Chrishall School c1911

God Save the British Empire! (To see a close up of the faces, click on the photo).

This four country group (Britannia in the middle) was taken at the same time as the main school photograph and is believed marks the coronation of King George V in June 1911.   From Left: Percy Green; Bessie Rogers (as Miss Scotland) Donald Whitmore in HMS Lancaster sailor's uniform; Ivy Cranwell as the Irish lady (Ivy was an excellent primary school teacher by all accounts) and Ernie Flack on the far right.  Note the absence of the RFC/RAF in1911