Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booknd 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, an |