Herbert Greaves Rowsell, Private, Royal Fusiliers, Captain, Hampshire Regiment
Herbert Greaves Rowsell matriculated in October 1907, after attending Fauconberg School, Beccles.
Born: Beccles, Suffolk on 20 March 1888
Fell in action: 3 September 1916
Lawn tennis at Jesus
He was active at sports while here, in particular hockey, football and tennis. At the latter he was one of the beneficiaries of a new asphalt tennis court which was installed, at the cost of 拢50, in 1909.
At this time the tennis courts were where the car park near the football pitch is now. Chanticlere reported that 鈥減erformers are on view there almost every afternoon and it is hoped that the practice thus afforded would bear fruit next term鈥 (Lent Term 1909, p8).
Sadly the Lawn Tennis team were hit by 鈥渋llness and examinations鈥 and they did not perform particularly well in Easter Term.
Rowsell was not given a very good report: 鈥渉as some good strokes, but back-hand work rather weak, and inclined to fall off in a losing game鈥 (Chanticlere, Easter Term 1909, p48). He fared rather better in 1910 when he had 鈥渙ften played excellently鈥.
He graduated with a BA in 1910, having taken papers, but not the Tripos, in Theology.
Suffolk County footballer
He played at full back in the College football team, in goal for the hockey team and jumped both the high jump and the 鈥渂road鈥 jump, as well as running the 120 yards hurdle race, winning the latter in 20鈪 seconds in November 1909. According to a newspaper clipping he also played football for Suffolk County on several occasions.
Missionary
After he left College he read Theology at the Bishop鈥檚 Hostel in Farnham, Surrey before joining the Archbishop鈥檚 Mission to Western Canada where he stayed for two years as a layman.
He enlisted at the outbreak of war and after receiving his commission was quickly promoted to Captain. In December 1915 he married Marjorie Helen Montford, just three months before he went to the front in March 1916. He was killed in action in September 1916 (Jesus College Society Annual Report 1917, p35).
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