War Memorials Elsewhere, - Haileybury College

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The Home Page for the website of Haileybury College

Haileybury and Imperial Service College is an independent school near Hertford, England. Originally a boys' public school, it is now co-educational. It was founded in 1862 by the East India Company.

The Haileybury College War Memorial lists 740 past pupils of the school who lost their lives in the First World War, and 518 who died in the Second World War. These names represent 9% of pupils who attended the school between 1862 - 1962.

The Haileybury Society has a website with the Roll of Honour for all old Haileyburians who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

All of the names which are commemorated on the Haileybury Society website are also listed on the Herts at War website.

At least 6 Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the Haileybury College War Memorial.

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Lt Colonel Edward Henry Chapman. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. E. H. and Mrs. E. E. Chapman, of Carr Hall, Whitby, Yorks, and of Cobrey Park, Ross, Herefordshire. Served on the North-West Frontier of India (Tirah, 1897/8). Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 40.
Commemorated Special Memorial 5, AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA.

(Born on 25 Apr 1875 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon son of Edward Henry and Elizabeth Eden (Walker) Chapman of Carr Hall, Whitby, Yorkshire and of Cobrey Park, Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at the United Services College 1889-93 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was unmarried.

Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Yorkshires on 20 Feb 1895 and promoted to Lieutenant on 18 Aug 1897. Served on the North-West Frontier 1897-98. Made Captain on 29 Sep 1901 and Major on 11 Feb 1911. He became Lieutenant Colonel commanding the newly formed 6th Bn. on 19 Aug 1914.
He was killed in action at the capture of the hill at Lala Baba near Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. )

Captain Gilbert Davidson Pitt Eykyn. Royal Scots Regt. Attached (Adjutant) 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Rev. Pitt Eykyn; husband of Constance Eykyn. Served in the South African War. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 33.
Commemorated on Panel 11, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(A biography of Captain Eykyn by Robert Coulson is provided on this website).

(Born on 22 Aug 1881 in France Lynch Parsonage, Gloucestershire only son of Rev Pitt and Charlotte Elizabeth (Davidson) Eykyn. Educated at Haileybury College 1895 and Clayesmore School. He married Emily Constance Norton on 28 Nov 1902 in Bombay Cathedral and had one son.
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1899, promoted Lieutenant 24 Dec 1901, transferred to the Indian Army for one year and then joined the Royal Scots on 4 Feb 1905 and was promoted Captain on 26 June 1914. He had served 11 years in India and in the South African War. Attached to the 4th Yorks, of which he had been Adjutant, he fell in their first engagement while leading the regiment in the storming of St Julien during the second battle of Ypres.)

Captain Burton Howard Hall. 98th Indian Infantry. Killed in action 4 November 1914. Aged 32.
Buried at TANGA MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
From "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931" by M L Ferrar;-
Born 10th January 1882, younger son of the Revd. Samuel Howard Hall, Rector of Sproatley, Yorkshire.
2nd Lieut., unattached 8th January 1901. Lieutenant 9 March 1901. Lieutenant Indian Army 3rd February 1904. Captain 8th January 1910.
Killed in action with the Germans at Tanga, East Africa, 4th November 1914.

Lieutenant John Dampier Hallifax. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edith F. Hallifax, of 22, Lansdowne Rd., Croydon, and the late Capt. R. A. P. Hallifax (Yorkshire Regt.). Killed 17 May 1915. Aged 20.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.

Born on 3 May 1895 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada son of Capt. Robert Alfred Plessey Hallifax (Yorkshire Regiment) and Edith Frances (Crickmore) Hallifax of 22 Lansdowne Road, Croydon. Educated at the Imperial Service College 1909-13.
The following biographical information is taken from Bob Coulson's Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"John Hallifax was born into a military family on May 3rd 1895.
He was commissioned with the 2nd Battalion on August 12th 1914 and made full Lieutenant on January 31st 1915.
He joined the battalion in France after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 while they were at Rouge Croix.
Lt John Dampier Hallifax was killed in action on May 17th 1915 aged just 20 during the Battle of Festubert and his grave today lies in Guards Cemetery at Windy Corner one mile north of Cuinchy.
John Hallifax was the son of Mrs Edith Hallifax of 22 Lansdowne Road in Croydon and the late Captain Alfred Plassy Hallifax late of the Yorkshire Regiment.
The family had lived for a time in Canada and a Toronto newspaper wrote after Lt Hallifax’s death,
“He had a charming personality and was exceedingly accomplished. His death was a great grief to his brother officers and men. The young heroes of this war are many and not one went to the front with more joyousness and enthusiasm than “Jack” Hallifax.""

Captain Guy Lister Nevile. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Fifth son of the late Percy Sandford Nevile, of Skelbrooke Park, West Riding, Yorkshire. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 28.
Commemorated on Panl 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

The following biographical information is taken from Bob Coulson's Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Guy Nevile was born at Skelbroke Park Doncaster on October 2nd 1886 and was educated at Haileybury College.
A career soldier he was commissioned in April 1907 and promoted Lieutenant in January of 1911. From September 1914 until January 1915 he served as Adjutant to the 10th Battalion and in March was promoted to Captain joining the 2nd Battalion at
La Gorgue in April. Captain Nevile fought with the 2nd Battalion at the Battle of Festubert in early May and in June at Givenchy.
Captain Nevile was the son of Percy Sandford and Etheline Nevile of Skelbrooke Park, Doncaster."

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Hammond Butler Shipley. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the Rev. Arthur Granville Shipley, M.A., and Caroline Mary Ellen Shipley, of All Saints' Vicarage, Pontefract, Yorks. Also served at Gallipoli. Killed 27 September 1916. Aged 21.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

(Bob Coulson provided the following notes on Lieutenant Shipley;-
Vicars’ son Arthur Shipley was born on August 26th 1895 and was educated at Haileybury School, followed by Peterhouse College at Cambridge in 1914.
He was originally a private soldier with the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, before receiving his commission.
He joined the 6th Battalion in Septemebr of 1916 on Gallipoli and left the peninsula with the battalion in December moving to the island of Imbros.
In February of 1916 2nd Lt Shipley and the battalion sailed for Egypt landing at Alexandria on February 7th. Through until June of that year they were stationed around El Ferdan close to the Suez Canal and at the end of the month sailed once again arriving in Marseilles on July 1st.
2nd Lt Shipley and the battalion moved into the Somme battles in September, their first action being against the stronghold known as the “Wonderwork”.
On September 27th they were in brigade support in Ration and Sulphur trenches when orders were received to attack the German line at Hessian Trench and Stuff Redoubt.
2nd Lt Arthur Hammond Butler Shipley led his men into this action at 3-00 p.m. and was killed in the advance on September 27th 1916 at the age of 21.

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