. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 14 IN MEM OKI which made him the hero he was. So con-spicuous was his braver)- in his last fight thatthey wrote of him : If ever a soldier deservedthe Victoria Cross, he did; and had he lived hewould have gained it. This is the opinion ofhis men and of the officers who saw him. MacPHERSON, JOHN COOK: 2nd Lieu-tenant, 3rd Battalion (attd. 1st Battalion)Gordon High-landers; son ofRev. R. Macpherson,; born Elgin, 30January 1886; gradu-ated and ,1910; Hunter Medalin Roman Law; Glad-stone Memorial the outbreak of warhe was i
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 14 IN MEM OKI which made him the hero he was. So con-spicuous was his braver)- in his last fight thatthey wrote of him : If ever a soldier deservedthe Victoria Cross, he did; and had he lived hewould have gained it. This is the opinion ofhis men and of the officers who saw him. MacPHERSON, JOHN COOK: 2nd Lieu-tenant, 3rd Battalion (attd. 1st Battalion)Gordon High-landers; son ofRev. R. Macpherson,; born Elgin, 30January 1886; gradu-ated and ,1910; Hunter Medalin Roman Law; Glad-stone Memorial the outbreak of warhe was in Edinburghwhere he was engagedin the Solicitors De-partment of the NorthBritish Railway Company. During his student days he was a Private in U Company, Gordon Highlanders and- inSeptember 1914, although his health had neverbeen robust, he enlisted in the 9th BattalionRoyal Scots and went to France with his regi-ment early in 1915. Shortly afterwards he wascommissioned to the nth Battalion and attachedto the 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Afterfurther traini
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