. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. Banffshire with a view to its publication. Fer-guson proved himself a very successful teacher,doing good work atAberlour, Nairn andSharpes Institute,Perth ; he took up theBoy Scout movementwith great enthusiasmand was popular withboth parents andpupils. In April 1915 he en-listed in his old Col-lege Company, the 4thGordon Highlanders,was later commissioned in the 5th Battalion and thereafter was appointedMusketry Officer. Ferguson went through histraining at Aberdeen, Peterhead and Ripon andcrossed to France in 1916, took part in the earlySomme Ba
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. Banffshire with a view to its publication. Fer-guson proved himself a very successful teacher,doing good work atAberlour, Nairn andSharpes Institute,Perth ; he took up theBoy Scout movementwith great enthusiasmand was popular withboth parents andpupils. In April 1915 he en-listed in his old Col-lege Company, the 4thGordon Highlanders,was later commissioned in the 5th Battalion and thereafter was appointedMusketry Officer. Ferguson went through histraining at Aberdeen, Peterhead and Ripon andcrossed to France in 1916, took part in the earlySomme Battles and was killed in action at Beau-mont-Hamel, 13 November 1916. GILLIES, JAMES BROWN : Major, 4thBattalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of T. R. Gillies, advocate inAberdeen ; born Aber-deen, 29 July 1886 ;educated at the Gram-mar School; matricu-lated, 1904; ,1908; served his ap-prenticeship withMessrs. C. & P. , Advocates,and Messrs. Tods,Murray & Jamieson,, Edinburgh;member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen
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