Thomas Basil Maryon Streatfeild

‘The Battle of the Mud’: the Third Battle of Ypres, 31 July-10 November 1917

‘Summer Hols begin’ wrote the Rev. H.R. King in his diary on Tuesday, 31 July 1917.  The Rev. Henry Robinson King (1855-1935), a master at Sherborne School, kept a daily diary in which he recorded the weather, world events (in red), and his own activities.  The previous day had been fine until the evening when … Read more

Experiences in the RFC by Lieutenant Antony Henry Whitford-Hawkey, November 1917

Experiences in the Royal Flying Corps by Lieutenant Antony Henry Whitford-Hawkey (1899-1918) (The Green, September 1913-20 June 1917).  Published in The Shirburnian, November 1917. When I left Sherborne to join the R.F.C. last summer term just before Commemoration I little thought what lay before me. I had visions of getting into a ‘bus and doing loops, … Read more