St Edward's Rhubarb 2018

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Poppy Appeal Launch The two Puma MkII helicopters from RAF Benson landed on Upper 1 in November as part of the official launch of the 2017 Poppy Appeal. The Station Commander at RAF Benson, Group Captain Hamish Cormack, was on board one of the helicopters and was joined by eight senior members of St Edward’s Combined Cadet Force and accompanied by World War II veteran Ken Hicks. The first poppy was purchased by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Tim Stevenson.

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Puma on Upper One

Ist XV Act of Remembrance

Americans We have had a lot of fun this year with our “Throwback Thursday” posts on Facebook. Trawling the Archives we found this picture which shows that we have had the Armed Forces on Teddies sports fields long before the landing of the Puma helicopters on Upper I last year. This was May 1944, just before D-Day. The School’s head groundsman ‘Father’ Neale traded the best parts of the sports fields to the Americans in return for much needed petrol for the School’s mowers. The Americans were very friendly towards the pupils, teaching them the basics of baseball and how to chew gum!

This November marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. St Edward’s School World War I contingent numbered 673. Today there are 685 pupils in School. 121 OSE and 3 teachers were Killed in Action. Many of them played rugby for the St Edward’s 1st XV.

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Plaque at Ypres The fallen OSE of the Somme now

remembered in St George’s Church, Ypres. This photo was sent to us by Rik Elderton (E, 1992-1997).

Americans on Upper One

Ypres plaque