_s._ of the Rev. Roderick Charles Macleod, Vicar of Mitford,
Morpeth, by his wife, Katharine Louisa, dau. of the Rev. William
Edward Jelf, of Caerdeon, Dolgelly, and gdson. of Norman Macleod of
Macleod, of Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, J.P., D.L., 22nd chief of
his clan; _b._ Bolney, co. Sussex, 4 Sept. 1893; educ. Harrow,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Black Watch, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 9 Sept. 1914; joined
the 2nd Battn. in India, Nov. 1912, with it went to France in Oct.
1914, and was killed in action in the trenches near Neuve Chapelle, 17
April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Veille Chapelle.
Col. Harvey wrote: “Your son was a most excellent young officer, and
since the Battn. has been in France he has done most sterling work,
especially when his Coy. Commander was wounded before Christmas--a time
which tried all ranks very highly. Your son was killed while he was
carrying out his duties in the trenches, and I understand died without
pain.” And Major Wauchope: “Believe me that for all great and important
qualities such as truthfulness, courage, kindliness, a most ready
sympathy (most rare in one so young), consistent unselfishness--in all
these he was, I believe, superior to most.... I have seen no one more
cool and collected in hours of great danger.... As his Capt., and I do
indeed trust as his friend, I can say there are few indeed I know who
have qualities that are so ‘becoming to an officer and a gentleman.’
You can guess how all the men loved ‘Mr. I. B.’ All who knew him,
officers and men, mourn his loss. I do not think he ever had an unkind
thought for anyone, but it is only since the war began I understood his
value as an officer.”
[Illustration: =Ian Breac Macleod.=]
=McLEOD, DUNCAN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9671), S.S. 201449,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct 1914.
=MACLEOD, TORQUIL HARRY LIONEL=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Goliath,
2nd _s._ of Roderick Willoughby Macleod, of Invergordon Castle
and Cadboll, co. Cromarty, and 10, Ovington Gardens, London, formerly
Capt., Cameron Highlanders (who served in the Egyptian Campaign of
1882), by his wife, Alice Olivia, 2nd dau. of Edward Tierney Gilchrist
Darell; _b._ Invergordon Castle, aforesaid, 11 Sept. 1899:
educ. Hillbrow, Eastbourne, and the Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne
and Dartmouth; joined H.M.S. Goliath as a Naval Cadet, 1 Aug. 1914,
and was drowned when that battleship was sunk by a torpedo from a
Turkish destroyer in the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915. His Commander, H.
Peel-Ritchie, V.C., wrote of him: “All the time he was my A.D.C. I had
every reason to be more than pleased with his keenness and zeal and the
cheery way he did everything. He was a great favourite with officers
and men, and I feel sure that, as he had made such a very good start,
he would very quickly have made his mark in the Service.”
[Illustration: =Torquil H. L. Macleod.=]
=McLOUGHLIN, FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3640, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McMILLAN, ALEXANDER=, Driver, No. 5/692 A., New Zealand Army
Service Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
the late Archibald McMillan, Farmer, by his wife (--), dau. of Andrew
Gilmour, of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Engineer and Surveyor;
_b._ Kumeroa, 26 Feb. 1888; educ. Waipawa District High School;
enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, left for Egypt with the
Main Expeditionary Force, and died of enteric fever, 3 Nov. 1915,
in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, and was buried there;
_unm._ He was a most prominent cricketer and Rugby football
player, and prior to his departure from New Zealand represented the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force in a football match against the
Christchurch Rugby Team.
=McMILLAN, JAMES=, Blacksmith (Pensioner), 163582, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McMULLEN, THOMAS=. Sergt., No. 7360, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late William McMullen, of 40, Bell
Street, Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Richard
Copping; _b._ Sunderland, 8 May, 1889; educ. St. Joseph’s there
and Albert Road School, Darlington; was a Shipyard Labourer; enlisted,
28 July, 1908, and reached the rank of Sergt. after about five years’
service; went to France with his battn. in Aug. 1914; took part in the
Battle of Mons and the other engagements in which the 2nd Coldstreams
so greatly distinguished themselves, and was mentioned in Field-Marshal
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22
June], 1915, for gallant conduct in the field. He was killed in action
at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915, in the same affair in which L.-Corpl. Michael
O’Leary, 7th Irish Guards, won the V.C. Buried at Cuinchy; _unm._
Immediately the news of his death was received, one of his brothers,
John McMullen, a married man with three children, enlisted in the Royal
Engineers, in order that the family might still be represented in the
Army, but was invalided out after six months’ service.
[Illustration: =Thomas McMullen.=]
=McMURRAN, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7687), S.S.
103004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McNALLY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9696), S.S.
107103, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McNAMARA, JAMES=, A.B., 196451 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=McNEALE, FRANK HANSFORD=, Petty Officer, Tele. 233305, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McNEALY, MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 637), 281510,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=McNEILL, HENRY GEORGE=, Trooper, No. 735, 10th Australian Light
Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of John
O’Brien McNeill, of 13, Diamond (--), Londonderry, by his wife,
Eleanor, dau. of Charles Howard Cullen, of Drumbawn, Newport, co.
Tipperary; _b._ Queenstown, co. Cork, 10 Jan. 1896; educ. there
and Mallow, co. Cork; went to Western Australia early in 1914 with
the intention of taking up farming, but gave this up on the outbreak
of the European War and joined the 10th Australian Light Horse at
Perth, 5 Jan. 1915; went to Egypt, 9 March, and, after training there,
volunteered to go as an Infantryman with his regt. to the Dardanelles;
served there from 14 May to 7 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in
action at Walker’s Ridge during the famous charge of the Light Horse.
A comrade wrote: “It was on the morning of 7 Aug. when our unlucky
regt. and another charged from Walker’s Ridge, and almost all got wiped
out. When we had to retire back to the trenches that we started from,
I looked for your son and to my sorrow could see him lying a few yards
out. I watched him for a few minutes and could not see him move. I
knew that he had given his life doing his bit. We could not get him in
until it got dark, as it was only 50 yards off the Turkish trenches and
it was death to show your hand over the trench. But that night we got
him and several more in and carried them down to our medical station.
We could not bury them that night, as we could not be spared from the
firing line for long, but the next night we carried your son down and
gave him a decent burial, our Army Chaplain reading the burial service
and saying a short prayer. We mounded his grave up with stones and put
a small wooden cross at the head of it with his name and regt. on it.”
His 2nd brother, Corpl. John Elder McNeill (No. 7266), serving with the
R.A.M.C., then attd. to the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers in France, was
officially announced to have been awarded the D.C.M. the same day as
his brother was killed, and his eldest brother, Gunner Charles Simpson
McNeill (No. 31907), Royal Garrison Artillery, is also at the Front. Of
his mother’s brothers, two served in the South African War and four are
now on active service.
[Illustration: =Henry George McNeill.=]
=MACNEILL, WILLIAM MACKINNON=, 2nd Lieut., 16th Lancers, 2nd
_s._ of the late Duncan Macneill, of Winchester House, Old Broad
Street, E.C., by his wife, Louisa Lucia, 4th dau. of Sir Andrew Agnew,
of Lochnaw Castle, 8th Baronet, Wigtonshire; _b._ Tyndale House,
Wimbledon Common, 7 March, 1890; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 16th Lancers (Special Reserve) from the Carmarthenshire Militia, 22
June, 1909; obtained his Pilot’s Certificate, qualifying to serve as a
flying officer, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Mont des Cats, near Hazebrouck, 12 Oct. 1914, being buried
in the Monastery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =William M. Macneill.=]
=MACNICOL, HORATIUS BONAR=, 2nd Lieut., 1/10th Royal Scots (T.F.),
elder _s._ of the late Rev. Duncan Clarke Macnicol, B.D., United
Free Church Minister of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily
Florence (74, Grange Loan, Edinburgh), dau. of the Rev. Horatius Bonar,
of Grange, Edinburgh, D.D.; _b._ Glasgow, 13 April, 1896; educ.
Edinburgh Academy, and Trent College, Derbyshire; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 1/10th Royal Scots, 17 April, 1915, and was drowned in Belhaven
Bay, Dunbar, 30 July, 1915, in a gallant attempt to save a private
named Watson, of his battn., who had been seized with cramp; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatius Bonar Macnicol.=]
=MACNIVEN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 606, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; a native of co. Lanark; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; killed, 6–9 Aug. 1915.
=McNULTY, JAMES=, Private, No. 3385, 1st Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); a native of co. Sligo; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Ypres, 15 May, 1915.
=McNULTY, PETER=, Private, No. 1455, 1/4th Battn. East Lancashire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late John McNulty (died 8 March, 1912),
by his wife, Ellen (37, Eldon Place, Blackburn), dau. of (--) Ingham;
_b._ Blackburn, 25 April, 1894; educ. St. Albans Higher Grade
School there; was an engineer; joined the Lancashire Territorials
in Nov. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Sept. following; served at the
Dardanelles, and died 1 July, 1915, of wounds received in action there;
_unm._ Buried in Cape Helles Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Peter McNulty.=]
=McPHERSON, DONALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13741, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACPHERSON, DUNCAN STUART ROSS=, Lieut., 7th, attd. 2/8th, Gurkha
Rifles, only child of Surgeon-Gen. William Grant Macpherson, Army
Medical Service, C.B., C.M.G., K.H.P., by his wife, Elizabeth Anne,
dau. of J. Clunas, of New Orleans and Nairn; _b._ Bushey Heath,
co. Herts, 23 Aug. 1889; educ. Westminster, Fettes College, and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. List, 20
Jan. 1909; served his first year in India with the 2nd Black Watch;
was appointed to the Indian Army, 11 March, 1910, and promoted Lieut.
20 April, 1911; served in India with the 7th Gurkha Rifles at Quetta
and, during the winter of 1912–13, on the Persian Frontier; was in
England on leave when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and was appointed
Assistant Adjutant of the 8th (Service) Battn. The Black Watch at
Aldershot, where he took an active part in the training of the battn.
He went to France early in Nov. 1914, and was attd. to the 8th Gurkha
Rifles. They were in the trenches at Festubert until the night of 22
Nov., when they were relieved. Shortly afterwards the enemy attacked
and took the line of trenches they had handed over, and the battn.
was ordered to return and counter-attack on the 23rd; this they did,
eventually regaining the lost positions. It was during this attack that
Lieut. Macpherson was killed while in command of the leading coy.;
_unm._ Buried at Bethune. Lieut. Macpherson was a keen golfer and
polo player, and had passed the examination for promotion to Capt. with
distinction.
[Illustration: =Duncan S. R. Macpherson.=]
=MACPHERSON, JOHN=, Cadet, R.N., elder _s._ of John Lumsden
Macpherson, Lieut.-Col. commanding 7th (Reserve) Battn. The Gordon
Highlanders, T.D., Solicitor, by his wife, Mabel Jeanie, dau. of the
late Rev. Robert Nimmo Smith, L.L.D., Minister of the First Charge
of Haddington; _b._ St. Andrews, Fifeshire, 6 Nov. 1898; educ.
Clifton Bank, St. Andrews and privately; entered Osborne in Sept.
1911; joined H.M.S. Bulwark from Dartmouth on the outbreak of war, and
was lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness on 26 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Macpherson.=]
=McCRAE, GEORGE=, Capt., 6th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), attd.
1/4th Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Col. Sir George McCrae, of
Torluish Grange, Edinburgh, Vice-President of the Local Government
Board for Scotland, and Commanding Officer 16th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots, by his wife, Elizabeth Cameron, dau. of William Russell;
_b._ Edinburgh, 10 Dec. 1883; educ. George Watson’s College,
Edinburgh, and on leaving there entered his father’s firm, Messrs.
McCrae (Ltd.), Hosiers, of Princes Street, Edinburgh, of which he
became managing director. On 23 May, 1898, at the age of 15, he joined
the 4th Royal Scots (Volunteer), afterwards the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.),
as a bugler; he became a private, 23 May, 1901, 2nd Lieut., 12 June,
1901, Lieut., 22 April, 1903, and Capt., 26 Sept. 1905. Volunteering
for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, he was transferred to the
1/4th Royal Scots and placed in charge of a double company. He left
with a draft of this battn. for the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and was
killed in action during an attack on the Turkish position on the Saghir
Dere, Gallipoli, on 28 June, 1915. He was first wounded in the leg,
but continued to lead his men on, until he was shot through the head
and killed instantly. He was buried in the battlefield. “A keen and
hard-working officer,” said the “Watsonian”; “his cheery and generous
disposition made him popular alike with men and officers. On the voyage
out, at a time of great danger, he insisted on giving his lifebelt to
a private. His men here, who are left, will miss him.” He _m._ at
Glasgow, 24 Sept. 1910, Jemima, dau. of Alexander Ross, of that city;
_s.p._ Two of his brothers are (1916) on active service, Lieut.
W. K. McCrae, in the 1st Lowland R.G.A., and Capt. K. McCrae, in the
Cameron Highlanders.
=MACRAE, IVOR ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn.,
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of Donald MacDonald
MacRae, of Stenhouse, Thornhill, co. Dumfries, by his wife, Rosalie,
dau. of the late Edward Lloyd, of Sittingbourne; _b._ Stenhouse
aforesaid, 8 March, 1895; educ. Aldro, Eastbourne, and Harrow (The
Grove); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B., 10 Jan. 1914,
and attached to the 2nd Battn. for training at Dublin, 14 April
following; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and died at Bethune, 14 Oct.
1914, of wounds received in action near Cuinchy, the previous day,
while leading his platoon. They had been ordered to drive the enemy
out from an entrenched position and during the attack nine-tenths of
his men were killed or wounded. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Ivor Alexander MacRae.=]
=MACRAE, KENNETH CHARLES ERNEST=, L.-Corpl., No. 1348, 14th Battn.
(The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the
late Kenneth Macrae, of Durham Road, East Finchley, N.W., by his wife,
Frances Gertrude (18, White Hall Park, Hornsey Lane, N.), dau. of Henry
Double, of Ramsgate; _b._ Highgate, 5 June, 1893; educ. Highfield,
Muswell Hill; was a Civil Servant, Somerset House; joined the London
Scottish in Sept. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war; went to France with his battn. in Sept. 1914, and died of
wounds in the 13th Hospital at Boulogne on 26 Nov. following. He was
shot in the spine by a German sniper at Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Kenneth C. E. Macrae.=]
=MACRAE, VICTOR CHARLES JAMES=, Corpl., No. 5327, 4th Battn.
Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Donald Macrae, of 123,
Blenheim Place, Aberdeen, formerly Station Master of Plockton,
Ross-shire, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alexander Ferguson, of
Inverness, Goldsmith; _b._ Inverness, 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Plockton
Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, and Aberdeen University, where
he graduated in classics with 1st Class honours and was captain of the
University Shinty Club and won his blue; had been in the Territorial
Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders but had retired. On the outbreak of
war he re-enlisted, 2 Oct. 1914; went to France, 22 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Frierstraghte, Belgium, 21 April, 1915, while
succouring a wounded comrade; _unm._ His Commander wrote of him as
one of his best non-commissioned officers, and Major G. H. Smith, of
the 4th Gordons, wrote: “Your son was a brave soldier, and it was just
characteristic of him that he gave his life for his comrade. He was
shot through the heart while attempting to lift up a wounded comrade
and hold a cup of water for him to drink.”
=MACREIGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM JAMES=, Lieut., 18th Battn. (London
Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Francis
Henry Macreight, of The Cottage, Gammaton, North Devon, by his wife,
Alma Jane, dau. of the late Joseph Ede Hamley; _b._ Kenython, St.
Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall, 21 Jan. 1892; educ. Worcester Royal Grammar
School, and H.M.S. Worcester, Thames Nautical Training College, and was
for 18 months a Cadet on board the British Indian steamship Chyebassa.
He joined the London Irish Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 9 June, 1913, on the
outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to the Front
with his regt., but was invalided home, and died at Bournemouth, 23
Nov. 1915, after undergoing several operations; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur W. J. Macreight.=]
=McSPARRON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private. No. 541, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George McSparron, of
Straidarran, co. Derry, Farmer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Matthew
Millar; _b._ Straid, afsd., 16 June, 1891; educ. Tyrglasson
National School; went to Australia in 1912, and was working in
Sydney when war broke out; volunteered and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 18 Oct. 1914; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was wounded shortly
afterwards; returned to duty in June, and was killed in action in the
fight for the Lone Pine trenches, between 6–9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=MACSWAN, ANGUS=, Private, No. 6247, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 4th _s._ of the late Donald MacSwan, Diver to the
Leith Dock Commission, by his wife, Flora (139, Great Junction Street,
Leith), dau. of the late Ronald Macdonald, Registrar, of Sleat, Skye;
_b._ South Leith, 16 Dec. 1881; educ. Dr. Bell’s School there;
enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders, 23 Aug. 1898; served with the 2nd
Battn. through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with
three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); after this campaign
transferred to the 1st Battn. in India; obtained his discharge, 28
Sept. 1905, and joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in
Aug. 1914, and rejoined the 2nd Battn.; went to France, 16 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at St. Julien, 25 April, 1915, while acting
as orderly to the Capt. of B Coy.; _unm._ He was buried at a farm
close to where he fell. Private MacSwan was a good all-round sportsman;
was a marksman; a great footballer, and a member of the Regimental XI
when they were the champions of India in 1905.
[Illustration: =Angus MacSwan.=]
=McTURK, HORATIO ANDREW DAVID=, Trooper, No. 1269, Essex Yeomanry,
yst. _s._ of Robert McTurk, of Frieze Hall, South Weald,
Brentwood, Essex, Farmer, by his wife, Janet, dau. of John Crawford, of
Sproulston, co. Renfrew; _b._ Frieze Hall afsd., 12 March, 1896;
educ. High School, Brentwood; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to the Front,
Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres in the famous charge of
the 8th Cavalry Brigade, the 10th Hussars, the Blues and the Essex
Yeomanry, on 13 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatio A. D. McTurk.=]
=McVEIGH, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4826B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McVEY, JAMES=, Gunner, 11425, R.M.A., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=McVITTIE, GEORGE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut. 2/4th Battn. The Border Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard McVittie, of 34, Brunswick Square,
Penrith, Boot and Shoe Merchant, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Hill,
of Carlisle; _b._ Penrith, 24 Sept., 1895; educ. Brunswick Road
Council School, Penrith; Penrith Grammar School (Sept. 1908 to July,
1914, Scholar), and Christ College, Cambridge (Exhibitioner); was given
a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Border Regt. 4 Jan. 1915; left for
India on 6 March, 1915, on H.M. Transport Dongola, and died on active
service on H.M. Transport Tunisian the following day of strain and
exposure caused by a collision between the Dongola and another ship in
the Bristol Channel. He was _unm._; and was buried at sea with
full Military honours off the Scilly Isles. Col. Haswell wrote: “It is
very sad that such a promising boy should be cut off so early, and the
only comfort I can give you is that he did not suffer any pain, but
quietly slept away. He was a good lad, keen at his work, and would have
made a good soldier. We wrapped him in the Union Jack this afternoon
(8 March), and buried him in the Atlantic.” While at the Grammar
School he passed the Oxford Junior Local in 1910, the Senior in 1911,
and took second-class honours in 1912. Having chosen the scholastic
profession, Mr. McVittie in March, 1913, took the teacher’s preliminary
certificate, with distinction in mathematics and geography, and taught
for a year at the Boys’ National School. Prior to going Cambridge he
was extremely anxious to respond to his country’s call and enlist as
a private, but as the arrangements for going to Cambridge had been
completed he went there and joined the Officers’ Training Corps. As a
boy he was an enthusiastic member of the Penrith Boy Scouts, and he was
also keenly interested in the Penrith Y.M.C.A.
[Illustration: =George H. McVittie.=]
=MACWHINNIE, NORMAN HENRY, D.C.M.=, Regimental Sergt.-Major, No.
5177, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of James
Tait Macwhinnie, of Ayr, Marine Engineer, by his wife, Elizabeth (14,
St. Michael Street, Dumfries), dau. of the late John Carruthers, of
Maxwellbank. Kirkcudbrightshire; _b._ Glencaple, co. Dumfries, 9
Aug. 1877; educ. St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries, subsequently entering
the office of Charles M’Kie, the Sheriff clerk. He attached himself
to the Dumfries Volunteers, and as soon as he had reached the age of
18 joined the 1st Battn. of the Scottish Borderers at York, 22 Jan.
1895, being promoted Corpl. in October the following year. During the
South African war he accompanied his regt. to the Front and served
with Lord Roberts’ column all the way to Pretoria, passing through
the campaign without a scratch, and receiving the Queen’s medal with
three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps; he also took
part in the engagement at Karee Siding, near Bloemfontein, in which
the Scottish Borderers were badly cut up, and for this gained the
Distinguished Conduct Medal. In Jan. 1900 he became Sergt., in the
following year Colour-Sergt., and while stationed at Cairo in 1908
Quartermaster-Sergt., having in the meantime seen service in Egypt and
the Soudan; his final promotion came when he left Khartoum to take up
the Sergt.-Majorship of the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers at
Berwick in 1910. On the outbreak of war he was offered a commission,
but preferred to stay with his regt., with which he proceeded to the
Front, being killed in action at the Aisne River, 13 Sept. 1914. He
was buried about two miles from Saarcy. Sergt.-Major Macwhinnie was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 9 Oct. 1914, and was
awarded the Military Cross and the French Medaille Militaire; he also
held the regulation medal for long service and good conduct, and
King George’s Coronation Medal. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic
Chapel, Belfast, 28 April, 1904, Caroline Christina, dau. of William
Hart, 1st Class Staff Sergt.-Major, A.S.C., and had a son and dau.:
Norman, _b._ Cairo, 29 Jan. 1908; and Elizabeth Madge, _b._
Colchester, 1 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =Norman H. Macwhinnie.=]
=McWHIRTER, HUGH WALTER=, Private, No. 902, 1st Newfoundland
Regt., _s._ of Henry McWhirter, of Humbermouth, Bay of Islands,
Newfoundland, by his wife, Lottie, dau. of Henry Lilsed Harris;
_b._ New Richmond, Quebec, 18 March, 1894; educ. Bay of Islands;
volunteered and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. in 1915; left for
Britain 20 March, 1915, went to the Dardanelles, 19 Sept., and was
killed in action there, 22 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Walter McWhirter.=]