Articles from The Victorian 1914 1919

THE CHRISTMAS.

VICTORIAN. 29.

1914.

The Christmas Number of the Victonan is produced under circumstanc!ls that are unique in the history of the magazine. In the quiet of the classroom, the merry bustle of the corridor, and the activity of the field it is difficult to realise that our country is engaged in a titanic struggle with one of the great nations of the world. We, who are living in the year 1914, have been destined to see the greatest war of all ages. Terrible as the effects of the war ha.ve alread'y been, however more terrible they may be, who sha,11 say we have fought in vain, if from this contest we emerge purified nationally and individually.

Although few are willin g to agree with those extremists who look to Rome of the late Empire period for a parallel to the England of to-day.. still there are evidences on all sides that we as a nation have deteriorated.

The worship of sport. the neglect of reli gion, and the things that count in life, in the case of men, the trend of feminine fashion away from the lines of the beautiful and the artistic to the unseemly and grotesque, the' waiving of their responsibilities by parents, the irreverence of children for parents and elders are all evidences of a corrupt influence at work on our national life. Let us be thankful our warning has not come too late. When this war i's ended in the way we all hope it will be, and we are at peace once more with the German people, then may England arise from the ashes of its dead self to be a greater Engl.l,lld in the future. The change has already begun. On the younger generation a great responsibility lies.

SCHOOL

NOTES.

The principal feature of this number of the magazine is the list of Old Boys who are servillg their King ani! Country. The Roll of Honour wOl;l1c1 be considerably longer but for the fact that the services of many of our former pupils are required by Messrs. Vickers, Barrow. The extract ?f a letter from Lieutenant Pendlebury, who is at the front, is of special mterest.

Extract from the Letter of a Corporal in the French Army.

6 Octobre.

J'ai assi3M, hier lundi, a un duel aerien entre un ~vion fl'anyais et un avion allemand, duel qui s'est passe presque au- dessus de ma tete et qui: rappelle les contes de J ules Vel'l1e. Voici la choee.

Allant hier au ravitaillement, nous apercevolls deux aeros. Le plus haut est un biplan Voisin,le plus bas, 300 metres environ, un Aero-Aviatik naturellement, Allemand.

Le premier commande-je l'ai su depuis-par le sergent aviateur Frantz et le mecanicien Quesnot se met ¡a la poursuite de l' allemand et commence a le canarder ferme aVâ&#x201A;ŹlC sa mitrailleuse. N ous entendons pal'faitement les coups de feu. Les deux aeroplanes se pour<Juivent, font des cercles, des huits, montent, descendent, mais le Franyais gal'de toujours. sa hauteur, environ 30 a 40 metres au-dessus de l'autre.

L' Allemand vient d' etre sans doute atteint, car il ta.ngue serieusement puis repal't. Mais, tout-a.-coup, apres une demi-heure de lutte,. une flamme surgit de l' Aviatik et de 300 metres il pique vel'S le sol. Ca n 'est plus un aero, c'est une torche qui tombe du ciel. 'rout le l110nde pousse un cri de victoire pour cette lutte, tandis que les officiers partent au galop de leurs chevaux vel'S l'endroit Olll' Allemand vient de tomber. Pendant ce ternps, en de merveilleux vols planes et cercles, le biplan Voisin descend lentement, comme un grand epel'vier planant sur sa proie.

En revenant, je me suis an'eM dans un petit bois 011 l' Aviatik etait tom be. Quel spectacle! De l' aero allemand il ne reste plus rien: le¡ moteur enfonce en terre, et, a. coM, une bombe allemande non eclaMe. Les deux aviateurs, un lieutenant et un mec:1l1icien hOl'l'ibles a. voir; tout est carbonise, plus de jambes, le corps bl'ule, les figures tumMlees, les chairs grill ees. Quel specta:lle! Enfin c'est la guerre.

FROM THE · FRONT. (October 10th, 1914.)

The following extnwt is j1'01n a letter sent b7j J. W. Pendlebm'Y, now second l~eutenant in th~ East Lancashi1'e Regiment. " It is now over fL fortnight since I left St. N azaire.

From there I had a two days' train journey through Paris to Crepy.

Thence a day's journey by motor, a nd another day's train to St. Omer. Here we took motor for t~e fighting area, in which I have been ever since.

As I write I lie behind a barricade, 600 yards from the German trenches. 'vVe fought our way bere four days ago, fLnd hfLVe entrenched: ourselves.

We have been attacked twice by night, but h ave easily repulsed the enemy. The first night I waited nine hours for their attack, which came at 5 a.m. We had no sleep for thirty-six hours, and my men could not keep awake. Our trench was twenty yards in front of ' a big building which was shattered by shell fire, yet not one of my men was hit.

The rifle fire was heavy but high alId harmless. We gave them a satisfying quantity of lead in all hour, and they retired. This game was· repeated yes.terday morning; 'the Germans greatly favour n ight attacks.

If I stand up now I hear a bullet zip.

Occasionally we amuse ourselves by potting at the heads raised from time to time above the parapet. of the German trenches. When I go for meals to the mess, 200 yards awaYI I dodge round houses and skip across open space.s with ?ul.l ets in my wfl.ke. Yesterday two bullets came ,through the wmdow whIle · we' were at breakfast.

We have pretty rough times now and then, but not quite so bad as may be imagined. Given time, we make our trenches comfortable with straw and roofing. We feed well al wa,ys, and the mails bring in Daily Sketch cigarettes, Mrs. Somebody's chocolate, and Government rum .

The people about load us with fruit;, wine and tobacco. 1£ we do go three days and nights wit;h wet feet and no blanket or great coat, we get ,a sound sleep in a warm stable and forget all about it;, The d.esolation of people and country here is pitiful to see. Nearly all the houses are pillaged and many burnt. The unfortunateR flee in crowds, with pathetic little bundles. The ground is littered with dead bodies- chiefly German, as the enemy ha,s lost very heavily here. fog.

Nights in trenches are rather trying times, especially if there is any One MUST keep avvake, all the more difficult for the necessit;y.

And what a mixture of peace and war. I sit looking at a beautiful 'sky, and am absorbed for a moment in watchin6 a brilliant meteorite; I bear the peaceful ticking of a cheap alarum clock- salvage from a destroyed house near by. 'I'hen I heal' the cry for help of a wounded German between the lines. Th en a shot rings out and one is intensely on the alert to know whether it means an attfLck, or that · somebody has got jumpy and let drive at a tree.

This situation is a repetition of the battle of the Aisne-the armies . sitting before each other for many day s, ~ ith a contiuuous artiUery duel.

Many thanks for the school news, which I am a lways pleased to heal'. I'm glad that so many old boys are coming into the 'show.' . I do admire the way people have taken up arms for the war. (I plead not guilty, as I took my commission three years before the war.)

(Two days after.)

In a, comfortable billet now, taking a much needed rest. The la st night in trenches we had much rain, and we slept in puddles or kept ' awak~; we are covered with clay.

Glad the owner of the bed I slept on last l1lght could not see my boots-we are always prepared to move at a . ' moment's notice. We have just commfLndeered a barbel', and I a,n going to have my weekly , shfLve." . .

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LONDON

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OW that the excitement of mobilisation is over, thel'e is not a great deal to be seen in London which would indicate -that. we are engJ.gt:d in the greatest struggle of the world' s history.

Everywhere one sees recruiting posters; the parks are full of soldiers a t all stages in training; motor mnbulances and red cross cars dash about the city. B ut the general impression is one of intense fwtivity; there is no panic.

-" Business a8 usual " seems to be th e motto universally adopted. The citizens tak e a keeh interest in the trainin g operat.ions, there is always a crowd of onlookers where the soldi ers are drillin g. Much am use ment used to be caused at first by th e att em pts of some of the" rawest," but they were all bent on the business with earnest efforts,and they are now considerably improved . Thay have marches round the city, a'nd as the long column winds along the Embankment, one wond ers where they have all come from, for there seems to be no less a number of civilians. "Here we are again" and" Tipperary" have a great vogue at present In the Lord Mayor's procession tbe other day , there were New Zealanders [tnd roug h-riders, and the 2nd Battalion of the London Scottish. The cheers which greeted them were deafening; it was an inspiring sight, n,nd the Lord Mayor was somewhat" tame" after the soldiers.

At night., London is completely cht1l1ged. The city of dazzling light is transformed to one of gloomy semi-d(1rkl1ess, thus causing th e death roll due to street accidentE? to be tremendou sly increased. It is . no light task to sn,fely pick ope's way across Trafalgar Square after 10 p.m . Tbe river has a few coloured li ghts dotted here and there, aLldthe Houses of Parliament look rathÂŁ?r uncanny loomin g up in the darkLess by the side.

The trams and buses put out their lights when crossin g th e bridges.

Se'1rch-lights have been fitt ed up at different places ; from Westminster Bridge six can be seen- lon g streamers of light flashin g across the sky, sweeping round in search of air craft, like th e feelers of an octopus hunting for prey.

Naturally, there is a great influx of foreigners, and Charin g Cross was very busy a few weeks ago with the Belgian refu gees. Happily these have been provided for, and they appear to adapt them selves well to their new circumstances. I fear the busmen have rather tryin g times ; th e look of blank dismay which comes over some of their faces occasionally is most amusin g to watch.

The street vendors are doing a roaring trade with flags, the Kaiser's Iron Crosses , his "last will and t estament," and national anthems. The tin whistler finds a sourCtl of profit in the "Marseillaise" and "Tipperary, " Several French newspapers, L e 01'i and L a Depeche are having a good sale in the streets, and shops abound in caricatures of the Kaiser and hi s army. There is an abnormal demand for military literature, and the libraries are besieged for book's on warfare.

Shoppers are just as busy as ever, n,nd there is no evidence on the surface that a great European conflict is raging onlya. fe w miles away.

At the East London Docks things are very quiet ; the shipping is much less, and soon the workers will feel the pinch of poverty, although at present distress is not abnormal.

The Universities are suffering in consequence of the war; London University has lost over ÂŁ20,000 for students' tuition fees alone, .a nd this ;amount will in crease as the war proceed8. .

It is only right that the conduct of London, as the heart of the Empire should be exem plary; she is certainly "playing the game," and the general view is one of hope and trust in the ultimate triumph of the Allies.

LrzzIE MIDDLE TON.

Old Scholars Serving King and Country.

ARMY. Andersoll, Lce-Cpl. W. H., vVest. and Cumb. Yeomftnry, Northampton.

Atldnson, Sergt. H., Welsh Fusiliers, L1andudno.

Barnett, Pte Clifford, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt ., Slough.

Baynes, Pte Tom, B Coy., R44, RB. Royal Scots, Edinburgh.

Blyth, Pte Richard, 4th Batt. King's Own R. L. Regt., Ulverston.

Brewer, Pte Arnold, 10th Batt. Middlesex Regt., Calcutta.

Burns, Pte Alfred, 4th Batt. King's Own R.I.. Regt. Slough.

Colli nson, Sergt: l!lrnest, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Slough.

'Collinson, Pte Harry, 31st Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., Limerick.

Dilworth, Pte Oswald, 1st Batt. Hon. Artillery Coy, Lewisham.

Donald, Pte George, 92nd Field Coy., Royal Engineers, Portslade .

Fox, Pte Arthur, 17th Batt., 78th Nova Scctia Regt, Salisbury.

Garsida, Pte Frank, 7th Service Batt., Rifle Brigade, Aldershot.

Gill, Pte George, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Slough.

Hewitt, Pte Albert, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt .. Slough.

Hodgson, Sergt. John, West. and Cumb. Yeomanry, Penrith.

3aekson, Pte Edward, 4th Batt. King's Own R.I... Regt., Slough. , Jaekson, Gunner James, 47th Battery, R.F. Artillery, Hospital, Oxford.

Jarvis, Lce-Cpl. Chris , West. & Cumb. Yeomanry, M.IVLP., Northampton.

Kay, Sargt. John B., 4th Batt. King's Own R L. Hegt., Slough.

Lindow, Pta William J., Leeds Batt. West YOl'ks. Regt., Colsterdale.

Mashiter, Pte Thomas, 7th Coy., King's Own Regt., Salisbury.

'Mason, CpL George, West. and Cumb. Yeomanry, M.M.P., Northampton. 'l\Ietcalfa, Cpl. Albert, 8th Batt. Yorks. & Lanc. Regt., Frensham Pond, Surrey.

Middleton; Lee-Cpl. Harvey, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Slough.

Muncaster, Pte Allan, 9th Batt. Royal gcots Regt., 1jldinburgh.

Parker, Col-Sergt. HarolJ, 5th Batt. King's Own Regt., Blackpool.

Pendlabury, Sec-Lieut. J., East Lancs. Regt., France.

Rae, Pta W. H. B .. 14th County of London Regt., (Lond. Scottish) London Randall, Lce-Cp!. John B., West. and Cumb. Yeomanry, Northampton.

Rohinson, Pte Carl, 14th Coy. Grenadier Guards, Caterham, Surrey.

Robinson, Cp!. Norman, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Ulverston.

Sehofield, Pte William, Lonsdale Batt., Kendal.

Sharp, Pte John, 13th Batt . London Regt., London.

Sorria, Pte Frank, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Slougb.

Stones, Pte' H. W., 14th Coy. Grenadier Guards, Caterham, Surrey.

Ta,ylor, Lce-Cpl Joseph, West. and Cumb. Yeomanry, Northampton.

Thornhill, Pte Norman, 7th Batt, King's Own Regt .. Andover.

Werry, Lee-Cp!. Harvey, 15th Durham Light Infantry, Maidenhead.

Wignall, Lce-Cpl. William, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Slough.

Wllson, Pte Cyril, 1st West Lanc. R.F.A., A.S.C., Sevenoaks.

Wraighte, Albert, West. and Cumb. Yeoma.nry, Northampton .

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NAVY. Ellwood, J .W., RR. Artificer, R.N. Reserve, H.M.S. "Donegal."

Saunders, John, Lead. Signalma.n, H.M .S. "lllflexihle."

Rtephenson, George, 2nd Lieut ., H.M.S. "Gazelle."

At the e nd of October, a large par cel of socks knitted by a number of our girls for the soldiers at the front, was sent up to Devonshire House, this being th e outcome of the ~esponse to a call for contributions froin boys and girl s. A parcel of much larger proportions, containing Ohristmas gifts fr::>m the school, of knittec1 comforts, sweets a nc1 ci garettes, was sent in the first week in December to the fro nt, to Lieutenant Penc1lebury, for distribution among his men.

A FEW ADVENTURES OF A RAW RECRUIT.

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FTER four or five days at Aldersbot we left for Tipperary. Of the journey by train to FishguarCl there is not anything worth mentioning, and over the journey from Fishguard to Waterford it would be best to draw a veil, except for several am using incidents whic'h occurred.

Th e first was rat her in the nature of a tragedy. On our way down .t o Fishguard we had been discussing the type of vessel we would cross in, and by the conversation one would gather that nothing short of the Aquitania would sati!'fy the majority. Judge, then, our disappointment on boarding the vessel at Fishguard to find it was an old cattle boat. The places usually occupied by cattle had been cleaned out an d saturated with carbolic. Into these places we were packe"d.

Fishguard harbour is a large affair, and the voyage to the harbour mouth was calm and everyone seemed happy; but oh! what a change when we crossed the bar! Th e se:, was rough and a cold wind was blowbg. My chum A,nd I endured it for about an hour, watching man after man approach the side of the vessel in deep despair. Together we joined the" great majority," and the charms of the voyage were lost to us.

Between the intervals of our p eriodic visits to the ship's side, we slept on a coil of rope. I should say we attempted to sleep, for we were perished with cold. On one 'occasion, as I lay there, the coil suddenly left me, and r;t.fter remaining poised in the ail' for a fraction of time I hit the ' deck.

Immediately I jumped up , for following the sudden sinkin g of the boat there had been a crash. Everyone, of course, suggested a mine, but as the vessel did not go down, things gradually settled again. We found out, on hnding, that the boat had mounted one wave and had somehow dropped plum b in to the following trollgh, and then hit somethin g. One or two plates were found to have been knocked in.

The vo~'age up the river to Waterford was beautiful. Th e river was calm, and on each sid e lay high hills. I If we had been capable of appreciat in g this we would have enjoyed it, but more woebegone fellows than those who disembarked at Waterford at 6-30 on that Saturday morning were never seen. However, we had strength to march to the railway station, whence we entrained for Tipperary- " the Mecca of all English soldiers," as one Italin.n paper puts it. Tipperary to us mean"t food and rest, so when we got there we hailed it as it were with open arms, although after a day or two we were gl:Ld to shake the dust from our feet. One day ¡my friend and I were walking down the main street, and after passing all the large houses, we came to some low thatched cottages. The ri'ont doors of these delightful abodes consisted of an upper and lower half, each capableof being opened or shut separately. We discussed the uses of these doors, but¡ our brilliallt theories "were rudely dispel'led at the next doorway, for, mucb to our surprise and consternation, u, donkey put hi s head out of the window, the lower half of which was closed, and greeted us. with Ree! Haw! A little further on we came upon a closed door, hut Io! the bottom half opened, and 11 pig, fo ll owed by her young. cameout. The mystery of the doors was now explained. Truly Ireland is a wonderful place.

H.

COLLINSON.

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THE BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.

HE following interesting account of the battle is an extract from a letter received from an Old Scholar, Mr. John Raunders, now serving as head signalman on H.M.S. Inflextble. It helps us to realise what the Navy is doing for us, and the dangers that have to be faced in time of war. " ............ When war was declared we were off Malta-ready. The escape of the Goeben and Breslau you will have read about, and I can assure you that their loss was felt by no one so much as ourselves. When the French took over the command of the Mediterranean, we came home and joined up with Admiral Beatty, just missing the raid on Heligoland.

Three times we miraculously escaped destruction from the enemy's submarines, and countless times we crossed the enemy's minefields. When the Canadian troops came a,cross, we occupied a line of patrol between Faroe Isln,nds and Iceland. The week spent there is indelibly printed, 01' rather frost-bitten, into my memory. The heavens seemed to vent their spl'3en on us, what with wind, snow, sleet, rain, and biting cold, and we rolled, and rolled, [1nd rolled gun-wales under. III peace time, we would have made th e ne[1rest harJour, but then the safety of the volunteer .

Canadians was at stake, a,nd we had to stick it. ' When th e news reached th e Admiralty that the Good Hope and Monmouth had" bit the baD'," they ordered us [1nd the Invincible to le[1ve Cromarty, proceed to Devo~port for coal and ammunition, and fill up with provisions.

This we did in [1 quarter less no time, !loud we proceeded south, by Cape Verde and Abmlbas, arriving at the Falklands, D ecember 6th. The 7th was spen t cleaning ships' bottoms, to aid our speed, as our Admiral intended to intercept the Germans coming round the Horn.

Th ey forestalled us, however, as just as we had nicely commenced coaling on the 8t h, the look-out reported them making towards us at full speed.

We were in a pickle, and no error. With right good vyill we casi; off the collier, raised steam, pickeil up anchor, and stood out to engage.

Had they come st·r aight on they would h!love given us a good whack. ing, but they made off, our presence apparently being unknown to them.

Our men were still black with coal dust, but everything else was ready, and as we had two knots the leg of them, it was only a case of ti~le for action to commence. 'fhe Germans h ad apparently ir:tended taking the FIlJklands, but they would have had a decent reception even if we hadn't been there, as the hardy Scotch inhabitants h ad armed themselves, borrowed naval guns from the Glasgow, and sent their ,,·omen-folk up into the mountains.

The tW(\ big Germans we knew to be the cracles. of the Imperial Navy as regard s gunnery, but then we are one of our cracks, so thmgs were levelled up a bit. We commenced mnging guns about 1 o'clock, but the action didn't become g6neral till much later. The Invincible took the Gniesnau, we took th'3 Scharnhorst, our light cruisers fighting Lheirs.

The German projectiles mal<e a funny sound wben flying by you, .something like a shrill note on a dying out church organ . It was amusmg to see our men ducl(ing behind canvas screens when one of. them . would pierce 6-in. of armour. Still it is natural to duck. They hlt us, but, my word, we hit them. Our rapidity of fire was very great, the blast from om guns being dreadful, smashing up every t hing. In th~ heat of the action it was real beans, the noise, smoke, dust, and flymg wrecl{age ' making us a proper inferno.

As th e majority of our men fight behind armour, our casualties were low. Tb e Germans were worthily upholding their .reputation as crack shots . Our pets, the cats and dogs, we took down Il1to the magazines, and I am pleased to S!loy they stuck the action well, showing little signs of fear, though they knew busine ss was on. I can't really say how I felt personally, but I must admit I had a lump in my throat when the ball bega.n, but it soon went. Our antagonist sank first, and we im med!ately trained on the Gniesnau, leaving th e Bcharnhorst's SUl'vil ors ~o drown. That's "IV AR! She put up a gallant fi ght even though the pall' of Ui? were knockin g ten colours of smoke out of her, but eventua lly h eeled' over gracefully , and sank,· an explosion of her boilers throwing w.ater, geyser-like, far into the air. The action over, we closed h er surVIVOrs. quickly and picked up 187.

The sea was rough and the water cold, 37°, or, mayb,e, we would have got more, but we had very few boats undamaged and seawort hy .

Our sea boa,ts were hanging from the davits like trellis work, and our main derrick was smashed, but we did om best. I picked up oue poor little lad in a skiff, and he and I got very chummy till he had to leave for England.

1 am looking forward to a line from him.

Although they had a kind of woollen overall given from the ship, we kitted them out ourselves with our own warm clothing and they were· very grateful.

They are far too British to be fighting [or such a rotten Kaiser. marvellou~ly

THE EASTER.

VICTORIAN. 30.

1915.

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NOTHER term has run its course,-a comparatively short one, Easter being early this year, and our Spring number treads closely upon the heels of its predecessor. The thunders of war continue to resound on the continellt, and though at times we have faint glimmerings of hope that the desired end is not far off, still, no doubt, the nation has :nuch suffering and anxiety to undergo before final victory is attained.

There is no one upon whom the war has left no trace, but war, like fortune, is discriminative, and to us in our little shelter~d town, where the mode of life takes its cue from the natural surroundings, the echoes of the guns come but faintly. Yet in one brief half-hour, on a memorable afternoon in January, to some of us a flood of light was poured upon our blindness, and when we knew that one so intimately connected with our life had that day laid aside the academic gown to don the khaki, then we realised, as never before, the me!1ning of war.

SCHOOL

NOTES.

The cards of acknowledgment of Ohristmas gifts to Old Boys in the forces made interesting reading. The headmaster, too, has received a goodly number of letters from others who have left school. Their old friends especil111y will be pleased. to hear that the Swaines are now happily settled in Oanada, and are attending the Toronto Univel'!:lity School. a junior branch of Toronto University.

Miss Ethel Braithwaite has obtained a good post in the Grammar School, Huntingdon, and seems to take very kindly to life in the F en district.

Whinnerah is now Master's Olerk in the Macclesfield Union ¡Workhouse, where he is qualifying for a higher post, working hard at type writing and shorthand.

Mr. W. F. White. Mathematical Ma;ster, was granted leave of absence from J.anuary 20th, to join H.M. Forces.. He is now ser\!ing: in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Mr. White was given a hearty send-off by the assembled school, after the headmaster had referred with much feeling to his good work in the school, and to ,the motive which prompted him to make the change. Mr. Daniel E'xpressed the hope that he might return safely at no distant date, to resume his duties in the school.

â&#x20AC;˘ B. Se., (Bristol and London) has been appointed Miss M. M. Gillard, to take charge of Mr, White's classes.

To "Our Soldiers."

Dear liriends, I address this letter to you individually to ask a Will you favour,--one which you can grant very easily. send me, at your eal'liest convenience, a post card photograph of yourself- preferably in uniform- for our Portrait Gallery? One thing I'll promise you, anc1 that is that your photograph will not be placed in front of everybody, willynilly, but will be mOlmted and framed in a suitable fashion, and hung in the school, by permission of the Read, our co-worker, Mr Daniel. Now, I am not alone in desiring these photographs. 'l'he Committee rose at my suggestion as one man. Now, boys, don't be backward in coming fo rward, but help by sending at once. It would be superfluous to say in what esteem you are all held.

Yours very sincerely, CRAS. W. SALMON. 52, Soutergate, Ulverston.

Old Scholars Serving King and Country.

(SECOND LIST.)

ARMY. Arden, Pte Stanley, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Burns, Sec.-Lieut. Ro1:Jert, Kitchener's Army.

Barrow, Pte John, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Blackpool.

Buttel'field, Pte A. J., 88th Canadian Fusiliers, Canada.

Brewer,Lce.-Sergt. John, 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Sevenoaks.

Chorley, Pte T., do. do. do.

Churchman, Pte G. H., Motor Transport, A.S .C. Coward, Driver William, Motor Ambulance Convoy, Boulogne.

Ellwood, Pte E.S., Cycle Corps, 6th Royal Sussex Regt., Hove.

Gibson, Pte William, Cold stream Guards.

Hall, Sec.-Lieut. Fred, King's Own R.L. Regt. (Regular.)

Hoggarth, Pte T. W., Royal Garrison Artillery, Lytham.

Ingleton, Pte H. W., 4th Batt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Blackpool.

Ray, Pte S. L., King's Own R.L. Regt., Barrow.

Kendall, Pte¡T. I â&#x20AC;˘. , Sportsmen's Batt., London.

Logan, Pte John, 4th Batt. King's Own RL. Regt., Sevenoaks.

Linton, Pte Roger, Motor Transport, A.S.C., Houghton Pugis, Beds.

Myers, Pte H., 4th BaU. King's Own R.L. Regt., . Sevenoaks.

Penny, Pte T. M., 4th Battery Motor Machine Gun Service, France.

Proctor, Gunner, T. G., Royal F ield Artillery, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Robinson. Sec.-Lieut. Harold, Royal Garrison Artillery, Sheerness.

Robinson, Pte William, R.A .M.C., London.

Saunders, Pte Cuthbert H., 3rd Butt. King's Own R.L. Regt., Saltash.

Shardlow, Sergt. J., 8th Border Regt., Aldershot . . Steel, Pte Roger, 4th Batt. Killg's Own R.L. Regt., Sevenoaks.

Tyson, Pte James, Royal Engineers, Aldershot. .

Whitham, Sec.-Lieut . . G. S., 10th York & Lancaster Regt ., ..

Leighton Buzza.rd.

NAVY. Dilworth, W. H., Engine Room Artificer, ChlLtham.

Neale, Lieut. Engineer Richard, H.M.S. "Laurentic."

Wilson, Richard, (A.B.) H.M.S. "Leander."

N.B.-The above list of 31 names is in addition to the 45 printed in the Christmas" Victorian." The Editor will be pleased to receive additional names, corrections, and promotions for insertion in .the nex.t issue of the magazine. .

HOW I MADE USE OF MY FRENCH.

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OR the benefit of the uninitiated, I mi ght prefac@ tbis article with an explanation to the effect that the " small residential to wn of Uherston" h as afforded a temporary abode to several Belgian ref ugees during their sojourn in this land . Ulverston surpassed itself in showing a welcome to the strangers, an d within the first few days it had turned out in its-no! we shall not say in its hundreds, in its families let it be,- to call upon the new-comers. Lund H all becam e, for the moment, the most fashionable rendezvous, and the people rolled up to it in their petrol-driven motor cars, or in th eir hand-push ed perambulators, as the case might be.

Some walked. "Have you been to see the Belgians yet?" became the' first enquiry upon meeting an acquaintance, ju st as one says ,. Have you been to the Menagerie?" when U lverston is favoured with a visit from "the greatest sho w on earth" or one of its rivals..

Now, our cur iosity a bout the nevv-com ers (certainly not our lack of hospitality) had not yet led us to go and in spect them, a nd we felt just a trifle superior, when we had an opportunity of saying th at WE at least had no desire to embarrass the poor Belgia ns by goin g to stare at them.

But we did go, all the same. So sudden was our decision that one' bright Saturday afternoon found us within two minutes' walk of Lund Hall, with absolutely no idea of what we should say when we got there.

The walk do wn was spent in assuring each other that we were perfectly justified in' going, nay, more, we were doin g an a,c t or kindn ess, a duty as citizens of Ulverston, in so going to see our OW\l visitors.

Now, that the fatal m9men t WiLS at hand, cogitate as we might, all the French we could summ on 'to our aid was '!Oomment }111ez-vous?" and befo re we had finished disputin g who should have the privilege of sayin g it, we fou nd ourselves in a room where severallac1i es were sittin g.

Advancing towards the one wh o seemed most at home, I said, politely , (my French fail ed mR at the l<J.st momeI)t), ,. Do you speak English at a ll ?" Imagine my gratification when the reply came in good Vurnessian. " Oh! yes," Thereupon apologies and explanationr;; ensued, after wh ich .i1 'B'1'6Ii'ch-sj11laldng Belgian lady was pointed oht to 111e, I iritt ot1uee'd ' i.l1yse lf forth\ÂĽ;m, and openedllp an intelli'gent conversation, much 10 the entertainment of the onlookers, who could judge of its intelligf.nce from .the smiles which broke over oUl' puzzled faces as we mildly saId, I. Oh, oni ?" some five minutes after any observation bad been made.

Mademois'elle and I assured each other that our French was very imperfect, but as she was too polite, or too wise, to believe me, I felt it incumbent upon me to return t he flattery, so I attempted to tell her, (and 'twill be a blot upon my conscience for ever) that she spoke just like our French mistress , Whether she could not appreciate this compliment to the full, (and how could she?) or whether such fulsome flattery as this is not sufficient to satisfy the ladies of her race, I know not, nor do I, know what impression she has got of the manners of U.V.G.S. girl s; but ' this I know, that, unable to stand her astonishment any lon ger, we had made our bow and exit in much less time than we can even yet persuade ourselves was compatible with good manners.

And so ended the only attempt I bave ever made to use my French for otber than school purposes.

GLADYS PICKLES, Form VI.

News of Old Boys Serving King and Country.

We are proud to know that Lieu t. J. W. Pendlebury has been mentioned in Sir John French's la test dispatch, and that he has been awarded the Military Cross for Special Services rendered in the field. At the end of Mav Lieut,. Pendlebury was seriously wounded in both legs, and is at present in No. 2 Red Cross Hospital , Rouen. That he may have a speedy and complete recovery, is the wish of all the members, past and present, of the school.

PROMOTIONS. J. W. P endlebul'Y, 1st East L ancs. Regt. to be Lieutenallt.

G. Donald, Pioneer Co., Northumb. Fusiliers to be Second Lieutenant.

E. S. Ellwood from Lce-Cpl. in 6th Sussex Cycle Corps to be Second Lieutenant in the 13th Service Batt., Lancs. Fusiliers.

T. h Kendall from Private in Sportsman's Bu,ttalion to be Second Lieutenant in 3rd Border Regiment.

W. Robinson, Lallcs. Fusiliers to be Second L ieutenan t.

C. Jarvis, WesL. & Cumb. Yeomanry to be Sergeant.

H. Middleton, 4th Batt. King's Own RL. Regt. to be Sergeant.

H. W. Ingleton, 4Lh Batt. King's Own H. L. Regt. to be Corporal.

W. Wignall, 4th Batt.. King's Own RL. Regt. to be Corporal.

H. Blyth, 4t h Batt. King's Own R. L. Regt to be Lance -Corporal.

J. W. ElIwood, E,H.A. bas been transferred from H.M .R. "Donegal " to H .I\1.S. "Suffolk."

Private A. W. Fox of the 4tlth Highlanders, 15th Batt. Canadiftns Division, who was oflicially reported as missing after the brilliant charge ¡of the Canadian Troops at Ypres, on April 22nd- 231'd, is no w known to be wound ed and a pri soner ill Germ any.

C. Sanders, 3rd Batt. King's Own RL. Regt. ht,s been missing since May 7th.

A. Sleep has been appointed Second Lieutenant in the 10th South Lancs. Regt.

A. King has joined the K ing's Own Yorksh ire Light Infantry, and is stationed at Harrogate.

FROM THE FRONT. 22nd June, 1915

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UR magazine is necessarily very limited in circulation, but t.his term we may surely claim to have a wide circulr,tion, for the pages of the Victo1'ian will be turned in regions where hurtling shell and sniper's bullet make the study of probabilities an engrossing one-in France or in far Gallipoli .

We wish that this number h!l.d cont!l.ined more item s of interest for the Boys far from home , to whom the little happenings of our daily life-to us insignificant- !l.ssume great proportions. Excepting the Report of the Secretary of the O.S.U., there appears nothing from the pen of an old scholar. Although a fair selection of articles from the school was sent in, still it must not be supposed that the present pupils of a school can, unaided, run a magazine which will be of interest beyond their immediate circle.

With the exception of the Prize Distribution, little has happened this term worthy of comment. There is a monotony about school life that few dep!l.rtments of the world's work share. At ten o'clock on a Monday morning we are following out the programme of the previous Monday, . and at the same hour we may fairly assume that the members of the Secondary School nearest to Land's End are doing very much the same thing !l.S the members of the little academy of learning a few miles from John 0' Groat's.

Probably therein lies the reason why there is, as sometimes asserted, so little diversity f1mor:.g teachers-why they all seem to ha.ve been cast in moulds of a similar pattern . :\1:1'. White is now in France. We all re-echo most cordially the wish expressed by the Chairman in his speech on Prize Day, that he may emerge safely from the dangers of the battlefield, and resume work in the school.

Several very interesting letters from Old Boys on active service have been received by the Headmaster this term.

Alf Burns has now experienced several months in France. He always writes in a cheerful strain , and retains happy memories of the old school.

Hall went to the French front in August, and when he wrote ill: October had been, in all, about thirty days in the front line trenches.

Consequently he is no tyro. He is sorry that, although there are U lverston men in his Compa.ny, there is no one from the Grammar School,.

He would appreciate news of old school friends.

The King's uniform is a familiar sight in the class-rooms these clays, and no one is ever to.o busy to give !l. warm welcome to all home on leave.

The Pn,fects for the year are Amy M. Parkinson, Kathleen Weny, Elizabeth J. Wilson, Denney, Huddleston, and Mackereth. J arvis was elected a prefect at the beginnin g of the term. He left us, however. somewhat suddenly in order to enter a bank, and Denney was chosen in his place.

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OTEL RITZ, Europe." Such is the name given to one of the " dug-outs" in Gallipoli, and as the Hotel Ritz is one of the the best hotels, so is the dug-out which bears its name one of the bes~ dug-outs in the peninsula.

Its Ol'iain was a hole made by a "J aclc J ohnson," but as it "vas in a suitable position, by the aid of a couple of barrels, a portion of an oar, and S9me boards, it was roofed in and covered with earth.

This was thought almost impenetrable, but a Turkish shell soon dispelled the idea. Enteri!1g at the head of the dug-out the shell travelled along its entire length, tearing up in its journey a full set of web equipment and spoili ng part of the li ttle stronghold.

This would not do. so the next thing was to make it more safe.

Two-thii-ds of the roof were then covered over with san dbags and earth, also a rampart of sandbags was added round the remaining part.

These dug-outs are used for various purposes, for sleeping in, offices, or even hospitals. As the" Hotel Ritz" was destined for an office it had to¡ be vei¡v secure. Holes were dug in the ends of the wall of earth and two boards screwed together and fastened into these holes made a p[~ssable desk. The seats consisted of stationery boxes.

After all this work the underground office was found to be too small so the roof was lifted a foot at the back !.U1d three feet at the front, an open space bein g left for a window. An opening for a door was built of sl~ndbags, three feet wide and sevelJ feet high. This and the windows were covered with gauze to keep ont the flies, and let the inmates work in peace.

When finished this work was greatly admired , and, l~S is usual, . greatly comm.entedupon, one visitor calling it a cathedral, whilst another asked if it was a meat-safe.

Although there are no steps, polished knocker and letter box to this little home, it provides a safe retreat frem the Turkish shells. The storecupboard is outside the dug-out and takes the form of a huge tree, or mthel' all that if! left of it. One side of the trunk is used as a chinacGpboftrd, the neCeSS!1ry utensils for cooking being hung on the tree trunk.

At a concert held in the dug-out a soldier composed and sang the following son g about it. " In my li ttle dug-out in the East, We get biscuit and bully and jam Where of shrapnel we get such a feast, And for" Turcos" we don't care a There is Iyddite galore han g, I But with shell in the air, And shells by th e score, How the deuce can a m3,n live in -vV hy no place can compare, peace?

With my little dug-out in the East.'

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N .B.- It is en,mestly desired t hat all Old Scholars will co-operate by sending to the Headmaster information respecting omissions in the following li st, 01' corrections needed to keep it up-to· date.

ARMY. Wl'rH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FOROE: Mr. W. F . White, Mathematical lVlaster, is now serving with the Royal Engineers, 188th 00., Sec. 26, in France.

Arden, 53573, Pte. S., R.A.M.O., 9th Div., Headquarters Staff.

Brewer, 2101, Sergt. J., B Co. 1/4 KO. Royal Lancs. Regt., 51st Highland Div., Base Depot, A.P.O., S/17.

Burns, 2107, Lce-Opl. Alf., B Oompany, 1/4 Royal Lancs. Regt.

Chmchman, Pte. George H., 0313732, M.T ., /\.1:3 .0. , Supply Oolumn, 1st Army Headquarters.

Collinson, 1440, Staff-Sergt. K, 1/ 4 Batt. Royal Lancs . Regt .

Dilworth, Cpl. Oswald, 187th 00 ., Royal Engineers.

Fox, 46480, Pte. A. W., Oanadian Prisoner of War, 15th Batt. 48th Highlanders , B arrack 6A, Gottingen, Hanover, Germany.

Garside, 3926, Opl. Frank, 14th Divisional Oyclist 00., 7th Batt. Rifle Brigade.

Gibson, 15222 , Pte. William D., 3rd 00., 11th P latoon, 3rd Batt. Ooldst ream Guards, 1st Guards BrigD,de.

Gill , 2619, Pte. George, D Co. 1/4 KO. Royal La,ncs . Regt.

Hall, Lieut. Fred, 9th B:1tt. The King's Own. Hewit(;, 2536, Pte. Albert, A Co. 1/4 Batt. KO. Royal Lancs . Regt.

Kay, 66, Sergt. John 0 ., A 00. 1/4 Royal Lanc,~ . Regt., T.F. Linton, 021975, Pte. Roger, M.'r., A.S.O, L16 Motor AirLin e Section, 3rd Army Headquarters.

Logan, Pte. John, 1/4 Bo1tt. KO . Royal Lancs . Regt. (Missing) Mashiter, 15045, Pte. Thomas, 1 Co., 7th Batt. KO. Royal Lancs. Regt.

Metcalfe, 19879, Sergt. Albert, 0 00., 8th Batt. York & Lancs. Regt . l\IIiddleton , 2094, Staff-Sergt. Harvey, Signal Section, 1/4 KO. Royal Lancs. Regt.

1\'[yel's, 2519, Lce. -Cpl. Harold, A 00 . 1/ 4 KO. Royal Lancs. Regt. .

Pencllebury, Lieut. J. W., 1st Batt. East Lancs. Regt ., 29, Crosby Street, Atherton , Lancs. .

Penny, Gunn er, Thomas M., 4th Batteq, Motor Machine Gun Service.

Randall , Opl. John B. (Dispatch Rider) 1887, 15th Divisional Signal 00., Royal Engineers.

Robinson, 20482, Pte. 0, 3rd Batt. Grenadier Guards.

Robinson, 2nd Lieut. Harold, Hoyal Garrison Artillery, Sound Ranging Section, Attached 18'th Brigade R.G.A. Saunders, Pte. Outhbert H., 3rd Batt. KO. Royal Lancs. Regt. (Mi ssing) Shardlow, 15800, Sergt. J. F. 8th Border Regt.

Sonie, 2087, Drummer Frank, A 00., 1/4 Batt. KO. Royal Lancs. Regt.

Steel, 2383, Sergt. Roger L., 1/4 KO. Royal Lancs. Regt.

Stones, 20483, Pte. H. W ., 14th P lat., 4th Co., 3rcl Batt., Grenadier Guards, Hut C., No. 3 Stationary Hospital, Ronen (France).

Taylol', 1844, Sergt.-Escort J oseph, 18th Division.

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'Thomhill, 13988, Lce. ·Cpl. Norman, No.l Co. 7th KO. ROYld Lancs. Regt.

'T yson, 30816, Pte. James, W.T. ClLble Section, 2nd Army Signals.

WelTY, 19224, Lce.-CpI. .Harvey, 15th Co. Durham Light Infantry BlLtt. Headquarters.

Whithal11, Lieut . G. S. , 10th Co. York an d LlLncastel' Regt ., Eud sleigh Palace Hospital, London, N.W. Wignall, 2651, CpI. Wi llilLLl1, A Co. 1/4 KO. Royal Lancs. Regt.

Wilso n, Pte. C., 1st West Lancs., R.F.A., A.S .C. WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: ,Collinson, 33661, Pte. Jas. I-I., 31st Field Ambulance, 30th Infantry Brigade, lOth Irish Divi sion . .Jackson, 75007, Gunner JlLl11 eS, R.F.A . H eadq uarters Staff, 52nd Lowland Div . .J arvis, 1895, Sergt. Chris., Mounted Military Police, Hel1dquarters Staff.

53rd Welsh Div. :;\1::1son, 1885 , Sergt. George D., MM.P., W. & C. Yeomanry, Red Cross H ospital, Bl1nbury. (In vali c1bd home from Darchn elles).

IN TRAINING: Ashworth, Sec.- Lieut. Gordon, 3/9 DLU'hl1m Light Infantry, Rothbury, Northumberland .

Atkin so n, 16256, Sergt. Harolc1, B Co. 13th Batt. Royal W elsh Fusiliers, Winnal Down Camp, Winchester.

Barnett, 1750, Pte. Clifford, 41st Prov. Batt. KO. Royal Lancs. Regt., Rye. Barnett, 101849, Sapper J ., Wireless Draft Depot, Royal Engineers, St. Catherine's House, London R09,d , "Worcester.

Baynes , 17533, Pte. Tom, B. Co. 15th (S) Bl1tt. Royal Scots, Hut 17, No. 4 Camp, Sut-,ton Veny, Nr. Warminster, Vlilts.

Birch, 19929, Pte. R. K N ., E Co., Hut 18, IGng's Own Royal Lancs ., Fort StamfoI'd, Plymouth.

Blyth, 58964, Gunner R, "B" Siege Dept., R.G.A., Corden Camp, B exhill-on-Sea. Brewer , 1917, Lce -Cpl. A, A Co. 10th Middlesex , Fort Willial11 , Calcutta, India.

Burns, Sec.-Lieut. R., Kitchen er' s Army.

Burrow, 3055, Sergt. John, H eadqmLrters, E Co. 3/4 E' .0 . ROYl11 La ncs.

Regt., South Shore, Bll1ckpool. .

Butterneld, 430575, Pte. A. J. , No . 4 Co. Scout, 48 th Batt. C.E.F., West Sandlin g, H ythe, Kent. .

Chorley, 2070, Pte. Thol11a's , A Co. 41st Prov. Batt. IGn g's Own R.L. Regt., Winchelsea, Sussex , Coward, 105489, Pte. William, 304th Co. M.T., A.S.C., Oxford.

Donald, Sec.-Lieut. George, 15th Co. Northumb erland Fusiliers, P enk ridge Bank Camp, Stl1ffordshire.

Ellwood, Sec.-Lieut. Edgar S., 2j8th Lancashire :B'usiliel's, Tunhric1 ge Wells, Kent.

Fergusson Hodgson , 1894, Sergt. John, H eaclql1arterl:l, W. & C. Yeoml1l1l'Y, Pel1l'ith

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KING AND OOU NTRY.

Hoggarth, Bombardier Thos. W., L33, B.O. Staff, 125 Heavy Ba ttery (O.P.) RG.A., Whitbum Hall, NI'. Sunderland, Durham.

I ngleton, 3026, Opl. Harold, 41st Prav. Batt. KO. Royal Lancs. Regt., Rye, Sussex.

Jackson, 2132. Pte. Edwa.rd, BOo. 4th King's Own RL. Regt ., Rye, Sussex.

Kay, 20091, Pte. Samuel L., Westel'll B rigade, No . 41 Hut, 0 Lines, Hilton Park, East Oamp, Nr. Trin g. Herts.

Ke ndall, Sec.-Lieut. Thos. L., 3rd Batt. Border Regt., Shoeburyness.

King, 24049, Lce.-Opl. Alfred, A 00. 11th KO .Y.L.I., Penkridge Bank Oamp, Stafford.

Lindow, 592. Pte. William, D 00. Leeds Battalion, West Yorks Regt., Fovant, Salisbury Plain.

Muncaster, 2803, Pte. Allan, 2/9th Royal Scots, Transport Section, c/o 3/9 Royal Scots, Peebles.

Pa rker, 2912, Sergt .-Major Harold, A 00. 2/5 King's Own RL. Regt" Wellesley Road, Ashford, Kent.

Phizacklea, 71928, Pte Wm. J ., BOo. 153th Field Ambulance, RA.M.O., Hut 3, Hague Rutments Fal'llham, Surrey.

Postlethwaite, 73508, Sapper RR, Squad 76, Royal Engineers, Great Brook Street Barra~ks, Birmingham.

Proctor, 20206, Pte. '1'. G., (Oompany Clerk) 2nd 00., Brd Essex Regt., Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex.

Rae, 2608, Pte. Wm. H. B., ~ nd Batt. London Scottish (Transport Section) Bishop Stortford, H erts.

Rigg, 40587, Gunner John, C Battery, 187th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Milford, Surrey.

Robinson, 2307, Oompany Quartermaster Sergeant Norman R, C Co., 3rd Line, 4th KO . Royal Lancs. Regt ,T.F., South Shore, Blackpool.

Robinson, Sec.-Lieut. William, 7th Lancs. Fusiliers, Tunbridge Wells, Sussex.

Schofield, 13208, Pte. \i\lillia:n (M achine Gunn er) 0 00. 11th Border Regt. , No. 8 Oamp, Codford, Wilts.

Sharp, 2887, Pte. John, B Co., Lond on Regt., Sawbridgeworth, Rerts.

Sleep, Sec.-Lieut. Arthur, 10th Batt. South Lancs. Regt., A.S.C. Camp, Prees Heath, Nr. Whitechurch, Salop.

Smith, 4474, Lce.-Opl. H.G., B Co. 3/9 Highland Light:Infantry, Ripon . .

Thompson, 422850, Pte. J., B Co. 44th Batt., C.E.F., Bramshott, Hants. 'rinlder, Pte. M., Lancs. Fusiliers.

Wl'aight, 4032, Cpl. Albert, HeadquartE!rs W. & O. Yeomanry, Kendal.

Wilkin son, F. J ., O.T.O., Y.M.O.A., Tottenham Oourt Road, London.

NAVY. Ashworth, Wilfrid, A.B., 7M 3 Block, n.N. Barracks, Royal Naval Air Service, Oh atham. .

Crawford, R. W., Engine Room Artificer, H.M.S. Queen Mal'Y. Dilwol'th, W. H., E.RA ., H.M .S . Amazon. .

Ellwood, John W., E.RA., RN.R, H .M.S. Suffolk.

Neale, Richard, Lieut.-Engineer, H.M.S. Laurentic.

Saunders, J ., Leading Signalman, R.M .S. Minerva.

Stephenson, George, Lieutenant, RN.R., H .M.S. Rbindeer .

Wilson, Richard, No. Mess, H.M .S. Oameleon, T.B.D.

THE EASTER,

VICTORIAN.

1916.

VOL.

SCHOOL

Ill. No. 33.

NOTES.

N COll1ll1?n with t.he m?:jority of si r.llila~¡ school s, we. are DOW ~~eling one of the far r eac hmg effects of th e war 111 the cepletIOn of staff. In February, Mr Brier left us to join tbe O.T 0, [tlld in a few weel,s we hope to be able to cOllgr11tulate him on obtaining a commission in th e army. Mr. Brier is much missed on the s tu.ff, and we all feel that his place can never be adeqw1tely filled. Mr. Anrlerson, too, wbo has been associated with the school since its foundlttion, leaves us before Baster in order to join the Hoyal Field Artillery.

He goes :,CC01)lpanied by the good wi shes of all the school for a safe and speedy return. The recruitin g system, octopus like, is ever reltching out its tentacles, and, before the summ er is over, if th e Wltr co ntinues, others o f our number will have been drawn in.

Loth as we lue to part with SllC iJ valu ab~ e members of the staff, sti ll, if we are to count as loyal citi r,e ns, we must m:d,e all considerations secondary to th e interests of our country.

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Th e school extends a hearty welcome to Mi ss Naylor, B.A., (an old pupil) :tnd to Miss Booth, B.~\., who h ave been appointed to fill the vacancies thus cltused. 'rh e question of the extent to which om surroundin gs influ ence our chamcter has ,dways been an int erestin g one. 'iVere It debate to be held in the school on the subject, probably there would be a majority in favour of the proposition, that the effect of environmen t on character outweighs the power ::>f character to affect environment.

We know little of the nature and h abits of tbt,t mythical Oimmerian !"[tce who dwelt in caves amid perpetuaJ darkness. But doubtless tbeir life was no less wretched thltn that of the unhappy shades who p aced the banks of Styx, imploring the g rim boatman to felTY them acJ:Oss the river . Did we not all have a partial realization of the d epth of Stygiltll gloom, when we entered the school ODe Monday morning to find the prospect from mlwy of the windows, not beautiful in itself, but grown deal' from long familiarity, hidden from our eyes by a tiJick cllrt:tin of green paint "? There was It chill in the ail', litemlly l,nd tigmatively . We felt oppressed and at the same time depressed. Th e effect is still felt, although counteracted to S0111e extent by the cheerful aspect of the west class rooms, anu if om imagination beg uiles us not, the Iltughter lwd tho chattel' of the corridors is less spontn,neolls. Everyone will welcome tbe day when, the Z eppelin menace over, the painters are summoned and the windows once more fulfil their legitimltte pmpose.

At presen t, the most important power ill the s tate is our tn lHtial system. The war is exercising l' disciplin ary i nfluence on every department of life. It is probltbly to the all pervadin g spirit of the tim es that we must tract) the recent reforms in the school organi sation. Our army has not had the mushroom growth of that other and g reater one, once styled by an incompetent judge , "little and contemptible." Our numbers are as before; yet we have grown in power. We have fewer privltte soldiers, but tUl increase of non¡commi ssion ed officers. Good work the latter are doing in taking upo~~ their shoulders a sh111'e of the burd en borne by the commauder and his staff.

Dea th has been in our mid s t this term, ltnd hlts cltrried off one of the most prom ising of our new scholars.

Arthur Hobinson WltS not long enougll with us to have become well-known to the older pupils. By the s tltff, how ever, and bis contempomries, h e WltS much liked, and his quiet and affectionate nltture bade fn,ir to mi,lce [or him Il1ltny fri en ds in the school.

It is with deep regret also that we record the d eath of (hll1ne r William Balmer, of Swartbmoor, who joined the 48th Battery of tbe RF.A. soon ltIter tbe outbreak of war. He vyltS killed in ltc ti on on tbe 26th Februaty, at a place not stated. Balmel' WltS one of the earli est scholl' l's of the school (1903-05), ltnd was hi ghly esteemed by all. Our sympathy is extended to his relatives. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori .

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS FROM OLD SCHOLARS ABROAD. 19, General Hospital, (Oewa EL Waska,) Al exandr ia, Egypt, M.KII'. Base, Deal' Friends, J anual'J' , 1916.

I wish to thank yo u, one and all, who so kinqly remembered me, and so kindly selected cor;tents of the Xlnas pucel. Th e' Victorian' pl'oved specially interesting, I think, chiefly owing to the fact that one was able to learn a li tUe about our Old Boys serving with H.M. Forces.

I feel quite convinced the past and present pupils who gave up time and pleasure to pl'epal'e the contents will ha ve been much in th8 mir:ds of the boys in the tronches who received the Christmas parcel.

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Lr~TTER S .

Tile Stltff, P<1st and present members of tb e sc hool, deserve to feel proud of the sat is rautory l'ei:l ults fr oUl raisin g the [ulld, a lld I how I sha re a general feeling wben I say how good it WilS of lVIrs 1\1 yles Kenneuy to s how bel' appreciatioll of the patrioti slll of the boy s by sending It donation t o the fund.

There n,rG quite a lot of general hospitn,ls and bom Bs in Alexan dri a, and it is quite possible some of you havtl r elatives or friends here, and would· like an idea of how Christmas was spent in the hospitals.

The metJ, who were able, made quite a lot of paper iiowers, Hags and ve ry clever mottoes. These were used with uatul al flow ers and ever greens, which a re very plentiful here ltt prese nt, for decorating th e wards.

By Chri st l11ltS Eve they looked very cheerful, and, in SOllle cases, truly patriotic.

Just ltS we were completing the decorations, a n un ex pected convoy of p lttients hega n to arrive . They were chieiiy Australi ans, though there were i:lome English, alld they had been engfLgeCl in th e emcuation of An~ac.

They were somewhat ex hau stcd on al'l'ival, and ex presse d delight th tLt th ey were able to spend Chri stmas in sueh cheerful s Ul'l'oundings, at th e San1'3 time being" und er cover." They were sufferin g from enteriu fever or dysentery, and in most cases from fro st-bit.e in various forms. Th ey related so me of their experiences whilst in th e trencb es , ancl told sacl t ales of being" nearl y frozen to cleath .·' At tim es they fo und it nece::lsary to be "up to the neck in wa,ter." After being in this position for perha.ps hours, they were compelled to cut away clothing or bools as they becarne so fi lmly froz en to the trenches. Consequently they were actua lly exposed to the cold, and suffer ed intensely. On the other banC!, they were proud to tell us how the Turks httd been" taken in," and th ey admired the very clev er plan of prepa,rations for th e evacuation by "some one."

We WN'e very pleased to know t·his great undertaking had been completed, and our men tran sferred with very few casualiti es . In spite of tbe foregoing hardsh ips the men were generally very cheerful, and by 11 p.m. each one had received necessary attention, so th ey were en joying their well- earned sleep.

After this we prejJarec1 the" Ch ri stmas Awal<enin g, " whi ch wa s f], parcel 01', in so,ne Co.SBS, a stockin g fol' each patient. A souv enir was bought for el1ch patient out of a fund provid ed by the sisters . We r eceived seve ml hampers of bool(8 and useful articl es from the Bri ~ i 8 h and Australian Red Cross Societies, also parcels of crackers, &c., from friends in ITIgypt. Having received these generous gifts, it became . a sim pl e matter to leave a well-filled pp,cket on each locker.

About six o'clock, Christm as mOl'l1ing, there was much merrim ent, . ancl it was quite evident the real Christmas sp irit was [trou sed in everybody. Many were the amusing comments passed on th e various contents of the p arcels, which were genemlly a very great surpri se.

The next item wo rthy of no te WitS, I think, th e Xmas Dini1er, whinh under the prese nt condition s , was a surprise to most of us.

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Those who were 110t ill, enjoyed a good meal of turkey and plum punding. The less (ortunn.te oues who found the usual fluid diet quite Hnough for then l, were none the less cheerful.

I asked one patient, n. bugle r boy of sixteen years of nge, how he enjoyed bis dinner . He said [LS though be felt quite pl'Oud of hi s denial, " Ob, r had milk as usua l, but after smellin g the turkey r went to sl8ep. in cnse it might upset me."

During the n.ftel'l1oon the convalescent pat,ients were entertnir.ed by very c lever concert party, wbo made the aftel'lloon thol'ougbly enjoya ble.

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'We were fortunato in hnving an actor among the orderlies, who spent hi s time in going from one ward to anothel' di sguised as a sister.

He ve!'y cleverly performed amusing tricks, n.nd sang various songs. The time spent was much to the satisfaction of all, and he left the men still wondering " who she was."

The geneml feeling amongst the patients was that Xmas Day in hospital W!LS most enjoyab le, especia,lly considering everybody was so far !Lway from home. 'l'he StlLff XIlH1S Dinner was given on Dec@mber 28tll , and one custom entirely new to us ma.y prOVe in teresting to some of yO lJ .

All went well ti ll we expected the plum pudding, wbell the lights were a ll extinguished . Soon after tlliE', about six white-gowned, red sashed SoudÂŁl.nese appeared, carryin g a large tray each, on which w'ts a pudding surround'ed by very bri ght fl ames , which illuminated the whole room.

Th e whole !Lppearance W!LS most impressive, and even more so when we tn,sted thg pudding and discovered it was not brandy but methy lated spirits which pl'oducerl the fascinating flame. We found it quite Eimple to forego this course, feeling quite satisfied with the joke.

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hope this letter may prove interesting to some of you.

YOllrs sincerel y, EDITH A. SORRIE .

.From COR-PORAJJ JOHN B. RANDALI., Dispatch Hider, 15th Divisional Signal Co., Royal Engineers, RE.F. 11th December, 1915.

Deal' Mr. Daniel, r have great pleasure in thanl<ing you for the parcel received on the 9th. The enclosed copy of the" Victorian" waH very good, and r was delighted to see so many Old Scholars Oil the centre pages. There is a section of the Ultlth Co. Engineers in the same v illage as myself, so I hope to come acmss Mr. White one of these days. r have alren.dy met Private Arden and Corporal Dilwort.h out here, and they seemed ill the best of health.

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From J . H. ErJLwooD, E.R.A., H.M .S. Suffolk.

December 24th, 1915.

Dear Sir, Our s hip has arrived in port after her cl1stoma,ry pttt rol at sea. As u sual, we eagerly looked for ward to the mai l from hom e that awaited O Ul' arrival. I was delig hted t o receive yam box of many good things. Please thank everyone for th eir t houghtful kindness. Th e fact that we 1<now that you at home are thinkin g of us, does mueb t o bri ghten our present life. With us, engaged in eit her service, our thoughts are constantly with our home p eople in cl ear old En gland, and the memories of school days are also included with their llli1lJ Y boyi sh escapades. I noticed my youngest bl'()ther's photograph in the X I in t he last schoolmagazinl.", and it started the recollections I have, when I played in his positioll twelve years ago. Yes, they were grand times, always to be remembered as the happiest in my life.

From L Cg- OPL A. A. Bm:wgu, (1719) A Oompany, 1/10th Bt,tt., Middl es6x Regt., Fy zabttd , India.

January 12th , 1916.

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As you will notice from the ad dress, our battalion has been moved.

Om present station is ne",1.' LUCl<llOW , t be Divi sional H eadquarters.

Cal c u~tlt is looked upon as bein g tIl e best garrison station for soldiers in Indil'. 'vVe were sorry to leave it. There we had numerous ways of passin g spare time. There were llumerou s places of iu terest in tile city and th e lllHi ve qua rters andll1ethocl of makin g a li ving wer e alwl,) s of interest. '.\i(any llative streets \wd bazan.rs were out of bou nd s , bu t passes could be obtttined from t he authori ti es on special occasions. Th e first place on th e list for sight seeing was naturally tb(-l Black Hole. .'\ 11 t bat remain s of that historicn.l pln.ce , is a brge slab on the sit e of th e old building, and just recently th ere h as been a discussion ou t h ere n,s to wbether the Black Hol9 really existed.

We hac1t, fin e op poduni ty of seein g some of the s llLToun c1iu g co untry, and the methods of cultiv"tion. AL vtuious iutervals we we re seut on detltChment duties or specin.l trainillg. T wo days after we a, rrived at Calcutta, om Double Company was sen t to :, small tu·tilI ery statioll :dlOut seventy mil es dow n river . F rom t hat stali on a detachment of twenty men WltS sent to n. small ;;ig nal sta tion seven mil es furt her clown strcn.m.

I was one of a, (l et,tChment stationed at t hi s place - Ralitala - durin g the worst of the monsoons. We h ad nine weeks' stay there, but, althou g h th e co nditions were bad , th ere was no sickness beyond one or two cases of jaundice, and these slight. ..

All down tbe side of the riyer is a high bank or bund. At high ticl e the Wltter just reach es the bottom of thi s, and wou ld fio od the country l'O L1l1d bu t for the bund. The material for t hi s bund has been taken from the lalld nen.r by, and, conse quently , we had a parallel stre tch of water about eight feet deep and eight yard s ae ross, to the bund. Th ere was a bout six yards of level ground between t hi s water and the bund. On this piece of ground were built several bamboo and ru sh huts. Th ese were o ur quarters. The fioors of the huts were about eighteen inches from th e

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:g l'ound. When t he monsoon was on, the level of the water behind us rose until it was covering the floor s of the huts. We were lucky to have had propel' beds down there or we should have had to leave the place, All our rations Came down every morning on pack mules or bullocks, and a ny am usement we fancied had to be self-m ad e.

As far as one could see, la,nel round Calcutta was used for rice cultivation. 1'1I e monotony of the rice fields was brok en by occasional clumps of palrns, wh ich sheHered a small na,tive village, an d in every caNe a pool ,of stag nant water. This water was used by t.he natives for every occasion water was neecled .

Here, at Fvzabad, the conditions fore much better. Th e natives a re ,a finer lot altog'8ther; they are cleaner, and' not so lazy as t he Bengalee.

All the water is dmwn from \ovells, a nd the country has more of a European aspect. Except for the presence of th e natives, one would put down this place as hein g a rat her dry sort of England. Th ere are only occasional palm trees, and, in so m'e cases, ol'<1n ge groves. Th e oran ge trees [,re at present in full fruit, and they mal<e a pretty picture with their dark green foliage and yellow fruit. .

There are several places of interest quite close to the Cantonment. one of which is the tomb of Surajah Dowlah and his mother. We h ave only been h ere a week, and, up to th e present, have not been able to hay e a good look round . Besid es this we a re doing som e hard ka,inin g.

From LeE-CPL. H. S. , VmtRy , Bltttalion HE.adquarlers, Durham Light ¡ Infantry, Fmnce.

16th D ecemuer, 1915.

Deal' Mr. Daniel and S taff, , I kn ow that I have been a lon g time silen t, that too long you have w11ited fol' one l<i nd word of reme m bl'ftllce- some sign that yOUl' impressions in those wo nd erf ul Gralllmftl' School days bave not been altogether ,effaced by time and disto,nce.

I feel that I hu,ve been unrespon sive to th e call of n,emol')" but here, alld now, away from the bel oved s11 0res of E ngland, I mall e my con fession. I feel so mehow that to-night I am r enewir, g friendsh ip witb one wbose memor:)' was dim , bu t which has sudd en ly become clear. Deep down in 'my hea,rt I have harboured a fe elin g of affection and prid e in tbe school; sometimes, perhaps, this fee lin g bas been tinged with sadn ess.

I imagined that among t he kind people at school I was forgotton-a min or light wbose memory h as teen effaced by t he many a~ld bri ghter li ghts which succeeded. I pray you all forgivencss, I would lik e to be remembered.

Perhaps there are some among you who still recall t hose days of 0ld, t he days when the school was in its first flush of pride, the clays of Mi ss Wal'illg, Miss Hincl shaw, and the pre-maninge cl ays of Ml'. FOlTest, "G.B.F.", Ml'. Brier andMr. White. Th ol'e days of cricket and football, played under the eyes of Mr. Anderson, Mr. Nott, 01' Mr. Fonest,-those fearful days when we had to appeu,l' before yo ur own very clesk, siI', to a nswer for our offence~.

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All ~ b ese lH1llg j l l my memory ; tho ugh 1 have beel) sil ellt I 11 a\'8 not forgotten. The sc hoollms changed l1Iuch sincfl then . Fresh faces , fl esh na mes, fresh hon o urs h:tve succeed ed th e old. A new race reign!': in our s tead. And yet I hope we a,re not fOl¡gotten.

I would be happy to think that my photoi;raph was am ong the honoured ones in tb e School Hall.

I will not say much of om life out herc . We a re kee pin g OUt¡ end up, are always cheerf ul, are in good bealtb, are continually " strafin g " tbe Ge l'matl s, much to th eir discomfort. Th e fellow s are wonderfu l- sons of the Empire everyone. I salute yo u all.

HAltvEY S. WERRY. From LEADING SIGNALMAN JOHN SAUNDERS , H.M.S. "l\iin erva." c/o G.P.O. D ear Sir, I should very much like to come aud SClfl yo u n.ftcr my three years. lLnd three months away from England, but th e exigencies of the se rvice preve nt it, and, I am afraid, will do for some tim e to come. If I remember correct ly , I was in the" Inflexible " when last I dropped you a lin e. l\ly pOOl' old ship was severely handled dming the futile naval attack on the Dat'danelles, on March lStb, and we ba,d great difficulty in savin g bel' ..

Thanks to her splendid con stmction, we man aged to do tbi s, and you will be pleased to know sbe is once more in England's first line. As regards myself, I came off second best, and am <;orry to say that with the exposme and the calcium fum es I ha,ve been suffering from lung troubles ever since. As there was a great s hortage of signalmen in the Fleet, nearly all om staff ,"vere distributed round the smaller ships, m ainly on account of the bi g a rmy land in g on April 25th, where the s maller sh ips played such 2,n 1111porta,nt part. I wa,s billetec1 " No. 1, Casuality Fi11er,"Anzac Beach, but the removal of the ship to another beach prevented my landing. I .saw quite enough fightin g as it was. After a three weeks" bombardment, we were sent all the Aegean Sea; in dangers oft, etc.

From there we wen t on the canal defences, anc1 we coutinue , now, a forgotten post of Empire, with nothing to gaze upon but miles and miles' of sand , baked by day and froz en by night.

We have very little to c10 as reg arc1 s work now, but thi s lon g weary waiting is very tiresome, and I long for the day when I can stroll round the green fields of England, if it is fated that I shall ever do so [l,gain. I am very pleased to see so many of our school-m ates toeing th e lin e. \ iV hat a day it will be, when we meet agaiu after this business is over, when we can look at one another and say, "we did our best. !" Till then "carry on,"

PRIVATE J . H. COLLINSON , 31st Field Ambulance, 30th Infantry Bri gade, 10th Division, Salonica Forces.

23rc1 December, H)15.

Dear Mr. Daniel, I received the parcel so kindly forwarded by the past and present scholars an d staff of the old schOOl quite safely abo ut Dec. 14th, and was' delighted with the contents, especially as they coil1prised all my per sonal

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belongings a.t the t ime, except, of course, my clothes. I am sorry I have not written betore, but we have been travellin g a bolit lately, lwd the dispatch of Il1ltils has beeu impossible. I see by the "Victori a.n " that quite a. nu mber of old hoys lue doing their duty. I'ye come a.cro ss no one T know out here b O far, but I left the peninsula. before C. Jarvis a.rrivec1, or else I l1Ji ght Im\"8 come across him.

We left the Penin sulcL a, uout tlie begiuulll g of October, f1nd by October 31st we were' in Serbia., tigbting side by side with the French. Serbia is very lllountltitious, but the vall eys are wonc1erf1;l1ly fertile under the circum stances. During our ma.rches we r assec1 many vineyard s, fields of maize, toba.cco, and, strange to say, cotton. In the mai ze ti elds we found many vegetable ma.rrows a.ncl pumpl(ins, which seem to grow wild there.

The villages ate generally perched on the hillside above the valleys, and look very picturesque from a distance, but a. close inspection diel not invite a. second visit . In justice to t he people, however, 1 must my tha.t all the villa.ges we pa.ssed through Imd beeu desbi-tec1, wbich, IJO doubt , a.ccouuted for much of th e filth. vVe remained in Serbia until about Deuember 9th, when we left rather hurried ly,¡. being driven out by a n overwhelming force of Gennans, Au strians and Bulgarians. I sl][1,1Ineve1' forget that retreat. I, and many others besides, lost all our hit; a.t present I have just the cloth es I stan d up in, some Bulgar or Genl1[1lJ, 110 .doubt, ha vi ng the rest of my kit. There is only 011e thing I [1 m sorry a bout and tbltt is, tlJa,t he's got my razor ltnd my " bacca.," both of which a.re illdi 3pensable out here.

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Anderson, 118109, Gunn el' r. H., RF.A., Church Arm y H ut , Fu lwood Barracks, Preston.

Balm8r, G unnel', William, 48th Battery, RF.A. Brown, 68635, Sergt. F., 95th Field Ambulance , No . 13 Camp, Rollstone, Salis bury, Vililts.

Cole, Priv[1,te George, E. Co, 26th ,Bankers' ) Batt . Royal Fusiliers, High Beech, Loughton, Esse x. .

Ed wa rd s, 103540, Pri vate J 08hua, No. 2 Anti -Aircraft W orl<sh op Unit , M.T., A S.C., C[1,nadian Red Gross Hospital, Alex. 1, Cliveden, Taplow, Bucks.

Higgin, 116626, Driver Beg inald, 7th Bltttery, RF.A., Publi.c Ball, P reston .Tackson, 116613, Sign[1,ller Wm . D ., 7th Battery, RF.A., Church Army Hut, Presto n Bal rack s, Preston.

Mackereth, 20169, Private E.G., 26th Service Batt., Boyal Fusili ers, (B<tnkers') Badajos .Barrack s, W ellin gton Lines, Ald ershot.

M:1Ckereth , 107864, Sapper Wm. M., 28 3rc1 Army Troop Cl)., Section 1, RE., Bu xto n.

Moore, Sec.-Lt. Thom as , 3rd E..O.RL. Begt., Port Stndclon , Plymouth.

Nicholson , 2852, Private J. W., Sports Com. , nh Batt. , South African Inhtntry, Kilc1enny, n ear Morn basa, East Africa.

P hillips, 20343 , Private Rich ard, K Co, (B[1,11k e1'8' Batt.), 26th Royal Fusiliers, High Beech, Loughtoll ; Essex.

Richardson, 12688, Corp. John, Signalling Section , 3ra Scottish Rifles, Nigg Ca mp, Ross'sbire.

Robinson, 20170 , Pri v[1,te .Tas. C., 26th Service Batt., Royal Fusili ers, (Bankers') Badajos Barracks, Wellin gton Line[>, Aldershot .

Thompson, 7030, Private Jno., H. Co., S.A. Scottish, Borden, Hants. 'fhompson,66399, Gunner Arthur E., RG.A., Y.M.C .A. Hut, near Fort Brockhurst, GospOl't .

XMAS PRESEN'l'S. It is not necessn,ry to go into detn,il on this subjeot, for you will gather full infol'l11n.tion from the Bn,In,n ce Sbeet of the Fund, published ill this issue.

Everyone will l\gree, I think, that tha r esult of the combin ed efforts was extremely satisfn.ctory. The response from the boys was fine, and their expressions of n,pprecin,tion 1110re th n,n n,mple repayment for n,I1Y work thn,t WttS involved.

XMAS RE-UNION. The Xmn,s Re-Union wn,s hdd in the School, on Tuesday, December 28th, when ther e was an attendance of 85. This t ime, the closing hour, instead of 4 a.m ., was 12 miduight, and though not a universally popular innovation, the time was thoroughl y en joyed by everyone. The proceed ings toolc the form of Cl Concert n,nc1 Dn,nce, with an excellen t supper.

1\11'. Brier was in command of the mu sical proceedin~ s , und BlTn,nged a sp lend id programme, th e following ladies and gentleme n figuring in various capaciti es :- Misses Dorothy COOI(mall , Constance }<'elpt s, N ol'ah Ri ley, Elsie Werry, Dorothy Sa,lm on, and Messrs. Alfred Thompson and C. W. Salm on.

Two hours dancing followed supper, and the pr0ceedings tel'l11il1n,ted with tbe singing of the National Antbem n,nd Auld Ln,ng Syne. Tbis coming X mfts let us hope we Il1n,y be justified in i ndulging in our us ual fe stiv ity.

MEMBERSHIP .

There n,1'e st ill some of last yeftr's members who !I n,ve not paid their annual subscription of 1/-. I n,m sorry thn,t the fund s oC the Union do n ot allow of OUl' sending a Mn,gazine as n, r eminder, but; the Treasurer (Mr. Phillips, 26, Soutergate, U lverston) wi ll acknowledge sll'ch by sending t he Xmn,s iVhgazine with the receipt. I am pleased to sn,y tbat our llumber is keeping fairly hi gh, but "ve can n,ccommodate fn.r more yet. It is en,sier to cater for the pleasures of n, large cOl'npany thn,n a small one, so i[ our members will each try to introduce one new member during the year, they wi ll materially n,ssist the welfare of the Un ion.

PORTRAIT GALLERY. \"l e have not yet got n, photogra,ph of n,ll our Old Boys servin g with H.M. Forces, so w ill those who ca,n help ll S to complete the collection please do so? \Ve hftve suffici ent to make a start now, and, ere lon g, we hope to exhibit the first pqrtion of our f!n,llel'Y.

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Gallipoli , 3 . . " I n dift , 1 R epostages Mr . Neale , Solidified Sp il'i t . .

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G. H. DANIEL, 1. Treasul'ers .

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MY FIRST DAY OF ACTIVE SERVICE.

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FrrE;R a three weeks voyage from Engl::tnc1 [m d a week in action on h ot and dusty Lemnos everyone was glad when the order came on August 6th, 1915, for our brigade to embal'lc [01' an unkno wn desti nation. Of course we knevv we were bound fo r the Dardan elles , but ' which landin g, we knew not. We ciHTied very liJ;tle kit with us. Each man h ad his haversac k, w at e r ~ bottl e, mess-tin, belt and overcoat . Of medical stores, we carried just the bare necessities for settin g up a field hospital.

At 2 p.m. on the 6th, we march ed do wn to th e landin g st age. Foul' ¡stretc her squad s with stretch ers and surgical haversacks embarhed on the "Hazel" with th e 6th Munster Fusiliers, wh1l st the r est of us were in the "Rowan" with th e 7th Munsters. We lay in Mudros harbour until dark and t hen glidec1 gently ou t)nto the open sea. Fortunately th e night was calm though cold. The boat carried no lights an d this, of course, was th e cause of many accidonts, som e amusing and one 01' t wo otherwise. Every.one was happy and from the lusty singing of the men one might have thought we were on a pleasure trip in stead of a trip . from which the majority would never return. I myself tried to snatch a few hours rest but the deck was bard and the night cold so the atte mpt ended in rather a dismal failure. I therefore chummed up with the lookout, a man who had come all the way from Newfoundland to h elp, and I got quite a fund .of good stori es and reminiscences from him. . .

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As the hoUl's p assed the boomillg of guns grew nearer, and at last far ahead one could see the fla shes of shells and the angry spit of rifles. The rattle of m uslcet ry became heard and soon everyone WlLS on deck to see the fun, as one man put it. Di.LvVn "vas no w bi'eaking and OIle could make out the dim out,line of the shore. As the ligh t grew stronger we saw ahead of us OUl' gpal, Suvla Bay, for such wn,s our destination, looking lik e the moon when it is ten days old. Im agil1 e the outside rim from h om to horn to be a mnge of hills curving ri ght down to the sen,; t he white surface to be a level phLin, and the blue on the conClLVe side the sea an d you have a good idea of what we saw except that the bay W8.S divided in to two by a lofty promontory and hill called Lala Baba. Both halves of the bay we saw to be crowded with shippill g, warsh ips, tran sports, an d h ospi tal ship s. Th e cruisers were shellin g the Turk s and one could see in the distance the H. E's creating destruction in the Turki sh lin es.

The tim e wa,s now about oa.m . but as we were not to land untillla.m . we had a scanty bre~lda st and th en sdtled down to watch events. On -land, shells from our boats appeared t o be creating havoc . vVherever a shell dropped, a fan-shaped co llectioll of smoke, flam e, and earth shot upward s. Th e scrub with which the plain was covered was on fire in many plttces and the rattle of musketry was incessant. The 'J.'ul'k s on their sid e were not idle, for s hells began to scream ;1l'ound the bo,Lts. One or t wo lig hter s cOllveying troops to th e shore were hit and many men went to th eir last account without fjrin g a shot. About 10 a. m. we got Ollr fjr st ~ li mpse of the real thing. Tile Dublin s, p art of our brigade, landed on the prom on tory of Lab B aDa a nd they advanced under the shelter of th e hill. The .TL1l'ks on the surroundin g hills spotted th em aDd tb e shrapn el began to drop amongst t hem . You co uld see men fallin g on all sides. Thel! so me ambulance men landed and we coula s.ee the stretcher squads goin g out to collect the wounded. Suddenly we could see a puff of white smohe and on lookin g again would find a stre tch er squad missing. Then cam e t h e fjnest sight of all. A battery of artill ery was Ia.nded by some means or other. Th ey galloped into act ion. Quickly they unh arn essea, an d the horses retul'l1ec1 for more gun s, whilst the gunners soon had the gun s in po sition and were bla7.in g away at the enemy. Under cover of the artillery the Dublin s, whose advance had been checked by the sbrapn el, crept forward again. Th ey h ad to cross a low st retch of land between Lab Baba and th e plain . The Turks h ad the range of thi s ana it was horrible to see the men who at one moment 'were running across the gap in full vigour of life, disappear the next in a cloud of smoke.

All thi s of course had not helped to h ard en our hearts for the oraeal . and it was with shaky nerves that we obeyed the order to dress and prepare to land . The 6th Batt. and our squads were the fir st to go and as we watohed the li ghters approach the shore we prayed for their safety, as they h eld dea r friends of ours, all men with whom we had lived for nearly a year.

The shells fell around them but not one scored a bull' s-eye fend the li ghters got to shore. One got stuck on the sand about a dozen yards from land ~ and we could see the lllen jump into the water and wade ashore. In some places the water was deep but luckily the men had no packs, a lesson learnt from Cape HeIles, so they reach ed the shore safely. The fjrst to land was a youth of eighteen but he did not last long. From our vantage

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point on the "Rowan" we saw him wade ashore but hardly had he set foolj. on land than there was a terri ble !:lxplosion and he shot high into the air.

FIe fell to the gl'Ound a mltn gled. bleeding corpse, a victim of a Turkish land mine. We al'terwards found that all the S hOl'fl was mined but luckily we did not know it vvhen our turn came.

At 11 a.m. two iron lighters propelled by oil eng in es came alon gside¡ and on to these we were bundled. The B.A. M.O. were put in to the hold whilst infantry were above. I leave you to imagine our feelin gs on that voyage . At any momant we kn ew a shell might strike th e boat and we¡ could neither see nor h ear the danger ap proach. However after a journey which seemed to last for hours th e lighter grounded, a nd we hurried on deck and quickly unloaded our medical panniers etc.

The place where we had touched shore was a sheltered cove so it was decided to set up a temporary hospital there. After we had reached the top of the gully we set off alon g the foot of the bills which formed the end of the bay farthest from Anzac, which was just below Suvla. The first sigus of fighting we came across were two oead Tlll'ks. They were finely built fellows and we ll clothed. It was about a hundred yards farther on that my squad met the first wounded . Th ey were both Lancashire men belonging to the Manchesters and had walked from the firing lin e a distance of abolllt two miles. We dressed their wounds, and took them to the hospital and then returned to look for more. I lost my squad in the' thick sc rub hereabouts but seeing some bearers hi gher up th e hillside I made my way to them. Before I reached th em I had to cross a broad g ully which ran parallel to the crest of the hill. I was walking leisurely' across it when I heard someone shout" For God's sake run, man ! " I wondered what the hlll'l'y was but took his advice. I was glad I did, for, as I doubled across, I uould hear the whine of the bull ets of the Turh s overhead and the occasional" phut" as on e buried itself in the ground .

The bullet's were flying pretty thickly just where the squads had halted and further advance just then was impossible. We lay down behind whatever cover we could find to wait fa]' a chance to advance . Th en to' add to the discomfort it commenced to rain and we were all soon wet through and shivering. Then came the order to advanc e. We crept along with our stretch ers and gradually made our way to th e top of the hill .

H ere we found some wounded who could walk, and after dispatching them to hospital we sat down to rest . Whilst here a party of Manchesters 'came from the trenches for a rest and to find water. I offered to take a parliy down to a well I had found; the only o:de on the west beach it turned out, so having collected the bottles we set off. I had however miscalculated the length of the journey and by the time we reached the well it was dusk .

Darlme8s soon fell and Wfl had to find om: way back as best we could.

This proved no easy matter and it was close on 10-30 p.m. when we reached the hill-top again.

By this time all my friends had retnrne.d. to the hospital so I was faced with a lon ely journey over unknown country. I will not dwell on that joumey except to say that I never want anoth er one like it. I reachec1 camp about 12-30 a.m. tired and hun gry. I was given half a cup of tea, no sugar or milk and then turned in between two wet blankets to snatch

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a few hOUl'S rest, for we had to tum out again at 3 a.m. I might have relished the journey back Rtill less if I had known the truth. The hills were infested with 'l'urkish snipers. The following day seven men were shot by the snipers at the well I had visited the ni ght befor.e.

Thus ended my first day of active service. It had been a day of horrible h[Lppenings, yet a day which made me proud to be English. One could write page upon page of the happenings of the succeeding days, the terrible heat and journey s fol' wounded, the suffering of all ranks owing to lack of water, the blunders of those in command . And yet through it all shines the bravery and heroic self- sacrifice of our troops. If ever men deserved SLlccess they did, an0 yet it was denied them. The men have been bbm ed for the failure . I for one will )J ever believ e tbat. Th ey did all that mortal man could. N a ture be~t them and not the Turin" and who can fight Nature successfully.?

THE MIDSUMMER,

VICTORIAN.

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CARCE thrce monl,h s have passed since the pUblication of our last number:three short uneventful months beal'in g a ludicrous similarity to a long ghostly line of past midsummer tel'ms. Calmly we pursue the even tenour of oU[' way, engaged in, or prepn,ring fol', the battle of life, on the surfa::le, apparently oblivious of the mighty, world-wide battle on which the destinies of nations depend , Consequently, unless we descend from our editorial pedestal to write of the trifles light as ail', those filmy gossamel's of talk and happenings which prove so tl'anscendently interesting to thll mind- especially to the feminin e mind- in the state of tutelage,we find ourselves almost driven to the extremity of acknowledgin g defeat through lack of munition.

Yet though the words monochrom e and monotone most aptly describe the gene ral character of the term, two days stand out in bold relief.

Empire Day in pl'evious years has passed with only a casual reference to the inner meaning of the day, and to all the wonderful issues and possibilities involved therein, Thi s yen,r, however, an inn ovn,tion has been introduced. In the morning [t gay procession of motbr cars , bright with flags R.nd smiling fac es, madc its way in tUI'l1 to the elementary schools, where pl1triotic so ngs were sun g, and youthfu l minds instructed in the men,ning of Empire, Our turn came last; n,t 2-30 th e governors arrived, to be met in the Hn,ll by se l'l'ied rows of expectant face s. After the recessiona.l hymn h n,d been sun g by the school, Mr. Court, Mr. W illan, The Rev. Father Delany n,nd Mr. Alth am addressed the pupils in speeches n,ppropriate to the audience, and well worthy of an Empire Day celebration. The singing of the National Anthem closed the n,[ternoon.

We hope a precedent hag been establi shed, and thAt in subsequent years, the 24th of May may s.ee m: all n,ssembled in the Hall, there to be inspired by speech and song to endeavour to be, not quiescent members of the Stn,te, but n,ctive citizens, working each according to his individual powers for the upholding of that mighty Empire, 'the Empire upon which the sun never sets.'

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To judge from the wonderfnl response the nation has made to the present Wltr, the number of non-patriots in the country is negligible. Yet the Englishman is not taught his patriotism. In some mysterious way, peculiar to the Briton, there grows up within his heart the love of country and the realization of the duties of cit.izenship. The fires may only smoulder for a length of time; a crisis comes, however, and the flame leaps up into a steady glow. It must be admitted tha't we have neglected what may be called the externals of patriotism. Previous to the \oval' it was a common occurrence in this town of ours for a considerable portion of the audience at concert 01' meeting to insult the K ing, by beating a h'1sty retreat when the National Anthem was struck up at the close.

How many men, too, trouble to salute the Hag? How many schools possess a Union Jack? With some degree of shame we acknowledge that our school hall has owned a flag only since th e beginning of the war.

Yet in the Un ited States the child of three is taught to remove hi~ cap before the Stars and Stripes, not only every school, but usually every class-room has its nat ional flag, and it is no uncommon sight to see an angry crowd round a buildin g where some ignomnt or misguided alien has presumed to fly hiR nation's fiag, without first running up that of America.

Some may think such points merely external and not essential, holding up Germany as ltn unenviable example of patriotism gone mad. But is not much of the beauty of life made up of non-essent,ials? Does not refinement of mind find expression in refinement of manners? A jewel is en~anced by its settin g.

The n ext red letter day of the term was Spurts Day. Of this, as so good an account is given under its own heading, only a few remark s need be made. The interest shown i!! the Sports this year was exceptional, and the number of entries exceeded all previous records. Th e House Scheme has become more popular than ever, and the obsolete sysLem of running for prizes for individual merit no one wishes to see revived. The fact that four new records were set up shows that the boys were in excellent training. Th ere is no doubt that had Jupiter Pluviue been more propitious the Sports would have been voted an enormous success.

The war has strengthened the ties exis;tin g between old scholars and the school, and many are the visits paid to old scenes by the boys in khaki. The most recent visitors were Pendlebury, Jackson (W.), Higgin, Coward,(Y), ltnd H. G. Smith. It was alrrtost a shock to find that Smith looked scarcely a day older. Knowing his regiment, one expected to find a brawny Highlander. The school offers heftrty congratulations to Pendlebury on his promotion from Lieutenant to Captain.

The girls, however, do not come i;l such force, and only one name a ppears in the Visitor's Book for this term, that of Oonstance Fi sher, who visited us before returnin g to Manchester after Easter.

We hope, however, to see a few old faces now that the Universities are on vacation .

We were pleased to see Edith Sorrie at the Sports. She left the General Ho spibl at Alexandria a few weeks ago, and after a short trip to England, has again sailed for the East, her destination being Salonica.

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THE SECRE'l'ARY.)

PORTRAIT GALLERY. The Portrait Gallery is increasing in interest, but again all friends are asked to help to make it a complete one. The latest addition is the photograph of WaIter Crawford, E.R.A., who went down with H.M.S. "Queen Mary," during the naval battle off Jutland, on Wednesday, May 31st.

IN

MEMORIAM.

In .}jI[ enwl'U oj' the late Capt. JVeville F. Bm,ith, killed in aotion, Jetn. 24th, 1916.

There's bustle anJ stir in the camp to-lIight, And sound s of bugle and dl'Um ; For the lads move up to the line to¡night,The line where honour I1nd glory mee,t, And Death t l'eads quick with redden ed feet, Deep-dyed in the blood of our son s.

With cl1eerful steps th@y swing along, Fearless a nd gay , though they know full well, That before to-mol'l'ow 's evening song, Some will go the long,. lone trail; But the tntil that leads to the Holy Gr[til, N or ever lea,ds to h ell.

Ho,l'vey S. Werry.

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"Dnlce ct clecon.m es t 1)1'0 pntnn mori."

R W. Orawford, E.RA, H.M.S. Queen Mary, who died I1t his post of duty dmin g the naval engagement off Jutland, on May 31st.

GOl'don Ashworth, Sec.-Lieut, Durham Light Infl1ntry, killed in action, "somewhere in France," on Sllnd l1Y, 25th June. Aged 26 years.

William Gibson, Private, 3rd Batt. 00ldstream Guards, died in hospita.l, "somewhere in Belgium, " on the 27th J un e, after being severely wounded in action. Aged 19 years .

Oarl Robinsol1, Private, Grenadier GUl1rds, killed in action "somewhere in France." Aged 24 years.

Tbe following Old Boys have been serving King I1nd Oountry for 11 con siderable tim e, (Oroft has been in khaki since the beginning of the war) but their names have on ly recently been h and ed in to the Head Master.

Oroft, Sergt. T. B., 'D' 00., 2nd Line 4th The Border Regt., Garihal Spur, MUl'l'ee Hills, Punjaub, India.

Hartley, 5038 Pte W. N., B 8 Platoon, 2/15th London Regt., Oivil Service Rifles, Sandhill Camp, No. 14, Longbl'idge, Devel'ill,Warminster, Wilts.

Barrow, R, Wireless Telegraphist, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Shore Wireless Station, H.M. Wireless Station, Valencia Island, Co. Kerry, Irell1nd.

Birch, who was in one of the relief expeditions to Kut, has been missing since an engagement on April 9th.

THE

ULVERSTON V.T.C. IN THE TRENCHES ON WALNEY.

N Sa~urday even ing , June 3rd, 1916, th e U lverston Company oHhe Y'I.C., about 38 stl'Ong, lLssell1 bled on Ulverston statIOn wIth l'Ifle, greatcoat and provi sions. We boarded t h e 6.11 tmin for Barl'Ow , and then assembled outside Banow stlLtio n. We march ed a,long Abbey Road, Duke Street, and over th e H igh Level Bridge to Walney, where we were allowed five minute s rest. Next we were march ed up to North End, where the trenc hes were constructed, and were now allowed to fall out for h::tlf-an-ho ur lLnd have a look roun el. .

B efo re us stood some well-built wooden huts with corrugated iron roofs. Fou l' of these were sleeiJing huts, two were mess rooms, and one was used as tbe Ci1nteen.

After ODr hlL]f-lLn-hoLll' was up we fell in, a nd were. given a blanket, lL mackintosh sheet and a sPlLde; then, led by a corpoml,we went through the communication trench to t he firing trench.

Al'l'iving thero, we were told which dug-outs to use, and then we stood and listened whilst a corpoml of the Lancashire Fusiliers gave an interesting lecture on trench ~warfare. After this each man was told hi s duties for the night, all (,he boys being put on the listening post, seventy yards in front of the trench.

We tUl'l1ed in after sentries had been appointed. Then we began to realize what a dug-out ca n do. 'Ours opened the programme by collapsing and nearly burying two usefu l volunteers who happened to be in the COl'l1er.

The next half-haUl' was spent i n replLiring t h e dug-out, and t h is t ime we made use of a broad cross beam, as we did not want more trou ble of the same kind.

About half-past eleven, two of us were call ed out and were led by a corporal thl'Ough t h e officers' lookout on hands and knees to the listening post, where we lay down flat and kept a sh arp look out for t h e enemy in the opposite trench. Tbe duties of a li stening post are to signal all u nusual occurrences in tbe enemy's trench , and to chall enge any person who is within range. The sen~ries are stationed at about seventy yal'us from the parapet of the trench, and their busines s is , to put it concisely, to see and hear all and not to be seen or heard.

Before long, we bagged two of the enemy 's corporals, a nd, better still , the major. Then we we r e relieved by two others, who took their spell of one haUl'. This went on till shortly before dawn .

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During the nigllt we had one 01' two attacks, but Wfl l11lLnaged to heal' them advance before tl.e men reached our lis tening post . Our men made an attack about 2 o'clock, led by tvvo army corporals; we advanced in extended order and managed to get within abo ut ten yards of the enemy tre nch, when one of om' men sat on so me barbed wire, and set a whole row of tin ca.ns rattling. This of COurse glwe the sh ow away, and we had to retire with the enemy firing" rapid."

Whilst returning, PrivatE> T---tripped over some of OUl' barbed wire, and took a "header" into a trench which , unhappily for him, had some water and barbed wire at the bottom. After h e had extricated himself, and we had offered our condolences, we tumbled back into our own trench.

Altogether, we had a fine but colu night, arid the sound of the sea WlLS very plelLsant. About all haul' before dawn we had to "sta.nd to," that is, on the word of command being given by the sentl'yon duty, to man the tl'enches and be relLdy for a night attack.

Just before 6 o'clock we had coffee and biscuits, and tben we went ,to dig trenches and this warmed us up, but a.fter a few minutes hard wo rk the rain began , and fol' the res t of tbe cllLY it was thoroughly wet. At a quart e~' to eigh t we were marched blLck to the base for break fas t, which consisted of bacon and tomatoes .

After brea.kfas1; we were marcbed to a big barn wh ere we were allowed to stand easy. Practice for a church parade w hich we wer e to attend in one of the huts was next taken, and we had a choir pl'11ctice.

We then mlLrched back to the trenches where we collect ed all the blankets and waterproof sheets .

The church service consisted of a series of h ymn s and the reading of the lesson by one of our sergeants. The regulars also attended the service . After the parade we had dinner, consisting of beef and ham and water to drink.

Then back to the barns and a pretty easy time of it un til the two corporals, w ho drilled u s excellent ly, came and gave us exercises in bayonet fi ghting , lLnd a lso lessons in the use of bombs.

The latter are mostly oval in shap e, and have a cast il'On selTated sh ell , and are about fo Ul' and a half inches lon g. The charge used for exploding them is ammonal, the detonators being charged ,~it h fulminate of mercury; they are timed for three lLnd a half secon ds.

As soon as these inbere~tin g lectures were over we wer e niarched back for tea , but we had no tim e for it as we wished to catch the 4-45 p .m. tmin home .

Wet to the skin we were marched through the pOUl'ing rain back to Barrow station, a distance of three and lL half miles, lLnd thus ended a very enjoyable experience which we shall not easily ¡forget .

H. PEARSON. B. Mt\clmRE'rH.

AUTUMN

SOCIAL.

The Autumn Social was held in the School, on Friday, October 6th, when there were 28 present. In spite of the moderate attendance, a very enjoyable evening was spent. It affon]ed great pleasure to have with us on that occasion Miss E. SOlTie ann Mr. Robert Barrow. Miss Sorrie has seen much service with the Red Cross both at home and over the water, whilst Mr. Barrow is in the R.N.V.R. Wireless Section, and at present is stationed at Vttlencia I sland, County Kerry. The principal item on the programme was a short Whist Drive of l~ hands, the winners being Miss Robley and Mr. E. L. Robin son. Evidently Ml'. Robinson is a player of merit, for he has gained the prize on the last two occasions. It will be interesting to note whether the Committee will follow the advice given them in the matter and handicap the gentleml1n two "points at the next Whist Drive. Mr. N owell was again in charge of the Whist. The Refreshments were as usual left with the ladies, and they once more gave us of the best. From 11 p.m. until midnight, those present did just what they felt they would like, consequently a very jolly hour was passed. The gathering then concluded with the sing in g of the National Anthem.

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E are proud of all our old boys who are so nobly upholding the F lag, All bring honour to themselves ana to th e school. But we should like to offer congratulations to two in particular upon whom the outward seal for conspicuous merit has been set , We refer to Harvey Middleton, on whose breast. the Military Cross was recently pinned by Ris Majesty the King, and who has also received a commission in the .

4th King's Own Regt. '1'he other recipient of It coveted distinction is Sergt. A, S, Thoms, better known as Spell. Thom::;, upon whom has been conferred the D.C .M. That good fo rtun e may continue to attend them is the wish of alL Our thoug hts go out to those who are lying in hospital, both at home and abroad, through wounds or sickness. Among these are Schofield, Sharp, Thoms, Thompson, Hartley , Blyth, Myers, and Burns.

Alf, Burns is always a good correspondent, doing his duty faithfully and' well in the matter of letter writing, and all are delighted to h ave his letters, The headmas¡t er received one recently, though riot in the wellknown h and writin g, the nature of his wound preventing AIL u sing the right arm. vVe hope that one and all wi ll have a speedy recovery, Wm. Rohinson is engaged in training cadets, and last Septem bel' he had the hono ~ll' of being chosen to lecture before the King . Robinson's contemporaries at least wi ll be able to gauge his success on that occasion.

E. S. Ellwocd, who is a lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, in a recent examination at .B isley was first in his class in mURketry , obtaining distiuction in range findin g. Ellwooc1 is now In structor in the Brig,tde, having received this appointment throu gh his being placed . first in a phy sical in struction class at Aldershot,

Lieut, F. G. Dickinson, of the Royal Engineers, was presented by his' Colonel with a handso me sword, suitably engraved, for mnking first in his Corps in the examinations at the clo~e of his training in this country.

He is now in France.

There have been several recent visitors in khaki to the school.

Norm an Robinson and Wignall were two of the earliest of theSE:. Robinson was hom e on leave from Oswestry, WignaU, who went through the experienae of Delville ,Vood, was recuperating from a wound in the arm.

Donald of Dalton-a self-imposed title, and Whinnerah came next, Dona Id looking particularly bright . Harvey Middleton we saw shortly after be received his distinction, and the school rose to the occasion.

That J oseph Walker visited the sch ool on October 15th is known, we are afraid to many of the staff, solely from an entry in the Visitors' Book.

Walker, we guess, from this is the same old Walker of school days-shy and retiring. J ackson (J al1les) seems to bear a charmed life, for which no douht he is profoundly thankful. H e has been wOUllded four tim es, at Ypres, twice in the Dardanell es , and now again in the great Battle of the Somme. Tom Proctor, our most recent visitor, closes the list , The years between the termination of school-life an:1 the entry into manhood are wonderful years 'in many ways, but particularly in the manner in which they change youths, sometimes out of all knowledge, in external appearance . The embarrassment therefore of members of the Staff on finding themselves unable to recognise old faces under a new guise will be readily understood. On Proctor however Time has had no such trans,mogrifying eft'ect. He was the old clear-eyed, bright-cheeked Proctor Whom the school kn ew a few short years ago.

Extract from letter l'ecei ved frum France from a friend of the late T. L. KendalL 27/8/1916.

Yours of the 23rd inst . enquiring about particulars of a very dea).' friend cif mine,for that I am proud to call Lieut. T. L. Kendall, although he only joined us toward s the end of June . He becam e very endeared to us by his conduct aftel' our severe engagement (Delv,ille Wood) of the 27th July, 1916, apart from our pleasant relations prior to that. Your brother was the oul y oi'lJcer who came out un wounded and took command.of tbe Company , Ue was however severely shaken and really ought to have gone to hospital with shock, but like the gallant gentleman he WltS, he remained. In the course of his duties be h ad to go to interview the Brigade~l\tJajor; this necessitated hiR travelling through a shell-swept zone . He did say h e wished he was well through. He bad 'however l'eltched the Brigade Off:ice, and was returning when two of his gun team s which were attached to one of th e units of the Brigade were loading up and gettin g ready to go up into the front trenches. He had clismounted from his horse and was amongst the men when a shell landed in amongst them. He was so severely wounded that he died within a verv short while. He would Buff'er no pain, he would be unconscious .

To ¡sum )JP, he died a gall ant soldier's death, because it was his interest in his men that caused him to lose his life then.

Roger Birch and John Burrows, we regret, are still missing.

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Atkinson, H ., Sergt. 13th Royal Welsh Fusiliers Arden, S., Pte RA.M.C. Barnett, J., Sapper Royal Engineers B lyth, R, Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Brewer, J., Sergt. 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Re17t.

Brewer, A., CorpI. 10th Middlesex Regt.

0 Brockbank, R, Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Brown, F., Sergt. RA.M.C. .

Burns, A., PfJ<! 4th King's Own Roy al Lancaster Regt.

Burns, R, Sec.-Lieut.

Butterfield, A., Pte 48th C.E.F. Butterfield, F., Sergt . .c.E.F. Chodey, W ., Pte 8th King's Own, Royal Lancaster Regt.

Chmchman, G., Pte Light Car Section, R.V.P. Clark, T., Rifleman Training Reserve Batt.

Clack, F., M.T., A.S.C. Cole, G., Pte Royal 1!'usiliers Collinson, J. H., Pte R A.M.C. Coward, W., Pte Army Service Corps.

Coward, V., Pte 2nd Manchester Regt.

Croft, T. B., Sergt. 4th The BOl'dm Regt.

Dickinson, F. G., Sec.- Lieut . Royal . Engineers Dilworth, 0 ., Pte Hon. Artillery Company Donald, G., Sec -Lieut. 17th Northumberland Fusiliers.

Edmondson, J., CorpI.Border R E)gt. .

Eves, A. , Pte RA.M.C. Ellwood, K, Lieut. Lancashire Fusiliers : Fisher, S., Pion eer Royal Engineers Fox, A. W ., Pte Canadian Infantry Garside, F., CorpI. Army Cycle Corps.

Gaskell, B., Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Gill, G., 'Pte 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Gott, H., Pion eer Royal Engineers Hall, F., Lieut. 9th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Harrison, F., RG.A .

Harrison, J., Pte W elsh Guards Hartley, W. N ., Pte 15th London Regt.

H ewitt, A., Pte 4th King's Own, Royal Lancaster. Regt.

Higgin, K, Driver Royal Field Artillery Hunt, T., Lanc.-CorpI. 2nd Finsbury Rifles Hoggarth, T., Bombr. Royal Garrison Artillery (Heavy Batt.)

Ingleton, H ., CorpI. 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Jac\rson, K, Pte 41st Prov. Batt. 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Jackson, .l., Gunner Royal Fi eld Artillery.

Jacksoll, Wm., Gunner Royal Field Artillery Jarvis, C., Sergt. W est. and Cumb. Yeomanry Ray, S., Pte 19th Rifle Brigade R ellett, W., Pte 4th Kin~' s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Lindow, W. , Pte 15th West Yorks. Regt.

Linton, R, Pte Army Service Corps (Motor Air Line)

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Mackereth, G., Pte Royal Fusiliers Mackereth, Wm., Sapper Royal Engineers Mashiter, T., Pte Infantry Brigade . .

Midctleton, H., Sec.-Lieut. 4th King's Own .Royal Lancaster Rl;lgt., Miles, A., Corp1. 1st Canadian Mounted Police.

[Signallers.

Moore, T ., Lieut. 3rd King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Muncaster, A., Pte 2/9th Royal Scots.

Myers, H., Corp1. 4th King's Own Royal L~nQaster Regt.

Parker, H., Cadet, Bristol Pendlebury, J., Captain East Lancashire Regt. .

Penny, T., Q.M.S. Machine Gun Service Phizacklea, W ., Pte RA.M.C .

Porter, W., Pte 4th Loyal North Lancs. Regt.

Postlethwaite, R, Sapper Royal Engineers (Signallers.)

Proctor, T. G., Bombr. Anti-Aircraft Training Depot Rae, W . H. R, Pte 14th London Scottish Redhead, R, Drivel' Royal Field Artillery Rigg, J., Gunnel' Royal Field Artillery Richardson, J., Corpl. 3rd Scottish Rifles Robinson, H., Lieut. Royal Garrison Artillery Robinson, J. C., Pte Royal Fusiliers Robinson, N., C.Q.M. Sergt. 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Robinson, W., Lieut. Baliol College, Oxford Schofield, Wm., Lanc.-Corp1. 11th Border Regt. (Lonsdale.)

Sharp, J., Lanc.-Corp1. 13th London Brigade Shardlow, J., Sergt. 7th Border Reg/; .

Smith, H . G., Cadet, Cambridge Stevenson, J., Sapper Royal Engineers Stones, H.W., Pte Grenadier Guards Taylor, J., Sergt. West. and Cumb. Yeomanry Thompson, A., Bombr. Royal Garrison Artillety.

Thompson, J., Pte 27th Canadians Thbmpson, J .. Pte South African Scottish Thoms, S., Sergt. 1st London Scottish Thorpe, J.W., Pioneer Royal Engineers Tinkler, RM., Pte Royal Fusiliers TysOIJ, H., Gunnel' Royal Field Artillery Tyson, J .; Sapper Royal Engineers (An sac Corps.)

Walker, J., Signaller Royal Garrison Artillery Werry, H., Corp1. 15th Durham Light Infantry West, R, Pte RA.M.C. Whinnerah, J. H., Lanc.-Corp1. 3/5th Lancashire Fusiliers Whitham, G. S., Lieut. York and Lancaster Regt.

Wignall, W., Pte 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Wilkinson, F. J. Cadet, Lichfield Wilson, C., Pte 1st West Lancs. RF.A., A.S.C. Wraighte, A., SOl'gt. West. and Cumb. YeomfLnry.

STAFF.-A. Brier, Cadet, Inns of Court, O.T.C. W. F. White, Corp1. Special Brigade, Royal Engineers 1. H. Anderson, Gunnel', Royal Field Artillery

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Appleby, .T., R.M.T. S.S. "Sa.int Andrew."

Barrow, R., R.N.R. Wireless Section Dilworth, W. H., E.R.A., H.M. Submarine G 11 Ellwood, J.W ., E.R.A., H.M.S. " Magnificent."

Oxley, G., Boy-Tel. H.M.S. "Ohristopher.'

Nea.le, R., Engineer-Lieut. H.M.S. "Laurentic."

Saunders, J., Leading Signalman R.M.S. "Minerva.'

Stephenson, G., Lieut. H.M.S. "Reindeer."

Wilson, R., A.B. H.M.S. "Ossory," T.B.D. Jones, M., Boy, H.M.S. "Powerful."

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SERVICE.

Ashworth, W, Armourer R.N.A.S., H.M.S. " Monica."

Barnett, 0, 8ec. A.M., RF.O. Dean, S., Proby. Flight Officer, R.N.A.S. Randall, J . B., Sec. A.M., R.F.O .

Sleep, A., Sec .-Lieut. R.F.O. GIRLS WORKING IN OONNEOTION WITS: THE ARMY. Rawlinson, Ellen, attached to Southern Oommand Officers' School of Instruction.

Sorrie, Edith A., Nursing Sister, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. -'Lj

PRIZE

DAY.

HIS year again, owing to the continuance of the war, Pl'i~e Day was shorn of its full glory and honour. There was nothmg. of the glitter and sparkle associated with a distributi.on in public. Laclnng was the brilliant tout ensembl e made up by the bnght eyes and pr~tty fro?ks of the girls, the shining evening faces of the boys, the approvmg smlles and glances of parents and wellwishers, and, lastly, that a~~embl~g~ on the platform, so dear to the heart of the Go,vel'l1?rs, so c?rdl~lly dlshked by the Staff, wherein seldom except u.~ a U111verslty ,fU?ctlOXl It~~lf, are so many different representative academlC hoods seen m JuxtaposltlOn. Yet in spite of the restricted space in the school hall, the large number of the pupils, and the absence of book prizes, it was unanimously ~greed that the Prize Distribution on Nov. 15th was one of the most enjoyab le and successful functions the school has ever celebrated. Appended is an account of the afternoon's proceedings taken from one of the local papers. 'rhe programme commenced with the singing of the school song, " Per laborem ad honorem," and Mrs. Court was presented with a beautiful bouquet by Hilda Foulkes. .

The Chairman complimented the old boys and girls on the entertainment they gave in order to provide Christmas parcels for the lads at the front. They gave a delightful presentation of Sh'a kespeare's " Twelfth Night." Postal Orders and cheques would be gratefully received, and would help to swell the total amount. '1'00 much could not be done in the way of providing comforts for the boys who were fighting bravely, whilst others were snug at home.

With reference to the school, the results last year were not quite lip to the usual standard, but it should be remembered they had lost valuable teachers in Mr. White, Mr. Bi-ier and Mr. Anderson, and many of the se1110r lads had left before they would otherwise have done, with the full consent of the Governors, to engage in work of national importance. All things (;onsidered, hO'~Tever, he thought the headinaster took a too pessimistic view of the result, and the governors were perfectly satisfied with the work of the past session. He appealed to the senior boys and girls to combine in loyally assisting the depleted staff to maintain order and discipline in the school. He was gln,d to learn that the period of school life was extending, and he appealed to parents, where circumsbu.nces would a.llow, to permit their children to remain in the school as long as possible. in regard to the public spirit which was so characteristic of the :;lhrge public schools of England, he said this was a young school, but the growth of that spirit was nevertheless noticea,ble, and he hoped that it would be f,)stered so that its impress might Le made upon the future lives of the students. The headmaster was anxious that the spirit which prompted little acts of kindness, chivalry, and unselfishness, despising everything mean, and which went to the building up of the national character, should be fosttred.

Referring to the boys who had answered the country's call, and gained distinction in th\l.t service, he said they had learned more than scholarly atta.inments, and he thought they ought to recognise their brave deeds by giving them a cheer. Crhree hearty cheers were here given .) Some had laid down their lives, and h e did not think in vain, for their names, which he hoped would be inscribed on a marble tablet in the school ball, would be an inspiration to the students of the future. Addressing the girls, the Chairman said that the balance of power was in their hands. They pulled the strings and the boys only danced. The women also had heard the call of country, and had responded nobly. They were doing more than theil' share in helping towards that victory which was surely coming, and in view of the greater responsibility which would devolve upon them in the future it was for the girls to discreetly and well develop the characters of the boys in after life, thus helping to make a better and nobler England. .

The Headmaster then presented his report on the work of the past year. In this, Mr. Daniel referred to the fact that in addition to the 1;hree masters serving in the Forces, there are at present, so far as can be traced, 96 old boys in the Army, 9 in the Navy, and three in the Air Serviue, 17 of these holding commissioned and 21 non-commissioned rank. The school rose and remained standing while the following names on the Roll of Honour were read:Cuthbert H. Saunders, H.obert Walton Crawford, William Gibson, John Logan, :'l.lbert lVletcalfe, Carl H. Robinson, Roger Linton Steel, Richard Phillips, Thomas Linaker Kendall, J ames Frederick GOl'don Ashworth, Alfred King, Joseph William Nicholson, William Balmer.

The Chairnnn Raid whi lst they mourned the loss of those lives their hearts went out ill sympathy to the pa,reuts and relatives who had lost their loved ones, a song of tha,nkfulnebs must rise in their hearts when they thought of the no~le way ill which they died. D1.lce et (~e C01'1l?n est

T

pl'O patl'ia llWl¡i.

The prizes were presentec1 to tho successful students by Mrs. Court, who was heartily thanked on the motioll of . the Bev. Father Delany, seconded by Miss Haines. 'rhere were recitations by Hilda Foulkes, (" The happy warrior,") J. 'r. Parkinson (" Admirals All ") and songs by the students, conducted

by Mr. Nott, (" Send him victorious") and" The Soldiers' Chorus" (from " Faust "), the function concluding with the singing of "God Save the King.'

THE

VICTORIAN. VOL. Ill. No. 36.

EASTER, 1917.

EDITORIAL . .THE NEW ASPECT OF FOOD.

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OOD, that vulgar commodity which, in those misty bygone years before the thunderbolts of war were launched into our midst, it was 'bad form' to show an open interest in, whIch a section of the community qespised the tradesman for selling, and, in a less degree, th e manufacturer for producing, food, a suhject fit only for cool<8 f).nd th e bestial-minded of men, a topic of conversation for a Wagner concert, no longer submits to be ignored ; it has broken the barriers which so called refined manners had set up around it, and like a star ' that leapfl into mort!),l ken, it has sprung into the ligbt, absorbing the attention of all.

Food, food, food,- we hear of thee in the street, and in the market pl ace, the preacher waxes eloquent upon thee, strangers on a chance meet,ing find in thee a fruitf.ul subject of discourse, lovers forget their shyness 'when thou art mentioned,-we no longer talk about the weather.

In thy rise too, more meteoric than that of politician, thou hast elevat.ed into a positio~ of importance an erstwhile humble m ~m ber of society. The grocer has ousted the curate from his citadel. Be H is who 'holds the destinies of families within the hollow of his haridfl, who decrees whether the tyrant of the household shall or shall not have his matutinal, meridial, and nocturnal rations flavoured with the substance deal' to his infant heart, who takes the decision regarding the sed uctive array of jars upon the store-room shelves, entirely out of the coi.ltrol of the mistress of the household, who no longer bows ' obsequiously over the lavish hand that helps to swell his coffers. The tables are turned. The grocer is idolised, his delectable wares are idols; to his altar many tributes are brought. But he is a god not to be appeased with Rm iles or tears. 'She bartered her soul for a pound of su<;n.r' might be the opening line of the satire of a modern J uvenal.

What aeons of time fleparate these days from that halcyon age when within the encompassing walls of a tea-cup we piled our Ossa upon Olympus aye, and Pelion upon that, and through the limpid depths of the amber fluid, watched them crumble away, in their very ruin gratifying our desire; when a paremtory order for three stones of sugar could be despatched to a grocer" and, hey presto, it was expressed to our door. Now,' one lump or two?' from a hostess, as she pauses with tongs arrested in mid air, can bring only one answer, ' No sugar for me, please.' Written indelibly on the hearts of each and all are the pregnant words. -Rations for the week for each individual- 4 Ibs. of bread; 2t Ibs. of meat, ! lb. of sugar. Es¡ cape from them we cannot, they haunt us, we are obsessed by them.

When we lay down our weary heads upon the pillow, waiting till the downy pinions of the balmy god shall enfold us, we repeat them over and over, until. despite valiant resolutions towards retrenchment and earnest exhortations of the F00d Controller, we have increased our weekly quotl1m of sugar by 3.t Ihs., and Morpheus comes to the rescue.

But haec olim meminisse il1vabit. In the meantime let us turn to the vast store of hoarded wealth within oUt' building, a store untapped by any Chancellor of the l~xchE'quer, upon which no Controller tUt'ns a burning eye, for the possession of which no one can accuse us of unpatriotism.

Here we may for a space escape from the spectre of want and famine.

Here the fare is liberal, and the coUt'ses unrestricted. Shakespeare may take us through the whole gamut of joy ana sorrow; Scott transport us to the days when battles were picturesque; we may feast upon the records of the Dalton District Board for the year 1886.

The Food Controller may lay an arresting hand upon our table, .our mental pabulum he cannot touch . Gaudeamus igitur.

NEWS FROM FRANCE AND ELSEWHERE. It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Private Joshua Edwards, It scholar of the School from 1901 to 1904. Private Edwards enlisted in January, 1215, and went to France ill connection with the anti-aircralt section of the Army in March, 1915. Towards the close of last summer, he contracted serious chest trouble owing to exposure during that wet period, and entered the hospital. In September, being still unfit for active duty, he was sent to his home at Hapton, near Burnley, to recover. Last month, however, he was attacked by pneumonia arid died on the 25th February. He was buried at Nelson and leaves a widow.

As a scholar of the 8chool. he was a bright, popular boy, with a fund of quiet humour. Those who knew him best loved him most. He has virtually died in the country's cause. HA will not be forgotten. Our sincere sympathy is extended to his widow and relatives.

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Many letters of thanks for the Christmas Parcels have been received from France and elsewhere, but space allows of our publishing extracts from very few. We hope they will prove of interest to many.

From J. ROBINsON. Very lDany thanks ,for the Ohristmas parcel which I received on December 22nd. I got bltCk from hospital just in time to receive it, and it wasn't very long before I was puffing away at a cigarette from deal' old Blighty. I had an unhappy experience on December 14th. I got buried in a dug-out and quite thought my number was up, but after two hours good digging my pals were able to unearth me, and I am pleased to say I got off with nothing worse than badly bruised legs.

From S. FISHER. In additio~ to being a letter of Lhanks, this should be a letter of apology, I think. Although I have been out bere a few months, not very long, but at all events long eno\lgh to write a few letters, I have never written to you and I ought to apologise. ·Yet I have been lwpt well in touch with School and everyone there in general; in fact one of my stock queries in writing to various sources is" How is the U.V.G.S.?·' Space does not permit any of the pamgl'aphing taught by Miss Terry, as we are asked to be brief and keep to a one side limit, but my brevity does not depreciate the value I attach to the parcel so kindly sent by tbe Old Scholars. Everything is most useful, perhaps I should add the cake was splendid. I send my sincere thanks to all. Since coming out I can hardly say I have had a bad time. .B'or over three months, I am pleased to say, I lived in ignorance of the real thing, and ·that ignorance was bliss. Now we 111'e working in the front line almost daily, and the knee deep mud does not add to our comfort. About six weeks ago I had the good fortune to meet Mr. White, and although our time together was very limited we had a long, pleasant chat. I was plea-sed to find him looking so well. Be said he was feeling fit, but I must confess he appeared slightly" fed up."

I know where he is now and hope to see him again soon. Home does not seem very far away when we come across fellows we know so well. I have almost reached ·the limit, but before closing repeat my hearty thanks and wish you and all Old Scholars a very happy Christmas and good luck . and prosperity in the New Year.

From T. MASHITER. I am glad you had such a good time at the performance of Twelfth Night. I can welll'emember the grand times we used to have about seven years ago. The occasion I remember best. Wl1S the School Concert when we raised the Drill Hall roof with the Soldiers' Chorus. Those were good times. I had the pleasure of meeting the man of the self-imposed title, viz :-Donald, of Dalton. We had a good chat of old times including the old School doings. I heal' occasionally from Harvey Werry. He seems to be having good time. By the way my address is 'A' Coy. 7th K O.R.Ls. and not the Brigade you put on . . I was only there for . Ut short time . . . I have spent quite a time trying to make out the people on the photograph in the Magazine. I can only !TIake ono out and I think I am right when I say the left hand .man i~· the . back row is "Old J;i!ip Nowell." Your majesty I fail to find. I am glad to hear how well the School is doing in spite of difficulties. I wish them all good luck.

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NEWS lfROM lfRANC]) AND .,

EtSEWH~RE .

From F. HALL. To-day I reoeived a lovely big paroel and a day or two ago the " Viotorian, " and I thank you, the Old Soholars, and any others from whom the delightful present oame. Where we are now, several thousand feet up and miles and miles away from any house or shop, we never see any small luxuries, oonsequently it is a great pleasure to reoeive paroels from friends at home. I am sorry that I oannot send you a photograph of myself, but if I ever get to Salonioa (whioh I last saw 14 months ago), I shall try to get one to send to you. I'm afraid I oan give you no news of any Old Soholars. ,There are several Ulverston men in thi~ battalion, but none of them went to the Grammar Sohool.

From I. H. ANDERsoN. Many thanks for the letter oase whioh I reoeived this morning. It is a real fine effort you've made and I feel sure all the old boys and girls taking their part in the war will thltnk you for your thoughtfulness and trouhle in oreating a fund by hard work. I do. I shall ever remember the old Sohool and Soholars as I use it. I shall be proud of it beoause I'm one among the list from the U.V.G.S. in the only uniform that matters now. I trust when peace oomes again to Europe we'll find our school boys have done their part and we oan say" Good Old Grammar Sohool." ,

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From H. G. SMITH. I am afraid I've been somewhat slow in writing to thank you for the nioe gift sent by the Sohool to me at Christmas. However it was not altogether my fault, as I didn't reoeive it until the New Year, it having been redirected from Cambridge. I was sent down to Cambridge in August to undergo a course at a Cadet School before taking up my ' commission. I had the good luok to be billeted in Trinity College. There were 'very few students up then and we had a set of rooms between eaoh foul'. The work was not very hard and was very ~nteresting. The College, too, put all the playing fields at our disposal, and, I was luoky enough to get into the Battalion oricket team and, though not quite so suooessful, in the winter season I played in the Company rugger, sooker, and hookey teams. In the final exam. at the end of the oourse I did not do badly, passing fourteenth out of about one hundred and eighty, and, as'usual, I was about the youngest, there being only one boy younger than myself.

I had a very pleasant surprise there in meeting Dorothy Fo~ the first day she oame down, and was able to glean a little knowledge of the old town from her. I was gazetted on the 23rd November, and oame down here after about a fortnight's leave. As for this pla~e, well, I think, the least said about it the hetter; but the plaoe, oombined with the weather we've been having lately, just ahout finished me., However, I won't be her'e long now as I go home on embaroation leave from Christmas Day till the 31st, and am now in the next batoh for a tour on the oontinent. I see quite lit lot of the old boys are out there now, and I hope it will be my good fortune to oome aoross some of them. I think I forgot to say that I'm in myoid regiment, the 9th Highland Light Infantry, although at present r m attached to the ,6 th.

NEWS FROM FRANOE AND ELSEWHERE.

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From HARVEY WERRY. • A very hurried lettAr to tha.nk you for that Ohristmas parcel which arrived yesterday. It was very acceptable and most opportune. We had 'us t moved into a new sector- a very famous sector by the way-and my ~uarbers were of the dirtiest. However, tho advent of a parcel transform ed the scene. Suppertime saw us s.itting close up to the bra~ier, eating calm, drinking tea, and generally making an atmosphere of Ohnstmas. We are all cheery and strong, and out to win. I have read the School Magazine with interest.

From W. R OBINSON. I wa.s extremely plea~e d to receive another token of goodwill from the old School t his Xmas, and wish you to convey my hearty thanks and deep gi'atitude. I liked the cheery spirit of your letter. I feel sure this is the boginning of the end. It is gratifying to know that the old school has dorie so well. It will be something to be proud of in future days- better than any list of successes. It shows that you and your staff cultivate the right spirit. Since writing to you last I have been in France and am back again training cadets at Oxford . I saw much that was interesting of COUfse. I went out in charge of a patrol one night to reconnoitre the enemy 's working parties. We were discovered and fired on, but all managed to get baCK safely. Things were pretty q~iet where I was, except for occasional artillery action; but we had the superiority. The Magazine is very interesting, especially the letters from Old Boys serving. I am nOW in charge of a platoon of Australian cadets training for commissions, besides being musketry officer for my Oompany and bombing officer ·f01· · the Battalion. The Australians are a very good lot - very keen workers.

From E. MOUNT. I wish to thank Mr. Daniel, the members 'of the O.S.U., and all concerned for the glorious parcel received yesterday morning, and also for their good wishes. The contents of the box arrived in splendid condition and we shall thoroughly enjoy them I can assure you. It is most interesting to get hold of a copy of the" Victorian," and especially to heal' about some of the Old Boys. It would seem that, not b9ing a member of the O.S.U., I had lost an interest in the school, but such is not so. Deep down in my heart there is a tender place for the dear old school, where I spent six years as a scholar, perhaps the happiest period of my life.

It was the thorough grounding obtained at the school beneath the hill " which enabled me to pass through the Varsity and finally to graduate in July last.. I should be glad if you would enrol me a member of the O.S.U ., and let me know what the subscription is.

A brief reference to some of the other letters may also be welcome.

N. Robinson, Ingleton (who acts as clerk to Robinson), Wignall, and J. Brewer were at the time of writing still in England, and all in the same town.

Hoggarth is to be congratulated on his good luck, having been through the thick of the last offensive, and coming out unscathed.

Sharp was wounded last August and up to the middle of December was in hospitn.l in the south of l1lugland. He is now discharged from hospital but it will be some time t,m his right l"g admits of hie walking easily.

W4ile in Fl'!\.n()e h(' Cll,me aoross EM, :.

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NEWS FROM FRANOE AND ELSEWHERE.

We werE! pleased to hear that Blyth had better luck with his parcel this year, and that its wanderings were not so varied as those of its predecessor. B lyth has seen a fair portion of the world since h e left sc hoo l, but considers himself unfortunate in not having been in action. lie has been iu Egypt, at the Dardanelles, a nd in Salonica. While in the mountains behind Salonica he contracted malarial fever and was invalided home. He has quite recovered now, an d is eaget' to get out to Frali ce.

Oollinson is still protesting against his enforced in activity in Salonica. ,J. Thompson , one of the earliest pupils of the school,was in the front lin e when hi s parcel arrived; consequently his reply was very brief. We are pleased to know that he retains so many pleasant recollections of the school, an d .that the lessons he there learnt, 'to liithard, to hi t', straight, ' to play the game, ' h ave stood him in good stead. " A hurried note was received from Mr. Brier, just before he proceeded , overseas to take up his duties of Inspeotor' of Ordnance, SinCe then lengthy letter has come which the headmaster read to the school.

We are pleased, to heal' th at Sleep has quite recovered from 'the effects of his premature descent from a height of 1200 feet. , Major P endlebur.y is now in India.

The Editor will bEl delighted to receive from Old Boys, abroad 01' at home, for publication in the Magazine, short articles-character sketches. scenes of foreign life, &0. '

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SOLDIERS' XMAS PRESENTS ACCOUNT, 19Hi. BALANCE SHEET. INCOME. To Balance from 'rwelfth Night Performance

£

44

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8

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EXPENDITURE. £

By Mr. Thomas Dickinson, 5 . Leather Goods ., Mr. F. Dickinson, Tobacco 7 0 " Mr. H . Kitchin .. " Messrs. H. Riley. Ltd. .. 0 Mr. F. Dickinson, Laces 0 " Mr. H. Dickinson, Handkerchiefs 0 " Mr. Postlethwaite, Ties.. 1

s. d.

17 7 4 7 7

6 4 6

10 0

6 7~ 7 0

PROVISIONS:

Ml'. Jenkins ..

Mr. Braithwaite Mr. Harrison ..

Messl s. Roger & Tyson Mr. Parker " Mrs. Stables, Sweets !Vlr. Atkinson, Pencils .. " Sundry Provisions &Packing Material, per Miss White .. " Postages on51 Parcels to Gt. Britain 50 Fnnce 11 H .M. Navy 9 "East Magazines and General..

"Mr. J.1'aylor " .Balance £44 'T. PHILLIP8, Treasurer.

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3 14 0 8

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£44 8 5~ G. H. DANIEL, Auditor.

Mr. C. W. SALMON, PRESIDEl\T OF THE O.S.U. 1916-17.

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So short a time b,aving- elapsed since the publication of the last mag ,tzine little news concerning old boys has come in.

S'harp, owing to weakness of the knee left by his wound, has now . been placed in Arm y Category 02 ~ Bartley and he are in the same command depot .

Muncaster seems to have gone through a fair selection of the ex:periellce::! which FTance has to offer, li e went through th e whole of the SOll1me campaign, had several miraculous escapes, was twice buried and reported missing, and has 'suffered ÂŁ1'0111 trench feet and septic poiso.ning.

Now (at the beginning of June) he is in a convalescent camp in Ireland, completely deaf in onq ear.

Procter, who formed one of the crew of the anti-aircraft gun which b rought down Zeppelin L 15 Ol). the 31st March, 1916, is now the proud possessor of a 'gold medal presented' by the Lord Mayor of London . He is at present in France, on duty in the anti-aircraft section of the Royal Field Artillery.

Eric Barker has joined ~he Royal Naval Reserve for the period of the war, and Rohtnd is in the 4th Battle Squ/1.dron .

Macdnugall, who was a Junior Officer in a transport, was torpedoed i'n' the Meditflrranean on the 23rd of May. He paid a visit to the sc hool when !1t home after the loss of his ship.

Fresh nau)ss aloe constantly being added to the list of those who have join ed the colours. The latest ad<:litions are Priva,te A. Wilkinson, and Privltte .J. Hughes, who are both in the North Somerset. YeomaQ.ry.

Alfred Dickinson has joined the London $C.ottiilh. .

Harold Robinson is to be congratulated on obtaining tl~e degree of D.Sc. , although engaged on military work in France of a very arduous nature. This is the highest academic honour ever won by 9. pupil of the school.

Other recent visitors to. the schoql were Ellwood, Higham, Dean and Pickthall. .

Mr. White has been home on leave after 22 months at ~he front, without a break. He" is bein g transferred to a O!ldet Unit with a view to taking a commission ill the ~. G . A. We hear tily congratulate him worthily on his well deserved promotiol). W.e know Mr. White sllstain the dignity of the office.

Mt. Brier has been gazetted. LiJmten!\>l).t after beipg Second Lie.ute,n ant for three months only. He is a.t present, epgaged on importap~ chf\mi~al work at W 001 wich Arsenal. ' "

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It is with ileep regret that we record the loss of still one other of our old boys, Fred Wilkinson, who was killed in action in France, after only three months' service there, on the 11th April last. Wilkinson had been a cadet in the Inns of Court O.T.C., and obtained his commission in November last, whereupon ' he became' attached to the 8th K.O.R:L. Begt .

During his last leave he paid a visit to his old school, bringing with him an atmosphere of brigbtness and cheer. The vision of him as be looked then, with his bonny boyish face, ,pleased with his uniform, and looking forward without fear to his work in ,F rance, will be one we sball always retain. '1'he blow to his parents has naturally been severe, and one hesi tates to obtrude, even with words of sympathy, upon sorrow which at first seeks only the impossible physical return for its assuagement. Let us hope, however, that, though the memory of their beloved son can never fa.de froni their minds, time will lay its healing hand upon them, as on others, and , that, in brighter days ahead, they may no longer regard his dea,th as a calamity, but merely as a temporary separation. "There is no death; what seems so is tmnsition."

As may easily be imagined, Fred was extremely popular with his fellow officers and lllen alike. With.the kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. \.\filkinson we append two of the many tributes to his worth, whiCh have come from France and elsewhere.

17/4/17. France.

Dear Mr. Wilkinson, .. 'l'here is not one of us; officers and men, who are not sharing your . grief. As his commanding officer I can only say that your boy's death was like himself. Hit twice before, he persisted in leading his men on in the attack. A third bullet killed the gallant boy. We miss his brightness, we miss his cheeriness and laughter, but we do admire his bravery, and his men will never forget his example. As his C.O. I personally would like to say much more of what I feel, but you will understand how much we liked him, and how much we honour him in his death. I would have written before, but I got my face. and eyes badly damaged by a 'shell, so please forgive me.

Yours sincerely, REGINALD S.: HUNT, Lt. Colonel.

15/4/17. France.

Deal' Mr. Wilkinson, I expect that you know by this time that your son was killed in action on the] lth. I am writing to you as I know you are an old friend of my father's, and you would like to hear from me. We had made 'an attack in the early morning and were beld up by machine gun fire, and had to dig in. In the afternoon another attack was made by the remainder of our brigade from behind us, and we had to re-organise our nien to support the attack and advance with the other regiments, when they came through UB. We had no trenches. but were sheltering in shell holes. Your son was collecting his men and preparing to assist , the advance w~en he was hit in the head by a machine gun bullet. Death was instantan~ous, and he , could haye' suffered no pain at all. " When it was dark we went out to look for his body so as to collect his papet¡s; but ,were unable to find him. In addition to that, about two ,inches of sriow had fallen, so our task was practically impossible. , YOl,lr son's death is an immense loss to the battalion, and he is very m.uch missed by tne other officers,wi~h whom he was very populal'. We all sympathize with yOU', and verym-uch :more than it is possible tO ,say, but perhaps the ,kpowledge tpl;tt he died bravely will help yo~. He had already been wo~nded twice ,--,one graze on the chin, and another through b,he Hesh of his shoulder, b,ut he still stopped at, duty with his platoon, I would have written to you before, but I have had no time at all to my .. ' self. I have to re-organise IJlY company by myself, as all my subalterus were w9u,nded in the action. When I get hOlUe I shall come and see you .

It is really impossible to express this news in a letter.

Yours sincerely, R. H. O'BmEN, Captain.

* * * * KILLED IN ACTION. On April 11th, in France, FREDlllRICJAMES WILKINSON, aged 20 years. At 8chooI1908-19J5.

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Wm. J ames Chorley , P te King's Own Royal Lancs., killed in action , 20th, September, 1917.

Frank Garside, Corporal, Army Cycle CorpE, killed 20th October, 1917.

E. Fawcett is now training on H .M.S. "Worcester."

He came to sch ool September 15th, looking very smart and well in his uniform; he seems to enjoy his work.

B. Coward, (Captain of the Red House, 1917,) is on the "Conway," tra.ining to be an officer either in the Navy or the Merchant Service.

A. Mackeroth, (Captain of the Blue House and Victor Ludorum for 1917,) has joined the R.N .A.S., and is now in training for a commission .

S. Fox has lately gone to sea, on a merchant ship bound for Calcutta. It is hoped he will find a seafaring life ttS happy tt sphere as his fancy has long pictured it.

J . G. Dickinson, who had acted as laboratory assistant for about a year, left in July to join the "Bolton Castle" as an apprentice . Un fortunately, since then he has been very ill in a hospital in Canad a.

Better news of him has lately been received, and it is hoped t hat he will soon be well enough to come home to Ulverstoll.

J. Saunders has been amongst our visitors this term. In I\( arch when he came, he was a signaller on H.M.S. "Minerva," but since then h e has left the Navy-much to his regret, for he declares that his twelve years in the Service have been the fine st times a man could have.

He was on the "Inflexible " when that ship was struck in the Dardanelles in 1915, and is suffering still from the effect of injuries received then ; on that account he has been given his discharge.

A. Burns called on October 5th, when he was home on leave.

For some time before that he had been at Sidn ey Sussex College, Cambridge, trainilJg for a commission. He is probably gazetted by thi s time, but the name of his regiment has not been received. Part of his leave he was going to spend at Wasdale Head -surely a place ",here he might believe the war all a dream.

J. Sharp was in the 13th London Regiment, but was so badly wounded at the Vimy Ridge that he has now been discha,rged . He has returned to his work in the Post Office Savings Bank at S. Ken sington . When he was in hospital in France he found that he was in a vill age long known to him by name, as the home of his French corresponden t with whom he had kept up his connection since his school days.

The young Frenchman was at home on leave and came to visit Sh arp.

His fathAr and mother also came, and it was surprising how well they could all understand each other in spite of difficulties, Monsieur and Madame--could speak no .B1nglish, nor understand it, while Sharp could speak neither English nor French, because his mouth

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was bandaged all round. Coincidences seem to havA come in his way, for when he was tran sferred to a hospital in England he found another Old Ulverstonian in the same hospitnJ - Norman Hartley.

N . lIartley has been discharged from the Army as the result of his injuries He was in the 15th London Regiment, but has now been appointed to a post at Barrow in the London City and Midland Bank.

N. Robinson, who joined the 4th K.O. at the outbreak of war, has also got his discharge 011 account of ill health.

S. Fisher is now in France. After being for som e time in hospital a t Boulog ne, h e was home on leave, and was in school on October 15th.

He is expecting to come back to England to train for a commission.

A. Butterfield, RG.A., has brought honour to himself and to his school by the distinction he has gained- th e Military Cross for gall ant conduct. The investiture has not yet taken place, so th e exact record of the s pecial [Lction for which it was awarded cannot be given . The battery of which he was in charge had been attacked a.gain and again for weeks, but Lieut. Butterfield "carried on" until every man but him self hll d been put out of action. He has been granted leave from France to go home to Victoria, British Columbia. He will most probltbly now be on his return journey.

H . MyerR, Sergt., 4th Royal Lancaster Regt. , has been awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct on Sept. 20th, 1917, east of Ypres .

F . G. Diekinson has been home from France. Be was in the school on September 13th.

A. Dickinson, his brother, is in the London Scottish. He hopes to be tran sferred to the R.l!~.C .

H. Riley joined the Brd King 's Own in September.

W . Rae, London Scottish, has beell in the recent fighting in Palestine.

We regret to hear he was seriously wounded at Galla.

A. Sleep' is at present in England, after several months of service in the R.F.U. in FrJ1nce. He is a very keen airman; the accounts of his work show th at it is full of daring, excitement and continual risl<.

J . Walker, RG.A., has recently been in hospit[L1 at Lytha.m after bein g gassed.

R. Barrett has joined the Royal Fusiliers.

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Ellwood was in school on November 231'0, but has now returned to his regiment, 2/8 Lancashire Fusiliers, in Prallce. There is mention of him in a letter from Lieut. Wm . Robill so n (July 3I'd)-- " Ellwood was in my Brigade at the front. We relieved hi s battalion in the trenc,hes.

He was doing very w~ll, bringing credit to the old school."

W. Robinson wrote last from hospital, Anstie Grange, Holmwood, Surrey. " I (tm very lucky to be here at !111 ; j;wico I gave up hope wh ile hanging on tbe German wire, surrounded by about a hundred of them and only a sergeant to help me, but our a rtill ery sa ved us, and we man ¡ aged to get back. I am a.fraid I was not very pre sentable when I wat! received by the stretcher bearers in our trenches. In spite of

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the fact that they despaired of my life, I am still alive and kicking, and have done so well that I hope soon to get home on leave."

Lieut. Robinson is now back at Oxford, lecturing at a Cadet School.

G. Donald was seen once or twice in Ulverston durm g July, but there is no record of his coming to school sin ce October 16th, 1916 He has now gone out to India to take up a commissiOlJ in a native regiment.

The Army is to be his regular professioll; he has not join ed for the "duration only."

N. Braithwaite is now an officer in the R.F.C., and has been out in France for some weeks now. His brothel' Edward is also in the Flying Corps.

H. Weny has been promoted Company Quarter-master Sergeant . He writes, "I am much happier now because I feel that I am playing more of a man's part; and r have a happy t.ime too. Everybody is most kind, and on less strenuous days, I go out for a ride on horseback, and I like this imm ensely . M y French has improved wonderfully, and has been the means of giving me many hours of delightful companionship and conversation , besides helping me in many ways in my work."

R. Tinkler has not written for some time, but in May last he was acting as battalion runnel'. He writes: " My fellow runnel' for my company, strangely enough, comes from Arnside, and knows many of the peopl e I know at home, though we never met before comin g to France . The troops on this side are not under any restriction s in regard to food, though a certain amount of economy is evident instead of the waste of a year ago."

J . Rigg, 14th Artillery Corps, is one of a recent draft sent to Italy ; we hear he is at present in hospital with an injured han:1.

R. West has been at home at a Cad et School for some weeks past.

As regards the members of the Staff who have joined the Army : Mr. Anderson is with the Royal Field Artillery at Preston.

Mr. Forrest is training with the Motor Transport Service Oil Sali sbury Plain, and expects to be sent out soon.

Mr. White is now happily placed with a special section of the Royal Engineers engaged on scientific work.

Mr. Brier's knowledge of Ch emistry is also being employed in his work in the Ordnance Department where h e has for a long time been dealin g with explosives. He is now on his way to Egypt, and, en route, whilst h eld up on his journey through France, has sen t the followin g message to the Old Scholars Union :" Deal' Mr. DanieL-Will you kindly convey to the Committee of th e O,S.U. my high appreciation of the kindly way in which they have again remelubered me previous to my departur e for Egypt. I am very pleased to have their good wishes, and the tok en of their cordial greetings will, I am sure, constantly remind me of the Union in which I had a deep interest when I was at school.

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It is delightful to think that the O.S.U., assisted by Miss Terry and other members of the staff and school, should have been able to carry out the recent dramatic performances so successfully. The outlook of the Union is widening. Its flight s into the public notice are becoming more ambitious. The success of tile recent efforts to minister to the public happiness shou ld encourage the members still further to influence the public mind. It can do this in many ways.

I have always held that the O.S.U. associated with a great educational in stitution like the Ulverston G.S. should be capable of exercising a very powerful influence on the general tone and way of thinkin g of the community. Remembering that we must not only win the war, but also profit by the victory, it is necessary fQr the public weal that well-trained and educated minds should be preparing, by careful thought and patient enquiry, clear and unprejudiced opinions 011 the vital problems with which we shall be confronted . It is up to those .who, in yeftrS just gone l:;y, have received a solid background of real knowledge, and a cultured training, to help the nation to see these problems in their tl"Ue perspective.

The past tbree years have been years of rapid social evolution, an d the consequent complications demand careful thought. It seems as though fOl" the salvation of the Df1tion the power wielded by an aristocracy of wealth must be handed over to a democratic elite of talent. Old Scholars can best repay those of a past genemtion who brought Ulverston G.S . into being - and surely repayment cai1 bc justifiably expected-by applying their minds to the best solution of the nation's problems, always remembel"ing that what was good enough three or four years ago will not he good e nough for those who are preparin g to shoulder the nation'B responsib :lities in years to come."

The part of the Magazine which gives news of Old Scholars we sboulc1lil<e to extend, both in scope an d interest. It is hoped that all who have information of general interest to the school will send this, either to the editor or the magazine secretary, Miss M. Cla.l'k, 5, Soutergate, Ulverston.

List of Old Boys and Masters serving in. the Army and Navy.

ARMY. Ander son .T. Sec -Lieut., lOth Loyal North Luncll,sbire Her-t.

Atkinson, H. Col.-Sergt.-Major, Instructol', 13th Royal Welsh Fusili ers Arden, S. Corpl., R.A. M.C. Barker, E. G. Gunner, Royal Horse and Royal Fi eld Artiller y D11rnett, J. Sapper, Royal Engineers Bn,rrett, R. Pte, 51st ROy111 Fusiliers Bltrto n, W. G. Pte, Arllly Service Corps 13en8011, J, H. Pte, 40th Labour Coy,

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Blyth, R. Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery Braithwaite, C. P te, Bx. :b'orce Canteens.

Brewer, A. Lce, -Serg t ,10th Middlesex Regt.

Brockbank, R. Gunner, Royal Ga.rrison Artillery Brown, F. Sec.-Lieut., 8th Loyal North Lancashire Regt.

Burns, A., Cadet, Cambridge Burns, R. 8ec.-Lieut.

Burns, W. El. Burrow, Jas. Lce.-Cpl., Queen's Regt.

Buttedield, A. Sec.-Lieut., M.C. Royal Garrison Artillery Churchman, G. H. Pte, Army Service Corps Clark, F. Driver, Army Service Corps Clark, 'r. Rifleman, 2/6 King's Liverpool Regt.

Colu, G. Pte, 3rd Field Survey Coy. Collinson, J. H. Pte, RA .M.C. Court, C. R, Artists' Rifles Coward, W. Lce.-Cpl., Army Service Corps.

Coward, V. Pte, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Croft, '1'. B. Sergt., 4th Border Regt.

Dickinson, A. Pte, London Scottish Dickinson, F. G., Sec.-Lieut., Royal Engineers Dilworth, O. Pte, Hon. Artillery Company Donald, G., Lieut., Indian Army Edmondson, J. Lce-Corp!., 9th Border Regt.

Eves, A. Sergt., R.A.M.C. Ellwood, El. Lieut., 2/H Lancashire l)'usiliers Fisher, S. Pioneer, Royal Engineers Fox, A. Pte, Canadian Infantry Gardner, H. Pte, 265th Infantry Batt.

Gardner, T. Pte, 4th Border Regt.

Gask~ll, B . Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Gill, G. Pte, 4th King's Own Hoyal Lancaster Hegt.

Gott, H. Pioneer, Royal Engineers Hall, F. Captain, 9th Killg's Own Boyal Lancaster Regt .

Harrison, F. Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery Harrison, J. Signaller, 1st Welsh Guards Hal'tley, G. R., Cadet, Oxford Hewitt, A. Pte, 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Hegt.

Higgin, R. Driver, Royal Garrison Artillery Higham, J. F. Pte, 15th South Lancashire Regt.

Hoggarth, T. Bomhardier, Royal Garrison lhtillery Hughes, J . Pte, Machine Gun Corps.

Hunt, T. Corpl., 2/9th London RA serves Ingleton, H. Corp!., 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. .Jackson, E. B., Signaller, 19th Lancaster Fusjliers Jackson, J. Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Jackson, W. Gunner, R.A.C.D. hrvis, C. Sergt., l\lounted 1\1 ilitary Police, 53rd Welsh Division Kay, S. Pioneer, Royal Engineers Kay, W . Lce.-Cpl., Royal Engineers

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Kendall, J. J. P te , 27th Oanadian Regt.

Ley, F. P te, 213 Infantry Batt.

Lindow, W. Sec. -Lieut., 1/5th King's Own Royal Lanc!1ster Regt.

Linton, R. P te Army Service Oorps (Motor Air Line.)

Maokoreth, G. Lce.-Cpl., 26th Royal Fusiliers IVlackereth, W. Sapper, Royal Engineers Mashiter, T. Lce. -Opl., 3rd King's Own Royal L!1ncaster Regt.

Mlddleton, H. Sec.-Lieut., 1/4 King's Own Royal Lanoaster Regt.

Miles, A. Gunner, Oanadi!1n RA. Moore, T. J:"ieut ., King's Own Boyal Lancaster Begt.

Mount, E. Sergt., Attaohed 172nd Infantry Brigad e Muncaster, A. Pte, 5th Scottish Rifles Myers, H. Sergt., 1/4 King's Own Royal Lanoaster Begt.

Parker, H. Sec .. Lieut., 1/5 King's Own Hoyal L!1ncaster Begt.

Pendlebury, J. Oaptain, M.O., IJ:ast L!1ncashil'e Hegt.

Penny, G. Pte, M. T., Army Service Oorps.

Penny, T. Q.M. -Sergt., Motor M1tchine Gun Service Phizacklea, W. Pte, R.A.M.O. Porter, W. Sec. -Lieut., 3rd East Lancashire Regt.

Postlethwaite, R. Sapper, Royal Engineers Proctor, 'r. G. Bombardier, Anti ·Aircraft Section R.A. Rae, W. H. B. Pte, 2/14 I.ondon Scottish Redhead, R. Driver, Royal Field Artillery Rigg, J . Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Richardson, J. Sec-.Lieut., Machine Gun Oorps Riley, H. Pte, 3rd King's Own Royal Lancaster Begt.

Robinson, H., Oaptain, Royal Garrison Artillery Robinson, J. O. Pte, 26th Royal Fusiliers Bobinson, W., Lieut., 6th O.O.B., Oxford Schofield, W. Sapper, Royal Engineers Shardlow, J. Sergt., 16th Oadet Batt.

Shuttleworth, E. Pte, 2/5 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Smith, H. G. Sec.-Lieut., 18th Highland Light Infantry Brigade Spedding, A. Pte, Army Service Oorps.

Stevenson, J. Sapper, Royal Ellgineers . Stones, H.W. Pte, Grenadier Guards Taylor, J . Oadet, 2nd Oavalry Officers Oadet School Thompson, A. Ool-Sergt., Royal Garrison Artillery Thompson, J. Pte . South African Scottish Regt.

Thompson, J. Pte, 27th Oanadians Thoms, S. Lieut., London Scottish Thorpe, J.W. Pioneer, Royal Engineers Tinlder, R. M. Pte, 24th Royal Fusiliers Todd, J . Pte, Tyson, H. Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Tyson, J. Sapper, Royal EngineerB Walker, J. Signall&lr, Roya'! Garrison Artillery Ward, M. Pte, 15th La,ncAshire Fusiliers Werry, H. O. -Q .-M.- Sergt., 15th Durham Light Infantry West, R. Oadet, R.G.A. Oadet School

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Whinnerah, .T. H. Corp!., 3/5 Lancashire Fusiliers Wignall, W , Pte, 4th Ki,n g's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Wilkinson, A, Lce,-Col'pl., 2/1 North Somerset Yeomanry Wilson, C. Oorpl., Army Sbrvice Corps (M .T. ) Winder, R Pte, 2/5 Cheshire Regt, Wmighte, A, Sec,-Lieut., Royal D,C. STAFF :-Anderson, 1. H. Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Brier, A. Lieut., Army Ordnance Department FOlTest, G, B. Pte, M.T. Army Service Corps.

White, W. F, Sec,-Lieut" Royal Engineers NAVY: Appleby, J" Apprentice, H.M.T. "St. Patrick."

Ashworth, J, W.W, Lieut., RN.V.R, Handley Page Squadron, Barker, B. 0, S" H.M.,S. "Marmora," Barker, 8" , Midshipman, H,M,S. " St. Vincent," Barrow, R. RN .R, Wireless Section.

Dilwortb, W, H., E.RA., H.M. Submarine, G,ll.

Ellwood, J.W., C.E.RA., H.M.S. " Marlborough."

Huddleston, W. fr., Acting- Writer, Portsmouth .

Jones, M., Ord.-Signalman, H.MS. "Southampton. " McDougall, V., Marconi Officer, S.S. "Kathiawar."

Neale, R, Engineer-Lieut" H,M.S, "Teutonic."

Oxley, G ., Telegraphist, H,M,S, "Christopher."

Stephensoll, G " Lieut ., H.M.S. "Reindeer."

Wickwar, L" RN. Barracks.

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Barnett, C, 2nd A,M, Royal F lying Corps.

BraithwaU,e, N" Sec,-Lieut" Royal Flying Corps , Dean, S., Flight Sub-Lieut., Royn,l Naval Ail' 8ervice.

Huck, Wm ,2nd A.M, Royal Flying Corps.

Mackereth, A" Pl'ob, Flight Officer, Royal Nl1val Ail' Service Rl1ndall , J, B. , Bergt., Royal F lying Corps.

Sleep, A. Lieut., Royal Flying Corps.

GIRLS WORKING IN CONNECTION WITH 'l'HE ARMY. '

Rawlinsoll, ]1]Uen, a,ttl1ched to Southern Command Officers ' School of Instruction.

Sonie, Edith A., Nursing Sister, Q .A,I.M.N.S.R.

CURRAGH CAMP. I fa.in would sing a dirge-like song of Curragh Camp, Where¡men drag out their weary lives mid everlasting damp, Where draughts go whistling through the huts just dotted here and there, And those who dwell within those walls have need of many a prayer.

"Week in, week out, from morn till night," with full pack and a rifle, Like .Tack and Jill, you climb the hill, of course, that's just a trifle; "Slope Arms," "Fix Bay'nets," then "Present!" they fairly put you through it, And as you stagger to your huts, the Sergeant shouts" Jump to it."

With tunics, boots and puttees off, you quickly get the habit, And gallop up and down the hills just like a blooming rabbit; " Heads backward bend," "Arms upward stretch," " Heels raise," then " Ranks, change places," .

And later on they make you put your knee-caps where your face is.

Now, when the war is over, and we've captured Kaiser Billy, To shoot him would be merciful and absolutely silly, Just send him down to Curragh Camp, where, 'mongst the rats and oia.y, I guess it won't be long before he droops and fades away. .

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H. G. Smith has been awarded the Military Cross for gallant service in the field. A letter from his father to the I:J Badm aster gives some a.coount of the aotion. "Harry gives little informll,tion regardin g bis performance in Fla.nders and France, but I gather that his chance came when the O.C. Company was temporarily oft duty, and Harry was given command. He commanded during the ugly period of withdrawal, when for eight da.ys neither he nor his men had any hot food oth er than a cup of tea, and practically had to subsist on hard biscuits. He wrote immediately after the scrap, that although the oontinual withdrawal wa s disheartening, his men went through it as "top-dogs," and as heartily as the "glorious fire-eating recruits of 1914." The Company was specially commend ed by the Bri gadier-General, anli they apparently did exoeptionally well, for of twelve awards given to the rank and file of the bll.ttalion six went to Harry's Company" Members of the White House in 1913 and 1914 have reason to be very proud of their Captain.

Mr. White is still in France. His company suffered heavily in tbe great battles of \VI arch a.nd April, but happily for the school he is sa.fe and well. He is at present engaged on adminhltrative work. All the school were pleased to see him when on leave in Februltry.

Mr. Brier is in Egypt, in charge of a chemical section . He writes very cheerfully: "I find time goes pretty quickly; we have a rush of work on at present, and now the very hot days are coming my duties become more exacting as I am responsible for the safety of tons a.nd tons of stuff which does not stand climatio changes very well."

Mr. Forrest, too, is with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Writing on February 8th, he sent a message to the school that he was "enjoying his winter holiday on the 8aha1a." This descriptive part of his letter will interest all. "The prevailing impression of the landscape here is one of sand and more sfl.nd, with a ragged palm tree or two thrown in to add a little va.riety. A little mosque also serves to tell us that we a,re in Egypt and not on the sa.nds at some seaside watering place. Constant sunshine is another feature, with an occasional shower of rain or hailstones to remind us that it is indeed winter here Last, but not least, I have forgotten to mention the thousands of khaki-clad figures that live upon this sand, sleep on it, and sometimes burrow beneath it. Here there is no romance except what filters into camp by way of books. For my own part, th~ romance is being supplied at present by reading George Mere9ith's 11 Shaving of Shagpat," and the" Little Iliad" of Maurice Hewl~tt ............... .

I will just briefly mention the occupants of the tent I share. .First there is a much travelled scholar and journalist to the Times newspn.per.

Be is a constant source of fun. Each morning finds him in difficulties with hiB clohhing or Borne portion of his kit, because he possesses above all things the faculty of a charming untidiness. Thero comes to his rescue a spick and span clerk, a youth of twenty summers, who loves him as a brother, and is wheedled into service by the charming artfuln ess of my joul'na.list friend , Next comes a. ba.rrister, who sleeps on my ric;ht

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hand. He possesses a fund ot humour and quiet drollery.. The next occupant is an artist who prov611 himself rather inconvenient at times, especially when he wlll call us out to witness some glorious sunset by which he has been elll'aptured. His paintings of the scenes around us are a constant source of joy and pleasure. Each evening usually finds us stretched on our blanket on the sand with two inseparable friends; namely, a candle and a book."

One could wish .t hat scenes of warfare in other theatres were as 'peaceful' as this I Arthur Fox has been one of a company of prisoners lately sent to Holland. In the early part of the year he was at Langenzalza, and writing home in January, he said: I am far from fint-class, and am more than probably booked for the next lift, when a moves occurs. But much depends on Providence further afield." A letter received from a. returned prisoner states that he is now at Sheveningen; a watering-place three miles from the Hague. and that he is well. .

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Stephen Fox, his brother, has made two voyages to the East. He refers to his visit to Bombay ill one of his letters.

The harbour is magnificent; well might they call it Bombay-the' good harbour. The defences consist of three or more islands, which Kitchener had fortified when he was in India; there are also land batteries..... ........ Our trip from Port Said was done in fine style; it took us ten days. I!Lm than kful to say we had a nice breeze through the Red Sea, so we did not feel the heat much. We passed Mount Sinai through the night, so t cannot say that I have seen it."

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Malcolm Ward was taken prisoner in October, 1917. His people were kept anxiously waiting for news until April, 1918, when they heard he had been transferred from Antwerp to a hospital in Berlin.

Hector Whinnerah is also a wounded prisoner in Germlliny, but no further news of him halil yet been received.

m. G. Ell wood was amongst the officers taken in March. No,letters have been received from him yet, but one card .sent tells . lihat he had been gassed. .

T. B. Croft, who is a sergeant in the 14th Div. Signal Company; I. ELF .. writes from Mesopotamia in reference to the fighting there in 1917. "Last year we had a lot of trench warfare until we crossed the '1'igris on the night of February 23rd, .and cut the enemy army in two.

Then followed the advance on Bagdad, and we were in bivouac within nine miles of it for about three days before our division forced an entry. 'rhe Turks did not defend the city itself, for their lines of defence were , two miles from it at the nearest place. Having done the greatest share of the fighting around Rut and in the capture of Bagdad, our company remained around BI1gdad for a month or so, but 'now We are up the Diabah Eiver, and nearly in Persia."

F. Hall, Capta.in K.O.R.L., paid a visit to the school on January 29th. He has' been more than two yean in Salonika, and has been free from malaria the whole , time, which is quite unusual, BO ma.nyvictims

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does it claim . The camp is in the hills about a hundred miles from th e town; the troops there prefer to be called the Macedonian rather than the Salonika Force, as the latter name give5 no idea of the wid e extent of country in which they have been operating.

J. ThompElon, now ina Canadian Regitoent, was in Ulverston in December. In Canada he had worked for nine years with a man whose home and people he knew nothing about; they met again in one of the trenches in France, and there Thompllon learned that his friend also belonged to Ulverston. To make the coincidence complete, he ought to have been an old scholar too, but this, history does not record .

F. Harrison, who used to come daily to school from Lakeside, was in school on December 13th. He is in a reserve battalion at Ripon, where he had met two old boys, W. Jackson and J. Todd.

B. Coward, home from the" Conway", has done yeoman service on the tennis .courts, not only in play but in preparing the courts, for which present members of the school have reason to thank him.

W. T. Huddlestonjoined the Navy in July, 1917, after completing one year of his courss at Leeds. He has been given a commission in the RN.V.R., and is now working at the School of Mines at Portsmouth.

R. Higgin was in school on January 8th. He is in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Asa member of Form VI, he used to be interested in psychic problems, and a wider experience of men has developed this interest, though opportunities for studying books are restricted. Eis latest r.eading has included F.W. H. Myers' "Human Personality."

J. C. Robinson was honie on leave .Lp} 3"J;lua.ry, He .considered himself fortunate il,l being one of those sent to Italy. He a,nd Edward Mackereth 'have 'been ' together ever since they joined the army.

G. Picthall has been on a voyage to the East; his boat called at Madras, Delagoa Bay, and Durban. He has been at Chatham for some weeks for a special course of training in gunnery.

R Barker is a midshipman on the "St. Vincent," The packet of Beer'lI toffee in the parcel reminded him" of the time when with otber reprobates, in defiance of authority, he chewed toffee in school hours."

E. "Barker, his brother, is on H.M.S. "Marmora."

F. Ley has been discharged on medical grounds, and is working again in an office in Barrow.

A. MUDcaster has been with troops on coast defence duty at Windygates-a place that upholds its name. . A. Mackerethis at an air station near London . "This pa.rt of the country is very lively, as we get all the raiders over us, passing to and from London,; iUs fine to see the search¡ lights and gun flashes when a barrage is p'iit up." .

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W.:J. Kay, at one time secretary of the O.S.U., is with the Road and Quarry Troops Depot in Hampshire, as, owing to his mediclll category, he is in a home defence corps.

S. Fisher is again in France. He writeE: "Almost the first person I saw, on going up the line this time was Thorpe, and now when we are out of the trenches resting, not many kilometres separate us ."

El. W. Shuttleworth ill at present a dispenser in one of the hospitals in France.

A. J. Eves is also employed as a dispenser in one of the general hospitals.

El. El. Mount has been moved to Corps H2 Gas School. He has met Fisher and Procter, and in each case had a good chat with them about old days in Ulverston.

C. Braithwaite is working in a canteen which he says is a second home for the men who spend many a pleasant evening around the canteen stoves, reading magazines or the Overseas Daily Mail, which can be obtained there every afternoon. The bread sold in the canteen is made from pure white flour, a nd the charge is 7d. for a 2-1b. loaf.

R D. Birl<ett writell from Canada Eending a subscription [or the magazine. He has left the Dominion Bank, and now is Assistant Manager of th e Western Foundry Company, one of the largest industrial concerns of Wingham. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Birkett all happin ess in their new partnership, evidently an extension of their business association, as we note from a newspaper record of the development of the Foundry Company, that Miss Van Norman, now Mrs. R. D. Birkett was in charge of the sales department.

S. Robinson has entered the Navy as paymaster. sent abroad shortly, probably to China.

He expects to be

A. IJ'borpe has been appointed Junior Science Master in the Liverpool Institute High School.

News of old scholars will hardly be complete without some record of what the ~ irl s art! doing . Many of those who left school last year are rlowemployed in banks and offices, fillillg the places left by men taken for ths army.

A. Barnett is in the London and Joint Stock Bank, Ulverston.

E. Barnett is in the Lancaster Bank, Ulverston.

W. Naylor is at Barrow in the London and Joint Stock Bank .

H. Foulkes is working in the Customs and Excise office at Barrow.

M. Fell is also in a government office in Barrow, working under the Assistant Inspector of Munitions.

D. Picthall has learned to manage a car, and is in Leeds driving a car in the A.S.C.

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E. Sorrie is a FHster in the Parkhurst Military Hospital, Isle of Wight.

G. Williams is nursing in a Military Hospital in Brighton. She bas volunteered for service in Mesopotamia.

E. Rawlinson is working in a Y.M.C.A . hut in the Midlands; in charge of the post office work and the library there.

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E. Robinson, who was for some months laboratory assistant in school, has now obtained a post in the goods office of the Furness Railwa.y. and Dorothy Miller hats taken up the work here.

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"THE grea~ God Ares whose one bliss is war and huma.n sacrifice" daily euch his toll, and how heavy it is became more than ever clear whfln, in April, we learned that the names of three more old scholars-Harvey S. Werry, Harold Gardner, and James P. Burrowh .. d been added to the Roll of Honour.

Werry entered .he school in 1906, and' went on in 19] 0 to Bangor Training College, where he qualified as a schoolmaster. In 1914 he was t.eaching in Con sett, Durham, but soon after the outbreak of war he joined the Durham Light Infantry, and for some time had been Company Quarter Master Sergeant. Ho was killed in France, on April 19th, 1918. Finely athletic himself, a leader in sports at school and college, he was very popular with the school.

Writing in January to thank the O.S.U. for ' the paroel sent at Uhristmas, he said :-" To know you are not forgotten is to lighten the burden a nd cheer the way............... The weather has been extremely cold with severe frost and heavy falls of snow. I imagine that suoh days were the days of "Histoire a'un conscrit," and the retreat from Moscow, as we read in the old days at school. Little did we think in those days that we should be destined to play a somewhat similar part. But with all .his we keep brave hea.rts."

Harold Gardner was a pupil here a short time only, from 1911-1912, when he went on to Ghyll Bank School, Whiteha.ven. After leaving school he was fol' some time in Parr's Banl{, in Whitehaven. He joined the Bankers' BaUalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and was sent out to France on March 28th, 1918. It is pathetic to note that he was killed within less than a fortnight-on April 10th.

JamoB P. Burrow, of Sparkbridge, was on. of the early p.pils of the 8chool, having been in attendance from 1904¡1905. He was a lancecorporal in the Notts. and Derbyshire Regiment, and was killed in aotion on April 15th, 1918.

The deepest sympathy of the school is with the sorrowing friends of these old 8chol&rs. For them, and all th06e whose names are on our roll of honour, we may quote these lines from Tennyson's poem Tiresias. " No sound is breathed so potent to coerce, And to conciliate as their names who dare, For that sweet mother land which gave thllm birth, Nobly to do, nobly to die . Their names, Gra.ven on memorial columns, are a song Heard in the future."

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1918.

As celebrated by a member of the Q.M.A.A.C. If one could look on the poetical side of nature when" revally" is sounding at an unearthly hour on !1 November morning, one might have said on that day of days" On a morning like this surely oUl' hopes will 1I0t be dashed to the grouud ?" But, I am afraid, although each one of the five hundred soldier girls in the Edinburgh Q.M.A.A.C. Receiving Depot was keYEld up to the highest pitch of eXpflctancy, our firs~ thoughts on waking to that a,wful din were, that army blankets, though heavy, do not rival eider-downs for warmth, and that li fe would be a much pleasanter thing if the water for the morning was¡b was not quite so cold. However, by the time we had gathered round the sergeants' mess fire, and fourteen girls were thawing in the endeavour to toast fourteen pieces of bread at one fire, our conversation was all on the one great topic, and our hopes rose high although we I3carcely realised just for what we were hoping.

I need not try to describe how we all felt when the wonderful news did come through, for Britons all, in Edinburgh, Ulverston, France, or any part of the globe, must h!Lve experienced the same feelings of awe and pride and thankfulness, the feeling of that wearily carried bundle slipping from our backs. I shall never forget the scene in the' messing-hut when our C. O. officially announced the news. Five hundred khaki-clad girls standing on forms and benches, cheering till our throats acbed, laughing, and in some cases, because we are women before we are soldiers, weepingtears of joy atld wonderful thankfulness, and, by some, tears for the might-have-been . We then prepared for a route march through Edinburgh -beautiful Edina who was looking hel' very hest for the occasion. Th", old castle has looked down on many victorious rejoicings, but surely never on such a scene [1,8 this There was bunting everywhere, Princes Street was thronged, the [tir was thick with craft, from the little plane to the great f),irship; ltn d, as we swung along to th e sound of the bells pealing forth from the lDany spires, we felt so proud, alld although the thoughts of most of us were at home with our "ain folk ," we felt it a privilege to be in the army and to celebrate such a day with tbe army. \\,Te spent the rest of the day" simm ering. " Army discipline was relaxed until the streetA became too crowded and the girls came in and worked 01 their energies in having a dance. We, in our mess, a.iter a busy hour spent in purchasing, and another in opening tin s, preparing salads, gazillg anxiously, with smutty faces a.t milk boiling over smoky fires! Had a most marvellous supper. We forgot for a little, army sausages, whose only resemblance to civilian ones is in form, or that oft served up dish, rabbit- - little Australian bunnies whose piquant flavour, acquired no doubt in their long sea voyage, no cook's art can camouflage, or the biscuit ration whose issue makes our mess sound like a miniature shipbuilding yard . . I am quite &ure that of the many thousar:ds who , th!Lt night toasted the King and his brave arm ies, no toast was more loyally drunk than by the fourteen staff sergeants of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps in Edinburgh- although done in lemonade.

And now, although the thankfulness remains, muoh of the excitement of that day has gone, a.s of the day a week later, when our Commanderin-Chief, Queen Marv. acoompanied bv the Kinl/: and Prince of Wales. were driven to our hostel by their beautiful cream horses, and reviewed us¡ OUl' topic of conversation is now demobilisation, for although we shall miss our" comrades in arms" this life of topsy turveydom with its ups and downs is what the boys term" a dud show" without a war behind It, and the feeling that we were doing all we could for those who were doing the real work. At present we are exercising patience, trying to remem bel' that we are still soldiers, and still under orders, and are "carrying on."

M. A. R SMITH.

THE

VICTORIAN. VOL. III

CHRISTMAS. 1918.

No. 40.

SCHOOL NOTES. A happy Christmas to all our readers, a merry one to those whose hearts are young and upon whom care yet lightly sits! Cbristmas of 1918, ever to be remembered! At last the cloud of war which has brooded over the world BO long is lifted. The earth is glad and the nations rejoice.

Once more with thankful heart we say" A happy Chris'tma::; 't o all ! "

* * * * The Autumn term has been eventful. The opening days were m!lorked by unprecedented energy and enthusiasm for the new work, on the part of staff and pupils, this spirit bt\ing in great measure an emulu.tive one, springing out of the crowning glory of the work of the previous year.

Difficulties, however, Boon arose.

Shortage of staff, combined with unavoidable changes in the time-table, considerably disatraligfld the work 'w hich was eventually entirely dislocated by the swift Hnd vigorous onslaught of the prevailing influenza epidemic. So heavy 11 toll did this disease make upon our numbers that t,he school of necessity closed for one month, work being resumed on the 25th of Novembel', rrhe re-opening after this enforced period of inactivity was a very sad one, . for ill the interim, death had come into our midst, and the school mourned three of its members. It is difficult yet to realise that never again shall we see the bright face of John Cookson in the class room, or hear his animated voice in the corridor, or on the field. Cut off at the most joyous time of youth, just when he was beginning to realise the responsibilities of approaching manhood, he is mourned sincerely by many.

Dorothy Fisher joined the school in 1916. Of a quiet and unassuming disposition, she moved about among us, little known excet>t to b el' own circle of friends, by whom she was much liked.

Marion Copland was one of the most promising of the new pupils who entered the school in September. Although she had been with us for so short a time, she had such a swel3t and gracious personality that (ihe had succl3eded in endearing herself to her class companions and to the members of the staff who teach Form lb.

The sympathy of all the school is extended to the bereaved parents.

NEWS OF OLD SCHOLARS. One of the saddest things connected with the old scholars ' record is t he death of Art.hu r Fox, of Bardsea.. In Ma,y of thiR year he was one of a number of p l'i so l,ers sent to Sheveningen, in Holland, and from that t,ime his people were daily expecting news that he would be comin g home.

Letters received lately, ::ihow that he hl.td had a good deal of privation to endure in Holland, though the feeling of freedom oompensated fol' much hardship . That he was almost within reach of home nfte!' all the months of captivity gives his death an added poignancy. That he was of those who hav e won th e vict,ory and assured the freedom of our ' land must be the proud comfort vf all his friends.

The following appreciation of C.Q.M .S. Harvey Werry, who died of wounds Ol, April 19th, appeared in the Midsummer Magazine of the B,tngor College, and we sh.ould like to copy it here as showin g the fulfilment of his promise at 8chool. " Those who were in college with Harvey Worry cannot but feel, even ftmong th e griefs which daily assail us, an especial pang of regret when they hear of his death. There was something so vital, so instinct of a robust manly life in him that it did ,not seem as if he could ever be anything but young and bra.ve and cheerful. I do not

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think tha,t the college ever had a better student. I know that we who were his companions never had a better friend, for th ere was nothing abnormal about him. He was the healthy athlEltic youth, but with deeper perceptions, and, above all, nobler motives, In college, Harvey was admired as a fine athlete (he played in the crioket and football teams wtth distinction); but he was respected as a fine character in a far greater measure. Apart from sports, he was keenly iJlterested in music, literature !}.nd art ."

Since his death it has been announced that he was awarded the French Oroix de Guerre with palm for distinguished conduot in Belgium .

The sympathy of all belonging to the school will go out to 111'. and Mrs. R. Dilworth in the loss of th eir only son, Oswald, who was a member of the sohool from 1901 to 1906. He was amongst the first to volunteer in 1914, and joined the H.A O. Some months ago he was invalided out of the army, !l.nd had receutly been at hom~. When away on a visit in November, he caught influenza, and died at Birminghalll, 0 11 November 26th.

Harry Smith has had the distinction of being awarded a bar to his Military Oross, which is equivalent to a second Oross. He has since been gazetted Captain in the R .I. I. Arthur Sleep has also attained his captaincy in the R.A .F. Stanley Dean, now Flight-Lieutenl1nt in the R.A.F. , hafl bt,en awarded the Cross of the Royal Air Service, in recognition of his gallantry in flying operations, Maurice Tinkler, Corporal 24th Batt. RF., has gaine1 the D.O.M. for gallantry in an engagement at Behagnies, in France, on August 25th.

He has since gone to Ripon as a cadet.

Harvey Middleton has been promoted Oaptain in the King's Own, and is with the army on the way into Germ any.

Mr. Forrest is still in Palestine at the time of writing, with General Allenby 's victorious army. In one letter he says;- -I ha;ve seen many nevel'-to-be-forgotten sights in my working with the first echelon. In my last company we were engf1ged in taking re-illforcemepts a.nd supplies away past the sea where it is reputed no one can sink. Nor did th e walls of the city fall down as I entered it- but then I had no trumpet ."

Stanley Fisher is also training for a commission in the RE., for which he was recommended on the field . He is now at a Oadet School in Oambridge.

Bigland Dickinson, a cadet in the R.A.F., also looked in this terlll .

Harry Braithwaite is also in trainin g a8 a Flying Officer.

We are pleased to learn that Norman Braithwaite is no w on the way to recovery after pneumonia.

Frank Dixon left Ml1nchester University at the c,md of his first year to qualify as a Wireless Operator in the navy.

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Frank Ore~dson and John Hodgkin have taken up the sa.me branch of work .

Eric Sargeant; on joining the Army in July last, was drafted into the 4trh Ki ng'H Own and sent to Dublin, where he was lucky enough to meet another old scholar, Ronald Percival, of Ooniston, who shortly after this was sent out to France where ho was wounded. Happily he seemed well again when he visited the school in October.

Allan W. Riley and Frank Downing, members of last year's Form VI hftv6 both entered Manchester University, and are taking an Honours Oourse in Science.

Maurice Hopkinson was very succesi:!ful in his examination connected wi th the Institute of Bankers. He was awarded the Rae Prize for banking, and the Oharles Reeve Prize for English Composition, and was marked for distinct,ion in the latter subject as he gained more than 80% of the total marks.

Millie Smith has joined the W.A.A.C., and is now training girls in Ediuburgh. Readers of the Victorian will enjoy her account of the Great Day-Nov. 11th.

Lizzie :\I[iddleton has ta.ken up a commission in the W.R.N.S., and is doing administrative work at the Pulham Air Station, Norfolk.

Edith Middleton is at an Horticultural Oollege in Anglesey doing practical work in summer and attending lectures in Bangor during the winter.

J anet Harrison, who trained as a nurse in Manchester, is now working in It Military Hospital.

Ada Downing left school in July and has entered the Liverpool Phy, sical Training Oollege to qualify as a games mistress. We hope to give ill the next magazine a.ll account of the work there, Edna Ward has entered Manchester University and is now a student a.t Somervill e Hal!, " Jessie Grant, who is studying at Lfleds University, was one of a parl;y who went fhx'-picking in Somerset for part of the long vacation, and has Rent a most interesting account of hflr experiences, Winifred Whinnerah, on completing bel' course at Sheffield University, was appointed assistant mistress in Hele's School, Exeter, Helena M, Dobson is English Mistress at Alcester Grammar School, neD,r Birmingham, Victoria Dickinson hlis qua.lified as a N orlancl Nurse, and is in a post in 1bnchester.

Lizzie Bowes, who left school last July, has gone to a training school at Hoylakfl, Oheshire, to become a Ohildren's Nurse.

Doris Varcoe has been appointed Geograp hy Mistress in the Shrewsbury Grammar School.

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Margaret BeU has taken up work a,s a teacher in Barrow on finishin g her course at Edge Hill College.

Doris Denny, from the same College is also tea,chin g ; sbe is a,t school in Ma,nchester.

Myra Lewney, who trained a,t Da,din gton, now has a post ill Bn-now .

Mary Hudson Dnd Helena. Sca,les, both of Bingley Coll egE' , are !lOW tea,chers in Ulverston a,nd Bouth respectively .

DEATHS. Cookson - At Ulverston, on the 25th October, J ohl] Kay COOkSOll, agec1 15 yea,rs.

Fisher- At Dalbon-in-Furness, on the 26th October, Dorothy Nancy Winifred Fisher, a,ged 14 years .

Copland - At Cark, on the 28th October, Marion Jenning Anga,s Coplalld, aged 13 years.

Fox-At the New Hospital, Scheveningell, The Hague. Holland, on the 21st August, of double pneumoni}1 follow in g inHuenza" Pte. Arthur William Fox, of Bardsea-1906-08.

Gardner-Killed in Action, in France, on the 20th 'M a,y , Pte. Tom Garc1ner, of Ulverston, 4th Border Regt. - 191l-15.

Mashiter-Killed in Action, in France, on the 27th May, L.-Cpl. 'rhomas Mashiter, of DaltoIl, 1st Lincoln Regt.- 1906-09.

Hodgson-At Warwick, on tho 12th November, Pte. George Hodgson, of Ulverf<ton, Loyal North Lancashire Regt.- 1\:104-05.

Dilworth-At Birmingham, on the 25th November, Pte. Richard Oswald Dilworth, H.A C., of Ulverston-1901-06.

Kitching-At ill, Fountain Street, Ulverston, on the 3rd November, Madge Kitching- 1902-05.

Atkinson-At the Lodge, Bardsea Hall, on the 24th November, Mary Eleanor Atkinson - 1904-07.

Ellwood-At Manchester, on the 28th October, Sydney E llwood, of Havedhwaite- 1912-17.

List of Old Boys and M asters serving in the Army, N a vy and A ir F orce.

ARMY. Anderson" J . Sec.- Lieut., 10th Loyal North Lancashire Regt.

Arden, S., Corpl., R.A.M.C. Atldnson, H., C.S.M Instructor Barker, E. G., Gunner Royal Horse ana Royal Field Artillery Barratt, R., Pte. 13th Royal Fusiliers Badon, W. J., Signaller Royal Garrison Artillery Benson, J. H., Pte. 40th Labour Company Blyth, R., Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Braithwaite, C., Pte. E x. Force Canteens.

Brewer, A., Lce-Sergt.. 10th Middlesex Regt.

Brockbank, R., Gunnsr l\oyal Garrison Artillery Brown, F., Sec.-Lieut. 8th Loyal North Lancashire Regt.

Burns, A.: Sec.-Lieut. L!j.bour Company Burns, R., Soc.-Lieut. .

Burns, W., Pte. Seaforth Highlanders Butterfield, A. , Lieut. Royal Garrison Artillery Churchman, G. H ., Pte. Army Service Corps. ' Clark, F ., Driver Army Service Corps.

Clark, T., Rifleman 2/6 King's Liverpool Regt.

Cha.dwick, T. J ., Pte. 3rd King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt .

Cole, G., Pte. 3rd Field Survey Company.

Collinson, J. H., Pte. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Court, C. E., Pte. Artists' Rifles Coward, W., Lce. -Corpl. Army Service Corps.

Coward, V., Signaller Royal Welsh Fusiliers Croft, T. B., Sergt. 4th Border Regt.

Dickinson, F. G., Lieut . Royal Engineers Donald, G., Lieut. Baluchistan Light Infantry.

Edmond son, J., Corpl. 9th Border Regt .

Ellwood, E., Capt. 2/8 Lancashire Fusiliers Eves, A., Sergt. R.A.M.C. Faulkner, 'P. W ., Pioneer Royal Engineers Faulkner, F. L ., Lce.-Sergt. 21st Co. London Yeomanry Fisher, S., Cadet, Cambridge Fisher, D. J. Pte. Border Regt .

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Fergusson, W. A., Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Gaskell. B., Gunner Royal Field Artillery Gill, G., Pte . 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster negt.

Gott, H., Pioneer Royal Engineers Hall, F., Capt. 9th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt .

Harrison, F ., Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Hartley, G. K, Sec.- T... ieut. Machine Gun Corps.

Hewitt, A. , Pte. 4th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt .

Higgin, R., Driver Royal Garrison Artillery Hill, J. L., Lce.-Corpl Border Regt.

Hird, J., Lce.-Corpl. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt.

Hoggarth, T., Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery Hughes, J., Pte. Machine Gun Corps.

Hunt, T., CorpI. 2/9th Londo tl Reserves Ingleton, H. W., Corpl. 2nd King's Own Royal Lancasttr Regt.

Jackson, E. B., Lce.-CorpI. 146th Infantry Brigade Jackson, J., Gunner Royal Field Artillery.

Jackson, W., Gunner H.Q. Staff. 348th Brigade.

Jackson, A. R., Lce.-CorpI. 3rd Seaforth Highland Begt.

Jarvis, C. A. , Sergt. Mounted Military Police Jarvis, W. C., Lce.-CorpI. Garrison Battalion Kay, S., Sapper Royal Hlngineers .

Kendall, J. J., Pte. 27th Canadian Regt.

Lindow, W . J., Soc.-Lieut. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Linton, RE., CorpI. Army Service Corps Mackereth, G., Lce.-Corpl. 26th Royal Fusiliers Mackereth, W., Sapper Royal Engineers Marriott, C., Pioneer ROYftl Engineers Middleton, T. H ., Capt. 1/5 King's Own Royal Lancaster Begt.

Middleton, L, Pte. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt . . Miles, A., Gunner Canadian R.A. lVIoore, T., Lieut King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Mount, E., Sergt. Attached 172nd Infantry Brigade Muncaster, A., Pte. 5th Scottish Rifles Myers, H., Sergt. 1/4 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt'.

Parker, H., Sec.-Lieut. 1/5 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Pearsall, W. H., Sapper 1st Field Survey Company Pearson, H. N., Cadet, Cambridge Pendlebury, J., Captain M.C., East Lancashire Regt.

Penny, G., Pte. M.T. Army Service Corps Penny, T., Q.M.-Sergt. Motor Machine Gun Service Percival, R, Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers Phizacklea, W., Pte. RA.M.C. Porter, W., Sec.-Lieut. 3rd East Lancashire Eegt.

Postlethwaite, R., Sapper Royal Engineers Postlethwaite, E. B., Pte. A.E. Co., No. 2 Officers' Prisoners of War Camp, Egypt Proctor, G. Proctor, T. G., Bombardier, Anti-Aircraft Section, RA. Rayment, W., Pioneer RE.S. Wireless Co.

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MAS'!'ERS SERVING THE ARMY.

WITH

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Rigg, J., Gunner Royal Field Artillery Richardson, J" Sec.-Lieut. Machine Gun Corps Richardson, F., Gunner 1\oyal Garrison Artillery Rich, J. R, Signaller 3rd Grenadier Guards Riley, H., Pioneer RE., Artillery Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Ridding, H., Pte. 531'd Manchester Regt.

Robinson, H., Captain Royal Garrison Artillery Robinson, J. C., Pte. 26th .Royal Fusiliers Robinson, W., Captain 6th O.C.B., Oxford Rogers, A., Pte. 52nd Grad. Cheshire Regt.

Schotield, W., Lce.-Corpl. Instructional Worir s, RE. Wireless.

Shardlow, J., O.C., 11th Officer Cadet Batt.

Shuttleworth, E., Pte. 2/5 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Smith, H. G., Capt., M.C., 18th High la,nd Light Infantry Brig.

Sargeant, E. P., Pte. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

Sonie, F ., Pte. Royal Field Artillery Spedding, A., Pte. Army Service Corps.

Spedding, J., Pte. Grenadier Guards.

Stevenson, J., Sergt. Royal Engineers Stones, H. W., Pte. Grenadier Guards Taylor, J., Sec.-Lieut. 11th Reserve Dragoons.

Thompson, A., Col.-Sergt. Royal Garrison Artillery Thompson, .T., Pte. South African Scottish Thompson, J., Lce.-Col'pl. '27th Canadians Thoms, S., Lieut. London Scottish Thorpe, J. W., Pioneer Royal Engineers Tinkler, RM., Cadet, D.C.M., Ripon Tyson, H., Gunner Royal Field Artillery Tyson, J., Sapper 2nd Army H.Q. Signals Walker, J., Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Ward, M., Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers.

Wells, F., Pte. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

West, R, Sec.-Lieut. Royal li-arrison Artillery Whinnerah, J. H., COl·pl. Lancashire Fusiliers Wilkinson, A., Signaller 9th Cheshire Regt .

Wilson, C., CarpI. Army Service Corps Winder, J., Pte. Wraighte, A., Lieut. Boyal Defence Corps STAFF:

Brier, A., Lieut. Army Ordnance Department Forrest, G. B., Pte. M.T. Army Service Corps Higham, J. F., Pte. 15th South Lancashire Regt.

White, W. F., Lieut. Royal Engineers NAVY. Appleby, J., Quarter-Master H .M.S. "Jupiter."

Ashworth, J.W., Captain RN.V.R Barrow, R., P.O. Wireless Saction.

Barker, R D., Midshipman RN.R

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AND MASTERS THE NAVY.

SE1W1NG

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Barker, E. H., A.B., H.M.S. R6puls~."

Crewdson, F., Marconi Officer.

Dilworth, W. R, E.R.A., H.M.S. Submarine GIl. Dixon, F., Ellwood, J. W., C.E.R.A., H.l\LS. "Donegal."

Fox, S., Cadet S.S. " Mahanada."

Hodgkin, J. C., Wireless Section Handley, L. L., E.RA .

Huddleston, W. T., Sub-Lieut. RN.R. Jonea, M., Signaller H.M.S. "Southampton."

McDougall V., Marconi Officer S.S. "Thathiawar."

Neald, R., Eng. -Lieut. H.M.S. "Teutonic."

Oxley, G., Telegraphist H.M.S. " Christopher."

PickthalI, G., Midshipman H.M.T.R "044."

Shackley. E., E.RA., H.M.S. "Terrible."

Stephenson, G., Lieut.

Wilson, R, A.B., H.M.S. "Ossory." _Cl

ROYAL AIR FOROE. Barnett, C., 2nd A.M. Braithwaite, H., Cadet.

Braithwaite, N., Lieut.

Dean, El. S., Lieut.

Dickinson, A., Sec.-Lieut.

Dickinson, B., Sergt.

Higham, G., 3rd A.M. Huck, William, 2nd A.M. Mackereth, A. K., Lieut.

Mathieson, A. I., Cadet.

Pennington, H., 3rd A.M. RandalI, J. B., Sergt.

Revell, H., Corpl.

Sleep, A., Capt.

Todd, J., 2nd A.M. WignaU, W. J., Oorpi.

GIRLS WORKING IN

CONNECTION

WITH THE

FORCES.

Atkinson, E:, Hope Hospital, Manchester.

Harrison, J. Middleton, L., W.RN.S. Pickthall, D., Women's Legion, Motoc Section.

Rawlinson, E., New Zeo.Iand Y.M.C.A. Sorrie, E . A., Nursing Sister, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R Smith, M., Sergt., Q.M.A.A.O.

THE VICTORIAN. MIDSlJMMER, 1919.

VOL. III No. 41.

11 F0REW0RD. The last nnmber of the Victorian was published during those evermemorable days which succeeded the signing of the Armistice. These were days of thankfulness, when men's hearts were stirred as perhaps, never before. We go to press under somewhat similar conditions.

Before these lines appear in print, in all probability the historic document restoring peace to a war-weary and distracted world will at last have been signed by the representatives of the German nation. Living as we are in the orbit of the manifold activities at work, and lacking the true perspective that only the march of time can give, the human mind cannot adequately grasp the supreme importance and uniqueness of the times. One fact, however stands out clearly . The old days-days. that on the surface seemed to f1 0vv smoothly and calmly along , but with an unseen, sullen current of gloom and disaster- can never again return . Many signs, small, indeed, as yet , but by no means negligible, point to the conclusion that we are approaching the end of an ceon in the history of the world. Greater cataclysms, it may be, will descend upon the human race. The reactionary forces at present rampant in the world have still their strength to spend, and lvast heaps of ruin and desolation may yet be silted up before the angry tumult of conflicting passions subside. But ever nearing is the day when the opposing spiritual and material forces will meet fo r the last great war of all, and, the sword of battle sheathed at length, upon men's consciousness will burst the knowledge that never again can the lust for gold and power hold sway, but that the spirit of man mu st reign supreme in the world of matter. And in the turtherance of this end, we and our cause have no mean part to play. Therefore as new realms of knowledge come into view, and vistas of the glorious destinies of the human race open out before our mental vision, let us gird ourselves for the fi ght , upon our banner writ the word" Excelsior."

When the Stl1001 resumed work after the Christmas vacation, th ~ news was quickly circulated that a long absent member of t he staff would shortly resume duties. In the first week of February, Mr. White returned to School from the Army, lookibg very much his old gen ia l self in spite of the stressful years he has gone through in France, a nd received an enthusiastic welcome fm m all. Mr. 'White joihed up as a private in the early days of the war- to be strictly correct, in J anu ary, 19L'5- in the King's Own Yod(shire Light Infantry Regiment. After a few m onths he was transfeIl ed to the Royal E ngineers, where his ability and special knowledge found wider scope. In October, 1917 , he received a commission in the Royal E ngineers.

On two successive Fridays in March Mr. White regaled the Schoo l with lectures on his work in the Army. Th e subj ect of the first lecture was "Sound Ranging"; t he second, in a lighter vein and intended fo r the delectation of the classes below Form Ill., proved equally interest ing t o older minds.

It felt like old times, too, when a day at the end of ,March found Mr. Forrest once more in our midst, his keen~ mind stirring up sluggish depths, and his old love of reform and Clitical faculty no whit impaired hy his absence. Mr. Forrest spent most of his Army life in the East, having gone out to Egypt in December, 1917, in the Motor Transport.

H e saw much hard service in Palestine, taking part in the brilliant operations which brought hostilities to an end on that front. Unfortunately, the baneful disease, malaria, passing by few in the unwholesome region of the Jordan valley, struck him down, necessitating periodic sojourns to hospital. vVe hope, however, that the germs brought back along with the other mementos of his life in the East will find the climat e of England too inimical to their comfort , and that their virulence will soon' abate.

The return of the men has act ed like a tonic on the School, for an institutjon such as ours requires the influence of both sexes. During their years of service they have gained in experience, chalacter and breadth of view, an afAux which cannot fai l to be for good in their life in general, and in particular in the sphere in which their work ltes.

WAR

MEM0RIllL FUND.

The total amount collected so far is £143 15s. 8el., made follows :£ s.

Present Scholars 22 10 Past Scholars and other friends ...

63 10 Dramatic Performance, 17th May, 1919 57 15

up as d.

2 0 6

The total amount to be raIsed is £225, so that about £81 is still needed.

Old scholars and others ll1terested in the vvelfare of the School are asked to forward their subscription to the Headmaster as early as possible.

It is expected that the Memorial will be unveiled on the 31st October, 1919, the.day fixed for the Prize Distribution .

As already announced, the Memorial is to take the form of a tablet in green marble, placed in the School Hall, with the ce.ntre panel occupied by a figure of St. George in coloured mosaic, and having the two side panels inscribed with the names of those who have fallen.

It is now co nsiderably over a year since Fred Brown ,vas awarded the Milita;v Cross, but no announcement of the honour has appeared in the Victorian' This omi..,sion was entirely due to Fred's modesty .

The following copy of the extract from the ., Gazette," referring to this matter, is of interest :-

"RETREAT l r C!DENTS : COURAGEOUS ACTS 'W HIG-I WON THE MILITARY CROSS .- T /Sec.-Lieut . Fred Brown, Loyal North Lancashire B,egiment. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading hi s men through a heavy barrage to the corps line. Later, although the enemy was on all sides, he displayed great courage and coolness in reorganising the men , an d in directing fire on the enemy, unti l the whole of his plat oon had been safely withdrawn . On succeeding days he again showed exceptional resource and disregard 0'ÂŁ danger during wi thdra wal. "

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1an Stevenson writes an interesting letter from India. After describing some of his experiences in Mesopotamia, he goes on to sa\' : " Towards the end of 1917 I had the bad luck to be knocked out by the heat, and for four months I had rather a bad time. I was invalided to India, and not allowed to return . I never dreamt I should see ';0 much of the world. Of India I have seen quite a lot, though it is trul~' said that one can spend a lifetime in the country and even then know very little about it. I was in hospital at Bombay and Deolali , going from there to Bangalore, also seeing Mysore and Madras. Then I was sent to Delhi for duty with t he F.H .Q. - a four days' journey full of interest-Delhi with its memories and scars of the Mutiny, its wonderful buildings, walls and gateways. Then the move here to Simla- the queen of hill station~'-by way oI the wonderful mountain railwa\', winding its way up the mighty Himalayas . I li ke Simla, fo r I cannc)t endure the heat of the plains. One's old ideas of India get rather a s hock sometImes. As I write t wo fee t of snow is lying outside and \Ye are glad of a good fire."

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E ric Barker has seen a good deal of the German fl eet, having been on H .M.S . Hibernia, one of the ships which met the Germans in the :\T orth Sea, escorted t hem to the Forth , and thereafter to Scapa Flow.

He says : "It was a fine sight to see them come in , led by a light cruiser , whose band was playing' And a little child shall lead them.' "

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Pendlebury writes from Bombay. He is remaining in the Army and hopes to join the Indian Army soon.

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Chadwick (T .), wearing a wound stripe, is a student t eacher once more. \Vhile stationed at Dovercourt he made excellent use c f th e Army educational classes, hi s t eacher for Physics being W . Lindow.!

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Higham, too, is hack in school, taking, in addition to his old work some of the classes in woodwork.

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Cole has seen the War from the A.S.C., the Infantry, and the R oya l E ngineers . 'vVhen discharged he hopes to renew his life of adventure in the Wild West.

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G . H . DA:-\IEL, Treasurer.

r he reby certify that I have examined the foregoing Statement, with the Colle cting Book s, I{ eceipt Counterfoils and Vouchers, and certify the same to be correct.

F ehruary 16th, 1920.

F. J. HARRISON, F.A.A., H on . :\u d ito r.

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10 18 6 1. Twasurer , O.S.U . . . ............ ..... ..... ... .. ..... .. . .... .

2. Myles Kennedy, Esq., J.P . . . ....... . .. ... ... ... . ... . .. . 10 10 C 550 3. R . Dilworth, Esq. . ..... ... . ................ ...... .. .......... .

550 4. R. Witllan, E sq. . ... .. ... ...... .... ... ...... ... .. .. ............ .

500 5 . J. R a11Cl all , Esq .......... .. ........ . .. ........... ... .... . .. .. . ..

2 10 0 6. lVIr. 1. H. A nclerson . .. ... . ....... ..... .. ... ................. .

2 10 0 7. W. H. Braithwaite and Family ...... .. .... ... ..... ... .. ..

220 8. Mr., Mrs. a nd Miss D . B1irch ... . . ..... .. ... .. . .... . ..... ..

220 9. Mr. A. Bri er ..................................................... .

10. J. Coward, Esq ., J.P ....................................... . 2 2 0 220 11. R . Crossfielc1 , E sq ., J.P ...

12. H. GriffiCh, Esq ......... .......... ....... ..................... . 2 2 0 220 13. S. Hart Ja'Ck~on, Esq., Jun ................................. .

220 14. M. Nigel K ennooy , E sq ... ...... ... .. ... .. . .. ... .. ... ...... .

15. R ev . J. S. Rimmer . ... .. . ... ... . ....... .... .. . ... ........ .. ... . 2 2 0 16 . J. \iValker , Esq., J.P ., C.C ............................ ... . 2 2 0 20 0 17. Mrs. A. Fisher .. .. . ....... . ..... .... . ... .. .................. ..

18. :Miss Whi~te .... .. ... ... .. .. ....... . .... ... . .. . .. .. .. ... .. . .. .. .. . . . 2 0 0 19 . Misses M. la nd E. Phillips ..... ... ...... ... ....... ..... ...... . " 10 0 20. J. A shvvorth, Esq . . .. .. .. .. . ... .. . ....... . . ... .. . ... ... ... ..... . i 1 0 21. Messrs. W. and G . Atkinson ................... ... .. ..... . 1 1 0 110 22. G. Bayliff, Esq ........ ........ .. ................... ... .. .. .... .

23. Miss S. G . BoOith ....... . ...... .. ... ... ..................... . . 1 1 0 24. Miss Brown .... ..... . .. . .... .. ... . ... ... ... ... .. ... .. .. . .... .. .. . J 1 0 25 . H. P. BJ'ydson, Esq ...... .. . ...... .. ... .. . .. . ... ..... .. ... . .. . 1 1 0 110 26. C. J . Cl1'apman, Esq., J.P ............... ..... . ..... .... .

110 27. C. E. Comt, Esq ..... ... . ... ....... ... .. . .. ........... ... .. .. .

28 . Mr. and lVhs. De'a n .... ... ....................... . ....... ... . 1 1 0 110 29. Diellt. E. Stanley Dean ....... .. .... . ...... .. ... ... . .. ... .... .

110 30 . J. H. Ellwoocl, Esq ., J.P ...... ...... ..... .. ... ...... . : ..... ..

31. Miss C. F en ... .... . ..... ........ ..... . ..... ....... . .... ......... . 1 1 0 1 1 0 32 . Mr. G . B. Fa-nest .. ... ..... ..... . .. ... .. ...... .. ......... ... ..

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110 35. R ev. and Mrs. A . K . H odson . ..... .. ........... .. ........ .

110 36. Mr. and Mrs. T. I~enda ll ... ..... .... . . .... ..... .. . .... . .. . . .

1 1 0 37 . Miss Naylor ... .. . ... .. ......................................... . . ! 1 0 38 . Mr. H. P arker ............ . ............ .. ..... .. ..... .... ....... .

110 39. Mr. H . N. Pearson .. ...... .. ...................... .. ... . .. ... ..

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Capt. W illiam Rohinsoll .... .. . ............................ .

M1'. and Mrs . VJarcoe .......... . ...... .. .. ................... .. .M1'. J. Ather s1l1ith ................... . ....... .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. ..

M1'. C. R. Cowltall . .. ............ .............. .. ...... .. .. .. ..

Mr. J. Fish er ....... .... .. .. ........................... .. ..... ..

M1'. and Mrs. Fox .... .. .... .... . .... ........................ ..

M1'. 'T. Gardner ......... . .......... ..................... .. ... .. ".Dhe Misses. and Mr. William Gelderd ... ..... ...... ... .

Mr. ' Hel:m e .. .. .... . ...... . . .. . .. . .. ..... ... .......... . .... . .... . .

Miss HUlddleston ... . ..... . ........ ....... ........... .. . ... .... . }\Ih. G.an d Miss M. Hudson .. .... ............. .. ..... .. ..

M1'. ,a nd Mrs . T. P h'illips ........................ .. ........ ..

Mr. Ralph " ..... . . ..... . ... ........... ... . ... ....... . .. ... . .... .

Miss Ri:ley (Mrs. Edwards) .... .. . .... ....... .... .... .... . ..

M1:sS W. R1iley ..... ........ . ...... .......... .. .... .... .... .. ... ..

Miss P. Shiaddey . .. ...... .. ...... .... . .. ....... . .... ... .. .. ..

Mr. M. 8t01',ey ..................................... ... ........ ..

M1'. A. S . T ll'O:l11!s, ........... .. ...... .. . .... ..... ........ . .. . ..

S. vVarhurst, Esq .... ...... . ................................. ..

Miss B., Mr. J. a1lid Mr. A. Wren .. ....... ... .. ....... .. .

Ml'. R. E. F i.shwick ...................... ... ..... .......... ..

Mrs. Ga:bbatt ... ... ....... ..... ...... . .......................... .

Mr. Gardne1' .. ... ... . .... .... ... . .. . .. ....... .. .. . .. . ... ..... . . .

Mr. WillIi:am Hadwin ...... ...... .... ...... . .. .. .. ..... .. . .... .

Mr. G . Ha1'tley ....... .. .. .. ... .. . ... . ........ ... . .. . ......... .

Mr. E. Ma,c kereth ................ .. ..................... .. .. ..

Mr. J. 1'. Parker .......... .. ...... . .................... .. .. ..

M1'. S . H. and Ml'. H. F. Ware ................. ........ ..

Capt. a nd Mrs . A. A . A daU11son .. .. ......... .. .. .. ... ..

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ML 'J. Appleby ... .. . .. ...... ...... ....... .... .. .. .. .... .... . ..

M1'. R. Atkil1son . .... .. ... .. ...... ...... .. . ......... ..: .. .. .. ..

Miss Balme1' .. .. ........ .... ...................... .............. ..

Mr . H. Barker ........ ... ....... ..... .. ................... .. .. . ..

Mr. J. Ha rr .... .. ...... . .... .. ... ..... ..... ...... ...... . ...... ..

Mr . \V. H. Bateson .... . ................................... ..

Mrs. A . Sle0]) ....................... .... .... ............ . ...... .

Miss M. Bell ........ .. ......... .. . ..... .. . .. ... .. ........... ..

Mrs . E. Bm- wick .. ................ .. ....................... ..

M1' ' !..T . 11. Bmwll .......... .. .. .. ........... ................. .

M1 ss 1. Burrow ..... . ......... .. .. . ..... ..................... ..

Miss C. Ca sson .... .................... ... .... .... .... .... ... ..

Mr. G. A . CntoD ..... .... ....... .. .. ......... ... .. .......... .. ..

Mr . ' !..T. Currie ................ .. ............ ..... ..... .. . .. .. .

Miss L . C nHven ....... . ... .. ... . .... .. .. ......... .. ... . ... .. .. . }\Ill'. G. D cnn ey .... .. ....... .. .. . ....... .... .. .. ............. ..

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Lieut . F. G . Dickil1son .......... .. .. .. .... . . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. . .

Mr. and Mrs . VV. H . Dilwor th .. .. .. .. . .. .. .... . .... . .. ..

Mrs. M. Duckworth .. .. .. . .. .... .... .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . ..... . .

R ev. E. E . Eckersley . .... .. .. .. ... .. .. . .... . .. . .. . .. ..... ..

Mr. A . J. E ves .. .... .... .. .......... ... .... . .. . ...... .. ... .. .. lVh ss D. Fox ........... .. .. .... .. ... ... .. ... .. ... . ....... .. . ..

Mr. S . Fox . , ..... ... . .. . ..... . .. . .... ... . .... . .. . . .. .. ... ... .. . .

Mr. F. H arrison .. ... .. .. . .. . . ... .. . ... ... .. . .. ... ......... . ... .

Mrs. E . H oIden ............... .. ....... .. ................ .. .. ..

Mr . l ames H{)I!m,es ... . ... ... .. ... .... ... ... .. .. .. ... ... .. ... . ..

Mr. VV . H ohlLe.S .: .. .... ... .. .. . ...... .. . ..... .. ........ ...... ..

Mr. H . A . H nsking- .. .. .. .. .... ... . ...... . .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Mr. J. K el1c1all ................... ..... .. ........ .. ..... ... ... .

Mr. and Mrs. E. Lang-tree .. .. ..... .. .. ...... .. . .. .. ... .. ..

Miss E . Marrio:tt .. .. .. .. .... .. .... .. ....... .. ... .. ...... .. .... ..

Mr . C . Marriott .... .. ............ .. ... .. ... ... ..... . .. .. .. .. . .. lVLr. IVllidclletQl1 ... .. .. ... .... .. ...... ....... . ..... . ... .... .. .. . ..

Mr. R. L. lVEtch-ell .. ....... .. .. .... ...... .. ... .. ... .......... ..

Miss E. C. Mu1caster ... .. .... .. . .. ... .. ... . .... . ...... . .. ..

Mi'YS lVI. MUllcaster ....... . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .... ........ ...... ..

Mr. R. N ea.Ie .. .. .. ....... .. .. .. ....................... . .. .. ... .

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Mr . G . H. Par kinson .. .. .. ...... . ..... .... ... .. .. .. .......... .

Mr. H . P enning-ton .. .. .. ... ............. ........... .. .. .. . ..

Mr . J. Poole .. .. ........ .. .. .. . .. .. ... ...... .. .... ....... .. .. . .. ..

Mr. T. G . Procter .... .. ...... .... . .... .... . ... ... .. .. ...... . ..

Mr . G. H. Pl'Octer ... .. .. .... ...... ... ........ .... .... . ..... .. .

NII'. J. ancl Miss D. Rigg- .. .... .. ...... .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .

Mr. J. W. Riley .......... .. .. .. . .. .. ..... . .. .... .... .. .. ... .

Mr. J. F . 8h1arcUo w .......... .... ....... .. .. . .. .. . .. .... ... ... ..

Capt. A. Sleep ........ .. ..... .. .. .. ...... .. . .. ... ... .. . .. .... ..

Miss Spenoer ... .... . ... ... .. .. . ..... . . ...... .. . .. ... . .. .... . .. . .

Mr. G . S table ........ .. .... ... . .. ... ..... .. .. .. .. . .. . .. ...... .. . l\l1l~s . M . J. S tanley .... .. . .... ... .. .. . ..... .. .... .. ... .. .. .. ... .

1\1[r. and Mrs . Stee: ........ . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ...... ... ..... .. ..

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.M1'. J. Walker . ... ............... .. ... .. ............. .. . ... .. ... .

Miss Walker ............. . ... .... ..... .. . .... . .. .... ... ... .... .. . .

M1'. J. Winder ........ .. ........... .... ... ....... .. ... . ... .. .... . .

A. B . G . and L .. ...... .... ........ . .. .. . .. . .. ... ... ... .. . ... . . .

Mi.ss M. Albrig'M .. . ... . ... ... . ..... .. .... ......... ... .. ..... .

M1'. J. Albright .... .. . .. . ....... .. .. .... . . ... ...... . .... .. .. . .

M1'. R ·. G. Anclers .. . .. .... .. .. . ............... .... ..... .. . ... .

M1'. \ V. H . A nderson ..... .... .. ..... ... .. .......... . .. .. . .. .. .

Mr. J. J. AVhersmit'h . . ..... ...... ... . .. .... ... .. .. ... .. .. . .. . .

M r. E. A . Atkinson .. .... ... .. ...... ... ... ..... ... .... ...... .

M r. E . A. Atk'in sol1 ........... .. . .... ,'... .. ........ . .. .. . .. ..

Mr. Balclers tol1e .. ........ .... ... . .. ......... .. .... . . .... .. .. .. .

Mr. A. Barker ............. . ...... .... . .... .... .......... ...... .

Mr. D. W. Bames . .. .. .. .. ..... .. . .. ... .. . ... .... ........ .. .. .

Mr. R. Barro·w ......... ....... . .................. .. . ... .. .. . ..

Misses C. M. and E . Barww .... .. ...... . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .

Mrs. Berryman .... ... ..... .. ... ........ .. .................... .

Mr. J. Black .... . ..... . .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .... .............. .. .... . ..

Miss M . Bow k er . .. . .. . ..... . ... .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. . ...... . .

Mr. E. J. Br'e tt .. ........... . .. ..... ... ... . .... .. .... .. .... .. ..

Mr. vV.illiam Briggs ...... . ........ ...... ... .. .. ....... . ..... .

Miss \ V . Brown .. .. . ......... ... .. .. .. .. ... . ...... ... ... . .. . . ..

Miss A . K. Buncle .......... ..... ... .. .. ....... ....... .. .. .... .

Mrs. Burww ............. ...... ..... .. .. .... . .. ..... .. . ....... .. .

M. Van Box.eol ...... .. ...... .. ... .......... .... .... .. . ... .... . .. .

Mr. R . M. Canno.n .... .... ..... ....... .. . ..... . ... ....... .... ..

Mr. J. Carter ..... .... .. .. ...... ... .. ... ......... . .... .. ... ... . .

Mr. F . A . Oas50n .... .... .. ... ..... ..... . ......... . .. .. ... ... .

Mr. F. Ohristie . ... ...... . ..... .. .. . .. .... ..... .... . ... .... .. . .

Mr. H. Churchman . ............ ...... ..... ... . .. .... .. ..... .

Mr. ' G. Clark ................... ... ....... .... ... . ...... .. .. .. ..

Mr . Will1lalll Clark ................ ... ..... ... ...... .......... .. l\,1r. F. C. Cook .... .. .......... .. ...... . ..... .. ... .. ... ... .. ..

Mr. D . Conllack .. ...... _........ . .. .... . : . ....... .. ......... .. .

Mr. G. H. Cour'tney ............. ... . ... .. .. ....... .. .. . .. .. . .

M1'. vV . Cowia rd ... .... .... ......... . ...... .. .. .. ............ . . .

Mrs. Davidson (nee Miss C. Felpts) .. . .. ... .... .. .. .... .

Mr. R. Denney ............ ........... .. .. ..... .. ... ... .... ... .

Mr. J. B. D±cki.llson ....... ... ...... . ... ......... ........ ... ..

Mr. A. Dickin:son ..... ... .. ........ .... .. . .. .. .............. ..

Mr. R. B. Dickinson ........ .. .. ... ..... ............ .... .... ..

1VIliss K . Dickillson .......... ..... ... ... ... ........ ... .. . .... .. .

M,iiss H . and Mr. T .· Dixon ............ .. .... .. ... . ... .... . .

Mr. F. S. Di xon ........... ... ............... .. .............. .. .

Nh ss H . Do,b son .. ... .. .. .. ... ... .......... . .......... ..... . ... .

Mr. A. H. Draper .. .. ... .. . .. .. . ... ....... .. .......... . ..... . .

Mr. H . E. Dnnilillg ..... .... .. .... ... . .. ..... ....... : . .. ... . .

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184, lVliss C. Echllondson .. ,',., . " . , ... .. ,. , .. ,., ... '.,'.'.'" ... .

050 185, Mr. G . D, Edmondso,n ,," .. , .. ,. , .... ... , .. ' " ... ,. , , .. , .. . , 050 186 , Mr. S. \V. Edmouc1soll ."""". """". "" ... " .. ,,,, .. . ,, 050 187, Mr, J. Ec1warc1s """""''''', ... " '''''',,. " . ... """.",, ..

050 188, Mr. F. A . Ellwood ""."."" .. " .... " .... ,,"",, .. "" .... .

050 050 189. Mr. J. W. E ll wood " .. "" .. . " ." ..... """ .. " ,, ...... ,, .. ..

050 190. Mr. F. Fishvv\ick .... "." ... ""." .. ... " .... ... .... "" ...... .

19l. Mr, J. Gm """', .. '." .... .,.' ....... .,.. ' ..,"., ... ,., ." ... . 0 5 0 192 Mr. H. Gatt .. , .. " .. ,., ..... .. .. "", ... , ..... ", .. ' ..... ... ... ..

050 050 193 . Mr. L. L. Handley " ........ """" ... ,," ,, .. ...... . " ..... ..

050 194. Mrs. 1. H artley .... ,", .. ,. , .. .. "." .. ' .. ... .. ' ." .. ", . , ... . .

050 195. Mi:ss A. Helme ,.,., ... .... " ', .... .. .. , ......... , ... ,., .. .. , .. .. .

050 196 . Corp!. J. L. HiM " ... . " ." .. ... " "." ...... .... .. " " .. ... .. ..

050 197. Mr. W . H. Hird . , .. '." .. ,.' ." .. " .... , ... ,'., ... ,., .... ,. , .. ' 050 198. lVIrs. J. Hird ..... ' .,.,. ' .... ... , .... " .. .. ... ..... ... ... , .. . , .. .

050 199. Mr. J. B. Hodgkin "" .. " .... ... "" .... "" .. ........ . ,, ... ..

200, Mrs. F. HOllclen .,',.,., ...... .. .. ,. ,.. ' ..... ' ... .. , ...... , ... . ' 050 050 20l. lVIr. T. E . H olt ,.,.,', .... ..... . ' .. , .. ' ..... , ..... ... .. ' ..... .... .

050 202 . Mr. \ !..T. Hudson ." ....... " ...... " .. " .. .............. " .. "" 203, Mrs. K. Irving " ...... ..... " ........ ' .... . ", .,.,' ." .,.''' ..

050 050 204. Mi,,>s E. Irwin ."."., .... " ., ...... ... , .. , ..... .. , .. , .. ,. ', .. ... .

050 205 Mr. W. Jarv is ... " .. . " .......... "" """ .. .. .. . ",, ... ",, .. .

050 206. Mi'Ss F. J acks'Ou ., ," .. , ... .... .. ' .... ' .. , .. . , .. .... .... . , .. , .. .

050 207. Mr. E. T. J enkins " .... "."" . " .... .. .. .. . " .... " .. . .. ... ..

208 . Mr. T. F. }enkin ... , ' . ,' .. ,. " .... ,., ..... , ....... .. ,., .. , ..... ' ' 0 5 0 050 209 . Miss'L. G. J enkinson ........ " .. .. ... ,, " .. .... ... ....... " .. .

050 210 . Mr. J. K eas t " .. "" .. " ....... ... ... "" " ... " .. " .. " ... " ... .

050 211. Mrs. Kell et .. ,',., . '''' .. ,'' , ... . ". , ... " ...... ' ...... " .. , .... ..

050 212. Mrs. Kempton ." . , .. ' .. ' .. , .. . "." ... "., .. ' .".".', .' ., ... ".

050 213. Miss K endall .," .,.,.,., .. ... ..... ' .... .... ... , .... . , ... . , ... , ..

050 214. Mr. and Miss D. La w ""."" .. " .. " ... " .. "."" " .. ",, .. .

215,. Mr. J. E. I "eak e """ ."" .. " .... " "" .. """ .. ... " ." .. " .

050 216, Mr. F. Ley ."" """"".""""' .. .. " " ." ,, ,, ... .......... .

050 050 217 . MT. F. G. :Marrio.tt """"""."",, .... ..... .. """ .. "" .. ' -218, lVIr, and Mrs. A , H. Marsclen " " ... ~"." ... ...... " " .. " 050 050 219 . MT. J. A. Martin ."""" ",, .,," .. "" .. .... ... ,,"." .. .. .

050 220. Mr. W. rd. :Martin .... .. "" .... "" .. .. .... .............. . ,, ..

050 221. Mr. L. McDougall "' ... . ' .. .. "" .' ... ,., .. .. ,., ..... ..... " ..

050 222. Mr. .T. Middleton """" ... , .. , ... " . ,., .. , ... " , .. ,.", .. " ..

050 223. Mr. 1'. lVliller ... " .. " .. ... .. .... ... .... " .... .. .... .. .. ...... ..

050 224. Mr. VV. Miller,. ,." . , .. , ..... ,." .... , .. ' .. . " ."' .. . , .. .. '. " ..

225, M r. E. lVl ossop "., . ,.' " .' .. .. ' .. .. '." .. ,.,. , .. ... ' .... ... . " ...

050 050 226. Mr. A . Oldroycl ........ , .. .. .. , .... " .... .... .. ... .. .......... , 227, 1\1r. G. F. Orma ndy ... ..... .. .. ... .... ...... .... ... .. ... .... .

050 0 50 228. Mr. T. Onnanc1 y .......... .. ... .. " ......... ...... " .... .. " ... ' o .5 0 229. Miss L. M. Park .... "." .. .... .. " .... " .. . .. ... .. . "." .. .. .. .

230, Mr, G , P ark .... "" .. " ..... " .. .. " ............ .. .... ,, .. ...... ' 050

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Mr. L. Penha;l lurick ............ .... .. .. .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. .

Miss J. Phiizatcldea .. ... ...... ... .... ....... ....... ........ ... . .

M1'. and Mrs. R . 1. Porter .......... ... ..... ... ..... . .... ..

Mr. "Villi'a m Postlethwaite ... ... .... ... ... .... ..... ...... ..

Mr. S. QU!ine ........ .. ... ... ......... ..... ... ........ .. ...... ..

NIr. W. Ri gg ............... .. ..... ... ........ .. ...... .. ... ... ..

M1'. H. Ril.ey .................... .. .. .. .. .. ...... . .. ..... ...... .

Mr. and Mrs. R. D . ROIb eT'ts .......... .. .............. ... .. ..

Miss A. Spenoer ... ...... ... .......... .. .... .... ..... .... ... .. . .

Mr. J. Stab le .... .. .... ... .. .. ... ..... ...... ..... . ....... . .... ..

Mr. J. Stalker .. .... ...... . .. ....... ... ...... .... .... ... . .. ..... . lVIr. F. S orrie ... ......... .. .. ..... ....... ... . .. ... ... .... .. .... . lVIiss E. Sorrie ............ ..... .. ... ......... ... : .. ... .... ..... . .

Miss 1. Steel ...... ... .... .... ...... ...... ... .. ...... ... ........ ..

Mr . J. Steven son ...... ... ...... . .. .. ... ... ... ... ........ ... .... .

Mrs. 'T. E. Stevenson .. .. ...... .. ..... ... ... .. ........ .. .. .. ..

Miss A . Swaanson ... ............. ... ........ ... .. ... .... ..... .

Mr. J. E. TiaylO'r .. ........ ........ .. ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..

M1'. R. M . Tinkler ........ .......... ... .. ... ..... .. .. ........ ..

J'-11'. T. Towl1son ... ..... .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. .. ... ..

M1'. H. Tysol1 .... .......... : ........ .......................... .. lVIr. V.r. Tyson .... .... .... ..... ..... ....... .. ... .. ..... ........ . .

Misses F. and D. Walker ............................ .. ..... .

Miss E. Ward ............ .. ..... .. . .... .... .. .............. .. ..

Mr. J. Wia.y e .................. ..... ... ...... ..... .... ... ... ... ... .

Miss 1(. Werry .... .... ... .... . ... .. . ... .. .. ... ...... .. .... ...... .

Mr . F. W'id:war ..... .......... ... ..... .. ... ... .... .... ..... ... .

Miss E. J. Wilson .... ... ..... ... ...... .. ........ . .... ...... ..

Mr . T. W ilkil1son .. ............ .. ..... .. ... .................. .

Mr . .A . \Vilkinson ... .. ... .... ... .... ... ........ ........... ... .

Ml'. R. · W i1ls .................................. ..... .. ...... .. .. .

ML R. B. \Voodencl .................. ...... ......... : ...... .. lVIL 1. Wright ... .............. ...... .. ........ .. .. .. .... ... . .' .. . lVIT. G. WrigMson .. .. .... .. ... ..... ..... ................... .. . lVIr. E. Yates ............................ .. ....... .. : ......... ..

Mr. D. J. Hucldlesto'l1 ................. ... .. ... . ........ .. ..

Mr. E. Inl11a11 ...... . ....... .... .. ..................... .. .. . ... ..

Mr. J. Postlethw:a ite ... .... .. ..... ........ .... .. .. ........... .

Mr . F . Smith .... .... .. .. .. .. ....... .. ..... ........ .. ..... . .... . :1\11'. Atki.n son ............... ..... .. ........ .. .. ........ .. ..... .. .

Mr. N. Armstrong ... ..... . ...... .... . ......... ...... ... .. .... .

Mrs. BelQ ..... ... .... . : .. ... ... ... ......... ...... . ............ ... .

1\11'. G. A . Booth .. .... ..... .................................... .

Mr. J. G . Davics ........ .. ................ .. .................. ..

Mr . J. Dix (l,Jl ....... ... ... .. .. .. .. ... ........ ................... .

ML \V. J. Flel11'ing .. ........ ... ........ . ......... .... ........ ..

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Miss B. IVI. Kay . ...... . .... . ... ... .............. ........ ..... ..

Mr. D. Ma nsergh .. .... . .. . .... ...... . ... .. ... ............. .. . .M r. W. l\iinikin ........ .. ... .. ........ .. .. ... .. ..... . .. . ... ... .

Miss S . vVestwood ........ .. .. .... . ..... ... .. ...... ... .. .. .. .. l\ir. H. J. A llonby ............. ............ .... ..... .. ... .. .. .Mr. A. A llonby ............. ...... .. ... .. ......... .... .... ... ..

MT. J. Askew ....... . .. .. . ...... ... ....... . . .. .. .. . ..... .. .. ... .

Miss M. Clark ........... ...... .. .. .. ... ............. ...... .. ..

Mr. VV. Atkinsol1 ...... . .. ... ... ....... . .. .. ... . .. .... .. ..... .

NIr. J. F. Barker ........... . ............. .... ......... .. ...... . :Mr. M. Baines .............. . .. .... ............... .. .... ...... ..

Miss G. M. Batellwll ........... .... ......... .. ............... .

Mr. R. Beck ................................ ..... . ........ .. ... .

Mr. J. Bell .. ...................... .. .. . .. ................ .. ..... .

Miss M. Bell ......... .... . .. .. ..................... . ..... . ..... .

Miss M. Bl1.chanan ......... .. ........................ ...... ... .

Mr. H . Boundy .... ............. .. ... .. .............. ........ ..

Mr. R . Bw wnlee ..... ...... .. .. .............................. ..

Mr . .T. Burmw .............. .. .... .. ............. .. .... ...... .. ..

Mr. Tames Burrow ................... .... ..................... .

Mr. H . A. Campbeill ...... ... ............ ....... ..... ....... ..

Mr. W. R. Cape ....... ......... .. . .. ....... ........ ..... .. .... .

Mr. J. Clark ...... .... ...... .. .... . ....... . ...... .. ......... .. ... .

Mr. J. H. CoUillson .. .. ............. ...... .. . .. ............ ..

Mrs. S. J. Collinson ....... . ................................ .. lVIr. J. Cookson ...... . . ..... ..... ........... .................. .

Mr. G . Carless ........................ ...... ............ ..... ..

Mrs. Cornish ...................... . . ..... . .. .. . ........ .. . ... .. .

Mrs. S. Cornish .. ........... . .... ................ ..... ........ .

Mr. G. E . Coward ........... ........ ....................... . ..

Mr. A. Coward ...... ......... .. .............. .. .... . ....... ..

Mr. G. A . Coward ............. ............. . ................ ..

M1'. J. Cm~~ard ................. .. ... ...... .. ... .... ... ..... . .... .

Mr . R. F. Crookall ......... . .. ....... .......... ..... .......... .

Mr. C . Cross ...... ...... ... ...... ...... .. ........................ .

Mr. R. Dickinson ..................... ... .................... ..

J\l1TS. Dixon ....... ........... .... ... . ...... .. ... ................ .

Miss N . Dixon ...... ....... ...... .............................. ..

Mr . W. Dobson ........ ... ......... .. .. ...... ..... .. .. ...... .. .

Mr. A. Drum1110nd ...... .. ............... ............ ........ ..

NIr. A. Drum111'o nd ........ .. ... ....... . ........... ..... ..... .

11r. M. Edwards .... ............... .. .............. ...... ..... .

Mr. E. Eus!tice . .. ... .. .. .. ........... .... ..... ..... .... ... ... ..

Mr. William FeH ...... .. ... .. . ............................. , ..

Miss M . Fox .................................. .. ........... , ...

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Mr. 1'. '~T . Gardner ........ .... " .. ..... ....... ..... ...... .

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327 . Mr. J. B. Grib'ble .... .. ........ .. .. .. .... .. ........... ... .... .

328 . °Mr. A . HallJ1an .... .. ...... .... .... .. .. .. ...... .... .......... ..

329 . Miss P. Haworth .... ........ ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ........ ... .

330. iVliss lVI. Hclme ...................... ..... ......... .... ..... .. .

331. Mr.s . HenLey .......... ..... ............... ... .. ....... ... ... .. .. .

332 . Mr . J. H ocking .... .. ........... .. ...... ...... ..... .... ....... .

333. Mr. H. E. Hodge ............... ...... ........ .......... .... ..

334 . Mr. Ivison ...... ... .... ....... .. ... .. ........... ..... .. .... .. .. .. .

335. Miss G. E. JalCqnes ...... .. .... ....... ............ ... .... .. .. . ..

336 . Miss M. lVI. Ja1cques ........ .. .. .. ...... .. ........ .... ...... ..

337. Mr . .T. F . Jenkin ............ .. .. ... ... ............... ... .. .. ..

338 . Mr. 1'. Johnstoll ........ .. ... .. ... .... ....... ... .... . .... ... .. ..

339 . Mr. T. Tohnston ....... ... .. ... ..... ... ...... .. ........ .. ...... .

340. Miss M. Jo.11n8011 .. .. ...... .... ......... ........ ..... .. ... ...... .

341. Mr. lVI. Johnson ...... .. .. ... .. .... ... .. ..... .. ..... ........ ... .

342 . Mr. T. H. Kitc1l'in .... ....... .. ...... .... .. ... .... .. .. .... .... .

343. Mr. F. Langtree ....... . .... ... ..... ..... . ....... ... ...... .. ... .

344 . Mr. T. F. Lord ............ .. . ... ........ ...... .. .. .. . .... .. .. .

345 . Mr. W . .T. Lovdess ...... ........... ..... .. .. .. .... .. ..... .. .

346. Mr. J. H. Man ............... .. ... .... .. .... .. ... .... ....... .

347 . Mr. W illi:a m lVLarsihall .... .... .. ... ............. ......... , .. .

348. Mr. T. Melvill le ......... ............ ... .. ......... ............. .

349 . Mr. N ewbou1't .... ..... ... .. ... ..... ...... .. . .... ...... ..... .... .

350. Mr. G. E. Nowell ......... ..... ...... .. . .. ..... . ..... .. ... .. ..

351. Miss E. Oxley .... ......... ... .... .... ... ..... .... .... ....... ... .

352 . Miss R . Oxley .... ..... ... .. .. .. ..... ......... .. .... ..... ....... .

353 . Miss M. Park .......... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. ... .... ... ... ... ..... ..

354 . Mr. 1'. P ark ........ ... .... .. ...... .... .. ....... ........... ...... .

355 . Miss .E . Picthall .. ... .............. ....... ..... .... . : ... ... : .. . .

35<5 . Mi,ss G. Pickles .. .............. ... .... ... ...... ...... ..... .... .

357. Mr. A . Pilckles ...... .. ...... ............ .. ..... ..... ... " ....... .

358 . Mr. P . W . Powell .... .... ................. .... ... ... ...... . .. ..

359. Mr. F . J. Pratt ....... .. .. ......... .. ... ....... ........... . .. ..

360 . Mr. S . Procter ............ .. ............ .. ... .... ............... .

361. Mr. T . LRohil1son .. ....... .. .. ..... .. .. ... .. .......... .. .. ... .

362 . Miss E. Ro'binsol1 ...... ..... ... .......... ............ .... ... . .

363. Mr. T. D. Rule ................. ... ........ ...... ... ... .. .. ... .

364 Mr. J . E . Satterthwa:i1te .... .. ...... ............... .. ........ .

365. Miss H. M. Scales ........ ... .. ... ..... .. .... ... .... ....... .. ..

366 . Miss A. Pedd'a r ...' ......... .. .......... .. ....... .. .. .. ........ .

367. Mr. G. Sew-ard .. ... .... ......... .. ... . ......... .. ............. .

368 . Mr. H. S1mpson .... ........ ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. .. .. ... :.

369. Mr. J. F. Siimpson .. .... . ........... .. .... . ...... .... .. ...... ..

370 Mr. J. Sim pson ................ .. .. ......... .. ........... ' .. .. .

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£ 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mr . E . Stalker ........ ... . . . . . .... . . .. . ..... . ... . .. . . ......... . ..

Miss D. Stephenson . . . . . . ..... . . .. . . .. . .. . . . .. .. ..... .. . . . ..

11r. G. Stephenson . . ... . . . .... . . .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .... . . . . .. . . . lVIr . Storey . ....... . .. . . . ........... . . . . . ..... . .. .. ..... .. . .. .... .

Mr. T. T honrpson .... . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. . . . .... .. . .. . .... . . . . . . . . .. ..

Mr. D . Tvson . . . ...... . .. . .. . . ...... . . ...... . .. . .. .. .. ... . . ... ..

0 Miss Alice Tyson . . .... .. . . . . ... . . . .... ... ... . .... . . . . .. . .... .

0 11r. S. 1,. Wa lker . ... ..... . . . .. .... . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . .. . .. .

0 11r. E. .T . W31'hu rst . . .. .. . . ... . ... . .. . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

0 NIL Westaal . . . . . .. ... .. . . ... . . .. ... . . . ... . .... . .. . ....... . .... . .. .

0 Miss S . 'vVestwood . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . ...... .. . . ....... . . . ..

0 Mr. .r. \Vh arton .. .... ... . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . .

0 Mr. E. W hinray ... ... . ... . . . . . .... .. . . ....... . . ..... . . ... .. . ...

0 Mr. T. Wlh ittal11 . .... . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . ... . . . . . .. ... . . ... . ... .. .

0 lVIiiss E. Bibby . . .... . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . . . . .. . .. . . .... . . . . . .. .

0 Mr. .r. \ Vildman . .. . . ... . ... . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . .. . .. .... . . . .. . . ..

IVIiss M. \J\TiBcin son ... .. .. . . ... . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . .. ... . . .... . .. . , 0 0 Mr. J. E. \ Villi al11s .. .. . .. . .. . .... . .... . . .. . ..... .. .... . . . .. . .

Mr . W. W . \Va-od .. .. . . . .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. . ... .. .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . ..

0 Mr. R . Wrigh t . . .......... ... ... . ... .. . . ..... . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. ..

0 M iss M. Oasson ..... .. ... . . ... . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. ..... ... . . . . .. .

0 0 Mr. L. C. Cl ark .. ...... . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. .. . ... . . .. . .. . .... .. . .. .

Mr. W imam. S . Di ckin son .... . . . . ... . . ... . . .. ... .... . . . . . .

0 0 Mr. T. FishfWick . ... . . ...... .. .... . .. ... . . .. . ...... . .. . . ... .. . . .

Mt', F. Grant .. . . . . . . ... . .... .. . . .... .... . . .. ... . ... ... .. .. . ... .

0 0 lVIr . W . A . Hearsey . . . . .. . .... . ... . .... . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. ...

0 Mr. W . H.i n d .. . . . . . . .. ... .. .. .. . . . ....... . .. .. ... .. ... . .. .... . . .

0 Miiss Tack son . .. . . . . . .... . .. . .. .... .. .. .. .. . . ... .. . ... . . . . . . ... . .

0 Mr. T. Keast . ... . . . . . .. .. ... . .... ... .. . . . .. .. . . . ... . . .. . .. ... . .

0 Miss H. Mm-an ..... . .. . . . . .. . ... .... .. . . .. . .. ... .. . .... . . ..... ...

0 Mr . D . Mansergh . . . . . . . . . . .... . .. .. . . ... .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . .. . . .

0 Miss E. Owen . ... .... . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . .. . .. . . . ..... . . . .. . ... . . .

Mr. W . Pagett ... .... .. . . . .... ... . ... . . . ... .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . .

0 Mr . A . A . Quaye . . . . .. . . .. .. ... .. .. . . . ... . . . . . ..... . . .... .. . .

0 0 lVll's . A . Sl11i:th . ... . . . ... . .. .. . ..... .. ... . .. . .... . ..... .. .... . .

0 Mr. W S,;v<ind1e . . . ... .... . . . . ... . . . .. . ........... . . . .. ... . ... ..

Mr. .T . H . P. Varcoe . ... . .. . ... . .. . ... . . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . .. .. . .

0 0 Mr . T. W . Walton . .... . ... ...... .. .. ... . .. .. . . .. ... .. ... .. .... .

'0 Mr. A . E . W estall ... . . . . . ... . .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... . ... . .. . ..... ..

Mr. H . W. W ilsa-n . . . ... . ..... . .. .. ...... .. . . .. . .. .. . . . . .... . . .

0 0 Mrs . Yates .... .. ...... .. .. .... .. .. ... ... .. ..... .. ... . .. . .... .. .. .

0 Mr. G. R. Brown . .. .. . .. ... .. . ....... .. ... .. ... ... .. .. .... . ..

0 Mr. NI. A . At kinson .. ...... .... . .. ...... .... ... ... ... ..... ..

NIL R.. H . Casson . . ... . . . . . . ......... . ... .. .... . .. . . . . ...... . .

0 Mr. T. Griffiths . .. .. . . ..... . . .. . .......... . .. .. . . ... .. . .. . . .. . .

0 Mr . G. Preston .. . . . . .. .. . .. . .. . . . ..... . . ... . ..... . .. . . .. . . .. . .

0 Mr. Redhead . . ..... . ..... .. .. . . . . . . .. . . ... . ..... . . .. .... . .. . .. . .

0 Mr . Will1inm Spedc1ing . . .. . .. . . ..... ..... . .... .. . .. . . . . .. .. . .

0 ,

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6 b

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0

2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

464

LIST

OF cSUHSCRIBERS TO

WAR MEMORIAL .

422.

423.

Mr. M. A . Taylor ....... . ..... .... .. .. .. .. .... ..... .......... .

Mr. A . E. Tho111pson .... . .... .. ...... .. ...... . ... . .......... ..

Mr. C. G. Thompson ........ .. ........... . .............. .. .. ..

Mr. 1'. 1'I1O'111psol1 . ...... .. ..... .: ...... . ...... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .

£

424.

425.

427 .

Mr . J. Ban ........ ..... .... ..... ..... .. ....... .. .... .. ......... .

Mr . J. ,\Vonc1bllrn .. .. ....... .. ... .... ..................... . .. .

428.

Nhs. Cornish . ...... . ..... . ..... . .. ..... .............. .. . . .. .. . .

426.

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Total ......... .. .... £199

0 0 0 C 9 8 6

5 11

N .B.-Thi s List does not include a few sl1'bscrip1ti'oJ1s towards defraying the ,e xpe nses of HIe Dramattic Performance 0'£ 17th :lVIay. For these see Balance Sheet.

445

UNVEILING OF THE WAR

M E M OR iAL.

In tl1 e presence of th e relati ve.s of th e fal,!en, l'h e Schuol C ()verllors and O'ther educatiu nal represent1atives, and lllCllllbcr::i 0.'[ ::lie S ta ff , a solen111ly-imv r essive cercm01lY was will1e ~ ;; e d 0. 11 th e 12th December, alt the Scbool , 'the oceasi'o.n bein g the lIJ1vl!'i1i1l g and dediclti ull , 1J~ ' Lord Richard Cav.elldish , lP ., D.L., o f the lJ eau'tifully-de:, iglll:d an d artis t!i'ca lly-executecl m arbl e lllnral talb] elt, crcc tc.ll i1l th e ccn lrc o.f th e Scho& halt, in memory of t'h'e Ol d 130y s w'11'O h·a ve l;aid dcwll t helf lives in the waT. The t ablet, abou t Sit. 6in. h ig h, is of g reen marbl e inlaid \\'it h bliack ll11arb1e, alld colour ed g Ia;;,;) Jllo.sa:i,c panels . ' T'he cen tre pan el c'oil'ta:ins a m ilitant fi g ure of .:-;t . C CD'fgC aJ ld the Dragon, cx ccllted ill a l11os·a ie of coloured glass, variou s colul1red :,'toucs and mo thcr o f pear,], The two side panels are 0'£ h:lacl;: ma r ble, w'i t~h m OSaIC borcl ers , and contain the Roll of HOllou r, the nallles heing inc ise c1 and g ild ed.

These p,ane1s are h ea ded wit'h the S chno l ln dge. l Tl! l1 e1'1lcath t h e centre panel is the following ill ~ cri.pti o ll (a l~ o iu ci::cc1 :l11rl g il ded) : "In gra'teful m emory of m ember:; of Ithis Sc'ho oll \\ Iho. eli·ed ior England in the great war. " The w-hol:e is :O L1 r1ll'Cl UJrkd lJY a c: lr touchc ill alablaster, cont anllillg the Ar111s o.f t11C E1I1'p;:re in, co].o. l1l' and i)';sc ripitio ll "Dieu et 111011 c1rCJ.ilt." The ta.iJlet has b cen e xecu tecl and e rectecl

by Messrs. J. Powell and SCJ.l1 S, of \Vlri:tefriars C la ss \lYor b :, ( on do)) .

The Roll of Honour c'OlItain s th.e fo. ll owill g lln1l:e5 :-J: F . C ordon Asihwm' l'h , Sec.-Lieut ., 9th Haft. Durl wlll J.,igiJt I lIl'a l1 l1'\'; \\Yill i:t1l1 Balmer, Bom ., 481th Battery, R.F .A .; R oge r K . )J . B i rc~l , P t e ., 6th Batt. K. O.R.L .; J ames P. Bl1I'mw, Lce.-C or pl.. 2 5 L ~ i ' t. S OLl s and D erby; J ohn Burmw, S crg<t ., 4[;11 Ba:tt . K .O .I( .L. ; T illi am J. Chor'ley, Pte., 1/Stlt K.O.R.L.; Wa llto l1 Crmd ord , RH .A ., H .M. S .

Qu een Mary ; R. Oswalcl D il\\Ortll, Pte ., 1st lh tt. ('1'. 1'. ) H .A .C. : Joshua Edwm c1 s , Pt e ., A. S .C. ; A r thm Will ia lll Fux , Ptc ., 48th B:1:t't.

Cana.cJ;i'a n Higfil1all'ders ; HariOlcl C arcl n cr , P te ., 9th Batt. Cheshire R egt.; 'T0111 Gardner, Pte., l /Sth Bat:t. Bord eT R cg l .; Frall k Ga rside , CorpI. , Army Cyclis ts Cor ps ; \Vil1i am G ibsOIl , Ptc ., 31'(1 Ib lt.

Colc1stream Guards; Geurgc Hoc1 gson, Plc ., 14t h BaH . 1 . (T ~d Norlh Lancs.; Thom'a s 1. Kellclall, Sec.-Li eut., 3rcl rht t. Bor der I\ egt,.; Alfred K ing, Cmpl , 7'81 BaU . Kin g 's 0\\,11 Y.L .I. ; J O'~lJ1 Log all, P t e. , 4th Batlt., K .O.R.L .; 'I'110mas Ma shiter, Lc c . - Coq)~ ., ]st Dat ' . Ul1 CO],~ R cg t.; A lbel' t Metcalfe, ~e rgt. , 8th Baflt. Y ork and Lll l cnc[c r; ,T o:,cp h \IV. N idl'ol sOll, P tc., 7th Ba t t. E1onl'h Africa n l ig ht 11l fml [IY ; R icbrd Phillips , Pte ., 9th DnU. ,Royal F usiliero: ; Ca rl H . R r: h i1 '~:,)1l, ·Pte ., 3rc1 Bh tt. G r eTl8cher Gnnrd s; Cnthh ert H. :::[1 11 <1 er!' , P ;c ., 4th BaH .

K..O.R.L.; Roger 1. Sited, S erg t., l '4(h Baitt. 1-:: .0 .I.z. L. : Hn n 'C \' ~ . \ Verry, Co.m.-Q.M.-S'er gt. , lSth Batt. , D nrham I~ i g l! t Tl1fn l1: n '; F recl J. \lVilkinsol1, Sec-.Lieut. , 8th Datt., K. O .R. L "Dnke Cl decor111ll est pro pntria m:ori."

446

UNVEILING OF THE WAR MEMORIAL. ~

'I'Ihe Me~110rial Oom!lllJittee conSlilStecl of tau-cc r epresentatives of the School Governing Body , Coun. Rohelit \Villan, the Rector o,f Ulverstn n , and lVLiss Hajn es; tl11"ee m el1lber s of the staff, Mr . G. H .

Daniel, Miss T erry and :Mr. Nortt; and Ithree represen;tatives of the Old Scborars' Union, Mr. Lionel R!obinsoll, :Mr. Maurice Hopkinsoll and lV.Uiss J. Phriza'c klea ; and the tablet ha s been des,igiled and the work carried out under the direc'! ,ion of Mr. Nott, art ma, t,er. The sUDscribers Ito the Memorial C011sisted of 'th e pas t and prelSent scholars, the S taff, 'the 80hoo1 Governors and a f0w friends.

'The charir alt t he unveiling oerC1110n)' w'as occu.p ried by Conn.

R. Willan, the Chairman of the Governors, supported by i,ord Richard Cavel1'diSlh, 1!he Redtor of Ulversto-l1 (th e R ev. J. Stuarot R1111mer, M .A.), the Rev. Fa/tlher DE!Laney , the R ev. J. G . Al1:clerS0I1, ComIty ConncjlJor l ames vValk'er, County Co unci!lor H . S. Phi1Jportts, Councinor C. J. Clmpman, J.P., Connc'illo r C. E. Court, and olth er lllembeTs off 'the Urban Council, and Mr. F. W. Poole .

After 'the slinging of !the hymn, "FigNt It!he goo d fig1hit wit)1 all thy 111,ight," the R edor off,e red an approrprifcllte pmyer, . conduc1~ng with the worels, "Acoept, we hes'eech Thee, this tablet as a memorial for 'fhoEe w1h b , from this School, laid clOlwn thei.r lives fO'r the cause of 11ighlteousness a11d freedom, and grant 'that the pup,ils of this day and the day to come may find in it an in spiration anld a call to service on behla lf of ltheir country and their fellow men ."

'The Chair:1l1'ml, in a few choice words, then inh-oduced L:o rd R-idmrd Cavendish, who sal1d he regarded :l!t: as a VC1'y higal privilege :to hlave bee.n :invited to take part in thalt tribute of love and h()11'Our to 'th e Old Boys of the Ulverston Victoria Gnll11nmr Scho'Ol who 'had fallen in t'h e great wm. The very large number of Old Boys and Old G!i1-1s nf 'the SdlO'o'l \lAm ;hlad 'S¡erved in the war was truly remarkable, and th e llist 0{ hOllOurs and cu!stinctkms won on the fi eld of battle was one of whid1 all of them, whether they had rela'tiv,e s in th e li st or nOit, mu st indeed pe proud. The brge proportion of Old Boys whO! had made t h e s upreme sacrifice was an eloquent tes,tinlOn y o f the ki.nd of boys that they weJ-e. He did not w'i'S"h to l11'ak¡e c'Q!l11lx lli sOll S witl1 othe r !::cc'tions of the com111 un,ity, bu t h e thoug ht i't w'o uld be founel ill 100ki11 g tll11'Ollgh th e li sits of war record s, t'hat almost the high est tOltals wew amongst those who had hid the opportunity and lw:vilege of ha vin g been educated at schools such 'as theirs.

H e often heard criticisms directed aga inst our systcm of educatioll, nnd faul'ts founel with our m elthocls, but they co uld all take comfort whcn they !'.1imply poa ntcd to the records of the Old Boys of our Public Schools. 'fhe /'esp-ri:t d c corps," the comrad eship, t he good fcl!o'vv'~: hip', and deter.n: nation to make the h e ~'t of evcryt11!n g und er the 111:o~:t tryin g circumstan ces, whi ch was the g reat charClctcrisic of th.e Bd'ti s1t Army in the fidel, of the .sh'ips' crews of the battle fleets, wh1c'h h'a d been so favoUl'ahly cDmm en'ted upon hy our Allies, wa s

UNVEILING OF THE WAR MEMORIAL.

447

due Ilargely to tihalt system of trainin g and ,spirilt of com radeshi p they ll'a,1lerurnt in thdr work and play in tlheir schooldays. Frorn t he boys of these Schools Hicy had 'had a mag nifioent response when, in 'those most fa:teful days of August, 1914, they fonnd , in almo.st every town in the cou11ttry, masses of boys who had been comrades together ait schOlo~, coming t o 'the recruitill g off-ioes to .i oin the Army, alld th,a l "espl'it de corps" had beell noibly 1l1!arr ntain ed 011 the batt:e fLCld s .

All in Ulverston were very, very proud of the 'services t'heir b oys had render·ed ill the grealt war. In fthie list 'Of names h e 'h ad beforc him they'ha:d Old Boys educated ,tut 'th e SC:h'O'ol who, ait th e ca E of duty, had hurried £1;0111 Canada, South: Af.rioa '" a.nd othe r parts of the E mpire to figh1t for King 'a nd country . In the days to come, "vhen the memories of the 'terrible five years Ith ey had gon c through had becomc a chshl11t l-ecoUecti01l, h e hoped that tab~et wo uld servc as 8 reminder to 'those left behj,nd that they also h:ad to do thel:r part.

Haprp1i1y the W1a~- had been bl-ough t to a sUi:cessful conclusion, but its aftermarth was still wit!h us, and 1:here vvere gr,eat a nd difficult problems fo~- tJhem to face. The tahlet relyrC,,;,ented 'to them nO't m crely a holy and r everent expression of their deep lovc a.11d admiration for thooe who hlad falHen, but was laLso a sY'l1lb'Ol of hop e and in spirati'Ol1 for ivhe~r future acti:von and for those who oam e after them.

On the U1wealnng of the memorial, Lo,r d Richard aclded, "To th e glory OIf God, ancl in lovin g ancl affectionate memory 0'£ t hose w ho have faUen in the greia,t wa r, I c1 edic;ate this tahlet. " The heJa;CLmaSlter then read the Roll of H onour of Ithe 27 Old Boys who !had g iven fhe ir lives for Kin g and country , all present l11cHnwh,i lc s1:anc11i.ng wilnh howed h eads. TIle 50uncl'ing of " 'Th.e Last Pos t" by Bugler Garnett, Klin g 's Own, ancl the sin gin g of Ithe Natiol1ft: Anthem e.ndecU 'tlhe :soIlema1 cere111o~l y .

Before cli<sp ersillg Ibhe rel;atives of the fa llen \\-ere pre,,;cntcd with a photo of the menmd:al.

Tih0 8c'hooJ has a wm record of which all arc .iustly proud, t91C number who, served 1n H .lVI. Porccs bci llg 219. III addiiliol1, scven girl s were e1lgaged ill1llJi litary se'r vice. The fo llowing 1l1iilitar r horlours -ha ve been awarded: J. 'N . P eJldlebuTY, Ma.i or, E as t La ncs. , Military Cross, H. C. Smith, Capt., H.L .I., J\lIr\~ita.r y Cms's , with bar; S . Dean, Lieut., R .A.F ., Cross of R.A.F; n'laurice 'I'il1kler, cadet, Di st.i1J g ui s;h cd Oonduct IVlec1Jail; Harvey MidcUeton, Capt., 115t11 K .O.R.L., Military Cross; Fried Brown, Sec.-Lieut., Loya l North Lancs ., Mili tary Cross; F. G. Dickinson, Capt., R.T., Miilitary Cross; S. '1'ho111S, Lieut., London Scolt1Jish, Disting uis hed Co nduct Medal; A . Butterfield, l,ieu't., R.e .A., Military Cl'tlSS; H. Myers, Sergt ., 1/4th K.O .R.L., Militar~' Medal; Harvey \i\!crry, 00111.-Q.M.-Sergt., 15th Batt. Durlw1l1 Li g ht Infanltry , Cr'o~x de Cuenc with palm; Ecl ith Sonie, Nnrsing Sister, !'.oyal Reel Cross, mel-rtionecl in despat c1lcs.

448

LIST OF OLD SCHOLARS WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE COLOURS. STAFF. Ancler son, 1. H., Gunner, R.F.A. Brier, A., Li eut., Army Ordnance Dept.

P orres1t, G . B., P,te., lVl.T., A.S .C. I-Ligh:am, J. F., Pte., 15th S. Lancs. Rce,gt.

Whjte, W. F., Lieut., R.E. OLD BOYS.- ARMY. Anc1ersoll, J., Sec-Lieut. , 10th Loy'al North Lancs. Regt.

Ancler90n, 'vV. H., Lce. -Oarp!., \VestmoT'! and and Cumberlalld Y. Arden, S., COTP!., R.A.M.C. Ashw10T'L11, G., Sec.-Lieut., 3/9th Durham Light Infantry .

A'tki11 £011 , H., C.S.M., In.sltructnr.

Balmer, 'vV., BombmdieT, 48th BaHery, R.F.A. Barkel', E. G., Gunner, Royail Horse and Royal Field Artillery.

Barnett, ]., Sapper, R.E. Ba.rratt, R., Pte., 13th Royal Fll'Sili,crs.

Bm;toll, W . G., Siigna.ller, R.G.A. Baynes, 1'., Pte. , Royal Scots.

BCllsrOll, ]. H., Pte., 40th Lab9ur Company.

Birch, R. K. N., Pte., K.O.R.L, Regt.

Blyth. R., Gunner, R.G.A. Bmithwaite, C., Pte. , Exp editionary Foroe Canteens.

Brewe1', A., Lce.-Sergt., 10th lVliiddlesex Regt.

Brewer, ]. B., Sergt., 1/41'h K.O.R .L. Reg't.

Broc1{ibank, R, Gunner, R.G.A. Bro,wll, F., Lieut., 8th Loyal North Lancs. Regt.

B'urns. A., Sec .-Lieut., Labour Company.

Bums , 'R. , Sec.-Lieut .

Burns, \V., Pte., S caforth High!anders . .

Burrow, James P., Loc.-Corp!', 2/5th No-tts and -perpy Regt.

Burrow, John, Sergt. , 3/4th K.O.R.L. Regt.

Butterfield, A. ]., Lieut., R.G.A. Bntteliield, F., Sergt., C.E.F. Chlaclwid;:,'I'. ]., Pte., 3rd K .O.R.L. Rceg't .

Ch o.rley , 1'., Pte., 4th Batt. K.O.R .L. R egt.

Chorley, W., Pte., 8th K.O.R.L. Rcg1t.

Churohman, G. H., Pte., A.S.C. Cbrk, F. , Driv.e1', A.S.C. Cl ark, T . . Riflem an, 2f6th King 's Liverpool Regt.

Cole, G ., Pte., 3rcl Field Surrey Company .

Coll iw)oJ1, n., S erg~ ., 4th Bat!t. K.O.R.L. R egt.

Collimlo ll, ]. H ., Pte., I~oval \i\Telsh FusiliC1·S. Come C. E., Pte., Artists' Rifles.

Cownrd, ' V., Signaller, Royal \iVel.s:h Fusiliers.

WAR

RECORD.

Co ward, VV. , Lce.-Corplo, A .S.C. Croft, 1'. B., Sergt ., 4th Border Regt.

Dickinson, F. G., beut., R.E. DilW()Q1t!h, R. 0., Pte., Ho n . Artillery Company.

Donald, G. , Lieut., Beluch:istan Light Infantry.

E dmondso'll, J ., COl·plo, 9th Border Regt.

EchV'al'ds, Joshua, Pte., A .S.C .

E dwmds, John .

Bllw'O:od. E. S ., Capt., 2/8t11 Lanoashire F usi liers.

Ev,es, A., Sergt. , R. A.M.C. Faulkner, F . L ., Lce.-Serg t., 21st Company Londoll Yeomanry .

Faulkner, F . \V ., Pioneer, R.E. Fergusson , W. A., Gu.nner, R .G.A. Fiisher, D . J., Pte., Bm-der R eglt.

Fisher, S., Cadet, Cambridge.

Fox, A. W., Pte. , 17t h Ba;tt. 78th Nova Scotia Regt.

Gardner, H ., Pte. , 9th BaU. Che:shipe Regt.

Gardner, T ., Pte., 1/5th Batt. Border Regt.

Garside, F., Cm·pl., Army Cydis t Corps.

GaJskell, B., Gl.umet·, R .F.A .

Gibson, W. D., Pte., 3rd B::t!tt. Colclstream G U ~lI"Cls. Gill, G., Pte., 4tlh K.O.R.L. R egt.

Gdtt, H., Pion eer, R .E .

HalI, F., Capt. , 9th K.O.R.L. R egt.

Harrison, F., Gunner, R .G.A. Harrison, J ., Pte., \Velsh Guards.

Hartley, G. R ., 2nd Lient. M'ad11ne Gun Corps , H artley, W. N. , Pte,. 1st London R egt.

H ewitt, A. , Pte" 4th K.O .RL. Regt.

Higglin, R, Driver, R. G.A. Hill, l L., l;ce.-Corpl., Border Reg1t.

Hird, T., Loe.-Corpl., Duke of vVellin gton 's W est Ridin g R egt.

Hodgsol1, G., Pte., 14th BaU. Loyal N 01'th Lancs, Regt.

I H odg90n, J., Sergt., vVestnwrland and CL1l1lberbl1Cl Yeoma nry.

Hogglarth , 1'. \V., Bombmclier, R.G.A , .Hug'hes, l , Pte. lVl'adhine G Ul1 Corps .

H ultt, T " CarpI., 2/9th Lon don R eserves, Ingleto.n, H. W., Oorpl, 2nd K . O.R.L. Reg t.

J a.ckson, A. R ., Lce. -Corp.J. 3rd Seafort11 H ighland I~ eg t.

J a!ck.son, E. B., Loe. -Corpl. , 146th Infantry Brigad e.

J aoksol1, l, Gunn er, R.F, A .

J aokson, VV., GU11n er, H.Q. Staff, 348th Brigade.

Jarvis, C. A., Serg t., Mounted Military Pol1ce.

Jarvis. VV. C, Doe.-CorpI. Garrison Batt, Kay, lB ., Sergt., 4th Ba:tlt . K ,O.RL. R egt.

K,ay, S. L., Sapper, R.E. Kay, \V . , Lee-Co'l1)I. R .E. K e1J.et, W., P[.e" K,O.R.I.{. Regt.

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K'e ndall, J. J., Pte., 27th Canadian Regt.

Kel1dall, 1'. L., Sec. -Lieut., 3rd Batt. Border Regt.

King, A., CorpL, 7th K.O. Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Ley, F., Pte ., 213th Infantry Brigade.

LilllClow, W. J., Sec.-Lieut., K.O.R.L. Regt.

Linton, R. E., Corpl., A.S.C. Log.an, J., Pte :, 4eh Batt. K.O.R.L. Regt.

M'ad:epcbh, G., L,ce .-CmpL Royal Fusiliers.

Mackere'th, \V., Sapper, R.E. Manio1tt, C ., Pinneer, R.E. l'i.Lashiter, 1'., Lce.-CorpL, 1st Batt. Lincoln Regt.

Ma!s on, G., CorpL, Wes,tmorland and Cumber>l:and Yeomanry.

Metcalfe, A., Sergt., 8th Batt. York and Lancaster Regt.

MidcUetoal, L ., Pte., K .O.R.L. Regt.

Middleton, 1'. H" Capt., 1/5th K.O.R.L. Regt.

Miles, A., Gunner, Canadiml R.A, Moore, 1'., Lieut., K.O.R.L. Regt.

Mount, E. E., Sergt ., Attached 172nd Infantry Brigade.

Munoaster, A., Pte., 5th Seo·f tish Rifles .

Myel:s, H ., Sergt., 1/4t'l K.O.R .L. Regt.

Nioholson, J. W ., Pte., 7th Bat;t. South African Light Infantry.

Park,er, H ., Sec.-Lieut., 1/5th K.O .R.L. Regt.

Pearsall W. H., Sapper, 1st Field Survey Company.

P.earsol1, H . N., Cadet, Cambridge.

Pendlebury, J. \V., Ca pt., Eas t L ancs. Regt.

Penny, G., Pt-e., M .1'., A.S.C. Penny , T M., Q.M.-Sergt., :M otor Machine GUll Service.

Percival, R., Pte., LancasGl,ire Fu-sili,ers.

Ph'i,lllips, R., Pte., 9th Datt. Royal Fus-ili-ers.

Phizac10a. W. J., Pte., R.A .M .C. PMter, .\V., Sec.-Vieut., 3rd East Lancashire Regiment.

Po.SlUethwaite, E. R., Pte:., A.E. Company, No. 2 Officers' Prisoners of \Var Camp, Egypt. .

P1ostlethwaci'te, R ., Sapper, I~.E. Procter, G. H. Pwcter. T. G., Bombardier, Anti-Aircraft Scct1011, R .A. ~ae, \V. H . B., Pte., 14th County of London (LondonScuttish).

Raymen't, \ V., Pioneer, R.E.S. \VireI.ess Company.

Redhead. R., Driver, R.F.A. Rich, J. R., Signaller, 3rd Cre11ac1ier Guards.

Richardson, F., Gunner, R.G.A. Richardsol1, J., Sec.-Lieut., l\hchine Gun Corps.

Ri· c1c1in~r, H., Pte. , S3rd. Manchester Regt.

Ri gg, .T .• Gunner, R.F.A. Ril ey , H., Pion eer, R.E . Artillery Brigade, R.F.A. Robinsoll, Carl, Pte., 14th Company Grenadier Guards.

Robinsol1, Cecil.

Robinson, H .. Capt., R.G .A.

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Robinson, J. C., Pte., 26th R oyal Fusili ers.

Robinson, N. R., 4th Batt . K. O.R .L. R egt.

R obinsol1, VV., Capt., 6tl~ O. C.B ., Ox ford .

Rog-ers, A. , Pt,e., 52nd Grad . Cheshire R egt .

Rushforth, A. A .

Sanders, C. H., Pte., 3rcl Baltt. K .O. R .L. R eg't.

Sargeant, E. P ., Plte., K. O.R .L. R egt.

Schofiel!cl, W., Lce. -Corpl., Ins truction al vVork s, R .E . Wirc1 es~ .

Shardlo w, J . F ., O .C., 11th OffiCel" Cadet Batt.

S harp, J., Pte., 13th Batt. L ondon R eg t.

Shuttlew011th, E., Pte. , 2/5th K.O.R .L. R eg t.

Smith, H. G. , Capt ., :M. C., 18th Hig hl and Li g'ht Inf[1ntry .

Sonie F., Pte., R.F .A. Spedding , A ., Pte. , AS.C. Speckling , J ., Pte. , Grenadier Guards.

Steel, R. L., Serg t ., 1/4th K .O.R.L. R egt.

Stevenson, J., Sergt., R.E .

Stones, H. V..r., Pte ., Gr-en-adi,er Guards.

Taylor, J ., S ec.-Lie ut ., 11th Reserve Dra goons.

'Tihompson, A .,Col.-Sergt., R .G .A .

Thompson, J., Pte., South African Sco ttis h .

'Dhompso n, J., Lce.-Corpl., 27th Canadians.

Thoms, S ., Lieut., Londol1 Sco tti sh.

Thomhill, N., Pte. , 7th Ba.tt. K.O.R.L. R egt .

Thorpe, T. W., J;>ioneer, R.E . 'tinkler, R . M., Cadet, D . C .lVI., Ri pon.

Tyson, H ., Gunn er, R .F .A .

Tyson, T., Sappet-, 2nd A rm y H cadquarteTs (Si gna ls). vValker, J., Gunner, R. G.A .

Wa.rd, M ., Pt·e., Lan cas:h ire Fusili ers.

War<e . S . W. W ells, F ., Pte.,K.O.R .L. R egt.

V\Terry , H. S ., C.Q .M.-Serg t., 15t h Ba tt . Durham Lig ht L rr: 1llry .

West, R ., Sec.-Ueut., R.G.A .

Whinner ah, J. H., Corpl., Lancashire Fu s·i '~i er s .

V..rhitham, G . 6 ., Sec.-Lieut.,10th York and Lancaster ·a egt. \JVilkillson, A., Signaller, 9th Cheshire R egt .

Wilkinsol1, F . J., Scc.-Li cut ., 8th K. O.R .L. R egt .

Wilson, C., Corpl., A. S.C .

'Aliuder, J., Pite. vVillder, R., Pte. , 2/51'h Ches-h'i re R cg t.

Wraighte, A ., Lie ut., R.D.C. NAVY. Appleby, J ., Q .1YI., H.M.S. Jupilter.

Ashw'orfh, J . W., Capt. , R .N.V.R. Barker; E. H ., A.B., H .M .S. R epulse.

Barker, R . D., Mids!hipnmn, R .N.R.

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Barrow, R. , P.O ., \lVirclcss Section .

Burns, \V. E., ~'ec. -Lieut., Eng. , H.M.S. Tr2foiI. Craw ford, R. \IV., H.M.S Queen JVlary Crewclson, F., Ma,r coni Officer.

Dilwortb , W. H., E.R.A., H .M.S ., Submarinc C l1.

DiX'Oll F. E llwooc1 , J. \~T ., C.E.R .A ., I-Li\i.S. DOllegal.

Fo"" , S., Cadet, s. s. Ma:hana.da .

Gelc1 erd, vV. W., E. R. _'\., H .M.S. Cyc!ops.

Ha11Cllcy, L. L., E.R .A. Hoclgkin, J. C., \lVireless Section .

I-Iuclclleston , \IV. T., Sub-Lieut ., R.N.R. .Tones, M. , SignaJ1.er, H.?vI.S. ~o u th aJ11pto n.

McDou gall , V. , Marconi Officer , s .s. Thathia\\(p r .

Neale, R., E ng .-Liel1t. , H .M .S . Teuton.:c.

Ox1ey, G., Tdegraplhi!,:,t, H ..M.S . Christo'phc:r.

Picktha11. G, Miclshi pman, H .1"1 . T. R . 044.

Saunc1ers, J., Leading Sig nalma.ll , H.l\I. S. Inj~ ex i b l c.

Shack1ey. E., E.R.A., H.M.S. Terrible.

Step-hen.son, G , Lieut.

Wickwar, L., R .N. BaHades . \Vi1son , R., A.B ., H .M .S . OS6'Dry. ROYAL A IR FORCE. Barnett, C., Sec. Air Mech anic .

Braithw'aite, H., Cadet.

Braithwaite, N .; Lieut.

Dean E. S ., Lieut : Dickinson, A. , Sec. -Lie ut.

Dickin son , B., Sergt.

High am , G. , Third Air Mechanic.

Huck , \\7.. , Sec . Ai r Mechanic. lYIackereth , A. K., Lieut.

Mat'hies'011. A. 1., Cadet.

P enning-ton, H., Third Air Mechanic.

R andall, T. B., Sergt.

R evell, H., CorpI. Sleep, A., Capt.

Todd, J., Sec. Air Mechanic.

Wign all, V..r. J" CarpI. GIRLS A tkill!':Oll, E ., Hope Hospital, Manchester.

Harrison J. Mic1c11etoll, L., W.R.N S . .

Pickthall, D., \~Tame ll' S Legion, Motor Sec lion :Rawi:il1son, E ., New Zealand, Y.M.C.A. Sorri'e, E. A., N ursiing S~.ster , Q.A.1. JI.~r .W.S. R , Smith, M ., Sergt., Q.M.A.A.C ,