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The
Chapel, Charterhouse School
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Knight and licensed for reuse under this
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Charterhouse School was founded in 1611 but moved to its present
site near Godalming, Surrey in 1872. The School has around 800 pupils, most
of whom are boarders.
Over 3,500 Old Carthusians served in the First World War 1914 - 1919 in the
forces of Great Britain, its Dominions and its allies, or with those forces
in civilian rôles. Of these, some 670 lost their lives.
A new chapel, the Memorial Chapel, was built in honour of the fallen Old Carthusians,
masters and other school staff. Their names are commemorated on stone panels
set in the eastern half walls of the antechapel.
Below are photographs of all the memorial
panels, - both for those commemorated as having lost their lives in the
First World War, as well as the panels commemorating those who lost their
lives in the Second World war. The photographs of these memorial panels have
been kindly provided by Mrs Catherine Smith, the Charterhouse Archivist
(<Archive@charterhouse.org.uk>), who arranged for pupils of the school
to help with the photography.
The names on the panels are arranged by the date in which the person left
the school, with one or two names added in at a later date.
The names of all those commemorated on the memorial panels may
be found on the Roll of Honour website, together with brief biographies. The
First World War commemorations are on
www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/GodalmingCharthouseSchool.html
and the Second World War commemorations on
www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/GodalmingCharthouseSchoolWW2.html
Amongst the names commemorated are 10 men who served with the
Yorkshire Regiment.
Of interest is that the father of one very distinguished Green Howard (the
name of the Yorkshire Regiment after 1920) is commemorated, although the father
served in another regiment.
Lieutenant Hugh De Chastelai Casley. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Casley, of 5, St. Vincent Terrace, Coatham,
Redcar, Yorks, and the late Mr. W. J. B. Casley. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged
28.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant Casley's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1903 - 1905.
2nd Lieutenant Aylmer Eade. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion. Son of the Rev. Charles John Aylmer Eade
and Constance Eade, of Aycliffe Vicarage, Darlington. Killed 9 October 1917.
Aged 25.
Buried CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY.
Lieutenant Eade's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1908 - 1910.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred Mitchell Eadon. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant Eadon's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1908 - 1910.
The following biographical information is taken from Robert Coulson's "Biographies
of Yorkshire Regiment Officers";-
"Alfred Eadon was one of the original territorial officers of the 6th
battalion when war broke out in August of 1914.
He sailed from Liverpool aboard the troopship “Aquitania” on July
3rd 1915 landing on the island of Lemnos. This was followed by a move to Imbros
for training and acclimatisation prior to the Gallipoli landings.
On August 7th 1915 the battalion were towed ashore before dawn landing at
Suvla Bay. There then followed an attack on the hill of Lala Baba however
2nd Lt Eadon was reported “sick and left with the reinforcements on
the beach”.
Later in the month as the battalion pushed inland Alfred Eadon was in the
line for the attack on Scimitar Hill.
He was killed on August 21st 1915 during the assault on Scimitar Hill, initially
posted as “wounded” and then later “presumed killed”.
2nd Lt Alfred Mitchell Eadon was never seen again and his body was never found
and his name is remembered today on the Helles Memorial on the Gallipoli peninsula."
Captain Durham Donald George Hall, MC. 80th Squadron.
Son of Mrs. Ethel Hall (now Gaskell), of White House, Broadfield Rd., Folkestone,
Kent. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 20.
Buried DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1.
(Originally in the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.)
The following data is given in "Officers of the Green Howards, 1688 -
1931" by Major M L Ferrar;-
"Born in London 5 January 1898, son of Sydney Donald Edward Hall.
2nd Lieutenant 5 January 1917.
Served in France with the Royal Flying Corps from 16 March 1916 to 3 January
1917. Awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry in action.
He has flown in the worst of weather and often at very low altitudes. On one
occasion he flew very low under a heavy fire from the ground in order to range
our artillery."
Died at Doullens of wounds, 27 March 1918."
Captain Hall's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1914 - 1917.
2nd Lieutenant Cecil Hawdon. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs. W. Hawdon, of Upsall Grange, Nunthorpe, Yorks.
Killed 27 June 1916.
Buried LOKER CHURCHYARD (Belgium).
Robert Coulson in his "Biographies
of Yorkshire Regiment Officers Killed in the First World War" writes;-
"Cecil Hawdon was a Middlesbrough man from the Ormesby area south of
the town.
He joined the 4th Battalion on May 26th 1916 at Locre and the following month
was in the front line close to Kemmel Shelters.
On June 27th a patrol went out and found the enemy wire uncut by the artillery.
They commenced cutting a passage through the wire and just before 1-30pm 2nd
Lt Hawdon and his men moved into position for a trench raid. At this point
the British artillery opened up a bombardment on the enemy lines causing casualties
to the raiding party and forcing it to be withdrawn.
2nd Lt Cecil Hawdon was killed in this action on June 27th 1916 aged just
20.
Three of his men were killed with him and all four are buried side by side
in Locre Churchyard situated in the centre of the village to the south of
Ypres.
Cecil Hawdon was the son of Mr and Mrs Hawdon of Upsall Grange, Nunthorpe
near Middlesbrough.
Mr and Mrs Hawdon lost two other sons in the Great War, - one served as an
army chaplain and a memorial plaque to the brothers can be found in St. Cuthberts
Church at Ormesby close to the family home.
All three brothers are also remembered on Middlesbrough War Memorial.
Major Basil Jackson, DSO, TD.
Basil Jackson was the son of Francis Henry and Jane Elizabeth Jackson. He
was born in Middlesbrough in Q3 1881, and had an older sister Dorothy. The
family lived in the Manor House, Normanby, Middlesbrough.
He died on 6 August 1920 at the Manor House, Normanby.
For further information on Basil Jackson, see Soldiers
Photos.
Major Jackson's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1896 - 1899.
Lieutenant Colonel Bertram Henry Leatham, DSO.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment.
Son of S. G. and A. G. Leatham, of Hemsworth Hall, Wakefield; husband of Everil
G. Leatham, of 30, Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 26 September 1915.
Aged 34.
Buried VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Lieutenant Leatham's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1896 - 1899.
2nd Lieutenant Richard Malcolm Matthews. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Jessie Matthews, of Walmer, Deal, Kent.
Died 20 September 1917. Aged 38.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant Matthews' name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1896 - 1899.
Lieutenant Henry Sigismund Oppe.
11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached 6th Battalion. Son of the late
Mr. A. S. Oppe and of Pauline Oppe, of Pamber Heath, Basingstoke. Born in
London. Killed 6 November 1915. Aged 35.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
Lieutenant Oppe's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1896 - 1899.
Lieutenant Oppe joined the 6th Battalion on 10 October 1915 as part of a draft
of reinforcements (the 6th Battalion had been reduced to a strength of only
285 men by 22 August 1915). Very sadly, Lieutenant Oppe was killed by a sniper
on 5 November 1915, - only 26 days after joining.
The following information on Lieutenant Oppe is provided in
TheyServed
Wiki;-
"He was born on 30 July 1880, in Camberwell, the fourth son of German
parents Siegmund Armin, of Lyons silk and feathers, and Pauline Oppé
(née Jaffe). Oppé attended Charterhouse and New College, Oxford,
where he became a "History Scholar". On graduating from Oxford with
a first class in modern history, Oppé was articled to Messrs. Hollams,
Hawkesley & Coward. He departed for Shanghai in 1906, joining the firm
Drummond, Whyte Cooper & Phillips as a partner.
Oppé volunteered for the army while still in China and obtained a commission via the British legation in Peking. He returned to England in March 1915, entering the 11th Battalion, Princess Alexandra of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). With the 6th Yorkshires, to which he was attached from September, Oppé landed at Gallipoli and died on 6 November 1915, reportedly killed while engaging Turkish snipers. His twin brother, Thomas, a second lieutenant in the Cameronians, died in May 1917."
Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, MC. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Isabel Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell,
Darlington. Killed on 15 September 1916. Aged 36.
Buried BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT.
Captain Sowerby's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1896 - 1899.
Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson was born in Newton Morrell in June
1880. He was Baptised at Holy Trinity, Darlington on 21 June 1880. In the
1881 Census his father ran a 1030 acre farm, employing 20 men and 3 boys.
5 domestics were employed in the house.
Bob
Coulson stated that he was at Cambridge University, entering Trinity Hall
in 1901. He also played football as a goalkeeper with Newcastle United in
the 1905/6 season and had spells with Sunderland and the Corinthian Casuals.
On the Newcastle
United fan's website there are further details of Thomas Rowlandson's
football playing career.
Major D'Arcy Wentworth Mander was the father of a very well-known
Green Howard, Colonel D'Arcy John Desmond Mander, DSO.
Both were Old Boys of Charterhouse School.
The former served in the 2nd battalion DLI, and was killed in action on 20
September 1914 aged 43.
The latter went on to become Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Green
Howards 1950 - 1952 and had a highly distinguished military career.
Major Mander's name on the Charterhouse Chapel Memorial is on the Panel
for 1869 - 1889.
The First World War Memorial Panels
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1868 - 1889 |
1890 - 1896 |
1896 - 1899 |
1900 - 1903 |
1903 - 1905 |
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1906 - 1908 |
1908 - 1910 |
1911 - 1912 |
1912 - 1914 |
1914 - 1917 |
Photos by Mrs Catherine Smith, the Charterhouse Archivist (<Archive@charterhouse.org.uk>)
The Second World War Memorial Panels
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1879 - 1918 |
1918 - 1927 |
1928 - 1932 |
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1932 - 1935 |
1936 - 1939 |
1939 - 1945 |
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Photos by Mrs Catherine Smith, the Charterhouse Archivist (<Archive@charterhouse.org.uk>)
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