... the Gordon Highfanders. Seconded the Royal Flying Corps, he had considerable flying experience and was through the Battle of the Somme. He returned to the Gordons in 1919, retired six years ago with the rank of captain, and acquired the residence of Bellwood ...

... 1«15, was twice wounded, and was promoted sergeant in 1917. He \vaa awarded the Military Medal for his bravery in the Battle of the Somme, and later a bar to the medal for his gallantry Ypres. The Council were proud of the part which Constable Macrae had ...

... beadmaster, ■ Duff uf. He was for number years th® staff of the British Linen Bank ■ at- Elgin He was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The late SecondtLieutenant David E. Dow, Seaforths, a son of Mr Dow, headmaster. West'Ehd-School, Elgin. Lieutenant ...

... fearless of danger, and the infantry are full of admiration at the way the worked. I shall have a vivid picture of the battle of the Somme in mind if I live be 100. The fighting spirit the British Army great just now, and if the Boohee are fighting with ...

... engagements, and was mentioned in dispatches. He also commanded the battalion during the battle of the Somme, when he was awarded the D.S.O. He was badly wounded on the Somme and was unable to return to the front. He was editor of “The London Scottish in the ...

... (Official Press Bureau.) The Secretary of the War Office on Tuesday issued the following; The film of the Battle of the Somme, presented at Scan Theatre, London, and throughout the country, including the film which will be released to the public later ...

... the ruins Beaumont Hamei, with am officer who, before be had received staff distinction, had (ought all through tile battle of the Somme with hi« regiment, the same subject cropped in the conversation. It’s all very well,” the officer said, “to take as ...

... Kilmarnock from 1915 to 1923. In the last war he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Marine Artillery, taking part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Lord Craigmyle was a Lieutenant of the City of London and a Deputy-Lieutenant for Selkirk. He was High Sheriff ...

... and the subsequent stagnation of trench warfare, and men left their horses and went into the Line infantry. In the Battle of the Somme he played a minor but useful part, and the beginning of 1917 was one of Haig’s lieutenants, in command of the Third ...

... Philip has received. He gamed the Military Cross in December, 1915, and wa« awarded bar hi® decoration just before the battle of the Somme. Lieut. Philip is’ the younger son of the laie. Rev. Alfred M- Philip. 8.D.. minister of Avocii. and stepson Mrs Philip ...

... Captain F. Whitehead, of the North Fusiliers, native of Inverness, ® nromotod to rant major. H* wounded earlv in the Battle of the Somme, is convalceoing in tho north. _i A begirming has boon made the rubaoriptions for tho Lord Kitchener The bet is headed ...

... recruited so many of the 51st than which division in France famous—whether they looked battle of the Somme 1916, the 1917® Arras, of Ypres, of Cambrai in Uj to the great battles of 1918. In >the Division took part, and od itself with glory. lon were looking ...