Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Books interested in every phase of country life. A writer in the Edinburgh University Magazine, The Student, said: "It was as a student of our University that I came to know him. His ability and attainments as a scholar were of the highest, and it very soon came to be recognised that his opinions were the outcome of a logical and well-informed mind. As such, no matter the topic under discussion, they were sought after and prized, for his outlook went far beyond the confines of his especial branch of literature. Nor was his wide range acquired at the expense of social popularity. I have confidence in saying that no student in my time had a wider circle of friends. I say friends advisedly--not acquaintances. His whole personality radiated friendship, and all who came within the sphere of his magnetic influence were irresistibly drawn to him; having made his acquaintance they immediately became his friends. He took a prominent part in many directions on the social side of our 'Varsity life. He was a member of at least three Societies, of the O.T.C., of the Hockey Club, and, I think, also of the Boat Club. A staunch and trusted member of the Liberal Association, he played his part right manfully in the victories which not infrequently attended that Party in the hotly contested debates in the Union. It is the man, however, as we knew him, that claims our affectionate remembrance and esteem. The multiplicity and yet the wonderful harmony of his moral and intellectual qualities compelled first respect, then admiration, then love. Unassuming in manner, he was loyal to a degree in his friendships. Intellectually the superior of most of us, he was a most delightful and lovable companion, upright in word and deed. He found his highest pleasure in helping others, when necessary, eliminating himself, and foregoing those honours to which his undoubted abilities and the high esteem in which he was held would necessarily have brought him--honours which were, in my time, and no doubt still are, considered the high-water mark of a successful University career. One might say of him without irreverence--he sought not his own. I find it difficult to give adequate expression of my esteem for Stewart Paterson, but in concluding this brief sketch I can at least say this: I have seldom found occasion to respect and esteem a man as I respected and esteemed Stewart Paterson, and however far I still fall short of the high ideal which stands, a beckoning figure, before the spiritual eye of each one of us, I am a better man to-day for having known him." [Illustration: =J. McL. S. Paterson.=] =PATIENCE, GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 2334, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), _s._ of George Patience, of 30, High Street, Avoch, Fisherman; _b._ Avoch, co. Ross, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Mackenzie Foundation Institute there, and on leaving was apprenticed to a painter; it was his great desire to become a soldier and he more than once tried to enlist but was brought back by his father; but on the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the 4th Seaforths in Sept. 1914. He was promoted Sergt. within three months, crossed to France, 11 March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches at Aubers Ridge, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ =PATON, JOHN EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paton, of Waun Wern, Pontypool, co. Monmouth, J.P., by his wife, Susan, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Snatchwood Park, Pontypool; _b._ Pontypool, 6 Sept. 1895: educ. Copthorne School, Winchester College, and in the spring of 1914 passed the entrance examination for Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was to have taken up residence in Oct., but after the outbreak of war in Aug., was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Monmouthshire Regt., 14 Oct.; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Bizet, 31 Dec. following; _unm._ He was buried in the Essex Regt. Cemetery, Calvaire, near Le Touquet. 2nd Lieut. Paton was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. While at Winchester he was in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Sergt.; took Certificate "A" in 1912, and was one of the eight to represent the College at Bisley in 1913 and 1914. [Illustration: =John Edward Paton.=] =PATRICK, FRANCIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2309, A Coy. 9th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Bonthron Patrick, of 1, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Merchant, by his wife, Wilemina Frances, dau. of the late William Goldie; _b._ Edinburgh, 6 Dec. 1892; educ. George Watson's College there, Edinburgh University, and Besançon and Jena Universities; studied for the Indian Police, and passed the examination in 1912, but afterwards took up the study of Indian and Colonial agriculture, and in the prosecution of his researches studied at Besançon, Jena and Guelph (Canada). On the outbreak of war he was studying for his B.Sc. at the Edinburgh University, but gave this up and joined the 9th Royal Scots in Sept. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the second Battle of Ypres, 12 April following; _unm._ Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Ypres. An officer, writing home to a brother, said: "This sad event cast a gloom over the battn., with whom Patrick had been very popular, and I assure you I feel his loss very keenly. He was a lad I was proud to have in my platoon, a fellow-Watsonian, and the first Watsonian to fall in the Dandy 9th." He was a keen golfer and fisher, and a good horseman, and one of the best shots in the regt.; but. above all, was a diligent student. "If you want to find Patrick," wrote one of his comrades at the Front in the few days of rest that fell to them, "go to the roofless library or convent ruins and there you will find him rummaging amongst the old and shell-torn books, smoking his pipe." His brother, Lieut. John Cairns Patrick, Royal Scots, and also ten of his cousins, are now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Francis A. Patrick.=] =PATRICK, FRED=, A.B., 225222, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PATRICK, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 13468, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PATTEN, EDWARD SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10529), 217304, H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 4238, 14th Hussars, attd. Royal Horse Guards, eldest _s._ of Alexander Patterson, Tin Plate Worker; _b._ Evesham, co. Worcester, 6 Sept. 1876; educ. Castleford Council School; enlisted in the 14th Hussars, Oct. 1900; served in the South African War, 1900-2, under Gen. (now Lord) French (Queen's medal with three clasps); was 14 years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve, and was employed as a groom at Selby; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., attd. to the Royal Horse Guards, and was killed in action there, 13 May, 1915. He _m._ at |