World War I Roll of Honour - The Clove Club Hackney Downs School

Swinden, L.A.
Royal Flying Corps (86/15). Corporal Mechanic.
At present is doing wireless work in France, writes, “I would like to meet the chap who chooses the
English books to be read by soldiers in France. They are nearly all of the society type, dealing with
earls, countesses, fancy-dress dances, etc. I have made only one new friend - R.W.Service, the ‘Canadian
Kipling’ (who was born in Preston). His ‘Songs of a Sourdough’ are great.”
He also grumbles about the padres.
“Why is it that the men who are sent out to cheer and sustain the troops are very often of the dismal variety?
Every chaplain I have heard has discoursed on morbid subjects.”
It is not often that one hears complaints about the chaplains.
Symons, B.
9th County of London (84/15). 9th London Regiment (86/15).
Wounded in the leg. (86/15).
Tabor, Cyril, Private 5163
Pickfords, 1909. Intermediate B.Sc. at London University, 1913-1914, (Physics,Chemistry, Mathematics).
Honourable Artillery Company (88/16).
Talintyre, R.W.
Civil Service Rifles (87/16). Cpl. Reported commissioned M.G.C. (91/17).
Taylor, C.
6th Battalion, London Regiment (86/15). Lce.-Cpl., 10th London (90/17).
Taylor, F.L.
Review Committee, Christmas, 1909. Won the 1910 Clove Club Book Prize for an English Essay on the
subject “It has been said that freedom is an Englishman’s birthright. What is the nature of this freedom,
and how far is it exercised by individuals consistentwith the health of the Empire?” The last day for sending
in entries was November 25th. This year the prize goes to Taylor, F.L.”
Sergt., 1st Battalion, University and Public Schools Brigade of Royal Fusiliers (83/14). (86/15).
Second Lieutenant F.L.Taylor took part in the capture of Beaumont Hamel.
We were pleased to see him up at School on leave shortly afterwards (90/17).