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Elmes Patrick Green was born on May 10, 1913 and attended Appleby School from 1923 to 1926. While at the school is won the Form Prize for Language from Form IVA in 1926, participated on the 1925 Gordon boxing team; won the Form prize for Languages and General Proficiency for Form II in 1925; participated in the 1925 Sports Day half mile junior and high jump for junior competitions. He was a Captain in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and was killed in action on May 1, 1944 at age 30.

Frank R. Griffin was born on Oct. 20, 1897 to F.M. Griffin and his wife. He attended Appleby School from Jan. to Dec. 1913. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in March 1917 and was discharged in April 1918 after catching the flu. Later on in life he became a doctor, married and had two children. He died in July 1961.

William M.R. Griffin, D.F.C. (Class of 1926) was born on Nov. 9, 1909. He attended Appleby School from 1922 to 1926. While attending Appleby he played on the tennis and hockey teams. He was a Flight Lieutenant, 268th Squadron, Royal Air Force and was killed in action on Nov. 26, 1942 at 33 years of age. It should be noted that it was not until Feb. 12, 1943 that his death was confirmed.

Edith Grindley was the original School Matron and Nurse when the school opened in 1911. She left Appleby at the end of June1920 when she married Mr. Arthur Tizard. She returned briefly in 1924 to assist with the school activities. She had two boys, Peter and Alan who also attended Appleby.

David Graham Guest was born on January 25, 1908 to John Sherrat Hill Guest and Gladys Guest (nee Walker). He is the son of Appleby’s first headmaster and co-founder J.S.H Guest, and the grandson of Appleby patron and co-founder Sir Edmund Walker. He had three siblings, Elizabeth (Betty) Osler, Katherine Stevens, and John S. Guest. David attended Appleby as a student from 1917 to 1925. After graduating from Appleby, he attended Trinity College from 1926 to 1929, where he studied mathematics and physics. In 1929 he began attending Caius College in Cambridge, studying law. During his career he was a barrister and solicitor with Blake, Cassels & Graydon, and was on the Appleby Board of Governors from 1935 to 1976.

On September 19, 1936, he married Valerie Franklin Jones. They had three children Christopher Graham Guest, Valerie Gillian Guest, and John Guest. David died on August 15, 2001, at the age of 94.

John S.H. Guest was born in Burton-On-Trent, England in 1873. He began his career in education when he won a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he obtained a Master’s degree in modern history at Corpus Christi College. He started teaching in Yorkshire, but sought greater challenges and, in 1901, took a teaching position at Upper Canada College (UCC) in Toronto, Canada. One year later, he became headmaster of the Preparatory "Prep" School (Junior School) at UCC.

In 1906, John married Gladys Walker daughter of Sir Edmund Walker. Together they had four children, David (class of 1925), John (class of 1929), Elizabeth "Betty", and Katherine "Kitty".

Encouraged by his father-in-law, Sir Edmund Walker, Guest began the enormous responsibility of organizing and founding a preparatory school, and in April 1911 ground was broken for the School House (now Colley House), with Guest personally overseeing all aspects of construction. In the fall of 1911, the Appleby School (now College) opened to receive twenty-nine students.

Guest quite literally ‘built’ the school, comprising School (later Colley) House, the principal’s residence, the Chapel, the barn, and several buildings that no longer exist. Beyond the bricks-and-mortar contributions, he also established Appleby’s foundations, recruited the staff, designed the academic curriculum, established moral and spiritual principles for the boys, fostered a challenging sports program, and looked after the business management of the fledgling institution, even seeing it through the significant financial challenges of the Great Depression. He also saw the establishment of the Appleby Old Boys’ (now Alumni) Association in 1920, and the Appleby Women’s (now Parents) Association in 1928. Over Guest’s tenure, Appleby grew from twenty-nine students to ninety students, from one building to nine buildings, and from five employees to fifteen.

John Guest retired on June 25, 1934, having served as Appleby’s headmaster for 23 years. He had always been skilled with his hands, and pursued his interest by building furniture for his children and grandchildren.

Guest died on April 13, 1953.

Charles Lake Gundy, an Old Boy and for thirteen years the Chairman of Appleby's Board of Governors, died on September 15, 1978, in Toronto, at age 73. Mr. Gundy entered Appleby in 1913, and graduated with his Senior Matriculation in 1923. A very active member of the School , he was a platoon commander in the Cadet Corps, a vice-president of the Radio Club, and a member of the Dramatic Society, where his laurels were associated mainly with maiden-lady parts. In athletics, he won his Colours in football , was a member of the Senior Gymnastics Team , a half-mile and mile specialist in track , and a tennis player. After leaving Appleby, Mr. Gundy attended the University of Toronto. and joined his father's firm, Wood Gundy Ltd., in 1926. By 1939 he was the firm's sales manager; he was named President in 1948, and assumed the
Chairmanship in 1967. In addition to being a leading Canadian financier with directorships in many national corporations , he was also noted as a philanthropist. A member and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children , he was also involved with the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Health Sciences and the Ontario Association for Retarded Children. In 1969, the University of Toronto conferred upon him the degree Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) for sponsoring a study of the condition of medical research in Canada and its needs for continued development. Three of Mr. Gundy's sons also attended Appleby: Jamie ('58-'65), Michael ('60-'66), and Charles ('62-'65). Source: February 1979 Appleby College Quarterly

Charles Gundy was elected to the Appleby College Board of Governors on Oct. 28, 1938. He became the Chairman of the Board of Governors on February 11, 1953 and remained in that position until his resignation on June 13, 1966. On October 27, 1971, Grundy resigned from the Board of Governors, and was appointed a Life Member of the Board of Governors until his death in 1978.

Norman Glyn Gzowski was born on Feb. 26, 1919 and attended Appleby School from 1929 - 1931 and again in 1938 where he was Prefect, Captain of the Cadet Corps, a member of the Dramatic Club, and played on the First Rugby, Hockey and cricket teams. He graduated in 1938. He was a Flight Officer, 518th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on Jan. 23, 1944 at age 25.

Bert Halsey was the Head of Maintenance at Appleby College from 1934 to 1973. He was born in 1905 and died on July 16, 1985 at age 80.

H.C. Hardwick was a faculty member at Appleby College who taught English and French from 1929 to 1964. He was also the editor of The Argus for many years, as well as being in charge of the school plays. He died on Jan. 14, 1982 at the age of 81.

John Marshall Harlan was born in 1899 and attended Appleby from 1911 to 1915. An original student, John was a Prefect and head Prefect in 1914-1915, performed in the Appleby Dramatic Club, was awarded Colours and played on the First Hockey, and Rugby-Football teams. John's last year of preparatory school was in New York's prestigious Lake Placid School and he went on to graduate from Princeton University. In 1920, John became a Rhodes Scholar and studied law and jurisprudence at Oxford's Balliol College and in 1924, John earned his LLB and was admitted to the New York bar in 1925. John became partner of Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland in 1931 and in the early 1950's was chief counsel for the newly created New York State Crime Commission. On nomination of President Eisenhower, John became a judge of the US Court of Appeal's for the Second Circuit in 1954 as well as associate justice of the Supreme Court. During the Second World War, John served as a Colonel in the US Army Air Force in charge of the Operations Analysis Section of the Eight Bomber Command in England and was awarded the American Legion of Merit, and the Belgian and French Croix de Guerre. John was called the "Great Dissenter" of the Warren Court; described as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the twentieth Century. he died in 1971.