Year 12 Research
On 30 June 2015, Year 12 students at The Hemel Hempstead School spent the morning using battalion war diaries from the First World War to find out about local men who had lost their lives in the conflict. The work adopts 'Military History from the Street' methods developed by Professor Richard Grayson, who has supported 'Hemel at War' since it was initiated. The students' historical writing is available using the links below:
Denis Westwood by Florin Reid and Robert Wells
Edward Minter by Daisy Bishop and Leah Collins
Frederick Clamp by Kieran Baxter
Henry Sutton by Ella Tilford and Lucy Deering
John Coker by Shivani Thakrar, Megan Clarke and Lizzie Ellis
William Burness by Katie Rowe, Anna Bennett and Eloise Hepburn
A year later, on 24th June 2016, further work was done:
Walter Farrow by Francesca Burger, Debbie Adu and Adam Wood
Sidney Pratt by Ryan Wilson, Will Nicholls and Daniel Keene
Robert Quartermass by Tara Hancock & Bryn Holmes
Herbert Arnott & Charles Whittaker by David Snow and Edward LangleyIn 2016, Year 12 student Matt James began working on the stories of of men killed in the 2nd Bedfordshires, the battalion in which more Hemel men died than in any other. Work complete so far is:
On 27th June 2017, the following pieces were completed:
Albert Charge and Cecil Collings by Dorothy Harper and Emma Morley
Alfred Bass by Zara Briggs, Abbie Clark and Eleanor Clark
Ernest Claridge, Henry Gamble, Arthur Janes and Frederick Taylor by Sam Capron, Alex Taylor and Matthew Beeton
Horace Harding, Joseph Hosier and Alfred Mead by John Bristow and Evie Hubbard
Reginald Ambrose, Frederick Leach and Richard Hoar by Charlotte Smith and Isabelle England
Eleanor Clark then did further work and completed:
On 10th July 2018, students wrote the following:
Thomas Childs and Edward Fairbank by Lucinda Dodd and Anastasia Skopek
Thomas Brinklow by Ethan George and Molly MacDonnell
Frederick Bandfield and Frederick Charge by Poppy Whalley and Ed Shaw
Harry Biggerstaff and Frederick Cole by Mel Heather, Faith Hancock and Tia Dabare
Edwin Thorn by Daisy Whitbourn and Eve Melling
On 25th June 2019, students wrote about:
Thomas Cook by Robbie Tripp, Anna Smith and Sam Eades
William Day by Jake Brown and Georgia-Lee Harden
Charles Philbey by Keir Holmes, Charles Priest, Annie Martell, Harriet Norris
Stanley Picton by Maisie Hill and Lucy Kyne
Reginald Sharp by Marley Adams
The project resumed in 2024, with some of the break due to the effects of the pandemic, and on 4th July 2024 Year 12 students wrote the following:
John Biswell by Huxley Foulkes and Peter Arthur
Edgar Butler by Chloe Piper, Zara Crawley and Bhavandeep Walia
Frederick Carpenter by Lucy Fidler, Leeya Karavadra and Holly Stewart
Arthur Cook by Oliver Heathcote, Mia Maslen-Wollington and Olivia Trzcinska
We are very pleased that the 'Hemel at War' approach has been used at Bishop Thomas Grant School for Streatham at War.
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