Charles Hazlitt Upham (3565) – the third cousin – attended Christ’s College in Flower’s House from 1923–1927 and Canterbury Agricultural College at Lincoln College. He became very well known for his bravery in Greece, Crete, Egypt and North Africa in World War II, which resulted in him being awarded a Victoria Cross and Bar. This Charles Hazlitt Upham’s portrait hangs in the College Dining Hall, a bust can be found in the administration area, and Upham Quad is named for him.
1 Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives, reference LYTAX1 and LYTAX2 2 He was baptised at St Andrew, Haverstock Hill, on 17 March 1872 with his siblings Ethel Maud Mary (b 28 January 1865) and John Hazlitt (b 23 September 1867). At this time the family were living at 4 Garden Villas, Mansfield Road. www.ancestry.com.au 3 Charles Hazlitt Upham ADM 196/82/280, The National Archives, Kew, England 4 Marriage is recorded in the June 1896 Quarter 5b 648. freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl See also http://www.1879zuluwar.com/t940-norbury-inspector-general-sir-henry-frederick-kcb-md 5 Birth is recorded in the March quarter of 1897 at East Stonehouse. freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl 6 Birth is recorded in the March quarter of 1897 at East Stonehouse. freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl 7 See The Press 17 and 27 January 1898. The Star 17 January, 1 and 4 February 1898. The Lyttelton Times 19 February 1898. 8 Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser 20 September 1898. The Lyttelton Times 5 September 1898. 9 http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=145 10 The order of christian names varies. In the Christ’s College List 1850–1950 the order is as above, however, the signature on his personnel record is Allan Neil David Mackenzie. He was known as David. 11 Royal Naval Division Casualties of the Great War ancestry.com.au; De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour Volume 3 ancestry.com.au; Gilbert, Sally pers com Archivist Merchant Taylors’. Information from The Tayloran , Vol 34 1911–12; Vol 35 1912–1913; Vol 36 1913–1914; Vol 37 1914–1915; Vol 38 1915–1916. 12 As above and https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/taylors-guild-london/pp456-479#h3-0004 13 Rickard, J (2007) Battle of the Ancre, 13–19 November 1916. http://www.historyofwar/articles/ battles_ancre.html; Sebag-Montefiore, H (2016) Somme: Into the Breach . Penguin Books Ltd, London. 14 Hart, EP (ed) (1936) Merchant Taylors’ School Register 1561–1934, with Biographical Notes . Eastern Press Ltd. 15 Christ’s College Register April 1915, pp152–153. 16 Weston, G (ed) (1954) The College House List . Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. p50. Mackenzie is Number 135 on the College House List. 17 Archives New Zealand, AABK 18805 W5544 0070677. 18 Christ’s College Register April 1916, p335. 19 These troopships with the 19th Reinforcements both left New Zealand on 15 November 1916 and members of the 10th Reinforcements NZ Rifle Brigade were on both ships. 20 See Fenton, D. et al (2013) New Zealand and the First World War 1914–1919 . Penguin Ltd, in association with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. 21 https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?firstName=allan&lastName=Mackenzie&war=1 22 https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?initial=HER&lastName=upham&war=1 https:// www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2091300/ancre-british-cemetery,-beaumont-hamel/ The Royal Naval Division memorial for the capture of Beaumont-Hamel is a stone obelisk erected
Charles Hazlitt Upham, portrait by Archibald Frank Nicoll
beside the main road from Arras to Albert, at Beaucourt-sur-l’Ancre. 23 https://marapito.blogspot.com/2008/09/upham-house-1945.html
24 Harriet Louise Brittan was the daughter of Louisa and William Guise Brittan, Land Agent for the Canterbury Association. Their sons – William Guise Brittan (10), Frederick George Brittan (39) and Harry Lyttelton Brittan (66) – attended Christ’s College. Cyril Carlyon Coates (1681) attended College from 1895–1899.
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