Paying respects to Old Brutonian, Captain Charles Williams of the South Wales Borderers...

Over half-term Mr and Mrs Bunday (Mr Bunday is our Blackford Housemaster and History Teacher, and Mrs Bunday is our Registrar) visited Thessaloniki in Greece. Whilst there, they travelled to a remote area close to the border with North Macedonia to fulfil an ambition that Mr Bunday had long held, that of visiting the grave of Captain Charles Williams of the South Wales Borderers. 

You may ask, what was so special about this particular grave? Captain Charles Williams was one of the 56 Old Brutonians who died in World War One, and the only one who was in Mr Bunday’s old Regiment. The School Archivist, Mr Leach, was unaware of anyone from King’s visiting Captain Williams’ grave and so this made it even more special to pay our respects to this Old Brutonian who loved his cricket, had a great sense of duty and paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The cemetery, cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, was both serene and moving. Captain Williams’ parents paid for an inscription to be carved into his headstone which read ‘For God, King and Country’.

Nick Bunday - Blackford Housemaster

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