SERGEANT ROY WILSON LAMBERT.
Sergeant Roy Wilson Lambert, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on April 25th, was the youngest son of Mr. W. Lambert, District Secretary in Auckland of the Mutual Life and Citizen Assurance Company. He entered the School in 1905 as a member of the Modern III. Form, and after leaving us went to Wellington for some years. At the time of his enlistment Lambert was a member of the staff of Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd, at Auckland. He was widely known as a footballer and cricketer, and was a prominent worker for the Y.M.C.A. He first achieved distinction as a footballer in Wellington, and last year played for the University Team, which won the championship. He was also chosen as centre threequarter for the Auckland Representative Football Team of last year. A comrade, writing from the Front, describes his death thus: “During the desperate fight that followed the landing a section of the force got into a very tight corner, and sent a message, ‘For God’s sake, send us reinforcements!’ Lambert got the message, and, without any hesitation, responded to the call of duty, racing at the head of his men up an incline to close quarters with the enemy. Bullets wounded him in three places, and the last proved fatal in a few minutes. They buried him that night.”  [Auckland Grammar School Chronicle, Volume 3, Number 1, p 13]