17th Bn (British Empire League) KRRC

[MBrockway]

Slightly off topic from your original Q re 17/KRRC, but Martin Gilbert has just unearthed a very useful publication giving the records of service of a very large proportion of the schoolmasters in the OTC (Junior Division).

Here are the entries for Wilson's Grammar School ...

List A - those Wilson's masters who actually served in the school OTC and either went to the Front or were retained for service in the school OTC. Bold denotes a fatality. ...

List B - those Wilson's masters who had NOT served in the school OTC, but were mobilised for war work ...

Ernest Smith, while on List B, was appointed to serve with the school OTC effective 23 Oct 1919, which falls outside the scope of the document, hence his not appearing in List A.

Also I don't believe I sent you this Army List and LG material I researched when we worked on this topic earlier:

Wilson's School OTC officers

EDMONDS, John
2/Lt effective 16 Apr 1910: here
Prov Capt effective 01 Oct 1910: here
Lt effective 18 Jan 1911: here
Capt effective 27 Apr 1912: here
1914 Annual Army List - Capt, Unattached List (TF) serving with Wilson's School OTC
1915 Annual Army List - Capt, Unattached List (TF) serving with Wilson's School OTC
Ceases to serve effective 16 Feb 1920: here


FOLEY, Michael James Aloysius
2/Lt effective 16 Apr 1910: here
Lt effective 01 May 1911: here
1914 Annual Army List - Lt, Unattached List (TF) serving with Wilson's School OTC
1915 Annual Army List - Lt, Unattached List (TF) serving with Wilson's School OTC


KNIGHT, Thomas Harold
t/2/Lt effective 03 Nov 1914: here
2/Lt effective 03 Nov 1914: here
Relinquishes Comm effective 16 Oct 1919: here

WOOD, Ernest
2/Lt effective 03 Nov 1914: here
Resigns comm effective 20 Jun 1923: here


SMITH, G. Ernest
Lt, RGA (Special Reserve) apptd to serve effective 23 Oct 1919: here
Lt, RGA (Special Reserve) ceases to serve effective 06 Mar 1920: here

Apologies if I have already posted this in one of your other Wilson's School topics, but I certainly cannot find it and it struck me as very useful for your school archive.

Cheers,

Mark

[tbirduk]

On 19/08/2015 at 17:31, MBrockway said:

Many thanks johnboy!

I guess that confirms both the son and the Lambeth building firm!

brummell - any possibility that Lewis Whitehead, Jnr could be an Old Wilsonian?

hdhfg

Just to confirm that Lewis Ewart Whitehead was indeed Lewis Whitehead's eldest son born 27 August 1894, he had been to the front in 1914 with the 1/5th London and was repatriated, injured April 1915  and then transferred to his Father's battalion as 2nd Lt, promoted to Lt 9 Sep 1915 and then transferred to RFC in January 1916.
Fought with 60 Squadron but was wounded in a Dogfight 30 Jul 1916 over the Somme.
Repatriated again and was assigned to the newly formed 65 Squadron, in May 1917 he became Squadron Commander but during the squadron training he suffered 2 Crashes the first a minor one in a Bristol Scout, but following the re-equipping with Sopwith Camels he wrecked one of those August 1917 breaking his thigh.
 Passed fit again in March 1918, he joined his Squadron in France but was reported missing, presumed Killed 20 May 1918 following a Dogfight near Albert.
He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial as a Captain although he was acting  Major (not Gazetted but shown in RAF record)
Credited with 5 kills, but not all were single handed so not considered an "Ace". He was an old boy of Dulwich College and is on their memorial as well as the memorial at All Saints, Woodham (near Woking, Surrey) where his father had retired to. 

Edited 13 October , 2018 by tbirduk

[MBrockway]

Thanks tbird - most useful to have further gaps filled in.

Cheers,

Mark