[QUOTE=susie123;1016532]He was in 11th battalion Lancashire Fusiliers during WWI. Served on the Somme.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (1892-1973),[/QUOTE
I always thought there was a connection between Tolkien's son and Stonyhurst. I thought he was student there, but it would seem he taught at the college. Stonyhurst also claim that Tolkien himself wrote part of Lord of the rings at the college.