. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. alion Gordon Highlanders ; son of JamesBirss, police con-stable, Skene; bornSkene, 13 July 1893;educated GordonsCollege; student inArts, 1912-14. He joined the Ter-ritorials in 1911, andwas mobilized 5 August1914, with the 7thBattalion GordonHighlanders. Birsswent with his Battalionto Bedford, where heremained till May 1915, then proceeded toFrance, where he was killed in action at Beau-mont-Hamel, on the Somme Front, 13 November1916. His Company officer wrote of him: He was an efficient and intelligent soldier, andone likely to rise in rank rapid
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. alion Gordon Highlanders ; son of JamesBirss, police con-stable, Skene; bornSkene, 13 July 1893;educated GordonsCollege; student inArts, 1912-14. He joined the Ter-ritorials in 1911, andwas mobilized 5 August1914, with the 7thBattalion GordonHighlanders. Birsswent with his Battalionto Bedford, where heremained till May 1915, then proceeded toFrance, where he was killed in action at Beau-mont-Hamel, on the Somme Front, 13 November1916. His Company officer wrote of him: He was an efficient and intelligent soldier, andone likely to rise in rank rapidly, had he beenspared . FERGUSON, ROBERT WILLIAM : 2ndLieutenant, 5th Battalion Gordon High-landers ; son of Alexander Ferguson, painter;born Peterhead, 20 October 1887 ; educated atPeterhead Academy ; entered Aberdeen Univer-sity 1905 ; graduated with honours inMathematics, 1909; , 1910. He was akeen student of nature, took a special course ofBotany at Oxford University, and had gatheredmuch valuable material concerning the Flora of.
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