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Letter to Warden Sing from C YRIL B LEADEN (at SES 1904-1909) written on the 5 th May 1916 while he was with the Fourth Army of Instruction on a course at the time in England. Four months later he was severely wounded in France serving with the Durham Light Infantry and in hospital for many months. He survived the war.

N OEL H UDSON

L ESLIE F AIRWEATHER

C HARLES R ECKITT

“I have just been appointed a Lieutenant and Adjutant and have been sent here on a course which is delightful. Noel Hudson (at SES 1903-1912) is on the same course which is splendid and we often ramble about in our odd half hours. I met Fairweather (Leslie Fairweather at SES 1909-1912) about a week before he was killed. I did not recognise him or rather I could not put a name to him, he was very small when I left school. Reckitt (at SES 1902-1907) is still going strong or was when I left him about a fortnight ago.” (Reckitt survived the war.)

ST. EDWARD’S OXFORD