. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. don High-landers ; ; son of Rev. John WatsonL e i t h, minister ofMeldrum; born OldMeldrum, 10 February1892 ; educated Aber-deen Grammar School;matriculated m Arts,1910 ; graduated ,1 9 13; (Agr.),1914. He representedthe University for someyears in long distanceevents. He enlisted in the 4th Battalion Gordon High-landers early in September 1914, being posted to*the Grammar School Company, and crossed withthem to France in February 1915. After somearduous months in the Ypres Salient, he wascommissioned in August 1915, went through ab
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. don High-landers ; ; son of Rev. John WatsonL e i t h, minister ofMeldrum; born OldMeldrum, 10 February1892 ; educated Aber-deen Grammar School;matriculated m Arts,1910 ; graduated ,1 9 13; (Agr.),1914. He representedthe University for someyears in long distanceevents. He enlisted in the 4th Battalion Gordon High-landers early in September 1914, being posted to*the Grammar School Company, and crossed withthem to France in February 1915. After somearduous months in the Ypres Salient, he wascommissioned in August 1915, went through abrief training with the 3/4th Battalion GordonHighlanders at home, and returned to Francein January 1916, where he served continuouslyuntil his death. During the next two and aquarter years he acted successively as a PlatoonOfficer, and as Intelligence Officer to the 4thBattalion Gordon Highlanders and to the 154thInfantry Brigade (Highland Division). On NewYears Day, 1918, he was awarded the ,for which he had already been several times re-. 80 IN MEMORIAM.
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