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| 15th September 1915. Gerald Goldie-Taubman, H & F Socials, 1888. Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in London, of peritonitis following an operation. Gerald Goldie-Taubman was stationed on Malta, where he was Assistant Provost Marshal. In 1916, The Radleian listed him among those who had died on active service. Aged 42 |  |
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| 16th August 1915. Gilbert Pigé-Leschallas, G Social 1892. Captain, 7th Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action at Kiretch Tepe, Gallipoli. Aged 37. His son, John, came to G Social in 1919 |
 Gibert Pige-Leschallas, Captain, 7th Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. kia 16 August 1915 |
 Gilbert Pige-Leschallas commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
 The Helles Memorial. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
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| 9th August 1915. Today we remember two Radleians who fell, one in France, the other at Gallipoli.
Basil Constable, E Social 1900. Captain, 1/4th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt. A career soldier, he died of wounds received at Gallipoli. Aged 31. |
 Basil Constable, Captain, 1/4th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt. Died of wounds 9 August 1915 |
 The grave of Basil Constable at Green Hill Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsular. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
 Green Hill Cemetery. Grave of Basil Constable in foreground. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
 Gilbert Holcroft, 2nd Lt, 2nd Bn, Durham LI. kia 9 August 1915 |
Gilbert Holcroft, G Social 1909. 2nd Lt, 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action in the Actions of Hooge. ‘He was in his 21st year. He was educated at Radley College and Queens’ College, Cambridge. At the beginning of the war he left Cambridge for Sandhurst. He was a fine oar and rowed in his college boat at Cambridge.’. Aged 20 |
The grave of Darell Jeffreys at Chester Farm Cemetery. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
| 11th July 1915. Darell Jeffreys, B Social 1896. Captain, 1st Bn, Devonshire Regt. Killed in action in an unknown engagement in Flanders. He was a career soldier who had served in the Second South African War. At Radley, he coxed the VIII. Aged 33 |
 Darell Jeffreys, Captain, 1st Bn Devonshire Regt. kia 11 July 1915 |
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| 28th June 1915. Augustus Fitzclarence, C Social 1893. Captain, 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli. He was a superb all-round sportsman. At Radley, he was Captain of Boats and competed at Henley, and in the Soccer XI:‘He was a fine athlete – a good boxer and long-distance runner. In latter years he went in for fencing and sabre play, competing at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament and winning the second prize in the epee in 1913 and second prize in the sabre v. sabre in 1914. In 1912 he was one of the representatives of this country at the Olympic Games.’He was a career soldier who fought in the Second South African War in 1900. Aged 35 |
 Augustus Fitzclarence, Captain, 2nd Bn, Royal Fusiliers. kia 28 June 1915 |
 Augustus Fitzclarence commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
The Helles Memorial. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015 |
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| 27th June 1915. Clifford Whittington Green, F Social 1905. Captain, 1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt. Killed in action in an unknown engagement in Flanders.He was an only son. His parents lived at Bayworth Manor. The house was at the end of Sugworth Lane, Radley.Aged 24 |
 Clifford Whittington-Green, Capatin, 1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regt. Died of wounds 27 June 1915 |
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| 26th May 1915. Henry Rogers, A Social 1894. Captain, 5th Bn, Manchester Regt. Died of wounds received at Gallipoli. Before the War, he worked as a mining engineer. In 1919, the War Memorial Committee received a gift of £200 in memory of HM Rogers. His son, Martin, came to A Social in 1922. Aged 36 |
 Henry Rogers, Captain, 5th Bn, Manchester Regt. Died of wounds, 26 May 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 grave of Cyril Holland at St Vaast Cemetery. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
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| 9th May 1915. Today we remember two Radleians who fell on the Western Front.Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde), E Social 1898. Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge, probably at Festubert. His brother, Vyvyan, believed that Cyril endeavoured to compensate for his father (Oscar’s) disgrace by his own courage in battle. Cyril and Vyvyan Wilde were sent to different schools after their father’s imprisonment in Reading Gaol, and their names changed to ‘Holland’ to conceal their identities. The name of Cyril’s father was omitted from the Radley Register until 1947. We do not know whether his school friends or teachers knew the tragic story of Cyril Wilde’s family |
 Cyril Holland (nee Wilde) in the Prefects’ group photo 1902 |
 Lt Robert Woodward, South Wales Borderers. kia 9 May 1915 |
Robert Woodward, A Social 1891. Lt, South Wales Borderers. He is recorded in Radley Register as ‘killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué in an unknown engagement’. This was originally thought to be during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, but recent research by his family has identified it as Aubers Ridge. He studied Natural Sciences at Oxford, then became a barrister, member of the Inner Temple in 1904.
The battle in which he (and I see poor Cyril Holland) died coincided in time with Second Ypres but was not part of that German assault. Instead it was part of British effort to help the French further south and it is properly called The Battle of Aubers Ridge. Robert’s records reveal he was promoted Captain just before his death and that he led A Company, 1st Battalion SWB. They took terrible casualties in a battle which, measuring losses against men engaged, was the worst yet for a British offensive. (Information from Alan Weir, family member, 18 October 2016)
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Believed to be the grave of Robert Woodward at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner,Cuinchy. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015. The family added the inscription “He set his face stedfastly” (See Luke, Chapter 9, Verse 51).
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