Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN Lleutcnant Colonell W H ROWLEY We are very sorry to announce that on March 26th 1941 Lleutenant Colonel J W H Rowley was kllled ln actlon on the Western Front We ofler our deepest sympathv to h1s wlfe and famlly h1s mother and h1s brother Roger Rowley John Rowley was at Ashbury for a number of years finlshmg up as Captam of the School and a promment member of the Football Hockey and Crlcket Teams On graduatlon he went to Dalhousle Unxverslty Law School and after obtamlng h1s degree Jomed the firm of Henderson Herrldge Gowhng Sz Mac Always a keen member of the Cameron Hlghlanders M1l1t1a un1t when the unlt was ITlOblll.Z9d for 3CtlV9 servlce he wlth h1s brother went overseas ln 1940 He d1d well and eventually was promoted to Lleut Colonel 1n command of the battahon 1n December 1944 He was awarded the D S O posthumously Elected a member of the Board of Gow ernors of Ashbury College m 1938 he worthlly mamtalned the long trad1t1on of helpful ness establlshed by h1s famlly The loss of John Rowley IS not only personal It IS a real loss to Ashbury and to Canada All who knew hlm w1ll agree that the many fine and lovable qualltles he possessed are all too rare We can only hope that h1s example wlll msplre both Ashburlans and Canadlans m the future V s 7 F! . y . . , I ! , , . . . . , . . . . . , . , . - Tavish, practising as a barrister in Ottawa. 7 7 O , v , - 7

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THE ASHBURIAN I The Late LIEUTENANT COLONEL .I W H ROWLEY KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 26th 1945 I

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THE ASHBURIAN Mr. CYRIL WALSH It is with the deepest sorrow that we record the passing of Mr. Walsh, a master at Ashbury for more than two years. His health had been declining for a long time, and for several months he had been very ill, but in spite of his suffering he had insisted upon carrying on with his full duties. It was only by the most urgent pleas that he could finally be induced, in January, to go to hospital. He returned to school, however, in a few weeks, and in spite of entreaties took up his work again, but the strain he was imposing upon himself was too great, and on the fourteenth of May he was again taken to hospital, where he lived for a week, suffering the most intense pain. He died at half-past five on the morning of the twenty-second of May. Cyril Walsh was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1880. He held positions in St. Michael's College, Toronto, and later headed his own private school in that city. During the war, he was with the Department of Munitions and Supply for two years. He came to Ashbury in January, 1943, and taught various subjects, mostly in the Middle School. The most outstanding qualities of Mr. Walsh were his kindness, his charity, and his selfless devotion to duty. His kindness will long be remembered by all of us, but especially by the boys of Abinger, for he went out of his way to be con- siderate to them and did all he could to make their life pleasant. He laboured constantly to obtain funds and necessities for the poor of London under the blitz. But above all he was loyal and devoted to Ashbury, and his insistence upon remaining at his post in the face of his painful illness must largely have been the cause of his death. And surely there can be no finer tribute to his unselfish character than his apology, a few days before his death, for the troubie he thought he was causing. Ashbury has lost-we have all of us lostea very great and faithful friend.