. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. versity ;graduated , 1914,and was studying for amedical career. He had belonged tothe University when war broke out he immediately joinedthe Army, receiving his commission as 2ndLieutenant in the 4th Gordon Highlanders,3 October 1914. After training at Aberdeen,Bedford, etc., he crossed to France 24 June1915. In theensuing three months, he provedhimself the type of officer who is beloved andtrusted by his men. On the fateful 25 Septem-ber 1915 Sangster fell. He was detailed with aplatoon to capture a portion of German trenches,which
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. versity ;graduated , 1914,and was studying for amedical career. He had belonged tothe University when war broke out he immediately joinedthe Army, receiving his commission as 2ndLieutenant in the 4th Gordon Highlanders,3 October 1914. After training at Aberdeen,Bedford, etc., he crossed to France 24 June1915. In theensuing three months, he provedhimself the type of officer who is beloved andtrusted by his men. On the fateful 25 Septem-ber 1915 Sangster fell. He was detailed with aplatoon to capture a portion of German trenches,which he did successfully. With great couragehe and his men held on to the position, laterit was re-captured by the Germans, the fightingwas fierce, and the traditions of the Gordonswere upheld. SAUNDERS, GEORGE KEMP : Private,4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders; son of Rev. Alexander R. Saunders ; bornShansi, North China, 19 November 1894;student in Medicine, 1913-14. Having joined U Company, as a Private,in the spring of 1914, Saunders was called up.
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