Old Loughtonians Lost in Battle
We are grateful to Old Loughtonian, Keith Pye (1954) who has been researching some of the Old Loughtonians who were lost in battle in both world wars.
Philip David Lloyd
Learnt to fly at Stapleford Aerodrome and joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve
Primrose McConnell
Primrose (1890 – 1918) joined the School’s First Form in September 1898, aged 8
Francis Humphrey Robillard
Died on 4th October 1917
Percy James Skinner
His name is recorded on the Australian national memorial at Villiers-Bretonneaux, France and on the Australian war memorial in Canberra, Australia
William Charles Knight
“He was a fine officer and quite a gentlemanly fellow”
Benjamin George Platten
Injured in High Road, Loughton
Alan Peter Quatremain
Lost on HMS Corncrake 25th January 1943
Thomas Bowditch
Thomas Bowditch Company Quartermaster Serjeant death 30th April 1918
Basil Guy Gingell M.C.
Second Lieutenant the 1st Battalion Essex regiment
Douglas Sheldon Catlin
Douglas was a Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment