92 WELLINGTON COLLEGE'S WWI CASUALTIES
The numbered photos on the front cover of this magazine link with with the numbers in this list of Wellington College causalities in WWI. Sadly, we have not been able to locate a photo of every individual
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RAWNSLEY, Brian Duret Corporal with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 24 on 20/09/16 at Somme, France Killed in Action
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SOLOMON, Hubert Philip Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps Died aged 34 on 20/10/17 in England Killed in Action
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RICHARDSON, William Robert Sergeant with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Died aged 31 on 05/12/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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SPROTT, Maurice William Campbell Captain with the Imperial Forces MC Died aged 34 on 21/03/18 at Somme, France Killed in Action
VIAL, Grahame George Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 22 on 25/09/17 at Ypres, Belgium Killed in Action
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RITCHIE, Vincent Theodore Second Lieutenant with Australian Expeditionary Died aged 22 on 12/10/17 at Belgium Killed in Action
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ST GEORGE, Eric Varnham Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 19 on 09/09/15 at Wellington Accidental Death in Camp
WAKEFIELD, Oliver Second Lieutenant with the Household Cavalry Died aged 40 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium Killed in Action
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ROBERTS, John Victor Bombardier with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 21 on 27/08/18 at France Died of Wounds
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STAPLES, Edward Stock Driver with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 23 on 04/12/18 at England Died of Disease
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ROBINSON, Roy George Lance Corporal with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 26 on 30/03/18 at Somme, France Killed in Action
STAPLETON, Henry Leighton Private with the Otago Infantry Died aged 22 on 26/07/18 at France Died of Wounds
WALTER, John Bruno Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps Died aged 21 on 23/10/15 with HT Marquette, Lost at Sea in Aegean Sea
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RONALDSON, Brian Corporal with the Wellington Mounted Rifles Died aged 21 on 27/08/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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STILL, Charles Haselden Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade MM Died aged 26 on 28/09/17 at Ypres, Belgium Killed in Action
WARD, Roland Leslie Private with the Otago Infantry Died aged 24 on 16/08/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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RUSSELL, George Burton Escott Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 23 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France Killed in Action
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STRACK, Karl Justus Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 23 on 04/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium Killed in Action
WARDROP, Charles Lawrence Captain with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 29 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium Killed in Action
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RUTHERFURD, Thomas Wyville Leonard Captain with the Wellington Infantry MC, BWM, VM Died aged 28 on 19/10/18 at Mesopotamia Died of Sickness
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STRANG, John Donald Kay Captain with the NZ Engineers MID Died aged 22 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France Killed in Action
WATSON, Alfred Godfrey Corporal with Australian Expeditionary Force Died aged 28 on 27/04/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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SALMOND, William Guthrie Captain with the Wellington Infantry BWM, VM Died aged 26 on 09/07/18 at France Killed in Action
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STUART, Alfred Meliss Lance Corporal with Lord Liverpool's Own Reg. Died aged 46 on 16/09/16 at France Died of Wounds
WEBB, Arthur Llewellyn Private with the Otago Infantry Died aged 20 on 28/09/16 at France Died of Wounds
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SCALES, Cecil Hastings Jack Lance Corporal with the Wellington Mounted Rifles Died aged 25 on 30/05/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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STUBBS, Eric Guy Lieutenant with the NZ Machine Gun Corps Died aged 26 on 03/10/18 at France Died of Wounds
WALMSLEY, Guy Harold Private with the Canadian Infantry Died aged 32 on 03/06/18 at France Killed in Action
WEBB, Earl James Corporal with the NZ Expeditionary Forces Died aged 22 on 04/05/18 at France Killed in Action WILLIAMS, Cecil Ernest Lance Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 26 on 22/08/18 at France Died of Wounds
SCALES, George Arthur Maynard Sapper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles Died aged 22 on 18/12/15 at England Died of Sickness
SUTHERLAND, William Robert Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 30 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium Killed in Action
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SEDDON, Richard John Spotswood Captain with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 37 on 21/08/18 at Bapaume, France Killed in Action
TANNER, Charles Cyril Pontin Captain with the Royal Garrison Artillery Died aged 26 on 05/10/18 at Baghdad, Iraq Died of Sickness
WILLIS, Cecil Nicholson Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 33 on 07/12/17 at Belgium Died of Wounds
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SHORT, Leslie Howard Private with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 19 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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TATTLE, Philip Gardner Lance Corporal with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 26 on 29/04/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
WILTSHIRE, George Private with the Royal Berkshire Regiment Died aged 20 on 23/07/16 at France Killed in Action
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SHRIMPTON, Norman Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 22 on 12/04/18 at Somme, France Killed in Action
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TOLHURST, St John Alexander Molesworth Captain with the NZ Medical Corps Died aged 36 on 08/05/18 at France Killed in Action
WINDER, Holloway Elliott Lieutenant with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Died aged 28 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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SMITH, Alexander Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 21 on 25/05/18 at France Killed in Action
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TUCKEY, Richard Septimus Warrant Officer with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 39 at 10/06/18 at France Died of Wounds
WRIGGLESWORTH, Alfred Gunn Lieutenant with British Expeditionary Forces Died aged 23 on 06/09/14 at Somme, France Killed in Action
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SMITH, John Black Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 23 on 06/10/16 at France Died of Wounds
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TURNER, John Lancelot Harcourt Captain with the NZ Field Artillery MC Died aged 25 on 14/07/16 at Somme, France Killed in Action
WRIGHT, Reginald Clarke Private with the Wellington Infantry 38 on 21/08/15 at Gallipoli Died of Wounds
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SMITH, Leonard Second Lieutenant with the NZ Field Artillery MC Died aged 24 on 13/06/17 at Belgium Died of Wounds
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TURNOR, Percy Edward Trooper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles Died aged 25 on 27/08/15 at Gallipoli Killed in Action
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SMITH, Sidney O'Carrol Lieutenant with the Royal Rifle Brigade Died aged 25 on 25/08/16 at France Killed in Action
TYER, William Edward Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 37 on 31/08/18 at Bapaume, France Killed in Action
WYATT, Herbert Digby Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 19 on 15/06/17 at Belgium Died of Wounds
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SMITH, William Henry Private with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 24 on 05/09/18 at France Died of Wounds
VALLANCE, Lancelot Brentwood Private Died aged 33 on 12/10/16 at Masterton Accidental Death in Camp
YEATS, Douglas Duncan Mearns Lance Corporal with the Auckland Infantry Died aged 26 on 22/10/16 at France Died of Wounds
WYATT, Gordon Charles Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 22 on 30/11/18 at France Died of Disease
The named crosses, set in the gardens at the start of the school drive leading up to ANZAC Day, represented Old Boys killed at Gallipoli in 1915 and as well as those killed on the Western Front in 1916.
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