CAMERON, COLIN, Private, No. 241445, 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, s. of William Cameron, of Woodpark, Edingight, Grange, Keith, Shepherd; b. Portree, Isle of Skye, 27 July, 1897; educ. Glenfoundland National School was a Shepherd joined the Gordon Highlanders 29 May. 1916: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Oct.; was wounded three times, and was killed in action near Tien-St.-Amand, north-east of Cambrai, 14 Oct. 1918. Buried in the British Military Cemetery, Thun-St.-Martin. A comrade wrote: He and I were great chums, and I must say I have lost a most dear and loved chum.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BURR, ANDREW FOWLER, L.-Corpl.. No. 240711, 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, s. of James Youngson Burr, of Castle Hill, Methlick, Farmer, by his wife. Maggie Ann, dau. of the late Thomas Wyness: b. Ellon, co. Aberdeen, 6 April, 1894: educ. Methlick Public School; assisted his father on the farm: volunteered for active service, and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Nov. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action before St. Quentin 21 March. 1918. Buried at St. Quentin. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was one of the finest men in his battalion; a good man, in every sense, up the line.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BURNETT, ARTHUR, Private. No. 242240. 1/5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, only surv. s. of William Burnett, of Old Lodge, Glendye. Strachan. Banchory, co. Kincardine, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Thomas Donaldson. of Orkney, Grocer: b. Tarland, co. Aberdeen. 7 March. 1898: educ. Glendyr aforesaid was an Estate Worker; joined the Gordon Highlanders 9 Aug. 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Aug. 1916. and was killed in action at Soissons 28 July, 1918; unm..

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brooke B Captain 2nd Gordon Highlanders

Source : The Sphere 21st July 1917

BROOKE, HENRY BRIAN, Capt., 2nd Battn. (92nd Foot) The Gordon Highlanders, s. of Capt. Harry Vesey Brooke, of Fairley Countesswells, co. Aberdeen, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Patricia, only child of James Gregory Moir Byres, J.P.; also gdson. of the late Sir Arthur Brundy Brook, of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh, Bart., M.P., and brother to Capt. J. A. Brooke, V.C. (see Vol. I., page 54), and to Sub-Lieut. Brooke (q.v.); b. Lickleyhead Castle, co. Aberdeen. 9 Dec. 1889; educ. Winton House, Clifton College; Gordon’s College, and the University in Aberdeen, where he studied Veterinary Hygiene. First Aid, Carpentry, etc., in order to take up a settler’s life in British East Africa; became Transport Officer in Jubaland, and on the outbreak of war obtained a commission in the British East African Forces, being promoted Capt. for gallantry on the field; was severely wounded and sent home on sick leave; transferred to the Gordon Highlanders on recovery, and finally to the 2nd Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded 1 July, 1916, while leading his men in the charge at Mametz, and died of the wounds in Empire Hospital, Vincent Square, London, S.W. Buried in Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen. He was mentioned in Despatches | London Gazette. 4 Jan. 1917] by General (now F.M.) Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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

ALLAN, JOHN TURNBULL, Private, No. 240858, B Coy., 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, s. of the late John Turnbull Allan, by his wife (-) (4. Hanover Street, Fraserburgh); b. Fraserburgh. 17 June. 1895: edne. Central School there was a Cooper; enlisted 25 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Arras 26 June, 1917. Buried five miles north of Poperinghe; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Fraser J H Lt 2nd Gordon Highlanders

LIEUTENANT J. H. FRASER

2ND BATTALION THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS

JAMES HOWIE FRASER was the only son of Edward Cleather Fraser, C.M.G., Member of the Legislative Council of Mauritius, and of Mary Josephine his wife.

He entered the School in 1901, and went on to the Woolwich branch of the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1906, passing out with Prizes for Tactics and Military Engineering. He served with his Regiment in India and Cairo, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1909.

He went to the Front early in October, 1914. He was sent forward with some of his men to see if a farmhouse was held by the enemy, and in so doing was shot on October 30th, 1914, at Klein Zillebeke Farm, near Ypres. Age 26.

He was mentioned in Despatches of January 14th, 1915.

His Colonel wrote:-

“He was one of the very finest Officers I have ever met, absolutely fearless, a splendid leader, always cool, and every soul in the Battalion admired him for his splendid soldierly qualities, and loved him for his character, which was an ideal one. I cannot tell you what his loss is to me personally, and from a military point of view the Army has lost one of its very best Officers.”

And one of his men said:-

“He was a grand gentleman. All the men loved him, and he was one of our best Officers.”

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

Fraser J H Lt 2nd Gordon Highlanders

FRASER, JAMES HOWIE, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only s. of Edward Cleather Fraser, C.M.G., Member of the Council of Government, Mauritius, and a Partner in the firm of Ireland, Fraser & Co., of Port Louis, by his wife, Mary Josephine, dau. of the late Thomas Howie, and gdson. of the late James Fraser, of Newfield, Blackheath Park; b. Blackheath, London, 4 April, 1888; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford, Rugby and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, out of which he passed first in Summer Term 1907, with prizes for Tactics and Military Engineer-ing; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon High-landers, 9 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1909; joined the 2nd Battn. in India, and served with it there and in Egypt, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 30 Oct. 1914, in the attack on Zillebeke Farm House. He was unm., and was buried at Klein Zillebeke. Lieut. Fraser was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Trotter J K Lt 1st Gordon Highlanders

TROTTER, JAMES KEITH, Lieut. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only s. of Major-General Sir James Keith Trotter, of Aislaby Lodge, Sleights, co. York, K.C.B., C.M.G., by his wife, Alice, yst. dau. of Francis James Crow, of Haughton-le-Skerne, co. Durham; b. Malta, 19 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellington College (where he was prefect, 1906, and head of the Rifle Corps), and the Royal Military College Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon Highlanders, 23 Jan. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1910; was A.D.C. to his father, Major-General Sir J. K. Trotter, Commanding Southern Coast Defences, from 3 Nov. 1910, to 23 July, 1911; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Audencourt, near Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1915, being shot in the head while watching the fire of his machine-guns through field-glasses; unm.

He was buried at Audencourt. Lieut. Trotter was the winner of 100 and 200 yards races at Wellington College, and was second in quarter of a mile race at Army Championship Meeting, Aldershot, 1909.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Source : The Graphic 9th Sep 1914

Giles G 2nd Lt 2nd Gordon Highlanders

SECOND LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY Gordon Highlanders, was born in 1888. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1911.

He had been a member of the Artists Rifles before the war, and rejoined at the outbreak of war.

Early in 1915 he was given a commission in the 2nd Gordon Highlanders and was wounded in May of that year.

After recovering from his wounds he returned to the Front and was killed on 1 July 1916-the fiercest day in the history of the British army-in the attack on Mametz.

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918