. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 88 IN devotion to duty, when he covered the withdrawalof the Battalion with his platoon until it wasnearly surrounded, and extricated it from a verydifficult position in a most skilful manner . BOOTH, JOHN LYON : Captain, the Sea-forth Highlanders ; ; son of AlexanderBooth, commercialtraveller; born Aber-deen, 10 September1892 ; educated atAberdeen GrammarSchool ; matriculatedin Arts, 1910, enteringthe University as 7 thBursar; graduatedM. A. 191 4, withSecond Class Honoursin Classics, gaining dis-tinction in time-ex

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. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 88 IN devotion to duty, when he covered the withdrawalof the Battalion with his platoon until it wasnearly surrounded, and extricated it from a verydifficult position in a most skilful manner . BOOTH, JOHN LYON : Captain, the Sea-forth Highlanders ; ; son of AlexanderBooth, commercialtraveller; born Aber-deen, 10 September1892 ; educated atAberdeen GrammarSchool ; matriculatedin Arts, 1910, enteringthe University as 7 thBursar; graduatedM. A. 191 4, withSecond Class Honoursin Classics, gaining dis-tinction in time-expired Territorial he rejoined theGrammar School Company of the 6th BattalionGordon Highlanders on 24 August 1914,leaving a post in journalism in order to do to France in March 1915, he wasshortly afterwards sent to the Officers TrainingCorps at , whence he was commissionedin the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Booths advancement was rose to a substantive captaincy, and actedfirst as Officer Commanding, and then as Seco

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