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19 Jul 2024: This is somewhat surprising as he was a prominent member of the Jesus College Boat Club. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Born: Sutton, Surrey on 25 June 1895. Killed in action: 14 February 1916. The Jesus College Society Annual Report obituary for Chandler says that he was “A youth of many gifts ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First

19 Jul 2024: His late grandfather, George, had been a Fellow and Tutor of the College from 1818-1842. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us on Footer Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Intriguingly in a book of biographical notes on members of the College from 1901-1920 it says that Beckh “was said to be a poet”. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us on Footer Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Secretary in 1906. The Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Reports in 1906 and 1907 have detailed accounts of the Tennis Club’s activities. ... He left a wife and four children. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World

19 Jul 2024: Charles’s father, also Charles was naturally heartbroken at his loss. The unusual steps that he took to remember his son are detailed in an article in Lynn News. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage,

19 Jul 2024: The Historical Register of the University of Cambridge to the year 1910, p593). ... Goodwin was the College Bursar. You can e-mail us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War home page, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: In fact both Chanticlere and the Annual Reports for the years he was here were quite scathing of the college cricket team. ... an upright, clean English gentleman”. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or

19 Jul 2024: According to a newspaper report the theatre where his father was performing cancelled both the matinee and evening performances when the news came through. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find

19 Jul 2024: Unfortunately there is no other personal information on Graham-Montgomery. Although he is in The War List of the Cambridge University and is commemorated on the College memorial there is no ... You can e-mail us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to

19 Jul 2024: He volunteered for the Sportsman’s Battalion soon after the start of the War (his army number was SPT 96). ... This book may be read online via Project Gutenburg. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or

19 Jul 2024: We have a description of what Cambridge was like in these early days of the War. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: of the heavier men but considerably lighter than most in the first boat (The History of the Jesus College Boat Club, pp155-161). ... He fell in action in October 1917. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage,

19 Jul 2024: The obituary for Storrs in the Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Report 1919 hints at him being an active member of the College saying that he was “a rowing man and ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War

19 Jul 2024: Full details of the story, verified from sources in the National Archives may be found on The Great War Forum. ... Gone but never forgotten.". You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: He was a member of the Goole Territorial Company for a number of years and at the outbreak of war became a Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Light Infantry, later to be ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or

19 Jul 2024: He was also a lacrosse blue and led a revival of the sport at Jesus. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: The current world record for the long jump is 8.95m. The Snapper article gives a detailed account of the battle in which Hawkins was fatally wounded and most of his ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage,

19 Jul 2024: In the 1909-10 season it was “the inability of certain members to appear regularly, notably in the back division” (Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Report 1909, p34). ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World

19 Jul 2024: He] was instantly killed by the bursting of a shell on September 27 1916” (Jesus College Society Annual Report, 1917, p36). ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us on Footer Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Mason, like many others, was a member of the Cambridge University Officer Training Corps, and received his commission in August 1914 whereupon he joined the second battalion of the 6. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First

19 Jul 2024: Findlay obtained his commission as 2nd Lieutenant at the end of term, presumably on his 18th birthday. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: The Jesus College Lacrosse team won the intercollegiate cup in all three of the years in which was in the team. ... He went on to marry the actress Vivien Leigh. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find

19 Jul 2024: p28). Wilson was a member of the College Rifle Club and a Captain in the Officer Training Corps. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: At the conclusion of the dinner and the speeches the company adjourned to finish the evening Mr Watt’s rooms”. ... You can e-mail us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War home page, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Leary fell in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: In it, Arthur Gray recalls:. ”The Jesus cadets won the [headship of the river] not less than six times, which, with other things made these Jesus men (who could deny them ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War

19 Jul 2024: now I venture to lay pen to paper and voice the sentiment of the vast majority of men in residence. ... Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Report 1919, p. 27). You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or

19 Jul 2024: However, the dash of the forwards… brought us out victorious.” Alderson was one of those forwards. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: 1911 Blue, Belgian race, final of the Grand; 1913 in final of the Grand. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: He does not appear in The War List of the University of Cambridge 1914-18 nor is there an obituary for him in the Jesus College Society Annual Report. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us

19 Jul 2024: He was the only son of Dalrymple Maitland, the speaker of the House of Keys on the Isle of Man, from 1909-19. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: sense of the word that I have ever met” (A War Diary, p47). ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Jesus College Society Annual Report 1912, p32). His obituary in the Annual Report says that he went to the front in February 1915, took part in the Battle of Hooge in ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War

19 Jul 2024: He was a member of the Natives Club (most of whom were sportsmen) and of the Cranmer Debating Society. ... He is buried in Canada. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Jesus College in the University of Cambridge. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: There is a brief mention of his musical abilities when he took part in one of the weekly smoking concerts held during the long vacation in 1893 when he is thanked ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or

19 Jul 2024: One thing that we do know from our records is that, by the standards of the time he took a lot of exams. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Whilst here Coles (11st 5lbs) was a committed oarsman and won head of the river in Lent Bumps 1909, rowing at No 2 in the same boat that T. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: He was already a member of the college when Arthur came up, having matriculated in 1907. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: He joined the Public Schools Battalion as a Private soldier at the start of the war before being gazetted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in the summer of 1915. ... A year later he was promoted to Lieutenant. You can email us on

19 Jul 2024: Hawdon was also the Secretary of the Boat Club in the 1907-08 season. ... He died in a General Hospital at Wimereux. You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: He gained his Wings in July 1917 before going to the front in October of the same year. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: At the age of 41, Brewis was one of the older men to have been killed. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: In the Lent edition of the magazine in 1910 it is remarked that he has “improved considerably on last season’s form”. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: Beloved of the Pierides". As a rugby player he showed improvement over the years. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us onFooter Menu.

19 Jul 2024: At the latter he was one of the beneficiaries of a new asphalt tennis court which was installed, at the cost of £50, in 1909. ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us on Footer Menu.

19 Jul 2024: The officer wrote that “He has been within whispering distance of the Boche too, gathering identification discs and papers from the dead between the lines”, presumably so he could write similar ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go

19 Jul 2024: I am sure whatever design is decided on, it will only be something that will add to the beauty of the grand old College that my son had such a great ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam.ac.uk, go to our First World War homepage, or find us

19 Jul 2024: Born: Chesterfield, Derbyshire on10 October 1888. Fell in action: 9 April 1916. Armstrong is well documented in early editions of the Jesus College Society Annual Report and the student magazine Chanticlere ... You can email us on ww1-project@jesus.cam