WILLIAM SIDNEY MATHIE, Lance-Corporal, 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, was the second son of Dr John Mathie of Bilston.  His long course at the school extended from September 1896 to July 1907, and he left behind him a record of excellent work both in the classroom and on the field.  He was a useful member of the cricket and football teams but won greater eminence as a long distance runner in the sports and in the cross country runs.  Always zealous for his alma mater, he regarded himself as a member of the school even when he had left, and made many welcome appearances at the runs.  His chief academic achievements were a 1st class in the Cambridge Senior Local Examinations and the winning of a Staffordshire Major Scholarship of £90.  From school he went to Glasgow University, passing the entrance examination with such credit as to be entitled to a scholarship.  After three years there he entered the Sunbeam Motor Works, intending to become a motor engineer; and for some time acted as Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry under the Staffordshire County Council.  When the war call came, he heard and answered.  In the disastrous attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt on October 13th 1915, he was severely wounded in the head.  Brought to England, he lay at King George’s Military Hospital, London, until May 27th 1916, when death ended his sufferings.  His age was 28.