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

F RUIT -P ICKING F ARM , D ORCHESTER 1916 To help the war effort and to make up for the shortage of farm labour some of the older pupils, most awaiting their call-ups, volunteered to give up some of their holidays to pick fruit and vegetables. This photograph shows such a group with Dr. Walter Stanton, the Music Master, standing on the far left; almost all of this group would be in uniform by year end.