Never to Return: Brighton College's Fallen 1914 18

In the early summer of 1914, the headmaster of Brighton College, Canon W. R. Dawson, spoke to the school in chapel. He called on every boy present to stand ready to sacrifice his life in defence of his country. No shot had yet been fired in anger, Austria''s Archduke still lived, few anticipated a European war, and yet Brighton''s headmaster seemed to sense the approaching clouds of conflict.

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