Remembering the 79 boys and 2 masters from Chigwell School who died in WW1. A third master, who taught German for a term in 1913, enlisted in the German Army upon his return to Germany and was also killed in action. It is believed he was the basis for the similar story in Goodbye Mr Chips. This Community is a work in progress and some names need confirming.
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Born 1874
Died 1918
British Army S4/044382 Private Army Service Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers
Born 1880
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company
British Army Captain Honourable Artillery Company
Born 1883
Died 1917
British Army 1331 Private Honourable Artillery Company
British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company
Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 2117 Serjeant London Regiment
Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 6795 Private London Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment
Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment
Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army 9982 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 9582 Private London Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment
Born 1886
Died 1915
British Army 32 Serjeant Essex Yeomanry
Born 1877
Died 1915
Canadian Expeditionary Force 16274
Canadian Expeditionary Force 16274 Private Canadian Infantry
Born 1899
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant
Born 1893
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1984 Auckland Infantry Regiment
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1984 2nd Lt Auckland Regiment
Born 1881
British Army 1165 Private County of London Yeomanry
British Army 151352 Private Machine Gun Corps
Born 1886
Died 1915
British Army Captain The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
British Army Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
British Army Captain Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 1006 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment
British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment
Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army Captain London Regiment
British Army 2402 Private London Regiment
British Army 2402 Captain London
Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
Born 1893
Died 1917
British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment