War Service but not eligible for inclusion in University Roll of Service

Sixty men claimed ‘War Service’ in the College Record of 1922 which would not have led to them being included in the Oxford University Roll of Service. We have not always been able to confirm their claims, but have no reason to doubt them. The date preceding each entry is the date of their matriculation.

1874    Atkinson, George Thomas, Non-Commissioned Officer, 1st Dorset Volunteers; Chairman of Military Tribunal.

1909    Ball, Percy, Sudan Civil Service.

1883    Beeton Sir Mayson, Organized and administered the Newfoundland Forestry Corps, 1917–18; assisted in Finance Dept, Ministry of Munitions, 1915–17.

1896    Bond, Nigel de Mundeville, Employed in Foreign Office during the War, OBE 1920.

1916    Chase, Eugene Parker (American Rhodes Scholar) American Expeditionary Force; YMCA in England, Sept. 1917–May 1918.

1884    Cooper, Revd George Henry, Chaplain, Brookdale Auxiliary Hospital.

1873    Couchman, Revd Charles Edward, Volunteer for Home Service, North Northants Local (Naseby) Branch 1915–16.

1887    Debenham, Frank Bridgewater Military Representative, East Herts.; Herts. War agricultural committee etc.

1880    Elliot, John Hugh Armstrong, Special Constabulary, 1914–19; Long Service Medal.

1915    Engleheart, Francis Henry Arnold, RAC Driver, Northern Army and 23rd Corps, Home Forces.

1891    Erskine, Alan David Mechanical Transport Officer, Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement (1915–18); Director of Statistics ditto (1918–19).

1875    Frank, Lawrence Ward, Sub-Purchaser of Army Horses on Mobilisation.

1886    Gardner, John Addyman, Investigations in Lethal Gas for War Purposes, also in various foods for the Royal Society Food Committee.

1902    Gardner, Thomas Edward, Scientific investigation in Chloropicrin, and shell-filling.

1917    Gatenby, James Bronte Oxford University Officers Training Corps, 1915–16; then invalided out; assisted in various war researches (physiological).

1912    Griffin, William John Treseder, Discharged from Army owing to ill health.

1909    Hassard, William Algernon Belonged to “National Motor Volunteers,” and conveyed numbers of wounded from train to hospital during the war.

1878    Higgins, Alfred Herbert, Volunteer, Herts. Volunteer Reserve; Special Constable, Herts. County Police Reserve.

1887    Hilliard, Edward,[1] Senior Proctor 1915–16, Ministry of Blockade 1916–19.

1890    Hoare, Edward Barclay, Indian Defence Force.

1886    Inman, Arnold, Commdr “X” Division Metropolitan Special Constabulary.

1883    Jackson, Revd Arthur Aubert, Hut-worker and Superintendent under the Church Army in France, 1918; Special Constable, 1916–18.

1894    Jones, Ronald Potter, Member of the RAC Motorists’ Corps, 1915–18.

1913    Kearley, Hon. Mark Hudson, British Civilian Prisoner of War Ruhleben, 1914–18.

1920    Keeble, Frederick William, Fellow of Magdalen and Professor of Botany, Controller of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture 1916–19; assist Secretary, Board of Agriculture, 1919–20.

1886    Knapp, John Matthew Military Representative, Stony Stratford and Wolverton Tribunal.

1895    Knollys, Reginald William Darfur Expedition 1916, unrecognized as war experience.[2]

1899    Lovett, Frederick Reynolds, Ministry of Munitions.

1887    Mansel, Algernon Lasclles, Foreign Office.

1907    Markoe, Francis Hartman, Orderly Lady Paget’s Hospital at Shofeyl (1914); Administrator BEA Hospital Belgrade (1913).

1902    Martin, John Bentinck, Vice-Consul at Trondhjem, Norway from towards the end of Aug. 1914 to June 1919.

1900    Maxwell-Lyte, Arthur, Ministry of Munitions, 1915–18; Sergt. A. Div. Metropolitan Special Constabulary from 1914.

1889    Meade, Francis Henry, Secretary of the Official Press Bureau.

1897    Mortimer, Reginald, two years Commissioned Service; insufficient information to check.

1907    Ray, William, (Australian Rhodes Scholar) Physician-in-Charge of Infectious Diseases, 4th Military District, 1915–16.

1912    Reade, Robert Francis St John YMCA (Recreation), France, 1917–18; Director of Entertainments, YMCA, France and Germany 1919.

1899    Riley, Percy Herbert MT, Royal Army Service Corps, 1916–19; England and Ireland.

1905    Robinson, Roy Lister (Australian Rhodes Scholar), Explosives Dept Ministry of Munitions; Board of Agriculture.

1890    Royden, Sir Thomas, Member of the Advisory Committee to Director of Transport and of Lord Curzon’s Shipping Control Committee, also of the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies; representative of the Ministry of Shipping at Washington USA, 1917–1918, and at the Peace Conference.

1892    Samuel, Frank Victor, War Trade Dept Home Office, and High Explosives Committee, War Office.

1893    Sandwich, 9th Earl of, George Charles Montagu, Admiralty Trade Dept, Chairman of the Central Prisoners of War Committee.

1886    Schiller, Ferdinand Philip Maximilian, Assist Commander, E Division, Special Constabulary.

1920    Scott, Thomas Ralph Alexander British Red Cross Italy, 1917–18; Interpreter to US Military Attaché, Rome, 1918–19.

1915    Shaw, Walter Reginald Courtenay, Staff Driving for War Office, 1917–18.

1884    Simpson, Edward Percy, Ministry of Munitions.

1920    Smith, Walter John, HM Dockyard 1914–19.

1886    Spencer, Hugh, Urdu and Hindi Censor Cairo June 1915–Sept. 1919.

1882    Sumner of Ibstone, Baron, Rt Hon., John Andrew Hamilton, Fellow of Magdalen; Member of the British Delegation to the Reparations Commission;   Peace Conference, Paris, Feb.–June 1919.

1889    Talbot, John Edward, Secretary of Imperial War Graves Commission during the war.

1885    Tattersall, William, Head Special Constable, Sevenoaks.

1883    Thorpe, Frederick Follett Younghusband, two and half years in Casualty Dept at War Office.

1878    Turnbull, Dr George Lindsay, Medical Officer at Guards’ Barracks, Chelsea, 1918–10; Surgeon to Westbourne Hospital (Voluntary Aid Detachment), 1917.

(Did not matriculate) Vernon, Dr Horace Middleton (1870–1951),[3] Fellow of Magdalen and Tutor in Physiology 1898–1920; Consultant to Ministry of   Munitions 1915–1918.

1883    Waldy, John Bradshaw Assist Military Representative for Guildford sub-area; Private, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment.

1873    Ward, William Welsford. Member of Official Tribunal of Cornwall for Military Service.

1890    Wheen, Revd Richard, British Red Cross Society, Voluntary Aid Detachment, 1915–July 1918.

1915    Windram, Reginald Whitmore 2nd Lieutenant American Expeditionary Force 1917–19.

1917    Woods, Eric Arthur, attached to Royal Army Medical Corps, Sept.–Oct. 1918, as medical officer on transport to Australia.

1908    Winmill, Thomas Field, Director Petroleum Research, Ministry of Munitions.

1886    Yorke, Philip Chesney, Special Constable, Metropolitan F Division, 1915–16; Postal Censor’s Office, 1916–19.

 

Total 60

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[1] Obituary, The Times no. 48,649 (22 June 1940), p. 2.

[2] In 1916, for devious reasons, but on the pretence that the Darfurians had contact with the Turks, the British invaded Darfur. If the campaign had been recognized as part of WWI then the Government would have had to pay for it, but by designating it ‘Patrol 16 of the Egyptian army’ the bill was sent to Cairo.

[3] Obituary, The Times, no. 51,925 (14 February 1951), p. 6.