. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 21 IN ME MORI SILVER, ALEXANDER: Private,4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders; son of AlexanderSilver; born HarviestonFarm, Kinneff, 14 Sep-tember 1894; edu-cated GordonsCollege; entered Aber-deen University tostudy Agriculture in1912. At the outbreak ofwar he went with U Company to Bedfordwhere he became agreat favourite not onlywith his fellow-students but throughout the Battal-ion. Cooking for a company was no catch inthose days, but Sandy cheerfully accepted thejob with all the drudgery it entailed. In thiscapacity he left with the Battalion
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 21 IN ME MORI SILVER, ALEXANDER: Private,4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders; son of AlexanderSilver; born HarviestonFarm, Kinneff, 14 Sep-tember 1894; edu-cated GordonsCollege; entered Aber-deen University tostudy Agriculture in1912. At the outbreak ofwar he went with U Company to Bedfordwhere he became agreat favourite not onlywith his fellow-students but throughout the Battal-ion. Cooking for a company was no catch inthose days, but Sandy cheerfully accepted thejob with all the drudgery it entailed. In thiscapacity he left with the Battalion for France inFebruary 1915. It did not take long underactive service conditions to show that there wasthe real fighting stuff in Silver. After repeatedattempts he got relieved of the job which affordedhim comparative safety. Alongside his oldfellow-students in the trenches, he was supremelyhappy. Hardships seemed less real when Silvershared them. He took part with the companyin the attack from Sanctuary Wood (Hooge) on25 September 1915 and was subsequently post
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