• Reference
    X521/6/3
  • Title
    Discharge Register. Includes details of the following:
  • Date free text
    May 1910 - March 1914
  • Production date
    From: 1910 To: 1914
  • Scope and Content
    Allen, Alfred; Admitted 5 January 1909; Register no. 871; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 27 November 1914 has joined the Force and expects to leave his place in January 1915. Page 878 Allen, Charles Albert; Admitted 29 June 1908; Register no. 840; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 30 July 1914 asks if he may come to the school for a few days in October as he has been chosen to help the Deposit Bank. Pages 624 & 743 Alliston, Frederick; Admitted 26 August 1910; Register no. 932; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 7 October 1913 attending school and passed first class certificate. Page 774 Anderson, George; Admitted 11 June 1904; Register no. 717; Final discharge 31 August 1907; Last date reported 28 June 1915 volunteered again for the Front. Page 633 Appleby, Alfred; Admitted 3 August 1907; Register no. 799; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 November 1914 sentenced to 6 months hard labour at Gloucester for stealing watch and cigarettes. Pages 609, 768 & 820 Appleby, Charles, Admitted 10 August 1909; Register no. 896; Final discharge 12 August 1912; Last date reported 4 September 1914 gone to his brother in Glamorgan. Pages 678 & 896 Appleton, George; Admitted 9 March 1912; Register no. 1029; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 March 1915 Lance Corporal 3rd Leinster Regiment, Ireland. Page 888 Atkin, Thomas; Admitted 27 December 1911; Register no. 1012; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 31 January 1917 asks for money to buy some clothes, says he likes his place. Page 876 Austin, Harry; Admitted 10 December 1909; Register no. 913; Final discharge 8 December 1912; Last date reported 18 October 1915 inmate of the Union of Saunderton, conduct satisfactory. Pages 807 & 894 Baker, Henry James; Admitted 23 November 1907; Last date reported 10 November 1915 at the front for four months with 10th Essex Regiment. Page 811 Baker, William; Admitted 2 February 1910; Register no. 916; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 April 1915 getting on well. Pages 695 & 872 Baker, William; Admitted 20 December 1910; Register no. 951; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 21 October 1915 British Expeditionary Force. Page 848 Baldwin, Oliver; Admitted 11 September 1907; Register no. 903; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 January 1915 card acknowledging Christmas parcel. Pages 644 & 771 Barber, William; Admitted 4 May 1912; Register no. 1033; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 7 September 1915 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade, British Expeditionary Force in France; has been hospitalised but hopes to return soon. Page 883 Barnes, A.E.; Admitted 26 July 1911; Register no. 973; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 26 June 1916 1st Connaught Rangers. Page 890 Barnett, James; Admitted 23 December 1907; Register no. 820; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 8 September 1915 working as a carpenter. Pages 607 & 693 Bayliss, Thomas Walter, Admitted 9 June 1908; Register no. 839; Final discharge 2 November 1912; Last date reported 6 January 1916 in hospital in Southampton with a broken leg. Pages 613 & 773 Bedford, Thomas; Admitted 3 May 1908; Register no. 741; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 September 1914 rejoined the army and doing well. Page 685 Bernard, H; Admitted 31 October 1908; Register no. 863; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 14 November 1912 joined the Shropshire Light Infantry, stationed in Shrewsbury. Page 797 Blazey, Frederick William; Admitted 29 July 1907; Register no. 798; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 January 1914 letter from boys mother saying he will be 19 this year and if he may be sent home. Page 795 Booth, Samuel; Admitted 23 November 1907; Register no. 679; Final Discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 January 1917 has been at the front for 18 months. Pages 679 & 760 Brewer, Eric; Admitted not recorded; Register no. 991; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 October 1915 enlisted and doing well. Page 907 Bristow, Percy; Admitted 24 April 1907; Register no. 787; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 May 1915 expects to return to the front shortly. Page 739 Brittain, George; Admitted 10 November 1910; Register no. 946; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 22 January 1913 returned to school for stealing. Page 794 Brittain, William; Admitted 22 July 1910; Register no. 930; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 August 1914 visits school looking well and reports well of himself. Page 783 Brown, Bert Stanley; Admitted 23 May 1908; Register no. 837; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 28 December 1914working at Hayward and Tylers in Luton, asks for money as his brother has pneumonia. Pages 673 & 864 Brown, Walter; Admitted 15 March 1910; Register no. 919; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 21 May 1914 left his place. Page 834 Buckley, Bert; Admitted 6 June 1910; Register no. 915; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 Amy 1914 wants to go back to Wales, mother’s address unknown so staying at the school for a while. Page 752 Bullen, John Henry; Admitted 5 March 1906; Register no. 757; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 December 1911 HMS Lancaster in the Levant. Page 637 Bullimore, Arthur; Admitted 25 January 1911; Register no. 954; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 February 1915 boys mother asks if he may go home as she has employment for him. Page 803 Butcher, George; Admitted 4 September 1904; Register no. 859; Final discharge 1 December 1912; Last date reported 22 February 1919 seen active service for three years in the North Sea and one in the Mediterranean; on a Destroyer at Jutland. Page 790 Bycroft, William; Admitted 13 October 1910; Register no. 942; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 November 1914 been made a Corporal. Page 804 Cambridge, James; Admitted 18 July 1906; Register no. 772; Final discharge 30 October 1911; Last date reported 1 August 1913 died following a serious accident. Page 708 Chandler, Albert; Admitted 24 May 1905; Register no. 743; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 14 October 196 wounded twice in France, married with a nice home to return to when he leaves the army. Page 688 Chater, Herbert; Admitted 13 April 1908; Register no. 832; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 January 1914 made two voyages on SS Sicilian, discharged in London in May 1913 and since then cannot be traced. Pages 626 & 900 p 626 - Letter from Mr Chater (boys father?) loose in volume between Herbert Chater's discharge pages Clayton, Harold; Admitted 8 February 1908; Register no. 828; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 14 May 1914 in work. Page 663 Coates, James; Admitted 19 October 1908; Register no. 860; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 23 February 1916 been out of the trenches for 5 days but expecting to go back soon. Pages 655 & 842 Coleman, Edward; Admitted 12 December 1912; Register no. 723; Final discharge 18 March 1907; Last date reported 27 October 1911 working for a builder and decorator in London. Page 605 Colton, Frank; Admitted 22 August 1908; Register no. 846; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 October 1912in work in Sheffield. Page 765 Coombes, George James; Admitted 23 September 1908; Register no. 856; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 16 August 1915 visited school with his wife, motor lorry driver. Page 785 Cooper, Frank; Admitted 17 April 1906; Register no. not recorded; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 February 1914 in the army but on furlough after being discharged from hospital. Page 852 Couch, George; Admitted 10 January 1905; Register no. 723; Final discharge 11 August 1908; Last date reported 10 February 1915 wounded his arm at the front and it will be a long time before he gets the use of it back. Page 628 Crane, Arthur; Admitted 7 December 1909; Register no. 911; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 August 1913 working as a porter in Chiswick. Pages 718 & 828 Crisp, James; Admitted 10 August 1907; Register no. 800; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 6 June 1913 letter received saying he knows nothing about the charges brought against him. Pages 681 & 779 Crouch, A; Admitted 22 September 1910; Register no. 938; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 19 November 195 At the Front with the BEF. Page 749 Cullen, William; Admitted 18 November 1907; Register no. 810; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 January 1915 letter asking for a reference. Pages 654 & 732 Day, Charles; Admitted 2 February 1910; Register no. 917; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 11 November 1914 works as a carter , living in Old Kent Road. Page 731 Day, John; Admitted 7 June 1906; Register no. 765; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 November 1914 sentenced to six months hard labour. Page 638 Deacon, Albert; Admitted 25 October 1905; Register no 749; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 6 March 1912 road sweeper. Page 746 Denney, Samuel; Admitted 2 October 1911; Register no. 993; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 May 1913 letter saying he is anxious to visit the school and asks for help with his fare. Page 838 Dobbin, John; Admitted 18 May 1909; Register no. 878; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 November 1915 in the army, Aldershot, expects to go to the Front shortly. Pages 656 & 901 Duffield, Edward; Admitted 8 February 1906; Register no. 755; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 June 1914 sentenced to 1 month hard labour for stealing an overcoat in Great Yarmouth. Page 680 Dunn, Arthur James; Admitted 18 May 1908; Register no. 835; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 March 1916 Sergeant in the Salonica Force. Pages 614 & 857 Ellinor, Frederick; Admitted 11 September 1907; Register no. 803; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 14 July 1916 discharged from the army as unfit. Typewritten reports attached. Pages 612 & 772 Enefer, William; Admitted 23 May 1905; Register no. 742; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 June 1912 1st West Yorkshire Regiment based in Lichfield. Page 670 English, Charles William; Admitted 30 April 1908; Register no. 834; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 31 August 1912 absconded from his situation and his whereabouts are now unknown. Pages 616 & 682 Eoaus, Alfred (possibly Alfred EVANS?); Admitted 19 June 1906; Register no. 767; Final discharge 12 June 1909; Last date reported 22 December 1915 in the army at Aberfeldy, boy’s wife writes to thank Superintendent for many favours to her husband. Page 737 Etherington, A; Admitted 22 May 1909; Register no. 881; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 16 November 1913 dairy helper. Page 751 Farrow, Joseph; Admitted 26 May 1909; Register no. 886; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 2 December 1913 farm labourer, Newport Pagnell. Page 630 Fisher, Albert; Admitted 26 January 1906; Register no. 754; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 May 1915 writes that he is having a rough time at the Front owing to the Germans using poisonous gas. Page 692 Freedman, Frank; Admitted 17 May 1909; Register no. 876; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 September 1914 London Irish Rifles. Page 706 Freeman, Arthur; Admitted 5 October 1911; Register no. 994; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 March 1916 10th Suffolk Regiment, Colchester. Isolated following an outbreak of measles. Page 896 Fuller, Charles; Admitted 4 May 1910; Register no. 922; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 February 1915 on active service. Page 704 Gardner, Frederick George; Admitted 6 April 1907; Register no. 786; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 February 1916 Left the Border Regiment to join the Royal Marines Garfit, Herbert; Admitted 9 August 1911; Register no. 978; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 July 1915 army in Rouen. Pages 813 & 891 Gault, Edward; Admitted 28 September 1908; Register no. 857; Final discharge 3 November 1912; Last date reported 4 November 1913 working in Dublin. Pages 646 & 764 Gibbs, Joseph; Admitted 24 April 1904; Register no. 875; Final discharge 24 June 1912; Last date reported 18 November 1917 seen in Ripon. Included slipped in balance sheet. Pages 714 & 825 Gibson, William; Admitted 8 November 1907; Register no. 809; Final discharge 13 March 1911; Last date reported 26 March 1915 sentenced to three months hard labour at Winchester Prison for false pretences. Pages 611 & 722 Giles, Henry; Admitted 5 February 1908; Register no. 826; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported gone to the front, mother writes asking for money. Pages 642, 727 & 824 Glover, John; Admitted 7 December 1910; Register no. 950; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 2 August 1913 absconded. Page 816 Gossage, Albert; Admitted 25 November 1909; Register no. 907; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 November 1917 2/7 London Regiment, based in Birmingham wounded by a shell at Ypres. Pages 703 & 858 Gould, Frank Joseph; Admitted - not recorded; Register no. 952; Final discharge 24 February 1914; Last date reported 16 February 1917 working at the war office in London. Page 906 Hall, Albert; Admitted 5 November 1907; Register no. 807; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 31 December 1912 working at Thorley’s Food Works, Wandsworth. Page 657 Halls, Richard; Admitted 16 May 1907; Register no. 789; Final discharge 25 August 1911; Last date reported 23 May 1914 writes to say he is doing well. Page 694 Hamilton, William Henry; Admitted 20 December 1907; Register no. 819; Final discharge 19 December 1912; Last date reported 31 August 1920 writes to say he and his family are practically starving and asks for money. Pages 610, 675 & 822 Harbard, Frank; Admitted 10 September 1909; Register no. 901; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 March 1915 been in hospital with a bad leg. Page 717 Harris, Arthur; Admitted 29 July 1901; Register no.662; Final discharge 24 April 1906; Last date reported 21 October 1911 officer’s servant, Dublin. Page 636 Harris, Frederick; Admitted 22 October 1910; Register no. 944; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 19 November 1915 East Greenwich, London. Page 809 Harris, H.; Admitted 8 August 1905; Register no. 747; Final discharge 9 April 1901; Last date reported 28 August 1915 27th Royal Fusiliers, based in Oxford. Page 759 Harwood, James; Admitted 3 July 1909; Register no. 894; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 July 1914 in the army - plays for his company cricket team. Pages 735 & 830 Hatch, Rowland; Admitted 11 September 1908; Register no. 852; Final discharge 2 November 1912; Last date reported 6 November 1923 in USA since 1920, has a good position in a hotel in New York City. Pages 690 & 827 Hayden, Arthur; Admitted 17 October 1908; Register no. 859; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 June 1915 getting on well. Pages 648 & 826 Hearn, Charles; Admitted 22 June 1906; Register no. 769; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 September 1914 joined the army. Pages 649 & 793 Helm, Howard; Admitted – not recorded; Register no. 889; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 29 July 1916 letter from boy saying he thinks he would benefit from a life in the navy. Page 867 Helms, C.; Admitted 28 January 1908; Register no. 825; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 February 1913 Cheshire. Pages 711 & 800 Herbert, John; Admitted 3 November 1906; Register no. 777; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 16 April 1912 out of work. Page 641 Hill, Edward; Admitted 29 April 1908; Register no. 833; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 November 1912 under arrest and awaiting trial at Leeds Assizes for assault on a woman. Pages 620 & 753 Hinton, William Henry; Admitted 10 December 1909; Register no. 914; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 19 December 1923 received a copy of a local newspaper with boy’s poem in it. Pages 677 & 853 Hitchen, Arthur; Admitted 10 November 1905; Register no. 750; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported December 1911 unable to trace him. Page 750 Holland Samuel; Admitted 24 November 1911; Register no. 1001; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 May 1917 getting on well and asks if he can spend Whitsuntide at school. Page 899 Homer, William; Admitted 21 July 1911; Register no. 971; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 21 January 1918 went through the Cambrai battle and has come home with a bad finger. Page 840 Howard, William Henry; Admitted 17 September 1908; Register no. 854; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 March 1919 intends to visit the school soon. Page 625 Hudson, George Henry; Admitted 14 December 1907; Register no. 818; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 6 March 1917 BEF France. Page 650 Hunt, Reginald; Admitted 9 December 1902; Register no. 690; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 October 1913 passed away at a sanatorium. Page 712 Hurrell, Henry; Admitted 4 September 1909; Register no. 900; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported October 1913 Borstal institution Kent. Page 721 Ibbotson, William; Admitted 23 November 1907; Register no. 812; Final discharge 22 November 1912; Last date reported 6 August 1920 boy sentenced to six months in Hull Prison. Letter dated 18 November 1915 included complaining about the boy’s conduct from a New York employer. Pages 734 & 885 Inder, Stephen; Admitted 12 December 1911; Register no. 1005; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 March 1918 stationed at Bedford Barracks and hopes to be moved to Felixstowe shortly. Page 908 Jackson, Chris; Admitted 3 October 1908; Register no. 861; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 December 1912 has left his place. Page 775 Jaycock, James; Admitted 29 January 1912; Register no. 1017; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 February 1912 boy writes asking for his mark money. Page 851 Jeffreys, Harry; Admitted 19 May 1908; Register no. 836; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 April 1914 sentenced to three years in Borstal at Kent Quarter Sessions. Pages 606 & 868 Johnson, Cecil; Admitted 14 June 1910; Register no. 926; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 December 1914 gone home for Christmas, employer writes to say that the boys mother has unsettled him and he has not paid attention to his work. Page 781 Johnson, Frederick; Admitted 21 May 1909; Register no. 880; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 6 March 1914 1st North Staffs. Regiment, conduct very good. Pages 602 & 886 Johnson, Henry; Admitted 29 June 1907; Register no. 791; Final discharge 8 February 1912; Last date reported 19 September 1915joined the navy and getting on well. Page 729 Jowett, Arthur; Admitted 30 August 1910; Register no. 934; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 February 1915 has enlisted for foreign service, currently in Reserve Beds. Regiment. Page 895 Kelly, Thomas; Admitted 17 October 1908; Register no. 859; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 January 1916 8th Battalion Lincs. Regiment in France, married with a child. Letter written from the Front enclosed. Page 629 Kempson, Gilbert; Admitted 7 October 1907; Register no. 804; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 September 1912 left his place to go home to Luton, broke into a boys box and stole a pair of boots. Pages 791 & 801 Kent, Percy; Admitted 7 October 1906, Readmitted 18 January 1912; Register no. 776; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 19 October 1915 in hospital with a bad leg, 1st Beds. Regiment. Pages 689 & 862 Kerr, Ben; Admitted 20 April 1905; Register no. 739; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 2 October 1912 living in Stepney but hoping to go to Canada. Page 730 Kewley, William; Admitted 2 July 1909; Register no. 893; Final discharge 2 July 1912; Last date reported 10 April 1925 Liverpool police report boy charged with housebreaking. Page 756 Kullman, Charles; Admitted 15 February 1908; Register no. 830; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 22 April 1915 doing very well and grateful to the school for training him as a baker. Pages 631 & 769 Laing, Wallace; Admitted 2 April 1909; Register no. 873; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 4 November 1914 Kitchener’s Army, Yorks. Regiment. Pages 645 & 865 Langley, Walter; Admitted 15 March 1910; Register no. 918; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 29 December 1915 wounded by a bullet and lost sight in one eye, heard nothing of his pension and cannot do any work. Pages 728 & 873 Lawrence, George; Admitted 3 September 1908; Register no. 848; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 22 October 1913 getting on well at farm work. Page 622 Lawson, John; Admitted 3 September 1909; Register no. 899; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 December 1915 working on a farm in Lincolnshire. Page 778 Lediard, Philip; Admitted 2 December 1907; Register no. 814; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 7 November 1914 doing well and has spent 11 months in his place as a packing case maker. Pages 676 & 856 Lee, William; Admitted 11 March 1904; Register no. 709; Final discharge 9 July 1907; Last date reported 6 December 1917invalided home and expects to be discharged from the army. Page 780 Lee, William John; Admitted – not recorded; Register no. 864; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 May 1914 boys mother wants him to be sent home as his time is up but he has promised to stay at this place over the harvest. Page 831 Leng, Robert; Admitted 17 March 1912; Register no. 1034; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 November 1915 enlisting. Page 889 Lewis, D; Admitted 28 November 1912; Register no. 1044; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 November 1915 dairy helper. Page 849 Longley, Frederick; Admitted 16 November 1909; Register no. 905; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 October 1916 driver in France with the BEF, been at the front since May 1916. Pages 683 & 875 Maddocks, William; Admitted 14 November 1910; Register no. 947; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 August 1915 wounded at the Front and has to attend hospital twice a week. Page 845 Malcolm, Andrew; Admitted 11 December 1908; Register no. 870; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 23 October 1916 acknowledges receipt of letter and money from the Superintendent with thanks. Pages 604 & 798 Manning, Sydney; Admitted 27 January 1909; Register no. 872; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 April 1914 left his place, may join the army. Page 742 Manton, Stanley; Admitted 18 November 1907; Register no. 811; Final discharge 15 November 1910; Last date reported 29 December 1912 joined the army – Bedfordshire Regiment. Page 724 Martin, Henry; Admitted 14 June 1904; Register no. 718; Final discharge 2 August 1907; Last date reported 7 November 1911 promoted to Lance Corporal. Page 634 Masterman, Benjamin; Admitted 2 December 1909; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 8 July 1914 working in an ironworks in Middlesbrough. Page 806 Maynard James; Admitted 22 September 1911; Register no. 992; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 6 August 1915 in France with the 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Page 789 McNaughton; Admitted 15 February 1912; Register no. 1023; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 5 October 1915 3rd Bedfordshire Regiment. Page 843 Meacham, Frank; Admitted 22 March 1911; Register no. 962; Final discharge – transferred to training ship in Cornwall 14 November 1911. Page 709 Medhurst, Charles; Admitted 8 March 1906; Register no. 758; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 27 July 1914 stoker with the navy, in Vladivostok. Page 776 Mellor, Tom; Admitted 24 September 1910; Register no. 940; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 19 October 1914 joined the army – Worcester Regiment. Page 710 Metcalf, Thomas; Admitted 2 April 1909; Register no. 874; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 September 1912 farmhand in Warwickshire. Pages 608 & 786 Miles, William; Admitted 1 June 1910; Register no. 924; Final discharge 23 October 1911; Last date reported committed to Bucks. Quarter Sessions 26 April 1914on charges of larceny. Page 700 Miller, William James; Admitted 10 March 1906; Register no. 759; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 September 1916 in hospital in Hampshire, wounded in the arm in France but sustained worse harm through shock and gas. Page 691 Moody, William; Admitted 21 August 1908; Register no.845; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 January 1915 labourer for army contractors. Page 696 Moore, William; Admitted 15 August 1908; Register no. 844; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 4 July 1917 in the navy, based in Grimsby. Page 881 Morris, John; Admitted 12 July 1901; Register no. 929; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 7 December 1915 in the army, getting on well. Page 904 Murray, John; Admitted 5 June 1908; Register no. 838; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 7 July 1916 on remand in Brixton Prison for stealing a handbag and money. Page 618 Mutton, Charles; Admitted 8 February 1908; Register no. 827; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 16 August 1912 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Page 623 North, George; Admitted 27 April 1907; Register no. 788; Final discharge 26 April 1912; Last date reported 29 March 1917 18th West Yorkshire Regiment in France with the BEF. Pages 754 & 788 Oakman, Thomas; Admitted 20 April 1905; Register no.740; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 October 1913 Mile End, London, out of work because his employer has given up one farm. Page 740 Orchard, Albert; Admitted 28 June 1906; Register no. 770; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 22 January 1916 BEF in France. Page 787 Osborne, Ernest George; Admitted 18 May 1909; Register no. 877; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 December 1914 bakers assistant, Liverpool. Pages 719 & 836 Osbourn, Thomas; Admitted 7 August 1908; Register no. 843; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 August 1915 went to the Dardanelles on the King Edward which was torpedoed but he survived. Page 621 Overton, Stanley; Admitted - not recorded; Register no. 892; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 12 September 1914 in hospital in Woolwich but hopes to get back to the Front soon. Includes a letter from the boy. Page 684 Owen, Alfred; Admitted 5 November 1910; Register no. 945; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 November 1914 at the Front and involved in a close shave with the German army. Page 847 Page, Ernest; Admitted 24 March 1908; Register no. 831; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 26 May 1917 visited school. Pages 741 & 861 Parker, Harry; Admitted 5 September 1908; Register no. 851; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 11 October 1915 Bedfordshire Regiment. Page 736 Peck, Frederick; Admitted 22 June 1910; Register no. 927; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 30 October 1914 on active service. Pages 702 & 833 Perry, John; Admitted 31 October 1908; Register no. 867; Final discharge 26 June 1911; Last date reported 10 December 1914 on active service. Pages 619 & 898 Pinner, Harry; Admitted 22 August 1911; Register no. 984; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 February 1919 bombardier, prisoner of war in Germany for three years, wounded three times. Page 850 Pike, Emanuel; Admitted 16 March 1906; Register no. 760; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported April 1915 killed at the Front in France. Page 687 Powell, William; Admitted 14 September 1908; Register no. 853; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 8 December 1913 in the army. Page 863 Priddle, Alfred; Admitted 10 July 1907; Register no. 792; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 December 1914 working at St Andrew’s Wharf in London, wants to get work as a packing case maker but needs a set of tools. Page 808 Probert, William; Admitted 13 June 1911; Register no. 966; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 November 1915 baker for the RAMC, Aldershot. Page 902 Rand, Albert; Admitted 25 May 1909; Register no. 883; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 6 May 1919 discharged from the RAF as unfit, has seen service as an observer in France. Page 701 Reynolds, Albert; Admitted 6 December 1907; Register no. 816; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 12 January 1915 writes to thank matron and officers for kindness shown to him while on holiday. Pages 686 & 870 Richards, William; Admitted 10 December 1908; Register no. 869; Final discharge 18 August 1912; Last date reported 12 September 1914 in painting and house decorating. Pages 720, 805 & 869 Rickett, W; Admitted 16 November 1912; Register no. 1041; Final discharge 20 September 1913 discharged on medical grounds. Page 869 Robinson, James; Admitted 29 June 1909; Register no. 891; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 October 1914 work and behaviour good until recently. Pages 844 & 871 Rooke, Charles; Admitted 13 January 1909; Register no. 794; Final discharge 21 March 1911; Last date reported 14 April 1914 writes asking for money as he is on strike. Page 748 Root, Ernest; Admitted 25 March 1907; Register no. 782; Final discharge 31 January 1912; Last date reported 9 December 1913 in the army and doing very well. Page 715 Rose, James; Admitted 3 August 1909; Register no. 895; Final discharge 3 August 1912; Last date reported 13 December 1916 Beds. Regiment, recovered from wounds and going back to France. Includes letter sent from the front. Pages 653 & 832 Runham(?), Christopher; Admitted 24 October 1907; Register no. 806; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 24 November 1913 working for a Manchester firm erecting a gasometer. Page 615 Saffell, Joseph William; Admitted 21 May 1909; Register no. 879; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 November 1914 been out of work owing to the war but due to start next week. Page 643 Salmon, Thomas; Admitted 13 September 1910; Register no. 935; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 30 March 1915 stationed at the barracks in Woking. Page 762 Saunders, Albert; Admitted 16 June 1909; Register no. 887; Final discharge 15 June 1912; Last date reported 31 December 1915 boy writes to say he is going on alright. Pages 716 & 855 Saunders, Reginald; Admitted 15 June 1907; Register no. 790; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 January 1914 gone to Yorkshire to work on a farm. Includes letter from HMP Cambridge about the boy being in custody again. Pages 665 & 747 Seymour, Frank John; Admitted 31 October 1908; Register no. 865; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 March 1918 awarded DCM for conspicuous bravery in voluntarily going out under shell fire and bandaging wounded men. Page 815 Seymour, P Maurice; Admitted 28 June 1909; Register no. 890; Final discharge 9 September 1912; Last date reported 9 September 1915 doing well at the Front. Pages 757 & 846 Shaw, C.H.; Admitted 20 June 1911; Register no. 967; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 October 1915 getting on nicely. Page 802 Sheard, William; Admitted 26 July 1907; Register no. 796; Final discharge 4 July 1912; Last date reported 7 December 1914 working as a wood chopper. Pages 723 & 796 Shelton, Albert James; Admitted 26 November 1909; Register no.908; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 21 October 1913living in Melbourne, Australia. Page 782 Shore, Harold; Admitted 22 May 1909; Register no. 882; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 February 1915 2nd engineer on an American merchant ship. Page 758 Siddle, E; Admitted 8 April 1904; Register no. 712; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 16 March 1913 in England for a holiday having emigrated to Canada. Page 639 Slade, Henry; Admitted 23 May 1910; Register no. 923; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 November 1915 dairy helper. Page 841 Smale, Frank; Admitted 24 August 1908; Register no. 847; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported November 1914 reported killed in action in France. Page 819 Smiles, William; Admitted 20 December 1909; Register no. 915; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 June 1914 does not wish to leave his place, well dressed and comfortable. Page 750 Smith, A; Admitted 30 March 1907; Register no. 784; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 21 January 1913 stationed in York with the 1st Yorkshire Regiment. Page 671. Smith, Henry; Admitted 5 November 1909; Register no. 904; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 January 1916 in Military Hospital in Warminster and progressing well. Page 882 Smith, John A; Admitted 20 July 1908; Register no. 773; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 19 November 1924 lost his right arm in the war and is now an agent selling paintings and etchings. Page 707 Smith, Levi; Admitted 3 November 1906; Register no. 778; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported February 1916 in the army. Page 660 Smith, Stanley; Admitted 31 August 1905; Register no. 748; Final discharge 29 August 1910; Last date reported 2 December 1913 employed with a travelling showman. Page 617 Snowball, William; Admitted 4 July 1908; Register no. 841; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 September 1915 packer for a boot manufacturers, recently married. Pages 667 & 866 Staniland, Arthur; Admitted 18 June 1909; Register no. 888; Final discharge 14 July 1912; Last date reported 27 December 1913 out of employment due to a breakdown at the steel works. Page 725 Stanley, Albert; Admitted 5 August 1911; Register no. 976; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 20 March 1915 died in school after a long illness (heart disease) Page 903 Steele, Leonard; Admitted 2 June 1903; Register no. 699; Final discharge 23 October 1906; Last date reported 8 July 1910 out of work, married with one child and living in Tottenham. Page 627 Stelfox, Charles; Admitted 23 August 1906; Register no. 775; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 27 November 1914 charged with assaulting a woman and attempting to steal. Page 775 Steward, David; Admitted 25 August 1911; Register no. 986; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 March 1917 writes to the school saying he likes army life. Page 835 Stoneman, Herbert; Admitted 14 October 1909; Register no. 902; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 October 1922 living in Shepherds Bush. Page 767 Swann, George; Admitted not recorded; Register no. 963; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 March 1915 will soon be going on guard duty in France with the army. Page 879 Thornecroft, George; Admitted 6 December 1907; Register no. 817; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 4 September 1914 working at blacksmiths. Page 666 Timothy, William; Admitted 6 November 1907; Register no. 808; Final discharge 17 August 1911; Last date reported 7 November 1914 police are after him following a burglary. Pages 659 & 788 Thirtle, Reginald; Admitted 25 June 1911; Register no. 955; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 February 1920 writes for remainder of his mark money. Cannot get work. Page 817 Thompson, Horace; Admitted 24 August 1909; Register no. 898; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 January 1921 Middlesbrough, has had a rough time since the war and asks for money. Page 733 Thorpe, Archibald; Admitted 1 February 1911; Register no. 956; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 May 1922 out of work with his mother and sister to keep, was injured in 1917. Page 837 Thurston, Charles; Admitted 3 December 1910; Register no. 949; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 9 November 1914 in the army, in hospital in Southampton. Page 812 Turner, Charles; Admitted 5 September 1911; Register no. 988; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 December 1914 on active service. Page 854 Turner, Frank; Admitted 4 April 1904; Register no. 729; Final discharge 15 May 1908; Last date reported 7 April 1912 writes asking for some money, Oxford. Page 669 Vickers, Harold; Admitted 22 September 1910; Register no. 939; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 5 October 1915 1st Border Regiment, Carlisle. Page 829 Vines, William; Admitted 12 July 1907; Register no. 793; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 10 October 1914 doing well at his work (fisherman) but it is slack due to German mines being used. Page 632 Wallace, John; Admitted 14 November 1910; Register no. 948; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 15 February 1917 joined the Army Service Corps. Page 905 Warner, Thomas; Admitted 19 June 1906; Register no. 766; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 28 November 1913 arrested for perjury. Page 658 Warrilow, William; Admitted 28 January 1908; Register no. 824; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 4 July 1914 doing well and working over-time. Page 818 Watling, Harold; Admitted 8 December 1909; Register no. 912; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 30 November 1915 in the army, writes asking for money. Page 755 Watson, Henry; Admitted 15 March 1906; Register no. 756; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 14 March 1912 going to see on P&O liner. Page 672 Watson, Richard; Admitted 14 December 1911; Register no. 1010; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 7 April 1914 apologies for past misbehaviour and promises to do better in the country. Page 839 Waudby, George Henry; Admitted 26 February 1907; Register no. 781; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 27 March 1917 Infantry Brigade with the BEF in France. Page 784 Weedon, Thomas; Admitted 23 January 1904; Register no. 706; Final discharge 6 April 1907; Last date reported 9 July 1915 India Office, London. Page 705 Wells, William; Admitted 1 February 1911; Register no. 957; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 1 May 1914 often reprimanded by employer to no effect. Page 766 Westerby, Albert; Admitted 21 September 1910; Register no. 937; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 21 February 1921 letter asking when boy left school. Page 810 White, Albert; Admitted 1 April 1910; Register no. 921; Final discharge 21 April 1913; Last date reported 28 January 1916 joined the army, Chatham Barracks. Page 763 Whitehead, Arthur; Admitted not recorded; Register no. 1024; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 3 March 1917 his parents write asking if he can go home before he joins the army. Page 877 Williams, William; Admitted 25 August 1909; Register no. 884; Final discharge 23 March 1913; Last date reported 14 July 1914 employer reports he is in work and doing well, has bought a bicycle which he is paying for in instalments. Pages 647 & 821 Wilson, Frederick; Admitted 1 November 1906; Register no. 779; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 29 September 1914 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, with the British Expeditionary Force. Pages 651 & 777 Wilson, James; Admitted 20 August 1909; Register no. 897; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 23 December 1914 stationed at Aldershot. Page 652 Wiltshire, George; Admitted 30 August 1910; Register no. 933; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported scale maker, London. Page 792 Windsor, Edward; Admitted 19 November 1909; Register no. 906; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 30 December 1914 BEF in France, had a long spell in the trenches. Page 744 Winter, Thomas; Admitted 28 July 1910; Register no. 931; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 8 December 1914 writes asking for money to help with the expense of Christmas. Page 884 Woods, Harold; Admitted 3 September 1908; Register no. 849; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 18 December 1912 living and working in Wembley. Page 698 Woollard, Ambrose; Admitted 12 November 1907; Register no. 805; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 October 1913 sentenced to six months hard labour at Northallerton Prison. Page 668 Wright, George; Admitted 13 October 1910; Register no. 943; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 17 February 1916 been made a Lance Corporal. Pages 860 & 897 Wright, Stanley; Admitted 20 January 1905; Register no. 734; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported October 1911 waiter in London hotel. Page 635 Wright, Thomas; Admitted 26 November 1909; Register no. 909; Final discharge not recorded; Last date reported 25 June 1914 has improved ‘beyond all knowledge’. Page 661 Wrightson, L; Admitted 25 May 1909; Register no. 885; Final discharge 12 December 1912; Last date reported 24 February 1913 doing well, has been given an increase in wages and is taking a class at the Sunday School. Pages 726 & 823 Yates, Bertram; Admitted 24 January 1908; Register no. 822; Final discharge 22 July 1911; Last date reported 19 February 1914 working in a bakery in Chester. Page 697 p 629 - Letter from Thomas Kelly (ex-pupil) and second page (?) of another letter by him to the staff loose in volume between his discharge pages p 665 - Letter from HM Prison Cambridge to the school re: Reginald Saunders loose in volume between his discharge page P 684 - Letter from Stanley Overton to Mr Bigley loose in volume between Stanley's discharge pages
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