Chapter LV: Part 55

=McKENZIE, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8876, 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, eldest _s._ of William McKenzie, of 5, Ritchie Place, Edinburgh, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Stuart, of Logie-Almond, Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 Oct. 1886; educ. Fountainbridge Public School, Edinburgh; enlisted, 20 Aug. 1904; went to France with his battn., 21 Aug. 1914, and was wounded at Hazebrouck, 13 Oct. 1914, and invalided home, but returned to the Front, 19 Jan. 1915. Early on the morning of 25 April, 1915, the 10th Brigade, in which were the 2nd Seaforths, received orders to retake the village of St. Julien, which had been captured by the enemy on the previous day. The attack was pushed up to the very edge of the houses, when it was checked by a murderous maxim-gun fire. The 10th Brigade suffered terrible losses and Sergt. McKenzie was mortally wounded. He was removed to the Dressing Station at Hazebrouck, where he died early the following morning (the 26th). He was buried near a burned farmhouse to the left of the St. Jean-St. Julien road, 1,000 yards south of St. Julien. Sergt. McKenzie _m._ at Edinburgh, 18 May, 1909, Annie (2, Roseburn Street, Murravfield, Edinburgh), dau. of Henry Dunnet, and had a dau., Marion Margot Stuart, _b._ 15 Aug. 1912.

=MACKEY, HARRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 789), late R.M.A. 5753, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MACKIE, REGINALD ERNEST=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Councillor James Wyse Mackie, J.P., of the firm of I. W. Mackie & Sons, Ltd., Princes Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth (16, Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh), dau. of the late John Burnett; _b._ Edinburgh, 6 July, 1884; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and studied at the Surgeon’s Hall, and then entered his father’s firm. He joined the Queen’s Own Edinburgh Rifles, which on the formation of the Territorial Force became the 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots, in 1907, and on 10 March, 1910, having passed in tactics and obtained a certificate from the School of Instruction, was gazetted Lieut. On the outbreak of war, he volunteered for Imperial service; left with his battn. for the Dardanelles, Saturday, 22 May, and was killed in the attack on the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He went out as Capt., but was not gazetted until after death, and to rank as from 26 May, 1915.

=MACKIE, ROBERT COLE=, Private, No. 6/499, 2nd South Canterbury Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; _b._ Cathcart, Glasgow, 26 Feb. 1885; educ. Public School there; went to New Zealand; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 2nd South Canterbury Regt.; left for Egypt with the main force in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there between that date and 1 May; _unm._

=McKINNON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 537, 1st Australian Light Horse, 2nd _s._ of Alexander McKinnon, of Brownhill, Pitglassie, Turriff, co. Aberdeen, Farmer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Myles Morrison; _b._ Easter Elchies, co. Moray, 13 Aug. 1882; educ. Craigellachie and Aberlour Secondary School; was a Coppersmith; went to Australia in 1912, and settled in Queensland. He joined the Scottish Horse on the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, and served with that corps in South Africa, and when the European War began in Aug. 1914, he enlisted in the 1st Australian Light Horse, and died in hospital at Malta, 1 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli on or about 8 Aug.; _unm._

=MACKINNON, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7581), S.S. 102965, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=MACKINTOSH, JAMES LAWTON=, Lieut., attd. 1st Battn. Highland Light Infantry, yr. surviving _s._ of the late Hugh Mackintosh, of Braeval, Nairn, Shipowner, by his wife, Henrietta (12, Northumberland Street, Edinburgh), dau. of Richard Lawton; _b._ Nairn, 4 Jan. 1895; educ. Nairn Academy, Edinburgh Academy, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattd. List, Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and was given a temporary lieutenancy in the 1st Highland L.I., Dec. 1914; went to France, 26 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 1 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near Ypres. Lieut.-Col. Hill, of the 1st Highland L.I.. wrote: “I had recognised his rare promise as an officer and he had endeared himself to all. He was leading his platoon in the attack when he was shot in the head, and died at once, without any pain.”

=MACKIRDY, PETER MACKAY=, Lieut.-Commander. R.N.V.R., Anson Battn. Royal Naval Division, twin _s._ of Robert MacKirdy, of Greenock and Glasgow, Sugar Broker, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Mackay of Greenock; _b._ Greenock, 1 Sept. 1888; educ. Collegiate School, Greenock; was an Engineer; Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R., 17 July, 1910; Lieut., 10 April, 1913. and Lieut.-Commander, 10 April, 1913; died of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles, 29 May, 1915; _unm._ His twin brother. Capt. R. F. MacKirdy, was killed in action there, 12 July following (see next notice).

=MACKIRDY, ROBERT FINGLAND=, Capt., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.). twin _s._ of Robert MacKirdy, of Greenock and Glasgow, Sugar Broker, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Mackay, of Greenock; _b._ Greenock, 1 Sept. 1888; educ. Collegiate School, Greenock, and was a Commission Agent; joined the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 22 March, 1907; became 2nd Lieut., 23 March, 1908; Lieut., 20 Jan. 1912. and Capt., 1 Nov. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; left for Southampton; went to the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July, 1915; _unm._

=MACKLIN, ALFRED HENRY=, Private, No. 5064, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; eldest _s._ of William Macklin, of Long Street, Enford, near Pewsey, by his wife. Emily, dau. of the late John Cox; _b._ Enford, Wilts, 18 Oct. 1881; educ. there, enlisted on or about 4 Aug. 1903; killed in action at La Bassée, 25 Dec. 1914, and buried close to the west wall of the brewery at Givinchy. He _m._ at Enford, 1 Aug. 1908, Ellen Beatrice (Enford, Pewsey, Wilts), dau. of William Eyres, of Enford, Pewsey, and had a son, Reginald William, _b._ 24 June, 1909.

=MACKRELL, THOMAS=, Canteen Manager. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=MACKWORTH, FRANCIS JULIAN AUDLEY=, Major, Royal Artillery, 3rd _s._ of the late Col. Sir Arthur William Mackworth, 6th Bart., R.E., C.B., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Joseph Cubitt, of Park Street, Westminster, C E.; _b._ Clifton, Bristol, 15 Sept. 1876; educ. Cathedral School, Llandaff, Malvern College (scholar) and Selwyn College, Cambridge (scholar, Mathematical Tripos, 1898); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 June, 1898; promoted Lieut. 16 Feb. 1901, Capt. 15 April, 1906, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 2 April, 1904, to 25 June, 1908; passed into the Staff College in 1909; was Adjutant, 26th Brigade, R.F.A., from Feb. 1912 to Sept. 1913, and Brigade Major, R.A., 3rd Division, Oct. 1913 to the time of his death; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near La Couture, Pas de Calais, 1 Nov. 1914. Buried at Fosse, Pas de Calais. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914. He _m._ at Llantilio, Pertholey, co. Monmouth. 4 Aug. 1910, Dorothy Conran (The Mardy. Abergavenny), only dau. of Arthur Hastings Lascelles, and had two daus.: Cecily Joan, _b._ 15 Aug. 1911; and Helen Margaret, _b._ 18 Feb. 1914. His eldest brother, Capt. Digby Mackworth, was killed in action at Ladysmith in Jan. 1900. His yr. brother, Capt. Harry Llewelyn Mackworth, D.S.O., is now (1916) at the Front with the Australian troops. Another, Commander Geoffrey Mackworth is in the R.N.; and Capt. John Mackworth is (1916) on active service with the Royal Flying Corps.

=McLARDY, HENRY=, Staff Sergt.-Major, No. 1122, 8th Otago Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Donald McLardy, of Glasgow, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late (--) Slater; _b._ Glasgow, 26 June, 1875; educ. there; enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders at Glasgow. 4 Aug. 1891; served in Chitral, 1895, including the attack on, and capture of, Dargai Heights; and through the South African War. 1899–1902, and received the Queen’s medal with four bars (Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast) and the King’s medal with two bars (1901–02). He then returned to India, was present at the Delhi Durbar (medal), and obtained his discharge, 31 Aug. 1910, with the rank of Sergt. after 19 years’ service with the Colours, seven of which were abroad. He went to New Zealand the same year and joined the Defence Staff as Drill Instructor Sergt.-Major, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service and left for Egypt with the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and was killed in a bayonet charge on Walker’s Ridge on the night of 2 May, 1915, being buried in the Infantry Cemetery at the foot of that ridge. He _m._ at Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, 28 Feb. 1913, Elizabeth (Nen Street. Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand), eldest dau. of the late John Fraser, and had two sons: Donald Gordon, _b._ 1 Dec. 1913; and Henry Thomas, _b._ 17 Jan. 1915.

=MCLAREN, ERIC ANDREW=, Private, No. 12/1740. A Coy,. 3rd Auckland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of Thomas McLaren, of Waitahuna, Miner (_b._ in Ireland), by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Andrew Chapman; _b._ Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand, 11 July, 1891; educ. Union Street School, Dunedin, and Richmond Road School, Auckland; enlisted 14 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt with the third reinforcements, 13 Feb.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, and was killed in action at Daisy Patch. Cape Hellas, Gallipoli, 8 May, 1915; _unm._

=MACLEAN, ALISTAIR ALLAN=, Private, No. 1730, 14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); 3rd _s._ of Alexander Maclean, of Gordon Hall, Kingussie, co. Inverness, Farmer, by his wife, Margery, dau. of Finlay McGillivray; _b._ Gordon Hall aforesaid, 4 May, 1894; educ. Kinguissie Higher Grade School; was a Clerk in the London Branch of the Bank of Montreal; joined the London Scottish in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 Sept.; was wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914, during the famous charge of the London Scottish, and died at Poperinghe three days later, 14 Nov.; _unm._ He was buried at Poperinghe.

=MACLEAN, ANDREW DE VERE=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., only surviving _s._ of Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, of Tangier, Morocco; _b._ Morocco City, 18 Oct. 1882; educ. Wellington; and served with the Militia in the South African War. 1901–02 (Queen’s medal with five clasps); and was gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 1st East Surreys, 28 April, 1902. He was promoted Lieut. 2 April, 1904. and Capt. 1910, and retired 23 April, 1913, when he joined the Special Reserve. He rejoined his Battn., in Dublin, on the outbreak of war; went with the 14th Brigade to France, and was killed in action at Missy-sur-Aisne, 19 Sept. 1914, and was buried there. He _m._ at Bombay, 20 Nov. 1907, Dulce (Westlands, Ewhurst, Surrey), only dau. of the late Major-Gen. T. J. Maclachlan, R.H.A.; _s.p._

=MACLEAN, ANGUS ROBERT=, Private, 1363, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force. 3rd _s._ of Angus Maclean, of Korrumburra, Victoria, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of George McGregor; _b._ Deep Creek, Victoria, 16 June, 1889; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, took part in the landing and was killed in action there, 17 July, 1915; _unm._

=MCLEAN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 2583, 2nd Battn. (Prince of Wales’ Volunteers) South Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Michael McLean; _b._ Liverpool, 34 years ago; educ. St. Sylvester School, Liverpool; enlisted following the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; buried Bailleul Cemetery. He _m._ Liverpool, 8 Aug. 1906, Sarah, dau. of Felix Grimes, of Liverpool, and had five children: Michael, _b._ 2 June. 1907; Felix, _b._ 17 March. 1909; Gerard, _b._ 15 Jan. 1913; Sarah, _b._ 14 March, 1911; and Mary, _b._ 8 April, 1915.

=MCLEAN, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., R.N.R. 5329A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea. 22 Sept. 1914.

=MACLEHOSE, NORMAN CRAWFORD=, Lieut., 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Norman Macmillan MacLehose, of 18, Harley Street, London, W., and of Little Heath, Berkhamsted, Herts, M.B., Ophthalmic Surgeon, by his wife, Olive, dau. of the late Alexander Macmillan, Publisher; _b._ London, 21 April, 1889; educ. at Rugby, where he was “King’s Medallist,” and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A., with 2nd Class honours in Modern History, 1911; was a student of the Inner Temple and a member of the staff of the “Umpire’s Office” in connection with the Insurance Act (Part II for Unemployment). For some time after leaving Oxford he resided at, and worked for, Toynbee Hall, and he kept up his connection with that institution until the war broke out. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912, and in the following year obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Post Office Rifles. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, and was promoted Lieut., 19 Aug. 1914. He left for France with his battn. in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert on 26 May following; _unm._ He was buried at Lindez Farm, Festubert. In a letter written a few days before his death he said; “Well, the war is a bad business, but there are compensations. People had so often told us the race was degenerate that I had almost begun to wonder whether it was not true, but I know now.... Some of our fellow’s used to grouse and seem soft in England, but there is no doubt about them here. They are made of the right stuff, as I believe the whole nation is.” His commanding officer wrote of him: “He was a very valuable officer and will be greatly missed”; and a brother officer said: “His men loved him.”

=MACLENNAN, IAN DOUGLAS=, Sergt., No. 2690, 5th Battn., Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of the Rev. George Robert Maclennan, M.A., Parish Minister of Thurso, by his late wife, Barbara Johnston, dau. of the late Robert Johnston, Jeweller, Glasgow; _b._ Campbeltown, co. Argyle, 16 April. 1894; educ. St James School, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; won the medal for junior vocalists at the “mod” of “An Comunn Gaidhealach” in 1907; and on leaving Edinburgh in 1911 entered the Thurso Branch of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, and was an active and enthusiastic worker in his father’s church at Thurso. He joined the 5th Battn., Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.) in May, 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service; was promoted Sergt. 19 April, 1915; went to France on the following Saturday, and was killed in action at 6.30 on the evening of 15 June, 1915, in an attack upon the German trenches a few miles N.N.E., Festubert; _unm._ His chaplain, the Rev. D. Macfarlane, wrote: “Sergt. Maclennan was killed in action last night when our battn. had severe losses. His coy. (C) was chosen to lead an attack, and he with several others, among them two of the officers, were cut down by machine gun and shell fire. He always willingly led the praise for me at the coy. services. On Friday afternoon I had a service with his coy. in preparation for the trench work and its hazards, and he led the hymns for us so lustily. He was an influence for good among the men, and was most highly respected and beloved by his own coy.” A comrade wrote: “Everyone here has great reason in feeling very proud of Ian. I saw him last just before we left the trench to charge, and as usual, he was cheerily talking to us and looking as cool as could possibly be. It is a comfort for you to know that Ian’s remains have had a very decent burial just behind the trench from which we charged, and a Sergt. from B Coy. has put up a very neat cross on the grave.” Another comrade paid the following tribute to his memory: “Happiness was one of his great possessions, he was never downhearted. He was one to march with or to rest with, a man in a hundred to fight alongside, for he had the two essential qualities of a good comrade--great spirits, and ceaseless unselfishness. His death, like his life, was a glorious one, and I am sure that he met it as he met good and bad fortune alike--with a smile.”

=MACLEOD, ALASTAIR RODERICK=, Lieut., “Y” Battery, R.H.A., yr. _s._ of Simon John Fraser Macleod, of 26, Albert Hall Mansions, Kensington. S.W., K.C., one of H.M. Commissioners of the Board of Control, by his wife, Catherine Florence, dau. of the late William Nelson, of Salisbury Green, Edinburgh; _b._ 44, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, W., 20 Jan. 1892; educ. Cheltenham, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1911; appointed to 135th Battery, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914. He proceeded with his battery to France in Aug. 1914, his brigade being attached to the 4th Division, and took part in the memorable retreat from Mons to Melan, and subsequently in the general advance and the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. While on observation duty for his battery in our first line trenches near Le Gheir before daybreak on the morning of 21 Oct., the trenches were captured by a battn. of the 104th Saxon Regt. and he himself and some 40 men made prisoners. They were well treated by their captors and placed in the cellars of a convent for protection from the bombardment of their own guns, and later in the day, when a counter-attack recovered the lost trenches, were released. In Nov. he was wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder and got concussion from the effects of high explosive shells, and was invalided home. He rejoined at Woolwich in Jan. 1915, and getting his “jacket” was in March appointed to “Y” Battery, R.H.A., and proceeded to the Dardanelles with the 29th Division. He was mortally wounded at Beach W, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915. Having been selected on 23 April by the officer in command of the R.H.A., of the Division to act as observation officer to certain of the ships, whose guns were to cover the landing of the troops near Cape Helles, he, with his servant and five signallers, went on board the Caledonia, and on the morning of the 25th he and his men landed with the Lancashire Fusiliers at Beach W, between Capes Tekke and Helles, to control and direct the fire of the warships. Lieut. Macleod was the only R.H.A. officer to participate in this gallant feat of arms. Our men suffered heavily while still on the water, and, on landing, came up against unbroken lines of barbed wire, while, from the cliffs, snipers and concealed machine-guns and quick-firers rained death upon them. Lieut. Macleod and his signallers, with the exception of one, who fell severely wounded directly he left the boat, succeeded in crossing the beach and gaining some shelter on the cliffs; but, in attempting to move forward to a more commanding position, he was mortally wounded by a pom-pom bullet. Just after being hit, he sent off a military message to the Fleet, ending with the words: “I’m done for!” His servant, Gunner McCarthy, raised him up and dragged him into some slight shelter, and he was within a short time placed in a boat and taken to H.M.S. Euryalus, but died as he was being lifted on board. He was buried at sea the following day together with 16 other officers, the Brigadier-General and all the officers of the Headquarters’ staff being present; _unm._ The officer commanding his battery in France wrote: “I had an extremely high opinion of the boy, both as a friend and an officer, and the regt. has lost one of a type which is rare to find. He combined every virtue that one could wish to find; a charming companion, very popular with the officers and equally so with the men, and they had a great respect for him. Hard working, always thorough at his duties and keen on his profession, he was an absolutely straight gentleman. His one fault I fear may have been his undoing, and that was his total disregard for his own safety”; and the Colonel commanding the R.H.A. Brigade at the Dardanelles wrote: “He had a particular charm about him with his very boyish appearance and manner, and I had taken a great liking to him. His selection for so important a job is a sufficient proof of what was thought of him as an officer. The desperate enterprise succeeded on that beach, and you, with many others, will have your grief tempered by pride in one of the most glorious achievements of this war.” Lieut. Macleod was a fine rider, and on 25 April, 1914--exactly a year before his death--won the Bar Point-to-Point Open Steeplechase on his own horse in a field of 23. He was known to his intimates as “Hamish.”

=McLEOD, ARCHIBALD ALASTAIR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. William Kelty McLeod, Col., The Highland L.I., by his wife, Emilie Godfrey, dau. of the late James Thomson, of Gibraltar, nephew of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir John McLeod, G.C.B., Col., Black Watch, and gdson. of the late Col. Alexander McLeod, C.B., 61st Regt.; _b._ Singapore, 3 June, 1877; educ. Wimbledon School, the Oxford Military College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 13 Oct. 1905; served (1) in the South African War, 1900–02, was employed with Mounted Infantry, took part in relief of Kimberley operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River, operations in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11–12 June), operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Wittebergen (1–29 July), Bothaville, Caledon River (27–29 Nov.), in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900, and in Cape Colony, north of Orange River, operations in Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Cape Colony, Feb. to March, 1901, and Sept, to Oct. 1901 (Queen’s medal with six clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); (2) in Nigeria being employed with West African Frontier Force, 29 Sept. 1906 to 1908, when he joined 1st Battn.; and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914; went to the Front with the 1st Division, was present at the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action while leading his Coy. in an attack on a farm held by tin-Germans, 2 Nov. 1914. Capt. McLeod was distinguished in musketry, and had the Special Certificate of signalling granted to him at Pretoria in June, 1904. His Coy. were winners of the Douglas Shield (a Regimental trophy) in 1912. His recreations were hunting, polo and shooting. He _m._ at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, 18 June, 1914, Marie Jeanette Amelia, yst. dau. of Lord Henry Fitzwarrine Chichester, and gdson. of Edward, 4th Marquis of Donegall; _s.p._

=MACLEOD, DAVID FERGUSON=, L.-Corpl. No. 270, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late David Ferguson Macleod, of 29, Polworth Gardens, Edinburgh, and of the General Post Office, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Henry John Gibson, Aberdeenshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. George Heriot’s School; went to Australia, Oct. 1913, and settled at Sydney, New South Wales; was a Secretary; joined the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the European War; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Devanha, 10 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action after Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at sea 10 miles south-east of Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island.

=MACLEOD, IAN BREAC=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Black Watch, only _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.”

=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.”

=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.

=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.

=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._

=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._

=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.

=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.

=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._

=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._

=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._

=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._

=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.

=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._

=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.

=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.

=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._