Tod B D Pte 1828 14th London Regiment
TOD, BERNARD DOUGLAS, Private, No. 1828, A Coy. 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Tod, of 7, Bennochy Terrace, Kirkcaldy; b. North Berwick, East Lothian, 30 Jan. 1896; educ. Kirkcaldy High School (where he was a member of the O.T.C.), and Rouen; was a member of the staff of Messrs. Steel Bros. & Co., Ltd., East India Merchants, of 6, Fenchurch Avenue, E.C.; joined the London Scottish about March, 1913; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and left for France, 15 Sept. 1914; took part in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, and in the gallant defence of the trenches at Zillebeke, and was killed in action in the trenches at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914. Buried in a disused part of the trench; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was without fear, and his whole thought was to do his duty for those at home.”
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1