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Allen, Carleton
Person · 1916 - 1944

Carleton Allen was born on June 24, 1916 and attended Appleby School from 1926 to 1927. While at Appleby he participated in boxing and won the form II prize on Scripture. He was a Captain in the British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C., Army and was killed in action on Aug. 9, 1944.

Blackhurst, Charles Roger
Person · 1918 - 1941

Charles Roger Blackhurst was born on March 12, 1918. He attended Appleby School from 1930 to 1931 and participated in Junior Soccer Sixes, he Junior Hockey League, and the Junior Cricket League. He was a Leading Seaman of the Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Navy and was killed in action on Nov. 25, 1941 at age 22.

Brown, Brad
Person · 1940 - present

Edmund Bradley 'Brad' Brown was born on May 10, 1940 in Toronto. He attended Appleby College from 1949 to 1954 and went on to finish his secondary school studies at the University of Toronto schools. He did not graduate at Appleby College but is considered to be in the Class of 1959. At Appleby, Brad was a member of the school's Coronation Choir, who were invited to Britain by the Commonwealth Youth Movement to perform in the Coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II.

Brad chose marketing as his career and after graduating from the University of Western Ontario, he joined Lever Brothers and later General Foods where he spent 10 years in positions of Product Manager, Group Product Manager and New Business Development Manager on many of those companies' largest and most successful brands. Brad later founded his own consulting company and later advertising agency, both of which had many blue chip companies as clients. Brad still consults periodically for his long time clients Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Suncor.

Brown, Edmund Vere
Person · 1900 - 1971

Edmund Vere (E.V.) (Ted) Brown was born July 31, 1900 and was one of the original students when Appleby College opened in September 1911. He attended Appleby until he graduated in June 1916. He enlisted and was a cadet with the Royal Air Force during World War 1. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in Engineering. In September 1924 he returned to Appleby as a Master and taught history and later mathematics until he left in June 1932 to become Headmaster of the Junior School at Ridley College. During his time at Appleby, he initiated ‘Sunday Hikes’ for the boys on campus as well as running a summer camp at Farlane, in Northern Ontario at Red Deer Lake.

In June 1926 he married Ailsa Maclver and his children, Carol and Timothy were born in 1929 and 1934 respectively. In the summer of 1930, E.V. Brown had a small cottage constructed on campus for his growing family.

He died May 7, 1971.

Calverley, Osbert Leveson
Person · 1899 - 1918

Osbert Calverley was born in 1899 in England, and entered Appleby in September 1912. He played on the First Rugby (Football) Team, and graduated to the Royal Military College in 1916. Having joined the Royal Flying Corps at the end of 1917, he was sent to Texas for part of his training, and was the first in his class to earn his wings. He was sent to England in May, 1918, to complete his training, and was expected to go to France, but he met his death in an airplane accident. He is buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, UK.

124 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Died 12 July 1918, at 19 years of age.

Cantlie, Stuart
Person · 1907 - 1944

Stuart Stephen Tuffnel Cantlie was born on October 5, 1907. He attended Appleby School from 1921 to 1925 and was on the First Rugby and First Cricket teams, editor for the Argus yearbook, Prefect and Captain of the Cadet Corps. He graduated in 1925. He was a Lieutenant Colonel, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and was killed in action on July 25, 1944 at age 36 years.

Carey, Hugh Campbell
Person · 1919 - 1943

Hugh Campbell Carey was born on Sept. 24, 1919. He attended Appleby School from 1929 to 1935 and participated on the Intermediate Hockey League, the Dramatic Club; Second Team Cricket; Handicraft competitions; shooting competitions and was the Captain of the Intermediate Soccer Sixes in 1934. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Engineers and died in action on July 18, 1943 at age 24.

Person · 1899 - 1918

Harward Chaffey, was born in Winnipeg in 1899, and came to Appleby in September 1913 and stayed until June 1914. After leaving Appleby, he worked for the Dominion Bank in Winnipeg before receiving a commission in the RAF in the spring of 1918. His Commanding Officer, Maj. H. J. Hunter, reported the details of Chaffey’s death in a letter: “He was up with Turnbull, as observer, and they were observing for the artillery. Everything was going well when they were attacked by eight German scouts. In spite of being eight to one, they put up a wonderfully gallant fight and I believe could have got away, but they kept turning around on the Huns and attacking them.” Chaffey was killed barely two weeks before the Armistice was signed. His remains are buried in the Ascq Communal Cemetery near Lille, France.

42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Killed in action 27 October 1918, at 20 years of age.

Crawley, William Asheton
Person · 1897 - 1917

William Crawley was one of Appleby’s original students when the school opened in September 1911. Born in England in 1897, he joined Appleby at age 14, and played for the First Rugby (Football) team for four years. He left Appleby in December 1915 to take up a commission with the 164th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He went to England in April 1917, but when his battalion was broken up, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was in charge of a draft of the RFC proceeding to Egypt aboard H.M.S. Aragon when that ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean near Alexandria on December 30. The sea never gave up his body, but his name is listed on the Chatby Memorial on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, Egypt.

Royal Flying Corps Killed in action 30 December 1917, at 20 years of age.

Dowding, Richard Boyd
Person · 1922 - 1944

Richard Boyd Dowding was born on Nov. 11, 1922. He attended Appleby School from 1932 to 1940 and played on the First Rugby, First Hockey and First Cricket teams. He graduated in 1941. He was a Flight Officer, 426th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on Dec. 5, 1944 at age 22.

Edwards, John Cameron
Person · 1914 - 1940

John Cameron Edwards was born on August 18, 1914. He attended Appleby School from 1926 to 1933. While attending Appleby School he played on the First Rugby Team, Second Cricket Team, Second Football Team, Tennis Team, Soccer Team, Badminton Team, and participated in the Cadet Corps, Travel Club and the Dramatic Club. He graduated in 1933. He was Lieutenant, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, Canadian Army. He was killed in a car accident on May 18, 1940 at age 25.

Fowlie, John Mackintosh
Person · 1920 - 1945

John Mackintosh Fowlie (known as Jack) was born on May 3, 1920 and attended Appleby School from 1934 to 1937. He participated in the Interhouse Cricket match, boxing tournaments, Interhouse football. He was a member of Powell's House, was on the 1936 Second Football team and participated in cross-country races, was the Vice Captain of the Badminton team and was on the rugby team. He was a Flight Lieutenant of the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on March 16, 1945 at age 24.

Gillespie, Alex
Person · 1911 - 1915

Alexander Hamilton Gillespie was born on June 5, 1898 to A.G. Gillespie and his wife. Alex was one of the original students at Appleby and attended from September 1911 until June 1915. During his time at Appleby, he played hockey, cricket and rugby, particpated in Hurdles on Sports Day and was involved with the school plays performed by the Dramatic Club. He was also Prefect. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on Aug. 17, 1916. He died in 1941.

Green, Elmes Patrick
Person · 1913 - 1944

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.

Griffin, William M.R.
Person · 1909 - 1943

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.

Gzowski, Norman Glyn
Person · 1919 - 1944

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.

Harlan, John Marshall
Person · 1911 - 1915

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.

Hertzberg, Olaf Morris
Person · 1917 - 1943

Olaf Morris Hertzberg was born on Feb. 26, 1917. He attended Appleby School from 1931 to 1934. While at Appleby he was a member of gym and cricket teams, won the Kerrigan Cup in Shooting, and was a member of the Dramatic Club. He graduated in 1934. He was Captain, Canadian Intelligence Corps. and was killed in action on Feb. 26, 1943 at 25 years of age.

How, Thomas Ferguson
Person · 1917 - 1943

Thoams Ferguson How was born on November 14, 1917 and attended Appleby School from 1927 to 1928. While at Appleby he participated in the Interhouse games sack race/ 75 years in 1928. he was a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on May 14, 1943

Jamieson, Stuart William
Person · 1917 - 1942

Stuart William Jamieson was born on August 31, 1917. He attended Appleby School from 1932 to 1936 and played on the First Cricket team and the Second Hockey team, was Prefect, a member of the Dramatic Club, Captain of the Badminton team and Section Commander of the No. 3 Cadet Corps Platoon. He was a Flight Officer, 258th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on July 1, 1942 at 24 years of age.

Laird, John Hewitt
Person · 1897 - 1917

John Laird was born in Quebec City in 1897, and entered Appleby in September 1913 and stayed for one year. He played for the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams. He joined the army in 1916, and received a commission in the Eighth Royal Rifles. In June 1917, after training in England, he left for France. George L. Thompson, a machine-gunner in his platoon, said in a letter to Laird’s father, “Perhaps you heard he was wounded in the cheek, and I advised him to return to the dressing station, but was of no avail…we went along together until he made the supreme sacrifice.” Laird was killed in the attack on Hill 70. His body is buried in the Aix- Noulette Communal Cemetery in France.

24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) Killed in action 15 August 1917, at 19 years of age.

Macdonald, Donald Ryerson
Person · 1899 - 1917

Donald MacDonald was born in Toronto on Feb. 9, 1898 (note that in his military records his birth year is either 1895 or 1896), and was one of Appleby’s original students. He played on the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams, and won the Victor Ludorum Trophy in 1915. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Regiment, Canadian Militia, but reverted to the ranks twice in an effort to reach France. In France he was private soldier in the Trench Mortar Battery of the Fourth Brigade, and after nine months in the trenches, was promoted Lieutenant in the field. He was killed by a grenade while making a reconnaissance of ground in front of a newly-won position in the outskirts of Lens. His remains are buried in the Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery in France.

18th Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Killed in action 16 August 1917, at 19 years of age.

Machell, Geoffrey
Person · 1911 - 1912

Geoffrey Machell was born in Toronto on Jan. 1, 1895. He attended Appleby School from September 1911 to June 1912. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1915 and was sent home in 1917 with Turberculosis. He also enlisted in World War II and served at Camp Borden. He died in October 1975.

MacLean, Andrew D.
Person · Nov. 20, 1896 - January 22, 1971

Andrew D. MacLean was born on November 20, 1896 to Hugh C. MacLean and his wife. His father, Hugh, was the owner of Hugh C. MacLean Publications Ltd. Andrew was an original student and attended Appleby School from Sept. 1911 to March 1914. In December 1916, Andrew enlisted for commission in the Navy during World War 1. He married in 1925 to Frances Armstrong and had two children, Hugh and Jain. He died in Nassau, Bahamas on January 22, 1971.

Morris, Douglas Granville
Person · 1917 - 1942

Douglas Granville Mores was born on Nov. 21, 1917 and attended Appleby School from 1927 to 1928. While at Appleby he participated in cross-country running in 1928. He was a Flight Lieutenant of the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on Feb. 8, 1942 at age 25.

Osler, James Gordon
Person · 1915 - 1944

James Gordon Osler (Class of 1933) was born on Sept. 27, 1915. He attended Appleby from 1924 to 1933. While at Appleby, he was the Head Prefect, Captain of the Cadet Corps, played on all First Rugby, Hockey, Cricket and Gym teams, was a member of the Dramatic Club, and President of the Literary Society. He was killed in action on June 29, 1944, at 29 years of age. He was a Major, Royal Engineers (British Army).

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.

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.

Tisdall, Eric Charles
Person · 1922 - 1945

Eric Charles Tisdall was born on June 17, 1922. He attended Appleby School from1935 to 1941. While at Appleby School he was a member of the Dramatic Club, Soccer Team, Cricket Team, Boxing Team. He enjoyed both history and heraldry and graduated in 1941. He was a Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, British Army and was killed on February 13, 1945 at age 22.

Turquand, Aubrey
Person · 1896 - 1916

Aubrey Turquand was the first Appleby man to make the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. He was born 1896, and was one of Appleby’s original students and attended from Sept. 1911 to Dec. 1914. A noted athlete, he played on the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams, and was captain of all three in 1914. He twice won both the Senior Cross-Country Cup and the Victor Ludorum Trophy. In 1914, he left Appleby to enlist in the infantry where he rose to the rank of Sergeant; however, he reverted to a private soldier in order to get to France. He was wounded twice when he returned to the trenches as Lance-Corporal in a grenade platoon and was killed at Ypres. His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium.
3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Killed in action 13 June 1916, at 19 years of age.

Person · 1914 - 1941

Alan Ewart Gilbert Wainwright was born on Aug. 12, 1914 and attended Appleby School from 1924 to 1925.

He was a Pilot Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force and died in a training accident on Oct. 23, 1941 at age 29.

Weis, John William
Person · 1918 - 1944

John William Weis was born on May 4, 1918. He attended Appleby School from 1933 to 1937 and was a member of the First Rugby Team, Captain of the First Cricket Team, Secretary of the Camera Club, House Prefect in School (now Colley) House, and Cadet Corps section Commander. He graduated in 1937. He was a Flight Lieutenant, 408th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on June 8, 1944 at 26 years of age.

Wright, William Richard
Person · 1898 - 1917

William Wright was born in Ottawa, in 1898, and was one of Appleby’s original students. He played on the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams. Upon graduating from Appleby in 1916, he enlisted in the Fifth University Company, and on going overseas obtained a commission in the 35th Battalion. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion days before a high- explosive shell killed him as he was on a search mission. His body lies in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, near Mont St. Eloi, France.

18th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Killed in action 13 May 1917, at 19 years of age.

Young, John Maitland
Person · 1917 - 1943

John Maitland Young was born on June 29, 1917 and attended Appleby School from 1928 to 1934. While at Appleby he participated in Junior Soccer sixes, the 1934 Cricket League and Intermediate Hockey League. He was a Wing Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in action on Sept. 4, 1943.