. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ed a commission inthe Royal Field Artillery in January 1918. Twomonths later he was attached to a Field Batteryat the Front and while acting as Forward Observ-ing Officer on 6 May he received wounds fromwhich he died the following day, 7 May a student he took a very active part in thesocial side of University life, and as a soldierhis unswerving honesty and fearless leadershipwon the respect of all ranks. LARG, ALEXANDER: Cadet, Artists Rifles ; son of Peter Larg, music-seller; bornAberdeen, 21 April1 8 9 1 ; educated a tFerry hill PublicS
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ed a commission inthe Royal Field Artillery in January 1918. Twomonths later he was attached to a Field Batteryat the Front and while acting as Forward Observ-ing Officer on 6 May he received wounds fromwhich he died the following day, 7 May a student he took a very active part in thesocial side of University life, and as a soldierhis unswerving honesty and fearless leadershipwon the respect of all ranks. LARG, ALEXANDER: Cadet, Artists Rifles ; son of Peter Larg, music-seller; bornAberdeen, 21 April1 8 9 1 ; educated a tFerry hill PublicSchool and Robert Gor-dons College; for sometime employed withMessrs. Leslie & Co.,Shipping Agents, Aber-deen. He matricu-lated in October 1912,gained a high positionin the Bursary Com-petition, and in 1915 withFirst Class Honours in modern languages. In November of the same year he enlisted asa cadet in the Artists Rifles but was dischargedin 1917, having broken down under training,and took up teaching in modern languages in. 90 IN MEMORIAM. the City of London College. He died on 13May 1918 from the effects of illness contractedon service. An indefatigable scholar, Alexander Larg hadacquired a wide range of knowledge of the litera-ture and languages of Europe and gave promiseof a fruitful career. At the time of his deathhe was preparing a thesis for the London WRIGHT, ROBERTCaptain,
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