Boughton Leigh Junior School Just another Edublogs site 

Rupert Brook was born in 1887.Rupert was also born in Rugby.There is even a pub named after him!Rupert volunteered to for active service at the outbreak of the war.Before the war he traveled to North America an New Zealand.Why was Rupert buried in Greece?It was commissioned by Brooke’s mother, who was concerned that the existing grave was little more than loose boulders. The concept was that of “medieval design adapted to Greek surroundings”, intended to convey an atmosphere of both precision and melancholy.He sadly died of food poisoning in 1915.