We Will Remember Them...
Since the School returned from the half-term holiday, it has been encouraging to see so many pupils and staff committed to remembering the fallen who fought for our freedom - especially the 119 Old Brutonians from the First World War, Second World War, Korean War, and War in Afghanistan.
Our thanks must be expressed to the Friends of King’s (our parent fundraising organisation) who funded the purchase of an ‘Unknown Tommy Silhouette’ statue with the School’s crest and a message of ‘In Remembrance of The 119 Fallen Brutonians’ printed on its base. This has been appropriately placed on the lawn outside the Memorial Hall. Alongside this, the poppy appeal has raised lots of money which will be collated with the Bruton Town Poppy Appeal efforts.
Sunday saw us gather for our Remembrance Sunday Service in the Memorial Hall at 9.30am. This Hall has the names of the 119 fallen Brutonians carved into the wooden panelling. Satine (an U6th Form pupil from a Forces family) read for us a reading from Isaiah where we were reminded of the dark sobering reality of war, but the good news of the hope of light (Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace). Special thanks must go to George (another U6th Form pupil from a Forces family) who laid the wreath on behalf of the School, and to Rose Vigers-Belgeonne, the Honourable Secretary to the Old Burtonian Association, who laid a wreath on behalf of them. During the Service, we pondered the words of Isaiah, and also took time to walk around the Memorial Hall taking in the names of the fallen who would have trod the same paths, played on the same pitches, and used many of the same classrooms/dorms as us.
Following the service, our Military Band and CCF helped lead the Town’s Remembrance Parade down the High Street to the War Memorial at Church Bridge. King’s pupils helped hand out Orders of Service as several hundred people went through the Remembrance liturgy together. After this, a church service for the public took place inside St Mary’s Church, with Monty and Winnie (U6th Form CCF pupils) being standard bearers on behalf of the Royal British Legion and the CCF.
On Monday 11th November, I was honoured to take a Remembrance Chapel Service Assembly at our prep school, Hazlegrove. At King’s, we marked the 106th anniversary of the Armistice with the whole school gathering in the Memorial Hall in silence. Dan and Alexina (U6th Form pupils from Forces families) read the Roll of Honour of the 119 fallen Brutonians. We said some prayers of Remembrance, and the famous words of Remembrance written by Binyon, before marking a two-minute silence. Our special gratitude must go to George (U6th Form, New House) who with great skill played The Last Post and Reveille twice yesterday (at the service and town event) and also today in the Memorial Hall.
In a world where war sadly still rages, it is so important and poignant that we take the time to remember and reflect on the sacrifice of so many in the pursuit of peace and freedom.
Rev’d George Beverly - Foundation Chaplain
Relevant news from our archives:
- A Beautiful Cabinet Made by our Chaplain to House the School's Roll of Honour
- Our School Archivist Reflects on the Old Brutonians Who Fell During the First World War
- King's Marks Centenary Of The End Of WWI
Thank you to @FriendsOfKSB for funding this Tommy silhouette to help the @KingsBruton community remember the 119 fallen Brutonians. Good to get the Roll of Honour on display in Reception too. #KSBChaplaincy #KSBCommunity #KSBQuality #WeWillRememberThem pic.twitter.com/GEsPXO85QA
— Chaplain (@KSBChaplain) November 4, 2024
We remember the service and sacrifice of former King’s Bruton pupils and masters who gave their lives in the First World War.
Henry Somerset ALLAN
John Percival Curtis ASHWORTH
Arthur Alexander Russell BAILY
Hugh Glynn BAKER
Edward Bannister BARKER
Eric BARNES
Ralph George BARNES
Robert Nigel Oldfield BARTLETT
Gilbert Knowles BAZETT
Hugo Campbell BAZETT
Sydney William BELL
Arthur BIRCH
Gerald Henry Hinuber BLAKE
Denys BRINCKMAN
Edward Jerome BURDETT
Charles James BURKE
Francis Thomas BURROUGH
Norman George Manning CASE
Thomas Tanner CASTLE
Arthur Gardner CLAYTON
James Gardner CLAYTON
John Ramsay COX
Evelyn Claude CULLING
Henry Croswell DELAMAIN
Henry Waite DICKINSON
Thomas Frederick Stewart FLEMMING
Percival Vincent FRENCH
Jocelyn Alfred James GALE
John GATEHOUSE
Arthur Reginald HEARD
Stanley Benskin HENSON
Humphrey St John HEWITT
Harold Edwin HIPPISLEY
Paul Edward HOBHOUSE
John Victor JONES
John Hugh LEMON
John Francis MARTYR
Edward Philip MATTHEWS
Walter Franey MATTHEWS
Archibald Douglas McRAE
H D (Otto Henry) MEYER
Arthur Gardiner MULLER
Cecil Ivan NOKES
Frederick William NORTON
Robert Cecil RICHARDSON
William Cecil ROWELL
Somerset Arthur SHERSTON
Charles William Eastgate SMITH
Thomas Hodges STOCKWELL
Leonard Cecil Leicester SUTTON
Lancelot Guy VERNER
Oliver WAKEFIELD
Charles Ellicombe WILLIAMS
Geoffrey Mervyn Underhill WILSON
Alfred Hugh Philip WITCOMB
Percival Beckwith WACE
We remember the service and sacrifice of former King’s Bruton pupils and masters who gave their lives in the Second World War, Korean War and Afghanistan War.
From the Second World War we remember:
Roland Dean AMBROSE
Raymond Lindsay ARCHER
John Winn ATHERTON
John William Noel BALLEY
Peter Nigel Ridley BEAL
Jack Beelaerts van BLOKLAND
John Patrick BONING
John Simcoe COLE
John COLLINS
Frank Mundy COOMBS
Vernon Charles Frederick CORNISH
John Charles Bailey DAVIES
Montagu Ongley de Beauvoir DURAND
Harold Desmond FROST
Norman James GALBRAITH
Donald Nevill GALLAI-HATCHARD
Frank Roy GODFREY
Frederick Albert Courtice GYLES
Anthony Cluse Huxtable HAINES
David HARVEY-WILLIAMS
Nigel Vizard HAVELOCK-SUTTON
Seymour Lovell HEWITT
Roger Norman HILSDEN
William George HOLE
John Lionel HOLLAND
Maurice Donnithorne HOPKINSON
John Edmund Telford JENNINGS
Roderick Edward LAWDER
Peter Heatley LAYCOCK
Alec Ian LINDSAY
Andrew William MARSDEN-LEVY
John Reginald Martin SMITH
Frank William MASON
Stanley Thomas MEARES
Kenneth Allan MELROSE
Charles James Drogo MONTAGU
George Wroughton MONTAGU
Michael MULLINS
Cyril George NAPPER
John Hursant NORMAN
Alexander PETTY
Alfred Christopher PRICE
Paul Lerick RHODES
John Stuart ROBINSON
Norman SINGLETON-GATES
Blair Calvert SNELL
Cyril Neville STANSBURY
Robert Anstie Maunsell STRADLING
Wallace Douglas STRANACK
John STRICKLAND
James Murray STRICKLAND
John SUTTON, formerly WALLIS-JONES
John Patrick SYMONS
Edward Knapp TARVER
Simon Anthony Cunningham TRESTRAIL
Derek Standish Medlicott VEREKER
George Ronald VICARY
Peter Coulson WHITWELL
Robin Harry WILLIAMS
Michael WILLOWS
From the Korean War we remember:
Christopher Thomas Rede BUCKLEY
Henry Chapman CABRAL
From the War in Afghanistan we remember:
Benjamin ROSS