Bethune A Pte 8/29762 4th Seaforth Highlanders
BETHUNE, ALICK, Private, No. 8/29762, 4th (Territorial) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), eldest s. of Donald N. Bethune, of Corriegarth, Inverness, by his wife, Bessie, dau. of Murdoch MacKenzie; b. Tomalin, co. Inverness, 22 Sept. 1900; educ. Raigbeg School there, and Inverness Royal Academy; joined the Seaforth Highlanders 30 Sept. 1918, and died at Craigleith Military Hospital 13 Nov. following, of broncho-pneumonia. contracted while training. Buried in Drumtemple Churchyard, Stratherrick, Inverness. His schoolmaster ter wrote: “Alick was a favourite pupil of pupil of mine, and I can say, with the utmost sincerity, that I never met a more uniform and consistent character than his, who gave himself to all his school-work with such whole-hearted devotion and singleness of aim that I had splendid hopes of him, and that a great future awaited him.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5