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Remembrance 2018

100 years after the Armistice that ended WW1, Brasenose College Boat Club pays tribute to its members who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.  The Minute Book for 1914 records:

ON AUG 4, 1914 His MAJESTY declared war upon the German Emperor and all members of the Boat Club then or soon after took service against the enemies of England, in common with their fellows of the College, the Country and the Empire. 

In fact, the first members of the Boat Club to enlist did so the day before war was declared.  The Brazen Nose records that the first two Brasenose men to sign up were a members of the Boat Club, Lawrence Grubb and Vivian Bailey.

The first to be killed was Kingdom Tregosse Frost, who had rowed at seven in the 1st Torpid of 1899.  Cut off from his unit, and wounded several times, he was called upon by the Germans to surrender, but he refused to do so, and was eventually killed, fighting to the end.  So impressed were the Germans with his bravery that they awarded him a burial with full military honours.

The second man to die was Grubb, who rowed in the 1912 and 1913 1st Torpid.

A total of 34 Boat Club members died in service of the Allies.  Two others died in the German army.

The following images (click to enlarge) are excerpts from the archives:
The tribute to the fallen, written by Chaplain and Boat Club historian, Rev Henry Wace.
The names of the fallen.
Lawrence Grubb was the first to enlist, and one of the first to die.
Claude Holland, who won the Grand Challenge Cup three times at Henley Royal Regatta with Leander, and won the Stewards with Brasenose, also died on active service.


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    • Can you identify these people?
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