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JESMOND Royal Grammar School

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   ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL

   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

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   In Memoriam

   Hujus scholae alumni qui

   pro patria decertantes haud

   indecorae morti occubuerunt

   A.D. MCMXIV. - MCMXVIII.

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   This Memorial Volume is dedicated to

   Old Novocastrians of all generations who

   in it may learn how much they owe to

   those brave men, who, at the call of duty,

   fought for the honour of their country,

   and, following the great example, willingly

   laid down their lives for others

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   THE SOLDIER

   If I should die, think only this of me:

   That there’s some corner of a foreign field

   That is for ever England. There shall be

   In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;

   A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,

   Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,

   A body of England’s, breathing English air,

   Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

   And think, this heart, all evil shed away,

   A pulse in the eternal mind, no less

   Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;

   Her sights and sounds; dreams happy in her day;

   And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,

   In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

    Rupert Brooke.

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   AITCHISON, OSWALD (‘07)*, joined the forces soon after 

   the outbreak of war as a Private in the 16th Com-

   mercial Batt. N.F. He was wounded in 1915, and 

   was again wounded in the attack on Thiepval on

   July 1st, 1916. He died a week later and lies 

   buried in Doullens Cemetery.

   ALLAN, ALEXANDER HUGH (‘93), joined the forces on 

   March 1st, 1915, in the A.S.C., went to Rouen 

   in November of the same year, and was there until 

   September, 1917, when he was transferred to the

   Artists’ Rifles. He was killed in the battle for the 

   Passchendaele Ridge on October 30th 1917.

   ALLEN, ROBERT (‘97), volunteered on the outbreak of 

   war for service in the Navy, and early in

   November, 1914, received his commission as 

   Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., and was appointed 

   to the Tyne Patrol. He was later transferred to 

   the Nore Forces and there engaged in mine-laying 

   and patrol work. Early in 1918 he was lent to the 

   Dover Patrol and was engaged in the English 

   Channel and on the Belgian coast. During the 

   operations against Zeebrugge on St George’s Day, 

   1918, he was one of the four mine-layers of 

   Captain Collins’ unit which directed the Vindictive 

   and screened her while she was alongside the Mole. 

   After these operations he returned to the Nore 

   Patrol. Late in November, 1918, while on patrol he

   contracted a severe chill which developed into 

   pneumonia, and on November 23rd, 1918, he 

   died in the R.N. Hospital, Chatham.

    “Kindly, unaffected and straight in every act, 

   Robbie Allen won the love and respect of all who 

   knew him.”

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   ANDERSON, FRANCIS WILLIAM (‘95), served with the 

   forces through the South African War and the

   campaign in East and West Africa. He died at 

   the Military Hospital, Durban, on April 26th, 1917.

   ATKINSON, F.P. (‘06), enlisted as a Private in the 

   9th Batt. N.F. He has been officially reported as 

   Missing since the Somme Battle of July, 1916. 

   BAILES, FRANK G. (‘04), Lieutenant, D.L.I., died of 

   wounds after the fight at Ypres.

   BARNES, HARRY SCOTT (‘06), received his commission as 

   Second-Lieutenant, 16th N.F. in September, 1914, 

   and served with the battalion until it left for France 

   in November of the following year, when he was 

   transferred to the training camp at Hornsea. In 

   January, 1917, he was sent to France to join the 

   1st Batt., and on Easter Monday of that year he 

   was killed in action at Arras, and was buried in 

   the cemetery there, aged 19 years. 

   BARTRAM, FRANK (‘08), enlisted in the Public Schools’ 

   Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and went to France with 

   them on July 23rd, 1916. Serving first as a 

   Bomber, he became later a Lewis-gunner, and was

   wounded whilst attaching the German lines on 

   April 16th, 1917. He died of his wounds and was 

   buried at Fontaine-les-Croiselles.

   BASTOW, NORMAN (‘09), had served his apprenticeship 

   at Wallsend Slipway. He obtained a commission 

   as Second-Lieutenant in the 3rd West Yorks and 

   went to France, where he was attached to the French 

   Mortar Battery. He went to the front in June, 1915, 

   being temporarily attached to the N.F. He was 

   killed in action, December 23rd, 1916. His Com-

   manding Officer writes: “He was leading his 

   section, and, utterly regardless of his personal 

   safety, got out of the trench the better to supervise

   operations, when he was shot through the heart and 

   died immediately.”

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   BELL, WILLIAM MARCUS (‘09), enlisted in the Sherwood 

   Foresters, April 15th, 1917, and after two serious 

   illnesses left Dover for France on August 23rd, 1918. 

   He was wounded and gassed at the battle of 

   Cambrai on October 25th, 1918, and died on the 

   following day in the General Hospital at Etaples, 

   aged 19 years.

   BLENKINSOP, WILLIAM M. (‘05), joined the Durham 

   University O.T.C. in October, 1914, and was 

   gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the 12th D.L.I. 

   before the end of the year. In January of the 

   following year he was serving with his regiment as 

   Transport Officer at Aldershot. Promoted 

   Lieutenant he was sent to France, and after a 

   year’s service there, proceeded to Italy. He was 

   twice mentioned in despatches. On October 29th, 

   1918, he was severely wounded in the head and died 

   ten days afterwards. He lies buried at Carita, near 

   Treviso, in Italy.

   BOOKLESS, ALEXANDER FREDERICK (‘10), joined as a 

   Private in the 7th N.F. in August, 1917, went

   overseas in April, 1918, and was taken prisoner 

   near Rheims a few weeks later. He died of 

   dysentery in the Trelon Hospital on September 

   10th, 1918, aged 19 years.

   BROWN, GEORGE RUSSELL (‘09), enlisted in September, 

   1914, received his commission in the N.F. a month 

   later, and in November, 1915, was ordered to join 

   a battalion of his regiment at the Dardanelles.

   After serving for some time on the Suez Canal, 

   he was in France in 1916 with a Trench Mortar

   Battery, and during the attack at Mouquet Farm 

   was wounded and invalided home. In the follow-

   ing year he was again in France and served 

   with his regiment in the fighting at Passchen-

   daele Ridge and Cambrai. He attended a Lewis-

   gun course at the base, and returning to his 

   regiment served with it near Arras until February 

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   11th, 1918, when he was killed while in com-

   mand of his company. He was in charge of a 

   working party engaged by day at a spot under 

   distant observation of the military lines. They 

   had to take cover from shell fire several times 

   during the afternoon, and, according to the account

   of one of the men, Lieutenant Brown, having given 

   orders to cease work for the day, ordered the men 

   under cover, and waited to see them in their places 

   before taking cover himself. He was hit by a 

   bursting shell and was killed instantaneously. 

    “He was a jolly good pal,” an officer writes, “one 

   of the very best, with ever a cheery word and a 

   smile when the “dumps” were prevalent.” His 

   soldier servant relates that among the men he was 

   best known as “Old Cucumber,” on account of 

   his coolness when under fire.

   BULLEN, HARRY STANLEY T. (‘06), received his commis-

   sion in the Northumberland Howitzer Brigade, 

   R.F.A., in September, 1915, and went to France 

   a few months later. He was promoted Lieutenant 

   in March, 1917, and was killed at the battle of 

   Arras, April 14th, 1917, aged 20 years, and is 

   buried in Beaurains Cemetery, near Arras.

   BURKE, WILLIAM H. (‘08), joined the 6th N.F. on 

   June 26th, 1916. He was soon in France and wrote 

   On October 6th, 1916, from the base that he was 

   ready to leave for the trenches at any moment. 

   He died on December 7th, 1916, from wounds 

   received November 15th, in the battle of the 

   Somme. “He was a brave and plucky lad,” 

   writes the Q.M.S., “and even when he was hit 

   displayed the greatest courage. After being 

   attended to by the Medical Officer he walked 

   to the advance clearing station; in fact he came 

   back to the Sergeant-Major’s dug-out and squared 

   everything up, even to putting into good order

   some effects of other poor lads who had paid 

   the full penalty.” Private Burke showed much 

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   promise as a scholar, and had been reading for 

   Classical Honours at Armstrong College. He 

   had qualified by examination for the B.A. degree, 

   taking the prize for French. Of a modest and 

   retiring disposition he had exercised much influence 

   for good and had won the respect of both dons and 

   undergraduates.

   BURN, JOHN CULBERTSON (‘09), enlisted in the 

   2/1st Northumberland Hussars when 18 years of 

   age, and proceeded to France in March, 1917. 

   He was gassed at Ypres on July 13th, and on his 

   recovery was posted to the 9th N.F., with which 

   battalion he served until a few days after the 

   evacuation of Armentieres, when on April 18th, 

   1918, he was wounded and invalided home. He 

   was again drafted to France about the end of July 

   when he joined the 12/13th N.F., and was killed 

   in action on August 22nd, 1918, on Beaucourt 

   Ridge.

   BURTON, REGINALD COOKSEY, B.Sc. (‘05), gained a 

   Science Research Scholarship while at Armstrong 

   College, and was later appointed Deputy Super-

   intendent of the Indian Geological Survey. Eight 

   months after the outbreak of war he was permitted 

   to join the Indian Army, and proceeded to

   Mesopotamia. On April 7th, 1916, a month after 

   he had obtained his Second-Lieutenancy, he was 

   shot in the head by a Sniper, and died after remain-

   ing unconscious for two days. His brother officers 

   and also the Chief of Survey in India bore 

   testimony of his brilliance and foresight in 

   whatever he did.

   BUY, KENRIC E.G. (‘04), joined the Northumberland 

   Hussars and went to France in 1917. He obtained 

   A commission as Second-Lieutenant in the 

   4th Batt. Border Regiment. He fell “while 

   gallantly leading his men into action,” and died 

   on the field near Bellenglise, on the Hindenburg 

   line, October 1st, 1918.

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   CAMPBELL, IAN STUART (‘06), joined the 16th (Com-

   mercial) Batt. N.F. on its formation in August, 

   1914, and was commissioned as Second-Lieutenant

   in the 23rd Batt. N.F. (Tyneside Scottish) in the

   following October. He went to the front with his 

   regiment in the early part of 1916, and was killed 

   on Thursday, June 29th, during a night raid, 

   planned anticipatory to the big attack of July 1st, 

   1916. He was seen lying in “No Man’s Land,” 

   but next day he was missing, and nothing has 

   been heard of him except an unconfirmed report 

   that he had been buried near Albert.

   CHAPMAN, JOHN CLIFFORD (‘06), was an aviation pupil 

   and was killed while on a trial flight for his certify-

   cate as Pilot. On May 10th, 1916, he was flying on 

   a Hall-Cauldron at Hendon when his machine 

   touched the wing-tips of a biplane which was under-

   going a test by Mr Courtenay, the newly appointed 

   instructor. The two machines fell from a height 

   of about two hundred and fifty feet and Chapman 

   was killed.

   CHAPMAN, WILLIAM A. (‘91), joined up in September, 

   1914, and went to France with the 5th Batt. N.F.

   in April of the following year, when that battalion 

   went straight into action at Ypres. He was 

   invalided home towards the end of the year, but 

   returned to France two months later. He was 

   killed during the fight on the Somme on September 

   15th, 1916.

   CHAPPY, ATHOL I. (‘11), Royal Military College, Sand-

   hurst, was commissioned Second-Lieutenant May, 

   1917, in the Essex Regiment, and served in Egypt 

    (February, 1918). He returned to France in June of 

   that year, and was killed on September 24th, 1918, 

   while his regiment was attacking a strong and 

   intricate point which was eventually captured.

   CHRISTOPHER, RICHARD (‘07), enlisted in the 27th N.F., 

   and was gazetted Second-Lieutenant in November, 

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   1916, in the Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Section) 

   for service in the Tanks. Later he was promoted 

   to lieutenant and attached to the 16th Batt. Tank 

   Corps, and served in France on the Cambrai, on 

   the St Quentin front, and on the Hindenburg line. 

   He was killed in action on September 

   29th, 1918.

   COULL, JAMES C. (‘98), Second-Lieutenant in the 

   3/1st Northumberland R.F.A., was promoted

   Lieutenant July, 1917, and later posted to the 

   R.F.A. signalling training centre. He died of 

   pneumonia on February 13th, 1919, at the Gosforth 

   War Hospital.

   CURRY, Percy J. (‘00) was a Lance-Corporal in the 

   16th Batt. N.F. He was reported missing on 

   July 1st, 1916, and the authorities have sent the 

   information that he was killed in action on that 

   day.

   CURTICE, FREDERICK RUSSELL (‘05), joined the R.F.A. 

   soon after the outbreak of war and served eighteen 

   months in France. He held the rank of Lieutenant 

   in 1916, and died on November 17th of that year 

   of wounds received three weeks previously just 

   before the last advance on Beaumont Hamel. A 

   brother officer stated that he left the gun position in 

   order to go to the observation post where he was 

   to register the battery’s guns for the bombardment. 

   The road was a very dangerous one and stretched

   across a mile and a half of country so thick with 

   mud that one had to keep above the trenches and 

   not in them as they were simply running rivers of 

   clay and water. For at least two hundred and 

   fifty yards he was under direct observation from the 

   German side, and it was while crossing this most 

   dangerous part of the road that he received the 

   shell wounds that unfortunately proved fatal. 

   DAVIDSON, ROBERT CHRISTOPHER (’04), went to 

   France in 1915 as a Sapper in the R.E. From May, 1916, 

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   he was attached to the 35th Division R.E., and was 

   engaged in the Somme battle of 1916, the German 

   retreat, 1917 and the Ypres to Renaix offensive, 

   1918. He died in France on March 14th, 1919.

   DAVISON, CHARLES MONTAGUE(‘09), finished a credit-

   able career at school as a prefect and Company 

   Sergeant-Major in the O.T.C. He early answered 

   the call to military service, and obtained a com-

   mission in the 4th Batt. N.F. in March, 1917. In 

   the Army he was eminently successful, and at the 

   front was loved and trusted by his men as he had 

   been by the boys at school. By his kindly nature, 

   his sympathy with and his interest in others, his 

   courage and consistency, he won on the battlefield 

   the reputation as an officer of sterling qualities and 

   a gentleman.

   He went to the front in May, 1917, and died on 

   April 10th, 1918, of wounds received that day in 

   action. The chaplain of his battalion writes: “He 

   was one of the most loved of our officers, partly 

   for his boyishness, partly for his delightful person-

   ality and manners - some of us called him the

    “Prince” - but chiefly for his fine soldierly 

   qualities. Few officers were more courageous in 

   the line.”

   DAWSON, WILLIAM ATKINSON (‘06), was training with 

   the 6th Batt. N.F. in September, 1914, and went 

   to France with the 50th Division in April of the 

   following year. He was wounded at the battle of 

   St Julien, and during the second advance on the 

   Somme he was killed at High Wood, September 

   15th, 1916. “I see him now,” said a friend, “as 

   he was then, calmly binding up the wounds of the 

   injured (he was a stretcher-bearer), and unselfishly 

   helping them under that awful death-hail. He 

   always did his work well and was indeed a brave 

   man.”

   DITCHBURN, W. (‘05), Private, 6th N.F., reported 

   missing, presumed killed in action, April 27th, 1915.

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   DIXON, Charles John (‘08), on leaving school com-

   menced the study of music in which he attained 

   some success. On returning to Newcastle he 

   obtained a commission as Second-Lieutenant in 

   the D.L.I. on May 8th, 1917. He went to France 

   in the following June, and a fortnight later, on 

   June 22nd, was killed by a bomb while in the 

   trenches with a working party.

   DIXON, GEORGE (‘92), was manager of collieries in 

   Nottingham, but enlisted immediately after the 

   outbreak of war in the Coldstream Guards, and was 

   in France early in 1915. His abilities were soon 

   recognised, for in the April following, he held 

   a commission as Second-Lieutenant, R.E., in the 

   Second Division, 1st Army Corps. He was killed 

   in action at Cuinchy, August 6th, 1915, and was 

   buried in the Military Cemetery at Cambrai. “No 

   matter how hard the work to be done,” says one 

   who knew him, “he always went straight on with 

   it - thoroughness characterised all his work.” “He 

   was greatly beloved, a gallant gentleman who 

   humbly and nobly did his duty.” “He was one 

   of the most unselfish men I have known,” said 

   another, “and he was always ready to help others 

   and do them a good turn.”

   DIXON, JOHN G. (‘10), served at first as a Private in the 

   6th Batt. N.F., and on the completion of his train-

   ing was sent to Lichfield Cadet School. He 

   obtained his commission in the 3rd Batt. N.F., but 

   was afterwards attached to the 13th Batt. He 

   was killed while leading his company in an attack 

   on Fontaine-les-Croiselles on June 16th, 1917. “It 

   was his first time of leading and his behaviour was 

   that of an old soldier.”

   DOBSON, SYDNEY (‘05), joined the forces as a Private 

   and was soon promoted Sergeant Instructor in the 

   M.G.C. He was drafted to France in July, 1917, 

   and was reported missing on March 21st, 1918. 

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   For some time it was thought that he was a 

   prisoner of war in Germany, but in November his 

   parents received word that he had been killed. He 

   had been captured along with others, and as they 

   were being marched away a German machine-gun 

   opened fire and Sydney was mortally wounded.

   DODDS, JOHN H. (‘94), enlisted as a Private in the 

   23rd N.F., and was killed in action on July 1st, 1916, 

   at the battle of the Somme.

   DOUGLAS, LESLIE HALL (‘95), after leaving school 

   became an assistant surveyor of shipping, and was 

   one of the first to volunteer his services when 

   hostilities commenced, enlisting as a private in 

   the 2nd Field Co., Northumberland Div., R.E. In 

   September, 1914, he held the rank of Second-

   Lieutenant, and went to France in April, 1915. He 

   was later promoted Lieutenant, but on July 9th, 

   1915, he was killed in action near Dranoutrè, 

   Belgium.

   DOUGLAS, ROBERT (‘04), joined the 15th Batt. N.F. in 

   1915. He was twice wounded at the battle of the 

   Somme. Later he served with the British troops 

   at the crossing of the Piave river. On the night 

   of October 26th, 1918, the N.F. were engaged in 

   action, and during the advance on the following 

   morning Corporal Douglas was one of the first to

   fall - shot through the heart.

   DOUTHWAITE, ERNEST E. (‘92), joined the forces 

   in Canada where he had been living for several years, 

   and was attached to the 27th Canadian Batt. of 

   Infantry. He was killed in action on April 10th, 

   1917. An officer writes: “We captured a trench 

   on Vimy Ridge quite close to Farbus, a small 

   village in Farbus Wood. The trench was our 

   objective on the 9th, and we held it until the 11th 

   when we were relieved. The trench was furiously 

   shelled for five hours, and the enemy had the exact 

   range; consequently we lost a lot of men. Douth-

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   waite was killed during those five hours. Before 

   he was killed the boys saw him do a very fine piece 

   of work with a rifle grenade. He put out of action 

   a German machine-gun which had been very 

   troublesome, and so saved many of our men’s lives.”

   DOWNIE, PHILIP (‘03), served as a Private in the 

   16th N.F. He was officially reported missing on 

   July 1st, 1916, and in June 1917, he was reported 

   as having been killed on that day in the Somme 

   Battle. He lies buried at Lonsdale Cemetery, 

   north-east of Albert.

   DRYDEN, NORMAN McLeod (‘95), obtained his commis-

   sion as Second-Lieutenant in the old 3rd (Vol.

   Batt.) N.F. On the outbreak of war this battalion 

   became part of the 6th Batt. N.F., and he was then

   Captain of “A” Company. The 1/6th Batt. N.F. 

   will always be remembered for its glorious work 

   when first in action in April, 1915. On the 24th 

   of that month they were moved up to the Ypres 

   salient to hold what had become at that time a 

   serious situation. On the morning of the 25th, 

   the 6th and other N.F.’s, together with the D.L.I. 

   and Yorkshire Regiments, went into action at 

   St Julien. Captain Dryden was severely wounded 

   in this engagement. Later in 1915 he was appointed 

   to the signalling section of the Farnley Park 

   Bombing and Signalling School at Otley. He died 

   of meningitis, contracted at Otley, on November 

   23rd, 1915, while on a visit to his brother at Selby, 

   and was buried there with full military honours.

   DUNFORD, ROY CRAIG (‘96), became a chartered 

   accountant on leaving school and later acted as 

   secretary to various companies. Being an old 

   volunteer he obtained a commission in the N.F. 

   at the outbreak of war. He went to France in 

   May, 1915, was wounded slightly, but returned in 

   the January following. In September, 1916, he 

   was engaged near High Wood, and on the 15th 

   got his company out of an awkward predicament, 

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   showing wonderful courage and resource. For 

   this he was awarded the D.S.O. -”For three days 

   prior to an attack he directed the digging of assault 

   trenches under heavy shell fire. During the attack 

   his personal direction of his company resulted in 

   heavy losses to the enemy and the capture of a 

   hundred and fifty prisoners. Finally he was shot 

   through the body whilst organising his defences.” 

   On November 10th, 1916, he succumbed to these 

   wounds in the spine.

   DUNN, ARTHUR GIBSON, M.D., B.S. (‘95) had had a 

   most promising career at the Medical College, 

   Newcastle, and having qualified as M.R.C.S. and 

   L.R.C.P. he became resident Medical Officer at 

   the Newcastle Dispensary. After being for some 

   time at the Northumberland War Hospital, he 

   joined the R.A.M.C. in 1917 and was attached, as 

   Lieutenant, to the 129th Field Ambulance. He 

   was killed on September 5th, 1917, at Alonette 

   Farm, near Langemarck, by a shell bursting near 

   the dug-out door. Only one hour before his almost 

   instantaneous death he had taken the post of a 

   Medical Officer wounded in action.

   DUNN, FREDERICK O. (‘98), joined the forces immedi-

   ately after war was declared, and was commissioned 

   in the 4th Batt. Tyneside Scottish (23rd N.F.) 

   Early in March, 1916, he attained his First-Lieuten-

   ancy and was appointed Brigade Bombing Officer. 

   On March 19th, 1916, while engaged on a new test 

   with a trench catapult and a percussion bomb, the 

   latter exploded prematurely and killed him instan-

   taneously. He lies buried at Erquinghen, France.

   DYSON, NORMAN R. (‘97), served as a Gunner in the 

   West Lancashire Regiment R.F.A. early in 1916,

   and went to France in February, 1917. Later he 

   was attached to the 315th Brigade R.F.A. and saw 

   much active service in many parts of the western 

   front. He was offered a commission but preferred 

   to remain as a Private. His influence for good 

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   was much appreciated by the men of his regiment, 

   and his officers had the very highest regard for 

   him. He was killed in the Cambrai sector on 

   September 20th,1918.

   FARTHING, ALFRED (‘09), joined the 31st Batt. N.F. in 

   November, 1915, and proceeded to France on

   July 3rd, 1916, where he was transferred to the 

   1/4th Batt. K.O.Y.L.I. (Signalling Section). He 

   took part in the first battle of the Somme, and 

   during the fight at Nieuport on July 22nd, 1917, 

   he was gassed, and died two days later while being 

   conveyed to hospital. He lies buried in Le Treport 

   Military Cemetery, France.

   FLETCHER, JAMES NEVILLE (‘98), enlisted in the 6th Batt. 

   N.F. in September, 1914, and went to France as 

   Corporal in April of the following year. He was 

   wounded in the head a St Julien, and died at 

   Chatham on May 28th, 1915.

   FOGGIN, GEORGE W.D. (‘10), trained for an infantry 

   commission and later transferred to the R.A.F. 

   He was gazetted Second-Lieutenant in September, 

   1917, and attached to the 48th Squadron. Killed 

   in action in France, July 14th, 1918, aged 19 years.

   FOTHERBY, REGINALD S. (‘07), Driver, 2nd Field Com-

   pany R.E. (Northumberland Division). After

   eighteen months’ service in France he was wounded 

   in September, 1916, at the battle of the Somme. He 

   was sent to Mesopotamia in April, 1917, and died 

   of dysentery at Basra on March 16th, 1918, aged 

   25 years.

   FOX, CEDRIC EARLE (‘05), Flight Sub-Lieutenant, R.N. 

   Born December 27th, 1894. Drowned January 7th, 

   1918. Cedric Fox was a law student and had passed 

   his intermediate examination when he joined the 

   University and Public Schools’ Batt. - 21st Royal 

   Fusiliers in September, 1914. He went to France 

   in 1915, and was recommended for a commission in 

   April, 1916. After having trained at Trinity

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   College, Cambridge, he was gazetted to the N.F., 

   but transferred to the R.N.A.S. which he had long 

   been keen to join.

   He took a first class certificate as pilot and was 

   attached to H.M.S. Manxman - a sea-plane carrier.

   Later he was loaned to the 6th Wing, stationed 

   at Taranto, Italy.

   On January 7th, 1918, an enemy submarine was 

   sighted and Sub-Lieutenant Fox took out a machine 

   with an observer in pursuit. He left the station 

   about 2 p.m., and a wireless message was received 

   from them about an hour later. They must have 

   had mechanical trouble about 3.45 p.m. when they 

   had to make a forced landing which they did in 

   spite of a heavy sea. A pigeon was liberated with 

   this message: “Down on surface seven miles 

   S.S.W. Saseno.” Unfortunately, owing to the 

   storm or darkness the pigeon did not land at the 

   station, forty miles away, until the next morning. 

   When the boats reached the spot they found 

   nothing but wreckage, which, however, was 

   identified.

   FUTERS, NORMAN RATCLIFFE (‘10), on the outbreak of 

   war was a first year’s engineering student at Arm-

   strong College. He joined the Durham University 

   O.T.C., and was commissioned on November 26th, 

   1915, to the 3rd Batt. N.F. (Reserve of Officers). 

   In July, 1916, he was in France attached to the 

   16th Batt. N.F. He was wounded during the 

   attack on Nieuport in July 1917, and for some time 

   was in the Military Hospital at Glasgow. Recover-

   ing he returned to France in the following 

   November, and was posted to the 20th Batt. N.F. 

   and promoted Acting Captain. The break up of 

   the battalion, however, saw him reduced to the 

   rank of Lieutenant once more with the 18th Pioneer 

   Batt. Later he served with the 1st Batt. N.F. 

   where he commanded “W” Company, being 

   gazetted Acting Captain on September 17th, 1918. 

   He was killed whilst leading his company in the 

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   advance on Ribecourt on September 27th, 1918. A 

   fellow-officer writes: “He was commanding “W” 

   Company at the time, and his company contributed 

   very materially to the magnificent success 

   which the battalion achieved on that day.”

   GANDY, CLEMENT JOSEPH, M.C. (‘00), received a com-

   mission in the Special Reserve of Officers on 

   October 1st, 1914, and later joined the Royal 

   Engineers. After special preparation at Chatham 

   he was sent to France. In December, 1916, he was 

   awarded the Military Cross for work thus described 

   in the London Gazette - “He led his section and 

   working party by compass bearing all night through 

   heavy fire to the newly captured line. He and his 

   party worked hard throughout the night consolidate-

   ing the trenches won.” He was killed on July 31st, 

   1917, by a shell, while reconnoitring in the Steen-

   beck Valley, near St Julien.

   GIBB, JOHN HARDIE (‘08), joined an O.C.B. in 1916, 

   received his commission in the King’s Royal Rifles 

   and went to the front in May, 1917. He took part 

   in the battle for Messines Ridge, and was killed on 

   July 31st, 1917, when leading his men in an attack 

   on the village of Hollebeke. Aged 19 years.

   GIBSON, GEORGE H. (‘05), went to sea as an engineer 

   and was off Constantinople when war broke out. 

   After reaching home he took the first opportunity 

   of entering the Naval Service (December, 1914) as 

   an Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R. on H.M.S. 

   Vicknor, an auxiliary cruiser, which, it is feared, 

   was lost on January 25th, 1915, in the Irish Sea.

   GIBSON, JOHN (‘97), on leaving school took up motor 

   racing. In 1912 he had a serious accident while

   racing in the Isle of Man. At the outbreak of war, 

   however, he enlisted in the 2/7th Devon Cyclist

   Corps as a despatch rider, and served with that 

   regiment for over eight months, being present at 

   the Hartlepool bombardment. He as then 

   gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the same regiment, 

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   serving as Transport Officer. He was next trans-

   ferred to the R.A.F., and early in 1916 was sent 

   to France where he was accidentally killed on 

   June 19th, 1916. He was commencing a flight and 

   on leaving the ground his machine collided 

   with a hay-mower. The aeroplane was completely 

   smashed, the observer sustained only a few bruises, 

   but Lieutenant Gibson was so injured that he died 

   almost immediately. 

   GILCHRIST, FRANK (‘90), Private in the Canadian 

   Infantry, killed in action.

   GRAY, J. MARSHALL (‘01), enlisted as a Private on 

   September 3rd, 1914, in the 16th Batt. N.F. He

   proceeded with his battalion to France in November, 

   1915, and was killed by a bomb on March 21st, 

   1916, while his battalion was holding the line in 

   front of Albert.

   GREEN, CHARLES ARTHUR, M.C. (‘06), only son of the 

   late Arthur Green, M.B., B.S., of Gateshead, was 

   born on April 28th, 1897. He became a member of 

   the school O.T.C. on its inception, and a few years 

   later obtained a scholarship to Bromsgrove School, 

   Worcestershire. When war broke out he was a 

   classical scholar of Worcester College, Oxford. 

   He joined the Royal Horse Guards, O.T.C., in 

   February, 1916, and was gazetted Second-Lieutenant 

   Special Reserve of Officers on August 11th, and 

   attached to the R.G.A. after two months’ training 

   at Shoeburyness.

   He was in France in January, 1917, attached to 

   the Lowland Heavy Battery as forward Observation 

   Officer, and during the battle of Arras in April 

   and May gained great distinction and was awarded 

   the Military Cross. The London Gazette for 

   June 26th, 1917, says: “Charles Arthur Green, 

   Second-Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery, Special 

   Reserve: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion 

   to duty whilst forward Observation Officer with 

   Infantry during attack. Four times he came back 

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   with valuable information through the heavy enemy 

   barrage and, at a critical moment when our attack 

   was strongly held, once more returned through 

   the barrage, and informed the Infantry Brigade 

   Commander that reinforcements were urgently

   required, thus relieving a very serious situation.”

   Seventeen days later (July 13th, 1917) he fell in 

   action at Arras. He and others belonging to his 

   battery were a little way from their guns when a 

   German shell burst close to them, killing him and 

   Two of his men, and seriously wounding several 

   others. His Colonel wrote: “He was our best 

   Observing Officer, and did excellent work in all the 

   operations near Arras in April and May, 1917. 

   He displayed great gallantry on several occasions 

   for which I am glad to see that the Military Cross 

   was awarded. Cheerful at all times and wiling to 

   undertake any work, he was much respected by both 

   men and officers and we all regret his loss. He has 

   been buried close to the spot where he was killed.”

   GUTHRIE, HERBERT (‘97), joined up as a Private in the 

   R.M.L.I. on January 4th, 1917. He was killed at 

   Passchendaele, October 26th, 1917, aged 33 years.

   HALL, CHARLES EDW. RUSSELL (‘09), when war broke 

   out was at the Bank of Montreal in British

   Columbia. He immediately enlisted, then eighteen 

   years of age, in the Medical Corps of the 2nd 

   Canadian Mounted Rifles. He suffered from two 

   attacks of trench fever, and was subsequently trans-

   ferred to the 3rd Batt. Field Ambulance for service 

   in France and Flanders. In his work of succouring 

   the wounded he sacrificed his life near Cambrai on 

   September 27th, 1917, aged 22 years.

   HALL, GEORGE HANNAY (‘06), joined the London 

   Scottish in 1912. When war was declared he 

   volunteered for service and went to France with 

   the 1st Batt. in September, 1914. In September, 

   1915, he was wounded at Loos, and on recovery 

   was given a commission as Second-Lieutenant in 

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   the 24th Middlesex Regiment. He joined, how-

   ever, the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and in 

   May, 1917, was ordered to India, being attached 

   to the 1/39th Garhwal Rifles. On the outbreak of 

   trouble on the North-West Frontier he was sent 

   there with the 4/39th Batt. Garhwal Rifles, and 

   remained there till ordered to proceed to England 

   for demobilisation. He unfortunately contracted 

   enteric and died on board the S.S. Manora in the 

   Red Sea on December 6th, 1919. His rank was 

   then that of Captain.

   HALL, PERCY GEORGE (‘04), on leaving school joined 

   the Merchant Service, and was at sea when war 

   broke out. On his return he obtained his com-

   mission in the Tyneside Scottish in 1915, and went 

   to France with them in January, 1916. In the 

   early part of June the Brigade was moved to the 

   front line trenches at La Boisselle in contemplation 

   of the Somme offensive. On June 28th, 1916, it 

   was found that German wire entanglements in front 

   of their lines had remained untouched by our 

   artillery fire owing to the formation of the ground. 

   Engineers were detailed to go out at midnight to 

   clear the ground of these obstacles, but previously 

   a raid on a large scale was conducted by Tyneside 

   Scottish troops which raised the German fire and 

   activity. Volunteers were called for, to act as a 

   covering party to the Engineers. Second-Lieutenant 

   Hall immediately offered and was accepted, and the 

   men of his platoon were eager to go with him. He 

   made his dispositions so well that the operation was 

   successfully accomplished, but while leading his 

   men Lieutenant Hall was shot by a Sniper and died 

   a few minutes later. His comrades, officers, and 

   men paid a high tribute to his skill, courage, and 

   care. As an instance of his fearlessness in leading, 

   his Company Commander subsequently reported 

   that, in the dispositions for the opening of the battle 

   on July 1st, the 4th Batt., being close to the German 

   lines, was ordered to lead the Brigade into action, 

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   with Lieutenant Hall’s platoon (the 11th of “C” 

   Company) in the van, for his men would follow him 

   anywhere.

   HALL, WILLIAM B. (‘06), joined the D.U.O.T.C. in the 

   early part of 1915 and was gazetted to the 3rd Batt. 

   Tyneside Scottish. He was transferred to the 

   Army Cyclists’ Corps for the 34th Division when 

   it was first formed, went to France in January, 

   1916, and was with this corps till it was disbanded 

   in March, 1918, when he was Captain and Lewis-

   gun Instructor. He was severely wounded on 

   August 22nd when he was serving with the 24th 

   Batt. London Regiment, and died on August 25th, 

   1918.

   HALL, WILLIAM GASTON DUVAL (‘06), enlisted in the 6th 

   Batt. N.F. a few days after war was declared and 

   served in France until March 23rd, 1918 - a very 

   disastrous day for the 6th Northumberlands. He 

   was engaged as a runner and after having taken 

   despatches, had returned and taken more. It is 

   officially presumed that he was killed on that day.

   HAMER, ARTHUR DERRICK (‘04), on leaving school, 

   proceeded to Queen’s College, Cambridge, where 

   he was reading for the theological tripos with a view 

   to ordination and work in the foreign mission field, 

   when war broke out at the end of his first year. 

   He offered his services on the day war was declared 

   and soon afterwards received his commission in the 

   Northern Cyclists’ Battalion. He was gazetted 

   Captain in June,1917, and went with the 

   Manchester Regiment to France three months later. 

   His Commanding Officer writes: “He was killed 

   in an attack on the morning of November 6th, 1918, 

   near Maubeuge, leading his company with 

   unequalled bravery. He showed an absolute dis-

   regard for his own safety, his one thought being to 

   lead his men and to gain his objective, and as a 

   soldier and a Christian he was an example to all 

   of us.”

   HANSON, JOHN (‘05), was a Private in the 6th Batt. N.F. 

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   in August,1914, and died of wounds received 

   during the attack on St Julien, in the second battle 

   of Ypres, April 28th, 1915. He was buried at

   Bailleul in France.

   HARKER, GEORGE ERNEST (‘03), became a mining 

   engineer after leaving school. He obtained a 

   commission in the R.F.A. in October, 1914, and 

   was promoted Lieutenant in February, 1916. He 

   went to the front in January, 1915, and was wounded 

   on February 16th, 1917, and again two months 

   later. On May 19th, 1917, he was killed in action, 

   aged 24 years.

   HARKER, GEORGE ALFRED (‘88), joined the N.F. 

   on October 6th, 1916, and was transferred on November 

   16th following to the Yorkshire and Lancashire 

   Regiment. He went to France in January, 1917, 

   and was reported missing at Bullecourt on May 

   3rd, 1917, aged 44 years.

   HARRISON, EDWARD (‘09), obtained a commission in the 

   R.E., afterwards being transferred to the R.A.F. 

   In May, 1918, his squadron, the 24th, was 

   stationed in the Somme district. Units scouted 

   daily, making bomb attacks on Chaulnes, at that 

   time about twelve miles within the enemy lines. 

   On the 17th, Lieutenant Harrison and eight others, 

   were attacked by enemy machines while returning 

   to their base. They rose to seventeen thousand feet 

   when Lieutenant Harrison was shot down, near 

   East Vermando Villas.

   HARVEY, William (‘09), was commissioned as Second-

   Lieutenant 3rd N.F. on October 12th, 1915. He 

   had been in France about four months and had 

   been engaged in some of the heaviest fighting on 

   the Somme front when he was severely wounded on 

   October 12th, 1916. Writing a few days later his 

   Commanding Officer says: “It is with great regret 

   that I have to write and tell you of the death of your 

   splendid boy. On the evening of the 12th inst. he 

   was one of four officers and a hundred men detailed 

   to make a raid on the enemy trenches. He went 

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   off in most splendid spirits and it was due to his 

   fine example that the party did so well. He was 

   badly wounded just above the knee, and his 

   Sergeant who was also wounded, brought him out 

   into “No Man’s Land”, and then our Padre went 

   out and fetched him in. He was taken to the 

   hospital at Armentiers and next day sent to the 

   Australian hospital at “Trois Arbres,” Steenwerck. 

   I went over to see him on the 13th but was not able 

   to do so. I regret to say he died the same night. 

   I saw the poor lad laid to rest alongside many 

   another good fellow who had made the supreme 

   sacrifice for his country.”

   HASLAM, ARTHUR DIXON (‘03), was Captain both of the 

   school cricket and football teams and on leaving 

   was awarded the Collingwood prize. When war 

   was declared he was holding a science scholarship 

   at Armstrong College. He was gazetted Second-

   Lieutenant in the 8th Batt. N.F. on September 

   15th, 1914, and a week later was transferred to the 

   9th Batt. N.F. He gained his Lieutenancy June 

   1st, 1915, and went to France with the 9th N.F. 

   in July, 1915. He was wounded in February, 

   1916, while fighting in the International Trench at 

    “The Bluff.” After being in hospital at Boulogne 

   he was invalided home but returned overseas 

   in September, 1918. He was severely wounded in 

   October of that year and died on November 2nd, 

   1918, aged 26 years.

   An Old Boy writes: “ ‘Kiddy’ - we shall 

   always remember him by that name. At its every 

   mention we recall the little interesting scenes of our 

   school-boy life. It was chiefly upon the playing 

   fields that we knew him and watched the develop-

   ment of his manhood. There he was an example of 

   self-forgetfulness, and we never knew him to hesitate to 

   sacrifice, that we might gain. Not of strong 

   physique, he possessed something greater which 

   we call ‘pluck’. But the secret of the nature which 

   made us love ‘Kiddy,’ and which made him the 

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   confidant of many a schoolboy secret, was his quiet 

   reserve. We can fully believe from our knowledge 

   of him that in a critical time he would serve for 

   duty and usefulness rather than ‘showiness.’ We 

   accept the mystery of his call to a Higher Service 

   in the knowledge that he would humbly make the 

   great sacrifice with the highest sense of duty.”

   HAVELL, ERIC TUNBRIDGE (‘09), entered the service of 

   the London County Council in 1913, and soon after 

   the declaration of war, on October 9th, 1914, joined 

   the 10th Batt. Royal Sussex Regiment. Some 

   time was spent in training at home and it was not 

   until the end of August, 1915, that he was sent to 

   France. At the battle of Loos, on the 25th of the 

   following month, the 9th Royal Sussex was one of 

   the battalions in reserve, and in the early afternoon 

   was moved up into the trenches. In the evening 

   the battalion received orders to take part with the

   rest of the Brigade to which it belonged in relieving 

   the troops who had taken “Fosse Eight” near the 

   Hohenzollern Redoubt. On the following morning 

   the Brigade was heavily bombarded by the 

   Germans, and just before midday Private Havel [sic] 

   was hit by a bursting shell. He was instantly 

   killed, September 26th, 1915, aged 22 years.

   HAVELL, REGINALD BEAUMONT (‘08), after leaving school 

   went as a farm pupil in Cumberland and then to 

   Uckfield, intending subsequently to settle in 

   New Zealand. He joined the Middlesex Regiment 

   in June, 1916, and went to France in the November 

   following, just after his nineteenth birthday. He 

   returned home in April, 1917, suffering from blood 

   poisoning, but was back again at the front in 

   August. He was posted as a bomber in the 2nd 

   Middlesex Regiment. After being in the heavy 

   fighting at Passchendaele with the 8th Division he 

   spent four months in hospital in France. He 

   rejoined his regiment in May, 1918, and became a 

   Lewis-gunner. He fell mortally wounded in the 

   German attack near Rheims on May 28th, 1918.

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   HEDLEY, JOHN RALPH, D.S.O. (‘84), was born in Berk-

   shire and came to the Grammar School on coming 

   to live in Gateshead. On leaving school he entered 

   the firm of Messrs Anderson & Lee, auctioneers, 

   and finally became a partner in the firm. About 

   1896 he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 3rd Batt. 

   N.F. (volunteers). He left Newcastle in 1910 to 

   take up an important government appointment at 

   Hull but still kept up his connection with his old 

   regiment. The outbreak of war found him a 

   Captain in the 6th Batt. N.F. He was soon made 

   Major and went with them to the front, and was 

   with them when they went so gallantly into action 

   at the second battle of Ypres in April, 1915. “In 

   that action outside St. Julien the territorials lost 

   their Commander, Brigadier General Riddell, and 

   the story of the battle is one which will always 

   redound to the credit of the fighting sons of 

   Northumbria.” After surviving the dangers of the 

   Ypres salient, Hooge and Vimy Ridge, he obtained 

   his Lieutenant-Colonelcy and was attached to the 

   5th (Cumberland) Batt. Border Regiment. He had 

   been four times mentioned in despatches, and in 

   June, 1916, he was awarded the D.S.O. He returned 

   to France with the Borderers and a year later, on 

   July 15th, 1917, laid down his life in the service of his 

   country. “To his friends he had qualities of kind-

   ness, loyalty, straightforward speech and thought, 

   which secured him unalloyed regard, even when we 

   failed to acquiesce in all his views,” says his friend 

   the Right Honourable Walter Runciman. “He 

   loved the open air, whether on a cricket field or on 

   a golf course, on horseback, or with a gun. He 

   hated crooked methods and low standards and 

   everything unclean, and he has left with his friends 

   the memory of an upright, wholesome man.”

   HENDERSON, FRANK (‘12), enlisted at the age of seven-

   teen in the R.M.S.M. and trained at Aberdeen,

   Cromarty Bay and the Tyne, and then transferred 

   to the R.M.L.I., training at Plymouth and Deal. 

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   He applied for a commission in the Navy and while 

   waiting to know the result of his application he

   volunteered for the naval raid on Zeebrugge. He 

   was killed during the raid, April 23rd, 1918, aged 

   19 years, and now lies in the family burial ground 

   at Wallsend.

   HERBERT, CHARLES STANLEY, M.C. (‘10), was gazetted 

   Second-Lieutenant in the D.L.I. in January, 1915; 

   proceeded to France, October 1st, 1915, and was 

   transferred to the 15th Batt. D.L.I. He was men-

   tioned in despatches July 1st, 1916, and won the 

   Military Cross on Passchendaele Ridge on October 

   5th, 1917, being promoted to Captain on the same 

   day. On October 9th, 1918, he obtained a Bar to 

   the Military Cross on Kemmel Hill. He was 

   killed in action on May 27th, 1918.

   HOGG, ROBERT WALLACE (‘11), Northern Cyclists’ 

   Batt., served in Lincolnshire until December, 

   1916. He then joined the M.G.C. (Heavy 

   Brigade) - afterwards the Tank Corps - and went 

   with it to France on July 22nd, 1917, being for 

   a few months on the Ypres section and then in 

   the Cambrai front where he was engaged in the big 

   attack in November of that year. He attained the 

   rank of Sergeant, and was engaged as a Gunner 

   in the heavy fighting near Bray-sur-Somme. 

   He was in action from March 21st, 1918, till the 

   afternoon of the 25th inst. when he was killed.

   HOLDSWORTH, Ernest (‘12), served in a cadet unit of 

   the R.A.F. in October, 1916, and received his com-

   mission as Second-Lieutenant in February, 1917, 

   gaining his wings three months later. He went 

   to France in July and was killed while engaged 

   in an air-fight in Flanders on September 23rd, 

   1917. He had been mentioned in despatches, and 

   his Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a very 

   efficient officer, and did excellent work whilst at the 

   front. Upright in character, noble-minded and 

   generous-hearted, pure and bold in purpose, 

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   devoted to his duty, he was found faithful unto 

   death in his country’s cause.

   HOLDSWORTH, WESLEY COPE (‘07), received his com-

   mission as surgeon probationer when he had passed 

   his second examination as a medical student of 

   Glasgow University. He joined H.M.S. Begonia 

   on September 19th, 1917, and wrote on the 27th 

   of that month that he had returned to port, and that 

   all had gone well. On October 15th information 

   was sent from the Admiralty that the Begonia was 

   missing - feared lost with all on board. A sailor in a 

   sister-ship informed Lieutenant Holdsworth’s father 

   - the Rev. J. Forster Holdsworth - that they were in 

   search of the Begonia for several weeks, and all 

   they could learn was that she was “spoken” in 

   mid-Atlantic on October 6th. Six months later, 

   word was sent from the Admiralty that Lieutenant 

   Holdsworth was killed on or about October 6th, 

   1917.

   HUGHES, JOHN, B.A., B.Sc. (‘01), joined the Northern 

   Cyclists’ Batt. in 1915, was drafted to France, 

   attached to the 25th Batt. N.F., and took part in 

   the actions near Albert. On the night of 

   September 8th, 1916, he was sent out with a cover-

   ing party to a position near Contalmaison, on the 

   Somme. It was a brilliant moonlight night, but 

   they had to go forward. The Germans waited till 

   they got within range, and then let go a hail of 

   shell-fire for twenty minutes. The Lieutenant 

   signalled his men to retire, sending Lance-Corporal 

   Hughes and another to bring up stragglers. 

   Neither ever returned. The war office records: 

    “Lance-Corporal Hughes, presumed killed in action 

   September 8th, 1916.” An officer in his battalion 

   says: “He has proved himself an Englishman in 

   every sense of the word. He had the respect of 

   every one of us in “D” Company, officers and 

   men alike.” He was a teacher under the Newcastle 

   Authority, and had devoted much time to voluntary 

   work among the children.

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   HUNTER, ARNOLD COLTMAN (‘94), decided on leaving 

   school to take up work in Canada. After a period 

   on a farm he joined the Royal North-West Mounted 

   Police for three years. When the King’s pro-

   clamation reached Canada he enlisted in the 

   152nd Batt. Canadian Infantry and was promoted 

   Sergeant. He reached France on the 16th February, 

   1917. His last entry in his diary states: “28th 

   March, 1917. Practising going over to-day and 

   left for trenches at 6 a.m.” He was killed next 

   day, March 29th, 1917, near Villers-au-Bois. His 

   Commanding Officer writes: “Although he had 

   been with the company but a little time” (he had 

   been transferred to the 46th Canadians), “I had 

   come to regard him very highly. No task was too 

   unpleasant, and everything he did was done cheer-

   fully.”

   HUNTER, ARTHUR LAWRENCE (‘03), volunteered as a 

   Private in August, 1914, in the 9th Batt. N.F., and 

   went to the Ypres front in July, 1915. After a 

   short training at home he was gazetted Second-

   Lieutenant, February, 1918, in the 9th Batt. Royal 

   Fusiliers and again went overseas. He was killed 

   on August 8th, 1918, in the advance near 

   Morlancourt.

   HUNTER, GEORGE EDWARD (‘96), became an architect 

   on leaving school. Later he joined his father’s 

   firm, and in 1913 became a partner in the business 

   of Hunter & Henderson, Stockbrokers of Newcastle. 

   He received his commission in the 6th Batt. N.F. 

   in 1904 and was gazetted Captain in 1908. He went 

   overseas with that battalion, and was killed in 

   action near St Julien in the second battle of Ypres, 

   April 26th, 1915. A brother officer writes: “He 

   led his men with great courage and a total dis-

   regard for himself, and was right in front of the 

   enemy’s position when he was killed by a shell 

   fired at short range.”

   HUNTER, HOWARD TOMLIN, M.B., B.S. (‘96), became a 

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   medical student on leaving school. He qualified 

   for the M.B., B.S., in 1910, and afterwards studied 

   surgery at St Bartholomew’s, London, and in 

   Vienna. He received his commission in the 

   6th Batt. N.F. in 1906 and was gazetted Captain 

   in 1912. A writer in the Durham College of 

   Medicine Gazette says: “We have all heard with 

   pride and aching heart of his entry into action. 

   The first torrent of bullet and shell only seemed to 

   increase his absolute indifference to danger, and his 

   example and courage infected the whole company. 

   He led his men through a crossfire of machine-

   guns and shrapnel, trying to reach the German

   trenches by a series of rushes. When close to his 

   objective he was struck on the leg but stuck to his 

   job, gamely cheering on his men. We can imagine 

   his bitter disappointment when he had to fall out 

   so near the end of his task. While being helped 

   to the rear he was struck again in the chest and 

   almost immediately dropped dead.” This was in 

   the action near St Julien on April 26th, 1915, at 

   the second battle of Ypres.

   HUTCHINSON, GEOFFREY D. (‘08), served in the 21st Batt. 

   King’s Royal Rifle Corps as a Corporal. He was 

   wounded on September 15th, 1916, and died three 

   days later in hospital at Amiens, aged 20 years.

   HUTTON, ANDREW DONALD, M.A. (‘01), was a student 

   of Glasgow University when he was sixteen years 

   of age, and showed much promise of being an 

   unusually able man. His arts course was just 

   completed when war broke out, and it was while 

   he was training as a soldier in 1915 that he 

   graduated M.A. He intended to practise law 

   at the Scottish bar, and in addition to his successes 

   in arts he had been equally successful in the work 

   for his LL.B. degree. He went to France in 

   November, 1915, as a Subaltern in the 15th Batt. 

   Highland Light Infantry. There he attained the 

   rank of Captain, and while leading his company on 

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   the morning of July 3rd, 1916, he was killed at 

   Thiepval on the Somme. He lies buried in the 

   Military Cemetery at Bouzincourrt.

   IRVIN, THOMAS WILLIAM (‘97), soon after leaving 

   school commenced to study for the ministry in the

   Presbyterian Church of England, but gave it up 

   for a business career and became a director of 

   Richard Irvin & Sons, one of the largest fishing-

   vessel firms in England. In December, 1914, he 

   obtained a commission as Second-Lieutenant in the 

   5th Batt. Gordon Highlanders and was promoted 

   Lieutenant in May, 1915. In January follow-

   ing he crossed to France, and was in the front line 

   till his death on May 20th, 1916. The circum-

   stances which preceded his death were tragic. His 

   company had to go to a rest camp for a week, but 

   the relieving company was short of officers and 

   Lieutenant Irvin volunteered to remain. Some of 

   his men were wounded by a trench mortar, and 

   while attending to them he was himself wounded. 

   While being carried out of the trench he begged his 

   bearers to look after those who were worse off than 

   himself. This was on May 15th. He died five 

   days later. An officer wrote: “So pure in life and 

   lofty in ideal, he has lived and died for those great 

   aspirations which he cherished.”

   JACKSON, HERBERT Wm. (‘09), joined the D.U.O.T.C. 

   in 1915, was commissioned to the 3rd Batt. N.F. 

   as Second-Lieutenant in August, and went to France

   in May, 1916, attached to the 13th Batt. N.F. 

   Towards the end of the year he was promoted 

   Lieutenant, and posted to the 97th Field Company 

   R.E. He served with his battalion until January 

   20th, 1918, when he was killed in action while 

   under shell fire in the Cambrai district. An officer 

   writes: “He had done splendid work with the 

   R.E. We shall all miss him, for in addition to 

   being a most gallant leader, he was a true comrade 

   dearly loved by both officers and men. He always 

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   did his best for the regiment of which he thought 

   so much. He died as he has lived a brave and 

   gallant representative of the Fifth Fusiliers.”

   KNOTT, ROBERT CECIL (‘07), enlisted in the 9th Batt. 

   N.F. on September 6th, 1914, and received his 

   Second-Lieutenancy in the 19th Batt. three months 

   later, being placed in charge of the Signalling 

   Company. He was promoted Lieutenant in April, 

   1915, and Captain on June 15th of that year. On 

   his recovery after an operation for appendicitis he 

   went to France on July 11th, 1916, and was attached 

   to the 20th Batt. N.F. (Tyneside Scottish). He 

   was killed in action on August 14th, 1916, and was 

   buried with military honours at Cabaret Rouge 

   near Souchez. Captain Knott had a very lovable dis-

   position, and was a favourite with all who knew 

   him. His Colonel wrote: “I loved him as if he 

   were my own son.”

   LITTLEFAIR, JOHN JAMES (‘10), enlisted as a Private in 

   the 7th N.F., and was killed at Ypres on April 26th, 

   1915.

   LONG, ARTHUR Wm. EMMANUEL (‘10), joined the 

   colours on December 24th, 1914, as a Private in the 

   15th Batt. Royal Warwickshire Regiment and 

   received his commission in the 8th Batt. Queen’s 

   Royal West Surrey Regiment in September, 1915. 

   In June, 1916, he proceeded overseas and was killed 

   in action on the Somme, near Albert, on August 

   24th, having served his regiment in France 

   less than two months. The Chaplain wrote: “In 

   the great attack he raced over the open, followed by 

   his platoon and was killed instantaneously by a 

   shell. His gallant conduct largely helped to make 

   the attack a great success. He impressed every one 

   with his singular courage and devotion to duty.”

   LONGHURST, ROY CRESSY (‘97), was a member of the 

   D.U.O.T.C. in August, 1914, and a few months 

   later received his commission in the 23rd Batt. 

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   N.F. (4th Tyneside Scottish). He was promoted 

   Captain while undergoing preliminary training at 

   Alnwick, and went to the front in January, 1916. 

   He was engaged in the heavy fighting at Arras, 

   Albert, and La Boisselle, and was gazetted Major 

   on the field and subsequently acting Lieutenant-

   Colonel. In October, 1917, he was granted six 

   months’ leave of absence in England and appointed 

   Commandant of the Training School for the 

   Durham Auxiliary Volunteer Forces being attached 

   to the 3rd Batt. N.F. He had been mentioned in 

   Sir Douglas Haigh’s despatch of November 13th, 

   1916, and during his Colonel’s illness was 

   personally complimented by Sir Douglas Haig for 

   his work.

   He was accidentally killed on March 8th, 1918, 

   whilst on military service, by colliding with a tram-

   car, when travelling on his motor-cycle from 

   Newcastle to Benton during a snowstorm at night. 

   His Colonel said: “I need not tell you how I 

   appreciated and valued Major Longhurst as a 

   comrade at the front, but far beyond that was his 

   splendid loyalty and affection for his regiment, and 

   all ranks of the 4th Battalion Tyneside Scottish 

   have lost one of their very best friends. You 

   perhaps do not know how he devoted his spare time 

   to the men’s comfort and well-being and what 

   valuable work he did in this way”.

   LUNN, HERBERT CHARLES, B.A. (Cambridge) (‘98), was 

   a Private in the Public Schools’ Battalion in Sep-

   tember, 1914, and rose to the rank of Sergeant. 

   He obtained his commission in the Tyneside 

   Scottish in 1915 and at the beginning of the follow-

   ing year was transferred to the 3rd Batt. Royal 

   Scots Regiment. He proceeded to France, attached 

   to the 11th Batt., was wounded at the battle of the 

   Somme in July, 1916, being mentioned in des-

   patches for his work at this time, and was reported 

   wounded and missing in a raid near Arras on 

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   March 21st, 1917 - nothing has since been heard of 

   him. He was twenty-four years of age.

   McARTHUR, WILLIAM (‘05), joined the R.F.A. and was 

   killed at Arras during the night of August 

   21/22nd, 1918. He was then serving in the 

   123rd Brigade, 37th Division, and held the rank 

   of Bombardier.

   MACLAGAN, JAMES G. (‘07), was at the Armstrong 

   College when he applied for a commission. Fail-

   ing to obtain it he joined the ranks and was drafted 

   to the R.A.M.C. at Aldershot, being at that time 

   unfit for foreign service. In January, 1916, he was 

   gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the King’s Own 

   Royal Lancaster Regiment and being passed fit 

   was sent to France attached to the 4/5th Batt. 

   Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in February, 

   1917. In the following autumn he was promoted 

   Lieutenant, working hard and gaining the esteem 

   and affection of officers and men alike by his cheer-

   ful evenness of temper and devotion to duty. 

   Recovering from an attack of trench fever, he was 

   again sent into the front line, and was killed 

   instantaneously by the bursting of a shell while 

   leading his company in an attack near Arras on 

   August 1st, 1918.

   MARKS, JAMES ALBERT (‘07), was sent to the East soon 

   after receiving his commission as Second-

   Lieutenant in the 10th (now 7th) Batt. 

   North Staffordshire Regiment. While in Mesopo-

   tamia he was twice wounded, at the attempt to 

   relieve General Townsend, besieged at Kut, and 

   subsequently contracted enteric fever. He spent 

   several months at Bombay, in India, and was 

   afterwards ordered again to Mesopotamia where, 

   gallantly leading his men in some of the severest 

   fighting, he met his heroic death before Baghdad on 

   February 25th, 1917.

   MARKS, JOHN (‘08), trained with the D.U.O.T.C. and 

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   was commissioned as Second-Lieutenant in the

   D.L.I. in May, 1917. He was wounded during the 

   German offensive on March 21st, 1918, and went

   overseas again immediately after his recovery at 

   home. He was killed in action on October 23rd, 

   1918.

   MARKS, LEONARD GEORGE (‘07), joined the 12th Batt. 

   N.F. and was transferred to the 17th Batt. Royal 

   Sussex Regiment. He was a Corporal when he 

   went to France in August, 1917, and was killed in 

   action while serving near Armentiers on October 

   10th, 1918.

   MERSON, DAVID (‘00), served as a Private with the 

   Australian Imperial forces and was killed in action

   April 16th, 1918.

   MERSON, JAMES LESLIE (‘97), joined the Australian 

   forces and attained the rank of Sergeant. He was

   killed in action on August 31st, 1916.

   METCALFE, FRANK, M.B., B.S. (‘00), joined the 1st 

   Northumbrian Field Ambulance in September, 

   1914, as a Lieutenant, and was promoted to the 

   rank of Captain six months later. He went to 

   Flanders in April, 1915, and was mentioned in 

   despatches for his splendid work. In September 

   of the following year he was invalided home and 

   was treated at Newcastle. He made an apparent 

   recovery, and although he knew he had not long to 

   live, he returned to France at his own request in 

   the Autumn of 1917. He went through the fight-

   ing of the following winter and also the German 

   offensive of March, 1918, but was again invalided 

   home. He died at Framlington House, Newcastle, 

   on July 10th, 1918. A writer in the Durham

   College of Medicine Gazette says: “Metcalfe 

   was of a very retiring disposition, but the quiet 

   exterior concealed a strength of character that he 

   only revealed to his intimate friends. He was 

   kind, genial, and possessed of considerable moral 

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   courage and grit and staying power; yet his out-

   standing characteristic was his strict sense of

   honour. No man played the game better than 

   Francis Metcalfe.”

   MILLER, HERBERT (‘96), received his commission as an 

   Assistant Paymaster R.N.R. in November, 1914, 

   and after a few weeks spent at Portsmouth was 

   sent to the Lowestoft Naval base. In July, 1917, 

   he was promoted Paymaster-Lieutenant, and early 

   in the following year was appointed secretary to

   Commodore Alfred A. Ellison, C.B., R.N., Senior 

   Naval Officer at Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth 

   naval bases. He died of pneumonia supervening 

   a bad attack of influenza on December 6th, 1918.

   MILVAIN, CHARLES EDWARD FRANCIS (‘97), took up the 

   profession of an electrical engineer and in April, 

   1912, went out to Canada. On the outbreak of war 

   he joined the 1st Canadian contingent. On reach-

   ing England he received a commission as 

   Sub-Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. and was attached 

   to the “Hawke Battalion” which sailed for 

   Gallipoli in May, 1915. He, after some weeks of 

   severe fighting, was wounded on June 19th 

   while leading his men on a night attack on the 

   Turks. During the whole time they were under 

   heavy shell fire and only one Officer of the company 

   was left. Lieutenant Milvain was removed to 

   Ras-el-tin hospital, Alexandria, where he arrived 

   on his thirty-first birthday, and died on the follow-

   ing day, June 25th, 1915. A brother Officer 

   wrote: “During the time he was with us we had 

   learned to appreciate him, to value his efficiency as 

   an Officer and to esteem him as a good comrade.”

   MOFFAT, WILDON DAVID (‘04), joined up at the 62nd #

   Casualty Clearing Station, R.A.M.C., on March 

   10th, 1915, and proceeded to France on January 

   9th, 1917. He was promoted Sergeant, and 

   appointed senior and confidential clerk to his 

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   Colonel. Whilst he was stationed at the 62nd 

   Casualty Clearing Station, near Haringhe, 

   Belgium, the hospital was bombed by enemy air-

   craft on November 29th, 1917, and he was mortally 

   wounded. His Colonel wrote: “The death of 

   your son is a personal loss to me; his work in life 

   requires no praise, and his death is beyond all 

   praise.”

   MORLAND, ALBERT (‘12), joined the 3rd Batt. Cold-

   stream Guards as a Private on February 15th, 1917. 

   He was drafted to France in the October following 

   after training at Windsor. While taking part in 

   the Cambrai action of November, 1917, he was 

   wounded in the head. He fell in action to the east 

   of Cambrai on October 9th, 1918.

   MORRISON, EDWARD FITZHENRY (‘99), after leaving 

   school went out to New Zealand where he joined 

   the forces. He was a Corporal in Lord Liverpool’s 

   Own Regiment when he was sent to France in 

   1917. After being transferred to the Rifle Brigade 

   he was employed as a stretcher-bearer. While 

   engaged in his duty he was hit in the head by a 

   bursting shell and died fourteen days later.

   MORTON, WILLIAM A. (‘05), enlisted in the 1st Life 

   Guards in December, 1915, and was trained at 

   Windsor. He went to France in November, 1916, 

   and was killed in action on December 10th of that

   year.

   MURRAY, ARTHUR ERNEST (‘07), was a medical student 

   when he joined the D.U.O.T.C. in 1914. He

   served in France with the 2/8th Batt. London 

   Regiment and was killed near St Julien on 

   September 5th, 1917.

   NESBITT, FRANK WALLACE ROWLANDS (‘10), was com-

   missioned as Lieutenant in the 7th Batt. D.L.I. 

   He was wounded on the morning of April 12th, 

   1918, while in action near Melville on the Lys and 

   was taken prisoner. According to a report received 

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   seven months later he died in the Polytechnic 

   Hospital, Lille, on April 19th, 1918.

   OLLIFF, William (‘98), volunteered in the Victoria 

   Rifles, in British Columbia in 1914, and came to

   England in the following year, being one of a 

   hundred picked men for Princess Patricia’s Light

   Infantry. Drafted to the Canadian Scottish 

    (Gordon Highlanders) he went with them to France 

   in 1915 and was killed by an explosive shell on the 

   night of April 26/27th, 1915.

   ORD, B. PAGET (‘05), Private in the 9th Batt. N.F., was 

   killed in action on October 2nd, 1915, at “Hill 60” 

   whilst rescuing a wounded comrade whose life he 

   saved but lost his own in so doing. A comrade 

   writes: “He was a splendid fellow, always cheery 

   and a real help. His death was a fine one - he went 

   to help another man who was wounded and was shot 

   whilst helping him.” Another comrade says: 

    “This was a bad day for the Quaysiders as early 

   in the morning we lost a couple of men. Paget 

   Ord, who was held in high esteem by all, was said 

   to be ‘the little man with the big heart,’ and quite 

   true, as he had no fears whatever when in the 

   trenches.”

   PARK, ANDREW (‘01), joined as a Private in the Tyne-

   side Commercials (16th Batt. N.F.) on September 

   8th, 1914, and proceeded to France with the rank of 

   Second-Lieutenant. He was killed in action at

   Ovillers on July 14th, 1916, aged 25, after only 

   eight months’ service in France.

   PAXTON, SAMUEL T. (‘12), joined up in the 6th N.F. in 

   November, 1914, when only 17 years of age. In 

   January, 1916, he obtained his Second-Lieutenancy 

   in the 9th Batt. D.L.I. He went to France with 

   them five weeks later and was killed in action at 

   Butte de Warlencourt on November 5th, 1916.

   PIRRIE, ROBERT BOURN (‘04), was gazetted Second-

   Lieutenant in August, 1914, and attached to the 

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   1st Batt. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He 

   was posted to the 3rd Batt. Border Regiment and 

   obtained his Lieutenancy. A few weeks later he 

   was serving in France, and during an assault on 

   the Hooge trenches on August 10th, 1915, he met 

   his death, aged 21. A writer in the College of 

   Medicine Gazette says: “His keen sense of 

   humour, his warm responsive nature, his great love 

   of all true sport, and above all, his unfailing cheer-

   fulness endeared him to us, and earned for him the 

   wide popularity which he enjoyed from the time of 

   his entrance into the College. No one was keener 

   to do his duty, no one more determined to fight 

   than ‘young Pirrie’ as we always called him.”

   PRESTON, WALTER (‘12), joined the forces in the early 

   part of 1917, and after training at Hornsea was 

   posted to the 9th Batt. D.L.I. He went overseas 

   in January, 1918, and was engaged in the battle 

   of the Marne in July of that year. He was killed 

   whilst fighting with the Durhams at La Maisonette 

   on July 23rd, 1918. “Always bright and cheerful 

   he endeared himself to all who knew him,” said 

   one who knew him well.

   PRINGLE, GEORGE (‘07). A few weeks after leaving 

   school in February, 1914, he joined the 6th Batt. 

   N.F., and was called out on mobilisation, becoming 

   attached to the machine-gun section. He left

   England with the Northern Division in April, 1915, 

   and went straight into the fighting of the second

   battle of Ypres. In September, 1916, he was pre-

   vailed upon to take a commission, and was about to

   return to England for training. On November 14th 

   he was engaged, being then Sergeant, in a heavy

   charge near Butte de Warlencourt. Twice on that 

   day he was seen to be wounded, but was able to 

   attend to his wounds. Nothing has since been 

   heard of him.

   PRITCHARD, RALPH BROOMFIELD, D.S.O., M.C. (‘02), 

   enlisted as a Private in the 16th Batt. N.F. in

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   September, 1914, and was commissioned to the 

   27th Batt. in May of the following year. He was

   promoted to Captain in February, 1916, and Acting-

   Major in October, 1917. He took part in the “Big 

   Push” on the Somme front in July, 1916, and was 

   awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry and 

   good work on July 1st, being also mentioned in 

   Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch of the 4th January 

   following. While engaged in the hard fighting 

   near Ypres on April 16th, 1918, he was severely 

   wounded and died ten days later. He was at this 

   time attached to the 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, 

   and for his work was awarded the D.S.O. in 

   May, 1918, and mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s 

   despatch of December 27th, 1918. The London 

   Gazette says: “When the battalion was ordered 

   to fill a gap in the front line, this officer, in charge 

   of the advance guard, acted with such dash that it 

   was mainly through his fine work that his battalion 

   was able to do so. Later he advanced again and 

   occupied the old line, getting in touch with the 

   flanks, and capturing three men of an enemy patrol. 

   He held the line for the next four days while under 

   heavy fire, and was severely wounded when leading 

   his company in a counter-attack when it gained 

   its first objective.

   PRITCHARD, WILLIAM ALWYN (‘02), enlisted as a Private 

   in the 3rd Batt. NF. in January, 1916. He was 

   wounded at the battle of the Somme in July, 1916, 

   and in November, 1917, was gazetted Second-

   Lieutenant in the 3rd Batt. D.L.I. After the 

   fight at Mont Kemmel on April 26th, 1918, the 

   day on which his brother, Major Pritchard, died 

   of wounds received in action, he was missing, and

   the authorities have concluded that he was killed 

   on that day. He was at that time attached to the 

   1st Wiltshire Regiment.

   PROCTER, CHARLES GORDON (‘08), joined the Royal Air 

   Force, and was gazetted Flight-Lieutenant. On 

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   Sunday, February 20th, 1916, he was taken up 

   twice, on the first occasion for half an hour’s

   instruction in flying, and afterwards for instruction 

   in landing. He had full control of the machine the 

   whole time, framed well and was very promising. 

   Being considered proficient he then went up alone, 

   and rose to the height of three hundred feet, when 

   going round the aerodrome the second time, the

   machine nose-dived to the ground. Lieutenant 

   Procter must have fallen out as the machine turned 

   over in mid-air, for he was picked up fifty yards 

   from the wrecked machine. He was buried on 

   February 24th in Benton Churchyard.

   RAYNES, Robert (‘07), joined the Duke of Wellington’s 

   Regiment as a Private in August, 1914, and 

   obtained his commission in the 14th Batt. D.L.I. 

   in January, 1915. In the following September he

   proceeded to France, and within ten days of land-

   ing was engaged in the attack on Loos, when he 

   was shot in the head. A fellow-officer carried him 

   to the shelter of a haystack where he remained for 

   thirty hours. He died at Le Treport, near Loos, 

   on September 28th, 1915.

   RICHARDSON, Arthur (‘02), joined the R.A.F. in 

   Canada and was accidentally killed in Deseronto 

   on October 4th, 1918.

   RIDLEY, PATTISON REAY, M.C. (‘93), joined the 

   Northern Cyclists’ Batt. in 1912, and volunteered 

   for service overseas with the 62nd Division in July, 

   1916, having attained the rank of Lieutenant. He 

   was later on attached to the 2/5th West Riding 

   Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s), and while with 

   them was awarded the Military Cross. “On the 

   evening of 27/28th February, 1917,” says the 

   Gazette announcement, “he was in charge of three 

   officers’ patrols, of one officer and one hundred and 

   fifty ranks, detailed to rush Orchard Valley from 

   Gudgeon Trench. Lieutenant Ridley was respons-

   ible for maintaining the direction, marching on a 

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   compass bearing for five hundred yards across 

   unknown and difficult country. This officer led 

   his party with great dash, shooting one German 

   and capturing another on entering the trench. He 

   showed considerable coolness and ability in the 

   attack and in organising the defence of the trench.” 

   The Commanding Officer heartily congratulated 

   him on being the first officer of the battalion to be 

   awarded an honour for distinguished service in the 

   field.

   On May 3rd, 1917, Lieutenant Ridley was 

   reported wounded and missing, and since that date 

   no further news has been received.

   ROBINSON, ARTHUR (‘05), entered the accountants’ 

   department of the North Eastern Railway after 

   leaving school, and on November 10th, 1915, 

   enlisted as a Private in the Argyll and Sutherland

   Regiment. After training at Edinburgh he went 

   to France on Good Friday, April 21st, 1916. He 

   was posted to the 2nd Batt., and went into action 

   near High Wood on the Somme. On August 

   18th, 1916, he made the supreme sacrifice. He 

   went into action on that day, and was last seen 

   crossing “No Man’s Land.” Many letters re-

   ceived from his associates in the Army testify that 

   he had earned their good will to a very high degree.

   ROBINSON, GEORGE (‘05), Quartermaster-Sergeant, 

   Army Cyclist Corps, died.

   ROBSON, ERNEST WEATHERSTONE (‘97), was a resident 

   student at the Hartley Primitive Methodist College 

   and Victoria University, Manchester, when, with 

   twenty-five others, he enlisted in the 135th 

   Division, Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., in 

   October, 1915. He went overseas on June 1st, 

   1916, and died of wounds received while acting as 

   stretcher-bearer in the battle of Cambrai, November 

   24th, 1917, aged 25. Many letters have come to 

   hand since his death which reveal how greatly he 

   was admired and loved.

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   ROSS, JOSEPH (‘09), Private in the 15th Welsh 

   Regiment in 1917, was later on promoted Lance-

   Corporal. He was killed in action May 10th, 1918, 

   and was buried near Martinsart, north of Albert.

   ROUTLEDGE, JOHN FREDERICK (‘94), joined the Duke of 

   Lancaster’s Yeomanry when war broke out and was 

   afterwards gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the 13th 

   Batt. N.F. Later he was attached to the Nigerian 

   Regiment and served in the Cameroons. He pro-

   ceeded to France early in 1917, and was killed in 

   action on September 3rd of that year, aged 34 years.

   SAUNDERS, KENNETH (‘99), obtained a commission as 

   Second-Lieutenant in the 16th N.F. (Commercial 

   Battalion) and was in training at Alnwick. On New 

   Year’s Eve, 1914, he went out with a fellow Officer 

   on a motor-cycle, and when returning in the early 

   evening from Newton-on-the-Moor, the cycle, after 

   skidding several times, eventually overturned. 

   Lieutenant Saunders was found dead beneath the 

   machine on the road side. He was buried at St

   Andrews’ Cemetery, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

   SELLERS, JOHN HARRISON (‘09), held a scholarship at 

   Armstrong College, had passed his first B.Sc

   examination and was at Messrs Swan Hunter and 

   Wigham Richardson’s works when war broke out. 

   He was one of the first of the D.U.O.T.C. to apply 

   for a commission, which he obtained on August 

   15th, 1914. He had joined the 3rd Batt. N.F. but 

   was attached to the 2nd Batt. and left England for 

   France on May 12th, 1915. He was killed on May 

   24th, 1915, on the eve of the eighteenth anniversary 

   of his birthday.

   SHACKLETON, WILLIAM LAUNCELOT COLLIER (‘97), 

   received a commission as Second-Lieutenant 26th 

   N.F. (3rd Tyneside Irish) in December, 1914, 

   and was promoted Lieutenant in April, 1915. He 

   proceeded with his battalion to France in January, 

   1916, was wounded, and returned to England in May 

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   of the same year. On his recovery he resumed 

   duties at Hornsea, and then went to France again 

   in October, 1916. He was again wounded on April 

   23rd, 1917, and, after having his wounds dressed, 

   rejoined his men, and fell mortally wounded on the 

   following day.

   SHUTTLEWORTH, WILLIAM M. (‘12), joined the forces as 

   a Private in the 15th Batt. D.L.I. From June to 

   September, 1918, he had seen much fighting. On 

   September 9th, 1918, he was killed while going over 

   the top during an attack on Chapel Hill, near 

   Villiers Guislain, aged 19 years.

   SMALLWOOD, ROBERT (ROBIN) HENRY (‘07), joined the 

   16th N.F. (1st Commercials) as a Private in October, 

   1914. He received his commission in the 16th Batt. 

   N.F. in September, 1915, and went to France in 

   May of the following year. He was engaged in the 

   great attack against Thiepval on July 1st, 1916, 

   when he was slightly wounded, but remained on 

   duty. Before the end of the month he was suffer-

   ing from trench fever and was sent home. He was 

   gazetted Lieutenant on March 18th, 1917, and went 

   overseas in the following September attached to the 

   4th Batt. N.F. Later he was Acting-Captain with 

   the 50th Division, and while engaged at the Chemin-

   des-Dames on May 27th, 1918, he was severely 

   wounded, and died after being taken prisoner. 

   Writing of him, the Chaplain says: “He was a 

   man of real capacity and force of character, and 

   soon won and sustained his place.”

   SMITH, WILLIAM DAVIDSON, B.A. (‘03), being rejected 

   for a fighting unit, enlisted in the R.A.M.C. on 

   Whit Monday, 1915, was promoted Corporal and 

   proceeded to France with the 92nd Field Ambulance. 

   He was engaged in hospital work in Albert and was 

   sent with his unit to the advanced dressing-station 

   on July 1st, 1916, when the great advance on the 

   Somme began. About eleven p.m. on that day he 

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   was killed by a piece of German shell while engaged 

   in dressing the wounds of a soldier in the open field. 

   He lies buried at Bouzincourt, near Albert.

   SPENCER, HARRY JOHN (‘86), joined the 16th N.F. (Com-

   mercial Batt.) in September, 1914, and a few weeks 

      later was promoted Sergeant. He obtained his 

   commission as Second-Lieutenant in the D.L.I. in 

   November, 1914. In July of the following year he 

   went overseas and served in the Ypres salient. He 

   was severely wounded in June, 1916, whilst fight-

   ing in the neighbourhood of Kemmel, and was sent 

   home. He returned to France in September, 1916, 

   and was promoted Captain, being transferred to the 

   150th Brigade, Trench Mortar Battery, Northum-

   brian Division. He was killed while fighting near 

   High Wood on the Somme on November 17th, 

   1916, aged 42 years.

   STEPHENS, LINDSAY NELSON (‘05), was one of the first 

   to commence training under Colonel W.H. Ritson 

   on the outbreak of war. He joined up in the Quay-

   siders Company of the 9th N.F. and went to France 

   with that battalion. On Saturday, May 6th, 1916, 

   he was out in charge of patrol, putting out wire in 

   front of the trenches, when he was shot and 

   instantly killed. His Captain says of him: “I 

   had hoped that he might get his commission any 

   day, and no one deserved to get one more than he. 

   He did extraordinarily well when in the trenches 

   and I knew his sterling worth. No one worked 

   harder than he for the welfare of the battalion and 

   I owe a great debt of gratitude to him for his help. 

   His was indeed a splendid disposition and a fine character.”

   STEPHENSON, ROBERT BREWIS, M.C. (‘10), enlisted as 

   a trooper in the Northumberland Hussars before the 

   outbreak of war. He went to France in January, 

   1915, and was transferred in August, 1916, to an 

   Officers’ Cadet Batt. He obtained his com-

   mission as Second-Lieutenant in the N.F., returned 

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   to France and was wounded on June 6th, 1917. He 

   won the Military Cross on October 10th, 1917, and 

   shortly afterwards was reported as dangerously 

   wounded. A few days later his death in hospital 

   was announced. The Gazette announcement 

   of the M.C. is as follows: “Second-Lieutenant R. 

   B. Stephenson for conspicuous gallantry and 

   devotion to duty in leading his men to the attack 

   at Passchendaele. As soon as the objective was 

   reached he pushed forward with his platoon, 

   harassing the enemy as they retired, and inflicting 

   heavy casualties. He afterwards, on his own

   initiative, organised two bombing posts and beat 

   off a counter attack.”

   STEWART, VERNON F. (‘07), joined the D.L.I. shortly 

   after war broke out and was for a time Battalion

   Bombing Officer. He transferred to the R.A.F. in 

   May, 1916, and obtained his wings in a little more

   than two months. Before going to the front he 

   was in the London Night Flying Squadron. By 

   November, 1916, he was Second-Lieutenant, 

   R.A.F., and in France. He took part in the heavy 

   aerial fighting during the May offensive of 1917, 

   and was brought down on several occasions with 

   damaged machine. He was killed in action on May 

   13th, 1917, aged 24. His Commanding Officer 

   writes: “He was always keen and thorough, and 

   has done splendid work during the eight months 

   he has been with the squadron. I could always 

   rely on his carrying out efficiently any duty which 

   I gave him, and in many cases he succeeded in his 

   work in the face of hostile opposition which would 

   have justified him in abandoning all attempts.”

   STOPHER, F.C. (‘12), joined the D.U.O.T.C. and then 

   volunteered for the R.A.F., but on being sent to 

   Hastings for training for a commission, was rejected 

   on account of ear defects. He was transferred, 

   first to the 19th, and later to the 29th, London 

   Regiment. He died of pneumonia in Colchester 

   Military Hospital, December 17th, 1918.

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   STROUD, HENRY CLIFFORD, B.A. (Cambridge), B.Sc. 

   (Durham) (‘05), spent two years in the D.U.O.T.C. 

   and was gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the 

   Northumbrian Division, R.E., in June, 1912. On 

   the outbreak of war he volunteered immediately for 

   foreign service. He went to France with the 1st 

   Field Company, N.R.E., and was severely wounded 

   on February 8th, 1915. He was in hospital at 

   Versailles until April 30th, 1915, when he was sent 

   to Birmingham and thence to Newcastle. On his 

   recovery he acted as Instructor in field engineering, 

   and from November, 1915, to July, 1916, was 

   engaged in the Northern Command Bombing 

   School, and was promoted Captain, June, 1916. As 

   his wounds prevented his engagement in active field 

   work he felt it his duty to join the R.F.C. This he 

   did in July, 1916, and by September 22nd he had 

   qualified for his wings and been gazetted Pilot. In 

   the early autumn of 1917 he joined the defence of 

   London, and was stationed at Rochford Aerodrome. 

   He was engaged in practically every raid till the 

   penultimate one, on the moonless night of March 

   7/8th, 1918, when he was killed in action.

   TANNER, ARTHUR EDWARD (‘09), was a Lance-Corporal 

   in the 6th Batt. N.F. on August 4th, 1914, and was 

   engaged on defence work between Newcastle and 

   the coast. He went to France as Company-

   Sergeant-Major in April, 1915, and took part in 

   the second battle of Arras. Invalided home in 

   July, 1915, he returned to France as Second-

   Lieutenant in September, 1916, and was attached 

   to the 16th Batt. N.F. He served in the Beaumont 

   Hamel and Serre districts, afterwards taking part 

   in the advance on St Quentin, He fell mortally 

   wounded on June 10th, 1917, during the heavy 

   attack on Nieuport.

   TAYLOR, RONALD WOODHOUSE (‘04), was a medical 

   student when war broke out. He was gazetted

   Second-Lieutenant in March, 1915, to the 11th Batt. 

   N.F., and went to France a few months later. 

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   From that time onward he was engaged in much 

   fighting, not only through the autumn, but through 

   a long and trying winter. At length, on July 7th, 

   1916, in the battle of the Somme, he went over the

   top for the last time in the third wave of a direct 

   attack upon the German lines. He was struck by 

   machine-gun bullets in the chest, and as he lay 

   dying, just before losing consciousness, he said to 

   a companion who survived, “Anyhow, we have 

   taken the trench.” It was thus he gave his life for 

   his country. His Commanding Officer wrote: 

   “He was a gallant lad and died a gallant death. 

   He was a great favourite with everyone.” He had 

   taken the Collingwood prize on leaving the school.

   TELFORD, HILTON R. (‘02), went to France with the 

   Northumberland Hussars in October, 1914. He 

   was transferred to the N.F. (Tyneside Scottish) and 

   received his commission as Second-Lieutenant, 

   acting as Transport Officer to the battalion. Twice 

   he was invalided home but again went overseas 

   in February, 1917, and took part with the Northum-

   berlands in their brilliant attack on September 8th, 

   1917, when he was fatally wounded. Captain 

   Telford lies buried in the British Cemetery at 

   Tincourt.

   TELFORD, ROBERT BERNARD (‘88), volunteered for 

   France in 1917 as a surveyor of road construction, 

   being attached as Second-Lieutenant to the D.L.I., 

   and was transferred to the R.E. with the rank of 

   Lieutenant. He came home on February 16th, 

   1919, and died five days later of pneumonia caused 

   by exposure during eleven days’ journey from 

   Spa.

   TELFORD, WILLIAM (‘93), served as a Private in the 

   Gordon Highlanders, and was killed in France,

   September 20th, 1917.

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   THOMPSON, ARTHUR (‘05), joined the 16th Batt. N.F. 

   in September, 1914, and on obtaining a commis-

   sion was gazetted to the 24th Batt. N.F. He had 

   attained the rank of Captain when he was killed 

   in France on July 1st, 1916, at La Boisselle.

   THOMPSON, WILFRID TAYLOR (‘07), was in the 

   D.U.O.T.C. when war broke out, and was soon 

   After commissioned to the 14th Batt. D.L.I. 

   During the following winter he was promoted 

   Lieutenant, having come under the notice of the 

   General commanding the division while drilling 

   his men. He crossed to France on September 11th, 

   1915, and the division was rapidly brought forward

   to the firing line prior to the great attack upon 

   Loos and “Hill 70”. In spite of hardship and 

   privation the division fought magnificently, 

   though advancing more or less in the open. At 

   dawn on Sunday, September 26th, Wilfrid Thomp-

   son shared command of the first line reserves, and 

   led his men to the charge with great dash and 

   courage. There was no holding him back. He 

   was seen rallying his men after three successive 

   assaults in the last of which a ridge of Hill 70 

   was taken. Unhappily, when firing over the 

   parapet of a captured trench he was shot in the 

   head and instantly killed. One who met him speaks 

   of him as “A fine fellow, dignified, reserved, always 

   a gentleman, and an example of what a man and a 

   soldier should be.” A brother officer says: “He 

   had sound judgement and winning ways, with brains 

   and will power enough to do well and wisely in any 

   circumstances.”

   THWAITES, HARRY HUTCHINSON (‘97), joined the 

   Northumberland Hussars Imperial Yeomanry on 

   the declaration of war, and went with them to the 

   front as a Trooper. He was in the thick of the 

   fighting in the vicinity of Ypres, and it was not 

   far from that town that he met his death on 

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   November 6th, 1914, through the bursting of a 

   shell whilst having their first night’s rest after 

   nineteen days hard fighting.

   TRIMMER, E.H., M.C., B.Sc. (‘10), on leaving school 

   entered Armstrong College. He obtained a com-

   mission as Second-Lieutenant in the East Lanca-

   shire Regiment, and was subsequently promoted 

   Lieutenant. He was mentioned for his good work 

   in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of February, 1916, 

   and was subsequently given the Military Cross. 

   He died of wounds received in action.

   VINCENT, THOMAS ARUNDEL COLLIER (‘10), was a 

   Private in the 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment before 

   he was seventeen years of age. He was killed on 

   October 13th, 1915, in an attack led by the 4th 

   Leicesters on the Hohenzollern Redoubt.

   WALLER, HERBERT WILLIAM, M.C. (‘00), obtained his 

   commission as Second-Lieutenant in the 21st N.F. 

   (2nd Tyneside Scottish) on March 8th, 1915. He 

   went to France in January of the following year, 

   having attained the rank of Captain, and took part 

   in the memorable battle of the Somme. In 

   January, 1917, he was awarded the Military Cross. 

   Concerning the attack on Vimy Ridge, General 

   Ferna says: “Captain H,W. Waller, who had 

   returned duty with the 2nd Batt. as a Company 

   Commander, on one of those occasions (i.e., when 

   an attempt was made to drive us off the ridge) 

   greatly distinguished himself both by the excellence 

   of his dispositions and by his gallantry and initia-

   tive in a personal encounter which had disastrous 

   results for the Huns.” At the battle of Arras on 

   April 10th, 1917, he had taken his men into action 

   and had gained his objective. Of the battle 

   General Ternon writes: “To my extreme regret, 

   among the officers killed, alas, was Captain H.W. 

   Waller, a serious loss indeed not only to his 

   battalion, but to the Brigade. Owing to his being 

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   from time to time attached to the Brigade Staff one 

   had got to know him well and to value his sterling 

   qualities. Always deeply interested in his work, 

   highly principled, greatly liked and respected by his 

   superior officers and his subordinates as a brave and

   thoroughly efficient officer, he had made his mark 

   and his advancement was assured. He met his 

   death while engaged in hunting down an enemy 

   Sniper who had been giving trouble on the top of 

   the ridge, after the enemy had retired and the battle 

   was over.”

   WALLER, THOMAS WILLIAM (‘09), was a Private in 

   the N.F., and after serving twelve months in 

   France was drafted to Italy where he was killed in 

   action on October 27th, 1918. He had become a 

   Signaller, and during the advance on the Piave, an 

   Austrian gun, hidden behind a house, opened fire, 

   and he was shot through the head.

   WARRENER, G.V. (‘05), joined the Australian Army 

   Medical Corps in September, 1914, and three

   months later was sent to Egypt. He served in the 

   Dardanelles, and in November, 1916, was attached 

   to the 4th Australian Field Ambulance in Belgium 

   and later in France. He was killed at the battle 

   of Messines, June 7th, 1917, while carrying a 

   wounded comrade.

   WATSON, NORMAN OCTAVIUS (‘08), joined the 16th 

   Batt. N.F. (Commercials) in August, 1914, and was 

   drafted to France in 1915. He was killed in action 

   on March 3rd, 1916, and was buried at Millencourt, 

   near Albert.

   WATSON, RAYMOND VICTOR (‘10), was in the 

   D.U.O.T.C., but decided to join the ranks. He 

   was later transferred from the 6th N.F. to the West 

   Yorkshire Regiment, and went with them to France 

   in August, 1916. He was gassed at Thiepval, and 

   returned to England towards the end of the year. 

   At the beginning of 1917 he was gazetted Second-

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   Lieutenant and attached to the 8th Batt. N.F. On

   June 24th he left with a draft for France, and fell 

   in action at St Julien on August 16th, 1917. 

   “Your son was killed,” says a fellow-officer, 

   “while leading his men into action. All who were 

   with him when he fell are either killed or wounded. 

   He was a good soldier and a good comrade; always 

   keen and eager to do his best, he worthily upheld 

   the traditions of his regiment and his country – 

   even unto death.”

   WEST, H.M. PELHAM (‘07), carried with him the 

   Collingwood prize when he left school for Hertford 

   College, Oxford. When war broke out he applied 

   for a commission, and in November, 1914, was

   gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the N.F. In the 

   June following he was promoted Lieutenant, and 

   went with his battalion to France in August, 1915. 

   He was later invalided home with trench fever, 

   But returning, was wounded during the battle of the 

   Somme. He again rejoined his battalion at the 

   front, holding then the rank of Captain. On 

   September 20th, 1917, his battalion was called upon 

   to attack a very strong position. During the fight 

   he was twice wounded, but refused to go back. He 

   gained his objective, but was fatally hit soon after.

   WILKINSON, MAURICE HEWSON, M.C. (‘87), was 

   engaged in mining work in China at the outbreak 

   of the war. He returned home and obtained a com-

   mission in the South Wales Borderers, afterwards

   transferring to the R.E. He went to the front in 

   June, 1915, and after two years’ service, during 

   which he was wounded and gassed, had attained 

   the rank of Major, and had won the Military Cross. 

   He fell in action on July 31st, 1917.

   WILKINSON, THOMAS HERBERT (‘09), joined the Army 

   Cyclists’ Batt. when he was 18 years of age, and 

   was afterwards transferred to the Loyal North 

   Lancashires with whom he went to France. He 

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   died of wounds received at Messines on June 7th, 

   1917.

   WILSON, JOHN BRADY (‘98), served with the Royal 

   Scots and with them went to the front. He was 

   killed in action on September 20th, 1917.

   WOOD, THOMAS CHARLTON (‘98), left his farm in 

   Canada in March, 1915, and joined the 191st Batt. 

   Canadians. He went overseas, attached to a reserve 

   of the 50th Batt. While acting as stretcher-bearer 

   after the great fight for Passchendaele Ridge he was 

   wounded in the head and died a fortnight 

   after wards at Camiers Hospital, and was buried in 

   Etaples.

   WOODMAN, W.E. (‘00), joined the N.F. as a Private 

   and was recommended for a commission. Before 

   he was gazetted he was ordered to proceed to 

   France - he was then Lance-Corporal. Six days 

   after leaving England, he fell in action at St Julien, 

   on April 26th, 1915, while carrying a message to 

   his General during heavy rifle and machine-gun 

   fire, for which he was subsequently mentioned in 

   despatches. His Captain wrote: “He was a 

   gallant soldier and one who was always the first to 

   do any work that was required.”

   WOOLF, BERTIE GORDON (‘00), was with the 2nd 

   Brigade Canadian Field Artillery prior to going to 

   the front in September, 1916. He was wounded in 

   April, 1917, and had just rejoined his battery when 

   he was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on May 9th, 1917.

   YEAMAN, DENIS JOHN (‘10), was gazetted Second-

   Lieutenant in the N.F. in June, 1915, and in the 

   following autumn was transferred to the 21st King’s 

   Royal Rifles. He went to France in September, 

   1916, and three weeks later, on October 6th, was 

   killed in action at Flers, north-east of Albert.

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   We record with much regret the loss of those old boys 

   of the School, whose names follow. They lost 

   their lives subsequent to leaving the Army or after 

   the close of the War, but in most cases from sick-

   ness engendered by the War.

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   BELL, WILLIAM (‘03), M.B., B.S., joined in February, 

   1915, as Surgeon, R.N., being attached to H.M.S.

   Victory at Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth. Two 

   months later he was transferred to the light cruiser,

   H.M.S. Talbot, and left for the Dardanelles. He 

   returned to England in October, 1916, and after 

   serving eighteen months at Portsmouth, joined 

   H.M.S. Thunderer in the Grand Fleet, till demo-

   bilised , 1919. He then went through a 

   special medical course at Oxford, but his health had 

   been so undermined that he succumbed to an attack 

   of pneumonia January 6th, 1922

   BATES, JOHN (‘93), enlisted in the Northumberland 

   Yeomanry but was discharged as unfit for further

   service. He emigrated to Australia, where he was 

   accidentally killed on the railway at Culcairn, 

   N.S.W., on May 30th, 1919.

   FINNEY, HENRY GEORGE R. (‘11), was a Sapper in the 

   Northumberland Division, R.E., but was dis-

   charged as unfit for further service. He died June 

   11th, 1918.

   GIBSON, CHARLES (‘68), M.D., J.P., was Physician at 

   the Royal Baths Hospital at Harrogate. During 

   the war he organised the Medical Board at Ripon, 

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   was Consulting Physician at the Furniss Auxiliary

   Hospital for Officers, and Honorary Secretary of 

   the local Medical War Committee. He died at 

   Harrogate on October 1st, 1921.

   KENT, GORDON (‘05), obtained a commission as Second-

   Lieutenant in the N.F. and went to France in June, 

   1916, being attached to a trench mortar battery. 

   He resigned in May, 1917, on account of ill health, 

   and died on July 8th, 1918, from pneumonia.

   LISTER, G.D. (‘86), youngest son of the late Canon 

   Lister, chose the army as a career. He was 

   Gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the 3rd D.L.I. 

   Militia in November, 1892, and in 1896 was trans-

   ferred to The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) 

   Regiment. He fought through the campaign in 

   South Africa, and proceeded to France as Captain 

   with his regiment on August 23rd, 1914. He was 

   badly wounded and taken prisoner at Mons. After 

   suffering severely at the hands of the Germans he 

   returned to England in June, 1918. He was given 

   command of the battalion, and proceeded with it 

   to Calcutta in February, 1920. There he had two 

   severe illnesses, and on returning to England 

   Lieutenant-Colonel Lister died at Netley Hospital, 

   on November 21st, 1921.

   * The date refers to the year of entrance to the School.

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   The School deeply regrets the loss of one member of the staff.

   MACKENZIE, B.S.M., Second-Lieutenant in the 

   Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, was killed 

   in action on March 28th, 1918.

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