. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 72 IN Watch (Royal Highlanders) ; son of WilliamHarper, gardener; born Auchtergavin, Perth-shire, 5 November1890: educatedUrquhart PublicSchool and Elgin Aca-demy ; graduated M. A.(Hons. Maths.), 1911,gaining the AmottPrize in ExperimentalPhysics. From hisschooldays his abilitywas outstanding, andone of his Professorshas said of him : Hiswritten papers showeda faculty of lucid_ exposition which I have neverin all my experience as a Professor seen sur-passed . He was keenly interested in meteoro-logical work and after graduating held ana
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 72 IN Watch (Royal Highlanders) ; son of WilliamHarper, gardener; born Auchtergavin, Perth-shire, 5 November1890: educatedUrquhart PublicSchool and Elgin Aca-demy ; graduated M. A.(Hons. Maths.), 1911,gaining the AmottPrize in ExperimentalPhysics. From hisschooldays his abilitywas outstanding, andone of his Professorshas said of him : Hiswritten papers showeda faculty of lucid_ exposition which I have neverin all my experience as a Professor seen sur-passed . He was keenly interested in meteoro-logical work and after graduating held anappointment in the Royal Observatory in Edin-burgh. 11 Harper joined the Territorials in 1908, re-enlisted on 5 August 1914, and served in Franceand Flanders. After a period of training atGeneral Headquarters Cadet School, France, hewas gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, 8th (Service)Battalion The Black Watch, in August 1916,and was promoted Lieutenant a year later. Hewas killed in action at Passchendaele on 12October 1917. His Officer commanding wrote : His death was a
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