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The Commemorations on the War Memorial at Repton School.
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Repton School War Memorial stands in a beautiful setting in the old part of the school, which dates from 1559, on the site of a 12th Century Augustinian Priory of which just some foundation stones remain. The names of the fallen are inscribed on wall plaques in a cloister situated behind the memorial.
The central panel commemorates those who lost their lives in the First World
War, and contains 355 names.
The First World War Memorial is flanked on either side by plaques commemorating
those who lost their lives in the Second World War. There are 188 names on
these plaques.
Eight Officers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the Repton School War Memorial.
We are extremely grateful for the help and assistance provided by Paul Stevens, the School's Librarian and Archivist. The history of Repton School, and further details of the school, can be found on www.repton.org.uk/history-of-repton.
2nd Lieutenant John Follansbee Bredin Delap. 1st Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the Rev. Louis Bredin Delap and Jennie Charlotte
Delap, of Benhall Vicarage, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Killed 18 October 1916. Aged
19.
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born July 30th 1897, the son of the Reverend Louis Bredin Delap and
Jennie Charlotte Delap, of Benhall Vicarage, Saxmundham, Suffolk. New 1912
– 1915 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 8/15. Second Lieutenant,
2nd Yorkshire Regiment, 12/15. France 7/16. Killed in Action on the Somme
18/10/16 aged 19.
Although not brilliant, he was a very useful member of the House both in work
and games. He entered Sandhurst in August 1915 and received his commission
in December of the same year. On October 18th 1916 he was reported wounded
and missing, but is now believed to have been killed. His fellow officers
and men report that he behaved splendidly in the night attack, was hit once
while moving forward with the front line of his company, but got up again
and went on. Hit the second time, he refused all help from his men, saying,
“Never mind me, go on,” and waved them on to the attack. “A
splendid example,” his Adjutant writes, “of self-sacrificing gallantry.”
Another officer writes: “Although one of the youngest, he was one of
the most valuable officers we have had. I don’t think he knew what fear
was, or if he did, he never showed it, which is still finer.” The
Reptonian, June 1917
John Delap left Repton School in 1912. - see photo for School
Leavers 1908 - 1915 Commemorations.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Humbert Fisher. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Edward and Dora Fisher, of Aspley Guise, Bletchley, Beds.
Killed 19 May 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born March 6th 1885, the son of Edward and Dora Fisher, of Aspley Guise,
Bletchley, Bedfordshire. Hall 1899 – 1902 Emmanuel College, Cambridge;
B.A. 1905 P.A.S.I. ; Land Agent and Surveyor Private, Artists’ Rifles,
8/14. Second Lieutenant attached 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, 3/15. France. Killed
in Action 19/05/15 aged 30 LE TOURET MEMORIAL
He went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and took his B.A. degree in 1905.
He then became a land agent and surveyor, and when war broke out he joined
the 2nd Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on May 19th. His younger
brother has reached a high position on the L. & N.-W. Railway staff. The
Reptonian, June 1915 "
Edward Fisher left Repton School in 1899. - see photo for School
Leavers 1872 - 1903 Commemorations.
Lieutenant Malcolm Hewley Graham. 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born November 22nd 1894, the son of H.S. Graham, Park House Pool, Wharfedale.
Hall 1909 – 1913 Pembroke College, Cambridge Second Lieutenant, 3rd
Yorkshire Regiment, Special Reserve, 8/14. Lieutenant, 2/15. France, attached
2nd Battalion, 3/15. Killed in Action at Givenchy 15/06/15 LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
He went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, and rowed for his College. The
Reptonian, July 1915 "
Malcolm Graham left Repton School in 1909. - see photo for School
Leavers 1908 - 1915 Commemorations.
Captain Frank Bryan Parker. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached
to 6th Battalion. Son of Reginald B. and Margaret A. Parker, of Milford Hall,
South Milford, Yorks. (buried Bolshoi Ozerki Cem.). Killed 23 March 1919.
Aged 22.
Commemorated ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL.
Frank Parker left Repton School in 1910. - see photo for School
Leavers 1908 - 1915 Commemorations.
Lieutenant Richard Herbert Phayre. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Eldest son of Lt. Col. R. Phayre, O.B.E., D.L., and Mrs. Frances Anne Phayre,
of "Belgaum," Woking, Surrey. Killed 26 October 1914. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born March 31st 1890, the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel R. Phayre,
O.B.E., D.L., and Mrs. Frances Anne Phayre, of "Belgaum," Woking,
Surrey. Mitre 1904 - 1908 Royal Military College, Sandhurst 2nd Yorkshire
Regiment, 1909 Lieutenant, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment. France, 8/14. Killed in
Action at Ypres 26/10/14 aged 24 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Richard Phayre left Repton School in 1904. - see photo for School
Leavers 1903 - 1908 Commemorations.
(Richard Phayre's younger brother, C F Phayre, - school leaver 1905, was killed
on 27 August 1914 serving with the Royal Munster Fusiliers.)
Captain Clifford Sandford Simpson. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 July 1916.
Buried BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born February 11th 1891, the son of Mrs Simpson, 31 Westbourne Road,
West Kirby, Cheshire. Hall 1905 – 1910 Trinity College, Cambridge Second
Lieutenant, 8th Yorkshire Regiment, 9/14. Lieutenant, 11/14. Captain, 2/15.
France, 1915. Killed in Action 10/07/16 aged 25 BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY,
BECORDEL-BECOURT >
Clifford Simpson left Repton School in 1905. - see photo for School
Leavers 1903 - 1908 Commemorations.
Robert Coulson has provided biographical details of Captain Simpson in his
Biographies of Officers
of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Clifford Simpson was born in Liverpool on February 11th 1891 and was
educated at Repton School where he joined the Officer Training Corps followed
by Trinity College at Cambridge which he entered in 1910.
At the onset of war he applied for a commission and was gazetted as a 2nd
Lt with the 8th Battalion in September 1914 and received promotion to Lieutenant
in December.
In August 1915 he married his fiancée Winifred Stokes at Petersfield
in Southampton and on the 26th of the month sailed with the 8th Battalion
from Folkestone to Boulogne.
By now a Captain and Adjutant to the battalion Clifford Simpson spent the
remaining months of 1915 in the Bois Grenier sector to the south of Armentieres.
In June 1916 the battalion moved to Longeau near Amiens to prepare for the
Somme offensive and on July 5th the battalion were in action in the attack
on Horseshoe Trench.
On July 10th the battalion attacked the village of Contalmaison from the direction
of Baillif Wood, the advance going in at 4.50 p.m.
Captain Clifford Sandford Simpson was killed in this action at Contalmaison
on July 10th 1916 at the age of 25.
A brother officer wrote later,
“He was killed in the thickest of actions at about 5-30pm. Nobody could
have wished for a better or more noble end. He was with Col Vaughan in the
thick of it charging across the open to attack the village. The whole battalion
mourns him”.
Another wrote,
“He died as he lived a very great and gallant gentleman”.
Captain John Tilly, M C. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
Tobias Harry and Onora Tilly, of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham. Killed
8 June 1918. Aged 31.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY
From the book "Marjorie's War" by Reginald and Charles Fair, the
following biographical information is provided on Captain Tilly;-
"John Tilly was born at Seaton Carew, Co. Durham, in 1886. In 1905 he
entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, to study law and was admitted to the
bar in October 1911. He enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 15 September 1914
but was discharged a week later on taking a commission in the 8th Yorkshires
on 22 September 1915. He was promoted to Captain on 19 June 1916. He was wounded
by a German shell splinter in Munster Alley on 5 August 1916. Captain Tilly's
award of the MC was gazetted on 19 November 1917. He died of wounds received
during a trench raid in Italy on 8 June 1918."
Notes from Repton School archives;-
" Born June 14th 1886, the son of Mr Tobias Henry and Mrs Onora Tilly,
of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham. Hall 1900 - 1904 Pembroke College,
Cambridge; B.A. 1908 Solicitor Private, Public School Battalion, 9/14. Second
Lieutenant, 8th Yorkshire Regiment, 9/14. Lieutenant, 12/14. Captain, 6/16.
France, 8/15 - 11/17. Italy, 11/17 - 6/18. Killed in Action 08/06/18 aged
31 BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY, ITALY."
John Tilly left Repton School in 1900. - see photo for School
Leavers 1872 - 1903 Commemorations.
Major Richard Hill. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Richard and Evereld Hill, of Thornton Hall, Thornton-le-Dale; husband
of Gertrude Mary Hill, of Thornton-le-Dale. Died at home 17 February 1915.
Aged 37.
Buried THORNTON DALE (ALL SAINTS)
CHURCHYARD.
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Hill, Richard. Born November 14th 1877, the son of Richard
and Evereld Hill, of Thornton Hall, Thornton-le-Dale; husband of Gertrude
Mary Hill, of Thornton-le-Dale. Orchard 1892 – 1897 Gas Engineer,
Leeds 1898-1899 Yorkshire Regiment 1900. Captain 1908. J.P. for North Riding
Major, 3rd King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Special Reserve. Died
of pneumonia at the Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, Hartlepool 17/02/15
aged 37".
Richard Hill left Repton School in 1892. - see photo for School
Leavers 1872 - 1903 Commemorations.
The
First World War Commemorations on the War Memorial at Repton School.
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The
War Memorial at Repton School.
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Names for School Leavers, 1872 - 1903 who lost their lives in the First World
War.
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Names
for School Leavers, 1903 - 1908 who lost their lives in the First World War.
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Names
for School Leavers, 1908 - 1915 who lost their lives in the First World War.
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
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