Eton College War Memorial

WM name reference WMO/198262


Current Location:

Eton College In the Cloisters Eton SL6 6DB England


Description:

10 small and 13 large bronze plaques running the length of the wall from the main entrance to the Upper School to the entrance to Lower School. 5650 fought. 1157 died fighting for the Allied Powers.


Campaign:

World War 1


World War 2


Surname First Name Date of Death Name of Memorial(s)
Balfour Robert 28-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Balfour John 21-3-1918 Eton College War Memorial View
Barne Miles 17-9-1917 Eton College War Memorial View
Barclay David 24-4-1917 Eton College War Memorial View
Broughton-Adderley Peter 16-10-1918 Eton College War Memorial View
Chapman David 15-9-1916 Eton College War Memorial View
Compton-Thornhill Richard 14-9-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Cottrell-Dormer Clement 26-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Elliot Esmond 6-8-1917 Eton College War Memorial View
Fitzwygram Frederick 5-5-1920 Eton College War Memorial View
Holland Edward 13-9-1916 Eton College War Memorial View
Hulse Edward 12-3-1915 Eton College War Memorial View
Kinnaird Arthur 27-11-1917 Eton College War Memorial View
Kinnaird The Hon Douglas , The Master of Kinnaird 24-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Leighton John 17-5-1917 Eton College War Memorial View
Marsham-Townshend Ferdinand 16-5-1915 Eton College War Memorial View
Mills Charles 6-10-1915 Eton College War Memorial View
Stirling-Stuart James 9-11-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Houldsworth William 23-9-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Lawson William 22-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Loyd Geoffrey 13-11-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Monckton Francis 8-11-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Monckton George 25-1-1915 Eton College War Memorial View
Ogilvy Gilchrist 29-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Rivers Bulkeley Charles 6-5-1915 Eton College War Memorial View
Rivers-Bulkeley Thomas 22-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Stephen Albert 31-10-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Winthrop-Smith Bernard 15-11-1914 Eton College War Memorial View
Atkinson Clark Peter 26-1-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Bailie Douglas 30-1-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Balfour Anthony 9-2-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Ballantyne Dikes Thomas 13-6-1942 Eton College War Memorial View
Baxter John 16-10-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Bland David 27-4-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Blythswood Philip 14-9-1940 Eton College War Memorial View
Burnett Reginald 16-2-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Cayzer Nigel 11-9-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Chichester John 21-2-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Cobbold John 18-6-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Cory-Wright Jonathan 9-4-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Currie John 11-4-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Cuthbert Sidney 30-7-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Soissons Victor 10-4-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Duberly William 8-12-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Elwes John 18-3-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Erskine Alastair 22-4-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Fletcher Christopher 27-1-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Fyfe-Jamieson David 12-11-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Grant-Watson Robert 27-3-1942 Eton College War Memorial View
Hanbury-Tracy Michael 22-8-1940 Eton College War Memorial View
Gurowski Richard 2-6-1940 Eton College War Memorial View
Harris Francis 27-2-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Lindsay-Peto Timothy 24-4-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Loder David 23-10-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Lyell Charles 27-4-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Lowinsky Thomas 16-2-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Macrae John 19-7-1942 Eton College War Memorial View
Marsham-Townshend Thomas 28-7-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Matheson Ian 23-5-1940 Eton College War Memorial View
Mathieson Douglas 6-8-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Nevil Michael 28-4-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Pember Rawdon 29-3-1945 Eton College War Memorial View
Ramsay Alexander 19-8-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Rathbone Henry 9-11-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Russell Thomas 4-9-1943 Eton College War Memorial View
Shaw-Stewart Patrick 31-1-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Taylor Guy 26-6-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Thorpe Ninian 9-9-1944 Eton College War Memorial View
Tyldesley Jones John 27-1-1944 Eton College War Memorial View

Further information:

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  • Who or what formation of the Regiment is named on the memorial. What event, dates or other inscriptions on the memorial.
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  • A description of the memorial with a photograph if possible.
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Please sent any information that you find to: Michael Campbell-Lamerton


As the information on the database builds up Michael Campbell-Lamerton will be sending regular updates to Archives at RHQ who remains the point of contact about for inquiries on past members of the Regiment.