. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. in the strenuous days of militaryservice. CRICHTON, REV. NORMAN: 2nd Lieu-tenant, 4th Battalion Seaforth High-landers ; son of William Crichton, mason,Stornoway; born Stornoway, 3 February 1888;graduated , 1911; student for three yearsat Aberdeen College. In October 1914 he enlisted as a Privatein the 4th Gordon Highlanders, and was after-wards commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the4th Seaforths. Before proceeding abroad hewas licensed as a probationer by the of Lewis. He rendered distinguished 46 IN ME MORI AM. service as a
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. in the strenuous days of militaryservice. CRICHTON, REV. NORMAN: 2nd Lieu-tenant, 4th Battalion Seaforth High-landers ; son of William Crichton, mason,Stornoway; born Stornoway, 3 February 1888;graduated , 1911; student for three yearsat Aberdeen College. In October 1914 he enlisted as a Privatein the 4th Gordon Highlanders, and was after-wards commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the4th Seaforths. Before proceeding abroad hewas licensed as a probationer by the of Lewis. He rendered distinguished 46 IN ME MORI AM. service as a bombing officer in France, and fellin action at Beaumont-Hamel on 15 November1916. Celtic fervourand eloquence, com-bined with thoroughscholarship, markedCrichton as one whowould have proved ahighly successful mini-ster. He was a mostlovable man, and hadgained a warm placein the hearts of thosein the Mission wherehe laboured ; the samepower of attractiondrew his men to him in the army, for theyknew he always shared every risk along MACLEOD, : WILLIAM ALEX- Service, Mediterran-ean Expeditionary Force ; son of WilliamMacleod, stereotyper ;born Aberdeen, 28August 1881. Forseveral years he was inthe service of the Uni-versity Press ; but hecreditably aspired tothe Christian Ministry,and his employer, whosympathized with hisaspiration, consider-ately facilitated hisattendance at the University as a student in Artsin 1907 and after. In 1913 he became aDivinity student, gained several class-prizes, andwhile still a student, became missionary assistantto the minister of the West Church, Aberdeen,in which post he gained the high esteem andwarm regard of the congregation. He resignedhis work in the spring of 1916 and became(after licence) assistant to the minister of a few months thereafter, however, hewas moved by patriotic sentiment to offer himselffor war-service as a Hut Chaplain, under , and was stationed at Salonika wherehis wo
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