Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Bray Military Cemetery | I. C. 21. | |
Awards & Titles: | British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
10th (Service) Battalion Formed at Stirling in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 27th Brigade in 9th (Scottish) Division. Moved to Bordon. Moved to billets in New Alresford in November and in February 1915 went to Bramshott. 11 May 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 6 May 1916 : transferred to 26th Brigade in same Division. 17 February 1918 : transferred to 97th Brigade in 32nd Division. |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
His medal card shows he was initially a Private (No. 1664) in the ?Loch & Bord H.? before receiving a commission in the 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Killed in Action 18th July, 1916.
He is commemorated at his grave in Bray Military Cemetery and also on the WW1 memorial register at University College, Oxford.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Apollo University No. 357 E.C. | Oxfordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
5th May 1908 | 18th June 1908 | 26th January 1909 |
Initiated 1908, whilst an undergraduate at University College, Oxford. resigned 6th December, 1911. Further membership cannot be found in any other lodge, which is most likely the reason he is not included on the 1921 or 1940 roll of honour.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley