. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 1917. Onewho knew him well writes : He volunteered atonce and in that and in his service acted withcheerful alacrity and unselfish courage . HORNE, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON: Lance-Corporal, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of Alexander , druggist; bornAberdeen, 22 June1887; educated Ash-ley Road Public Schooland Robert GordonsCollege, Aberdeen ;Bronze Medallist,Gordons College,1901 ; graduated ,1909. For five and ahalf years he taught asan assistant master inPeterhead Academy, then at the Middle School,Aberdeen, and later at Bishopbrigg
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 1917. Onewho knew him well writes : He volunteered atonce and in that and in his service acted withcheerful alacrity and unselfish courage . HORNE, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON: Lance-Corporal, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of Alexander , druggist; bornAberdeen, 22 June1887; educated Ash-ley Road Public Schooland Robert GordonsCollege, Aberdeen ;Bronze Medallist,Gordons College,1901 ; graduated ,1909. For five and ahalf years he taught asan assistant master inPeterhead Academy, then at the Middle School,Aberdeen, and later at Bishopbriggs and Chry-ston Schools, Glasgow. During his University days Home was an en-thusiastic member of the Gordons. In July 1916he rejoined his old regiment, and in October ofthat year went to France. Towards the end ofDecember he was wounded and sent to Eng-land, where he died in Duston Military Hospitalon 22 January 1917. There are few men whose place in their pro-fession would be more difficult to fill. ToHome teaching was something more than a. profession, education was a high ideal and thestudy of child nature a worthy lifes his schooldays onwards he was thorough,painstaking and methodical to a most unusualdegree, whilst his cheery wit and his unfailinggood nature and kindliness endeared him to alartre circle. ELLIS : Captain, son of James Milne;
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