1 J.C. Akester 1909-1914 Pupil

In Spring 1917 he undertook a training course at Crystal Palace to become a probationary Flight Officer in the RNAS. On 26 September he

took part with the RFC in the battle of Polygon Wood, when his plane was brought down by four enemy machines in the Ypres District. He

became a POW and was captive for 15 months in Germany. The school magazine in December 1918 recorded that he received the parcel

[from home], and “I little thought when I saw my first aeroplane in 1912 at Truro, than it would be another such that I would land in

behind the German lines in 1917”.

2 W.L. Andrew 1911-1914 Pupil

Joined the 29th Bt. Royal Fusiliers. By December 1916 was a private attached to 7th Royal West Kent Regiment in France. For the April

1917 school magazine he wrote: 'It is very obvious to us out here that Germany is beaten. All the prisoners we take are delighted to

become captives. Within the last few months we have been over the top several times. The worst part of all is the waiting previous to

going over. However, the Bosche never fights when you reach his trench. He is frequently waiting with his hands up’. By December 1917

he had transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was training at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a 2nd Lt and was reported missing on

13 May 1918 whilst flying over German lines. A letter was received on 8 June to say he was well and unwounded but a POW 'in one of the

prettiest parts of Germany'. In December 1918 the magazine reported that he was a Lt in the RAF and a POW '...on the coast of the Baltic,

on an island, which is rather beautiful. I had my first letter a couple of days ago. I was shot down on May 16th'.

3 J.A. Ball 1891-1892 Pupil

In July 1918 it was reported that Lance-Corporal Ball, Foreway Company, RE 'has been doing dangerous work in laying rails beyond the

point where the light engine could work, and has unfortunately been gassed'.

4 C.M. Barnes 1909-1914 Pupil

Private in the RAMC “At the commencement of the “Push” we had one lively day. Our total for the first twelve hours being just over

twelve hundred. We did work hard for a day or so. …I have met several O.B’s. The first one I met was Rowe, from Redruth, and the next

was Chaplain Hunkin, and soon after I met King”’.

5 A.J. Benjafield 1912-1913 Pupil In 1918 was appointed Assistant Paymaster, RNR and joined HMS Terrible at Portsmouth.

6 H.P. Bennett 1908-1917 Pupil Was in the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. Was a Lt in the RAF in 1918 when severly wounded while flying in France and was hospitalised.

7 J.M. Blight 1906-1911 Pupil

He was in the Royal Garrison Artillery by December 1916, and it was reported in July 1918 that he had taken a course in signalling at

Tregantle, Anthony.

8 W. Blight 1901-1904 Pupil

The school magazine reported in April 1915 he was in the Artists’ Corps and two years later was recorded as a 2nd Lieutenant in the

1/28th London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles). In July 1918 it was reported he was in London General Hospital suffering from gas and being

buried in the great offensive. He was later promoted to Lieutenant.

9 Q.H. Boutwood 1914-1917 Pupil

After leaving school was employed in aeroplane works belonging to Messrs Blon & Hewlett, in Bedfordshire, before going to France as a

mechanic in connection with the American Aviation Corps (102 Squadron)

10 A.T. Brewer 1901-1904 Pupil In 1915 he was in the motor transport section of the Army Service Corps. He died on 8 June 1916 at Grampound Road.

11 W.H. Brewer 1890-1892 Pupil Brother to HJ Brewer d.1917, and cousin to FH Brewer d.1917, father of LF Brewer who died in WW2 in 1944

12 E.J.P. Burling 1899-1906 Pupil

In July 1919 the school magazine reported that whilst in the Cambridge University OTC, he was selected for Flying in 1914, and did most of

his work in seaplanes from and in conjunction with HM ships in various theatres of war such as the North Sea, the Belgian Coast, France,

Palestine and the Indian Ocean. He has been mentioned twice in despatches, and has received three distinctions: DSC, DFC and Croix de

Guerre.

13 P. Cann 1905-1908 Pupil

Joined the UPS Fusiliers in September 1914. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917, joining the 65th Squadron as a 2nd

Lieutenant. After six months recuperation from illness he went to France in February 1918, flying patrols over the Front Line. He died on 2

April 1918, the day after the RAF was formed from the RFC and the RNAS.

14 H.W. Chegwidden 1910-1915 Pupil

In 1917 was added to roll of honour. He was in the 34th TRB. In May 1918 went to Portobello Barracks, Dublin and later crossed to France,

attached to the Royal Irish Regiment.

15 H.V. Chisholm 1914-1915 Staff

Taught English and History to the lower forms, and Geography to form V2. Joined the Durham Light Infantry in November 1915 as 2nd

lieutenant. He was stationed in Northumberland before going to France; he was wounded on 5 November 1916 at Walencourt, and spent

time in hospital in Manchester.

16 C.E. Collins 1906-1913 Pupil

Joined the OTC while at Birmingham University, and went to Woolwich Military Academy in 1915 before joining the 24th Brigade, RFA, as a

lieutenant. He was last seen on 21 March 1918 walking past the guns down into the valley which ran west from Lagricourt, and believed to

be a POW, although his death was later recorded and his name appears on the Arras Memorial.

17 V.A. Collins 1906-1914 Pupil His name was added to the school’s War Roll in 1917. He was a 2nd lieutenant in the OTC.

18 A.A. Coomb 1910-1914 Pupil

In 1915 he was working for Messrs. Bellers & Morcom, Birmingham, with 2000 men employed in munitions work. In 1918 has passed as

Engine Room Artificer in the Navy, and enrolled in RNVR, but ‘on account of doing important work in connection with mine sweepers he

does not expect to be called up till September’.

19 L.L. Dreyer 1901-1907 Pupil

A private in the 1st South African Infantry, he served in German SW Africa, Egypt and France. On 14 July 1916 during the taking of

Longueval he volunteered to carry a letter from his Captain under heavy fire, but he had not gone far when he was struck in the forehead

with an explosive bullet. He was 26.

20 G.D. Ellis 1904-1909 Staff

Taught III Form and gym, Latin and history. Gazetted captain in 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1915. Wounded in 1916 and spent

time in the Royal Free Hospital, London.

21 P. Geach 1905-1907 Pupil By July 1915 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry serving in Iraq.

22 R.S. Gill 1895-1897 Pupil

Enlisted as a private in the 8th battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Newquay. He died of wounds received in action on 6

November 1916 with the Salonika Forces. Pte Gill was offered promotion, but preferred to serve his King and Country in the ranks.

23 F.E. Gilpin 1909-1915 Pupil

Went to the Woolwich Military Academy after leaving school in 1915 and became a 2nd lieutenant in the RGA. He went to France in 1916.

In 1917 he wrote to the school ‘...our battery was mentioned in despatches for the Somme fighting, as we did some jolly good work...I am

sick of the horrible sights and the awfulness of war’. In 1922 he was with the Allied Forces of Occupation in Constantinople.

24 G.R. Gilpin 1907-1914 Pupil

Joined the army after leaving school, and left the Woolwich Academy as a sergeant in the RE. In 1915 he was gazetted lieutenant, and

went on to serve in Galipoli, Egypt and Palestine. He met RM Treloar on a couple of occasions. By 1919 he was a captain and had been

awarded the Military Cross. During WW2 he was a brigadier-general and oversaw the construction of a road between Dimapur, Imphal and

Moreh in north eastern India, which was nicknamed ‘Gilpin’s Road’.

25 R. Gilpin 1902-1908 Pupil

He joined the army after leaving school and trained at the Woolwich Academy before receiving a commission and was stationed in India

with the 83rd Siege Battery, RFA. When war broke out in 1914 he was re-stationed to Iraq with the 63rd Battery. Lieutenant Gilpin died

from wounds received while on reconnaissance duty at Ezra’s Tomb near the river Tigris, on 3 July 1915. He was the first casualty recorded

in the school magazine.

26 W.J. Gilpin 1902-1909 Pupil

In 1914 he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery, stationed in China and was promoted to Captain in the RGA after July 1915. By

July 1918 he was a Major and had been at the Front for 3 years when he was awarded the Military Cross and later received an additional

bar to the MC.

27 R.S. Gledhill 1909-1912 Pupil

By April 1915 he was a 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers (Cornwall Fortress). After the war it was reported that he was a Lieutenant

attached to 218th Field Company, Royal Engineers of the Army of Occupation.

28 A.W.M. Greenfield 1912-1915 Staff

Latin teacher. Joined RGA Plymouth in October 1915 as 2nd lieutenant. Went to France in 1916 as 2nd lieutenant with regular RGA Devon.

Was presented with Croix de Guerre by General Antoine Commander of the First French Army and promoted to lieutenant in 1917. Before

he left Truro he helped to start the school’s cadet corps.

29 W.T. Gregor 1908-1910 Pupil

Served with the 2nd Field Ambulance South African Medical Corps and served in German East Africa and Nyassaland, Central Africa. By

1923 he had resumed teaching and held a post at Krugersdrop High School. He attended some Geography lectures and was surprised to

find former classmate JH Wellington was the lecturer.

30 A.L. Harding 1903-1908 Pupil

He joined the UPS Fusiliers in 1914, and was working in the Transport Section of his Battalion in 1916 when he, crossed over to France on

14 November. He was in the trenches around La Bassee, when going by night with provisions, one of his horses got hit in the flank by a

piece of shrapnel, but luckily he escaped.

31 C.J. Hawke 1903-1906 Pupil Served with in the 36th Siege Battalion RGA.

32 G.K.B. Hay 1912-1913 Pupil

Joined the Australian Light Horse in 1914. Came to the UK in 1917 and was attached to 8/51st Regiment at Codford St Mary, Wiltshire. By

December 1918 he was with the 51st Bt. AIF, and had been wounded in France in August and was awarded the Military Cross.

33 W.B.C.C. Hitchens 1914-1917 Pupil 51st Hampshire Regiment, added to roll of honour in 1918

34 N.L. Hofland 1893-1897 Pupil In December 1914 it was reported that he was a private in the Naval Brigade.

35 C.D. Hole 1909-1917 Pupil 2nd Artists' Rifles. Added to the roll of honour in 1918.

36 J.W. Hunkin 1896-1903 Pupil

Joined army as chaplain in the Dardanelles in 1915; left Devonport 22 November with MEF, met HJ Collins (OB) on crossing out. From 1916

was acting as chaplain in France, 29th RA. Mentioned in dispatches and awarded MC for helping wounded under fire near Monchy le

Preux. He wrote that 'the roads are extraordinarily bad, and the mud wickedly tenacious and deep... Our men have had more to put up

with than at any time since the Peninsula days, but their health and cheerfulness have been simply remarkable. I have been trying to run a

small canteen as well as take services of various kinds, and go round and round the different units...' By mid 1918 was Senior Chaplain, MC

with bar and was suffering from the effects of gas. By end of war appointed Lt Col, and was appointed Dean of Gonville and Caius College,

Cambridge. Later Bishop of Truro.

37 P.D. Ingham 1894-1898 Pupil

Worked in Chile before returning home to enlist in 1914. By 1918 he was a major in the 5th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. During service on the

Western Front he was badly injured in both legs, losing the right above the knee. After the war he worked for the British Legion.

38 L.P. Ingram 1908-1916 Pupil

In 1916 he was awarded the Elliott scholarship for study at university. By April 19118 he was 2nd Lieutenant, R.E. and obtained a First Class

Instructor’s Certificate in courses for bombing and gas, and is now on his way to Egypt. In April 1919 it was reported that he had recently

been stationed at Beyrout as Water officer in that area. 'Beyrout itself is very uninteresting – it is a typical Eastern town with dirty narrow

streets. Everywhere there are signs of Turkish rule – or rather misrule. When we arrived the poorer classes were in an awful condition –

starving and in rags. The conditions have been greatly improved since the arrival of the British troops. …I met George Gilpin and had a chat

about the old times’.

39 J.P. James 1910-1912 Pupil

He was a tunneller in the 6th Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry when he was killed during his first tour of duty on 26 October

1916 while at a listening post in a mine shaft. He was buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamp, Somme. He was 19.

40 W.A. Jennings 1906-1912 Pupil

In July 1915 he was with the 24th Bt. Royal Fusiliers. By 1917 it was reported he was on active service and now in a training Cadet

battalion. In 1917 he was returning to the Front in France when he met WJ Gilpin and JC Annear. By December 1918 he had been

promoted to captain and awarded the Military Cross.

41 F.W. Kendall 1891-1900 Pupil The school magazine in July 1915 recorded that he had joined the Kolar Gold Fields Volunteers.

42 J.P. King 1908-1911 Pupil

In 1915 was with the 18th City Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment before joining the 21st Officers’ Cadet Battalion in 1917. In March

1918, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 19th King’s Liverpool, he was wounded and reported missing but later it was learned that he was a POW

in Germany and was ‘well and happy’.

43 J. Lamb 1905-1910 Staff Taught Form IV and shorthand. By April 1916 was 2nd Lt in 11th West Riding Regiment.

44 J.L. Lawry 1888-1893 Pupil

Medical doctor. Lt in the RAMC. Spoke to pupils about the Red Cross, No. 6 Base Hospital, Le Havre. For 3 years was a surgeon specialist

and was in charge of a large hospital at Ypres. Later surgeon at Newquay Hospital.

45 A. Lugg 1906-1909 Pupil

Joined the 4th DCLI as a private, promoted to corporal in 1915. Appointed to the staff of the Adjutant-General's Dept. at Army HQ, Simla,

India. Returned to UK in 1920, and was appointed secretary of the Truro and Falmouth district, Cornwall War Pensions Committee.

46 E.H. Maltby 1893-1897 Pupil

By April 1916 he had worked for Messrs. Vicker, Maxim and Co. for over 10 years and was in charge of a department in the gun drawing

office responsible for all designs of sights and sighting mechanisms on Naval Mountings.

47 G. W. Manners 1912-1914 Pupil

By December 1915 he was a private in the 26th Service Battalion Royal Fusiliers. A year later it was reported he was wounded in France,

and taken to hospital in Birmingham. Later on visited TC. In July it was reported he was wounded in recent fighting near Gavrelle and

Greenland Hill, and in May was in hospital in Sheffield.

48 W. Manners 1908-1910 Pupil

Was with the 31st Bt, Royal Fusiliers in 1916 but by July 1917 was a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion Worcester Regiment, and received a

commission by April 1918 when he was stationed with the regiment at Cosham.

49 T. Manuell 1902-1906 Pupil

Soon after the outbreak of war it was reported that he was a private in the Witwaterand Rifles, Johannesburg. In July 1919 the school

magazine reported that he had returned to the Transvaal Gold Mining Estate after nearly 4 years in German East Africa and still suffered

from Malarial fever.

50 A.P. Marshall 1911-1917 Pupil Went from school into Royal Navy as an officer on HMS Barham, protecting the Mercantile Marine. Later a QC and knighted.

51 J. Martin 1895-1897 Pupil

Joined the 28th Canadian Regiment in 1914, and later became a lance-corporal. On 15 September 1916 he was wounded while serving in

France, and transported back to the Second Northern General Hospital in Leeds where he died on Sunday 1 October 1916, following

complications after a leg amputation, aged 36. He was buried in Penzance Cemetery with full military honours.

52 V.J. Martin 1904-1907 Pupil

A 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion DCLI in 1914 he received a commission from Regular Indian Army in 1917. By the end of 1918 he had

been promoted to Captain in the 3/23 Sikh Regiment and was stationed in Jullandar, India.

53 H. Martyn 1883-1885 Pupil In 1914 joined the Yeomanry as a private. By December 1915 he was a lieutenant in the National Reserve and promoted to captain.

54 J.B.H. Mawer 1904-1909 Pupil

Trained as a teacher before joining the East Lincolnshire Regiment. By 1918 he had been promoted to Sergeant in 52nd Battalion Liverpool

Regiment, as an instructor at Lowestoft.

55 J.H. Mayston 1895-1900 Pupil

An army Captain he went to France in January 1917, and returned wounded in August 1917, but was ‘not permanently damaged’ and

expecting to return to France soon to take up Hospital work in the RAMC. He was in practice in London prior to enlisting.

56 H.A. Millard 1910-1913 Pupil

A corporal in the 186th Company, Royal Engineers, he died during a gas attack when his breathing apparatus malfunctioned, and he tried

to save others from the same fate. He was buried at Cambrin, France. He was 19.

57 W.J. Moyle 1905-1907 Pupil He was a despatch rider in 1916 and it was later reported that he was a Corporal in the 4th Cavalry Division.

58 H.M. Nicholls 1896-1903 Pupil

Returned from Chile 1916 and enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Fusiliers. Gained a commission on 11 November 1916 as a 2nd Lieutenant

in the Royal Artillery. He served in France in 1917. On the death of his father he obtained a 6 month leave to go back to Chile on business.

On his return in 1918 to Salisbury Plain for training and caught influenza. The illness was complicated by pneumonia and he died on 8

November 1918 in Suffolk Hall Hospital, Cheltenham.

59 T.J. Olver 1911-1912 Pupil After leaving school he worked in mining in South Africa. In 1916 he was with forces in German East Africa.

60 J. Paynter 1897-1901 Pupil

After leaving school went to the Camborne School of Mines before working in Rhodesia. ‘He gave up his position as mining engineer in

South Africa to come home and volunteer and had been at the Front for 10 days’ when 2nd Lieutenant Paynter, 174th Tunnelling

Company, Royal Engineers was killed in action on 8 October 1915, aged 30. He was buried in Point 110 Old Military Cemetery, Fricourt,

Somme. The 174th Tunnelling Company’s war diary for 8 October 1915 recorded:

Fricourt left side – enemy exploded camouflet opposite G18 wrecking about the last 30’ of the gallery. 2nd Lt N.G. Isherwood, 2nd Lt J

Paynter and No. 102569 Sapper J Burns who were listening at the face were killed. Gallery being opened up Captain T.M. Lowry [also TC

OB] DCLI attached 174th Co. RE distinguished himself in attempted rescue work.

61 H.T. Pearson 1897-1901 Pupil Was appointed Junior Attendant, Sick Berth Reserve (SBR) in connection with the Naval Hospital, Truro.

62 J.K. Peel 1907-1912 Pupil In 1916 he was a chaplain at Bovington Camp, Wool, Dorset. Also in the camp were OBs E.H. Pryor, J.P. James and F.G. Pryor.

63 H.C. Penrose 1910-1917 Pupil

By 1917 was a private in the Queen's West Rifles. In April 1919 it was reported that he was 2nd Lt with the Northumberland Fusiliers in

Cologne.

64 H.S. Prideaux 1897-1901 Pupil

By December 1915 he was a 2nd Lieutenant, in the 3rd DCLI. In July 1917 it was reported that he had been in hospital in France, but was

now in a convalescing hospital in London. By December 1918 he was a Lieutenant and recently married.

65 T.Pryor 1898-1902 Pupil

2nd Lt , QVO 2nd Sappers and Miners in 1914, in Oorguam, Southern India. In 1915 he was on active service on NW frontier, India. In

December 1915 he went to a sapper company in Egypt and in May 1916 was transferred to Works, Mesopotamia, engaged in

administrative work. Was awarded DSO. By 1918 promoted to captain.

66 L.C. Rice 1902-1908 Pupil

Was a 2nd Lt in 6th Loyal Lancers in 1914. By mid 1916 promoted to captain in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and was wounded

while fighting in Mesopotamia. Severly wounded in France in 1918. Also at Galipoli.

67 H.C. Rickard 1910-1913 Pupil

A corporal in the 1st/5th Seaforth Highlanders, he was admitted to hospital in 1917 after a gas attack. Not long after his return to the Front

Line he died in another gas attack on 26 August 1918. Vinter later recalled how eager he was to join the Army and to take his part in this

great struggle and his brother Rene said: “I could hardly make myself believe that I was looking at the grave of my beloved brother whom I

last saw marching so bravely over the cobbled street of a village in France, on his first trip to the line, when he smiled at me and marched

bravely on”.

68 R.E. Rickard 1908-1911 Pupil

In July 1917 it was reported that he had been engaged in mining for the last 3 years but recently joined the Canadian Engineers and was in

camp in England. Name was added to the roll of honour.

69 C.R. Ridgill 1888-1892 Pupil

A manager of general stores after leaving school, he joined the Namaqualand Border Scouts during the 1899-1902 war in South Africa, and

rose through the ranks to RSM before being appointed a lieutenant. After war broke out in 1914 he joined A Company of 1st Regiment of

South African Infantry as a private. He served with the South African Contingent in German East Africa in 1915. He died on 18 October

1918 from pneumonia aged 42 and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.

70 W. Rowe 1886-1892 Pupil

In 1895 he was at the Naval Engineering School, Keyham, and in 1897 at the Naval College, Greenwich. In 1903 he was slightly injured in a

boiler explosion on HMS Blake, off Madeira. In April 1919 the school magazine reported that he was an Engineer-Commander and had

been awarded a DSO for patrol boat work.

71 R.M. Rowse 1895-1897 Pupil

The school magazine in April 1917 reported that he was a private in the Inns of Court OTC. By April 1919 he was a 2nd Lieutenant and was

in business in connection with the East Acton Brick Works at Southall.

72 H.A. Seymour 1906-1911 Pupil

Private in the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, and later promoted to lance-corporal, he went missing in France on 14 April 1917 and it was later

reported that he died four days after his capture, on 19 April. Not long before he had been offered a battlefield commission but had

refused it.

73 J.S.H. Shafto 1897-1900 Pupil

He was in India when war broke out and joined a Sportsmen’s Battalion as a private. He was selected for a commission and joined the 8th

East Kent Regiment. He was awarded the MC for attempting to rescue one of his men blown out of his trench, and promoted to Captain

not long before he died from a sniper bullet through the lung on 12 August 1916. He was buried in Bray Military Cemetery, Somme.

74 F.L. Stephens 1898-1900 Pupil

The school magazine in April 1915 briefly reported he had joined the Canadian Cavalry, and in July 1916 that he was in the Canadian

Mounted Rifles, has been wounded in the arm by shrapnel and was in hospital at Epsom.

75 R.H. Stephens 1900-1905 Pupil

Served with the Royal Garrison Artillery, by April 1917 he was lieutenant attached to No 4 Mobile AA battery. ‘He took some part in the

destruction of a Zeppelin on the night of Nov. 27th 1916’. He later served in Egypt and Palestine and was promoted to captain.

76 G. Stratford 1908-1913 Pupil

Was in the 20th Service Bt. RF in July 1915. He went to France in November 1915. By April 1917 was gazetted to 3rd Argyll and Sutherland

Highlanders (Regulars) as a 2nd Lt. He was wounded in France in March 1917 and went through the battle of the Somme. He was again

wounded in France on April 8th, 1918

77 J.C. Sunderland 1912-1913 Staff

Taught Science to Form II, Woodwork to forms I-IV and Maths. He also taught Chemistry for 2 hours a week at the Truro Central Technical

Schools. He left in 1915 to teach in Guisely and Yeadon Secondary School in Yorkshire. In 1916 his name was added to the school roll,

when he joined the 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment as a corporal.

78 F.H. Thomas 1896-1900 Pupil

A mining engineer from St Just, who worked in South Africa and the Gold Coast, before joining the Gold Coast Volunteers. He received a

commission 175th Tunnelling Company of the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant in September 1915 before leaving for France. He died

on 1 October 1915 and was buried in Larch Wood Cemetery, Leper, Belgium. He met John Paynter in Rouen and both died within a

fortnight.

79 J.C. Tregea 1907-1913 Pupil

In 1917 he completed training in a Cadet Battalion at Fermoy and received a commission. He was then attached to the Durham Light

Infantry, South Shields. In 1918 he was wounded in the great offensive, but not serious; this was his 2nd time wounded and made a fair

recovery, before returning to South Shields to join his regiment.

80 W.H. Tregea 1906-1911 Pupil

In 1916 he was working in engineering in Mendoza, in the Argentine. He joined the OCB by April 1918 in connection with the RE Newark.

By July he had received a commission and went to RE Chatham for a special course in bridge construction. In December 1919 he was a

Captain in the RE and was in the Army of Occupation near the Black Sea.

81 J.B. Tregenza 1908-1912 Pupil

Served in the RAMC. By December 1916 was in Egypt, and visited Alexandria and many places of interest near Cairo. He acted as pianist to

a Welsh Male Voice Choir, who give entertainments in various camps. “My work consists in carrying out the duties of Sanitary Police. We

have to wearthe badge of the Military Police, and make daily inspections of the camp to ensure that it is kept in a sanitary condition. We

often supervise native labour, which is employed to a large extent in the Army for road making and general constructional work in camp”’.

In July 1917 it was reported that he was engaged in Egypt in making the round of various well stations and in the testing of impurities and

sterilisation of water prior to its distribution. “I well remember the splendid sunsets which we used to watch from the College eminence at

Truro, but never have I witnessed any colouring effects to approach in beauty the gorgeous brilliance of an Egyptian sunset”’.

82 W.A. Tregenza 1906-1911 Pupil

He left university in 1915 before joining Kent College as an assistant master. He then joined the Inns of Court OTC and his name was added

to roll of honour in 1917.

83 R.M. Treloar 1903-1907 Pupil

In December 1916 he was with 64th Bangalore Company, India, stationed in Egypt. By the following July he was with the 1st Battalion,

23rd Sikh Pioneers, recently promoted to Captain.

84 T.P. Treloar 1906-1909 Pupil

A lance-corporal in the 4th DCLI, in December 1916 it was reported he was recovering in hospital from pneumonia. He went out to France

in February 1917 and was transferred to the Photo Section of the RFC. While in France he met G. Motley and S.H. Whitford from S. Africa.

He was buried in the trenches and had to go for a time to a Base Hospital.

85 R. Tremain 1901-1903 Pupil In July 1915 it was reported that he was a corporal in the 15th Bt Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

86 W. Trounson 1900-1903 Pupil The school magazine reported in December 1916 that he was a Lieutenant in the 2nd DCLI stationed in India.

87 A.E.T.H. Varcoe 1894-1898 Pupil Originally from Roche, he died in London on 5 September 1915 aged 34 years as the result of a Zepplin raid on 16 August 1915.

88 G.L. Venning 1902-1904 Pupil In July 1918 it was reported that he had been granted a commission in the Army as a Dental Surgeon with the rank of Lieutenant.

89 H.W. Vinter 1883-1921 Staff

Headmaster of Truro School during WW1. Captain of the school's cadet corps; A.P. Marshall recalled that 'when the cadet corps was

formed for the first time he [Vinter] assumed the rank of Captain, and donned a khaki uniform but it was a little ridiculous because his

martial qualities were nil…’ During the war years Vinter and Mrs Opie wrote hundreds of letters to former pupils in the Services, and

received many responses which were published in the school magazines.

90 R.M. Watson 1897-1900 Pupil

In December 1917 he was a Driver, AIF, and had arrived in Egypt about 4 months previously ‘to take his part in the big adventure’. He

wrote ‘when I took my discharge in South Africa I thought I had finished with war and all its horrors, but here I am once more in khaki’.

After the war he returned to Australia.

91 J.H. Way 1904-1907 Pupil

He was Assistant Paymaster RN, HMS Leviathan, and was stationed at Aden from 1917 to 1918, where he was appointed Resident Naval

Officer.

92 F.D. Wellington 1908-1911 Pupil In 1914 he was a private in the 6th Battalion 2nd Brigade Canadian Contingent and was later promoted to corporal.

93 J.H. Wellington 1903-1911 Pupil

In 1915 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. In 1917 when attached to the 26th KOYLI, he was

awarded the Military Cross for action on 29th May 1917, nr. Bullecourt, for gallantry and courage while on night patrol. After coming

under attack his patrol scattered the enemy, unable to follow it up due to conditions but led his patrol safely back under considerable

shelling. In 1918 he was awarded a bar to his MC. Later taken to hospital in Rouen after being wounded.

94 S.H. Whitford 1904-1910 Pupil

Joined the Witwatersrand Rifles in 1914 as a private and served in the German West Africa campaign. In 1916 he applied for overseas

service and went to France before going to Cambridge for officer training. He returned to France in January 1918 as 2nd lieutenant with

the 3rd South African Infantry. He died from wounds received on 21 March 1918, aged 24.

95 A.S. Whitworth 1906-1908 Pupil

In 1914 he joined the 10th Bt. Glos. Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant. By December 1915 he had been promoted to Captain. In April 1918 it

was reported that he was the Musketry Officer of the 53rd Rifle Brigade, at Northampton since November 1917.

96 H.C. Whitworth 1906-1911 Pupil

He joined the University Public School Corps in September 1914 and later served with the 7th Somerset Light Infantry when he was

wounded in France in 1916. In 1918 he was reported missing on 23 March while leading a company of men in heavy fighting and it was

later confirmed he had died on 26 March.

97 D. Wickett 1907-1915 Pupil In 1915 he was apprenticed to Holman Bros. Engineers, Camborne in the drawing office and received a War Service Badge.

98 B. Williams 1906-1908 Pupil

In 1915 he was a corporal in the RE Chemical Dept. The following year he was granted a commission in RGA, and was stationed at Topsham

Barracks, Exeter. After the war he became the School’s bursar.

99 G. Williams 1906-1908 Pupil

He was in the Special Brigade, Royal Engineers in France where he was wounded in the Great Offensive in 1916, and sent to base. He later

gained a commission in the RGA and was wounded on two further occasions. After the war he became a dentist. He died in 1923.

100 F.J. Yeo 1908-1912 Pupil

In 1916 in 5th Bt DCLI and promoted to Lance-Corporal. By December 1917 was a corproral and instructor in musketry on Salisbury Plain.

Was in hospital for a while from a sprained ankle from a football accident. In 1918 he left for France on 26 March, was taken prisoner on

10 April and returned to England in December 1918.