William Mooney 18/08/1915 - 11/12/1945 - aged 30 William Mooney was born on the 18th August 1915, coming to St Bede’s on the 13th September 1927, and leaving on the 19th July 1930. He became a motor mechanic and married Ann Rushton in 1939. He enlisted in the...
John Wilson 04/01/1922 - 08/02/1945 - aged 23 John Wilson was born on the 4th January 1922 in Whalley Range. He transferred to St Bede’s on the 17th September 1936, aged 14. He was a keen cricketer, representing the school team as a fast bowler and developing...
Lennard Eaton Smith 04/01/1913 - September 1945 - aged 32 Lennard Eaton Smith was born on the 4th January 1913 in Higher Broughton. He came to St Bede’s on 28th April 1924. Sometime after leaving the College, he was married to Ivy and they lived at St...
Joseph Patrick Leavy C. 1922-1923 - 11/01/1945 - aged 22 Aloysius O’Brien, known as Allan, was born in West Gorton. He came to St Bede's on the 16th September 1934, leaving in 1939 and underwent teacher training. Alann’s teaching career was cut short when he...
Joseph Patrick Leavy 23/11/1923 - 24/03/1945 - aged 21 Joseph Patrick Leavy was born in Crumpsall on the 23rd November 1923. During Joseph’s time at the College, he was a prominent member of the Debating and Elocution Club and a leading athlete in the vaulting...
Edward Gaul 01/03/1915 - 19/08/1945 - aged 31 Edward Gaul was born on the 1st March 1915 in Crumpsall. He arrived at St. Bede’s on the 4th September 1926 and left on the 18th July 1931 at the age of sixteen. After leaving school, Edward made his name as a...
John Gardner 16/04/1919 - 16/03/1945 - aged 25 John Gardner was born on the 17th April 1919 in Crumpsall. He came to St Bede’s at on the 16th September 1930. He left the College on the 22nd July 1936, aged seventeen. He later married Frances Mary, and they set...
William Burke 29/06/1926 - 31/07/1945 - aged 19 William Burke was born in Glasgow on the 29th June 1926, one of three children. He enrolled at St Bede’s on the 7th September 1936 as a Boarder. William threw himself into almost every area of College life: he was...
