Downstream

pupil, John Baker, was killed
in a flying accident. The
Commissioners for Crown
Lands agreed to sell the land
to his father, who gave it to
the school in memory of his
son, a ‘regular water baby’.
Today there is still a stone
tablet at Athens, opposite the
Royal Windsor Race Course,
in memory of young Baker,
‘a brilliant swimmer who
spent here many of the
happiest hours of his