. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. wraith, ironmonger;born Elgin, 16 January1885 ; educated atElgin West End Schooland Academy; he cameup to the University in1905, was a student inArts from 1905-08,and student in Science1908-09. , 1908. The sameyear he became ScienceMaster at AlvaAcademy, Clackmannanshire, and three yearslater was transferred to Tayport Academy, Fife,also as Science Master. Whilst at the University he was an enthusiasticmember of U Company, 4th Gordon High-landers. After the outbreak of war he was, owingto his profession, exempted for some time, butin
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. wraith, ironmonger;born Elgin, 16 January1885 ; educated atElgin West End Schooland Academy; he cameup to the University in1905, was a student inArts from 1905-08,and student in Science1908-09. , 1908. The sameyear he became ScienceMaster at AlvaAcademy, Clackmannanshire, and three yearslater was transferred to Tayport Academy, Fife,also as Science Master. Whilst at the University he was an enthusiasticmember of U Company, 4th Gordon High-landers. After the outbreak of war he was, owingto his profession, exempted for some time, butin September 1917 he was posted to the GasService, , and in January 1918 proceededto France with one of the Special Companies, He was killed in action at Steenwerck,Flanders, 10 April HENDERSON, JAMES MACDONALD:Acting-Major, 4th Battalion GordonHighlanders ( and Suther-land Highlanders); with Bar;son of James , farmer;born Rosskeen, 6January 1 8 9 1 ; edu-cated InvergordonAcademy and GordonsCollege; entered theUniversity, 1908, as19th bursar. It wasto English studies he turned, and he closed a brilliant progress bygraduating , 1912 with 1st Class Honoursin English (Seafield Medal, Minto Prize).Hendersons character, as it gradually revealeditself to one who, like the writer, knew him firstacross the barrier that separates teacher andtaught, and then with ever increasing intimacy asAssistant (1913) and friend, was a continuousunfolding of new depths and heights. All hiswork was excellent, and he showed himself anenthusiastic but discriminating student of thework of living poets and prose writers. I havehad few greater pleasures than that of a dailyintercourse with his beautiful and modest char-acter, his ardour and conscientiousness as t
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