St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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.. .W - , -, , - 'WJ , Alumni wha haue hivh in the Sveruire INCE the last issue of the LANUIQ, nine of our Old Boys have died in the Great Wa1'. For the Sake of Q Com. plete record we give with them the names of six others who died earlier in the war. In regard to some of them our present information is but meagre, yet tl'eaSu1'il1g their memory as we do, l4l10Wihg them as we do, we claim for each of them in his measure Alan Seeger's exalted tribute to the falling soldier: H19.Vfl'!'ll1flI-0 less the forfeif Ihaf he paid Than lnldislmfmiwl Ilia! liix flag mighl ffflllf Utter ilu' fou'1'r.r of Iibm-ly, hp ,,,,,,1,, ' Itlir brea.rl the bulwark and hir blond fha' Izumi. Their lives have been a rich answer t0 the PCtlfl0H of the School Prayer, that they may contend bravely for God and the truth. Our prayer for them now and our memorial lycqomeg the ancient prayer of the Church for all her dead: May they rest in everlasting peace. GARDNER HENRY FULLER, born lVIarch 31, 1893, en- 1VlLLlAlVl SINIITH ELY, born November 18, 1895, entered tered St. George's School in 1903 and left in 1907, enlisted in the British army before the war, was commissioned as 2d Lieutenant, Army Service Corps, saw service at lVIons, the Aisne, and Ypres, died at lVIatlock Bath, England, February 2-l-, 1915. HAROLD CHANDLER KIIVIBALL, born February 22, 1891, entered St. George's School in 1903, graduated in 1908, en- listed as a private in the 2-lth Canadian lnfantry, was killed at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917. RONALD WOOD HOSKIER, horn hdarch 21, 1896, entered St. George's School in 1909, graduated in 191-1, became a Sergeant in the Lafayette Iiscadrille, was killed in a fight against three enemy machines at Roye, April 23, 1917, cited St. George's School in 1909, gl'?lLlll.ZltCCl in 1913, was commis- sioned as 1st Lieutenant m the United States Aviation Corps, was killed in training at Oxford, England, January 2, 1918. RICHARD CUTTS l AlRFlEl.,D, born February 20, 1899, entered St. George's School in 1913, graduated in 1917, joined the Wynne-Bevan Ambulance Corps, was killed at Mestre, Italy, January 26, 1918, the first American in uniform to die in the war, was awarded the Medaglio d'A1'- gento al Valore Militare. Of him the official dispatch says: He went from a place of safety far out of the range of the raid, and was killed while performing an act of bravery. for the Croix de Guerre with palms, as A soul truly elect CALDWELL COLT ROBINSON, born April 17, 1897, Cll- in bravery and the spirit of sacrificed' HENRY BREWSTER PALMER, horn December 25, 1886, entered St. George's School in 1901, graduated in 1906, served as ambulance driver at Verdun, in Alsace, and at Saloniki, enlisted in the Lafayette Escadrille, was commis- sioned Lieutenant in the United States Aviation Corps, died at Pau, November 13, 1917, before reaching the front, cited for the Croix de Guerre with palms. 12-1 tered St. George's School in 1907 and left in 1909, was com- missioned 2d Lieutenant and attached to the 6th Regiment United States Marines, killed while storming a machine-gun nest at Belleau Wood, -lune 6, 1918, and awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Cross for gallantry. Of him General Pershing said: 'He gave the supreme proof of that extraor- dinary heroism which will serve as an example to hitherto untried troops.