Army and Navy Gazette 25/5/1918 reported: 'Felsted School. -A meeting was held at the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, on April 22, to receive the report of the committee in connection with the Felsted School War Memorial. Mr. R. J. Beaver presided. The secretary reported that the committee had decided to recommend the erection of a memorial block of buildings. The present record showed that over 1,000 Old Felstedians were or had been serving, and so far as was known 153 had fallen. The honours gained included one V.C., twenty-four D.S.O. s, and seventy Military Crosses. The committee's recommendation was agreed to, and it was decided to form a general committee'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001394/19180525/059/0015

Chelmsford Chronicle 2/7/1920 reported Speech Day proceedings at Felsted School, during which the Headmaster was quoted as having mentioned that: 'As a war memorial, the first part, to erect an oak tablet in the church bearing the names of the 217 old Festedians who fell in the war, was nearly completed, and there was to be a memorial window from the mother of one of the boys'. (N.B. re this press report. 1) The School later learnt of the death of further Old Boys, whose names were included on the memorial. 2) The Headmaster's reference to the privately-funded 'memorial window' from a relative appears to have been ambiguous: no record has been found of such a window being subsequently installed at the School as a WW1 memorial, but a stained glass window and associated brass plaque were erected in the Chapel to commemorate a pupil who died at the School during WW1, i.e. George Harold DREWRY, "who died at Felsted March 26th 1916, age 15 years “). https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000516/19200702/001/0002

Chelmsford Chronicle Friday 17 June 1921 reported: 'SPEECH DAY Felsted School's Record. Memorial Unveiled. Essex General on the Spirit of the Race. Yesterday's speech day proceedings at Felsted School were of more than usual interest by reason of the unveiling of the School's war memorial. In common with all old public schoolboys in the country, Felstedians acquitted themselves honourably in the Great War, and the suggestion to erect a memorial of their deeds was taken up with sympathetic interest. An oak screen, designed and coloured by Mr. Frank O. Salisbury, and executed in Eng- lish oak, has been erected on the west wall of the School chapel below Mr. F. O. Salisbury's window in memory of Capt. Traill. The upper course contains the panels on which are inscribed in raised gilded letters the names of 239 brave men connected with the School who gave their lives (including one V.C.. three masters, and six servants). On the left side there is a four foot figure of Sir Galahad, and on the right a representation of King Arthur, the centre figure being that of St. George and the Dragon. The inscription reads: —"Thanks be to God for those who fought and died." Above the names is a canopy, surmounted by an open cross, and below are 12 stalls, with 3 wreaths for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The colouring of the memorial, being very soft and artistic, was greatly admired by the large gathering present. The unveiling ceremony was of an impressive nature. After introductory remarks by the Headmaster (the Rev. F. Stephenson), the hymn, "Soldiers who are Christ's below," was sung, the second verse taking the form of a treble solo. The lesson was read by Col. E. J. Hornsby Wright, D.S.O., and the Rev. F. D. Windsor offered prayer. Sir H. G. Ruggles-Brise, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., performed the unveiling ceremony, and dedication prayers were given by the Headmaster, followed by the singing of the hymn, " O what the joy and the glory must be." BOYHOOD TO BRAVERY. The Headmaster said the memorial testified to affection and to bereavement—God knew how great. It testified also to the achievements of those who had hardly passed through boyhood until there was crowded into a few years of their lives a record of sacrifice, endurance, and bravery such as most of them present had little hope of emulating. To-day those who lived and retained the precious things of life ex- pressed thanks to God for their glorious memory. Having released the Union Jack covering the front of the memorial, Major-Gen. Ruggles-Brise referred to the great sacrifice the school had been called upon to make. Many who gave their lives had been on the eve of a promising career. Yet they were proud of those old boys who, with millions of comrades, left England and faced all the horrors modern war, prompted purely by love of their country. The memorial would remind those who came after of how these brave boys had raised the traditions the School, and also that on the shoulders of the present pupils rested the future responsibility for maintaining those proud traditions...' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000516/19210617/047/0007