. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. -ine ONeilj 20 March1893 ; he was educatedat Gordons College,came up to the Univer-sity in 1913 and gradu-ated in 1916. Collie enlisted in thei/7th Gordon High-landers 15 April 1916,and was attached laterto the 5 th training at Ripon,and Rugeley (where he qualified as a Scout)he crossed to France early in November, andhad served for only a few weeks when he waskilled by an enemy shell at Courcelles, 16December 1916. TAYLOR, ANDREW JAMES BAXTER : Private, 4th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers ; born Ayr, 14September 1895 ; edu-cate
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. -ine ONeilj 20 March1893 ; he was educatedat Gordons College,came up to the Univer-sity in 1913 and gradu-ated in 1916. Collie enlisted in thei/7th Gordon High-landers 15 April 1916,and was attached laterto the 5 th training at Ripon,and Rugeley (where he qualified as a Scout)he crossed to France early in November, andhad served for only a few weeks when he waskilled by an enemy shell at Courcelles, 16December 1916. TAYLOR, ANDREW JAMES BAXTER : Private, 4th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers ; born Ayr, 14September 1895 ; edu-cated Robert GordonsCollege ; student inArts 1913-15 ; ,March 1917 (post-humous award). He enlisted in the4th Battalion GordonHighlanders, 21 Janu-ary 1916 ; after sixmonths training atRipon he crossed toFrance, and fivemonths later he died, on 28 December 1916,of wounds received in action at brief military career cut short a lifeof great promise ; he possessed a disciplinedmind, a virile intellect, a forceful personality. and great enthusiasm for the matter in handwhatever it might be. His special bent wastowards English literature and language. Hehad intended to take Honours in Arts, andas he had fulfilled all the requirements for theordinary degree of this was conferredupon him by the Senatus after his was only 21, he will be rememberedas one of those who gave their lives, theiryouth, their golden dreams . REID, WILLIAM MITCHELL: Private,2nd Battalion South African Scottish ; son of James Reid;born New York, 4October 1888 ; edu-cated Keam School,Duffus, and GordonsCollege, entered the Uni-versity in 1906, gradu-ated M. A., having taughtat Tomintoul PublicSchool and the HigherGrade School, Rothe-say, he received in 1912 an appointment to the Boys College,Dundee, South Africa. Reid volunteered for Imperial Service andjoined the South African Infantry in August1914, serving through the West African Cam-paign under Ge
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