This topic might have a better name.
The Time Traveller's Almanac states that this pupil was called Redford rather than Redfern - this would make more sense considering there is already a Redfern in the story. Could this name have been misheard?
Talk about it here.
Redford (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac) or Redfern was a pupil at Farringham School for Boys in 1913. (TV: The Family of Blood)