Group-Captain CHARLES HENRY APPLETON C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., R.A.F
1906 – 1944
Eagle House, 1915 -1917, and Malvern
Royal Air Force. Croix de Guerre and Czech War Cross
Missing presumed killed in air operations over Normandy, 1944
JOHN MARET BLANDY
1911 – 1942
Eagle House, 1919 – 1921, and Pangbourne
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
Taken prisoner in Singapore, 1942. Died in a Prisoner of War camp in Thailand
Major KENNETH WILLIAM BOLS
1913 – 1944
Eagle House, 1923 – 1926, Imperial Service College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Prince Albert Victor’s Own, Indian Army
Died 19 July 1944 from wounds received in Italy
Pilot-Officer ARTHUR SYDENHAM CARGILL D.C.M., R.A.F.
1913 – 1940
Eagle House, 1920 – 1927
Royal Air Force
Missing presumed killed, July 1940
Lance-Corporal ALASTAIR SCOTT CASSELS
1916 – 1945
Eagle House, 1924 – 1929, and Haileybury
Died 4 July 1945 in Kuching Prisoner of War Camp, Borneo
Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE GEOFFERY JAMES FENTON
1909 – 1943
Eagle House, 1917 – 1922, Cheltenham and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Royal Artillery
Killed in action north of the Sangro River in Italy, October 1943
PATRICK PAUL DEANE FREEMAN
1920 – 1941
Eagle House, 1932 – 1934, and Aldenham
Royal Air Force
Shot down over the Channel on 13 June 1941, his 21st birthday
Flying-Officer JAMES DAVIDE SPENCER GOLDRING R.A.F.
1923 – 1943
Eagle House, 1931 – 1932, and Cranleigh
Royal Air Force
Missing presumed killed over the Bay of Biscay, 18 July 1943
Flying-Officer MICHAEL GILES HOMER D.F.C. R.A.F.
1919 – 1940
Eagle House, 1930 – 1933, Wellington and Royal Air Force College, Cranwell
Royal Air Force
Killed in action over South East England, September 1940
Lieutenant-Colonel PATRICK LIONEL KIRWAN O.B.E.
1905 – 1944
Eagle House, 1915 – 1919. Scholar at Cheltenham, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Royal Engineers
Killed in action in Italy, during an attack on the Rapido River position, 9 May 1944
Lieutenant CARMEL STUART LEITCH
1922 – 1944
Eagle House, 1935 – 1936, and Wellington
Royal Artillery. 1st Airborne Division
Killed in action at Arnhem, 21 September 1944
Major HARRY LACHLAN LINDSAY
1912 – 1944
Eagle House, 1922 – 1926, Marlborough and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Royal Artillery
Killed in action on the Gothic Line in Italy, 18 September 1944
Major PETER GEOFFERY BOURCHER McNALTY
1909 – 1944
Eagle House, 1918 – 1922. Wellington, Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
3rd Cavalry. 2nd Lancers
Killed in action in the Burmese Jungle, March 1944
Flight-Lieutenant ARCHIBALD IAN ORR-EWING R.A.F. V.R.
1884 – 1942
Eagle House, 1893, Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge
Great War: Berkshire Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps
Second World War: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died on active service, 24 March 1942
Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE ARCHDALE PALMER
1902 – 1942
Eagle House, 1913 – 1915. Scholar at Cheltenham, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Royal Engineers
Died at sea, 3 March 1942, after his ship had been torpedoed
Lieutenant WALTER BRIAN STEWART (HEWESTON) D.S.O. M.C.
1908 – 1944
Eagle House, 1915 – 1922, and Brighton
Norfolk Yeomanry. Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Killed in action, August 1944
Major HUGH RICHARD STIRLING
1915 – 1944
Eagle House, 1924 – 1929, and Rugby
Royal Artillery
Killed on active service, August 1944
Lieutenant THOMAS EDWARD STREATFIELD-MOORE
1921 – 1945
Eagle House, , and Charterhouse
Grenadier Guards
Killed in active service, 5 August 1945
Flying-Officer RICHARD LLOYD R.A.F. V.R.
1920 – 1941
Eagle House, 1929 – 1933, Marlborough and Clare College, Cambridge
Cambridge University Air Squadron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Coastal Command
Killed on active service, 21 April 1944
Sergeant-Pilot WILLIAM HEREWARD WAKE
1919 – 1940
Eagle House, 1927 – 1932, Framlingham, and Loughborough College
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Killed on active service, 30 September 1940
Major NEVILLE GLYN WILLIAMS M.C.
1914 – 1945
Eagle House, 1924 – 1927. Exhibitioner at The Leys School, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
14th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army
Killed in action in Burma, March 1945
Poppy images taken by Jeff Lawrence CPAGB