'I have known Captain Lusk since the time he joined the 6th
Battalion, and I would find it difficult to express with what love
and admiration we all regarded him. He was a gentleman amongst
gentlemen, and the fine, noble, generous and selfless qualities which
ever dominated him, made it a pleasure and a privilege to have known
and associated with him. One can never forget the great
self-sacrifice and devotion to duty which he displayed after our
attack at Festubert, in going over that bullet-swept area and safely
withdrawing our men, and thereafter gallantly seeking to attempt the
rescue of our brave wounded on the field. Well did he deserve the
Decoration bestowed on him by the French Government, and his noble
and gallant conduct will ever be proudly remembered by the Battalion.'
J. C. McL.
'We of the 6th, The Cameronians, are under a cloud, a very dark and
heavy cloud. We have lost a few good fellows since coming out here,
but never one who was so universally loved and respected and whose
loss will be so keenly felt. James Lusk was indeed a true Christian
gentleman. We of inferior clay stood aghast and marvelled at his
unfailing good-humour, his inexhaustible patience, his unshaken
integrity and his continued self-effacement. He gave way to
everybody, even the most junior of Subalterns, and yet there was not
one of us but knew that he stood head and shoulders above us as a
man. If ever a man followed hard in the Footsteps of Jesus Christ,
that man was James Lusk. I am proud to have been counted one of his
friends.
'By his death, the 6th have sustained an irreparable loss. We have
lost a great friend with a great heart, and we have lost a soldier
who was the backbone of the regiment and who added to its reputation.
'May I tell you, that everywhere, not only in the Battalion but in
the Brigade and Division, the news of his death was the cause of
universal sorrow.'