The Christ’s College Chapel also has two memorials to individuals. The plaque recording Edward Wynn Chapman’s (1807) death in the first battle of Ypres in November 1914 is in the south transept. The boys of College were the donors for a stained glass window in
Book of Memories
of war and his two sons Cyril Robert Nichols (2526, killed in action 1918) and Joseph Cowie Nichols (2525, died of wounds 1916). Funds for a painting of Guy Stanley Overton (1662) were donated in his memory and this is now in the College Art Collection. The Bowden Trust, established in memory of John Desborough Bowden (2309) who was killed in action in 1916, provides books on history for the College Library, while bequests from, and gifts in memory of Edward Harris (905), Geoffrey Harrison (2509), Ernest Helmore (2582), and Ivan Manning (2182) have been combined into the sports, scholarships and prizes funds. Christ’s College recognises 655 Old Boys who served on land, at sea and in the air from 1914–1919. We will always remember them. * From the fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon’s 1914 poem For the Fallen, also known as the Ode of Remembrance
Current War Memorial
the Chapel in memory of Guy Spencer Bryan-Brown, the College Chaplain who was killed in Belgium on 4 October 1917. The chapel is not the only place where recognition of those who were involved in World War 1 can be found. The Record of Service of Old Boys and Masters in the Great War , also known as the Book of Memories , contains the names of all those who served during this period. Two men were involved in its creation in 1939. Alfred Cook planned and partially completed the work. It was then finished by William (Bill) Sutton, who also designed and executed the illuminations. It is contained in a carved case in the College Dining Hall and a page of this volume is turned by the Head Prefect whenever there is a formal meal in the Dining Hall. Christ’s College today is in debt to many individuals and families and their association with World War 1. Rev. Bryan-Brown left money to College in his will and the fireplace in Jacobs House is in his memory. Ralph Edward Fulton Barnett (2306) is remembered in the Flower’s House Library and by the Barnett Science Prizes, made possible by a gift from his father, Sir Louis Barnett. Colonel J Cowie Nichols (719) endowed the Nichols Prize for Science in memory of his brother Walter Harry Nichols (1399) who died while a prisoner
Sources: • Chapel Sub Committee and School Committe Minutes • Christ’s College Board Minutes • Christ’s College Register August 1914, June 1958
• Crighton, A and M Stocker; Gurnsey, Frederick George Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - Te Ara http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/biographies/3g26/gurnsey-frederick-george • The Press 23 April 1923 p 10 • Record of Service in the First World War 1914-1919, Christ’s College Archives
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