By Avalon Eastman
TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THE MEN MENTIONED
BELOW.
THEIR FAMILIES,
AND TO
THE GARDENERS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
WHO LOOK AFTER THEM NOW.
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960 MEN WHO WERE EDUCATED AT OR SERVED
ON THE STAFF OF OUNDLE SCHOOL ARE KNOWN TO HAVE SERVED
IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
BETWEEN THEM THEY WON 202 DECORATIONS
INCLUDING
3 VICTORIAL CROSSES
115 MILITARY CROSSES
6 BARS TO THE MILITARY CROSS
1 MILITARY MEDAL
29 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDERS WITH 3 BARS
2 AIR FORCE CROSSES
4 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES
1 DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL
1 CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE DE LA COURONNE
1 CHEVALIER ORDRE DE LEOPOLD
1 CROIX DE GUERRE (BELGIUM)
26 FURTHER FOREIGN DECORATIONS
THEY WERE MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES 111 TIMES.
THEY FOUGHT IN ALL THEATRES OF THE WAR, FROM RUSSIA TO AFRICA, FROM THE WESTERN FRONT TO SINGAPORE.
THEY RANGED IN RANK FROM PRIVATE SOLDIER TO BRIGADIER GENERAL
OF THE 960 MEN WHO SERVED, 222 WERE KILLED IN ACTION, DIED OF WOUNDS, ACCIDENTS OR ILLNESSES.
87 HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
THE OLDEST TO DIE WAS 45 AND THE YOUNGEST JUST 17.
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| Oundle Cadet Force 1913 parade outside the School buildings | The Cadet Force marching through New Street Oundle in 1912 |
ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MEN ARE TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL BOOK
“OUNDLE MENORIALS OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919” PRINTED FOR PRIVATE
CIRCULATION BY OUNDLE SCHOOL.
THEY ARE SHOWN HERE WITH PERMISSION ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL NOT
BE USED FOR PROFIT.
SHOULD ANY PERSON REQUIRE A COPY OF ANY PART PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY
OR WRITE TO Mrs AVALON EASTMAN.
WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US, AND SAY
“FOR YOUR TOMORROW, WE GAVE OUR TODAY”
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