. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. Legge joined the Singapore Volunteer Corpsas Lieutenant in July 1914 and was mobilizedfor garrison duty in August. He met his deathin the quelling of a riot occasioned by themutiny of a part of the 5th Light Infantry, anIndian regiment. He with his stretcher-bearers,was following up the firing line, but in the darknessand the thick bush some of the mutineers gotbehind them, and Angus was shot from died the same day, 16 February Legge was a brilliant scholar and studentand keenly interested in the sporting side ofUniversity lif
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. Legge joined the Singapore Volunteer Corpsas Lieutenant in July 1914 and was mobilizedfor garrison duty in August. He met his deathin the quelling of a riot occasioned by themutiny of a part of the 5th Light Infantry, anIndian regiment. He with his stretcher-bearers,was following up the firing line, but in the darknessand the thick bush some of the mutineers gotbehind them, and Angus was shot from died the same day, 16 February Legge was a brilliant scholar and studentand keenly interested in the sporting side ofUniversity life. He was always modest and un-assuming and very popular with all-who knewhim. He had a most promising career beforehim. It is characteristic of Angus Legge thathe met his death in undertaking a great risk tosave a married friend from danger. RAMSAY, LEWIS NEIL GRIFFITT : 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Gordon High-landers ; son of Sir W. M. Ramsay, ,, , Emeritus Professor of Humanityin the University of Aberdeen ; born Aberdeen,. 3 February 1890 ; educated Merchiston School,Edinburgh; Robert Gordons College, Aber-deen; University ofAberdeen; ChristsCollege, graduated ,1 9 1 1 ; , 1 9 1 2,with special distinctionin Botany, and showedgreat promise as anaturalist, especially inthe field of observing powerswere very a Beit Fellow heworked for some time in the Imperial College of Science, London, andhe also acted for a year with marked efficiency asSecond Assistant in the Natural History Depart-ment, University of Aberdeen. There can beno doubt that he would have made his mark inscience. At the University, Ramsay was knownoutside the classroom asa keen sportsman. Inhockey, running and swimming, he excelled,and he was an enthusiastic member of U Company, and of the at Cambridge. In August 1914 he joined the 4th Gordonsas a private and was commissioned in November,accepting exchange to the 3rd (Special Reserve)Ba
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