Some pupils from Grey Lynn School went to World War 2. About 200 pupils of Grey Lynn School went away to war and 180 came back. The pupils who died in World War 2 were R.G.D. Adlamd,J.s. Brennan, I.E. Cant,
G.w. Coulson, R.F. Edmonds, S.J. Ellis, R. Harden, R.H. Johnson, I.Johnson,E.G.McLachlan, A.McR. McLachlan, N.J. Newbold, H.C. Porter, G.Roy, H.S. Shearer, P. Shaw-Smith, W.B. Wangford.R.H. Watson, C.L. Webster, B.Wilson.
10 of the men who were killed were airmen due to the fact that the airforce was the main source of attacking in World War 2.