. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. missioned on the field for distin-guished service, he was transferred to the 2ndBattalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,July 1915, and fought with them in the heavyfighting at Loos where he was killed, 25 Sep-tember 1915. Of Fraser it could be truly saidthat he lived his life in short measures, twosessions at the University, 6 months of training,7 months of active service, and he was only 19when he fell; already he had shown that he hadthe rare gift of infectious enthusiasm, which in-spired others to do and dare along with him,alike in the pla
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. missioned on the field for distin-guished service, he was transferred to the 2ndBattalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,July 1915, and fought with them in the heavyfighting at Loos where he was killed, 25 Sep-tember 1915. Of Fraser it could be truly saidthat he lived his life in short measures, twosessions at the University, 6 months of training,7 months of active service, and he was only 19when he fell; already he had shown that he hadthe rare gift of infectious enthusiasm, which in-spired others to do and dare along with him,alike in the playing field at Kings and in thebattle-fields of Flanders. KENNEDY, WILLIAM ROBERT: 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Argyll andSutherland H i g h-landers; son of Dr. John R. Kennedy;born Carradale, Argyll-shire, 8 March 1896;educated DunbeathPublic School, TainRoyal Academy, andWick High School;student in Medicine,1914. Kennedy startedMedicine in thesummer session of1914 and enlisted at once in U Company,4th Gordon Highlanders. He was mobilized on. 4 August 1914, immediately volunteering forforeign service, and left Bedford with theBattalion for France in February 1915. Whilstthere he displayed such conspicuous bravery incarrying dispatches across a shell-swept zone,that he was complimented by the Major-Generalcommanding the third Division for his dis-tinguished conduct in the field, was recom-mended for the , and singled out forpromotion. After a course of training at he was gazetted to the 2nd Argyll andSutherland Highlanders in August 1915, and wasserving with them when he was killed in actionwhile leading his men to the assault at the Battleof Loos, 25 September 1915. Mcpherson, ian charles: 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Gordon High-landers; son ofCharles S. McPherson,, Rector, 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 Phy
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