The Old Shebbearians' Association

Old Shebbearians' Association - Rolls of Honour

These are the names of Old Shebbearians
who gave their lives in the name of freedom.
We publish them by request, as a reminder of their sacrifice.
Not all old boys are able to visit the school
to see the permanent Rolls of Honour.
The lists are disproportionately long for what was then a small,
remote boarding school in North Devon with a pacifist tradition;
48 names for the World War One, 35 for World War Two.
One name appears for 1965.

Sources are shown as a foot note.

1914 - 18

E. J. Adams
W. H. Allchurch
J. Ash
P. J. Blackmore
S. J. Blake
R. J. Challice
A. B. Clarke
W. Clarke
J. Cock
C. Colmer
P. S. Cornish
C. J. F. Dockett
F. P. Ellis
A. M. Foley
W. J. Ford
M. Gammon
L. Geake
L. P. Godfrey
J. Graves
S. M. Gregory
H. B. Gullick
A. P. Hall
U. Harris
J. Heggadon

A. J. Jefferies
H. Ley
J. C. Lyle
J. C. Martin
H. B. Miller
A. C. Moore
F. S. Morgan
L. V. Nye
F. W. Oliver
T. Page
E. A. Parnell
J. H. Paynter
J. H. Pyke
P. W. A. Reed
J. V. Sulman
E. W. Sussex
R. A. Sussex
D. Symons
G. Tucker
W. H. Welsh
J. H. Wheadon
D. G. Williams
W. C. Williams
R. C. Wynne-Roberts

1939 - 45

H. Badge
F. E. Barnard
F. S. Bazalgette
R. A. Crichton
F. Densem
W. G. Foale
W. A. Friendship
N. H. Gale
W. E. S. German
D. A. Gibbs
R. G. Ham
K. Heywood
W. R. Houghton
W. R. F. Laramy
C. G. Ley
E. J. Lock
M. G. Lovick

J. D. Mould
H. G. M. Osborne
W. Perkin
W. E. Pilbrow
P. C. J. Pilbrow
W. A. Pilkington
L. C. Quick
F. Raine
F. Rawle
S. J. Rennels
S. M. Russ
F. R. Shorney
W. Slee
C. G. Smith
L. J. Symes
J. K. Symons
W. F. Tollworthy
F. R. Westcott

1965

M R O'Driscoll

There is as yet no plaque at Shebbear to commemorate Michael O’Driscoll but his name is read out every year at the school Remembrance Day service.
He was a pupil from 1958-63, a member of Pollard House and still remembered with great affection by all those who knew him.
A fine athlete and rugby player, a talented actor also, he gained entry to Dartmouth Royal Naval College after A-levels.

By early 1965, he was serving as a Midshipman on HMS Invermoriston as part of a British operation against Indonesian infiltrators in Malaysian waters.
The minesweeper was attacked off Singapore with mortar fire from an Indonesian gunboat. Michael was killed while manning a machine gun.

Posthumously Michael O'Driscoll was Mentioned in Dispatches.
The citation said that Midshipman O’Driscoll showed
“outstanding coolness and devotion to duty while in action”.

The sources of information for the First and Second World War fallen are:
The wall mounted plaques on display at Shebbear College,
'The Second World War Memorial Book', 'A School Apart', and
'The Story of Shebbear College, by the Rev. Richard Pyke

 
OSA Hon. Sec. is David Haley, Cold Norton Farm, Ockham Lane, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1LW
Tel: +44 (0)1932 863746 Fax: +44 (0)1932 866709 Website: www.oldshebbearian.co.uk