Edward Bamford, was a Royal Marines officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Bamford was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry aboard HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland.
Memorial to Bamford and Norman Augustus Finch in Zeebrugge Churchyard
Sherborne School is a 13–18 boys public school and boarding school located beside Sherborne Abbey, in the parish of Sherborne, Dorset. The school has been in continuous operation on the same site for over 1,300 years. It was founded in 705 AD by St Aldhelm and, following the dissolution of the monasteries, re-founded in 1550 by King Edward VI, making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom. Sherborne is one of the twelve founding member public schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference in 1869 and is a member of the Eton Group and Boarding Schools Association.
Sherborne boys in Blues walking across the Courts to classes
Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, visiting Sherborne School on 19 July 1923
Pupils at Sherborne School in 1907
School House, whose cornerstone was laid on 26 June 1860 by the Earl of Shaftesbury, has been in continuous use as a boarding house to this day.
