. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. th Battalion Gordon High-landers; son of Alex-ander Forbes, teacher,Aberdeen; born Aber-deen, 12 April 1883 ;graduated , 1905 ;taught for seven yearsin Rathven PublicSchool ; in 1912 en-tered Aberdeen , taking thehighest place in theexaminations open toall the Colleges ;gained Foote Scholar-ship in Hebrew and Eadie Prize in New Testa-ment Greek. He enlisted in October 1914 as a Private inthe 4th Gordon Highlanders; and was sent toBelgium in February 1915. Although he couldreadily have obtained a commission, he con-tented himsel
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. th Battalion Gordon High-landers; son of Alex-ander Forbes, teacher,Aberdeen; born Aber-deen, 12 April 1883 ;graduated , 1905 ;taught for seven yearsin Rathven PublicSchool ; in 1912 en-tered Aberdeen , taking thehighest place in theexaminations open toall the Colleges ;gained Foote Scholar-ship in Hebrew and Eadie Prize in New Testa-ment Greek. He enlisted in October 1914 as a Private inthe 4th Gordon Highlanders; and was sent toBelgium in February 1915. Although he couldreadily have obtained a commission, he con-tented himself with the rank of Sergeant, be-lieving that as a he would be able toexercise a greater moral influence on his invaluable services he rendered by organiz-ing a corps of snipers, as well as by the accurateinformation he was able to gain regarding theGerman positions, were recognized in a letteraddressed to him by the General commandingthe Division. He fell at Hooge on 25 Septem-ber 1915. A more versatile genius than Forbes never. passed through Aberdeen College. Atireless walker, an intrepid mountaineer, akeen sportsman, a humorist, a skilled musician,a linguist, a scholar—no achievement seemedbeyond his capacity. Even in the trenches hepursued his studies, and left behind him singu-larly able notes on the Book of Job, which tothe last he studied in the Hebrew original, withthe aid of the latest German who had the privilege of knowing himwill never forget this distinguished student andSniper-Sergeant, who was as modest and lovableas he was gifted. HAIG, WILLIAM STEPHEN : Corporal,4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of W i 11 i a m H a i g ,permanent way in-spector ; born Lonmay,6 November 1892 ;educated at GordonsCollege, Aberdeen;matriculated in Arts in1911 ; graduated 1914. He was a memberof the original RobertGordons College sec-tion of the 4thGordons, enlisting in 1910, and on entering the University he trans-ferred to U Compa
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