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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Photograph of Captain Henry Mildmay St.John, WWI

Photograph of Captain Henry Mildmay St.John, WWI
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Captain Henry St.John (b1882) in the dress uniform of the Worcestershire Regiment on the steps of Lydiard House in 1915. Henry was the eldest son of Henry St.John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke and Mary Howard, one of three St.John brothers who fought in World War I.

Henry was to take part in the ill-fated Allied invasion of Gallipoli (in Turkey) where he was severely injured. He was shipped to Alexandria (in Egypt) and after a spell of treatment there he was sent back to England to convalesce at The Lady Islington Hospital in London.


See Related Items: Lydiard at War by Frances Yeo for an account of Henry's military career

Year:
1915
Type:
Photograph
Location:
Lydiard House
Owner:
Swindon Borough Council
Reference:
LYD1999.14.4
Credit:
Lydiard House
Last updated on:
Wednesday 28th February 2024

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