WWI and WWII Remembrance

Elizabeth College Book Of Remembrance

The Elizabeth College Book of Remembrance, commemorating all of the former pupils who died in the two World Wars, was placed in a niche in College Hall at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 2005, eighty seven years since the first Armistice ended the Great War.

Elizabeth College decided that a Book of Remembrance would be created to commemorate the Old Elizabethans who died in the two World Wars and supplement the war memorials in College Hall. Extensive research was undertaken into which old Elizabethans should be listed; this became a very complex task as there were many discrepancies between the many different sources of information. It was decided to list each name gleaned from searching the College Registers, with their consolidated lists of the war dead, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, which lists every known soldier, sailor or airman who was lost in the two World Wars. Where the discrepancies were irreconcilable, then an observation has been made.

In the remembrance book, the College number, name, regiment, date of birth, date of death and age at death are listed. The lists attached here include other information which may be of interest to families and students.