AINSLIE, JOHN ELLIOT, 2nd Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of the Rev. W. J. Ainslie, M.A., Congregational Minister of Hawick, by his wife, Sara, dau. of Francis Smyth, of Belfast; b. Belfast, 27 June, 1896; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and, on leaving there in the spring of 1914, went to Berlin to study German; returned home at the end of July, and was to have started work in a Chartered Accountant’s office in Oct.; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 9th Royal Scots in Sept. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 12th Battn. 29 Dec. following; went to the front in May, and was killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the advance at Loos, 28 Sept. 1915. The Commanding Officer wrote: “He was killed in action on the 28th inst., after showing great gallantry. He was a young officer full of courage and promise, and his loss is much regretted,” and the Captain of his company: “Your son was in my company, and he did extremely good work in France, being thanked by the Divisional General just before I went to hospital two months ago. He was always most cheerful, and always the first to volunteer for any dangerous work.” The Adjutant also wrote: “He was my best friend in the regiment, and all of us miss him terribly. He was absolutely fearless and simply adored by his platoon (No. 1 of A Coy.), and one of the most popular boys I ever met.” At Watson’s he played for two seasons, 1912-14, in the college XV., being half-back in that for 1913-14; unm.<\/p>\n
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