died of wounds

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17th November 1915.  Henry Napier, A Social 1890.  Major, 11th Bn, Sherwood Foresters.  Wounded in the Battle of Loos. Drowned in the sinking of the hospital ship HMS Anglia.

 

HMS Anglia hit a German mine just outside Dover. The majority of the wounded and nursing staff were lost. The steamer Lusitania, which came to her aid, was also destroyed by a mine after launching life boats to help save the personnel on the Anglia.

 

Henry Napier had retired from active service in 1909. He was recalled to the Sherwood Foresters in 1914.  Aged 39
Henry Napier, Major, 11th Bn, Sherwood Foresters. Wounded and drowned 17 November 1915

Henry Napier, Major, 11th Bn, Sherwood Foresters. Wounded and drowned 17 November 1915

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Silver, moonstone and amethyst cross designed for Radley College by George Sedding, 1910

Silver, moonstone and amethyst cross designed for Radley College by George Sedding, 1910

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23 October 1915.  George Sedding, A Social 1896.  Lance-Corporal, 7th Bn, Norfolk Regt.  Died of wounds received in the Battle of Loos.

 

He was a silversmith, a follower of the Arts and Crafts Movement. An example of his jewellery survives in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. In 1910, he designed and gave the cross and candlesticks which are still on the communion table in Radley College chapel. He was a committed Christian. One of his last letters home shows both his deep love of God and of the jewel bright colours of nature, written in the horror of Ploegsteert Wood:

‘I wrote a little prayer last night. . . . There are such a lot of stray bullets about that you want something of the sort to repeat and think of on occasions. ‘Under the shadow of Thy wings, 0 Christ, shall I rest in peace. For as in love they enfold me, I will look up and behold their shining glory, arched in a vault of dusky gold, gleaming with rainbow hues. Gold for sovereignty and power, with all the wondrous graces, charity and love, that colour Thy divinity. So shall I rest in peace, and at my death, 0 Light of Lights, give me grace to come without the shadows, and to look upon Thy most holy face.‘’’

 

Aged 33

George Sedding, Lance-Corporal, 7th Bn, Norfolk Regt. Died of wounds 23 October 1915

George Sedding, Lance-Corporal, 7th Bn, Norfolk Regt. Died of wounds 23 October 1915

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28th September 1915.  Llewellyn Nash, F Social 1909.  Captain, 2nd Bn, King’s Royal Rifle Corps.  Died at Lozenghem, of wounds received in action at Vermelles during the Battle of Loos.

 

He left Radley early to go to Eton College and then to Sandhurst.

 

Aged 20.  His brother, Edward, also fell in the Great War

Llewellyn Nash, Captain, 2nd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 28 September 1915

Llewellyn Nash, Captain, 2nd Bn, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 28 September 1915

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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

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

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

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, 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

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The grave of Cyril Knapp-Fisher at Lijssenthoek. Phptographed for 'Marching in Memory' for Combat Stress, July 2015

The grave of Cyril Knapp-Fisher at Lijssenthoek. Phptographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015

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31st July 1915.  Cyril Knapp-Fisher, F Social 1907.  2nd Lt, 6th Bn, Yorkshire Light Infantry.  Died of wounds received on 30th July in the Actions of Hooge, in Flanders.  After school, he studied at University College, Oxford. He was one of the first Radleians to volunteer at the outbreak of the war in August 1914.  Aged 21

Cyril Knapp-Fisher, 2nd Lt, 2nd Bn, Yorkshire LI. Died of wounds 31 July 1915

Cyril Knapp-Fisher, 2nd Lt, 2nd Bn, Yorkshire LI. Died of wounds 31 July 1915

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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

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

Henry Rogers, Captain, 5th Bn, Manchester Regt. Died of wounds, 26 May 1915

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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

Spencer le Marchant, 2nd Lt, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds, 25 April 1915

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The name of John Wheen on the Le Touret Memorial. Photographed for 'Marching in Memory' for Combat Stress, July 2015

The name of John Wheen on the Le Touret Memorial. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015

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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

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, 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

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

Shrapnel Valley Cemetery is close to ANZAC Cove. Grave of A Maryon-Wilson in foreground. Photo David Bennett, 18 May 2015