Honouring a Forgotten Hero
Left to Right: Cyril Trust,
Richard Phillips, Gordon Andrews, Michael Mehta, Ian Sargeant, Brian Williams,
Andrew Tuck, Roger Edgell, John Clarke & John Crotty
8 December, 2018
William Bastow was born in 1894, went to FGS from
1904 to 1909 and served in the First World War. He died tragically in a flying
accident whilst serving in Gallipoli in 1915. Although his death is marked on
the town war memorial, it was not recorded on the metal tablet hanging on the
wall of
That omission has been corrected in the centenary
year following the ending of WW1. Fortunately, there was room at the end of the
list on that tablet for the extra name and there was a formal unveiling
ceremony in the presence of several old boys of the school. John Clarke was
thanked by Roger Edgell for discovering the omission, Rev’d Canon Andrew Tuck
spoke movingly of the service to the country of people such as William Bastow
and OFA President Richard Phillips read a poem he had written for the occasion.
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