CORPORAL GEOFFREY BROUGHAM WARDE, 10TH. CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTN. KILLED IN ACTION NEAR GIVENCHY, JUNE 7TH, 1915. AGED 19. At the School 1909—12 (Day Boy). Geoffrey Brougham Warde was the eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Warde, of Tunbridge Wells. He entered the School in September, 1909, from Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells, reached the Modem Sixth in 1910, was appointed a House Praepostor in September, 1911, and after being for his last two Terms in the Army Class left at Christmas, 1912. In September, 1913, he went to Winnipeg, Canada, where he was in the Union Bank until November, 1914, when he enlisted, and came over to England with the 2nd Canadian Contingent. In a letter received three days before he was killed he gave an account of his first bayonet charge. The 10th Canadians had had a very hot three days in the trenches, and only he and three others of his section had come through unscathed, and he had had a bullet through his cap, and another through his coat, whilst his bayonet had also been struck. His platoon commander, after telling how he was shot through the head by a sniper in the early dawn of June 7th, went on to say: "It was a terrible shock to all his Company, for the boy was our favourite. His manly attention to his duties, his genial manner, cheery disposition, and intelligence far above the average, endeared him to all, and in addition to this he was a thorough soldier, every inch of him. As he was in my Platoon I was in a position to judge him, and watched closely. In a previous charge he was one of the first in over the enemy's trench. The loss of such good men is to be deplored, for although we have plenty of material, such boys as he are exceptionally rare. I hope you will not imagine that I enlarge on every one of our boys in this manner, my time is too fully occupied; but I speak of the lad as I proved him. Although I have only known him since the end of April, it was quite sufficient to realize his sterling qualities as a soldier, thorough in everything he undertook, attentive in every detail, and completely fearless, three qualities which naturally produce a brave soldier."