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

T HE O.T.C. AT S UMMER C AMP , H AGLEY P ARK , R UGELEY , S TAFFORDSHIRE IN 1913 The two officers in the second row from the right are the Lt Reverend John Bussell (O.S.E. and Common Room) and Sec Lt Leonard Cass. Both would be killed in action in the same regiment and the same trenches in France in 1915, killed by snipers. Bussell had been a boy soldier volunteer in the Boer War (while still at St. Edwards) and had later won two Oxford University Rugby Football Blues as well as playing for the famed Harlequins R.F.C. of that era. His death was especially mourned by all at the School.