{"id":5853,"date":"2025-03-24T13:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:30:51","slug":"gilkison-d-s-captain-2nd-cameronians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/gilkison-d-s-captain-2nd-cameronians\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilkison D S Captain 2nd Cameronians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gilkison D S Captain 2nd Cameronians<\/p><\/div>\n

CAPTAIN D. S. GILKISON<\/p>\n

2ND BATTALION THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES)<\/p>\n

DUGALD STEWART GILKISON was the elder son of Dugald Stewart Gilkison, East India Merchant, of Wimbledon and Dalquharran, Ayrshire, and of Margaret his wife.<\/p>\n

He entered the School in 1894, passed direct into the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in February, 1898, and passed out with honours in the following December.<\/p>\n

He was gazetted to the Scottish Rifles in February, 1899, served under Sir Redvers Buller in the Ladysmith Relief Force, was present at the Battles of Colenso, Vaal Kranz, the Tugela Heights and Pieter’s Hill, was Intelligence Officer at Greylingstad, October, 1900, to August, 1901, and afterwards served in the Mounted Infantry till the end of the South African War, when he received the Queen’s Medal with five Clasps, and the King’s with two.<\/p>\n

He rejoined his Regiment in Glasgow in 1904, was promoted Captain the same year, became Commandant of the School of Instruction in Glasgow, was Adjutant of his Regiment 1905 to 1908, Staff College 1908 to 1910, Staff Officer Northern Command 1911, Brigade Major 5th Infantry Brigade 1912, till the time of his death, September 20th, 1914. He was killed by a bullet while superintending operations of the 5th Brigade, near the village of Verneuil, on the Aisne. Age 34.<\/p>\n

He was mentioned in Despatches of October 8th, 1914.<\/p>\n

The General Commanding First Division wrote as follows :-<\/p>\n

“His work during the Campaign has been simply splendid, and I honestly think he was one of the very best soldiers in the Army. He was always ready to cope with the most difficult extremity, and by his extraordinary gallantry he continually set the very best possible example to every one. I tried on all occasions to keep him away from the worst of the shoot-ing, because he was constantly desirous of being in every post of danger, and I am afraid that, when I left, he took risks which were not absolutely necessary.”<\/p>\n

Colonel Davies, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, wrote:-<\/p>\n

“During the very trying time of the retirement, when we were all dropping with fatigue and want of sleep, he was always absolutely clear-headed and confident. The anxiety for one in his position was no doubt great, but he always set an excellent example of cheerfulness and confidence. When things went better, and we were advancing, he was equally good.”<\/p>\n

Colonel Westmacott, the Worcestershire Regiment, who commanded the Brigade after General Haking was wounded, wrote:-<\/p>\n

“He was the most fearless man I ever met, and a great loss to us and to the Service.”<\/p>\n

He married in February, 1905, Janet Kate, daughter of the Rev. A. \u041d. Harcourt-Vernon, of Keble, Clocolan, Orange River Colony, South Africa, and left four children.<\/p>\n

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAPTAIN D. S. GILKISON 2ND BATTALION THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) DUGALD STEWART GILKISON was the elder son of Dugald Stewart Gilkison, East India Merchant, of Wimbledon and Dalquharran, Ayrshire, and of Margaret his wife. He entered the School in 1894, passed direct into the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in February, 1898, and passed out with honours in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameronians-scottish-rifles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5855,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions\/5855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}