West Downs School, Winchester — War Memorial
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here Am I, Send Me.” Isaiah chapter 6, verse 8.
Robert David Ackers; Born 1923; Joined 1931; died 1944; Occagne (CUI) Churchyard; Flying Officer (Pilot) 152010 183 Sqdn RAFVR; 18/08/1944
Frederick Eden Allhusen, MC; Born 1917; Joined 1925; died 1941; 17/06/1941; Stoke Poges (St Giles) churchyard; Captain 71856 RAC 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars; MC
Flying Officer James Francis Banister, RAFVR; Born 1920; Joined 1928; Left 1933; died 1944; Shot down over East Anglia; Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard; Flying Officer (Pilot) 49769, RAF, 21/04/1944
Lt. Peter Charles McConnel Banister, DSC, Croix-de-Guerre, RN; Born 1918; Joined 1925; Left 1931; died 1941; DSC; Mentioned in Despatches; Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 45 Column 1; Lieut RN. HM Sub Umpire, 20/07/1941
Francis Barchard; Born 1903; Joined 1912; died 1941; Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 45, Column 1; Lieut-Cdr, Royal Navy, HMS Barham, 25/11/1941
Lt. Cdr. Charles Richard Barnett, RN; Born 1901; Joined 1910; died 1941; Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44 column 2; Lt. Cdr. Royal Navy, HMS Gloucester, 22/05/1941
J.F.C. Batten; Joined 1897; No inf
Lord Hugh Tristram de La Poer Beresford; Born 1909; Joined 1917; died 1941; El Alamein War Cemetery, Grave XVII. E. 3.; Lieutenant-Commander R.N., 23/05/1941
Algernon Haden Blacklock; Born 1894; Joined 1903; died 1914; Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Nord Pas de Calais; 2nd Lieut, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 21/10/1914
Hon Evelyn Frederick Vere Boscawen; Born 1917; Joined 1925; died 1940; Pecq Communal Cemetery, Row E Grave 3; Lieutenant 67792, 2nd Bn, Coldstream Guards, 20/05/1940
Anthony Harvey Bowman; Born 1892; Joined 1900; died 1916; Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Pas de Calais; 2nd Lieut, Royal Field Artillery, 20/05/1916
Gerald Henry Broadhurst; Born 1893; Joined 1901; died 1915; Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial West Flanders, Belgium; Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 08/04/1915
A.C. Burnell; Born 1895; Joined 1903; died 1916; Rue-du-Bois-Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Nord-Pas de Calais; Grave I.B.25; Captain, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, 18/03/1916
Hugh Godfrey de L'Isle Bush, MC; Born 1893; Joined 1901; died 1917; Eastington (St Michael and All Angels) Churchyard; Lieut, Gloucester Regiment, 17/01/1917, MC
John Buxton Pelham 8th Earl of Chichester; Born 1912; Joined 1921; died 1944; Stanmer Churchyard, Stanmer, East Sussex; Captain 165042, Scots Guards; Road accident 21/02/1944
Hon. R.F.C. Chichester; Born 1890; Joined 1899; died 1916; Portsmouth Naval Memorial; Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 31/05/1916
Gilbert Richard Gregory Child; Born 1897; Joined 1905; died 1915; Le Touret Memorial, panels 20 and 21; 2nd Lieut, 2nd Bn Royal Sussex Regt; 09/05/1915
Herbert Anthony Amyas Clogstoun; Born 1921; Joined 1929; died 1942; Chatham Naval Memorial 51.1; Lieut RN; HMS Veteran; 26/09/1942; Mentioned in Despatches
Thomas Probyn Cokayne; Born 1920; Joined 1929; died 1943; Bolsena War Cemetery, I.H.1; Lieut 172445 70 Field Regt Royal Artillery; 06/10/1943
Hugh Christopher Corbett; Born 1918; Joined 1927; died 1940; Schoorl General Cemetery, Joint Grave 228; Flying Officer 72466, RAFVR, 04/08/1940
Henry Perceval Coode Cotton; Born 1899; Joined 1908; died 1916; Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery; Midshipman, RN, HMS Malaya, Jutland, 31/05/1916
Clement Cottrell-Dormer; Born 1891; Joined 1901; died 1914; Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 11; Lieutenant, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, 26/10/1914
Charles Melville Cottrell-Dormer; Born 1893; Joined 1901; died 1915; Bethune Town Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais; Lieutenant Coldstream Guards, DSO, 08/02/1915
Nigel John Crossley; Born 1904; Joined 1913; died 1939; Shotley (St Mary) Churchyard, Sec O, Grave 14; Lieut-Commander, RN, HMS Gipsy, 27/11/1939
Air Commodore Desmond Herlouin de Burgh, AFC, RAF; Born 1898; Joined 1906; died 1943; Alamein Memorial, column 267; Air Commodore RAF, 17/01/1943
Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien-Smith; Born 1910; Joined 1919; died 1942; Lapugnoy Military Cemetery 12.A.10; Captain 44981, 15th/19th Kings Royal Hussars, 20/05/1940
B.P.U. Duff; Joined 1901; No inf
George Frederick Farmiloe; Born 1890; Joined 1898; died 1917; Mory Abbey Military Cemetery; 2nd Lieut, Honourable Artillery Company, 26/06/1917
John Ernest Fass; Born 1911; Joined 1919; died 1944; St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, III.F.9; Lt-Col 49851, Welsh Guards, 30/06/1944
George Rupert Alexander Fetherstonehaugh; Born 1894; Joined 1902; died 1914; Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France; 2nd Lieut, 4th Bn Royal Fusiliers, 25-27/10/1914
Richard Collingwood Fetherstonehaugh; Born 1893; Joined 1902; died 1915; Ryde Cemetery, Isle of Wight; Lt, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 14/05/1915
Christopher Gilbert Ford; Born 1911; Joined 1919; died 1944; Anzio War Cemetery (Lazio Region) Italy; Major, Grenadier Guards 28/01/1944
Victor James Somerset French; Born 1899; Joined 1907; died 1918; Carnieres Communal Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais; 2nd Lieutenant Irish Guards, 10/10/1918
Ivo Clifton Gascoigne; Born 1899; Joined 1906; died 1918; Saint Hilaire Cemetery, Frevent, France; Lieut, Grenadier Guards, 12/04/1918
Hon Vicary Paul Gibbs; Born 1921; Joined 1930; died 1944; Jonkerbos War Cemetery 22.G.4; Captain 92816, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, 20/09/1944
John Ronald Gillespie; Born 1924; Joined 1932; died 1944; Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Spec Memorial, 31.D.1; Pilot Officer 182168, 78 Sqn RAFVR, 07/10/1944
Richard Craven Grant; Born 1895; Joined 1904; died 1918; Arras Flying Services Memorial (Bourgogne Region); Captain, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 3rd Bn, 02/09/1918
Hon. Bruce David Grimston; Born 1916; Joined 1925; died 1944; Runnymede Memorial, Panel 202; Flight Lt 80850, 524 Sqn RAFVR, 13/07/1944
Pierce Thomas de La Garde Grissell; Born 1924; Joined 1933; died 1942; Sunk by U-172; Midshipman RN, ex-HMS Dragon, passenger Orcades 10/10/1942
R.F. Grissell; Born 1929; Joined 1937; Left 1941; died 1944; No inf
Robert Prothero Hankinson; Born 1891; Joined 1900; died 1917; Amara War Cemetery, Maysan Governorate, Iraq; Indian Army Reserve of Officers; 2nd Lieut, 56th Punjabi Rifles, 23/02/1917
Alexander Bruce Hargreaves Brown; Born 1918; Joined 1927; died 1944; Died 04/10/1944; Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, II.C.1; Lieut 4979168, Scots Guards, 49th Regt Reconnaissance Corps
John Michael Hargreaves; Born 1923; Joined 1931; died 1944; Anzio War Cemetery, IV.A.3; Lieutenant 186891, 5th Bn Grenadier Guards, 25/01/1944
Michael Heaton-Ellis; Born 1899; Joined 1907; died 1919; Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, London; Sub-Lt, RN, 24/01/1919
John Hichens; Born 1922; Joined 1930; died 1944; Ryes War Cemy, Bazenville, Basse-Normandie, France, VII.E.9b; Captain 174589, 190 Field Regt, Royal Artillery, 11/07/1944
Charles Morgan Hoare; Born 1893; Joined 1902; died 1914; La-Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial (CWCG) Ile-de-France; Lieut, 15th (The King's Hussars), 24/08/1914
Keith Peter Hoare; Born 1921; Joined 1929; died 1943; Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, II.G.5; Captain 128786, 44th Royal Tank Regt, 10/07/1943
Geoffrey Robert Holland-Martin; Born 1900; Joined 1908; died 1918; On board in Hall as G.R. Martin-Holland; Pozieres Memorial (Picardie Region) France; 2nd Lieut, 16th Lancers, 26/03/1918 (see Overbury, Worcs)
Colin Barclay Leechman; Born 1889; Joined 1897; died 1914; La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial; Lieut, 3rd Kings Own Hussars, 24/09/1914
Colin Guy Alexander Leechman; Born 1925; Joined 1933; died 1942; Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, 11.e.22; 2nd Lt 189905, 11 HAC Regt Royal Horse Artillery, 06/06/1942
Peter Noel Loxley; Born 1906; Joined 1914; died 1945; Civilian: air crash at sea; The 1st WD Eton KS; killed en route for Yalta, 01/02/1945
Lt. Col. Ivan Lyon, DSO, MBE; Born 1915; Joined 1924; died 1944; Kranji War Cemetery, 27.A.14; Lt.Col. 66175, Attd Z Spcl Unit, Gordon H'landers, 16/10/1944
Major Charles Angus Macdonald; Born 1913; Joined 1922; died 1942; Singapore Memorial, Column 79; Major 56135, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 02/03/1942
Christopher Mackeson; Born 1898; Joined 1907; died 1917; Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium; 2nd Lieut (and Adjutant), Rifle Brigade, 16/08/1917
Geoffrey Ernest Makins; Born 1916; Joined 1924; died 1944; Rotherfield Greys Churchyard; Major 72510 1st Royal Dragoons Royal Arm'red Corps 04/09/1944
George Stephen Manuel; Born 1922; Joined 1930; died 1944; Died 18/04/1944. Taukkyan War Cemetery 6.a.23; Lieut, 228382, attd 12th Bn Nigeria Regt RWAFF, Roy Nflk Regt
John Marden; Born 1919; Joined 1927; died 1942; Died 30/05/1942; Knightsbridge War Cemetery Acroma, 10.H/10; Lieut 77588, 9th Queens Royal Lancers Royal Armoured Corps
Evelyn John Bentinck Martin; Born 1915; Joined 1923; died 1941; Llanbeblig Public Cemetery, Grave 2121; Flight Lt (Pilot Instr) 78845 RAFVR, 10/10/1941
Justin Morell McKenna; Born 1896; Joined 1905; died 1917; Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XVI.F.20; Lieut, RFC & KRRC, 02/10/1917
Charles Thomas Milnes Gaskell; Born 1908; Joined 1916; died 1943; Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Coll grave 5.A.1-8; Lt. Col., Coldstream Guards, 05/11/1943
Hugh Moger Moger; Born 1924; Joined 1932; died 1945; Ranchi War Cemetery, West Bengal State, India; Captain EC/1315, 4th Bn 15th Punjab Regt. 09/05/1945
Hon. Cecil Richard Molyneux; Born 1900; Joined 1908; died 1916; Stained gl window St Helens Ch, Lunt Rd, Sefton, Merseyside; Midshipman, RN, HMS Lion, Jutland, 31/05/1916
Hon. William Drogo Sturges Montagu; Born 1909; Joined 1917; died 1940; Brampton (St Mary Magdalene) Churchyard, Family vault (ashes); Flying Officer 91111, RAF, 26/01/1940
Marmaduke Robert Hood Morley; Born 1895; Joined 1903; died 1916; Blighty Valley Cemetery, Picardie Region, France; Lieutenant, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 01/07/1916
Clyde Anthony Leeds Morse; Born 1919; Joined 1928; died 1939; Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 33, Column 1; Sub-Lieutenant, RN, HMS Exeter, 13/12/1939
Walter Robert Morton; Born 1893; Joined 1901; died 1918; Trois Arbres Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais; Rifleman, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 13/04/1918
Cdr. Trevelyan Michael Napier, DSC, RN; Born 1901; Joined 1910; died 1940; Sedgehill (St Katherine) Churchyard, sth wall of church tower; Commander, Royal Navy, HMS Jackal, 30/08/1940
Michael Pierce O'Brien; Born 1924; Joined 1932; died 1944; Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 93 col 1; Sub Lt RN, HMS Blackwood, 15/06/1944
Hon. Brian Arthur O'Neill; Born 1911; Joined 1920; died 1943; Remembered at Brookwood Memorial; Captain 49895, 1st Bn Irish Guards, Norway, 14/05/1940
Shane Edward Robert O'Neill; Born 1907; Joined 1915; died 1944; Coriano Ridge War Cemetery XVII.A.1; Lt.Col. 36738 Nth Irish Horse (Royl Arm'red Corps) 24/10/1944
David Francis Woodbine Parish; Born 1915; Joined 1923; died 1942; Malta Memorial, Panel 3, Column 1; Pilot Officer 105172, RAFVR, 11/02/1942
John Neville Woodbine Parish; Born 1921; Joined 1929; died 1941; Hawarden (St Deiniol) Churchyard, west part; Sub Lt (A). HMS Heron RNVR, 17/05/1941
Philip Francis Payne-Gallwey; Born 1893; Joined 1903; died 1914; West Flanders (West Flanderen) Province Belgium; Lieut, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, 30/10/1914
Alan Phipps; Born 1916; Joined 1924; died 1943; Leros War Cemetery, Grave 3 C 4; Lieutenant, RN, HMS Faulknor, 16/11/1943
Gerald Wellesley Pigott; Born 1897; Joined 1905; died 1915; Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais Region; 2nd Lieut, Royal Field Artillery, 14/05/1915
Lawrence Lee Pyman; Born 1917; Joined 1925; died 1940; Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot Q, Grave 18; Pilot Officer 72586, 65 Sqdn RAFVR, 16/08/1940
Peter Patrick Raikes; Born 1916; Joined 1924; died 1941; Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery; Captain 62333, Royal Engineers, 25/09/1940
Richard Anthony Raikes; Born 1911; Joined 1919; died 1940; Dunkirk Memorial, Column 118; 2nd Lieut 76453, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 26/05/1940
John Rankin Rathbone, MP; Born 1910; Joined 1918; died 1940; Schoonselhof Cemetery, II.H.30; Flight Lt, 72451, 82 Sqn RAFVR, 10/12/1940
Heber Reynell-Pack; Born 1917; Joined 1925; died 1940; Dunkirk Memorial, Column 31; Lieutenant 71090, 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards, 21/05/1940
George Dick Kendall Richards, DSO, DSC, RN; Born 1918; Joined 1927; died 1943; Chatham Naval Memorial 67, 3; Lieutenant 110, Royal Navy, 29/05/1943
Sub-Lt. M.N. Savege, RN; Born 1934; Joined 1943; died 1952; Sub-Lt, Royal Navy
Frank Reginald Seely; Born 1897; Joined 1905; died 1917; Haute Avesnes British Cemetery, France; 2nd Lieut, Hampshire Regiment, 13/04/1917
William Selby-Lowndes; Born 1898; Joined 1906; died 1940; Died 30/05/1940; Whaddon (St Mary) Churchyard; Major 9397 Royal Arm'red Corps, 15/19th King's Royal Hussars
David Barclay Sinclair; Born 1923; Joined 1931; died 1942; El Alamein War Cemetery 51st (15th Bn Highland Lt Infy) Regt; Lieutenant 197064, Reconnaissance Corps, 27/10/1942
Martin Ashworth Somerville; Born 1899; Joined 1908; died 1918; Ramleh War Cemetery, Tel Aviv District, Israel; 2nd Lt, Rifle Brigade, London Regt, 1/10 Batt, 21/09/1918
Rear Admiral Ernest John Spooner, DSO, RN; Joined 1898; died 1942; Commanding Officer Singapore when it fell to the Japanese; Died on the island of Chibia about 28/02/1942
Henry James Stephenson; Born 1921; Joined 1930; died 1943; Mark Beech (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Hever; Flight Lieut 134463, RAFVR, 17/12/1943
Hugh Oswald Douglas Stowell; Born 1888; Joined 1900; died 1917; Cagnicourt British Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France; Lance Corporal 17426, Middlesex Regiment, 12/05/1917
F.W. Strange; Born 1892; Joined 1900; died 1916; Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Marnetz, Picardie, V.R.5; Private 10400, Machine Gun Corps, 27/07/1916
Norman Joseph Macdonald Teacher, DSO, RN; Born 1915; Joined 1923; died 1943; Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 72, Column 3; Lt-Cdr, Royal Navy, HMCS Quebec, 28/02/1943
Hon. Edward Wyndham (Bim) Tennant; Born 1899; Joined 1907; died 1916; Guillemont Road Cemetery, Picardie Region; 4th Bn Grenadier Guards, 22/09/1916
George Christopher Serocold Tennant; Born 1898; Joined 1906; died 1917; The subject of the book "Christopher"; Canada Farm Cemetery, (West Flanders), Belgium; 2nd Lieut, Welsh Guards, 13/09/1917
John Everard Tyldesley Jones; Born 1919; died 1944; Anzio War Cemetery IV.H.12; Major 121343, 1st Bn Scots Guards; 27/01/1944
Adrian John Bates Van de Weyer; Born 1920; Joined 1928; died 1942; Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot K Grave 2; 2nd Lt 89505, The Rifle Brigade, 26/05/1940
M.K. Vickers; Born 1921; Joined 1929; Left 1934; No inf
Edward Jeffery Watson Smyth; Born 1897; Joined 1906; died 1918; Mory Street Military Cemetery, St. Leger, A.8; Captain, Coldstream Guards, 27/08/1918
Lt.Cdr. James Christian Victor Keiro Watson, (A) RNVR; Born 1905; Joined 1912; died 1944; 02/01/1944; Hinstock Church Burial Ground Row 27 Grave 1; Lt.Cdr. (A) RNVR; Flying Instructor HMS Godwit, Shropshire
Richard Evelyn Westmacott; Born 1915; Joined 1923; died 1940; Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 37, Column 1; Lieutenant, RN, HMS Cyclops, 15/05/1940
Martin Stuart Willan; Born 1919; Joined 1927; died 1940; Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot L, Grave 17; 2nd Lieutenant 104269, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 25/05/1940
John Morton Montagu Wood; Born 1923; Joined 1930; died 1945; Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 5.B.6; Captain, 210522, Royal Artillery; 01/03/1945
Harold Lindsay Cathcart Woolley; Born 1919; Joined 1927; died 1942; Massicault War Cemetery III.L.7; Flying Officer 89816, 152 Sqdn RAFVR; 02/12/1942
Charles Alexander Wynne-Jones; Born 1918; Joined 1926; died 1941; Alamein Memorial Column 65; Lieut 73168; 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps; 07/04/1941
Ronald Wynne-Jones; Born 1920; Joined 1928; died 1942; Alamein Memorial Column 15; Lieut 132569; Royal Armoured Corps Royal Dragoons; 13/01/1942
Raymond Gilbert Yeatherd; Born 1892; Joined 1900; died 1916; Thiepval Memorial, Picardie Region, France; 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 15/09/1916