Wellington College War Memorial

WM name reference IWM18724


Current Location:

WELLINGTON COLLEGE Crowthorne Bracknell Berkshire


Description:

ONE COMPLETE WALL OF THE GREAT SCHOOL CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN OF THE TWO WORLD WARS, LAID OUT IN 13 SCHOOL HOUSES. NAMES HAND-WRITTEN ON PARCHMENT SHEETS AND MOUNTED IN SHALLOW GLAZED CABINETS. EACH CABINET REACHES FROM WAIST HEIGHT TO CEILING.


Campaign:

World War 1


World War 2

Inscription:

THIS ROOM/ KNOW FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COLLEGE AS/ THE THE GREAT SCHOOL/ WAS RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL PROPORTIONS/ PANELLED AND FURNISHED AS A READING ROOM/ IN MEMORY WELLINGTONIANS WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945


Surname First Name Date of Death Name of Memorial(s)
Bostock R 17-8-1917 Wellington College War Memorial View
Coats Eric 17-5-1918 Wellington College War Memorial View
Gipps Reginald 7-11-1914 Wellington College War Memorial View
Hill-Trevor Hillyar 21-12-1914 Wellington College War Memorial View
Menzies Alastair 1-1-1915 Wellington College War Memorial View
Stephenson Denys 6-5-1915 Wellington College War Memorial View
Shelley Cecil 17-10-1915 Wellington College War Memorial View
Henderson-Scott Nigel 20-4-1943 Wellington College War Memorial View

Further information:

Find more information about a specific soldier visit findmypast. The Scots Guards are delighted that their Enlistment Books from 1840 to 1938 are now available at:

If you have information on a specific memorial please send it on to the Historical Committee. The Memorial information required is:

  • Who or what formation of the Regiment is named on the memorial. What event, dates or other inscriptions on the memorial.
  • The country, nearest town/city or other details of location.
  • A description of the memorial with a photograph if possible.
  • For bigger sites a copy of any advertising information or leaflets would be useful.

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.