Today we remember …
| 25th May 1915. Spencer Le Marchant, G Social 1895. 2nd Lt, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt). Died of wounds received on 25th April in the Second Battle of Ypres.Before the war he was a barrister at the Inner Temple. He joined the Inner Temple Officers’ Training Corps and was commissioned at the start of the war in 1914.
Aged 33 |
 Spencer le Marchant, 2nd Lt, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds, 25 April 1915 |
The name of John Wheen on the Le Touret Memorial. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
| 14th May 1915. Today we remember two Radleians who fell, one in France, the other the first Australian Radleian to fall at Gallipoli. John Wheen, E Social 1894. Captain, 1st Bn, Liverpool Regt. Missing, presumed killed in action, Battle of Festubert (part of the 2nd Battle of Ypres). He served in the Second South African War in 1900 and was invalided home wounded. He was wounded in France in 1914‘previously reported wounded and missing, is now officially presumed to have been killed on May 14-16, 1915.’ |
 John Wheen, Capt 1st Bn Liverpool Regt. Missing, presumed kia, 14 May 1915 |
 Augustus Maryon-Wilson, Trooper, 2nd Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. kia Gallipoli, 14 May 1915 |
Augustus Maryon-Wilson, A Social 1894. Trooper, 2nd Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. Killed in action, 14-15 May, at Gallipoli. Originally from Essex, he emigrated to Australia and became a farmer |
 The grave of A Maryon-Wilson at Shrapnel Valley. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
 Shrapnel Valley Cemetery is close to ANZAC Cove. Grave of A Maryon-Wilson in foreground. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
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13th May 1915. Maurice Hodgson, C Social 1894
Captain, 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement, probably part of the 2nd Battle of Ypres
He represented the school at boxing. After leaving school he joined the Norfolk Militia. He received his commission in the Sherwood Foresters in 1900 and served with them in the Boer War (2nd South African War), where he was wounded. He was wounded in France in December 1914 and had not long returned to his regiment when he was killed
MK Hodgson, Capt, 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters. Died of wounds 13 May 1915
The name of Lionel Johnston on the Le Touret Memorial. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
Today we remember …
 JL Johnstone. Prefects 1904 |
On 12th May 1915 John Leslie Johnston, B Social 1899. Lt, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, was recorded as missing, presumed killed in action in an unknown engagement in the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He was one of the most distinguished scholars of his time at Radley. He won the Richards Gold Medal, the James, Heathcote and Gibbs Scholarships. He went on to become Fellow and Dean of Magdalen College, Oxford. His friend, Edwyn Bevan, published a biography of him in 1920.‘He vanished in May 1915 and it is very likely that he was executed by the Germans soon after being shot in the abdomen.’ Letter from Dr Simon Harris, Regimental Historian, 2014 |
 Lt JL Johnstone, Ox & Bucks LI. Missing in action, 12 May 1915 |
The grave of Montague Clarke at Ruisseau Farm Cemetery. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
| 11th May 1915. Montagu Clarke, B Social, 1907. Killed in action near Ypres. Aged 21. Monty Clarke left Radley in 1911 to attend Sandhurst. In 1912 he received his Commission in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. It is unusual to find a civilian photo in the War Memorial Albums, particularly for a young career soldier. |
 Lt MCC Clarke, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. kia 11 May 1915 |
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| On 4th May 1915, William Schreiber, G Social 1900, died of wounds received in the Second Battle of Ypres. He was a Lieutenant with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, serving in the mechanical transport division of the Canadian Army Service Corps stationed at the 1st Canadian Ammunition Park. He came from a military family: both his father and grandfather held the rank of colonel. He left Radley in 1902 and emigrated to Canada before 1910. He was married twice: first to Marie in 1910, and then to Gabrielle in 1914. We knew nothing more about his life until a researcher sent this note in 2013: ‘It is the case that my grandfather and two others – including William Eric Brymer Schreiber – set up Britain’s first motor car agency selling Ford cars in the early 1900s.’ – information supplied by Robin Thornton, 1st June 2013So he was probably using his skills and interest in cars to serve the war effort. |
 Lt WE Schreiber, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died of wounds on 4th May 1915 |
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| 25th April 1915. Wilfrid Dunnington-Jefferson, C Social 1906. 2nd Lt, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt). Killed in action at Grafenstafel, Second Battle of Ypres.
After leaving school he won a History Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford. He was studying law at the outbreak of the war, and is commemorated in the Temple Church as a member of the Inner Temple. Aged 23 |
 Wilfrid Dunnington-Jefferson. 2nd Lt, Royal Fusiliers. KIA 25 April 1915 |
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| 24th April 1915. Hugh Baily, C Social 1905. Corporal, 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion, (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Killed in action at St Julien, Second Battle of Ypres.
He emigrated to Canada immediately after he left school. Aged 23 |
 Hugh Baily, Corporal, Royal Highlanders of Canada. KIA 24 April 1915 |
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| 18th April 1915. Bernard Job, G Social 1901. 2nd Lt, Royal West Kent Regt. After school, he worked as a mining engineer. Killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres. Aged 27 |
 Bernard Job, 2nd Lt, Royal West Kent Regt. KIA 18 April 1915 |
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