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(1874 - 1916)
Fleet Surgeon
Royal Navy
Born on April 10th 1874, in Charmouth, Dorset, Hugh was the ninth child of medical doctor Henry Norris, and the fifth by his then wife,…
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Captain
Intelligence Staff, East Africa
Ernest was born in Simla, India, on February 1st 1867, the son of dental surgeon Alfred O’Meara. He officially enrolled at Dulwich in September 1879,…
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Captain
Royal Engineers
George was born on February 11th 1883, the middle of three children of Alfred Oakes, who worked for an import/export merchants, and his wife, Marian.…
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Captain
12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Born on July 30th 1884 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Laurel was the son of English-born grocer Leonidas Oldfield and his Canadian wife, Kate. By the time…
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Major
96th Berar Infantry, Indian Army
Born 28th April 1873, Edward was the son of George and Mary Oliphant and the brother of William and Frank. Having left Dulwich in 1884,…
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Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
Tom was born on May 18th 1895 in Strood, Kent, the middle of three sons of Sheffield-born medical doctor Alfred Packman and his wife, Eliza.…
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2nd Lieutenant
8th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment
Born on May 9th 1885 in Collingham, Yorkshire, James was the fourth child of Ada Parkinson and her husband, Walter, an auctioneer. During the 1890s…
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Captain
36th Jacob's Horse, Indian Army
Mervyn was born on December 23rd 1885, the youngest of five children of surgeon Gerald Parnell and his wife, Mary. He came to the College…
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Captain
Royal Army Medical Corps
Born on August 6th 1884, Eustace was the youngest son of surgeon Samuel Parsons-Smith and his wife, Elizabeth. He came to Dulwich in September 1900,…
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