BETT, RODERICK ST. GEORGE, L.-Corpl., Gordon Highlanders, only s. of Lieut. Col. James Bett, of Craigielea, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Officer Commanding Corps of Commissionaires (Newcastle-on-Tyne Division), by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Johnstone; b. Tillicoultry, co. Clackmannan, 19 July, 1898; educ. privately; enlisted in the R.G.A., and was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders 29 May, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and subsequently proceeded to Italy; was recommended for a commission, after which he joined the Cadet Battn. at Ripon in Oct. 1918, and died at Aberdeen 21 Feb. 1919, of influenza and pneumonia, contracted while training. Buried at Newcastle-on-Tyne. His Commanding Officer, Lieut. Col. H. A. Ross, on recommending him for a commission, wrote: “This N.C.O. is very well educated, keen and capable. I would be willing and pleased to have him as an officer in my battalion. His work, in and out of the line, has always been excellent.” Unm.
Source De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5