Caldicott School is a boys' prparatory school. It was founded in 1904 by J. Heald Jenkins at a site near Hitchin. Soon after Scouting was founded, the School acquired a troop. A portait that looks to have been taken about 1919 shows the boys wearing suits with Eton collars. During World War I, a German Zephlin dropped bombs on the Hithin site. school account reveals, "Near the end of the 1914-1918 war, Hitchin was bombed by a Zeppelin. All the pupils were in bed when a huge overhead rattling noise developed - like several express trains - followed by some loud bangs, and the ground shook. Mr Jenkins came round the dormitories and took all the boys down to the dining room where apples and biscuits were dispensed. Some of the staff took refuge (very sensibly in fact) under the tables, while others thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Next day a general expedition was undertaken to inspect some holes about 10ft across and 3 or 4 feet deep fairly near the railway." The Zephlins did very little damage during the War, but largely because of them, the British were prepared when the Germans came again (1940). The boys pitched in during the War by working on the land. also used to help the war effort by working on the land and helping out at an Army canteen. A war memorial was dedicated to pupils who died in the War (1919). The School moved to a new site located across the road from from the beautiful woodlands of Burnham Beeches about 20 miles from London (1938).
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