Fallen Brethren

Lodge Members who gave their lives for King and Country

1914 – 1919  &  1939 – 1946

Lt Col

Guy Cunninghame Knight

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Sept 1914

C & Bd

Lt

HH Maurice Prince of Battenberg

Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Oct 1914

Benson

FM

Lord Roberts

Royal Artillery

Nov 1914

Governor

Lt

Denys George Stephenson

Scots Guards

May 1915

Stanley

Cpl

Richard Frederick Ince Currie

Royal Fusiliers (The City of London Regiment)

Jul 1915

Benson

2nd Lt

Alfred Vivian Stanfield

The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Aug 1916

Benson

Maj

Harry William Crippin MC

Royal Artillery

Sept 1916

Talbot

Capt

Alexander Neville Blair

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Mar 1917

Hill

Cmdr

Shelley Scarlett, Baron Abinger

Royal Navy attached to the Bedfordshire Regiment

May 1917

Anglesey

2nd Lt

Thomas Ramsay Stoney

King’s Own Scots Borderers

Apr 1918

Murray

Lt Col

Cyril Dudley Hely Corbett

Royal Army Medical Corps

Dec 1918

Benson

Maj

Edward Frederick Kelaart

Royal Artillery

Jun 1919

Blucher

Maj

Henry J Brougham

Royal Artillery

1923

Stanley

Maj

Sir Henry Burrows Shiffner Bt

Royal Artillery

Nov 1941

Benson

Maj

Henry George Cashel Garratt

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Aug 1943

Beresford

Mr

Godfrey Jackson Carter

Test & Dispatch Flight, Hatfield

Aug 1943

Hill

Absent Brethren

1340 old boys, staff, and servants of Wellington College

are known to have given their lives on active service for their Country

As a Lodge for all Old Wellingtonians we also remember those OW Freemasons who were not members of our Lodge.

Old Wellingtonian Freemasons who gave their lives for King and Country

1914 – 1919

Lt

John Cusack Forsyth

Royal Field Artillery

Sept 1914

Murray

Capt

Lord Arthur John Hamilton

Irish Guards

Nov 1914

Benson

Capt Charles Carus Maud Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) Dec 1914  Picton
Capt John Rowley Lunnell Heyland 9th Gurkha Rifles Mar 1915  Orange
2nd Lt Crewe Coles The East Lancashire Regiment Jun 1915 Lynedoch
Capt Richard Henry Hamilton Moore The Border Regiment Jun 1915 Orange 
Lt Kenneth Fitzpatrick MacKenzie The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Sept 1915 Blücher
Lt Cecil William Charles Shelley Life Guards Oct 1915 Beresford
Capt Edward Lambton Pembrokeshire Yeomanry Mar 1916 Orange
2nd Lt Charles Jefford Fowler Royal Fusiliers (The City of London Regiment) Jun 1916 Blücher

Lt Col

Oswald Arthur Gerald Fitz-Gerald

18th King George’s Own Lancers

Jun 1916

Hardinge

Lt Norman Ian MacWatt Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) Jul 1916 Hopetoun
Capt Harry Frances Freke Marsh 1st/2nd King Edward’s Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) Feb 1917 Orange 
Capt John Ballard Berkley Ford The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Feb 1917 Hill 
Maj Alfred James Usborne Royal Field Artillery Apr 1917 Benson
Lt Col Stafford James Somerville Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Aug 1917 Combermere
Surg Capt Robert Ashton Bostock Royal Army Medical Corps Aug 1917 Orange 
Lt Author Amyot Steward Royal Field Artillery attached  Royal Flying Corps Oct 1917 Murray
Lt Arthur Christoper Paul Mackworth The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) Nov 1917 Senior Common Room

If you are visiting the battlefields click here for a guide to where some of these fallen brethren are remembered: [coming soon]

The Masonic Great War Project – Roll of Honour 1914 -1918 is a valuable resource for people researching Freemasons that gave their lives for their country in the Great War.