Today we remember …
| 8th August 1918
James Payne, A Social 1902, Lt, 1st Bn, Tank Corps (attd), formerly Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action, Battle of Amiens After leaving Radley in 1905 he went into business, and became Assistant Manager to J. and N. Phillips & Co., Manchester. Since 1912 he was farming in British Columbia. He was a Lieutenant in the Tank Corps when he was killed on Aug. 8. Aged 30 |
Today we remember …
| 27th May1918
Ralph Bell, C Social 1905. Captain, 98th Sqn, Royal Air Force Killed in action in an unknown engagement The death of Ralph Bell was one of the very few missed by the Radleian Society recorders during WW1. Consequently, he is not named on Radley’s war memorial. The last entry for him in the Radley Register published in 1923 simply stated that he left the school in 1907. This entry was reprinted in 1962. In the 1980s, the Radleian Society was planning an updated version of the Register and so conducted extensive research into those ORs with whom they had lost contact over the years. A handwritten note in the Archivist’s annotated copy of the 1962 register updated the information on Ralph Bell: ‘Went to Canada; 1st W Ontario Regt, and 98th Sqn RFC; Captain; married. Died on active service in France 27th May 1918’. Aged 27 AND George Coote, A Social 1910, Lt, 50th Bn, Machine Gun Corps Killed in action 2nd Battle of the Aisne He was a School Prefect who played for the Cricket XI. He obtained a commission In the Royal West Kents in December, 1914. and later on was transferred to the M.G.C. In July 1917, he was wounded and came back to England. He returned to France in April, 1918, and was killed in action May 27th, 1918. The news of his death will be a great grief to many Old Radleians. He was of a retiring nature, but his was a character,- like that of his great friend, Rupert ffolkes, – of which the very simplicity commanded admiration. His best friend, Rupert ffolkes, was killed on 30th December 1917. Richard Coote, George’s older brother, was killed in action at the Battle of Hulluch on 13th October 1915. Their eldest brother, Peter, was badly wounded in 1917. He is recorded on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne Aged 22 |
 Captain Ralph Bell remembered on the Arras Flying Memorial. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ July 2015  Lt George Coote |
Today we remember …
| 6th April 1918
Herbert Oldfield, D Social 1908. Major, 8th Canadian Infantry Bn, Canadian Expeditionary Force Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement He was born in Winnipeg, Ontario. On leaving in 1911, he went out to British Columbia, and entered the Merchants’ Bank of Canada. When he was killed in action on April 6th, he was Major in the 8th Canadian Infantry, and had seen 3 1/2 years service. Since his death he has been mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig. Aged 24 |
 The grave of Major Oldfield at Duisans. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ July 2015 |
Today we remember …
| 1st April 1918
Walter Glossop, D Social 1878. Major, 225th (Kootenay) Bn, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died in London of illness contracted in France At school he was a prefect and played for the Football XI. After school he became a career soldier. He retired from the Suffolk Regiment in 1905 with the rank of Major and acting Lt-Colonel. He rejoined the Army for the war, and was gazetted to the Canadian Forces. Colonel Glossop had the medal and clasp for service with the Hazara Expedition of 1888. He is buried at Brookwood Cemetery. In 1913 he married Margaret Stirling. Their son, Francis, was born in 1916. He came to Radley as a War Memorial Scholar in 1930. Francis also became a career soldier. He died of wounds received in action in North-West Europe in 1945. The Glossops are the only father and son to be named on both the Radley War Memorials. They are also both commemorated in Canada on the War Memorial for Kettle’s Valley. Walter’s name is among 31 Canadian remembered the Ingram Bridge Cenotaph in British Columbia, constructed in 1924. Aged 58 |
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The grave of Laurence Garnett at Brandhoek. Photographed for Marching in Memory, July 2015
| 7th June 1917
Laurence Garnett, G Social 1905. Lt, 100th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action, Battle of Messines Ridge He played for the Cricket and Soccer XIs and represented the school at fencing. He went to Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1912, he emigrated to Canada, but returned on the outbreak of the War. His elder brother was killed at Kut-el-Amara in 1915. Aged 26 AND |
 Lt Laurence Garnett, Royal Field Artillery. kia Battle of Messines Ridge |
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Eric Lambert, MC, D Social 1896. Lt, 8th Bn, Yorkshire Regt. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement At school he was a Prefect and played for the Cricket and Soccer X1s. After school, from 1904-9, he worked as a merchant with companies in Yokohama and Kobe, Japan, and then in electrical engineering in Kobe from 1910. Aged 34 |
 Eric Lambert. Radley College Prefects, 1901 |
The grave of Eric Lambert at Railway Dugouts. Photographed for Marching in Memory, July 2015
Today we remember …
| 30th April 1917
John Hayley, C Social 1910. Rifleman, 116th Bn, London Regiment, formerly Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died of wounds received in the Battle of Arras. After school, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked for the Dominion Express Company in Calgary. He joined up in December 1914, and arrived from Canada in November 1915, two months after his brother was killed. He was granted a commission in the 3rd Batt. Arg. and Suth. Highrs., but thinking too much time was being occupied in an officer’s training, and obsessed with the one idea of getting to the Front to avenge his brother’s death, he resigned his commission and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 16th London Regiment, qualified as a marksman, and left for France with a draft on January 3rd, 1917. He died in France at a Base Hospital on the 30th April, from wounds received in action near Arras on the 15th April, 1917. He was detailed that night with others to take an enemy machine gun that had been annoying our troops, and got to within fifty yards of it when, as he wrote, he “stopped one,” but really the bullet went through his chest and he had great difficulty in regaining our lines. Aged 21 |
 Rifleman John Hayley. Died of wounds received in the Battle of Arras, 30th April 1917 |
Captain Hunt’s grave at Warlincourt Halte Cemetery. Photographed for Marching in Memory, July 2015
| 12th April 1917
Claude Hunt, G Social 1901. Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement After school, he worked on the Stock Exchange. He emigrated to Canada in 1912. He is listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as a Staff Captain, attached to XVIII Corps HQ, but this is not confirmed. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He married in 1916. Aged 30 |
 Captain Claude Hunt, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds, 12th April 1917 |
Today we remember …
| 4th April 1917
John Egerton-Leigh, G Social 1890. Captain, 10th Bn, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action at Metz-en-Couture, during the German Retreat to the Hindenberg Line He was a career soldier from 1897, serving in the Second South African War until 1902. He then went out to Canada as a farmer until the outbreak of WW1 in 1914. He went to France in July 1915, and served on the Ypres Salient February to July, 1916, being wounded at Ypres. He afterwards served on the Somme, was at the taking of Guillemont, and was again wounded there, being mentioned in despatches January 4th, 1917. After he was wounded at Ypres he carried in his sergeant, who was also wounded. Finding him too heavy he came in for assistance. and went out again himself in spite of a very nasty rifle fire, and brought him in. He died leading his Company into action. After being wounded once he persevered until a bullet killed him outright. He was buried close to where he fell, just south of Metz-en-Couture and some ten miles from Cambrai. Aged 41 |
 Capt John Egerton-Leigh. kia 4 April 1917 |
The grave of Lionel Bostock at Albert Communal Cemetery. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2016
Today we remember …
| Battle of the Somme
20th September 1916. Lionel Bostock. B Social, 1900. 2nd Corporal, 3rd Division Signal Company. Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Killed in action. Lionel Bostock’s family was originally from Chichester where ‘he was very well known and had many friends.’ When the War broke out, he was in British Columbia and enlisted in the British Columbia Horse. He was in the 3rd Canadian Division. He was in the trenches near Ypres throughout the winter of 1915. A letter from the Chaplain of the 3rd Canadian Division says: The poor boy was instantly killed on the 20th. The Germans were shelling the town heavily, and one shell exploded in the midst of a number of our boys, killing Corporal Bostock instantly. Aged 28 |
 Lionel Bostock, 2nd Corporal, 3rd Div Signal Company, Canadian Expeditionary Force. kia Battle of the Somme |
Today we remember …
| Battle of the Somme
18th August 1916. Aubrey Patch. C Social, 1899. 2nd Lt, 3rd Bn, Royal Lancaster Regt. Killed in action. After school he went to study at Ontario Agricultural College, Toronto. When war broke out he immediately returned to England from Canada to enlist, and served in the ranks for about a year. He received his commission in October 1915. He was killed while leading his platoon against a German trench. Aged 30 |
 Aubrey Patch, 2nd Lt, 3rd Bn, Royal Lancaster Regt. kia Battle of the Somme |
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