as part of Sing UK's 'A Mass for Peace'. Combined cadet force The school's CCF has existed since 1863. BMS is one of very few schools in the UK to have had all four arms of the Service within its Corps: Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The Royal Marines section of the CCF closed in July 2017. Bedford Modern CCF invites students from nearby Bedford Greenacre Independent School and Bedford Free School to be part of the Corps. Eagle magazine The school has several of its own publications, the most prominent of which is named The Eagle. The Eagle has been published mostly biannually since 1881 and doubles as an archive of life at the school during that year. The Eagle is predominantly designed and edited by sixth form students, and since 2000 is printed as a glossy magazine with around 48 pages. It often also includes feature articles and interviews with former students. In addition to The Eagle, other publications include The Eaglet, which, until recently, was included as part of the main magazine, and includes articles from the Junior School. Another publication is the Eagle News, which is published for the benefit of OBMs. It includes School news, and follow-up articles of former pupils. In 1906, the mathematician Eric Temple Bell reported news of an earthquake in San Francisco, where he was resident at the time. The school is still known for this magazine in the Bedford area, where extra copies were often distributed. However, distribution externally is now limited. List of headmasters The following have been Headmasters of Bedford Modern School. Notable staff Thomas Blyth (1844–1913), later author and commissary to the Archbishop of Ottawa and Bishops of Niagara William Hillhouse (1850–1910), first professor of botany at the University of Birmingham Edward Mann Langley (1851–1933), founder of the Mathematical Gazette and creator of Langley’s Adventitious Angles Sir Percy Nunn (1870–1944), educationalist Ronald Welch (1909-1982), author Allan Towell (1925-1997), England Rugby International John Moore (born 1943), footballer, 1st team football coach David Davies (born 1957) author and historian, former history master Mark Burgess (born 1960), actor and playwright, Head of Speech and Drama Rob Hardwick (born 1969), England Rugby International Chris Willmott (born 1977), football coach and retired English footballer Rochelle Clark (born 1981), member of the England women's national rugby union team Old Bedford Modernians Former pupils of the school are known as