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While researching for his series of books commemorating the fallen whose names appear on the Boston War Memorial (and others in Boston) Dr William M Hunt, MPhil, PhD identified three casualties of the First World War who were Boston Grammar School pupils not included on the School Memorial: | While researching for his series of books commemorating the fallen whose names appear on the Boston War Memorial (and others in Boston) Dr William M Hunt, MPhil, PhD identified three casualties of the First World War who were Boston Grammar School pupils not included on the School Memorial: | ||
*Leonard Edward Adams, 2nd Battalion, The London Regiment - killed 13th March 1918 | *[[Leonard Edward Adams]], 2nd Battalion, The London Regiment - killed 13th March 1918 | ||
*Arthur Rastall, Royal Engineers - died of wounds, 16th November 1918 (buried in the Military Section of Boston Cemetary) | *[[Arthur Rastall]], Royal Engineers - died of wounds, 16th November 1918 (buried in the Military Section of Boston Cemetary) | ||
*Edgar Sutcliffe, Labour Corps - killed, 17 August 1917 | *[[Edgar Sutcliffe]], Labour Corps - killed, 17 August 1917 | ||
==1939-45== | ==1939-45== | ||
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Dr Hunt also found two casualties of the Second World War who were ommitted from the memorial: | Dr Hunt also found two casualties of the Second World War who were ommitted from the memorial: | ||
*Dennis Henry Bettison | *[[Dennis Henry Bettison]] | ||
*Thomas Edward Lawson | *[[Thomas Edward Lawson]] | ||
Dr Hunt's two volumes "A Town Remembers Those commemorated on the Boston War Memorial" are published in association with the "History of Boston Project". [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/090266204X/qid=1015880490/sr=1-36/ref=sr_1_0_36/202-0072489-1262267 Volume I: The First World War]; [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902882466/qid=1064350496/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/026-3553828-9938829 Volume II: The Second World War]. | Dr Hunt's two volumes "A Town Remembers Those commemorated on the Boston War Memorial" are published in association with the "History of Boston Project". [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/090266204X/qid=1015880490/sr=1-36/ref=sr_1_0_36/202-0072489-1262267 Volume I: The First World War]; [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902882466/qid=1064350496/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/026-3553828-9938829 Volume II: The Second World War]. | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 31 October 2012
The Memorials
Those past students of the school who were among the fallen of the two world wars are commemorated in the Boston Grammar School library.
1914-18
While researching for his series of books commemorating the fallen whose names appear on the Boston War Memorial (and others in Boston) Dr William M Hunt, MPhil, PhD identified three casualties of the First World War who were Boston Grammar School pupils not included on the School Memorial:
- Leonard Edward Adams, 2nd Battalion, The London Regiment - killed 13th March 1918
- Arthur Rastall, Royal Engineers - died of wounds, 16th November 1918 (buried in the Military Section of Boston Cemetary)
- Edgar Sutcliffe, Labour Corps - killed, 17 August 1917
1939-45
Dr Hunt also found two casualties of the Second World War who were ommitted from the memorial:
Dr Hunt's two volumes "A Town Remembers Those commemorated on the Boston War Memorial" are published in association with the "History of Boston Project". Volume I: The First World War; Volume II: The Second World War.