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The grave of Norman Albury at Aveloy. Photographed for Marching in Memory, July 2015
| 15th September 1917
Norman Albury, F & E Socials 1911. 2nd Lt, 21st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement He left Radley in July 1916 and joined the RFC in February 1917. At school he was a member of the earliest Rugby XV. Aged 19 |
 2nd Lt Norman Albury, RFC |
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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
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| 6th June 1917
Humphrey Arden, A Social 1906. 2nd Lt, 156th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds received near Messines He was a Junior Scholar, Prefect and rowed at stroke for the 1st VIII, competing at Henley twice. He went up to Queens’ College, Cambridge and rowed for the College and the University. After a short time teaching at Eagle House Prep School, he was preparing to study for the priesthood at Cuddesdon when he joined up. The Royal Garrison Artillery developed from fortress-based artillery located on British coasts. From 1914 when the army possessed very little heavy artillery it grew into a very large component of the British forces. It was armed with heavy, large calibre guns and howitzers that were positioned some way behind the front line and had immense destructive power. After his death, his father gave the money for two War Memorial Scholarships in his memory. He is also remembered at his prep school in Oxford, where his story features on their WW1 memorial website. Aged 25 AND William Gourlay, B Social 1910. Captain, 5th Bn, Cameron Highlanders. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement He was wounded on May 1st and succumbed to his injuries on June 6th. W.N. Gourlay rose to the position of House Prefect and filled the post with quiet dignity and force of character. Outside his own small circle of friends, among whom he was much loved and respected, he will possibly be chiefly remembered for his introduction of bagpipes to Radley. Aged 21 |
 2nd Lt Humphrey Arden, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 6th June 1917  Calvary at Yoxall to the memory of Humphrey Arden. Photo by Shirley Fisher  Calvary at Yoxall to the memory of Humphrey Arden. Photo by Shirley Fisher |
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| 14th May 1917
Alfred Mark Wardlaw, G Social 1881. Major, 9th Bn, Royal Sussex Regt. Died at home in Sussex as a result of wounds sustained in March 1917 At school he was a Prefect, played for the Soccer XI and rowed for the VIII. After school, he became a career soldier with the Royal Sussex Regiment, achieving the rank of Captain. He retired in 1900. He returned to active service in 1914, with the rank of Acting Major. He married Alfreda, daughter of Major-General Chapman in 1894. She died in 1914. He added the surname ‘Wardlaw’ to his family name of ‘Mark’ in 1895. His ashes are in Golders Green Crematorium. His shield still hangs in Hall. Aged 49 |
 The shield of AP Mark (aft. Wardlaw) in Radley College Hall |
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| 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 |
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| 28th April 1917
Charles MacDowell, D Social 1912. Captain, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died of wounds received in the Battle of Arras. He joined the Black Watch as a second lieutenant on the declaration of war. He served two years at the front with his battalion, was wounded twice, before being mortally wounded on April 8, while commanding his company. He was promoted captain shortly after his 18th birthday. His colonel writes : – “I cannot say how splendidly he has done, although so young. As keen as possible, after he was wounded his whole thoughts were for the men of his company and never once for himself.“ Aged 19 |
 Captain Charles MacDowell, Black Watch. Died of wounds received in the Battle of Arras, 28th 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 |
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| 10th April 1917
David MacEwen, C Social 1900. 2nd Lt, 1/9th Bn, Royal Scots. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement After school, he studied law at Edinburgh University. He was admitted a member of the Society of Writers to the Signet in December, 1910. when he joined his father’s firm, Messrs. J. and A. F. Adam, Edinburgh. He was for some time treasurer of the Juridical Society. He was a keen member of the St. Andrews Boat Club, and won the Hermiston Cup for Challenge Sculls in 1913-14. On the outbreak of the war he was very anxious to join the Army, but, owing to imperfect eyesight, he did not obtain his commission until December, 1915. He went to the front in August 1916. Aged 31 |
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| 28th March 1917. Reginald Henderson, D Social 1896. Sgt, East African Mounted Rifles. Died of wounds received in action in TanzaniaAt school, he played for the Cricket and Soccer 1st Xis. After school, he was a farmer in British East Africa (now Kenya). At the outbreak of war he was a trooper in the Thika Horse, but transferred into the 27th Mountain Battery R.A., in which he was a sergeant, and died in Nairobi on March 28th, 1917, of injuries received while on service in German East Africa (now Tanzania) in 1916. |
 RG Henderson, Radley College Cricket XI 1901 |
Humfrey Cole’s grave at Varennes Military Cemetery. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ July 2015
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| 12th February 1917. Humfrey Cole, A Social 1910. 2nd Lt, Yorkshire Regiment
Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement in France. He went straight into the army from school, gazetted to the London Regiment in September 1915. Aged 20 |
 2nd Lt Humfrey Cole, Yorkshire Regt |
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