James Victor Elmhirst

After schooling at Marlborough, Vic enlisted in 1917 and went to Sandhurst before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. However, the end of the war meant no more pilots were needed so he joined the York and Lancaster Regiment who were sent to Mesopotamia (Iraq).

With Leonard’s help, Vic bought himself out of the army and followed in his older brother’s footsteps to Cornell to study agriculture. He was then invited to work at Dartington Hall as an estate steward, but soon became temporary head teacher at the school. Vic stayed at Dartington for many years as a general administrator, adviser to the trust, and manager of the school farm.

from a biography of the Worsbrough family