The impact of war was soon felt at Putney when Miss Ruth Hewetson, Headmistress from 1910–20 lost her brother, naval chaplain George Hewetson, when HMS Bulwark exploded at anchor near Sheerness with the loss of 736 men on 26 November 1914.
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Putney Remembers The Great War
Alumnae, General, Junior School, News, Senior School, Sixth Form
As we mark the centenary of the Great War (2014 - 2018), we look back at the part that Putney High School and its pupils had to play.