. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ed earlyto the appeal for men,and left for Bedfordwith the first draft of the 4th Gordons. After a few months spent intraining, he was sent out to France, and wassoon in action. It was whilst digging a com-munication trench near Kemmel that he washit by a stray bullet and received the woundwhich proved fatal. He died next day—28April 1915—in a Field Hospital. Mitchellproved himself at college, in the hard mon-otonous work of the field, as well as in action,willing, modest and courageous. GORDON, GEOFFREY: Lieutenant,12th Royal Lancers; son of Rev.
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ed earlyto the appeal for men,and left for Bedfordwith the first draft of the 4th Gordons. After a few months spent intraining, he was sent out to France, and wassoon in action. It was whilst digging a com-munication trench near Kemmel that he washit by a stray bullet and received the woundwhich proved fatal. He died next day—28April 1915—in a Field Hospital. Mitchellproved himself at college, in the hard mon-otonous work of the field, as well as in action,willing, modest and courageous. GORDON, GEOFFREY: Lieutenant,12th Royal Lancers; son of Rev. A. Gordon,Unitarian minister, Belfast; born Belfast, 15October 1881 ; educated at Grafton HouseSchool, Manchester, entering Aberdeen Uni-versity in 1899. In 1903 he graduated Second-Class Honours in Mathematics,and passed into the Indian Civil Service in1904. After a short time in Assam, he becameAssistant Commissioner in the Punjab ; and forfive years served as lieutenant and captain in thePunjab Light Horse, Indian IN MEMORIAM. At the outbreak of war Gordon was on fur-lough. He at once entered the Special Reserveof Officers, and received a commission in the12th Royal Lancers. On 30 April 1915 hefell in action in France. His Indian record wasone of courage and character, and gave promiseof even greater distinction than he had alreadyachieved. The Lieutenant-Governor of theProvince, in a letter to the Punjab Gazette,recalls the difficult and dangerous situationswhich he had had to face in the pursuance ofhis duty, and which he had always met withintrepid coolness; and speaks of him as agallant officer and a fearless gentleman . KNOWLES, JOHN FORBES: Private, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders; son of George Knowles,Aberdeen; born Aber-deen, 26 February1891 ; educated at theGrammar School;graduated M. A., 1912 ;entered the Col-lege in the same yearand continued hisstudies there till theoutbreak of AVar. In October 1914 herejoined U Com-pany, 4th Gor
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