Every November, the country remembers the service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces in different conflicts. The School pays tribute to them, including former pupils, with a ceremony on the lawn, during which crosses with the name of each OQ who died in service are pressed intot he grass. One of those names is Alfred Llewellyn Hale (OQ 1907-14).

At Queen's, Lyn (as he was known) had been Head Prefect and Captain of South House. When was was declared in 1914, Lyn joined the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment just after his 18th birthday. He experienced a lot of action on the Western Front and was badly injured on the Somme in 1916. He recovered and returned to the front. Two years later, while supervising the erection of barbed wire, he was killed by machine gun fire. He was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Lyn loved his time at Queen's and especially enjoyed football, rugby and athletics. After the war, in memory of their son, his parents donated £100 to the school and this magnificent solid silver trophy for the Half Mile race, which Lyn had won in 1913. The words inscribed are:

QCT

South House

In loving memory of Captain A. Lyn Hale

Killed 8th July 1918

Presented by his parents