You may not know this but the College is just over a hundred years old, and was founded in 1900 as a so-called High School. The move to our current site took place in 1903 when there were 205 students; that number had probably doubled by 1914. In that year the country went to war in what was going to be called the First World War and immediately Old Boys from the High School began volunteering for Kitchener’s New Army. Many of them never came home.
 
This morning a wreath of poppies was hung below the Roll of Honour to remember these brave students and members of staff.

For more information, including details on the lives of four students who fought and died in the war, please click here to view a presentation prepared by Dr Chris Welander.