Moore R Pte Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

Source : William Graham And Company Roll Of Honour

Gilchrist A A 2nd Lt Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

Source : The Sphere 2nd Dec 1916

Christie G J Major DSO Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

Source : The War Illustrated 20th Nov 1915

BROWN, WILLIAM JOHN, Private, No. 20373. Princess Louise’s (Argyil and Sutherland Highlanders), attd. 1/14th (Service) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 3rd s. of Alexander Brown, of Annfield, Letham, co. Forfar, Farmer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Saddler; b. Letham aforesaid, 7 April, 1889; educ. Craichie and Letham Public Schools; assisted his father in the work of his farm; enlisted 22 Dec. 1916: left England for Egypt 16 April, 1917, and was drowned 4 May following, on H.M.S. Transylvania, when that ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Buried in Zinola Cemetery, Savona, North Italy; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 3

Campbell N Pte 302509 6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

CAMPBELL, NEIL, Private, No. 302509, 1/6th (Territorial) Battn. Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), 3rd s. of John Campbell, of Common Mure, Inverary; b. Inverary, co. Argyle, 21 Jan. 1882; educ. there was Gamekeeper to the Duke of Argyll; volunteered for active service, and joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 16 Aug. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, also in Italy, and was killed in action near Valenciennes 29 Oct. 1918. Buried in Aulnay Communal Cemetery, one and a half miles south of Valenciennes. He m. at Strachur, 20 Jan. 1911, Robina (Strathluchlan, Strachur), yst. dau. of the late Dugald McFadyen, and had a dau., Mary McKellar Wilkie, b. 1914 (d. 14 Dec. 1918).

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

CAMERON, JOHN, M.M., Private. 2nd Battn. (93rd Foot) Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), eldest s. of Angus Cameron, of 21. Aird’s Crescent, Oban, Mariner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Donald McKenzie, of Carboast, Skye; b. Oban, 1 May. 1888; educ. High School, Oban: Was a Ship’s Steward; volunteered for active service, and enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 10 Jan. 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Jan. 1916: was wounded during the operations at Arras in April, 1917, and invalided home, returning to France in Sept. of the same year, where he took part in much severe fighting, and died at No. 47 General Hospital, Le Tréport 25 Oct. 1918, of wounds received in action on the Somme. Buried in Mont Huon Cemetery there. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field on 17 April, 1918: unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

CAMERON, DAVID MORTON, Private, No. 10206, 10th (Service) Battn. Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), s. of the late Allan Cameron, by his wife, Mary Morton, dau. of David Morton. of Paisley; b. Glasgow, 26 Sept. 1888: educ. Overnewton Public School there was employed by a firm of Sanitary Engineers; enlisted in Feb. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Feb. 1916, and was killed in action near Ypres 12 Oct. 1917; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BURNS, THOMAS, L.-Corpl., No. 15731, 12th (Service) Battn. Princes Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), only s. of (-) Burns, by his wife. C. (77, Logie Street, Lochee), dan. of the late Robert Rosamond: b. Lochee, co. Forfar, 23 Jan. 1886; educ. Roman Catholic School there; enlisted in the 2nd Worcestershire Regt. in 1904; served three years with the Colours and nine in the Reserve; was called up on mobilization 4 Aug. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, taking part in the retreat from Mons, and in the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne in the following Sept.: was wounded at the Aisne, and invalided home, being subsequently temporarily discharged for one year; re-enlisted voluntarily, before the time was expired, in the 12th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: proceeded to Salonika in 1916. and died there 24 Oct. 1918, of wounds received in action. Buried in Colonial Hill British Cemetery, Doivan; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bruce G M Lt 4th Attd 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

BRUCE, GEORGE MACDONALD, Lieut., 4th (Extra Reserve), attd. 8th (Territorial), Battn. Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), elder s. of the Rev. George Bruce, M.A., of Lochlinchart, co. Ross, J.P., Minister of Kincocklinchart, by his wife, Margaret Christina, dau. of the late Thomas Learmonth; b. Subatha, Punjab, India, 18 Nov. 1897; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; volunteered for active service, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 24 March, 1915; promoted Lieut. July, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1916, and was attached to the Cameron Highlanders, with whom he took part in the fighting on the Some; rejoined his regiment in July, 1917, and was appointed Bombing Instructor at Rouen; proceeded to Ireland in Jan. 1018, and was recalled to France in the following May after the Armistice he volunteered for the new Army of Occupation, and died at Hal 17 Feb. 1919, of Influenza and pneumonia, contracted while on active service. Burled at Hal.

His Major (Acting Officer Command Ing) wrote: Your son was in my company for some time, and I can safely say that I never wish to have a better officer under me, in or out of the line. His unfailing cheeriness when conditions were bad his gallantry in action, and his coolness and level-headednes were all remarkable in themselves, and the combination of them very unusual. Had the opportunity presented itself, I am convinced he would have proved himself worthy of the highest honour that could be won,” and the Captain and Adjutant: ” I have known your son since he joined the 11th, and when we became the 8th, I heard that Bruce was at the base waiting for a posting. We immediately wired for him. He was a tremendous asset to a battalion, both in the field and in billets, He had a wonderful way with the men which was heartily appreciated by them. Latterly, I got him to understudy me as Adjutant to the battalion, and I cannot say how much his persistent cheerfulness and good sense helped me. He would have made an excellent Adjutant, with all his efficiency and his abundant fund of humour: a most important thing in the war, which has cheered many a weary soul.” His Captain also wrote: “We went into the front line, and I found a volunteer in Bruce for any work that had to be done. Where he really proved his metal was on patrol. Orders came. that the Lewis gun had to be recovered. When Bruce heard the order, he insisted on going out for the gun, and would not let anyone take his place. He did not find it at that time, but went out in the early morning with his men, determined not to come in without it, and, sure enough, this time he found it. It was really fine work, and we knew then that Bruce was as good In the line as he was out of it.” Unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5