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Price, John Gentles
Person · 1914 - 1944

John Gentles Price was born on August 17, 1914. He attended Appleby School from 1928 to 1933 and played on the First Hockey and Soccer team, was a member of the Dramatic Club, won a school championship in Badminton and Golf. He graduated in 1933. He was a Captain, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and was killed in action on Sept. 8, 1944 at 30 years of age.
Powell, Vernon
Person · 1887 - 1918

Vernon Powell was the one Master who was killed during World War I. He was one of the small cadre of teachers who joined founding Headmaster John Guest in opening Appleby College in September 1911, and proved to be an extraordinarily popular and respected presence. During his three-year tenure he was the first Housemaster in the McCraney House, which came to be known as "Powell's", and the originator of the Appleby Dramatic Club. He was described as a man with "resourcefulness, quick sympathy, unquenchable humour, and a wonderful faculty for 'making things go' ". The scion of a family of soldiers, he left Appleby in 1914 to join a cavalry regiment, but soon transferred to the Canadian Field Artillery. He served in the 53rd Battery. He subsequently proved himself to be among the finest officers, earning the enthusiastic devotion of his men. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry at the Battle of the Somme, where he was wounded. In October 1917, he burnt his hands badly in extinguishing a fire among live shells in a gun-pit, his quick action saving many lives. In December of that year, he was severely wounded by an explosion. He was evacuated to England, where he died on January 2, 1918 at age 31. His body is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

53rd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery Died 2 January 1918, at 31 years of age.
Parker, Geoffrey
Person · 1968 - 2010

Geoffrey Parker was born on Jan. 18, 1968 and attended Appleby College from 1928 to 1983 for Grade 10. While at the school he was a photographer for the Argus yearbook.

He was a Colonel in the Land Force Central Area Headquarters for the Canadian Army and was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 18, 2010.