BARR, DONALD ROBERTSON, D.C.M., Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 200205, 1/5th (Territorial) Battn. Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), 8. of the late David Barr, Foreman Timekeeper, Greenock Corporation, by his wife, Catherine (47, Crawford Street, Greenock), dau. of Janet Stewart: b. Greenock, co. Renfrew, 20 July, 1896; educ. Glebe Public School there; joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Territorials 17 Feb. 1913; was called up on mobilization 5 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in Egypt, Peninsula and Palestine; thereafter in France and Flanders from 22 May, 1915, and died at No. 3 Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, 3 Nov. 1918, of wounds received in action in front of Ypres 14 Oct. previously. Buried in Greenock Cemetery. He was awarded the D.C.M. and the Croix de Guerre, for gallant and distinguished service on the field; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5