Saturday 10th June 1916: Ampthill Road School boys of an
older generation will rejoice in the announcement that the popular “Jack”
Hislop of their school boy days as won the Military Cross for splendid service
in bringing up ammunition during a heavy German attack “somewhere in
France”(1). “Jack” was one of a batch of boys, the sons of non-commissioned
officers, who came from the barracks in the old days to Ampthill Road Schools,
and after leaving school he joined the county line regiment in which his
father, now Major Hislop, had had such a distinguished career. His promotion
was rapid. In January of this year he was given his commission in the 8th
Bedfords(2).
(1) Perhaps
the attack of 19th/20th April 1916.
(2) Captain
John Hislop MC was killed in action with the 8th Battalion on 22nd September
1917 and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial near Ypres.
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