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The Old Derbeian Society
Born on 3rd July 1883 to father Thomas Herbert and mother Emma Boam who lived
at Kedleston Road, Derby. He agreed on January 22nd 1915 to serve in the
Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force.
As a Private with regimental number 74185 he was enrolled in the 28th Bn.,
Canadian Infantry and served over in France. Here he died on 6 June 1916 at the
age of 29 and is remembered with Honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Note: We cannot locate any obituary within the pages of The Derbeian
George William Brown – 1907 to 1912
As we go to press we regret to learn of the death of Lieut. G. W. Brown, North Staffordshire Regt; but no details have yet reached us.
Since the last issue of the Derbeian we have heard further death details of the cause of death of Lieut. G. W. Brown, 1st Garrison Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., attached to the 38th Divisional Signal Company Indian Army.
He died of scarlet fever at Aden, on the voyage home from India where he had been lately stationed at Rawal Pindi. Before leaving School he had been for some time in the VIth form, and passed the London Matriculation Examination in his last term.
He took several parts in a series of dramatic scenes in the Xmas Term, 1911 playing Dogberry in the portion of Much Ado About Nothing selected for presentation. Shallow in the Merry Wives of Windsor and Charon in the Greek scene. He was also an active member of the Debating Society.
At the outbreak of war he was a student at Mirfield, and at once applied for and received a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut to a battalion of the North Staffordshire Regt. He served in the early operations at Gallipoli, where he was wounded and invalided home. After a time he was transferred to a garrison battalion and eventually was sent to India.
Charles Joseph Cadman – 1905 to 1909
Lt. C.J. Cadman, M.C., Royal Engineers was killed in action in France, January 25th 1917. At School C.J. Cadman showed himself good both at work and play. Was in both Football and Cricket XI's; a good runner and excellent shot; was Lieut. Commanding the Cadet Corps; VIth form and Præposter; and one of the best actors in the School and in fact showed excellent capacity in almost every branch of School life.
On leaving School he engaged in mining and became a student of mining at Birmingham University.
On the outbreak of hostilities he joined the Royal Engineers as a private and was very soon made a corporal in the Motor Cycle Section and went to the front in the early days of the war and went to Mons. He was mentioned in the first dispatch and given a commission as 2nd Lieut. for distinguished service in the field.
He was a second time mentioned in dispatches November 30th 1915 and awarded the Military Cross January 14th 1916. Altogether he was three times mentioned in dispatches.
The following extracts from a letter sent by Brigadier-General Price to his mother shows the regard in which he was held by his comrades and the feelings expressed are shared to the full by all those who knew him at School.
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