Bertram. Attended the School 1903-1911. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Collis, Leslie John. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Army Medical Corps.

Colliver, Clarence James Paul. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a

Man, in the South Midland Royal Engineers, Army.

Colman, Edward Vaughan. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a Man,

in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Army.

Congdon, Alan Victor. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Liverpool Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Conyers, Cater Ralph. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Cook, Charles Richard Vallance. Attended the School 1909, 1911. Served as

a Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Cook, Cyril Raymond. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Cook, Frederick John Merryn. Attended the School 1906-1908. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Machine Gun Section, Egypt.

Cook, Gerald Haslam. Attended the School 1898-1904. Served as a Captain,

in the 101st Grenadiers, Indian Army.

Cook, Walter Kingsmill. Attended the School 1898-1901. Served as a Captain,

in the Signal Training Centre, Indian Army.

Cooke, Reginald Charles. Attended the School 1901-1903. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Welsh Regiment 9th Bn, Army.

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Coole, Herbert Edward. Attended the School 1899-1902. Served as a Private,

in the Wiltshire Regiment 1st Bn, Army.

Coombs, Howard Frank. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a Man, in

the Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Cooper, Frederick Thomas. Attended the School 1910-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the 14th Corps Cyclists Battalion, Army.

Cooper, Morley Holland. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Coram, Hubert Harrington. Attended the School 1897-1900. Served as a

Company Quartermaster Sergeant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment

“C� Coy. 6th Bn., Army.

Corbould, Henry Pearce. Attended the School 1894-1898. Served as a Captain,

in the Army Service Corps.

Corbould, William Henry. Attended the School 1894-1899. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Coldstream Guards, Army.

Corfield, Ronald Oakley Tilehurst. Attended the School 1913-1914. Served as

a Man, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Cottle, Reginald Charles William. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as

a Lance Corporal, in the Machine Gun Corps, Army.

Cox, Reginald William George. Attended the School 1903-1908. Served as a

Captain, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Croall, John James. Attended the School 1905-1912. Served as a Captain, in

the Royal Scots Fusiliers 5th Bn., Army.

Crocker, William Henry. Attended the School 1890-1891. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Crook, Herbert John. Attended the School 1897-1898. Served as a Private, in

the Canadian Infantry 8th Bn., Army.

Croom-Johnson, Stafford. Attended the School 1898-1904. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Culverwell, Eric Vincent. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Curtis, Alexander Charles. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a

Corporal, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Curtis, George Henry John. Attended the School 1911-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Signals Division, Army.

Curtis, Samuel John. Attended the School 1902-1905. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves.

Curtis, William Henry. Attended the School 1901-1902. Served as a Lance

Corporal, in the Instructor, Machine Gun Corps, Army.

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Curtis , Eric George. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man, in the

Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Curtler, Ernest Alfred. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Dale, John Ainworth. Attended the School 1904-1905. Served as a Captain, in

the Rifle Brigade, War Office, Army.

Dangerfield, George Walter Maurice. Attended the School 1911-1913. Served

as a Man, in the Royal Fusiliers, Army.

Daniell, John Arthur Helton. Attended the School 1885-1891. Served as a

Sergeant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery 168th Siege Bty., Army.

Danne, Arthur William Brian. Attended the School 1908-1915. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 13th Bn., Army.

Davis, Francis Madresfield. Attended the School 1891-1891. Served as a

Captain, in the South African Infantry, Army.

Davis, Harold Charles Edward. Attended the School 1901-1905. Served as

a Lieutenant, in the Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Bt. Att. Cheshire

Regiment 15th Bn., Army.

Davis, Leslie James George. Attended the School 1899-1905. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Bn. attd. 6th Bn., Army.

Davy, Ernest Howard. Attended the School 1908-1915. Served as a Cadet, in

the Mercantile Marine, Navy.

Deacon, Alfred Stanley. Attended the School 1904-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Dempster, Douglas Erskine. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Denning, Harold Kingsley. Attended the School 1908-1911.

Dillon-Weston, W. Alastair R.. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Dixon, Edward Henry. Attended the School 1910-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Drake, Edward Barfort. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Air Force 209th Sqdn.

Drew, Harold Harman. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Dunn, John Trump. Attended the School 1899-1904. Served as a Captain, in

the Army Service Corps.

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Dyer, Wilfrid Edward. Attended the School 1911-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Dymoke, Walter George . Attended the School 1904-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

East, Gerald William. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Signals Division, Army.

Edgar, Bernard Roy. Attended the School 1907-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Machine Gun Corps, Infantry, 23rd Bn., Army.

Edgar, Norman Wallace George. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a

Man, in the Somerset Light Infantry 6th Bn., Army.

Edmonds, Clifford Leslie. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a

Corporal, in the Gloucestershire Regiment “B” Coy. 12th Bn., Army.

Edwards, Edward John Rogers. Attended the School 1903-1910. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Edwards, Gerald Alexander. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Edwards, Sidney Leonard Cameron. Attended the School 1901-1903. Served

as a Man, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Edwards, Wilfrid Norman. Attended the School 1911-1916. Served as a Man, in

the Civil Service Rifles, City of London 15th Bn., Army.

Elie-Lefebure, Henry Hector Richard Albert. Attended the School 1909-1911.

Served as a Wireless Operator, in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Ellis, George. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Ellis, Leonard Sendall. Attended the School 1906-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

Emery , Philip Grieve. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Army.

Emett, Robert Clifford. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Esbester, Ernest Henry. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a Captain,

in the Worcestershire Regiment 14th Bn., Army.

Evans, Henry Robert Noel. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a

Captain, in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 8th Bn. attd. 7th Bn. , Army.

Evans, Richard Dunscombe. Attended the School 1911-1916. Served as a

Cadet, in the Royal Air Force.

Eyles, Thomas. Attended the School 1900-1905. Served as a Signaller, in the

Worcestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

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Feely, Charles Allen. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Marines Light Infantry, Navy.

Fell, Colston John. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Royal Marines Light Infantry, HMS “Tiger”, Navy.

Fenn, William. Attended the School 1891-1896. Served as a Chaplain, in the

Royal Navy.

Ferrar, William Leonard. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man, in

the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Fonseca, Harold Mountjoy Muschamp d’Assis. Attended the School 1909 1915. Served as a Bomardier, in the Royal Field Artillery, Signals

Division, Army.

Fonseca, Honoris Jose Muschamp d’Assis. Attended the School 1908-1912.

Served as a Lieutenant, in the West Riding, Army.

Ford, Robert James. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a Wireless

Operator, in the Royal Air Force.

Forsyth, James. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Bn., Army.

Fothergill, Albert Edgar. Attended the School 1901-1902. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Australian Infantry, Austrailian Imperial Force, 9th Bn. Fothergill, Christopher Lionel Stockwell. Attended the School 1908-1911.

Served as a Pioneer, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Fothergill, Ivor George Noel. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Fountaine, Arthur Clifford. Attended the School 1886-1893. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd (Reserve) Bn. Francis, William. Attended the School 1901-1904. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Frise , William Donald. Attended the School 1905-1911. Served as a Man, in

the Army Pay Corps.

Froud, Dennis Cogswell Maynard. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as

a Man, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Fry, George Bruce. Attended the School 1899-1900. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Devonshire Hussars attd. Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Furber, Archibald Redvers. Attended the School 1914-1918. Served as a

Cadet, in the Army.

Gallop, Harold Henry. Attended the School 1902-1905. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Gardner, Bertie Charles. Attended the School 1896-1901. Served as a Captain,

in the Canadians Forces, Infantry, Army.

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Gardiner, Alfred J. Attended the School 1893-1901. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Garlick, Charles Sidney. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 20th Bn., Army.

Geake, Frank Henry. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a Major, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment, attd. “P” Special Company, Royal Engineers, Army.

Gedye, Nicholas George. Attended the School 1886-1887. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Royal Engineers attd. Royal Navy as Director

of Special Construction, Army.

George, Arthur Coe . Attended the School 1909-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Gerrish, William Daniel Tyler. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Army.

Gibaud, Alfred Baistone. Attended the School 1897-1900. Served as a

Sergeant, in the Royal Engineers, Despatch Riders, Army.

Gibaud, Frederick Charles . Attended the School 1904-1908. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Gibbs, Cecil Percival. Attended the School 1908-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Fusiliers 20th Bn., Army.

Gilbert, John Wesley. Attended the School 1901-1903. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. Brigade Royal Garrison 9th Bn. Gilbert, Leslie Raymond Talbot. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a

Sergeant, in the Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force, 14th Bn. Giles, Albert William. Attended the School 1909 - 1911. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Gill, Ernest Walter Brudenell. Attended the School 1895-1902. Served as a

Major, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Gillford, Philip Gwyer. Attended the School 1906-1908. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Leicestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Gingell, Charles Ellis. Attended the School 1904-1909. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Navy.

Glasson, Charles James. Attended the School 1875-1880. Served as a Temp.

Captain, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Golding, Frank Alfred. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn., Army.

Golding, Herbert Melhuish. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a

Captain, in the Royal Air Force. Previously, Gloucestershire Regiment

3rd Bn., Army.

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Goldsworthy, Frank Truscott. Attended the School 1905-1911. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Gore, Robert William. Attended the School 1906-1908. Served as a Corporal,

in the South Midland Royal Engineers, Motor Cyclists, Army.

Gough, Donald Lansdown. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a

Captain, in the Somerset Light Infantry 1st Bn., Army.

Gough, Harold Brentnoll. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a

Midshipman, in the Royal Navy Reserve, H.M.S. “Bayano”.

Gould, Henry Leon. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a Private, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Gover, Charles Leonard. Attended the School 1900-1903. Served as a Gunner,

in the Royal Field Artillery “D” Bty. 64th Bde., Army.

Grace, Henry Edgar. Attended the School 1886-1888. Served as a Captain, in

the Royal Navy.

Grant, Graham Lloyd. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Welsh Regiment 7th Bn. (Cyclists), Army.

Grant, Brian Borthwick. Attended the School 1905 or 1905-1906. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy.

Grant, Stuart . Attended the School 1901-1904. Served as a Captain, in the

Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/5th Bn., Army.

Gray, Reginald Francis. Attended the School 1895-1897. Served as a Gunner,

in the Royal Garrison Artillery 231st Siege Bty., Army.

Green, Harold Leslie. Attended the School 1894-1900. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Army Medical Corps, Australians, Army.

Grey, Henry Johnston T. Attended the School 1887-1889. Served as a

Commander, in the Royal Navy Reserve.

Grice, Arthur. Attended the School 1912-1917. Served as a Cadet, in the Royal

Air Force.

Grieves, Arthur James Mansfield. Attended the School 1911-1912. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Grieves, Charles Oliver. Attended the School 1913-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Griffiths, Cuthbert Cyril. Attended the School 1901-1908. Served as a Chaplain,

in the 4th Class Army Chaplain Department.

Gunning, William Herbert. Attended the School 1906-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Hampshire Regiment 3rd Bn attd. 10th Bn., Army.

Gunton, John Welby. Attended the School 1906-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Flying Corps 70th Sqdn. Previously, Somerset

Light Infantry 9th Bn.

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Guy, Leslie Frank. Attended the School 1903-1910. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st&2nd Bn. (Regular), Army.

Hall, S.H. Served as a Man, in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.

Hall, Denis Bartlett. Attended the School 1913-1917. Served as a Man, in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves.

Hall, Frank Leslie. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Lieutenant , in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Hall, Gilbert Bernard. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a Sergeant,

in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Hall, John Stanley. Attended the School 1902-1905. Served as a Lance

Corporal, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Hall, Philip Hardinge. Attended the School 1902-1907. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Hall, Richard Stewart. Attended the School 1910 Jan-July. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Dorset Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Hall, Sydney Llewellyn. Attended the School 1905-1909. Served as a Company

Sergeant Major , in the Royal Marines, Engineers Division, Navy.

Hallett, Lawrence Frederick. Attended the School 1897-1898. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Hamilton, William Samuel. Attended the School 1913-1914. Served as a Man,

in the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Hamilton, Frederick Charles. Attended the School 1913-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Bn., Army.

Hamilton, Patrick John Alfred. Attended the School 1913-1914. Served as a

Man, in the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Hancock, Kingsley Montague. Attended the School 1908-1917. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Hannam, Francis John. Attended the School 1891-1896. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment “C� Coy. 2nd/4th Bn., Army.

Hardiman, Edgar Henry Malachi. Attended the School 1889-1893. Served as a

Major, in the South African Infantry [General Staff, Director of Army

Accounts, Quartermaster General, 1st Division East Africa

Expeditionary Force], Army.

Harding, Herbert Leslie. Attended the School 1903-1911. Served as a Major, in

the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Harding, Herbert William. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Harding, Lionel George. Attended the School 1898-1900. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

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Harding, Stephen Mortimer. Attended the School 1898-1902. Served as a

Inspecting Engineer, in the Royal Air Force.

Hardingham, Francis George. Attended the School 1904-1905. Served as a

Private, in the Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Bn., Army.

Harris, Frank James. Attended the School 1899-1903. Served as a Captain, in

the Somerset Light Infantry 5th Bn., Army.

Harris, Harold William. Attended the School 1909-1916. Served as a Cadet, in

the Army.

Hart, Arthur. Attended the School 1880-1881. Served as a Man, in the

Canadians, Army.

Hartland, Kenneth Wright. Attended the School 1902-1904. Served as a Man,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Haskins, Harold Stanley. Attended the School 1899-1903. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Hawke, Hubert John. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Hawley, Arthur Charles Richard. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force 54th Sqdn.

Hayes, Christopher Walter. Attended the School 1901-1905. Served as a

Private, in the Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Spare Parts Depot.

Heal, John Guy. Attended the School 1902-1906. Served as a Man, in the Army

Service Corps, Special Service.

Heal, Walter George . Attended the School 1896-1900. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Hearle, Eric. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Man, in the

Canadians, Army.

Hellyar, Richard Percival. Attended the School 1889-1891. Served as a Man, in

the Public School Brigade, Army.

Helps, Robert Leslie Vincent. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a

Man, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Hember, Miles Henry. Attended the School 1882-1885. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Labour Corp, Army.

Hember, Wilfred Maurice. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a Man,

in the North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

Hemmons, Aglen. Attended the School 1890-1895. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Henderson, Ralph Bushill. Attended the School 1894-1898. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

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Heppenstall, Lewis David. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Devonshire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Hewlett, Joseph Harry. Attended the School 1886-1894. Served as a Naval

Instructor, in the Royal Navy, HMS “Agamemnon”.

Hicks, Percy Charles. Attended the School 1907-1908. Served as a Man, in the

Reserve Cavalry 12th Bn., Army.

Hickson, Geoffrey Welsman. Attended the School 1912-1916. Served as a

Cadet, in the Army.

Higgs, Thomas Warre. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a Man, in

the 1st Berkshire Yeomanry, 11th Cyclist Regiment, Army.

Hiley, Wilfred Edward. Attended the School 1899-1904. Served as a Captain, in

the Inspection and Experimental Staff and Research Department, Army.

Hill, Albert Charles Leonard. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Berkshire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Hill, Frederick Stanley. Attended the School 1902-1906. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Hill, Gerald Barrett. Attended the School 1913-1916. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Warwickshire, Army.

Hill, Horace Leslie. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a Wireless

Operator, in the Heavy Artillery Group 87th Bn., Army.

Hill, Percy Richard. Attended the School 1890-1893. Served as a Man, in the

Northumberland Fusiliers 15th Bn., Army.

Hill, Philip Hawker. Attended the School 1909-1911. Served as a Captain, in the

Sussex Regiment, Army.

Hill, Tom. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Man, in the Royal Navy

Volunteer Reserve.

Hillman, Harold Jesse. Attended the School 1913 Jan-Dec. Served as an Air

Mechanic 3rd Class, in the Royal Air Force.

Hinton, John William G. Attended the School 1893 Jan-Dec. Served as a

Sergeant, in the Royal Warwickshire 16th Bn., Army.

Hitchcock, Herbert William. Attended the School 1905-1913. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Branch, “A” Coy., Army.

Hitchcock, Reginald Francis. Attended the School 1906-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Machine Gun Corps, Infantry, 25th Bn., Army.

Hobbs, Francis Bromley. Attended the School 1910-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

Hodge, Hubert Rowan. Attended the School 1913-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

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Hogan, Jack Graham. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Hampshire Regiment 1st Bn., Army.

Holdsworth, Benjamin George. Attended the School 1905-1911. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Pioneers, Army.

Holdsworth, Joseph Arthur. Attended the School 1905-1914. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/8th Bn., Army.

Holdsworth, Wesley Cope. Attended the School 1905-1907. Served as a

Surgeon Probationer, in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M S. “Begonia�.

Holliday, Frank. Attended the School 1904-1907. Served as a Man, in the Army

Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Holloway, Frederick Alexander. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a

Captain, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Holloway, Leonard Granville. Attended the School 1910-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Hooker, John Austin. Attended the School 1910-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Hort, John Cecil. Attended the School 1910-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Training Reserve 35th Bn., Army.

Howard, Frank Herbert. Attended the School 1896-1900. Served as a Corporal,

in the South Wales Borderers 4th Bn., Army.

Howell, Edgar Stanley. Attended the School 1902-1904. Served as a Private, in

the Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force, 25th Bn., Army.

Howell, Edwin Guy. Attended the School 1898-1903. Served as a Private, in the

Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force, 25th Bn., Army.

Hughes, David Morris. Attended the School 1915 Jan-Dec. Served as a Lance

Corporal, in the Army.

Humphris, John Harold. Attended the School 1904-1907. Served as a Private,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/6th Bn., Army.

Hunter, Hugh. Attended the School 1898-1902. Served as a Man, in the Royal

Army Medical Corps, Army.

Hunter, William. Attended the School 1897-1901. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Hunter, William. Attended the School 1897-1901. Served as a Captain, in the

Welsh Regiment 18th Bn., Army.

Hutchings, Claude Morgan. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Indian Cavalry, Army.

Hutton, Grantley Maunder. Attended the School 1910-1911. Served as a Man,

in the Reserve Cavalry 19th Bn., Army.

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Huxtable, Cyril Dane. Attended the School 1906-1909. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.

Hyde, Reginald Edward Frank. Attended the School 1902-1907. Served as a

Man, in the Army Service Corps.

Insall, William Robert. Attended the School 1907-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Irish, Alexander Brooke. Attended the School 1893-1896. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Irving, Douglas Forbes. Attended the School 1897-1905. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry 5th Bn., Army.

Irving, Ray Forbes. Attended the School 1899-1908. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

James, Edward Francis. Attended the School 1904-1910. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

James, Manley Angell. Attended the School 1906-1914. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

Jeffreys, Tom Reginald Frederick. Attended the School 1887-1890. Served as

a Chaplain, in the Army Chaplain’s Department.

Jenks, John Charles A. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a Sub Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (Air).

Jenks, Maurice Harold. Attended the School 1907-1913. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Jeremy, Paul de Chabert. Attended the School 1909-1911. Served as a Man, in

the London Rifle Brigade 2nd Bn., Army.

Joll, Arthur Edward. Attended the School 1908-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Bn., Army.

Jones, Alfred Charles Lucy. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Jones, Charles Herbert. Attended the School 1875-1883. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Leicestershire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

Jones, Edgar Montague. Attended the School 1877-1885. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Hertfordshire Regiment, Army.

Jones, Idris Dean. Attended the School 1911-1917. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Royal Air Force.

Jones, John Ellington. Attended the School 1903-1904. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Canadian Infantry 1st Bn., Army.

Jones, Theodore. Attended the School 1886-1889. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Fusiliers 22nd Bn., Army.

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Jowett, Colin Joseph Patrick Cadwallader. Attended the School 1907-1910.

Served as a Captain, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Jupe, Charles Eric. Attended the School 1902-1905. Served as a Captain, in

the Devonshire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

Just, Leonhardt Wolfgang. Attended the School 1884-1889. Served as a

Captain, in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Just, Norman Wolfgang. Attended the School 1907-1913. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Special Reserve, Army.

Justham, Frederick Vincent Cyril. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as

a Man, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Keays, George Alfred Victor. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a

Cadet, in the Sandhurst, Army.

Kelly , Francis Henry. Attended the School 1870-1875. Served as a

Major-General, in the Indian Army.

Kemp, Arthur Sidney. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Kemp, Charles Milford. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Bedforshire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Kemp, Richard Charles. Attended the School 1911 Jan-Nov. Served as a Man,

in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Keniston, Frederick Claude. Attended the School 1900-1904. Served as a

Corporal, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Kerr, Robert Glen. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a Man, in the

London Scottish, Army.

Keyte, John. Attended the School 1911-1912. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in

the Royal Air Force.

Kilsby, Leslie John Frederick. Attended the School 1909-1911. Served as a

Man, in the North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

King, Archie. Attended the School 1903-1908. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

King, Ernest Philip Henry. Attended the School 1913 Jan-July. Served as a

Corporal, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

King , Douglas Granville. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Army Service Corps.

King , Leonard. Attended the School 1901-1904. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/6th Bn., Army.

Kinsey, Albert Thornley. Attended the School 1910-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry 7th Bn., Army.

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Kirby, Norman Conyer. Attended the School 1912 Mar-Dec. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Warwickshire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Kislingbury, Leslie Arnold. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a

Signaller, in the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army.

Kitchin, Eric James Harlow. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

Laing, Douglas Alexander. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Lambert, Charles William. Attended the School 1904-1906. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy.

Lambert, Eric Oliver. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a Cadet, in

the Royal Navy.

Lambert, Harry Redcliffe. Attended the School 1905-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, South Midland Field Coy., 476th Bn., Army.

Lambert, Robert Blackie. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Bn. attd.

1st/4th Bn. (Territorial Force), Army.

Lane, Frederick William. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy Reserve.

Lanfear, Sydney Ewert. Attended the School 1903-1907. Served as a Man, in

the 25th London, Cyclists Machine Gun Section, Army.

Langford, Francis James. Attended the School 1894-1900. Served as a Major,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Langford, Thomas Player. Attended the School 1902 Jan-Dec. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Suffolk Yeomanry, Army.

Langford, William John. Attended the School 1906-1911. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn., Army.

Lashmore, Owen Theodore. Attended the School 1912-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Laver, Edwin Chichester. Attended the School 1895-1896. Served as a Captain,

in the Canadian Remounts, Army.

Lees, Charles Henry Brownlow. Attended the School 1883-1888. Served as an

Officer Commanding, in the Malay Guides, Army.

Leighton, Arthur. Attended the School 1888-1896. Served as a Captain, in the

Trench Mortar Battery, Canadians, Army.

Leighton, Edmund Herbert. Attended the School 1893-1899. Served as a Man,

in the 37th Howitzer Battery, Canadians, Army.

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Leighton, John Wright. Attended the School 1897-1904. Served as a Chaplain,

in the Army Chaplain’s Department.

Leighton, Percival Robert. Attended the School 1889-1897. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Canadians, Army.

Leonard, Morton. Attended the School 1891-1894. Served as a Private, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Leonard, Reginald Frederick William. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served

as a Man, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Lewis, Clifford Stanley. Attended the School 1905-1914. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn., Army.

Lewis, William. Attended the School 1896-1904. Served as a Captain, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Littleton, George Henry. Attended the School 1887-1889. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Marine Artillery, Navy.

Littleton, Leslie George Francis. Attended the School 1915-1916. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Marine Artillery, Navy.

Lloyd, Clifford Underwood. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Lancashire Fusiliers 4th Bn. Previously, 6th King’s

Liverpool Rifles., Army.

Logan, Harold Bishop. Attended the School 1894-1902. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Logan, Philip Norman. Attended the School 1897-1905. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Air Force.

Logan, William Marston. Attended the School 1901-1908. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Supply and Transport, East Africa, Army.

Love, Herbert Francis. Attended the School 1899-1902. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Scottish Greys, Army.

Lowe, Richard. Attended the School 1891-1898. Served as a Captain, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Lowndes, Edmund Harold (Edward on Memorial). Attended the School 1911 1916. Served as a Private, in the Gloucestershire Regiment “A” Coy.

18th Bn., Army.

Lowther, Rowland. Attended the School 1900-1904. Served as a Major, in the

Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Lucas, Arthur Hanford. Attended the School 1890-1894. Served as a Staff

Quatermaster Sergeant, in the Army Service Corps.

Luce, Henry Woodland. Attended the School 1905-1907. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

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Lucy, Gordon Edward. Attended the School 1892-1894. Served as a Man, in the

Canadian Engineers 2nd Bn., Army.

Lumsden, Frederick William. Attended the School 1886-1888. Served as a

Brigadier-General, in the Royal Marine Artillery, General Staff

Commanding 14th Bde., Navy.

Machin, Jack Francis. Attended the School 1912-1917. Served as a Cadet, in

the Army.

Machin, Lionel Gilbert. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Machin, Stuart Edward. Attended the School 1903-1906. Served as a Private,

in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Machon, Cecil Francis Eardley. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Machon, Ernest Arthur Shepherd. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Machon, George Charles Shepherd. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served

as a Captain, in the Welsh Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

Machon, Norman Louis Ebdon. Attended the School 1897-1902. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Machon, Roy Ebdon. Attended the School 1904-1910. Served as a Captain, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn. Previously Devonshire Regiment

8th Bn. Attd. 16th Bn. as Temp. Lieutenant., Army.

Mackay, Ernest John Henry. Attended the School 1892-1896. Served as a

Captain, in the Army Service Corps, Camel Transport.

MacKenzie, Duncan. Attended the School 1911 - 1914. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Berkshire Hussars, Army.

MacLaughlin, Donald George (LR 618). Attended the School 1911-1915.

Served as a Wireless Operator, in the Royal Navy.

Mager, Frederick Samuel. Attended the School 1905-1914. Served as a Lance

Corporal , in the Honourable Artillery Company “A� Coy. 2nd Bn., Army.

Maish, Frederick John. Attended the School 1900-1905. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Mansell, Ernest Douglas. Attended the School 1907-1916. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the South Lancashire Regiment 16th Bn., Army.

Mansell, Reginald Baynes. Attended the School 1906-1912. Served as a Major,

in the Royal Air Force.

Mansfield, John Lawford. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the York and Lancaster Regiment, Army.

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Maple, Harold Charles. Attended the School 1911-1913. Served as a Man, in

the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Martin, Alec Simmons. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a Man, in

the Canadian Mounted Rifles, Army.

Martin, Frederick Graham. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the 4th Dragoons, Army.

Martin, Kenneth Harvey. Attended the School 1895-1899. Served as a Cadet,

in the Army.

Martin, Sidney Frederick Alwin. Attended the School 1893-1898. Served as

a Major , in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern

Ontario), Army.

Martin, Stanley Frederick Herbert. Attended the School 1897-1898.

Matthews, Royd Harniman. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as an Air

Mechanic 2nd Class, in the Royal Air Force.

Mayer, Frederick Percy. Attended the School 1889-1894. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gold Coast Regiment, West African Frontier Force, Army.

McGowan, Henry. Attended the School 1903-1910. Served as a Chaplain, in

the Army Chaplains’ Department.

MacGowan, Robert Stuart. Attended the School 1880-1881. Served as a Major,

in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

McGuire, Reginald Arthur. Attended the School 1898-1906. Served as a Lance

Corporal, in the London Regiment 2nd/13th (Kensington) Bn., Army.

McKenzie, William George. Attended the School 1903-1910. Served as a

Captain, in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Army.

McLean, Leslie Henry. Attended the School 1908-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

McMillan, Kenneth Gregor. Attended the School 1912-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery 33rd Bty. 33rd Bde., Army.

McMillan, Norman Alexander Clark. Attended the School 1912-1913. Served as

a Man, in the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 7th Bn., Army.

Mearns, Douglas Henry. Attended the School 1897-1899. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Army Service Corps.

Melhuish, Harold. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a Man, in the

Vetinary Corps, Army.

Mendham, Brian Henry Phillips. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Mendham, Geoffrey Leonard. Attended the School 1914-1916. Served as a

Man, in the Training Reserve 92nd Bn., Army.

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Merrick, Horace. Attended the School 1898-1906. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Michael, Walter. Attended the School 1912-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Warwickshire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Milani, Rudolf Siegfried. Attended the School 1912-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Miller, Thomas Stanley. Attended the School 1902-1904. Served as a Man, in

the North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

Milton, John. Attended the School 1907-1913. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in

the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve attd. Royal Air Force.

Moar, Afred John Jove. Attended the School 1914-1916. Served as a

Midshipman, in the Royal Navy.

Monelle, James Raymond. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as an Air

Mechanic 3rd Class, in the Royal Air Force.

Moon, Reginald Francis. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 14th Bn., Army.

Morgan, Edgar Leigh. Attended the School 1899-1900. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Army Service Corps, Army.

Morgan, Ernest Edmund Leigh. Attended the School 1898-1900. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Morgan, Reginald Samuel Leigh. Attended the School 1898-1900. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Wales Borderers 2nd Bn., Army.

Morris, Arthur Ernest. Attended the School 1889-1890. Served as a Man, in the

Army Service Corps.

Morris, Herbert Haycroft. Attended the School 1891-1900. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn. attd. Duke of Cornwall’s Light

Infantry, Army.

Morrison, Alexander Robert [Alick]. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as

a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Mountstephen, Talbot Vernon. Attended the School 1899-1903. Served as a

Cadet, in the Army.

Mower, Harold Victor Hague. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a

Man, in the Public Schools Naval Battalion, attd. Royal Air Force.

Moxey, Percy. Attended the School 1891-1897. Served as a Lieutenant-Colonel,

in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Mullis, Frederick John Lessimore. Attended the School 1902-1906. Served as

a Man, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Mullis, Montague Powel. Attended the School 1902-1908. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

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Mure, Henri Louis Lockhart. Attended the School 1912-1916. Served as a Man,

in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Muschamp, Evelyn George. Attended the School 1883-1892. Served as a

Chaplain, in the Australians, Army.

Mutton, Wilfred Frank. Attended the School 1914-1918. Served as a Cadet, in

the Royal Air Force.

Naish, Edwin Athelstan. Attended the School 1906-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant , in the Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Naish, Reginald Paul. Attended the School 1906-1913. Served as a Lance

Sergeant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Nash, Clifford Sydney John. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a

Private, in the Tank Corps 7th Bn., Army.

Neale, William Ewart. Attended the School 1900-1901. Served as a Sub Lieutenant , in the Royal Navy, Surgeons.

Neems, Percy Vincent Nigel. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Neems, Reginald Norman. Attended the School 1904-1913. Served as a

Gunner, in the Royal Field Artillery “B” Bty. 240th Bde., Army.

Nelson, Havelock Munro. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man, in

the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th Bn. (City

of Bristol), Territorial Force, Army.

Newton, Clement Vaughan. Attended the School 1903-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Sussex Regiment, Army.

Newton, Eric Alan. Attended the School 1901-1903. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Wiltshire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Newton, Frederick William John. Attended the School 1903. Served as a Driver,

in the Royal Field Artillery “B” Bty. 243rd Bde., Army.

Newton, Henry Monek. Attended the School 1903-1906. Served as a Cadet, in

the Army.

Newton, Victor Richard. Attended the School 1903-1904. Served as a Man, in

the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Nicolson, William Hurst. Attended the School 1885-1888. Served as a Major, in

the 37th Dogras, Indian Army.

Norman, Reginald Wilfred. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Man,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Oakford, Samuel Collier (Staff). Attended the School 1910-1919. Served as a

Sergeant, in the Royal Field Artillery, H.Q. 221st Bde., Army.

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O’Donoghue, Gerald Hubert. Attended the School 1905-1909. Served as a

Cadet, in the Army.

Olds, Cyril Austin Patt. Attended the School 1909-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn., Army.

Openshaw, Edward Hyde. Attended the School 1878-1884. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Somerset Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn., Army.

Openshaw, Thomas Horrocks. Attended the School 1867-1873. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Forces.

Ormiston, George Stonehouse. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Ormiston, William Stephenson. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a

Cadet, in the Army.

Pakeman, Frederick Joseph. Attended the School 1880-1885. Served as a

Bombardier, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Pakeman, Sidney Arnold. Attended the School 1903-1910. Served as a Captain,

in the Wiltshire Regiment 4th Bn. attd. Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Palethorpe, Cuthbert Norman De Word. Attended the School 1907-1909.

Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Hampshire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

Palk, Arthur Charles. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a Naval Clerk,

in the Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Indefatigable”.

Palmer, George Henry. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Royal Air Force.

Palmer, Leslie. Attended the School 1906-1913. Served as a Man, in the Royal

Engineers, Railways, Army.

Paradise, Guy. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Man, in the

Canadians, Army.

Parker, Seymour Victor Gunning. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a

Man, in the North Somerset Yeomanry, Machine Gun Section, Army.

Parkinson, Cyril Arthur. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Parkinson, Leslie Gerard. Attended the School 1899-1902. Served as a Major,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th Bn. (City of Bristol), Territorial

Force, Army.

Parsons, Aiden. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Royal Air Force.

Parsons, Alan Frank. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force , RAF.

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Parsons, Cyril Gordon. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Captain,

in the Wiltshire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Parsons, Harold Cecil. Attended the School 1911-1914. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Parsons, Kenneth Owen. Attended the School 1913-1916. Served as a Captain,

in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Bn., Army.

Patterson, Robert Henry Brice. Attended the School 1914-1916. Served as a

Cadet, in the Cavalry, Army.

Peake, Wilfred Ernest Frederic. Attended the School 1888-1895. Served as a

Captain, in the Royal Engineers, Water Transport, Army.

Pearce, Edgar. Attended the School 1894-1898. Served as a Lieutenant, in the

Devonshire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Pearce, Georgle Clement. Attended the School 1914-1918. Served as a Cadet,

in the Royal Air Force.

Peet, Edward Gadsby. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Private, in

the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Submarine Mines, Navy.

Penglaze, Archibald John. Attended the School 1914-1916. Served as a

Despatch Rider, in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1st Bn., Army.

Pezzack, Richard. Attended the School 1904-1905. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Army.

Phillips, John Milford Picton. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as a

Acting Bombadier, in the Royal Field Artillery 2nd Gloucester Bty.

3rd/1st South Midland Bde., Army.

Phillips, Walter Charles. Attended the School 1892-1895. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Army.

Phillpotts, Fitzroy Charles. Attended the School 1903 Sep - Dec. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Pickles, Reginald Clarence Werrett-Pickles. Attended the School 1907-1914.

Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Pickthorn, Charles Edward Murray. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as

a Captain, in the Royal Air Force.

Piper, Arthur Edward. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Private, in

the Worcestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Pitt, William Alfred. Attended the School 1893-1896. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Platts, John Richard Arthur. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Middlesex Regiment 24th Bn., Army.

Player, Eric Noel. Attended the School 1899-1905. Served as a Captain , in the

Yorkshire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

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Plum, George Talbot. Attended the School 1887-1893. Served as a Captain, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Ponting, Charles Sidney. Attended the School 1910-1911. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Poole, Arthur George. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Prideaux, Robert Flemying. Attended the School 1891-1895. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Hampshire Regiment,Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Protheroe, Lewis Raphael. Attended the School 1886-1889. Served as a Major,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Pullen, Leonard Norman Thomas. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as

a Man, in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Army.

Purnell, Stanley George Hardy. Attended the School 1906-1909. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Northumberland Fusiliers 21st (Tyneside

Scottish) Bn., Army.

Rafter, James Maurice. Attended the School 1908-1914. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Navy Reserve.

Rea, Frederick Arthur. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Air Force.

Rees, Dudley Carruthers. Attended the School 1906-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force. Previously Royal Engineers, South

African Signal Company. Previously Transvaal Scottish.

Richards, Rev G.F. Served as a Chaplain, in the Army Chaplains’ Department Army.

Richards, Dudley Brookhouse. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as

a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn. attd. 15th

Coy. Machine Gun Corps, Army.

Richards, Guy Worsley. Attended the School 1897 Jan-Dec. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy Reserve.

Richardson, Francis William Martineau. Attended the School 1909-1914.

Served as a Man, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Richardson, John Lowick. Attended the School 1906-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Flying Corps 55th Sqdn. Previously

Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd/4th Bn. Ridler, Frederick Arnold. Attended the School 1907-1911. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Ritblat, Jacob Reuben. Attended the School 1908-1917. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

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Roach, Francis Handley. Attended the School 1888-1891. Served as a Chaplain,

in the Army Chaplains’ Department.

Roberts, Charles William. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Roberts, Cyril Edward (Teacher). Attended the School Master. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Shropshire Regiment, Army.

Roberts, William Richard. Attended the School 1913-1918. Served as a Cadet,

in the Army.

Robertson, Eustace James. Attended the School 1906-1909. Served as a

Captain , in the Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Roe, William Reginald. Attended the School 1897-1898. Served as a Paymaster,

in the Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Aurora”.

Rogers, Francis Galpine. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Rogers, John Thomas Cross. Attended the School 1904-1907. Served as a

Man, in the Royal Fusiliers 26th Bn., Army.

Rome, George Norman. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Rootham, Howard Melville. Attended the School 1890-1895. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Rose, Hebert Edward. Attended the School 1910-1914. Served as a Captain, in

the North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Previously, Quebec Regiment., Army.

Rossiter, Albert Richard James. Attended the School 1881-1883. Served as a

Man, in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Rowe, A.C. Served as a Paymaster, in the Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Woolwich”.

Rudge, Charles Edward King. Attended the School 1884-1891. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Rudge, Frederick Henry. Attended the School 1886-1895. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Rudge, Herbert William. Attended the School 1886-1893. Served as a Man, in

the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Russell, Eric Victor Euston. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Russell, George Dain Varian. Attended the School 1914-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Rust, Edward Noel Holyoake. Attended the School 1910-1916. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

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Rymer, John Stuart. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a Gunner, in

the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Salter, Thomas Frederick. Attended the School 1910-1913. Served as a

Corporal, in the Royal Engineers, Despatch Riders, Army.

Sandy, Walter Fawkes. Attended the School 1907-1908. Served as a Leading

Seaman , in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Bn. Sansom, John Raymond Eden. Attended the School 1910-1914. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Scott, Arthur Walter Cecil. Attended the School 1897-1900. Served as a Major,

in the Royal Air Force.

Sellick, Clifford. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a Man, in the Army

Service Corps.

Sellick, Gilbert Ainsworth. Attended the School 1903-1908. Served as a

Corporal, in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Concert Party, Army.

Sheel, Arthur Douglas. Attended the School 1906-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Sheppard, Harold Lethby. Attended the School 1906-1915. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Garrison Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, Army.

Sheppard, Ronald Walter. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a Cadet,

in the Royal Air Force.

Sherwood, William James. Attended the School 1913-1914. Served as a

Cadet, in the Royal Air Force.

Shilliam, William Herbert. Attended the School 1910-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Army.

Shorney, Richard Gregory. Attended the School 1905-1911. Served as a Man,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Skinner, Cecric George. Attended the School 1900-1907. Served as a Man, in

the Army Pay Corps.

Skinner, Theodore Arthur. Attended the School 1899-1905. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Slade, Ernest Cowper. Attended the School 1900-1904. Served as a Lieutenant

Colonel , in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn. attd. 8th Bn., Army.

Slade, Frank Oscar. Attended the School 1900-1906. Served as a Corporal, in

the Army Pay Corps, Woking.

Smart, George Ullathorne. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a

Private, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/6th Bn., Army.

Smith, Frederick Sidney. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 13th Bn., Army.

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Smith, Henry Percival. Attended the School 1906-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Smith, Sebastian Oxley. Attended the School 1890-1900. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Smith, Thomas Edward Mears Guest. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served

as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Smith, William Matthews. Attended the School 1892-1893. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Army Service Corps.

Snell, Herbert Algernon. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Fusiliers 31st Bn., Army.

Snow, Alfred Ernest. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Regiment 1st Bn, India.

Sollis, Clifford George. Attended the School 1907-1915. Served as a Ship’s

Steward Assistant, in the Royal Navy.

Southwood, William Reginald March. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served

as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Spear, Henry John. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a Cadet, in the Army.

Spring, Harold Albert Arden. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Bn. Previously,

King’s Royal Rifle Corps., Army.

Spurrier, Alec Henry Montague. Attended the School 1910-1911. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy Reserve.

Spurrier, Edward Reginald. Attended the School 1911-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Stallon, Percival Vere. Attended the School 1892-1899. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Welsh Regiment, Special Reserve attd. 2nd Bn., Army.

Stallon, Raymond. Attended the School 1904-1911. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Stancomb, John Mortimer Duniam. Attended the School 1901-1908. Served as

a Captain, in the Devonshire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Stanford, Leslie John. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Army Medical Corps.

Stanley, Gordon Kitch. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Stanton, George Knight. Attended the School 1906-1911. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Starforth, Ronald Issell. Attended the School 1912-1914. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

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Stephens, Gilbert Wedgewood. Attended the School 1906-1907. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Stevens, John Rose Warne. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a Man,

in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Army.

Stevens, Ernest Spencer. Attended the School 1891-1892. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps.

Stevens, Valentine Vivian. Attended the School 1891-1893. Served as a Man,

in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Stock, Ernest Richard. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Stone, H. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry, Army.

Stone, Frederick James. Attended the School 1902-1905. Served as a Captain,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Stone, Frederick James. Attended the School 1903-1906. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Stone, Harold George. Attended the School 1911-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry 8th Bn., Army.

Stone, R.E. Served as a Man, in the Leicestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Stone, Sidney Clifford. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as a Private, in

the North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

Stoneham, Edward William. Attended the School 1908-1915. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Horse Artillery, Army.

Stradling, Reginald Edward. Attended the School 1907-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Stratton, G.B. Served as a Man, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Stratton, Arthur. Attended the School 1907 Jan-Dec. Served as a Man, in the

Reserve Cavalry 16th Bn., Army.

Strickland, Denys Joseph. Attended the School 1903-1907. Served as a

Company Sergeant-Major , in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th

Bn., Army.

Stroud, Harry Leslie. Attended the School 1903-1908. Served as a Man, in the

South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Strugnell, Alan Philip Joseph Goodwin. Attended the School 1911-1918. Served

as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Reserve Dragoons 6th Bn., Army.

Sutherland, Roderick Edward. Attended the School 1905-1911. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Swain, Clifford Maxwell. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force 52nd Sqdn.

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Symes, Cecil Lindley. Attended the School 1909-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Worcester Regiment, 1st Garrison Bn., Army.

Symes, Charles Harry. Attended the School 1897-1902. Served as a 2nd Lieut,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Tansley, James William. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Argonaut”.

Tapp, Harold Donesthorne. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a

Lieutenant , in the Royal Flying Corps 70th Sqdn. Previously, Royal

Engineers, South Midland Field Coy, 3rd Bn. Tapp, Russell Brooke. Attended the School 1909-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Taylor, George Langley. Attended the School 1899-1904. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Horse Artillery, Army.

Taylor, John Frederick. Attended the School 1910-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Theobald, Geoffrey William. Attended the School 1911-1913. Served

as a Surgeon-Probationer, in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves,

H.M.S. “Christopher”.

Thomas, H. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Monmouthshire Regiment 1st

Bn., Reserves, Army.

Thomas, Arthur Lewis (Staff). Attended the School 1914 Sept-Dec. Served as

a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd

Bn., Army.

Thomas, Charles Tait. Attended the School 1903-1909. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Thomas, David Cuthbert (Alias - Cecil Browne). Attended the School 1903 1911. Served as a Rifleman, in the Rifle Brigade 1st Bn., Army.

Thomas, Ernest Frank. Attended the School 1893-1900. Served as a Surgeon,

in the Royal Navy.

Thornton, Henry Oliver. Attended the School 1908-1910. Served as a Man, in

the Army Service Corps.

Tilley, Charles Cameron Sims. Attended the School 1895-1900. Served as a

Major, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Timmins, Lloyd Miller. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Todd, Alexander. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a Cadet, in the

Royal Air Force.

Todd, Matthew Thomas. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 9th Bn., Army.

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Totterdill, Ernest Herbert. Attended the School 1912-1916. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves, Signals Division.

Trenerry, Percival Halse. Attended the School 1901-1904. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Anti-Aircraft Corps.

Tricks, Denis Norman Frederick. Attended the School 1909-1913. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment, Army.

Tripp, Francis Randolph. Attended the School 1903-1904. Served as a

Sub-Lieutenant , in the Royal Navy Reserves.

Tucker, Reginald John. Attended the School 1913-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Somerset Light Infantry 6th Bn., Army.

Tucker, Robert Dudley. Attended the School 1879-1882. Served as a Corporal,

in the 231st Canadians, Army.

Turner, Crosby Russell Swanson. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as

a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. King’s

Royal Rifle Corps, Army.

Turner, Stanley Marsh. Attended the School 1895-1899. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Canadians, Army.

Turner, Lyon Viccars (Staff). Attended the School 1909-1920. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Field Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, Army.

Twiggs, Howard Creighton. Attended the School 1901-1903. Served as a

Captain, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Upston, Gordon Allan Philip. Attended the School 1909-1910. Served as a

Lieutenant & Acting Adjutant, in the Royal Air Force, Balloon Company.

Veale, Douglas. Attended the School 1904-1910. Served as a Captain &

Adjutant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Veater, Arthur William. Attended the School 1890-1894. Served as a Naval

Instructor, in the Royal Navy.

Vere, Allan Augustine. Attended the School 1905-1913. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

Vernon, Bernard Morris. Attended the School 1877. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Vincent, Austin Ears. Attended the School 1909-1911. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Royal Field Artillery “Z” Bty. 91st Bde., Army.

Voit, Reginald Austin. Attended the School 1910-1916. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the 57th Sikhs, Army.

Vowles, Charles Ernest. Attended the School 1896-1903. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, Army.

Vowles, Edgar Duncan. Attended the School 1906-1909. Served as a Artificer,

in the Royal Navy.

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Vowles, Edward Francis. Attended the School 1906-1912. Served as a Corporal,

in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Vowles, Robert Douglas. Attended the School 1901-1906. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the South Lancashire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Vowles, Stephen Foster. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Essex Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 13th Bn., Army.

Vowles, Wilfred Richard. Attended the School 1903-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Vowles, William Fletcher. Attended the School 1901-1906. Served as a

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Minesweeping, Navy.

Wadlow, Harry. Attended the School 1905-1914. Served as a Captain, in the

Royal Flying Corp, RAF. Wake, John Hugh Coulson. Attended the School 1911-1917. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Waldron, Reginald George. Attended the School 1905-1908. Served as a

Company Quartermaster Sergeant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment

12th Bn., Army.

Wall, George Stanley. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Private, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/6th Bn., Army.

Warne, Ronald Frederick. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Warr, John Colver. Attended the School 1910-1917. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Waters, Thomas Henry Keith. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a

Man, in the 95th Training Reserve Battalion, Army.

Watkins, Archibald Lionel. Attended the School 1910-1914. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Bn., Army.

Watkins, Henry David. Attended the School 1905-1913. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Army Medical Corps.

Watling, John Basil. Attended the School 1907-1910. Served as a Captain, in

the South Midland Royal Engineers, Army.

Watson, Kenneth Charles Forrester. Attended the School 1910-1914. Served

as a Lieutenant, in the South Lancashire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. Royal

Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/7th Bn., Army.

Watson, Stanley Herbert. Attended the School 1909-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

Watson, Victor Lancaster. Attended the School 1912 May -July. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Lancashire Regiment 3rd Bn., Army.

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Watt, John Vade. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant,

in the Cheshire Regiment 14th Bn., Army.

Weatherly, Edward Frederick Christopher Ford. Attended the School 1908 1909. Served as a Captain, in the 37th Dogras, Indian Army.

Webb, Frederick James. Attended the School 1904-1907. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Webb, Jack Purnell. Attended the School 1904-1912. Served as a Captain, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Webber, Frank Clare. Attended the School 1904-1908. Served as a Sergeant,

in the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Webber, Harold Victor. Attended the School 1909-1911. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Navy, Transport Service.

Webber, William John. Attended the School 1912-1916. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Army Service Corps.

Webber, Walter George Burgess. Attended the School 1912-1918. Served as a

Cadet, in the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Weekes, Victor Herbert Thomas. Attended the School 1883-1888. Served as a

Fleet Paymaster, in the Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Iron Duke”.

Wells, Harold Dotson. Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as a Lieutenant,

in the Middlesex Regiment 1st Bn. Attd. Trench Mortar Battery 36th

Bn., Army.

Welsby, Cecil Marson. Attended the School 1894-1899. Served as a Man, in the

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Army.

West, Edney Frederick. Attended the School 1907-1908. Served as a Man, in

the Royal Field Artillery, Army.

West, Henry Owen. Attended the School 1900-1901. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Liverpool Regiment 16th Bn., Army.

West, Herbert Winn. Attended the School 1900-1908. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Public Schools Regiment 21st Bn., Army.

West, Reginald William Gordon. Attended the School 1904-1909. Served as a

Man, in the South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Bn., Army.

Westcott, Arthur George Blagdon . Attended the School 1907-1914. Served as

a Man, in the Royal Engineers, Signals Division, Army.

Westlake, Aubrey John. Attended the School 1908-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the King’s Own Lancastershire Regiment, Army.

Westlake, Harold William Guy. Attended the School 1908-1913. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn. Attd.

Leicestershire Regiment, Army.

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Wheeler, John Francis George. Attended the School 1910-1918. Served as a

Cadet, in the Army.

Whitewright, John Alan. Attended the School 1908-1909. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Highlanders Regiment 42nd Bn., Army.

Whittaker, Allen George Barry. Attended the School 1904-1908. Served as a

2nd Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force.

Whittaker, Eldon Horford. Attended the School 1910-1916. Served as a Cadet,

in the Royal Air Force.

Whittaker, Frank Bertram. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the South Lancashire 7th Bn. attd. Royal Air Force.

Whitting, John Howard. Attended the School 1910-1915. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the Royal Air Force, Army.

Whitwell, Charles Clifton. Attended the School 1907-1913. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Whitwill, Thomas Norman. Attended the School 1904-1912. Served as a

Captain, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Wickham, Alfred Lionel. Attended the School 1902-1903. Served as a Private,

in the Canadian Infantry 5th Bn., Army.

Wilcox, Alfred George. Attended the School 1873-1878. Served as a Senior

Chaplain, in the Highland Division, Army.

Wilkins, Ernest. Attended the School 1902-1908. Served as a Despatch Rider,

in the Royal Engineers, Army.

Williams, Frank Henry. Attended the School 1906-1910. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Williams, Ivor Arthur. Attended the School 1907-1912. Served as a Company

Quartermaster Sergeant, in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Williams, Charles Walter Henry Joseph. Attended the School 1894-1899.

Served as a Lieutenant, in the Hampshire Regiment 14th Bn., Army.

Williams, Reginald Stanley. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man,

in the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport.

Willis, Brian Oscar. Attended the School 1899-1902. Served as a Lieutenant, in

the Dorset Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Willis, Herbert Pakeman. Attended the School 1896-1900. Served as a

Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, in the Remounts, Army.

Wills, Hugh Cecil. Attended the School 1895-1898. Served as a Captain, in the

Gloucestershire Regiment, 4th Bn., Army.

Wills, Thomas Thornton. Attended the School 1898-1900. Served as a Corporal,

in the Royal Air Force.

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Wilson, Clifford Llewellyn. Attended the School 1909-1912. Served as a

Captain, in the Essex Regiment 9th Bn., Army.

Wilton, Ernest Wesley. Attended the School 1902-1910. Served as a 2nd

Lieutenant, in the East Surrey Regiment 1st Bn., Army.

Wiltshire, Samuel Ralph Rex. Attended the School 1910-1912. Served as a

Man, in the South Midland Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Wise, William Henry. Attended the School 1876-1881. Served as a Lieutenant Colonel, in the Gloucestershire Royal Field Artillery, Army.

Witherspoon, John Esdale Herbert. Attended the School 1911-1918. Served as

a 2nd Lieutenant, in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army.

Woolverton, Gordon William. Attended the School 1908-1911. Served as a

Corporal, in the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

Worcester, Harold Paul. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Captain,

in the South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn., Army.

Workman, Eric Lansdowne. Attended the School 1902-1904. Served as a Man,

in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Wreford-Glanvill, Heyman Wreford. Attended the School 1896-1898. Served as

a Captain, in the Army Service Corps.

Wright, Edwin William. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man, in the

North Somerset Yeomanry, Army.

Wright, William Frederic. Attended the School 1865-1868. Served as a

Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Army Ordnance Corps.

Yeo, Kenneth Malcolm. Attended the School 1908-1912. Served as a Man, in

the Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn., Army.

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The London Gazette The London Gazette is an official journal of records for the British government. During the First World War, promotions and awards would be announced in supplements to the main paper. This helped those at home to keep track of their loved ones.

These are now available in an online archive, which is excellent for identifying and confirming medal awards. Occasionally there are accounts of why the medal was won, but this varies greatly. It has not been easy to find all of the records, as they didn’t always have the full, or correct names for many of the soldiers. However, the vast majority of those the Chronicle reports as having been awarded, have been verified or corrected by searching through the London Gazette archives.

The following role details each award that we are aware of. Following this is an imitation issue of the Gazette, which has been put together from the London Gazette reports of Old Bristolian’s Awards. This is not currently up to date, so does not include each award on the roll. However, it should give an idea of how the supplements would have looked.

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Decorations Roll Those in italics denote instances where we have been unable to confirm their awards.

Abrahams, Kenneth Duncan. Served in the Royal Field Artillery, Army. Awarded the Military Medal as a Sergeant, on the 16/11/1916.

Alford, Kenneth Field. Served in the Coast Patrol, RAF. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lieutenant, on the 03/06/1919.

Atchley, Shirley Clifford. Awarded the Order of the Redeemer as a Translator, on the 21/03/1918.

Barnett, Percy John. Served in the General List & Royal Flying Corps, RAF. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 17/09/1917.

Barry, Archibald Hastings. Served in the Royal Engineers (Postal Section), Army.

Mentioned in Despatches as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 01/01/1916.

Bennett, Charles Elson. Served in the Essex Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Medal as a Private, on the 06/01/1917. Served in the South Midland Royal Engineers, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lieutenant, on the 14/12/1917. Awarded the Military Medal 1st Bar as a Lance Corporal, on the 29/08/1918.

Bingham-Hall, Vincent. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Bn. attached 1/5th Bn. Territorial Force, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. Lieutenant (Acting Captain), on the 02/04/1919. Awarded the Military Cross 1st Bar as a Temp.

Lieutenant (Acting Captain), on the 10/12/1919.

Booker, Stanley Charles. Served in the Worcester Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant (Temp. Lieutenant), on the 22/09/1916.

Brown, Harold Bainbridge. Served in the Wiltshire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. Lieutenant, on the 16/08/1917. Awarded the Military Cross 1st Bar as a Temp. Lieutenant, on the 16/09/1918.

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Castle, Gilbert Stacey. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant (Temp. Captain), on the 22/09/1916. Awarded the French Croix de Guerre as a Lieutenant (Temp. Captain), on the 09/12/1916.

Cole, Aubrey du Plat Thorold. Served in the Dragoon Guards. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. Captain, on the 04/06/1917.

Cook, Walter Kingsmill. Served in the Signal Training Centre, Indian Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 05/04/1916.

Cooke, Reginald Charles. Served in the Welsh Regiment, Serving Bn., Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. 2nd Lieutenant, on the 03/06/1916.

Davis, Francis Madresfield. Served in the South African Infantry, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain.

Davis, Harold Charles Edward. Served in the Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Bn. attached 15th Bn. Cheshire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 01/01/1919.

Esbester, Ernest Henry. Served in the Worcestershire Regiment 14th Bn., Army.

Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 22/05/1917.

Gardner, Bertie Charles. Served in the Canadian Forces, Infantry , Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Captain, on the 26/09/1917.

Geake, Frank Henry. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment (Special Reserve) attached “P” Special Company Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre as a Lieutenant (Acting Captain), on the 25/07/1918. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lieutenant (Acting Major), on the 27/12/2018.

Gedye, Nicholas George. Served in the Royal Engineers, Construction, Army. For services to the Civil Engineer-in-Chief’s Department, Admiralty, Navy. Awarded the Order of the British Empire as a Temp. Lieutenant Colonel, on the 20/10/1919.

Gilbert, John Wesley. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (attached 9th Brigade, Royal Garrison), Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temporary Lieutenant, on the 22/01/1916.

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Gill, Ernest Walter Brudenell. Served in the Military Intelligence Branch, War Office, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Sergeant, on the 14/12/1917. Awarded the Order of the British Empire as a Captain, on the 07/01/1918. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain (Temp. Major), on the 05/06/1919.

Golding, Herbert Melhuish. Served in the RAF (France). Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a Lieutenant (Acting Captain) , on the 03/06/1919.

Gore, Robert William. Served in the Royal Engineers , Army. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a Corporal , on the 18/02/1915.

Gough, Donald Lansdown. Served in the Somerset Light Infantry 1st Bn., Army.

Awarded the Military Cross as a Captain, on the 15/10/1918.

Gould, Henry Leon. Served in theGloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a Private, on the 29/11/1915.

Grace, Henry Edgar. Served in the Royal Navy. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 14/03/1916. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 20/07/1917.

Awarded the Commander, Order of the Redeemer as a Captain, on the 17/04/1918.

Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 08/03/1920.

Grant, Stuart. Served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant (Acting Captain), on the 01/01/1918.

Griffiths, Cuthbert Cyril. Served in the 4th Class Army Chaplain Department, Army.

Awarded the Military Cross as a Chaplain To the Forces , on the 18/02/1918.

Hardiman, Edgar Henry Malachi. Served in the South African Infantry, Army.

Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 08/02/1917. Awarded the Military Cross as a Captain, on the 04/06/1917. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 07/03/1918. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order as a Captain, on the 27/07/1918.

Haskins, Harold Stanley. Served in the Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 18/06/1917.

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Hiley, Wilfred Edward. Served in the Inspection and Experimental Staff and Research Department, Army. Awarded the Order of the British Empire as a Captain, on the 07/01/1918.

Hill, Frederick Stanley. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant), on the 26/05/1917. Awarded the Military Cross 1st Bar as an Acting Captain, on the 04/10/1919.

Holdsworth, Joseph Arthur. Served in the Lancashire Fusiliers, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 06/04/1918.

James, Manley Angell. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lieutenant, on the 22/05/1917. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. Captain, on the 17/09/1917. Awarded the Victoria Cross as a Temp. Captain, on the 28/06/1918.

Jenks, John Charles A. Served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (Air), Navy.

Awarded the French Croix de Guerre as a Sub-Lieutenant, on the 31/08/1917.

Jones, Charles Herbert. Served in the Leicestershire Regiment, Territorial Forces, Army. Awarded the Order of St. Michael and St. George as a Lieutenant-Colonel, on the 14/01/1916. Awarded the Legion d’Honneur, Officer, as a Lieutenant-Colonel, on the 14/07/1917.

Just, Leonhardt Wolfgang. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as an Acting Captain, on the 26/07/1918.

Just, Norman Wolfgang. Served in the Royal Field Artillery, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 07/11/1918.

Kelly, Francis Henry. Served in the Indian Army. Awarded the Companion of the Bath as a Colonel (Brigadier-General Brigade Commander, India), on the 26/06/1908. Served Retired with Pay, Army. Awarded the Order of St. Michael and St. George (Third Class) as a Major-General, on the 10/06/1920 backdated to 1/1/1916.

Keniston, Frederick Claude. Served in the Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Military Medal as a Corporal, on the 17/06/1919.

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King, Leonard. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 22/09/1916.

Lambert, Robert Blackie. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd (reserve) Bn., attached 1/4th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force), Army. Awarded the Croce di Guerra as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 21/07/1919.

Littleton, George Henry. Served in the Royal Marine Artillery, Navy. Awarded the French Croix de Guerre as a Quartermaster and Honorary Captain, on the 06/04/1918.

Lumsden, Frederick William. Served in the Royal Marine Artillery, Navy. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order as a Major, on the 01/01/1917. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order 1st bar as a Major, on the 11/05/1917. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order 2nd bar as a Major, on the 11/05/1917. Awarded the Victoria Cross as a Major, on the 08/06/1917. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order 3rd bar as a Lieutenant-Colonel (Temp. Brigadier-General), on the 22/04/1918. Awarded the Companion of the Bath as a Lieutenant-Colonel (Temp. Brigadier-General), on the 03/06/1918.

Machin, Lionel Gilbert. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn., Army.

Mentioned in Despatches as a Temp. Lieutenant, on the 12/02/1919.

Machin, Stuart Edward. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Bristol), Army.

Awarded the Military Medal as a Private, on the 06/08/1918.

Machon, Roy Ebdon. Served in the Devon Regiment 8th Bn. attached 16th Bn., Army.

Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. Lieutenant, on the 30/07/1919.

McKenzie, William George. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Captain, on the 03/06/1918.

Merrick, Horace. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment , Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant (Temp. Lieutenant), on the 18/06/1917.

Morgan, Ernest Edmund Leigh. Served in the Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant.

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Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter. Served in the Gloucester Regiment 1st/4th (City of Bristol) Bn., Territorial Force, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutentant, on the 18/11/1915. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lieutenant, Temp. Captain, on the 01/01/1916. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 30/05/1918. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, Acting Lt Colonel, on the 08/07/1919. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order as a Lieutenant, confirmed by the London Gazette on the 25/04/1921.

Olds, Cyril Austin Patt. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Army. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a Private, on the 18/11/1915.

Openshaw, Thomas Horrocks. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, Army. Awarded the Companion of the Bath as a Lieutenant-Colonel, on the 24/01/1917.

Pakeman, Frederick Joseph. Served in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Kensington, W), Army. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre as a Gunner, on the 25/07/1918. Awarded the Military Medal as a Gunner.

Pakeman, Sidney Arnold. Served in the Wiltshire Regiment attached Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 18/06/1917.

Parkinson, Leslie Gerald. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th Bn, Army.

Awarded the Military Cross as a Captain, on the 01/01/1917.

Parsons, Cyril Gordon. Served in the Wiltshire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Temp. Lieutenant, on the 26/01/1917.

Pickles, Reginald Clarence Werrett. Served in the Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 26/08/1917.

Ridler, Frederick Arnold. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 25/08/1916.

Rose, Herbert Edward. Served in the Quebec Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Medal as a Sergeant, on the 07/10/1918. Mentioned in Despatches as a Sergeant.

Salter, Thomas Frederick. Served in the Royal Engineers (Despatch Rider), Army.

Awarded the Military Medal as a Corporal, on the 06/08/1918.

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Sandy, Walter Fawkes. Served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Navy. Awarded the Military Medal as an A./B., on the 09/07/1917.

Slade, Ernest Cowper. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Captain (Temp. Major), on the 03/06/1916. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order as a Captain (Temp. Major), on the 22/09/1916.

Stallon, Percival Vere. Served in the Welsh Regiment Special Reserves attached 2nd Bn., Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 15/02/1919.

Stone, Frederick James. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Bn., Army.

Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 02/04/1919.

Stradling, Reginald Edward. Served in the Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 04/06/1917.

Strickland, Denys Joseph. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as an Acting Company Sergeant Major, on the 15/06/1916. Awarded the Military Medal as an Acting Company Sergeant Major, on the 11/11/1916.

Waldron, Reginald George. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Bn., Army.

Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant, on the 18/01/1919.

Watling, John Basil. Served in the South Midland Royal Engineers, Army. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 28/09/1917. Mentioned in Despatches as a Lieutenant, on the 30/05/1918. Awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire as an Acting Captain, on the 03/06/1919.

Watson, Kenneth Charles Forrester. Served in the Special Reserves South Lancashire Regiment attached Royal Warwickshire Regiment , Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 01/01/1918.

Watson, Stanley Herbert. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Bn., Army.

Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 19/11/1917.

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Weekes, Victor Herbert Thomas. Served in the Royal Navy, HMS Iron Duke. Mentioned in Despatches as a Fleet Paymaster, on the 17/02/1915. Awarded the Companion of the Bath as a Fleet Paymaster, on the 15/09/1916. Awarded the Order of St. Anne, 2nd Class as a Fleet Paymaster, on the 01/10/1917. Awarded the Order of St. Michael and St. George as a Paymaster Commander (Temp. Paymaster Captain), on the 03/06/1919.

Westlake, Harold William Guy. Served in the Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Bn., attached Leicestershire Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a Lieutenant, on the 11/05/1917.

Wilcox, Alfred George. Served in the Highland Division, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Senior Chaplain.

Wilson, Clifford Llewellyn. Served in the Essex Regiment, Army. Awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant, on the 26/09/1916.

Wreford-Glanvill, Heyman Wreford. Served in the Army Service Corps, Army. Mentioned in Despatches as a Captain, on the 30/12/1918. Awarded the French Silver Medal, 2nd Class as a Lieutenant.

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Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Number awarded to O.B.s - 22 An official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, describing a soldier’s noteworthy display of gallantry in the face of the enemy.

This was then reproduced in the London Gazette. A soldier could be mentioned a number of times, but was only entitled to wear one decoration.

Established: The decoration was not bought in until 1919, but it was distributed retrospectively.

Form: A certificate and a decoration were issued to each soldier. Up until August 1920, this decoration took the form of a spray of bronze oak leaves.

Following 1920 this it was changed to a single oak leaf.

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Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) Number awarded to O.B.s - 1 The criteria was different each service, and the number of medals awarded each year was restricted for all services. For the army, it was awarded for ‘meritorious service by Non-Commissioned Officers’.

It could also be awarded for distinguished service or gallantry. Recievers of this award were also granted an annuity, dependent on their rank.

Established: Originally established for the British Army in 1845, it was gradually extended to the Royal Marines (1849), Royal Air Force (1918), and the Royal Navy (1919).

Form: The medal shows the svereign on the front face. The reverse features a wreath surrounding a crown, with the inscription ‘For Meritorious Service’. The recipient’s name, rank, and unit would be inscribed onto the rim.

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The ribbon has varied in colour over time depending on the service. However, it is generally now crimson with white edges and a white centre stripe.

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Military Medal (MM) Number awarded to O.B.s - 9 (Bennett with one bar) A British decoration awarded for bravery in battle, taking place on land. It was only awarded to non-commissioned ranks (the Military Cross was the alternative for commissioned ranks). The Military Medal ranked below Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), which was also awared to non-commissioned members.

For additional awards of the MM, silver laurelled bars may be added.

Established: 25th March 1916.

Form: The award takes the form of a circular silver medal. The monach of the time appears on the front face.

The reverse face is inscriped with “FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD�, surrounded by a laurel wreath.

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Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) Number awarded to O.B.s - 3 The DCM was a very highly regarded award for bravery. It was a military decoration, given to only noncommissioned officers. It’s equivalent for commissioned officers is the Distinguisged Servie Order.

If further acts were performed, meriting a second award, bars could be added to the medal in recognition.

Established: It was established in 1854, during the Crimean War. Form: A silver medal, the front face shows the reigning monach of the time. The reserves is engraved with the inscription “FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD”.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Number awarded to O.B.s - 1 The DFC was awarded to members of the Royal Air Force, for “an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy�. It could be awarded to commissioned officers or Warrant Officers. During the First World War, approximately 1100 medals were awarded, with 70 first bars, and 3 second bars.

A bar could be added to the ribbon for those who received a second DFC award.

Established: This awarded was begun on 3rd June 1918, following the formation of the RAF. Form: The medal itselfs is a cross, 2 1/8 inches wide. The upper arm of the cross is decorated with a rose. The front depicts an aeroplane, with the wings on the horizontal arms, and the propeller on the vertical arm. The centre of the cross contains a laurel wreath around the RAF monogram, topped with an Imperial Crown. The back face contains the Royal Cypher in the centre, and the year of issue on the lower arm.

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Military Cross (MC) Number awarded to O.B.s - 38 (Bingham-Hall, Brown, and Hill with one bar) The MC was created for officers of the British Armed Forces. It was awarded to commissioned officers, of the rank of Captain or below. It was also awarded to Warrant Officers. It was granted for “an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank in Our Armed Forces�. Bars could be added for further qualifying acts.

Established: This medal was created in 1914.

Form: The medal is a silver cross, emblazoned with imperial crowns at each arm, and the Royal Cypher in the centre. The reverse is undecorated.

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Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Number awarded to O.B.s - 4 (Lumsden with 3 bars) The (DSO) is a United Kingdom military decoration. It was awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers during wartime, generally in armed combat or under fire. Typically it was awarded to officers of rank Major or higher. However, it has been awarded to a number of particularly valorous junior officers. On these occasions it was often taken that they had only just missed being award the Victoria Cross. Throughout the First World War, 8981 DSOs were awarded.

Established: 6 September 1886 by Queen Victoria.

Form: The medal was in the form of a gold cross, enamelled white with gold edging. The centre features a green enamelled laurel wreath, emblazoned with the Imperial Crown. The back is engraved with the Royal Cypher.

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Unusually, the ribbon featured a bar at the top, as well as at the bottom. A gold bar featuring the Crown would be issued to holders who earned a second DSO. The bar would be engraved with the year of issue.

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The Victoria Cross (VC) Number awarded to O.B.s - 2 The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration. It can be given to members of the armed forces in a number of Commonwealth countries. Unlike many of the others, it may be awared to a person of any rank, in any service, including civilians under military command. It is given for “most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy”.

The VC is usually presented to the recipient, or to their next kin, by the British monarch during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The recipient was entitled to an annuity of £10 [around

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£1000 today], or £50 [around £5000 today] if they were unable to earn due to infirmity or old age.

Established: Introduced on 29th January 1856 by Queen Victoria, in order to honour valour throughout the Crimean War. Form: The bronze cross is marked with the crown of Saint Edward, sumounted by a lion, with “FOR VALOUR” inscribed below. This was changed from “FOR THE BRAVE”, on the recommendation of Queen Victoria. She felt that it implied that not all men were brave in battle. On the reverse of the cross, the date it was awarded would be engraved in the center. The ribbon was crimson, up until the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918, a dark blue ribbon was used for members of the Navy.

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Order of the British Empire Number awarded to O.B.s - 3 Officers (OBE), 1 Member (MBE) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry. The Order consists of five classes, which include both military and civil divisions.

In descending order of seniority, these are: Knight/Dame Grand Cross (GBE), Knight /Dame Commander (KBE/DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE), and Member (MBE).

Established: 4th June 1917 by King George V. Form: Each class of the Order recieves

a different award, The badge is the only common insignia. This is in the form of a cross, bearing either Britannia, George V, or Queen Mary. The reverse shows The Royal and Imperial Cypher, within a ring of the motto of the Order. The higher Orders receive slightly larger badges. The top three Orders recieve enamelled pale blue crosses with crimson rings, Officers recieve plain gold, Members recieve plain silver. Up until 1937, a purple ribbon was used, with a red central stripe denoting a military award.

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Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Number awarded to O.B.s - 3 The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is the sixthmost highest Order of Chivalry. It was named after two military saints, St. Michael and St. George. It can be awarded to men and women, who perform extraordinary non-military service abroad. The Order consists of three classes, each is limited to a certain number of members at any one time. In descending order of seniority: Knight/ Dame Grand Cross (GCMG) - limited to 125, Knight/Dame Commander (KCMG/ DCMG) – limited to 375, and Companion (CMG) – limited to 1750.

Established: It was introduced by George IV on 28th April 1818.

Form: The medal takes the form of the seven-pointed ‘Maltese Asterisk’, in white enamel. The centre shows St Michael trampling Satan. The back features St George killing the dragon, on horseback.

Each image is surrounded by the motto

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of the Order. Male Companions where this on a ribbon around the neck, while female Companions have a bow on the left shoulder.

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Companion of the Bath (CB) Number awarded to O.B.s - 3 This British Order of Chivalry is the fourth highest, and was formerly known as The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. It’s name is taken from the Medieval ceremony of knighting someone, which involved bathing (symbolising purification). The Order consists of the Sovereign, the Great Master, and three Classes. These are: Knights/Dames Grand Cross (GCB) – limited to 120, Knights/Dames Commander (KCB/DCB) – limited to 355, and Companions (CB) – limited to 1,925.

Members now belong to either the Civil or Military Division. However, those appointed to the Military Division must be Lieutenant Commander, Major, or Squadron Leader, and must also have

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been previously Mentioned in Despatches for ‘distinction in a command position in a combat situation’. Non-Commonwealth citizens may be made Honorary Members.

Established: 18th May 1725 by George I. Form: The military badge is a eight-pointed gold Maltese Cross, in white enamel. A gold ball decorates each point, while small figures of lions sit between each pair of points. The centre features three crowns on the front, while on the back it shows a rose, thistle, and a shamrock, emanating from a sceptre. On the bottom pair of arms is a scroll enscribed ‘Ich Dien’.

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Belgian Croix de Guerre Number awarded to O.B.s - 3 The Croix de Guerre, or “War Cross�, is a Belgian military decoration. established by royal decree on 25 October 1915. It is usually awarded for bravery, or military virtue on the battlefield. However, during WW1, it was also awarded for three or more years of service on the front line.

It could also be awarded to volunteers younger than 16, and older than 40, after at least 18 months of service. Finally, to escaped prisoners of war who attempted to rejoin the forces, and to soldiers forced onto inactive service due to injury.

Established: 1915.

Form: The medal is a 40mm bronze maltese cross, with small balls on each end. The circle on the front shows a lion, while the reverse features the Royal cypher of King Albert 1st. Two swords point upwards between the arms of the cross. The ribbon is always red and green, but the pattern has been different for WW1, WW2, and post WW2.

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French Croix de Guerre Number awarded to O.B.s - 3 The Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) is a French military decoration. It was commonly awarded to French allied forces, to either an individual, or in some cases to an entire unit. It is awarded to those who have performed a heroic or noteworthy deed. It is similar to the British, Mentioned in Despatches.

The level of importance was indicated by the emblem displayed on the ribbon. The Bronze star was for being mentioned at the regiment or brigade level. The Silver star was for those mentioned at the division level. The Silver gilt star was for those who were mentioned at the corps level. The Bronze palm was for those who were mentioned at the army level.

The Silver palm represents five bronze mentions.

Established: 1915.

Form: The medal, designed by PaulAlbert BartholomĂŠ is a bronze cross, with two crossed swords. The centre shows the symbol of the French Republic (a woman in a Phrygian cap). The reverse centre shows the conflict dates.

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Legion d’Honneur Number awarded to O.B.s - 1 (Officer) The Legion of Honour is the highest French decoration. The Order is divided into five classes: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer), and finally Grand Croix (Grand Cross). This Order is generally reserved for French nationals. However, foreign nationals for have served France, or the ideals it upholds, are sometimes awarded the distinction of the Legion.

Established: Napoleon Bonaparte, 19th May 1802.

Form: The badge is a five-armed “Maltese Asterisk” in white enamel, with an enamelled laurel and oak wreath between the arms. The centre features the head of Marianne, surrounded by the legend “République Française”. The reverse side features a set of crossed tricolores, surrounded by the Legion’s motto “Honneur et Patrie” (Honour and Fatherland). This is suspended from the ribbon by an enamelled laurel and oak wreath.

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Officers wear this on the left breast, suspended from a ribbon with a rosette.

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Order of the Redeemer Number awarded to O.B.s - 1 Silver Cross, 1 Commander The Order of the Redeemer, or “Τάγμα του Σωτήρος”, is the highest and oldest Greek Order of Merit. It is also known as the Order of the Savior. The Order of the Redeemer has five classes: Grand Cross (‘Μεγαλόσταυρος’), Grand Commander (‘Ανώτερος Ταξιάρχης’), Commander (‘Ταξιάρχης’), Gold Cross (‘Χρυσούς Σταυρός’), and Silver Cross (‘Αργυρούς Σταυρός’). The Order was awarded to Greek citizens who distinguished themselves in any branch of public service, including in military service, public administration, or social fields, through illustrious services to the Throne, for the Glory of the Hellenic name and for the welfare of the fatherland”. NonGreek citizens could also be awarded

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the Order, for past services, or for their ability “to bring honour to the Order, through their outstanding personal virtues and excellence”.

Established: By the Fourth National Assembly at Argos in 1829. This was during the Greek War of Independence.

Form: The badge consists of a white enamel Maltese cross, this was gold for all the classes above the Silver Cross. During WWI, the front face of the medal showed an icon of Jesus, with the inscription Η ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΧΕΙΡ, ΚΥΡΙΕ, ΔΕΔΟΞΑΣΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΙΣΧΥΙ (“Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power”, Exodus, 15:6). The reverse showed the national coat of arms.

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Croce di Guerra Number awarded to O.B.s - 1 The Italian War Merit Cross was awarded to individuals in the armed forces, with at least one year’s service in contact with an enemy, who received the Medal of the Wounded. It was also awarded to those who had been mentioned for war merit, and therefore received a promotion. It would also be used if an act of valour was not enough to gain the MEdal of Military Valour. Between 1918 and 1927, 1,034,924 Crosses were issued.

Established: Instituted by King Victor Emanuel III on 19 January 1918.

Form: The badge was a simple broze cross, bearing the Royal Cypher, “MERITO DI GVERRA”, and a Roman sword on oak leaves. The reverse featured a fivepointed star on a background of rays.

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Order of St Anne Number awarded to O.B.s - 1 (2nd Class) The Order of Saint Anne (also “Order of Saint Ann” or “Order of Saint Anna”) Russian: Орден Святой Анны was a Russian Imperial Order of Chivalry. The motto of the Order was “Amantibus Justitiam, Pietatem, Fidem”, this translates as “To those who love justice, piety, and fidelity”. Membership was given for “a distinguished career in civil servie or for valour and distinguished service in the military”. The Order is divided into four classes, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. The First Class award entitled the holder to hereditary nobility, while the other classes granted personal nobility.

Established: 14th February 1735 by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, who was the daughter of Peter the Great of Russia.

Form: The red enamel cross features on each class of this award. The width of the ribbon decreases through the ranks, starting at 95mm for 1st Class. The ornamentation also decreases. Those awarded to military recipients would feature crossed swords.

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