. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. until March 1915, when he had the hard ex-perience of being drafted straight from his ownhome to the Battalion in France. It was hisstrong sense of duty that took him to France,for he had just gained in open competition apost under the National Health Insurance Com-mission and only with much difficulty was heallowed to continue on service. He remainedwith the 2/4th Gordons until his death on thatblack 25 September 1915 when the Battaliongained such costly distinction at modest and self-effacing in disposition,Ewen had a strong trait o
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. until March 1915, when he had the hard ex-perience of being drafted straight from his ownhome to the Battalion in France. It was hisstrong sense of duty that took him to France,for he had just gained in open competition apost under the National Health Insurance Com-mission and only with much difficulty was heallowed to continue on service. He remainedwith the 2/4th Gordons until his death on thatblack 25 September 1915 when the Battaliongained such costly distinction at modest and self-effacing in disposition,Ewen had a strong trait of sympathy and help-fulness that is gratefully remembered by many. FINDLATER, ALEXANDER: Lance-Corporal, 4th Battalion Gordon High-landers ; son of Alexander Findlater, mason ;born Edinburgh, 1 April 1896; educated atFordyce Academy, where he gained five medalsin his final year; entered the University in 1913,and carried off the 1st prize in Latin, and 5th inGreek during his first session. Then the war came, the fighting blood in IN young Findlater was stirred, and he promptly en-listed in U Company,4th Gordon Highland-ers. After 7 monthstraining at Bedford hewent with his Battalionto Flanders, and is un-derstood to have methis death in one ofthose breathless epi-sodes near Hooge,25 September 1915,thus carrying on thefamily tradition, for hewas a nephew of Piper Findlater, , of Dargai fame. FORBES, JOHN KEITH: Sniper-Sergeant, 4th 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-tente
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