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The semi-secret school club known as the T.C.B.S. (in full Tea Club and Barrovian Society) was formed by pupils at [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]] in ca. [[1910]]. Though the group was somewhat amorphous and became more so after the members went off to the [[Oxbridge]] universities. It was refounded as a group of four friends ([[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Wiseman]], [[Rob Gilson]], and [[G.B. Smith]] at the [[1914]] Council of London. All Four fought in [[WWI| the Great War]] with Wiseman joining the navy and the others becoming junior army officers. Wiseman saw action at the [[Battle of Jutland]] but was unhurt. Smith and Gilson perished in [[The Battle of the Somme]]. Tolkien also saw action at the Somme but was uninjured before contracting a case of [[trench fever]] and returning to England where he spent the rest of the War in hospital or on light duty. After the War, Wiseman and Tolkien did not remain close (at least not in interests: Tolkien would go on to teach language and write poems and stories; Wiseman went on to teach music) and the T.C.B.S. was |
The semi-secret school club known as the T.C.B.S. (in full Tea Club and Barrovian Society) was formed by pupils at [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]] in ca. [[1910]]. Though the group was somewhat amorphous and became more so after the members went off to the [[Oxbridge]] universities. It was refounded as a group of four friends ([[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Wiseman]], [[Rob Gilson]], and [[G.B. Smith]] at the [[1914]] Council of London. All Four fought in [[WWI| the Great War]] with Wiseman joining the navy and the others becoming junior army officers. Wiseman saw action at the [[Battle of Jutland]] but was unhurt. Smith and Gilson perished in [[The Battle of the Somme]]. Tolkien also saw action at the Somme but was uninjured before contracting a case of [[trench fever]] and returning to England where he spent the rest of the War in hospital or on light duty. After the War, Wiseman and Tolkien did not remain close (at least not in interests: Tolkien would go on to teach language and write poems and stories; Wiseman went on to teach music) and the T.C.B.S. was essentialy dissolved. |
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==Resources== |
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Revision as of 21:14, 5 December 2005
The semi-secret school club known as the T.C.B.S. (in full Tea Club and Barrovian Society) was formed by pupils at King Edward's School, Birmingham in ca. 1910. Though the group was somewhat amorphous and became more so after the members went off to the Oxbridge universities. It was refounded as a group of four friends (J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Wiseman, Rob Gilson, and G.B. Smith at the 1914 Council of London. All Four fought in the Great War with Wiseman joining the navy and the others becoming junior army officers. Wiseman saw action at the Battle of Jutland but was unhurt. Smith and Gilson perished in The Battle of the Somme. Tolkien also saw action at the Somme but was uninjured before contracting a case of trench fever and returning to England where he spent the rest of the War in hospital or on light duty. After the War, Wiseman and Tolkien did not remain close (at least not in interests: Tolkien would go on to teach language and write poems and stories; Wiseman went on to teach music) and the T.C.B.S. was essentialy dissolved.
Resources
- Tolkien and his Circle
- Tolkien and the Great War, John Garth ISBN 0618331298
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