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

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NVELLS BRADLEY CUMINGS, born July 11, 1899, entered Sl. George's School in 1911 and left in 1917, enlisted in the 6th Regiment United States lllarine Corps, died from wounds received at Belleau Wood, -lune 30, 1918. TOIJINIAN DOUGLAS WHEELER, born October 2, 1891, ente1'ed St. George's School in 1907 and left in 1908, was commissioned as lst Lieutenant and assigned to the 127th Infantry, died at Paris, September 5, 1918, from wounds received in action. PHILIP NICWBOLD RHINIQLANDIQR, born August 29, 1895, entered St. George's School in 1907 and left in 1910, served as an ambulance driver in the Vosges and the Balkans, was commissioned as lst Lieutenant and assigned to the 20th Aero Squadron, was killed in aerial combat at Verdun, Sep- tember 26, 1918. XVILLIAINI BOULTON DIXON. born lVIzu'ch 22, 1893, en- tered St. Georgels School in 1910, graduated in 1911, was commissioned as lst Lieutenant and assigned to the 151st Artillery Brigade, was killed al 'l1hiacourt, October 17, 1918. Of him his Generalwvrites: His whole soul was in the righteousness of our cause. RIARQUAND WARD, born December 9, 1895, entered St. George's School in 1907, graduated in 1912, enlistedin the 312th Infantry, was killed at 'llalma Farm in the Argonne, October 18, 1918, displaying to his comradesu-so reads the General Order-'fan example of disdain of danger and of initiative in attack, reaching and falling at the nearest point to the enemy attained by his company that day. 1 ' ww - 125 ALEXANDER RODGERS, -IR., born April 23, 189-1, entered St. George's School in 1907, 2l'ZldU1lfCC1 ill 1911, was com- missioned as 2d Lieutenant and assigned to the 319th ln- fanlry, died in the Argonne from the effects of gas, October 24, 1918. I EDWARD BARRY WALL, born ,luly 23, 1893, entered St. George's School in 1906, 2l'!ldllilfCC1 in 1912, was commis- Siorled Lieutenant in the United States Aviation Corps and ordered to lldather Field in California as instructor where he was killed by falling with his machine, December 5, 1918. He was kept in this country'1-writes a comrade- because of his skill in flying, his ability and patience as a teacher, and his influence over the men. GALBRAITH WARD, born August 9, 1892, entered St. George's School in1905 and left in 1909, enlisted as a private and was promoted to be a Sergeant in the 306th lnfantry, died in the Argonne, December 18, 1918. He showed - says the General Order- an utter disregard for his own safety in directing and helping the men under him to find shelter, and then walked over one hundred yards through shell fire to the rescue of a soldier who had been severely wounded, bringing him to a place of safetyf' NOIUWAN .l. IVIIQRRILL, graduated at Colby University in 191-1 and came to St. George's School as a master in October 91 11195111110 5162111 enlisted as a private in October, 1917, was commissioned 2d Lieutenant at Camp Devens, served at Lamp l'erry and Camp Custer, was detailed to the Students' Army l1raining Camp at the University of Michigan and died at the Fort VVayne lVIilitary Hospital, February 7, 1919.

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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.

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