World War I
Birkenhead Institute and the Great War, 1914–1918
The First World War had a profound impact on Birkenhead Institute. Former pupils and staff served in all branches of the armed forces, and many paid the ultimate sacrifice. * Names, NOT on Memorial Plaque.
Roll of Honour
The following former pupils of Birkenhead Institute lost their lives during the First World War.
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- Keyser Atkin - Capt. R.A.M.C.
- E.P. Beaumont M.C. - Capt. 17th. K.L.R.
- A.G. Beer - Corp. M.G.C.
- Norman Bell - Lt. Ches. R. R.F.C.
- H.G. Bickley - Lancs. Hussars 18th. K.L.R.
- E. Breuninger - 2/Lt. London Scottish
- P.D.S. Broad - Canada P.P.L.L.
- T.H. Broad - Lt. 137th. Canadian I.
- W.E.L. Broad - Lt. 5th. Canadian I.
- Donald M.C. Brown - 286th. Brig. R.F.A.
- Frank Bunnell - 8th. K.O. R.L.R.
- H.T. Burns - 1/4th. Cheshire R.
- A.L. Calvert - 2/7th. L.F.
- W.M. Campbell - Lt. 9th. R.I.R.
- P.F. Cannon - 26th. R.F.
- J.C. Chandler - 2/Lt. 17th. Ches. R.
- E. Clarke - 1st. K.L.R.
- H.E. Coates - Major K.L.R.
- Harry Davies - 8th. K.L.R.
- T. Stanley Davies - 26th. R.F.
- Albert Dodd - Lt. R.A.F.
- R. Dodd - Australian E.F.
- C.H. Easton - Sgt. 20th. K.L.R.
- F. Edwards - 2/6th. K.L.R.
- C. Leslie Evans - 5th. K.L.R.
- R.H. Falla - S.Sgt. A.S.C.
- William Fitton M.M. - Lt. R.A.F.
- George H. Foster - 2/Lt. R.E.
- C.R. Fraser - 2/Lt. 4th. K.L.R.
- W.E. Galloway - Lt. 4th. R.W.F.
- J.H. Good - H.M. Transport "Pancras"
- Ernest G. Goy - Lt. R.F.C.
- Malcolm Guthrie - 17th K.L.R.
- Percy Hancock - 20th. K.L.R.
- J. Harper - 2/Lt. 3rd. Cheshire R.
- W.L. Harris M.C. - Capt. 9th. R.S.
- A.H. Hindle - Lt. W.L. Artillery
- H.V. Hughes - Sgt. 20th. K.L.R.
- H. Vernon James - Lt. East Anglian R.F.A.
- Edgar C. Jones - Australian E.F.
- Fred Jump - 2/10th. K.L.R.
- Charles A. Lewis - Lt. R.N.D. A.I.S.
- Angus MacDonald - 1/10th. K.L.R.
- A.C. MacLean - Australian E.F.
- Cedric Richard Marshall - Wireless Operator
- E.M. McGill - Sgt. 1/6th. K.L.R.
- T. McNaught - 1/10th. K.L.R.
- F.I. Mercer - Sgt. 9th. Northants R.
- J.C. Meredith - Lt. R.F.A.
- E. Donald Miller - 1/10th. K.L.R.
- W.E. Miller * - 28th London (Artists Rifles)
- C.E. Neale - Royal Warwicks
- John Nixon - Sgt. 11th. K.R.R.
- W.J.M. Nicholson * - Qm. Sgt. Cheshire Reg.
- Wilfred T. Owen M.C. - Lt. 2nd Manchester R.
- A.O. Owens - Lt. 15th. R.W.F.
- J.G. Paterson * - Sergeant K.L.R.
- A.G. Paul - 2/Lt. 2nd. K.L.R.
- C.T. Pearson - Lt. K.E.H. & R.F.A.
- Richard Pell - 26th. R.F.
- G.B. Pollexfen B.A. - 1/10th. K.L.R.
- W.C. Poole - 172nd. Rocky Mt. Rangers
- H.J. Pugh * - Sgt. K.L.R.
- Harry Raby - Lt. R.N.R. HMS "Ramsey"
- S.V. Radcliffe - R.N.D.
- E.R. Ratcliffe-Gaylard - 2/Lt. 1/5th. D.C.L.I.
- Harold Ridgeway - Lt. 3rd. East Lancs. R.
- Gomer S. Roberts - 1/4th. Cheshire R.
- J.H. Robinson - R.E. & 9th. K.L.R.
- James Robinson - 2/Lt. 9th. K.L.R.
- R.A. Robinson - 1/10th. K.L.R.
- F.J. Schenkel - Lt. East African E.F.
- Brayton Scott - 10th. Ches. R.
- Albert Semmons - Shropshire L.I. M.G.C.
- Ralph Seward - Sgt. 21st. K.R.R.
- John H. H. Smith - Despatch Rider R.E.
- L.C. Storey - 2/Lt. R.A.F.
- Douglas Terry - 17th. K.L.R.
- John S. Tuckett - Sgt. R.A.F.
- Alexander Watson - Canadian Infantry
- G.W. Watson - 2/Lt. R.W.F & R.F.C.
- Mark S. Watson M.A. - Lt. 4th. H.L.I.
- Ray Wilcox - Capt. 3rd. L.F. - 1919
- Bernard Hallet Williams * - 2/Lt. 5th. L.N.L.R.
- T. Glyn G. Williams - 1st. R.W.F.
- T. Langley Williams - 2/Lt. 5th. K.L.R.
- W.H. Williams - 2/6th. Manchester R.
- G.H. Wilson - 1/4th. East York R.
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
Wilfred Owen was a pupil at Birkenhead Institute between 1901 and 1907 and is now regarded as one of the greatest poets of the First World War.
His poetry gives voice to the lived experience of soldiers in the trenches and remains central to our understanding of the war.