. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. an impending battle at CapeHelles, which was to cover the opening movesof the Suvla Bay landing. Thus gallantly diedan officer who had not only a fine reputation inhis own unit, but also in a famous Division whichhad performed a feat unparalleled in history. Kellas was a man of great reserve and onlyhis intimates could appreciate his high ideals,his keen sense of humour and his full enjoymentof life. He was a delightful companion, a keenobserver with a great gift for detail and for logicalanalysis ; this was no doubt developed in thethorough train
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. an impending battle at CapeHelles, which was to cover the opening movesof the Suvla Bay landing. Thus gallantly diedan officer who had not only a fine reputation inhis own unit, but also in a famous Division whichhad performed a feat unparalleled in history. Kellas was a man of great reserve and onlyhis intimates could appreciate his high ideals,his keen sense of humour and his full enjoymentof life. He was a delightful companion, a keenobserver with a great gift for detail and for logicalanalysis ; this was no doubt developed in thethorough training he went through for his pro-fessional work in Mental Science, to whichbranch of medicine his early death was an un-doubted loss. ROSE, FREDERICK ALEXAN-DER: 2nd Lieutenant, 4th BattalionGordon Highland-ers ; son of HughRose, builder; bornHuntly, 18 September1890 ; educated at theGordon Schools,Huntly ; entered theUniversity in 1907 asSecond Bursar. Hetook a good place in allhis classes ; and gradu-ated , 1911, withFirst Class Honours. in English. For a year he acted as assistantin English and in 1911 entered Christ Church,Oxford, winning the Douglas Jerrold Scholar-ship. While an undergraduate he gained theCharles Oldham University Scholarship by apaper on Shakespeare. He graduated at Ox-ford with First Class Honours in 1913. He wasimmediately elected to a post-graduate Scholar-ship and was beginning to prepare a thesis onFulke Greville, Lord Brooke, and an edition ofhis difficult poems, when the war broke out. Rose at once joined the Officers TrainingCorps and was soon gazetted to the 3rd the early Summer of 1915 he was ordered tojoin the 4th Battalion in France, but had notbeen out many weeks when, the line beingheavily shelled, he came out from the dug-outin which he was resting to steady and encouragehis men, and was struck and killed by a burstingshell, 10 August 1915. So died a very finegentleman, modest, courageous, honourable andone who would, had he
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