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The Old Derbeian Society
During his seven years at School Lieut Graves showed the same strong and independent character and good disposition which he exhibited in after life. Of good physique, he could take a doughty part in any game which was going on, and both give and receive hard knocks in perfect good temper and Amity.
He won the Rowland Scholarship in 1901 and the first prize for German in 1903 and was Lance-Cpl in the Cadet Corps. Of modest disposition he was devoted to duty and supremely loyal to his old School. Wherever he was he kept in touch with it as far as he could, and set much store upon the regular receipt of the Derbeian. He was a member of the Old Derbeian Club.
He served successively in the Derby Savings Bank, the Derbyshire County Constabulary and in 1910 took up an appointment at Colombo in the Ceylon Police Force where he was for four years in the Criminal Investigation Department. While serving there he had the marvelously picturesque series of tatooings done which he could occasionally be induced to show; amongst them the Arms of Derby School.
At the outbreak of the war he joined the Ceylon Volunteer Engineers and assisted in quelling the riots which took place in that island. Coming back to England in 1915, he obtained a commission in the 18th Battalion Sherwood Foresters which was later on absorbed in the 13th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regt. He went to France early in 1916 and was severely wounded in September.
On recovering he was soon drafted overseas again. Later on he was attached to the 8th West Yorks. And it was while with them on Sept 27th that he was again dangerously wounded, being shot through the right hip and left thigh. Although hopes were entertained of his recovery, septic poisoning intervened resulting in his death.
Charles Eric Hardy – 1904
2nd Lieut. C. E. Hardy, M.G.C., was killed in action in France on Oct 23rd 1918, aged 24 years.
When war broke out he was already a member of the Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry and was mobilized at the commencement of hostilities, serving with that force in Egypt, Gallipoli and later in the Struma Valley. Recommended about a year ago for a commission, he was gazetted in January last to the Machine Gun Corps and had been in France for about 6 months. He was a young man of considerable promise and of a disposition which made him generally popular.
Percy Pool Harrison – 1907 to 1910
Capt. P. P. Harrison, Sherwood Foresters, who was wounded in action in France on Sept. 26th 1917, succumbed to his wounds on Oct. 20th and was interred with full military honours at St. Sever, Rouen two days later. He was aged 23 years. His parents had been summoned when his recovery was found to be hopeless and were present at his funeral.
In July 1915 he went to the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps and was azette three months later. After being stationed at Watford he was sent to Ireland in April 1916 and went to France in February last.
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