Old Mancunian Military

Charles Walter Merryweather and Charles Edward Fry both taught at Manchester Grammar School under High Master Paton in the early decades of the twentieth century. What is remarkable about these two m…

The following was written by Jeremy Ward, (History 1974 - 1997) and looks at just some of the MGS pupils who gave their lives during World War 1, and how The Great War affected the School: THE LONG W…

The works of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen are rightly celebrated, and particularly so this year as we remember the centenary of the ending of the Great War.   MGS has its own war poet, celebra…

2016 marked 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. The huge loss of life that occurred during those five months has been well documented. The school lost at least 100 Old Mancunians to the Somme in…

Harley Miller was the middle son of HM Douglas Miller. To read more about him, read the latest edition of The Old Mancunian magazine. Files relating to Miller and his wartime activities can be found …

For a list of names on the MGS WWI and WWII Memorials, click the link below: Memorial Boards.xlsx For the MGS WWI Memorial book, click on the links below (ordered in alphabetical order by surname) Ac…

OM (1909-12). Gassed and wounded. Died 13/2/19. Died 13/02/1919, Aged 23. Royal Engineers. Buried at Manchester Southern Cemetery MGS – PHO 26/0024

Frank Lockwood, OM (1912-14). 2/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 26/8/18. Died 26/08/1918, Aged 20. Lancashire Fusiliers. Buried at Houchin British Cemetery. Inscription: “Deep I…

OM (1910-11). 1/16th Battalion Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 1918. Died 27/09/1918, Manchester Regiment. Buried at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery Inscription: “Greater Love Hath No Man Th…

OM (1909-13). Died 12/05/1917, Aged 20, Manchester Regiment. Commemorated at the Arras Memorial MGS – PHO 26/0035

OM (1912-15). Cycle Corps, Welsh Regiment. Died at casualty clearing station 12/09/1917. Photo taken by Guttenberg Manchester. Died 12/09/1917, Aged 19. Welsh Regiment. Buried at Mendinghem Military…

OM (1908-17). Killed in action 26/10/17. Died 26/10/1917, Aged 19. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial MGS – PHO 26/0022