St Edward's School Oxford and the Great War 1914-1918

T HE O.T.C. O FFICERS AND N ON -C OMMISSIONED O FFICERS AT THE G ENERAL I NSPECTION OF 1915. A LL SERVED IN THE WAR WITH TEACHERS AND FORMER PUPILS FIGHTING TOGETHER This is an important, yet sad, historical picture of some of the School’s O.T.C. notables during the Great War. Shown standing in the back row (from the left) L/C G.A.F. Gillmor (seriously wounded in 1918), L/C J.K.R. Walker, Corp G.B. Hett (awarded the D.F.C. 1919), Corp B.R.H. Carter (killed 1917), Corp H.E. Hudson (died of wounds 1918), Corp A.T.E. Marsh, L/C G.H. Strange (killed 1918), L/C. A.M Bell (seriously wounded 1918). Seated (from the left) Sgt J.V. Boorer (wounded and suffered shell shock 1917), Sgt R.W.M. Hall, Sec Lt V. Hope, Lt. N.W. Hammond (i/c of Corps), Sec Lt D.F. Morgan (already wounded earlier in the war and would return to France 1918), Col Sgt C.S. Ranson (killed 1917), Sgt R. Bampfield, L/C A.M. Bell (wounded 1918)