. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 13 IN FRASER, IAN CATTO : 2nd Lieutenant,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; son of John T. Fraser,schoolmaster; bornPetty East, Inverness-shire, 8 December1895 ; educated Gor-dons College; studentin Arts, 1913-14. He joined the Terri-torials in 1912, and en-listed in the GordonsCollege Company ofthe 1 /4th Gordons onthe outbreak of six monthstraining at Bedford he went to the Front as aCorporal; commissioned on the field for distin-guished service, he was transferred to the 2ndBattalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,July 1
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 13 IN FRASER, IAN CATTO : 2nd Lieutenant,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; son of John T. Fraser,schoolmaster; bornPetty East, Inverness-shire, 8 December1895 ; educated Gor-dons College; studentin Arts, 1913-14. He joined the Terri-torials in 1912, and en-listed in the GordonsCollege Company ofthe 1 /4th Gordons onthe outbreak of six monthstraining at Bedford he went to the Front as aCorporal; commissioned on the field for distin-guished service, he was transferred to the 2ndBattalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,July 1915, and fought with them in the heavyfighting at Loos where he was killed, 25 Sep-tember 1915. Of Fraser it could be truly saidthat he lived his life in short measures, twosessions at the University, 6 months of training,7 months of active service, and he was only 19when he fell; already he had shown that he hadthe rare gift of infectious enthusiasm, which in-spired others to do and dare along with him,alike in the playing field at Kings and in thebattle-fie
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