FREDERICK NORMAN WILLCOCK, Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, who was born on July 12th 1896 joined the school in January 1908 and left in December 1914.  He had been a member of the O.T.C in which he rose to the rank of Sergeant.  At once obtaining his commission, he joined his regiment at Bovington Camp and in December 1915 he went to Flanders where he was engaged in holding the Ypres salient.  After passing through two battles and being slightly wounded, he was ordered in June 1916 to the Somme.  There he took part in the attacks on Mametz, Mametz Wood and Contalmaison.  On July 10th he met his death at Contalmaison.  The trench which he and his comrades assailed was swept by machine gun fire.  The failure of other assaults left them open to heavy enfilading fire but, with the ringing shout of ‘Staffordshire’, the regiment charged and won.  The fall of all the other officers in his company left young Willcock in charge of the two leading platoons, and early in the morning, as he stood bravely on the parapet calling for reinforcements, he was shot dead.  The testimony of his superior officers, comrades and men characterises him as fearless, remarkably efficient and popular.