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John Gare
Local man who studied at St Edmund Hall John Henry Gare was born in Oxford in February 1891. The family were farming, and in the early 1900s they moved to...
George Gare
Born into an Oxford farming family, George joined the cavalry and was sent to France in September 1914. He gained the Military Medal for gallantry. Born into an Oxford farming...
Horace Cleaver
Horace was eager for action and lied about his age to join the Royal Fusiliers when he was 16. He was soon stood down. At 18 he was accepted by...
Alfred Peel
Alfred was an outstanding scholar who enlisted after one year at Oxford. Serving at the Somme he contracted trench fever and was sent to Somerville College to recover. Prize-winning pupil...
Herbert Cairns
Herbert won a Mathematical scholarship to Brasenose College and wanted to teach in France. Father became Mayor of Sunderland Herbert Cairns was born in 1892 in Sunderland, to Sara Scott....
Godfrey Ballard
Godfrey was born in Woodstock. He studied for a year at Oxford University before enlisting, but died leading his platoon in his first battle. Solicitor’s son Godfrey Adolphus Ballard was...
Benjamin Baker
Benjamin studied at University College Oxford from 1899. He was quick to enlist when the First World War broke out. Methodist minister’s son Benjamin Wood Baker was born between July...
Mary Gilson
Mary was brought up in Wednesbury in the Black Country. After a short time at a grammar school in Wolverhampton she moved to Hunmanby Hall, a Methodist boarding school for...
Potted history of each strand of Methodism
Volume 4 (the City of Oxford) of the History of the County of Oxford published by Victoria County History, London 1979, has been digitised. It contains, among other things, potted...
Preaching plan from 1856
Preaching plans contain a wealth of interesting information but they are not always as exactly what they seem. This example is in fact a preaching plan for the Wesleyan Reform...
Which building belonged to which branch of Methodism?
Methodist Church Buildings survey In 1947 the Department for Chapel Affairs published a Methodist Church Buildings survey, following a resolution passed by The Methodist Conference in 1940. It is a...
Francis Hanby
Methodist minister’s son Francis James Hanby was born in 1887 in Hay, Breconshire, where his father was a Methodist minister. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, and won a...
Walter Harrison
Walter won an Open Classical Exhibition at Merton College but enlisted after his first year of study. He died at the Somme. Born in Lancashire Walter Bernard Harrison was born...
Wesleyan, Primitive and United Methodists: what's the difference?
The Wesleyan, Primitive and United Methodist Churches were autonomous entities with a shared Methodist heritage and very similar organisational methods. The disagreements which had caused their separate identities were partly...
Noel Morris
Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Noel gained a Welsh scholarship to Jesus College. When war broke out he was quick to enlist. Son of a brewery manager Noel Dyke Morris was...
James Stokoe
James was born in County Down, Ireland. He excelled in his first year exams at Oxford, but did not complete his degree and died at Gallipoli. Son of a surgeon...
Frederick Skinner
Frederick was the son of an Oxford draper. He studied at Oriel College and became a classics teacher. He enlisted as soon as war broke out and was promoted to...
Carl Shrewsbury
Carl was brought up by his single mother, and studied with Oxford University’s St Catherine’s Society, not at a college. His entire battalion was wiped out by German machine gun...
Arthur Rigby (Military Cross)
Arthur was born in Ceylon, where his father was a missionary. He showed great promise as a student, and planned to become a missionary himself. Head of School Arthur George...
Ernest Parson (Military Cross)
Ernest’s father was a minister, and he was born in Lucknow, India. He enlisted without completing his degree, and fought in the Royal Field Artillery. American mother Ernest Edward Parson...
Harold Parry
Harold was an outstanding pupil who gained a history scholarship to Exeter College. He wrote poetry in the trenches, which was published with some of his letters. Son of an...
Frank Palmer
Frank was born in Oxford and married at St Frideswide’s. While he was away fighting he would have heard of the birth of his son, Frank, but he did not...
Frederick Littlewood
Frederick studied in Oxford for only a term before joining up. He was promoted to Lieutenant and died in day-to-day trench warfare. Studied at Exeter College Frederick William Littlewood was...
Arthur Heath
Minutes before Arthur’s death his platoon sergeant heard someone exclaim: ‘What a man! I would follow him anywhere!’ Born into a wealthy family Arthur George Heath* was born in Hackney,...
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