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The Grange Cricket Club Roll of Honour
Major Francis Anderson, 2nd attached 12th Royal Scots. Born on 21 May, 1881 in
Edinburgh, a son of Archibald Anderson, an Inland Revenue Storekeeper, and Harriet
Anderson, of Cairn Craig, Trinity, Edinburgh. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy
(1888‐1899) and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots in
1901, serving in the South African War being awarded the Queen’s South Africa
medal with 2 claps and the King’s South Africa medal with 2 clasps. Promoted
Lieutenant in 1903 and then Captain in 1913. When a Captain in the Royal Scots he
was attached to the Sierra Leone Battalion of the West African Frontier Force serving
in Cameroon, West Africa from 15 September, 1914 until 1916. He was promoted to
Major in 1916 and was attached to the 12th Royal Scots serving on the Western
Front. He was wounded by an aerial torpedo on 26 January, 1917 whilst serving in
the Arras sector and died of his wounds on 28 January, 1917, aged 36. He was buried
in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, Grave V.A.23. He
was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal and was
mentioned in dispatches. He is mentioned in the Edinburgh Academy Register, page
410, the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, page 3 and in a short
biographical note in The Scotsman, 2 February, 1917.
Captain Napier Armit, 16th Royal Scots. Born 1880 in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, a son
of Thomas N. Armit, a Salvage Engineer, and Mary Ann Armit of 7 Claremont Terrace,
Edinburgh. He was educated at George Watson’s College (1889) and Edinburgh
University (1901‐1903). He was employed as an Advocate with by Messrs. Beveridge,
Sutherland and Smith, W.S., Leith. He married in 1915. He enlisted as a Private in the
16th Royal Scots during December, 1914 and was promoted to Captain on 14
January, 1915, serving in “B” Company of the same battalion. He was killed in action
on 4 August, 1916, aged 36, close to Bazentin‐le‐petit during the Somme offensive
and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 6 D
and 7 D. He was awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal and the Military
Cross. He is mentioned in The Watsonian War record 1914‐1918, page 11, the
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University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 4 and in a short biographical
note in The Scotsman, 11 and 12 August, 1916. His name also appears on the
Newhaven War Memorial.
Second Lieutenant James Elliot Balfour‐Melville, 3rd attached 2nd Black Watch.
Born in Edinburgh on 8 July, 1882, a son of Leslie and Jeanie Amelia Balfour‐Melville,
of 3 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh. He was educated at Cargilfield Preparatory
School, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Academy, Oriel College, Oxford (1901). He was
employed as a Chartered Accountant initially with Messrs. Lindsay, Jameson &
Haldane then Messrs. Guild & Shepherd and was a well known cricketer at the
Grange Club. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Black Watch on 3
November, 1914 and was attached to the 2nd Black Watch entering France as a
theatre of war on 18 May, 1915. He was killed in action on 25 September, 1915 at
the Battle of Loos, aged 33, and is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France, Panel 78 to 83. He was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal and
Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 4
October, 1915, the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 418, the War Supplement to
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 5 and De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918,
Volume 2, page 224.
Second Lieutenant David Alexander Beveridge, 54th Brigade H.Q., Royal Field
Artillery. Born in Dunfermline on 4 November, 1886, a son of Erskine Beveridge,
LL.D., a Linen Manufacturer, and Mary Owst Beveridge, of Dunfermline. Educated at
St. Ninian’s, Moffat, Loretto School, Musselburgh (1900‐1905), Pembroke College,
Cambridge (1908) and Edinburgh University (1908‐1909) where he qualified as an
Advocate. He served in the Edinburgh University Officers Training Corps between
September and October, 1914 and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in
the Irish Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery on 10 October, 1914. He was posted to
Gallipoli on 18 July, 1915 serving in the 54th Brigade, R.F.A. He died in St. Andrew’s
Hospital, Malta, on 13 September, 1915, aged 28, from dysentery contracted whilst
serving in Gallipoli. He is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta, Grave B.XII.5. He
was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is
mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 23 September, 1915, the
Loretto School Roll of Honour 1914‐1918, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour
1914‐1919, page 8, and De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 1, page 33.
Captain William Sandilands Brown, 3rd North Staffordshire Regiment, attached
1/5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Born in Bellahouston, Glasgow in 1891, a son of
The Very Rev. Dr. Brown and Margaret Romanes Brown, of "Romanhouse," Hallhead
Road, then 73 Ainslie Place, both Edinburgh. Educated at Glasgow High School,
Glasgow University (1912), Edinburgh University (1912‐1914) becoming an
apprentice Writer to the Signet. He enlisted in September, 1914 as Private 17040 in
the 15th Royal Scots. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the North
Staffordshire Regiment in April, 1915 and entered France as a theatre of war on 9
February, 1916. He was promoted to Lieutenant in January, 1916 then Captain in
July, 1917 being attached to the 1/5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed
in action in Flanders on 14 October, 1918, aged 26, and is buried in Hooge Crater
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Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium, Grave XVII.L.5. He was awarded the British War Medal and
Victory Medal. He is mentioned in the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐
1919, page 8 and the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His
Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914‐1919, page 5.
Second Lieutenant George Morton Cairns, 6th Black Watch. Born in Edinburgh on 1
September, 1881, a son of Henry Cairns, Writer to the Signet, and Jane S. Cairns, of
27 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh. Educated at Edinburgh Academy (1891‐1900), St.
John’s College, Oxford (1901‐1905) becoming a Writer to the Signet in 1908 and a
partner in the firm of Cairns, McIntosh & Morton W.S. He enlisted into the Army
Service Corps as Private M2/105693 during May, 1915 and was commissioned as a
2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Black Watch on 30 November, 1915. He entered France as
a theatre of war on 3 September, 1916 and joined the 6th Black Watch on 9
September, 1916. He was killed in action on 13 November, 1916 at Beaumont
Hamel, aged 35 and was buried in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France,
Grave II.G.16. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is
mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 21 November, 1916, the
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 431 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh
Academy Register, page 14, the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers
to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914‐1919, page 6, and De Ruvigny’s Roll Of
Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 2, page 53.
Major Harry Cheyne, “D” Battery, 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in
Edinburgh on 8 December, 1882, a son of Harry Cheyne, Writer to the Signet, and
Dora Cheyne, of 13 Rutland Street, Edinburgh. Educated at Edinburgh Academy
(1888‐1891), University College, Oxford (1905) and Edinburgh University (1905‐
1908). He qualified as a Writer to the Signet in 1908 and was employed by Messrs.
Mackenzie & Kermack, W.S. in Edinburgh. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant
in the 1st Lowland Brigade, R.F.A. in 1909. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1914
and mobilised on 4 August, 1914. He entered France as a theatre of war on 24
October, 1915 and was promoted to Captain during December, 1916. In April, 1917
he was promoted to Major and was in charge of “D” Battery, 189th Brigade, R.F.A.
He was made Temporary Lieutenant‐Colonel in 1917 and was killed in action on 10
July, 1917, aged 34. He was buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension,
Ieper, Belgium, Grave II.D.26 and was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War
Medal and Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a death notice in The Scotsman, 16
July, 1917, the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 412 and the War Supplement to
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 17, the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society
of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914‐1919, page 7, and University
of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 17.
Captain Herbert Charles Bruce Cummins, 9th (Pioneer Battalion) Seaforth
Highlanders. Born in Suffolk in 1877, a son of Rev. William Henry and Jeanie Douglas
Cummins. Educated at Durham University (1908) he became a Classical and Upper
School Master at Edinburgh Academy from 1908 till 1914. He entered France as a
theatre of war on 10 May, 1915 and was wounded in 1916. He died of wounds
received in action on 7 May, 1916, aged 39, and was buried at Nieppe Communal
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Cemetery, Nord, France, Grave IV.A.3. He was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British
War Medal and Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The
Scotsman, 11 May, 1916, the Edinburgh Academy Register, page xlviii and the War
Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, page 97.
Captain Rowland Fraser, 6th attached 1st Rifle Brigade. Born in Perth on 10 January,
1890, a son of John McL. Fraser, an Auctioneer and Live Stock Agent, and Alice Fraser
of Invermay, Forgandenny; husband of Mary Dorothy Fraser, of Invermay,
Forgandenny, Perthshire. Educated at Merchiston Castle School (1900‐1908),
Pembroke, Cambridge University (1908‐1911) and Edinburgh University where he
studied law until outbreak of war. He enlisted in August, 1914 being commissioned
as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Rifle Brigade entering France as a theatre of war on 5
January, 1915. He was promoted to Lieutenant in August, 1915 then Captain in
November, 1915. He was attached to the 1st Rifle Brigade and was killed in action on
1 July, 1916, aged 26. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France,
Pier and Face 16 B. He was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal and
Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 8 July,
1916, the Merchiston Castle School Register 1833‐1950, page 183, the Merchiston
Castle School Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 17 and the University of Edinburgh Roll
of Honour 1914‐1919, page 32.
Lieutenant Ian Galletly, “C” Battery, 258th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born on 15
November, 1889, a son of John James Galletly, S.S.C. and Johanna Galletly, of
"Inchdrewer," Colinton and 12 Great King Street, Edinburgh. Educated at Edinburgh
Academy (1896‐1908), University College, Oxford (1908‐1912) and Edinburgh
University (1912‐1914). Commissioned into the Lowland Brigade of the R.F.A. in
January, 1914. At the outbreak of war he was serving as an Apprentice Writer to the
Signet at Messrs. Dundas & Wilson, C.C.S., Edinburgh. Mobilised with the Lowland
Brigade, R.F.A. on 4 August, 1914, promoted Lieutenant 1915 and entered France as
a theatre of war on 24 October, 1915. He was later attached to the Highland
Division. Killed in action at Mametz Wood on 3 August, 1916, aged 27. Buried in
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel‐Becourt, Somme, France, Grave I.D.68. Mentioned in
a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 10 August, 1916, the Roll of Honour of
Members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914‐
1919, page 13, the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 459 and the War Supplement
to Edinburgh Academy Register, page 32 and the University of Edinburgh Roll of
Honour 1914‐1919, page 32.
Lieutenant Sir Archibald Charles Gibson‐Craig, 2nd Highland Light Infantry. Born in
Currie on 24 August, 1883, 4th Baronet, a son of the late Sir James Henry Gibson‐
Craig, 3rd Baronet, and of Lady Julia Gibson‐Craig, of Riccarton, Currie, Midlothian.
Educated at Harrow (1896‐1901) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1905). He initially
served in the Lothians & Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry and was then
commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Highland Light Infantry on 25 July,
1906, being promoted to Lieutenant on 28 April, 1909. From 19 March, 1913 he was
employed in Colonial service with the Nigerian Regiment of the West African Frontier
Force. He entered France as a theatre of war on 13 August, 1914 and was killed in
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action between 14‐17 September, 1914, aged 31. He is remembered on La Ferte‐
sous‐Jouarre Memorial, Seine‐et‐Marne, France. He was awarded the 1914 Mons
Star with Clasp, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short
biographical note in The Scotsman, 21 September, 1914, The Bond of Sacrifice, A
Biographical Record of British Officers who fell in the Great War, Volume 1, August to
December 1914, page 90‐91, and De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 2,
page 83.
Captain Cosmo Gordon Grant‐Peterkin, Lovat’s Scouts attached 1st /5th Gordon
Highlanders, acting Major. Born in Kinloss, Moray in 1879, a son of James Grant
Peterkin, a Landed Proprietor and Kate A.G. Grant‐Peterkin, of Grange, Forres. He
was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant during August, 1914 serving in “E” Squad of
the Scottish Horse. He entered France as a theatre of war on 9 July, 1917 and was
attached to the 1st/5th Gordon Highlanders. He died of wounds on 12 September,
1917, aged 38, and was buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium,
Grave VII.A.18. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is
mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 17 September, 1917.
Captain George Bruce Gilroy, 8th Black Watch. Born in Clatto House, Cupar on 16
September, 1889, a son of George A. Gilroy, a Jute Spinner and Manufacturer, and
Annie B. Gilroy, of Clatto, Cupar, Fife. Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford
University (1908). He was mobilised in August, 1914 and his award of the Military
Cross was Gazetted on 3 June, 1916. He died of wounds received in action near
Longueval on 15 July, 1916, aged 27 and is buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France, Plot 1, Row D, Grave 26. He was awarded the 1914‐1915
Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Military Cross. He is mentioned in a short
biographical note in The Scotsman, 21 July, 1916.
Lieutenant James Campbell Henderson‐Hamilton, 9th Black Watch. Born in
Edinburgh on 26 January, 1884 a son of the Rev. Charles and Mary Greenhill
Henderson‐Hamilton of Dalserf, late Rector of St. Mary's, Hamilton. Husband of
Margaret (Rose) Henderson‐Hamilton. Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and
Edinburgh University. He qualified as an Advocate in 1907 and then became a
Chartered Accountant employed by Messrs. Moncrieff & Horsbrugh, C.A.. Prior to
the war he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 9th Royal Scots between 1902‐
1906. At the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in
the Black Watch on 16 September, 1914 and then promoted to Lieutenant on 14
December, 1914. He entered France as a theatre of war on 8 July, 1915 and was
killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 27 September, 1915, aged 31. He was buried
in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France, Grave I.G.8 and was awarded the 1914‐1915
Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Mentioned in a short biographical note in
The Scotsman, 5 October, 1915, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 2,
page 155 and the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 42.
Lieutenant Hamish Strathy MacKay, 1st Hampshire Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison
Artillery attached 22nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Born in Whitehouse, Cramond
on 31 March, 1894, a son of Col. James F. Mackay, C.B.E., and Mrs. A.A. MacKay,
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Whitehouse, Cramond. Educated at Routtenburn and Sedberg and employed as a
Practical Engineer. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the R.G.A. during
August, 1914, promoted to Lieutenant, he attended the Military Flying School at
Shoreham from 17 December, 1915. He was attached to the 22nd Squadron, R.F.C.
on 10 February, 1916 and entered France as a theatre of war during March. 1916,
flying an FE2D. He was killed in aerial combat on 9 September, 1916, aged 22, and is
buried in Allonville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, Grave A.10. He was
awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short
biographical note in The Scotsman, 22 September, 1916, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour
1914‐1918, Volume 5, page 113. Mentioned on Cramond Kirk Memorial.
Lieutenant Archibald Gifford Moir, 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Born in
Alloa on 17 March, 1890, a son of Mr. Archibald Patrick Moir, Solicitor, and Mrs.
Margaret Moir of Marshill, Alloa. Educated at Edinburgh Academy (1899‐1902),
Banstead Hall, Surrey, Fettes College (1905‐1908), and Edinburgh University (1911‐
1913). He qualified as a Law Agent in July, 1914 working with his father’s firm,
Messrs. J.W. & A.P. Moir, Solicitors of the Alloa branch of the Commercial Bank of
Scotland. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 2nd A. & S.H. on 12 May,
1914 and promoted to Lieutenant on 7 September, 1914 being posted to the 7th A.
& S.H. He entered France as a theatre of war during December, 1914 and was killed
in action during the Second Battle of Ypres on 25 April, 1915, aged 25. He is buried in
Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium, Grave Enclosure No. 4, XII.J.5. He was
awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and was Mentioned
in Dispatches. He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 4 May,
1915, the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 474 and the War Supplement to
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 64, the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour
1914‐1919, page 73, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 1, page 255,
The Fettes College Register 1870 to 1922, page 191, and Old Fettesians who served in
His Majesty’s Forces at Home and Abroad during the Great War, page 62.
Lieutenant John Congreve Murray, 1st/8th Royal Scots. Born in Edinburgh on 21
August, 1882, a son of Patrick Murray, Writer to the Signet, and Agnes Evelyn Murray
(nee Congreve), of Edinburgh. Husband of Muriel Grace "Betty" Murray (nee
Wingate), of 8 Great King Street, Edinburgh. Educated at Edinburgh Academy (1889‐
1901) he became a Stockbroker who was employed by Messrs. Guild, Lawson &
Murray. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots during July,
1915 and later promoted to Lieutenant that same year. He entered France as a
theatre of war on 2 June, 1917, was wounded during the opening day of the Battle of
Passchendaele on 20 September, 1917. He died of his wounds on 23 September,
1917, aged 35. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium,
Grave VIII.D.1. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal and is
mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 26 September, 1917, the
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 422 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh
Academy Register, page 66.
Lieutenant James Graham Mylne, 2nd/8th Royal Scots attached 1st/4th Royal Scots.
Born in Edinburgh on 7 December, 1886, a son of James Mylne, Writer to the Signet,
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and Jane R. Mylne of 10 Ainslie Place and then 36 Castle Street, Edinburgh. Educated
at Edinburgh Academy (1896‐1900), Harrow (1900‐1905), University College, Oxford
(1905), Edinburgh University (1909‐1910), becoming a Writer to the Signet in 1913.
Was Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd/8th Royal Scots during May, 1915
and then attached to the 1st /4th Royal Scots. He entered Palestine as a theatre of
war during 1917 before moving to France in the spring of 1918, being promoted to
Lieutenant. He was killed in action at Queant on 2 September, 1918, aged 33 and is
buried in Queant Road Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Grave III.C.7. He was
awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Mention in a short biographical
note in The Scotsman, 11 September, 1918, Roll of Honour of Members of the Society
of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914‐1919, page 27, the
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 461 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh
Academy Register, page 66 and the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐
1919, page 77.
Captain George Amelius Crawshay Sandeman, 3rd attached 1st Hampshire
Regiment. Born in London on 18 April, 1882, a son of Lt. Col. George Glas Sandeman
and Amy Sandeman of Fonab, Pitlochry, Perthshire. Educated at Cheam School,
Sutton, Surrey, Eton (1896‐1902) and then Christ Church, Oxford (1902). He became
Landlord and employer on the Fonhab estate as well as a Partner in the London firm
David Sandeman & Sons. He entered France as a theatre of war on 27 August, 1914
and was killed in action at Zonnebeke on 26 April, 1915, aged 32. He is remembered
on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium, Panel 35. He was awarded the
1914 Mons Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal and is mentioned in a short
biographical note in The Scotsman, 19 May, 1915, and the Old Public School‐Boys
Who’s Who, Eton, page 706.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Borthwick Sanderson, “C” Battery, 258th Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery. Born in Comrie, Perthshire on 15 June, 1889 a son of Frederick
Reid Sanderson, a Distiller, and Alice Helen Scott Sanderson, of 5 Glencairn Crescent,
Edinburgh and 18, Campden Hill Court, Kensington, London. Educated at Edinburgh
Academy (1896‐1900), Charterhouse and Caius College, Cambridge (1912) and
Edinburgh University (1911‐1914) where he was studying medicine when war broke
out. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Lowland Brigade, R.F.A. on
7 September, 1914 and entered France as a theatre of war on 24 October, 1915. He
died of wounds on 10 August, 1916 at Rouen, aged 27, from wounds sustained whilst
serving in “C” Battery, 258th Brigade, R.F.A. close to Mametz Wood during the
Somme offensive. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine‐Maritime, France,
Grave Officers A.6.8. He was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal and
Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a death notice in The Scotsman, 12 August, 1916,
the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 461 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh
Academy Register, page 79, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 2, page
268, and the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 90.
Lieutenant Harold Scott Sanderson, 8th Black Watch. Born in Edinburgh on 24
December, 1892, a son of Frederick Reid Sanderson, a Distiller, and Alice Helen Scott
Sanderson, of 5 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh and 18 Campden Hill Court,
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Kensington, London. Educated at Edinburgh Academy (1898‐1902) and
Charterhouse. Employed in the firm of Messrs Robertson, Sanderson & Co. (Ltd.),
Leith. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch on 31 August,
1914 and entered France as a theatre of war on 10 May, 1915 being promoted to
Lieutenant during June, 1915. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 25
September, 1915, aged 22 and is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France, Panels 78 to 83. He was awarded the 1914‐1915 Star, British War Medal, and
Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 4
October, 1915, De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914‐1918, Volume 2, page 268, and the
Edinburgh Academy Register, page 470 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh
Academy Register, page 79.
Acting Captain Alan Graham Thomson, 7th attached 2nd Royal Scots. Born in
Edinburgh on 5 May, 1882, a son of Andrew Thomson, Timber Merchant, and of
Martha Thomson of 15 Inverleith Place and 21 Chester Street, Edinburgh. Husband
of Alice Graham Thomson of 11 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh and 37 Drayton
Court, Drayton Gardens, London. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1888‐
1900), Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1900‐1904) and Edinburgh University (1904‐
1907). He became a Writer to the Signet in 1907 employed by Messrs. Mitchell &
Baxter, W.S., Edinburgh. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Royal
Scots during July, 1915. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1916 and attached to the
2nd Royal Scots in October, 1916 entering France as a theatre of war on 8 October,
1916. He was promoted Acting Captain in 1917 and was killed in action on 26
September, 1917, aged 35. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Belgium, Panels 11 to 14 & 162. He was awarded the British War Medal
and Victory Medal and is remembered in a short biographical note in The Scotsman,
13 October, 1917, the Roll of Honour of Members of the Society of Writers to His
Majesty’s Signet, and Apprentices 1914‐1919, page 35, the Edinburgh Academy
Register, page 417 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, page
87, and the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 102.
Lieutenant Kenneth Douglas Thomson, 10th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Born
in Edinburgh on 10 October, 1886, a son of the late James Wishart Thomson, Leith
Ship Owner, and Sarah Thomson, of 8 Inverleith Place Edinburgh and Glenpark,
Balerno, Midlothian. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1892‐1905) and
University College, Oxford (1906). He initially enlisted as Trooper 1664 in the Lothian
& Borders Horse during August, 1914 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in
the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in 1915. He entered France as a theatre of war
on 21 January, 1916, was promoted to Lieutenant, and was killed in action on 18
July, 1916, aged 29, whilst acting as a Transport Officer for his battalion during the
Somme offensive. He is buried in Bray Military Cemetery, Somme, France, Grave
I.C.21. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal and is mentioned
in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 26 July, 1916, the Edinburgh Academy
Register, page 442 and the War Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, page
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Lieutenant William Middleton Wallace: Lieutenant 5th Rifle Brigade attached 2nd
Squadron, 1st Wing , Royal Flying Corps. Born in Edinburgh on 23 September, 1892, a
son of Robert W. Walker Wallace and Mary Parker Wallace, of 7 Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh and Halbeath, Dunfermline. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy
(1899‐1912) and King’s College, Cambridge. He was commissioned as a 2nd
Lieutenant in the 5th Rifle Brigade and attached to the 1st Rifle Brigade in 1914
entering France as a theatre of war on 11 September, 1914. He was promoted to
Lieutenant in 1915 and attached to 2nd Squadron, 1st Wing, Royal Flying Corps as an
Observer in a BE2c, serial number 2034. He was killed in action on 22 August, 1915,
aged 22, his plane being shot down by anti‐aircraft fire. He is buried in Caberet‐
Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas‐de‐Calais, France, Grave XII.D.11. He was
awarded the 1914 Mons Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He was also
a Scottish Rugby International who played against England (1913), Ireland then
Wales (1914). He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 30
September, 1915, the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 476 and the War
Supplement to Edinburgh Academy Register, page 92.
Second Lieutenant William Kenneth White, 4th attached 2nd Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles). Born on 15 May, 1893, a son of William White, S.S.C, of 19 North Park
Terrace, then 38 Great King Street, Edinburgh. William was educated at Edinburgh
Academy (1899‐1912) and Edinburgh University (1911‐1912). He served in the
Officer Training Corps from 1908 to 1911. Before the war he was employed as a
Rubber Planter in Sungei Way, Selangor. After the outbreak of war he initially served
in 1915 as a Private in the Malay States Volunteer Regiment. He was commissioned
as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Scottish Rifles on 13 September, 1915 and entered
France as a theatre of war on 10 November, 1916 being attached to the 2nd Scottish
Rifles as a Liaison Officer. He was killed in action near Ypres on 31 July, 1917, aged
24. He is remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium, Panel 22. He
was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short
biographical note in The Scotsman, 7 August, 1917, the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch,
20 August, 1917, the War Supplement to the Edinburgh Academy Register, page 93
and the University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour 1914‐1919, page 111.
Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Lacey Whitelaw, 1st Life Guards, Household Battalion.
Born in Edinburgh during May, 1898, a son of William Whitelaw, Chairman of North
British Railway, and Gertrude Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairnshire, Hatton House,
Kirknewton and 18 Rothesay Terrace Edinburgh. He was educated at Loretto School
(1912‐1916) and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Household
Cavalry Battalion entering France as a theatre of war on 5 May, 1917. He was
wounded on 15 July, 1917, 22 August, 1917 and 12 October, 1917, being hospitalised
after the latter occasion. He was passed fit for front line service in March, 1918 but
developed acute enteritis and appendicitis. Although operated on he eventually died
in a nursing home in Edinburgh on 14 April, 1918, aged 20 and was buried in Nairn
Cemetery, Nairn, Scotland, Grave B3, 223. He was awarded the British War Medal
and Victory Medal. He is mentioned in two short biographical notes in The Scotsman,
15 and 22 April, 1918, and the Loretto School Roll of Honour 1914‐1918.
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Second Lieutenant Robert Hilary Lockhart Whitelaw, Household Battalion. Born in
1895, a son of William Whitelaw, Chairman of North British Railway, and Gertrude
Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairnshire, Hatton House, Kirknewton and 18 Rothesay
Terrace Edinburgh. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. He was
commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and entered France as
a theatre of war on 8 November, 1916. He died of wounds on 28 May, 1917, aged
22 and was buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine‐Maritime, Grave in Officers
section B.7.21. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is
mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 31 May, 1917.
Lieutenant William Alexander Whitelaw, 3rd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Born
in 1892, a son of William Whitelaw, Chairman of North British Railway, and Gertrude
Whitelaw of Monkland, Nairnshire, Hatton House, Kirknewton and 18 Rothesay
Terrace Edinburgh. Husband of Winifred Alice Whitelaw, of Monkland, Nairn and
Greenpark, Liberton. Educated at Glenalmond. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant
in the 3rd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and entered France as a theatre of war on
12 July, 1916. He died of influenza on 14 February, 1919, aged 27, and is buried in
Edinburgh (Liberton) Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Grave C.134. He was awarded
the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Lieutenant Charles Frearson (or Frierson in Officer’s Died in the Great War)
Younger, Lothians and Borders Horse. Born in Tillicoultry on 9 September, 1885, a
son of 1st Viscount George Younger Bart of Leckie, Brewer, and Lucy (Smith)
Younger. Husband of Marjory Caroline (Murray) Younger, of Gartur, Cambusbarron,
Stirling, Scotland. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford
University (1904). A Director of the brewers firm Messrs. George Younger & Son,
Alloa. He enlisted into the Lothians & Borders Horse on 29 August, 1914 and died of
wounds on 21 March, 1917, aged 31. He is buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France, Grave M.8. He was awarded the British War Medal and
Victory Medal. He is mentioned in a short biographical note in The Scotsman, 26
March, 1917.
Last Updated: October 2010
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