Fitzroy M A Captain 4th Seaforth Highlanders
CAPTAIN M. A. FITZROY
4TH (ROSS HIGHLAND) BATTALION SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
(ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS, THE DUKE OF ALBANY’S), T.F.
MICHAEL ALGERNON FITZROY was the second son of Captain the Hon. E. A. FitzRoy, M.P., late Ist Life Guards, of Fox Hill, West Haddon, Northamptonshire. He entered the School in 1909, and left in 1913 for Oriel College, Oxford.
At the outbreak of the War he was at Rheims, and on returning to England he joined the 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders and obtained a Commission as Second Lieutenant, September, 1914.
In November, 1914, he went to the Front with his Regiment and took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, in which the Seaforth Highlanders distinguished themselves. On this occasion he was slightly wounded in the shoulder, but was able to carry on. He was promoted Captain on March 11th, and was killed on April 16th, 1915, near Neuve Chapelle, while working at an advanced listening post. He was improving this post to ensure the safety of the men who occupied it, as it was exposed to enfilade and cross fire. Age 19.
Many letters received from Officers and men alike testify, not only to his popularity with all ranks, but to his ability as a leader, and power as a disciplinarian, of which his rapid promotion at so early an age furnishes an additional proof, while his high character had made a marked impression upon those who had come into contact with him during the year he had spent at Oxford.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1
Seaforth Highlanders Officers Of The 4th Btn
Source : The Sword Of The North Highland Memories Of The Great War-Dugald MacEchern