. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ducated at GordonsCollege ; student inArts, 1911-12. Bothat College and at theUniversity his retiringdisposition kept himpractically unknown toall but a few, but bythose few he wasgreatly one session atthe University he wasappointed manager on a tobacco-growing estatein Nyasaland, and during his three years theresaw some service with native troops. In 1915 he returned home and enlisted inthe Gordon Highlanders, and after the usualtraining at Ripon went to France, where he diedon 23 July 1916 of wounds received in actionat High Wood.
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ducated at GordonsCollege ; student inArts, 1911-12. Bothat College and at theUniversity his retiringdisposition kept himpractically unknown toall but a few, but bythose few he wasgreatly one session atthe University he wasappointed manager on a tobacco-growing estatein Nyasaland, and during his three years theresaw some service with native troops. In 1915 he returned home and enlisted inthe Gordon Highlanders, and after the usualtraining at Ripon went to France, where he diedon 23 July 1916 of wounds received in actionat High Wood. GORDON, CHARLES JAMES DONALDSIMPSON : Corporal, Gordon High-landers ; son ofRobert Gordon,farmer; born Fearn,Ross-shire, 29 January1896. Coming toAberdeen after a goodschool record at TainAcademy, he matri-culated in Medicine in1913. At the Univer-sity he soon establishedhimself as an athlete,especially in theHarriers joined the University Company of the4th Gordons in 1913, and on the mobiliza-tion of his unit he proceeded with it to. Bedford for active service training. He wentto France with the Battalion in February,and was wounded at Hooge on 23 September1915. After a period in Hospital and furthertraining in Ripon he returned to the front. Dur-ing the heavy fighting round High Wood in thesummer of 1916, he voluntarily attempted to getinformation about the enemy trenches and wasreported missing on 23 July 1916, and later pre-sumed killed. His CO. wrote of him : Hedied the death of a hero. He played thegame in everything and finished with a stain-less character. BRIAN : Captain, third son of Captain
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