. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 96 IN attached to the ist Gordon Highlanders. University where he took a Diploma in Agri-culture in March 1915. Immediately after-wards he enlisted inthe 4th Gordon High-landers. After servingsome time he was pro-moted to the rank ofSergeant and acted asan instructor in physi-cal training and bayo-net-fighting, until hewas granted a com-mission in April went to France inApril 1918, becomingInAugust of that year he was wounded in anengagement at Achiet-le-Grand, and died thefollowing day, 22 August 1918. FERRIER, JOHN KINMONT : 2
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 96 IN attached to the ist Gordon Highlanders. University where he took a Diploma in Agri-culture in March 1915. Immediately after-wards he enlisted inthe 4th Gordon High-landers. After servingsome time he was pro-moted to the rank ofSergeant and acted asan instructor in physi-cal training and bayo-net-fighting, until hewas granted a com-mission in April went to France inApril 1918, becomingInAugust of that year he was wounded in anengagement at Achiet-le-Grand, and died thefollowing day, 22 August 1918. FERRIER, JOHN KINMONT : 2nd Lieu-tenant, 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade ; s o n o f John Ferrier,Dalladies, Edzell; bornFettercairn, 19 May1896; educated Mon-trose Academy. Ferrier matriculatedin October 1914, butafter a winter sessionin the AgriculturalDepartment, enlistedMay 1915, as a Privatein the 23rd (Sport-mans) Battalion, RoyalFusiliers. He pro-ceeded to France in the autumn of the sameyear, was wounded in March 1916, and after aperiod at home obtained a commission in the13th R
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