. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. training at Bed-ford, he went to Francein May 1915, and was on the western front untilthe day he was killed in the trenches, 4 June1916. It was Thomson Scotts choice to servein the ranks. His CO. puts on record thathis services as Company Accountant were in-valuable, and his Captain wrote: He was afine soldier and as fine a comrade. DONALD, ROBERT: Sergeant,4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of William Donald,labourer ; born WestPeterculter, Mearns, 3May 1895 ! matricu-lated in Arts, 1913. Donald joined UCompany in March1913 and was ca
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. training at Bed-ford, he went to Francein May 1915, and was on the western front untilthe day he was killed in the trenches, 4 June1916. It was Thomson Scotts choice to servein the ranks. His CO. puts on record thathis services as Company Accountant were in-valuable, and his Captain wrote: He was afine soldier and as fine a comrade. DONALD, ROBERT: Sergeant,4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of William Donald,labourer ; born WestPeterculter, Mearns, 3May 1895 ! matricu-lated in Arts, 1913. Donald joined UCompany in March1913 and was called upon 4 August 1914,trained at Perth andBedford and went toFrance with the Bat-talion. On the field,as a member of the In-telligence Section, he proved himself a reliableand daring soldier, rising to the rank of Ser-geant. He fell in action at Vimy Ridge on9 June 1916. Young as he was, Donald, by his depth ofthought, sincerity of belief, and trustworthycharacter, had already shown himself well fittedfor his chosen profession—the
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