. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 49 IN career, the call for service came, he recognizedthat 11 lis was his work, and volunteered at once. Enlisting in theR===SJ=SEj^=SjjSI Hawke BattalionRoyal Naval Division,8 October 1914, heserved at Gallipoli un-til our forces werewithdrawn, then pro-ceeded with his Bat-talion to France, tookpart in the great chargeat Beaucourt in No-vember 1916, when hewas slightly wounded,and was killed in actionat Beaumont Hamel, 22 January 1917. Onewho knew him well writes : He volunteered atonce and in that and in his service acted withcheerful
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 49 IN career, the call for service came, he recognizedthat 11 lis was his work, and volunteered at once. Enlisting in theR===SJ=SEj^=SjjSI Hawke BattalionRoyal Naval Division,8 October 1914, heserved at Gallipoli un-til our forces werewithdrawn, then pro-ceeded with his Bat-talion to France, tookpart in the great chargeat Beaucourt in No-vember 1916, when hewas slightly wounded,and was killed in actionat Beaumont Hamel, 22 January 1917. Onewho knew him well writes : He volunteered atonce and in that and in his service acted withcheerful alacrity and unselfish courage . HORNE, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON: Lance-Corporal, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of Alexander , druggist; bornAberdeen, 22 June1887; educated Ash-ley Road Public Schooland Robert GordonsCollege, Aberdeen ;Bronze Medallist,Gordons College,1901 ; graduated ,1909. For five and ahalf years he taught asan assistant master inPeterhead Academy, then at the Middle School,Aberdeen, and later at Bishopbriggs and Chry-ston S
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