. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. in a bayonet charge,he continued to lead his men up to aboutthirty yards from the enemy trenches. Thestory of how he was brought in by a private ofhis battalion does honour to his rescuer ; andscarcely less to him, showing as it does thedevotion which he inspired. Major Robb diedin a hospital at Troyon the same night. Hewas an officer whom his regiment had cause tolove and honour, a brave leader, and a courteousand considerate friend. MEARNS, WILLIAM MELLIS : Surgeon, ; son of William Mearns, medical practi-tioner, Gateshead-on-T y n e ; born
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. in a bayonet charge,he continued to lead his men up to aboutthirty yards from the enemy trenches. Thestory of how he was brought in by a private ofhis battalion does honour to his rescuer ; andscarcely less to him, showing as it does thedevotion which he inspired. Major Robb diedin a hospital at Troyon the same night. Hewas an officer whom his regiment had cause tolove and honour, a brave leader, and a courteousand considerate friend. MEARNS, WILLIAM MELLIS : Surgeon, ; son of William Mearns, medical practi-tioner, Gateshead-on-T y n e ; born Gates-head-on-Tyne, 7December 1884 ; ma-triculated in Medicine,1902 ; , 1908. As a student Mearnsserved in the Uni-versity VolunteerCompany. He re-ceived a Commissionas Surgeon in theRoyal Navy, 6 , and served tillthe outbreak of war in China, the Persian Gulf,etc. He was appointed Medical Officer Formidable, August 1914, and servedwith the Home Fleet. The official record of hisdeath runs: On 1 January 1915 this ship was. IN MEMORIAM.
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