. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. s cut off from the rear, and that heand two others went back to establish com-munications—all being killed. CRAIG, WILLIAM TAIT: Lieutenant(Acting Captain), Cameronians (ScottishRifles) ; son of GeorgeCraig, lightkeeper;born Turnberry Light-house, Ayrshire, 2 oJune 1882 ; educatedLossiemouth PublicSchool, Morayshire;graduated , taught first at New-battle Public School,Midlothian, afterwardsat Carluke HighSchool, and finally wasappointed Mathemati-cal Master at the Hutchesons Boys GrammarSchool, Glasgow. From the last-named School Craig
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. s cut off from the rear, and that heand two others went back to establish com-munications—all being killed. CRAIG, WILLIAM TAIT: Lieutenant(Acting Captain), Cameronians (ScottishRifles) ; son of GeorgeCraig, lightkeeper;born Turnberry Light-house, Ayrshire, 2 oJune 1882 ; educatedLossiemouth PublicSchool, Morayshire;graduated , taught first at New-battle Public School,Midlothian, afterwardsat Carluke HighSchool, and finally wasappointed Mathemati-cal Master at the Hutchesons Boys GrammarSchool, Glasgow. From the last-named School Craig enlisted inthe Cameron Highlanders in September 1914,and in April 1915 received a commission in the1 st Scottish Rifles. He served with that Bat-talion in France for three years, gaining therespect of his fellow-officers for his coolnessin the face of danger. In 1917 he was men-tioned in dispatches for the gallant captureof an enemy trench. He fell at VillersGuislain on 21 September 1918, while lead-ing his men to the attack in the face of.
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