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The Old Derbeian Society
On leaving School he went to the Midland Railway, and soon after the outbreak of war enlisted in one of the Public Schools' Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers, from which he quickly gained a commission in the Sherwood Foresters.
Claude Douglas Scott – 1903 – 1907
Sergeant C.D. Scott, 32nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, died on November 30th 1915 at No. 1 London General Military Hospital, St. Mark's College, Chelsea of pneumonia. At School he was in Form VI; had 2nd XI Cricket Colours and was a Lance Corporal in the Cadet Corps. On leaving School he was for a time at the Midland Railway and afterwards went to Canada. He was a member of Strathcona's Horse and came over as one of the military police with the first batch of the Dominion contingent. He was married in Canada some time ago. His family has a proud record in that seven sons have given themselves to the service of their country.
George Strangman Shannon
Currently we have no details within The Derbeian but because G.S. Shannon was a teacher at Winchester House School, near Brackley, Northamptonshire prior to enlisting into the forces we have been able to extract the following detailed information that appeared in their own School Magazine that originally appeared in the Deal Mercury, for May 15th, 1915.
“The news has been officially communicated that 2nd Lieut. George Strangman Shannon, attached to the 1st Batt. Dorset Regiment, was killed in action on the 5th May near Hill 60. Lieut. Shannon is well remembered here as a master at Winchester House School, and a keen athlete. The son of Mr. J. S. Shannon, M.A., of York, he was educated at Derby School, where he was captain of both cricket and football teams, and head prefect. He came as a master to Winchester House School in 1911, and left in July, 1914, to join his regiment, the 1st Batt. Dorset Regiment, to which he had been gazetted in June, 1913.
He played for Deal and District Cricket Club in 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914, was a member of the Walmer and Kingsdown Golf Club, and occasionally assisted the Deal Invicta Football Club. He was also a member of the Deal Philatelic Society. His regiment left Belfast for the front on the 16th August, 1914, and Lieut. Shannon was present at the battles of Mons, the Aisne, the Marne and Ypres. After the retreat from Mons the Dorsets were so reduced that when Sir John French reviewed the regiment, Lieut. Shannon and some 150 men were the sole survivors. Early in the present year he was mentioned in dispatches ‘for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field,’ and received the military cross. Lieut. Shannon’s was a most promising life. He was a fine sportsmen in the best sense of the word, and he was immensely popular with all with whom he came in contact. All who knew him felt that they have lost a true friend and a very gallant comrade.”
The school also received the following letter from Captain A. L. Ransome of the 1st Dorset Regiment:-
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