Held in the School Archives are 160 essays written by boys at Sherborne School (aged 13-18), and one housemaster (A.H. Trelawny-Ross), about their experiences during the bombing of Sherborne on 30 September 1940. The essays appear to have been written in November 1940 and February and March 1941 and were probably set as English ‘hall’ (homework) by A.H. Trelawny-Ross. Trelawny-Ross also asked the boys in Lyon House to write down their memories of the day, which accounts for such a large proportion of the essays (65) having been written by boys from Lyon House and also for some boys writing two essays.
Poignantly, by the end of the Second World War eight of the boys who wrote these essays had lost their lives on active service: J.A. Balck-Foote (School 38-42), D. Maxwell-Cleeve (School 38-42), D.S. Hawkins (Harper 37-42), R.L. Henson (Harper 36-41), D. Moffat-Wilson (Lyon 37-41), A.B.D. Scott (Abbey 37-41), R.D. Scott (Abbeylands 37-41), and C.P.W. Warren (Abbey 38-42).
Essays arranged by house:
- School House (25 essays)
- Abbey House (13 essays)
- The Green (19 essays)
- Harper House (12 essays)
- Wallace House/Elmdene (2 essays)
- Abbeylands (13 essays)
- Lyon House (65 essays)
- Westcott House (11 essays)
Essays arranged by surname:
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