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A Regatta on the Western Front!
First Deaths in England due to Aerial Bombardment
Turning Shirkers into Soldiers at Cowley Barracks
People:
OPS teacher killed – Leslie Eastwood
Oxford don killed at Jutland – Charles Fisher
Missing in action – Edmund Gay
A brilliant Scientist – JBS Haldane
Girls went to war too… Kit Marshall (Lynam)
A future author – Nevil (Shute) Norway
The 1914 England rugby captain – Ronald Poulton
A Marshall of the RAF one day – John Slessor
Winner of the VC in 1915 – John Smyth
Winner of the VC in 1916 – William Leefe Robinson
An Oxford Admiral in the making – Reginald Tyrwhitt
Events:
Battles/campaigns such as – Dogger Bank (1915)
Gallipoli (1915)
Jutland (1916)
Krithia (1915)
Neuve Chapelle (1915)
The Somme (1916)
Arras (1917)
3rd Ypres (1917)
Spring Offensive (1918)
Regiments:
Schools/Colleges/Universities:
INDEX (By surname):
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Henry Addis (Westminster) – Royal Dublin Fusiliers – KIA 1918
Vincent Alford (Winchester) – RGA
Seyyid Ali (Harrow) – 8th Sultan of Zanzibar (died 1918)
Humphrey Arden (Radley & Queen’s Cambridge) – RGA – KIA 1917
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St John Backhouse (King’s Wimbledon) – RAF – KIA 1918
Miss Bagguley – OPS Staff
Potter Baldwin – American Expeditionary Force
Frank Benham (Marlborough) – RFA – KIA 1916
John Betjemann – OPS pupil (1917-20)
Brian Bickmore (RNC Osborne) – RN – KIA 1918
Otto von Bismarck – the German Chancellor (1871-90)
Oswald Blencowe (St. Edward’s Oxford) – Ox & Bucks LI – KIA 1916
Bob Bourne (Eton & New College, Oxford) – Herefordshires. (Olympic rower, silver medal, 1912)
Robert Bridges – Poet Laureate
Rupert Brooke – poet. Died 1915
John Brooks (Marlborough & Christ Church, Oxford) – Indian Army
Tyrrell Brooks (Marlborough) – Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
David Westcott Brown (Marlborough & Balliol, Oxford) – Leicesters – KIA 1916
Geoffrey Buck (Winchester) – RFC/RAF – KIA 1918
Blake Budden (Repton) – Middlesex (POW)
Raymond Burch (Felsted & Emmanuel, Cambridge) – RAF – KIA 1918
Hubert Burge – Bishop of Oxford
Claude Burton (‘Touchstone’) – writer
Paddy Burton (Repton & Wadham, Oxford) – Bedfords – KIA 1916
Mr (Walter) Bye OPS staff – Royal West Surrey Reg
John Bywater-Ward (HMS Britannia) – RN – Died 1919
C
Alan Cam (Dover & Central Technical College) – RE – KIA 1917
Maurice Campbell (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – RAMC
Pat Campbell (Winchester) – RFA
Percy Campbell (Clifton & Hertford, Oxford) – Wiltshires – KIA 1914
George Carline (Repton) – Admiralty, Civil Establishments (Ministry of Shipping, Telegraph Section)
Richard Carline (St. Edward’s Oxford & Academie de Peinture, Paris) – Middlesex, RFC/RAF
Sydney Carline (Repton & Slade) – RFC/RAF
Geoffrey Carpenter (Bradfield & St. Catherine’s Oxford) – Uganda Medical Service
Lewis Carroll – author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Reggie Carr-White (Repton & RMC Sandhurst) – Indian Army, Hodson’s Horse
Percival Chapman – RN
Philip Chapman (Clifton) – Hampshires – KIA 1915
GK Chesterton – author of “Father Brown” books
Charlie Childe (Clifton & Pembroke, Cambridge) – Glosters – KIA 1916
Maurice Church (Lancing & Keble, Oxford) – KIA 1901 (South African War)
Winston Churchill – First Lord of the Admiralty (1914/15)
Bim Clarke (Repton) – 10th Gurkhas
Geoffrey Clarke (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – Rifle Brigade – KIA 1916
Jean Clunet – French Army – died of typhus 1917
Billy Collier (Rugby & Balliol, Oxford) – RAMC
Martin Collier (RNC Osborne & Dartmouth) – RN – KIA 1918
Jack Conybeare (Rugby & New College, Oxford) – OBLI
Edward Coote – New College Oxford don
Christopher Counsell (Lancing & Trinity, Oxford) – Hampshires – KIA 1916
Victor Cowley (Repton) – Royal Irish Rifles
Marie Curie – Nobel Laureate (1903)
D
Cedric Davidson (Radley) – MGC
Edmund Deane (St. Edward’s Oxford) – Canadian Army – KIA 1916
Jack Denniston (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Aubrey de Selincourt (Rugby & University, Oxford) – RFC (POW)
Leslie de Selincourt (Rugby) – Hampshires/OBLI
Kildare Dobbs (St Columba’s, Dublin) – Dublin OTC
Leonard Dobbs (Bedales, St. John’s, Cambridge)
Patrick Dobbs (Winchester, St. John’s, Cambridge)
John Dowson (Rugby) – Royal Berks – Missing in action 1917
Greville Drew (Winchester & RMA Woolwich) – RE
Raymond Drew (Rossall & Pembroke, Oxford) – Royal Fusiliers – KIA 1916
George Drinkwater (Rugby & Wadham, Oxford) – RFA
Francis Duckworth (Rossall & Trinity, Oxford) – RGA
Patrick Duff (Blundell’s & Balliol, Oxford) – RFA (Gallipoli)
William Dyson (Clifton & Balliol, Oxford) – Devonshires (POW)
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Leslie Eastwood (King William’s IOM & Worcester, Oxford) – OPS staff – KORL – KIA 1915
Arthur Egerton – RA
Cyril Emmett (Repton) – RNAS – KIA 1918
William Esson (Rugby & RNC Greenwich) – RMLI – KIA 1916
Emrys Evans (Charterhouse) – RWF
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George Falkiner (Blundell’s & RMC Sandhurst) – Royal Dublin Fusiliers – KIA 1917
Stephen Field (Wellington) – OPS pupil
Rosina Filippi – actress/dramatist
Charles Fisher (Westminster & Christ Church, Oxford) – RN – KIA 1916
Edmund Fisher (Haileybury) – RFA – died 1918
HAL Fisher – Education Minister
William Fisher (HMS Britannia) – RN
CRL Fletcher – Historian
George Fletcher (Eton & Balliol, Oxford) – RWF – KIA 1915
Leslie Fletcher (Marlborough) – RN
Regie Fletcher (Eton & Balliol, Oxford) – RFA – KIA 1914
Robert French (Blundell’s & London) – RWF – KIA 1916
Philip Frere (Heidelberg, Westminster) – KRRC
Geoffrey Freyberg (HMS Britannia) – RN (Jutland)
Lance Freyberg (Marlborough) – RN – KIA 1916
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Shivajirao Gaekwad (Baroda College & Christ Church, Oxford) – Died 1919
Hugh Gaitskell – OPS pupil
Jack Gamlen (Rugby & Balliol, Oxford) – OBLI
Bertram Garratt (Haileybury) – Indian Army
Edmund Gay (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – Norfolks – KIA 1915
Robert Gibson (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – Bedfordshires – KIA 1916
Rafe Griffith (St. Bees) – Royal West Kents
Bernard Grindle (St. Paul’s) – Civil Servant
Leslie Grundy (Marlborough) – York & Lancs, MGC
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Sir Douglas Haig – i/c BEF in France (1915-18)
Alan Haig-Brown (Charterhouse & Pembroke, Cambridge) – Middlesex – KIA 1918
Roderick Haigh (Winchester & Corpus Christi, Oxford) – Royal West Surreys – KIA 1914
JBS Haldane (Eton & New College, Oxford) – Black Watch
Sir Ian Hamilton – i/c Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli 1915)
Donald Hardman (Malvern College) – Artists Rifles/RAF
Wallace Hardman (Malvern College) – Manchesters – KIA 1917
Hunter Herbertson (MCS Oxford & Balliol, Oxford) – KRRC – KIA 1917
Tom Higginson (Ludlow GS & Balliol, Oxford) – OPS staff – Shropshire Light Infantry – KIA 1915
Bowyer Highmore (Charterhouse) – MGC – Died 1919
Carmen Hill – singer
Trevor Hoey (Blundell’s, MCS & Jesus, Oxford) – OBLI
Follett Holt (Harrow) – OBLI/Tank Corps – KIA 1918
Claud Hughes-Games (Ramsgate/Clifton) – Glosters
Gus Hume-Gore (Marlborough) – Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders/King’s African Rifles – KIA 1917
John Hutchison (Haileybury) – Central India Horse, (Indian Army)
Aldous Huxley – author
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Donald Innes (Repton & University, Oxford) – Motor Cycle Corps
J
Maurice Jacks (Bradfield & Balliol, Oxford) – KRRC
Stopford Jacks (Malvern & Balliol, Oxford) – RFA
Hamilton Jefferson (St. Bees) – OBLI – KIA 1917
Alan Jenks (Blundell’s & London) – RE – KIA 1917
Charles Jerrard (Monmouth) – Dorsets – Killed 1919
Bobby Johnson (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – Hampshires
Wilfred Johnson (Marlborough & University, Oxford) – Hampshires
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Locke Kendall (Marlborough & Caius, Cambridge) – Norfolks – KIA 1917
Cotterill Kermode (Oundle) – RNAS/RAF
Cyril King (Winchester) – Civilian POW
Ernest Knox (Westminster & RMC Sandhurst) – 36th Sikhs
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Robin Laffan (Eton & Balliol, Oxford) – military padre
Cosmo Lang – OPS staff (1890-96), Archbishop of York (1908- )
T.E. Lawrence – Political Officer attached to Camel Corps
Rupert Lee (RNC Osborne) – Worcestershires
Spencer Leeson (Winchester & New College Oxford) – Middlesex R/Naval Intelligence
Alan Leggett (Tonbridge & RMC Sandhurst) – North Staffs – KIA 1914
Eric Leggett (Wellington & RMA Woolwich) – RA – KIA 1916
Henry Liddell – Dean of Christ Church Oxford (1855-91)
Fergus Ling (Bradfield) – King Edward’s Horse – died 1918
Stuart Low (Winchester) – RGA
Stephen P Low (Winchester, Magdalen, Oxford) – Hampshires
Cecil Lucas (Blundell’s) – RHA
Hum Lynam (Russell & Exeter, Oxford) – OPS staff
Kit Lynam (Kit Marshall) (St Leonards, Fife) – YMCA chauffeuse
M
Alasdair Macdonell (Repton & Balliol, Oxford) – Cameron Highlanders – KIA 1915
Jim Maclean (Fettes & RMA Woolwich) – RE/RAF
Nigel Madan (Eton & Christ Church, Oxford) – Royal Lancasters – KIA 1916
SPB Mais – ex OPS staff
Lance Mallalieu – OPS pupil (1913-18)
Percival Mallalieu – OPS pupil (1916- )
Sholto Marcon (Lancing & Oriel, Oxford) – OBLI
Kit Marshall (Kit Lynam) – St Leonards, Fife – YMCA chauffeuse
Harry Maule (Winchester & Magdalen Cambridge) – North Lancs
Charles Mayhew (Winchester) – RMLI
William Max-Muller (Eton) – Diplomat
Naomi Mitchison (Naomi Haldane) – OPS pupil (1904-11)
Walter Moberly (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – OBLI
Lady Ottoline Morrell – society hostess
Philip Morrell (Eton & Balliol, Oxford) – Liberal MP for Burnley
Geoffrey Mott (Marlborough) – South Lancs
Roger Mott (Wellington & RMC Sandhurst) – Special List
Leslie Murray (Oundle) – RFC
N
Nevil Shute Norway (Shrewsbury) – Dublin (1915)
O
Revere Osler (Winchester & Christ Church, Oxford) – RFA – KIA 1917
Lionel Ottley (HMS Britannia & Zurich University) – died on active service 1921
P
Basil Parker (Bedford GS) – Hampshires – KIA 1915
Hubert Parry – composer. Died 1918
Hamilton Pellatt (Repton & University, Oxford) – Royal Irish
Arthur Percival (Marlborough/Rugby & RMC Sandhurst) – Northumberland Fusiliers – KIA 1914
John Percival – Bishop of Hereford
Launcelot Percival (Clifton & Trinity, Oxford)
Jocelyn Pickard (Rugby) – RE/RESR
Arthur Pilkington (Cheltenham College staff) – OPS bursar – Died 1917
Charles Pittar (Eton & Queen’s Oxford) – Coldstream Guards – Died 1921
Basil Playne (Clifton & Pembroke, Cambridge) – RN
Ronald Poulton (Palmer) (Rugby & Balliol, Oxford) – Royal Berks – KIA 1915
Cyril Pouncey – OPS pupil
John Pratt (Blundell’s) – Yorkshires – KIA 1917
Robert Pratt (Wellingborough) – Military Labour Bureau – KIA 1917
Bartholomew Price (Winchester & Christ Church, Oxford) – Royal Fusiliers
Robert Pringle (Winchester) – Royal West Surreys – KIA 1914
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John Raikes (Radley & Corpus Christi, Oxford) – Essex – KIA 1916
Adrian Raleigh (Sherborne & RMC Sandhurst) – Leicestershires (POW)
Hugh Rambaut (Westminster) – Bedfordshire Yeomanry & Irish Hussars
Robert Rawlinson (Blundell’s) – Border Regiment – KIA 1915
Stuart Ricketts (Oundle & London Univ.) – RFA – Died of wounds 1918
Harold Leefe Robinson (St. Bees) – Indian Army – KIA 1916
William Leefe Robinson (St. Bees) – RFC (POW) – Died 1918
James Romanes (Charterhouse) – Royal Scots
Douglas Rose (The Ley’s, Cambridge) – OBLI
Geoffrey Rose (Harrow & King’s Cambridge) – OBLI
Kenneth Rudd (Shrewsbury & Jesus, Cambridge) – West Yorks – KIA 1918
Jack Ruttledge (Clifton & RMC Sandhurst) – West Yorks – KIA 1916
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William Scott (Rugby & McGill, Montreal) – OBLI – KIA 1917
Amherst Selby-Bigge – Permanent Secretary to the Board of Education
Dick Sergent (Repton) – RNVR (Gallipoli)
Noel Sergent (Repton) – French Artillery (Gallipoli)
William Sheepshanks (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – KRRC – KIA 1917
Tom Sheepshanks (Winchester & Trinity, Oxford) – Norfolks/Suffolks
Frank Sidgwick (Rugby & Trinity, Cambridge) – Artists’ Rifles
Hugh Sidgwick (Winchester & Balliol, Oxford) – RGA – KIA 1917
John Slessor (Haileybury College) – RFC/RAF
Lionel Smith (Rugby & Balliol) – Hampshires
Billy Smyth (Repton) – OBLI
Geoffrey Smyth (Winchester & Magdalen, Oxford) – Loyal North Lancs (Gallipoli)
John Smyth (Repton & RMC Sandhurst) – Sikhs (Indian Army)
Henry Souttar (Oxford High School & Queen’s Oxford) – Surgeon/author
Northcote Spicer (Blundell’s School) – RFA
Frank Spurling (Rossall) – Rifle Brigade – KIA 1917
Henry Spurling (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – Hampshires
George Stack (Westminster & RMA Woolwich) – RE – Died on active service 1919
Ronald Stonehouse (Sedburgh) – RFC/RAF – KIA 1918
Kenneth Stradling – OPS pupil (died 1920)
Mr (William) Stradling – OPS staff
Desmond Stride (Warden House School, Deal) – RN (Jutland)
Francis Studdy (HMS Conway & Dartmouth) – RN (Jutland) – Died 1921
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Stuart Taylor (Bedford GS & RMC Sandhurst) – West Yorks (Leeds’ Pals) – KIA 1918
William Temple – (Rev) Headmaster Repton School (1910-14)
Greville Thomas (Rossall) – Gurkha Rifles – KIA 1918
Morice Thompson (St. Edward’s Oxford & St. John’s Oxford) – MGC – KIA 1917
Treffry Thompson (Repton & St. John’s Oxford) – RAMC
George Thuillier (Dover College) – Devons – KIA 1918
Percy Trevelyan (RNC Osborne & Dartmouth) – RN (Jutland) – Died 1919
Gifford Turrell (Sherborne & Queen’s Oxford) – OBLI – KIA 1917
Francis Twigg (Repton) – Northants – KIA 1918
Henry Tyndale (Winchester & New College, Oxford) – KRRC
Frederick Tyrwhitt – Worcestershires
Nathaniel Tyrwhitt (Dresden) – London Regiment – KIA 1915
Reginald Tyrwhitt (HMS Britannia) – RN
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Gilbert Vassall – (Charterhouse & Oriel, Oxford) – OPS staff
Raymond Venis (Repton & RMC Sandhurst) – Indian Army – KIA 1915
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Lindsay Wallace (Winchester & Balliol, Oxford) – OPS staff – OBLI
Christopher Warren (Westminster) – Rifle Brigade
Peter Warren (Westminster & Magdalen, Oxford) – RFC (POW)
Blair Watson – OPS staff – Oxford Yeomanry
Stanley Way (Blundell’s) – Royal Fusiliers/Tank Corps – Killed 1919
David Webb (Charterhouse) – OPS pupil (died 1919)
William Wells-Cole ((Repton & RMC Sandhurst) – Lincolns – KIA 1917
Nevile West (Marlborough & RMC Sandhurst) – Royal Berks – KIA 1917
Robert Whigham – KOSB
Tom Whittingham (Felsted) – Leicesters – KIA 1915
Nurse Wilkinson – 3rd Southern General Hospital
Miss Williams – OPS Staff
Evelyn Watkin Williams (Rugby) – Hussars
Virginia Woolf – novelist
George Wright (Eton & Balliol, Oxford) – Somerset Light Infantry – KIA 1916
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