. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ctor, BanffAcademy ; born Aber-lour, 15 December1893 ; educated atBanffAcademy (ofwhich he was Dux in1911) and AberdeenUniversity; ,1914; student in Me-dicine, 1912-14 ; Me-dallist in Physiology. He enlisted in , September 1914, was attached to the44th Field Ambulance, and trained at Aldershottill December. In January 1915 he received acommission in the and was attached tothe 3rd Gordons. Proceeding to the FrenchFront in May, he joined the 2nd Battalionand proved his efficiency as a bombing 25 September, when the B
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ctor, BanffAcademy ; born Aber-lour, 15 December1893 ; educated atBanffAcademy (ofwhich he was Dux in1911) and AberdeenUniversity; ,1914; student in Me-dicine, 1912-14 ; Me-dallist in Physiology. He enlisted in , September 1914, was attached to the44th Field Ambulance, and trained at Aldershottill December. In January 1915 he received acommission in the and was attached tothe 3rd Gordons. Proceeding to the FrenchFront in May, he joined the 2nd Battalionand proved his efficiency as a bombing 25 September, when the Battalion chargedfrom their trench before Vermelles, he gallantlyled the bombers as far as Hulluch on the thirdGerman line, where he fell during the Germancounter-attack in the afternoon. He had exceptional ability as a student andwas very popular. Beneath an easy manner there was a sternness and enthusiasm onlyevident to his best friends, perhaps, and whenhe was confronted by a difficult and dangeroustask. It was that sternness and enthusiasm. 14 IN MEM OKI AM.
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