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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry
+(Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion, by Various
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+Title: The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion)
+       Record of War Service, 1914-1918
+
+Author: Various
+
+Editor: John W. Arthur and Ion S. Munro
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+Release Date: December 19, 2006 [EBook #20136]
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+                           The
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+           Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                       17th H.L.I.
+
+                THE GIFT OF THE MEMBERS OF
+             THE GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                     The Seventeenth
+                 Highland Light Infantry
+         (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion).
+
+
+
+
+                  Record of War Service,
+                        1914-1918.
+
+
+
+
+                         GLASGOW:
+DAVID J. CLARK, 23 ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE AND 92 UNION STREET.
+                          1920.
+
+
+
+
+EDITORS' PREFACE.
+
+
+In compiling and editing this history of the Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion, the aim of the editors has been to present such a narrative
+as will provide a detailed but not overburdened account of the
+Battalion's movements and operations throughout the years of its
+existence, and at the same time give a representative impression of
+the various outstanding events which have built up the character and
+the traditions of the unit.
+
+In accordance with the wishes of the History Committee, the narrative
+dealing with Field service has been kept within the limits of the
+Battalion's share in the campaign, and accordingly no attempt has been
+made to give any picture of the relative positions of the various
+other units operating with the 17th, or of the general strategic
+import of the actions described.
+
+The chapters dealing with the beginnings and home training, and those
+general items in Part III. are founded mainly upon matter supplied by
+officers of the unit and members of _The Outpost_ staff. The Roll of
+original members in Part IV. has been gathered together by Lieut. and
+Quarter-Master Kelly. The material in the section dealing with the
+service of the Battalion overseas has been gathered from the following
+sources:--
+
+For data--the Official War Diaries of the 17th Battalion H.L.I.
+preserved in the "Records" Office, Hamilton; supplementary notes
+supplied by Lieut.-Cols. Morton and Paul and Major Paterson, D.S.O.,
+M.C.; Brigade and Battalion Operation Orders; Battalion Operation
+Reports.
+
+For impressions, opinions, and descriptions--numerous and exceedingly
+helpful literary vignettes from members of _The Outpost_ staff and
+others, and from interviews.
+
+The Editors desire to record their appreciation of material
+contributed and help given by:--Lieut.-Col. Morton, Lieut.-Col. Paul,
+Lieut.-Col. Inglis, Major Paterson, the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, C.F.,
+Capt. G.H.R. Laird, Capt. M. MacRobert, Capt. T.P. Locking, Mr.
+Cameron of the Chamber of Commerce, Lieut. and Quarter-Master Kelly,
+Mr. Meadows of Saltcoats (for allowing illustrations and excerpts to
+be taken from the diary of his son, the late Lieut. B. Meadows), the
+relatives of the late Lieut. D.W. Hourston (for a selection of
+photographs from his collection), and the following gentlemen
+identified with the publication of _The Outpost_:--Messrs. A.M. Cohen,
+W.S. Corbett, Mark Drummond, W.M. Dixon, A.G. Deans, W. Glennie, A.G.
+Houstoun, J.L. Hardie, C. MacCallum, J. M'Kechnie, N. M'Intyre, W.K.
+M'Taggart, D. Murray, J.L.L. Niven, F.K. Pickles, H.F. Scott, D.M.
+Thomson, R. Tilley.
+
+                                        JOHN W. ARTHUR.
+                                        ION S. MUNRO.
+
+GLASGOW, _May, 1920._
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+EDITORS' PREFACE.
+
+I.--FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.                             PAGE
+
+THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS,                                     13
+  Declaration of War--Strain on the resources of the
+  Regular and Territorial Forces--Kitchener's Call to
+  Arms--Civic response--Glasgow Corporation
+  Battalions--Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and
+  Resolution--Committee formed--The Technical College.
+
+A BATTALION IN BEING,                                          15
+  Attestation and enrolment--"A" Company from Technical
+  College--"B" Company from Schools--"C" and "D" from the
+  City--C.O., Second in Command, Adjutant, Company
+  Commanders, and Staff appointed--Leaving the
+  City--Government acceptance--Farewell visit to City.
+
+ESPRIT DE CORPS,                                               19
+  Traditions of the H.L.I.--the 71st and 74th
+  Foot--Uniform--pre-War Establishment--Regular and
+  Territorial Battalions--War Service Battalions
+  raised--the allocation of the 17th Battalion.
+
+HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING,                                    21
+  Gailes--Troon--Prees Heath--Wensleydale--Totley--Codford
+  Camp--Overseas Orders--Message from the
+  King--Embarkation.
+
+
+II.--ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
+
+ON TREK,                                                       27
+  Arrival at Havre--March to the forward area--Bouzincourt
+  and Millencourt--instructional tour of front line
+  trenches--condition of trenches--first casualties--
+  Molliens.
+
+TRENCH ROUTINE,                                                30
+  In the line--Xmas '15 and the New Year--the new
+  trench--"Standing to"--routine and patrols.
+
+THE RAID,                                                      33
+  The "Red" Division--in the line at Authuille--Colonel
+  Morton wounded on March 21st--A raid postponed--carried
+  out on 22nd--success of Lieut. Begg's
+  party--congratulatory messages and awards.
+
+A LULL BEFORE THE STORM,                                       37
+  Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive--a
+  complimentary shoot with "P" Battery--Divisional,
+  Brigade and Battalion identification marks--happy days
+  at Rubempré.
+
+THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME,                                       39
+  Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle--zero and
+  "over the top"--Leipzig Trench carried--flanks
+  exposed--precarious position of the unit--great
+  casualties--protective bombing posts--consolidation--
+  Battalion relieved--Victoria Cross gained by Sergeant
+  Turnbull--Roll Call.
+
+A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE,                                 42
+  Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B.
+  Meadows giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the
+  July 1st Battle.
+
+HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS,                                       48
+  Senlis--last parade under Col. Morton--Bombing raid
+  north of Ovillers--Move to Bethune--1st Army
+  Area--inspection by General Munro--depleted
+  ranks--trench warfare about Hulluch--Cambrin Sector.
+
+BEAUMONT-HAMEL,                                                51
+  The attack--weather conditions--failure of artillery
+  support--forlorn hope--break-down of assault--gallantry
+  and sacrifice--casualties--Mailly-Maillet--Franqueville
+  and Rubempré--Xmas 1916 and New Year--football and high
+  spirits.
+
+THE NEW YEAR, 1917,                                            53
+  Bad weather--Courcelles--trench labours--varied
+  moves--beginning of Spring Offensive--attack by the
+  French--the advance--Nesle--condition of
+  inhabitants--great digging work at Germaine.
+
+ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY,                                     55
+  The taking of Savy--casualties--patrolling--capture of
+  Fayet--congratulatory messages--strenuous
+  days--Canizy--competitions with the French--work and
+  sport--Hangard--leaving the Fourth Army--Farewell
+  message from General Rawlinson.
+
+IN FLANDERS,                                                   60
+  En route to Steenbecque--R.T.O.--the 14th
+  Corps--reconnaissance of Messines Sector--heavy
+  marches--Coxyde and Kuhn--amenities of Nieuport area.
+
+OPERATIONS ON THE COAST,                                       62
+  Enemy hurricane bombardment--enemy attempt
+  frustrated--attack abandoned--visit to H.L.I.--
+  sports--visit of Dr. Kelman--patrol work by Corpl.
+  Wilson--listening post raided--departure for Adinkerke.
+
+THE YPRES SALIENT,                                             66
+  Passchendaele--gallantry of attack--casualties-- Hilltop
+  Farm--move to Landethun and Yeuse--Serre Sector--close
+  of 1917.
+
+THE DISBANDMENT,                                               71
+  Hogmanay--with the II. Corps--the blow--new army
+  establishment--Hospital Camp--disbandment--the passing
+  of the "17th."
+
+
+III.--AN ODD MUSTER.
+
+THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION,                                   76
+  The Padre's tribute.
+
+CO-OPERATION,                                                  78
+  The 17th and the Gunners.
+
+"THE OUTPOST,"                                                 81
+  The Battalion Magazine.
+
+SPORT OF THE BATTALION,                                        83
+  Football--running--boxing.
+
+THE R.S.M.,                                                    84
+  Tribute by Lieut.-Col. D.S. Morton.
+
+A REMEMBRANCE,                                                 84
+  An echo.
+
+THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE,                                        85
+  The Ladies' Committee and Office-bearers--their helpful
+  work.
+
+MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW,                                   86
+  The Somme--Rev. A. Herbert Gray's text.
+
+THE CLUB,                                                      87
+  The object--Battalion Benevolent Fund--Committee
+  formed--Hope of the future.
+
+"E" COMPANY,                                                   89
+  17th H.L.I. Reserve--19th Battalion--drafts--
+  activities--Lieut. Col. Anderson, V.C.--78th T.R.B.
+
+
+IV.--HONOURS AND AWARDS.
+
+Battalion Honour,                                              91
+
+The Victoria Cross,                                            91
+
+Honours gained by Officers and others while serving
+ with the Battalion,                                           93
+
+Honours gained by original Members of the Battalion
+  after being transferred to other units,                      96
+
+List of Officers who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation,                                 100
+
+"Other Ranks" of the Battalion who were granted
+  Commissions in the Battalion,                               101
+
+Roll of Warrant Officers, N.C.O.s and men who joined
+  the Battalion prior to 22nd November, 1915,                 102
+
+
+
+
+ILLUSTRATIONS.
+
+
+FRONTISPIECE.                                       _Facing Page_
+
+THE LATE MR. MONTAGU M.W. BAIRD AND MR. JAMES W. MURRAY,
+PRESIDENTS OF THE CHAMBER,                                     14
+
+FAREWELL MEETING AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE,                     17
+
+EARLY DAYS--A REST BY THE WAY,                                 18
+
+H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE
+H.L.I., AND COLONEL J. STANLEY PATERSON,                       19
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL DAVID S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.,              20, 35
+
+ON THE SEA FRONT AT TROON--LEAVING TROON,                      20
+
+MESS ORDERLIES (PREES HEATH CAMP)--"GUARD, TURN OUT"
+(WENSLEY CAMP),                                                21
+
+A PEACEFUL BIVOUAC (SALISBURY PLAIN)--RECRUITING MARCH
+AT CODFORD,                                                    22
+
+OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION AT MAR LODGE, TROON, 1915,           24
+
+VISIT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TROON,
+1915                                                           25
+
+THE BATTALION ON PARADE,                                       26
+
+HAVRE--RUINS OF BETHUNE,                                       28
+
+THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--BEFORE AND AFTER BOMBARDMENT,           34
+
+MAP ILLUSTRATING OPERATIONS OF 1ST JULY, 1916,                 40
+
+VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE,                44
+
+COOKHOUSE AT BECOURT--OBSERVATION POST, HULLUCH
+SECTOR--WAR'S DESTRUCTION,                                     50
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J. PAUL,                                      51
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.,                      60
+
+TYPES OF SUPPORT LINE DUG-OUTS AND FIRST AID POST,             68
+
+MAJOR THE REV. A. HERBERT GRAY--CHURCH PARADE (PREES HEATH),   76
+
+PHASES OF BATTALION TRAINING,                                  77
+
+"THE OUTPOST" STAFF ON ACTIVE SERVICE--ORIGINAL EDITORIAL
+STAFF,                                                         81
+
+THE LATE STEVEN D. REITH, D.C.M.--LCE.-CORPL. F.K. PICKLES,    82
+
+MARGUS, THE MASCOT--ONE OF THE BATTALION RUGBY FOOTBALL
+TEAMS,                                                         83
+
+LIEUT. AND Q.-M. (FORMERLY REGIMENTAL-SERGEANT-MAJOR) JAMES
+KELLY,                                                         84
+
+MRS. DAVID S. MORTON, CONVENER OF THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE,      85
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL W. AULD, V.D.,                                  90
+
+THE LATE LIEUT.-COLONEL WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON, V.C.,
+AND SERGEANT J.Y. TURNBULL, V.C.,                              91
+
+
+
+
+"_They ask a better Britain as their monument._"
+
+
+
+
+I.--FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.
+
+
+THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS.
+
+
+Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th, 1914, and almost
+immediately the combatant strength of its Regular Army was on service
+and the great bulk of that gallant force engaged in those fierce
+actions against odds which marked the early fighting.
+
+The War Office was quickly alive to the fact that the Regular Army
+could not cope in point of numbers with the Germanic hordes. On the
+day following the declaration of war the Territorial Forces of Great
+Britain were mobilized, and with a marvellous and inspiring unanimity
+their members volunteered for Overseas Service. But even the addition
+of these many thousands to our striking force was realised to provide
+no more than a relief for the rapidly exhausting strength of the "old
+contemptibles," and Lord Kitchener issued his great manifesto calling
+the people to the Empire's help, and laid the foundations of a New
+Army--Kitchener's Army--the finest and most disinterested body of
+soldier patriots that ever stepped in a sound and worthy cause. At
+once the patriotism of the country declared itself and the Nation
+sprang to arms. The City of Glasgow proved itself second to none among
+the cities and districts of the Kingdom in its answer to the call. The
+Town Council recruited two fine battalions, the 1st Glasgow, which was
+mainly drawn from the Tramway employees of the city; and the 2nd
+Glasgow, which was recruited from former members of the Boys' Brigade.
+Other institutions in the city were bestirring themselves in the
+national cause, and at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Directors,
+held on 3rd September, 1914, it was unanimously resolved, on the
+motion of Bailie W.F. Russell, to form a Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion. Enthusiasm for the scheme was quickly evident, and no time
+was lost in getting the matter put upon a practical basis. At the same
+meeting of Directors the following gentlemen were appointed as the
+Committee in charge:--Messrs. M.M.W. Baird, James W. Murray, F.C.
+Gardiner, G.A. Mitchell, H. Moncrieff, W.F. Russell, A.A. Smith, with
+Sir Archd. M'Innes Shaw as Convener, and Mr. John W. Arthur as
+Vice-Convener, the former making Military matters his chief concern,
+the latter caring for Clothing and Equipment. Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird,
+the President, and Mr. James W. Murray, the Vice-President, did much
+to foster the movement.
+
+The Chamber of Commerce sustained the loss of Mr. Baird, who died on
+October 14, 1915. Mr. J.W. Murray succeeded him as President and
+applied that deep interest in all the work and welfare of the
+Battalion which marked his services throughout the history of the
+unit. Mr. Thomas Cameron, the Secretary of the Chamber, also in
+countless ways contributed to its success.
+
+At this stage the Council of the Royal Glasgow Technical College
+approached the Chamber of Commerce Committee, and it was arranged that
+students of the College would find special opportunities of forming a
+detachment within the Battalion. This arrangement was found acceptable
+in every way, and many students entered for the service of their
+country under the colours of what was at that early stage known as
+"The Chamber of Commerce Battalion, 3rd Glasgow."
+
+   [Illustration: THE LATE MR. MONTAGU M.W. BAIRD,
+   President of the Chamber, 1914-1915.]
+
+   [Illustration: MR. JAMES W. MURRAY,
+   President of the Chamber, 1916-1917-1918.
+   _To face page 14._]
+
+
+
+
+A BATTALION IN BEING.
+
+
+No time was lost in bridging the gap between "Resolution" and
+"Action." By September 12th, 1914, the work of enrolling recruits had
+begun, and Medical Examination and Attestation were commenced under
+the supervision of Colonel J. Stanley Paterson, Officer in Charge, No.
+2 District, Scottish Command. Colonel Paterson did much for the
+Battalion in many directions, and in a recent letter says:--"I have
+never lost, and never will lose, the deep interest I took in the 17th
+H.L.I. from the moment of its initiation, and the full story of its
+doings will give me the greatest pleasure to read."
+
+The Lesser Hall of the Merchants' House was for many days the
+Headquarters of busy recruiting, and those associated with these
+stirring times will long remember the enthusiasm with which the
+enrolment was conducted. With the help of Dr. Beilby and Mr. Stockdale
+of the Royal Technical College, "A" Company was speedily recruited,
+and was composed mainly of the College Students. Colonel R.C.
+Mackenzie, C.B., did much for "B" Company, enlisting in its ranks
+former pupils of the City Schools, the High School, Glasgow Academy
+and others. "C" and "D" Companies were composed principally of men
+from the business houses and different trades in the city and
+district. For a few weeks the men, living in their own homes, were
+instructed and drilled in four of the Territorial Force Association
+Halls. During the recruiting and the early weeks of the training,
+Major Rounsfell Brown acted as Adjutant, and rendered excellent
+service.
+
+Kit was issued to the four original Companies, "A," "B," "C," and "D,"
+on 19th and 20th September.
+
+It was at first expected that Colonel Fred. J. Smith, late of the 8th
+Scottish Rifles, might be chosen as Officer in Command, but for
+reasons of health he was unable to undertake the duty. The choice
+eventually fell upon Lieut.-Colonel David S. Morton, V.D., who had
+seen much service, and was well fitted to fill the post. His volunteer
+experience included service in the 1st L.R.V., the Engineers, and
+various Commissioned ranks in the 5th H.L.I., ending, on his retiral,
+with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. In 1900 he served with the 71st in
+South Africa as Captain of the H.L.I. Service Company. He was
+mentioned in despatches, and received the "South Africa" Medal with
+three clasps.
+
+Major W.J. Paul was appointed second in Command. His service had been
+with the Scottish Rifles (the 4th V.B.S.R.), in which unit he rose to
+the rank of Major, second in Command. He retired in 1907 with the
+Honorary rank of Major.
+
+The original Officers in Command of Companies were:--
+
+     "A" Major W.J. Paul.
+     "B" Major J.R. Young.
+     "C" Major W. Auld, V.D.
+     "D" Major E. Hutchison.
+
+The Regimental Staff included Captain D.R. Kilpatrick, R.A.M.C., as
+Surgeon attached; Lieut. and Quarter-Master Slade; Regimental
+Sergt.-Major Kelly; Regimental Quarter-Master Sergt. T. Keith; and
+Orderly Room Quarter-Master-Sergt. J. Copland.
+
+Up to this point the drill and training were being well pushed on. It
+will be remembered that the extraordinary demands made on khaki cloth,
+by the sudden institution of a national army, made it practically
+unobtainable in these early months. A navy blue serge cloth was
+substituted for making tunics, trousers and greatcoats, and these made
+a neat and serviceable uniform. This uniform was issued at Gailes and
+was exchanged for khaki in the following summer at Troon. The
+Battalion was now ready to set out for its war training station, and
+on 23rd September assembled in the Examination Hall of the Royal
+Technical College, and had a good send-off by the Directors and
+Members of the Chamber of Commerce, Colonel Stanley Paterson, and
+other friends. At this meeting, Colours for the Regiment were promised
+by Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird, the President of the Chamber; Bugles, by
+Dr. and Mrs. Beilby, of the Technical College; and Pipes and Drums as
+a joint gift by the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and
+Merchants' House. After the Meeting, the Battalion entrained for the
+Camp at Gailes.
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR W.J. PAUL.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR JOHN R. YOUNG.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR W. AULD, V.D.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR E. HUTCHISON.
+   _To face page 16._]
+
+   [Illustration: THE FAREWELL MEETING IN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
+   _To face page 17._]
+
+A member of the Battalion, giving a general impression of these
+memorable "first days," writes:--
+
+"We all assembled in our various drill halls. We watched and
+whispered. Some asked, who is that man with the loud voice shouting at
+us, giving us papers and getting us into what he called Companies. We
+knew soon. Then they selected N.C.O.'s (acting) from amongst those who
+had some previous training. After that we went away. The N.C.O.'s
+stayed and took the bundles of papers, our pledged word to our king,
+and wearily for hours sorted them and listed the names.
+
+"Days followed when we marched and when we got to know our officers by
+sight and to call ourselves by our Company name. Then came the day we
+drew our kit and carried off strange bundles to our homes. We got the
+magic words 'To camp at Gailes.' Then we were soldiers now. We paraded
+by Companies and assembled in the Square and marched to the train. A
+motley crowd carrying on our shoulders all manner of weird shaped
+bundles. The crowd laughed and cheered us. Thus we left the City that
+held us very peculiarly her own, her citizens and sons for the last
+time. Henceforth her soldiers."
+
+The Chamber of Commerce Battalion was now an accomplished fact, and
+the following authoritative acceptance by the Government and the War
+Office, linked it as an integral part of the Service Regiments of the
+British Army.
+
+
+                                    "WAR OFFICE,
+                             "LONDON, S.W., _2nd November, 1914._
+
+  "TO THE PRESIDENT,
+    "CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
+      "7 WEST GEORGE STREET,
+        "GLASGOW.
+
+    "Sir,
+
+    "I am commanded by the Army Council to offer you, and those
+    associated with you, their sincere thanks for having raised the
+    17th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (3rd Glasgow)
+    of which the administration has now been taken over by the
+    Military Authorities.
+
+    "The Council much appreciated the spirit which prompted your
+    offer of assistance, and they are gratified at the successful
+    results of the time and labour devoted to this object, which has
+    added to the armed forces of the Crown the services of a fine
+    body of men.
+
+    "The Council will watch the future career of the Battalion with
+    interest, and they feel assured that when sent to the front it
+    will maintain the high reputation of the distinguished Regiment
+    of which it forms part.
+
+    "I am to add that its success on active service will largely
+    depend on the result of your efforts to keep the depot Companies
+    constantly up to establishment with men in every way fit for
+    service in the field.
+
+      "I am, Sir,
+        "Your obedient Servant,
+          "(Signed)    B.B. CUBITT."
+
+On 7th November, the Battalion paid a return visit to the City of
+Glasgow. The Battalion arrived and formed up on the station platform.
+A word of command and away they marched into the streets, crowded to
+the uttermost by friends and relatives. Hardly a cheer was heard. The
+men marched between banks of faces, in a deep silence. What a strange
+reception, surely the most impressive men ever had, proving what was
+in the hearts of those that watched the men and how they felt for
+them. Only when they entered the Square did cheers and the buzzing of
+an awaking crowd break out. "We felt," says an officer, "rather
+disappointed; but we knew what it meant." The unit was then inspected
+in front of the Municipal Buildings by representatives of the Chamber
+of Commerce.
+
+   [Illustration: EARLY DAYS.]
+
+   [Illustration: A REST BY THE WAY.
+   _To face page 18._]
+
+   [Illustration: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,
+   Colonel-in-Chief of the H.L.I.]
+
+   [Illustration: Colonel J. STANLEY PATERSON.
+   _To face page 19._]
+
+
+
+
+ESPRIT DE CORPS.
+
+
+It will be of value and interest to give here a brief survey of the
+history of The Highland Light Infantry, which enshrines a record of
+service and gallantry second to none in the annals of our Empire, and
+to which the Chamber of Commerce Battalion was fated to add a page as
+heroic and imperishable as any in its great traditions.
+
+The Highland Light Infantry was originally raised as two separate
+Regiments of Foot, the 71st and the 74th. What was to become famous as
+the 71st was raised in 1777 by Lord John MacLeod and was known as
+"MacLeod's Highlanders." It was a kilted regiment and wore the
+Mackenzie tartan. It was originally numbered the 73rd, and under this
+designation won early distinctions in India in the campaigns against
+Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sahib. Nine years after its inauguration it
+became the 71st, and after service in Ceylon and at the Cape it
+received in 1808 the title of "The Glasgow Regiment." Shortly after
+this the 71st entered once more the fields of war in the Peninsula
+campaign under Wellington, and shared in many actions including the
+storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, the siege of Badajoz and at Vittoria. Then
+came their crowning gallantry at Waterloo against the flower of
+Napoleon's armies. In later years the Crimea, Canada and the Bermudas
+were added to their war honours.
+
+The 74th was raised at Glasgow by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell
+with a view to service in India. The 74th also wore the kilt, but of
+Black Watch tartan. Their record runs much on the same lines as that
+of the 71st, and quickly they are also found performing deeds of
+stubborn gallantry in India in the Mysore Territory. When the hour of
+Tippoo Sahib had come, the 74th was the first to enter the tyrant's
+last stronghold, but it was later, at the battle of Assaye that they
+earned a fame which finds its echo to-day in the old badge of the
+Elephant, which that action entitles them to wear. For long afterwards
+the unit possessed the proud by-name of "The Assaye Regiment." After
+sharing with the 71st in the rigours of the Peninsula, Canada and the
+West Indies, the 74th saw service in the Kaffir War, Madras, and in
+Egypt, including Tel-el-Kebir, where they were in the fiercest of the
+fight.
+
+It was in 1809, as a reward for their services, that they were formed
+into Light Infantry, and were permitted to retain such parts of the
+national dress as were not inconsistent with the duties of Light
+Infantry. They then discarded the kilt and adopted the tartan trews
+which still appear in the full dress uniform of the Regiment. The kilt
+is now worn by two Territorial Battalions, the 6th and the 9th.
+
+Subsequently the two Regiments were formed into one Regiment of two
+Battalions.
+
+The "H.L.I.," as all the world calls it, was of course present during
+the South African War. They fought at Modder River, and though they
+suffered severely at Magersfontein, continued to share in the
+hardships of the remainder of the campaign.
+
+At the outbreak of the Great War there were in addition to the 1st and
+2nd Battalions, two Special Reserve Battalions (the 3rd and 4th) and
+five Territorial Battalions, numbered the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.
+
+After declaration of war, the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
+16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Service Battalions were raised,
+together with the 21st (Territorial) and 1st (Garrison) Battalions. In
+addition, the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions each had second
+and third lines, and at one time there were as many as thirty
+Battalions in existence. These were more or less connected with the
+City of Glasgow and district, and serve as an indication of the
+patriotism and loyalty of the community.
+
+On 14th December, 1914, the War Office issued an order that the
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion was to form a unit of the New Army, and
+was to be designated the 17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light
+Infantry, of the 117th Infantry Brigade, of the 39th Division. This
+intimation was received when the Battalion was stationed at Troon, and
+was hailed with great enthusiasm by all ranks.
+
+Their comradeship in the common cause, their keenness for practical
+service and the _esprit de corps_ engendered by their attachment to
+the illustrious Highland Light Infantry, knit all ranks together in
+enthusiasm and determination.
+
+   [Illustration: ON THE SEA FRONT AT TROON.]
+
+   [Illustration: LT.-COL. DAVID S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.]
+
+   [Illustration: LEAVING TROON.
+   _To face page 20._]
+
+   [Illustration: "GUARD, TURN OUT"--WENSLEY CAMP.]
+
+   [Illustration: MESS ORDERLIES--PREES HEATH CAMP.
+   _To face page 21._]
+
+It was about this time that instructions were received to recruit a
+fifth Company as part of the 17th Battalion establishment. As this
+Company eventually became the nucleus of a further Battalion with a
+parallel history of its own, it will be treated separately in another
+chapter. (Page 89.)
+
+
+
+
+HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING.
+
+
+The Battalion arrived at Gailes on 23rd September, 1914, and this
+event might be called the beginning of the Great Adventure. The war
+seemed miles nearer as the light-hearted and high-spirited lads
+stepped out of the train and viewed the rows of glistening white
+tents. The large array of kit bags was in many instances supplemented
+by suit cases, filled with surplus personal effects thought necessary
+for creature comforts. The novelty of the surroundings, and twelve men
+in a tent, including numerous belongings, did not conduce to sleep;
+and the next morning reveillé found all but the old soldier already
+astir. The weeks at Gailes were spent in organising, and the efforts
+of all ranks to become efficient were worthy of that spirit which
+lasted throughout the existence of the Battalion.
+
+The issue of something in the nature of a uniform and a few Drill
+Pattern rifles raised hopes that the training was being hurried on. On
+the 13th October, a move was made to Troon, where the good citizens
+afforded luxurious billets to the Battalion.
+
+In spite of the vigorous training that was enforced during the next
+few months, and which stood the men in such good stead later on, the
+social side was not neglected and helped to cement a great feeling of
+good fellowship and understanding between the officers and men. It was
+with mutual regret that the Seventeenth took its departure from Troon
+on 13th May, 1915, and the memory of the stay in the Ayrshire town
+will always remain as one of the most pleasant memories in the history
+of the Battalion.
+
+There is something very remarkable about the record of the 17th H.L.I.
+when billeted in Troon. For though brain-weary subalterns spent hours
+trying to balance their billeting monies to the satisfaction of
+exasperated and exacting Company Commanders, there was very little
+trouble in the Orderly Room, that pulse of trouble.
+
+Here are some noteworthy facts:--
+
+    I.--The Guard Room was always empty.
+
+    II.--There were practically no men "crimed" for lateness on
+        parade.
+
+    III.--There were practically no "crimes" for being out of
+        "billets."
+
+    IV.--There were no complaints of rowdyism in billets.
+
+    V.--There were no charges of drunkenness.
+
+    VI.--There were only very few charges of pass breaking.
+
+    VII.--There were very few claims for damage, and these on
+        examination were more vindictive than real.
+
+    VIII.--It was not necessary to serve any billeting notices.
+
+These are a few of the significant facts that mount up to bring honour
+to the rank and file of the 17th H.L.I.
+
+The three troop-trains carrying the Battalion arrived at Whitchurch,
+Shropshire, on the morning of the 14th May, and the men marched some
+three miles south to the great hut-city on Prees Heath. This was the
+first War Station of the Brigade, where the 15th, 16th and 17th H.L.I.
+joined the 11th (S.) Battalion Border Regiment (The Lonsdales). There
+the men found hut life very comfortable. The cleaning and tidying of
+their new abodes kept them busy, and was carried out with the cheery
+zest and whole-hearted enthusiasm so characteristic of the
+Seventeenth. Full advantage was taken of the adjacent Y.M.C.A.
+establishment, which proved an admirable Institution. The Concert
+Hall, Refreshment Tables, Reading and Billiard Rooms, were well
+patronised at all off-duty hours, and the men appreciated the cheerful
+kindness of the attendants, who were voluntary lady workers from the
+County houses.
+
+Extended manœuvres were impracticable in this well-fenced
+agricultural area, so the training embraced much route-marching, and
+barrack-square work, musketry, signalling, visual training, etc.
+There were several trying marches in the scorching May-June weather,
+to Clive's native district, Moreton-Say and Market Drayton, to Wem and
+Hodnet, and to the beautiful scenery of Hawkstone Park, and Iscoyd
+Hall. Football, cricket, hockey, golf and cross-country running
+provided healthy recreation, while excursions to old-world "Sleepy
+Chester," to Shrewsbury and into Wales were popular week-ends.
+
+   [Illustration: A PEACEFUL BIVOUAC--SALISBURY PLAIN.]
+
+   [Illustration: RECRUITING MARCH AT GRAND PARADE, BATH.
+   _To face page 22._]
+
+In the third week of June, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. changed quarters from
+the flat stifling district of Prees-Heath to the breezy upland valley
+of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. There is hardly a
+level acre in the district, but this was a welcome change. Many an
+enjoyable journey was made, in the intervals of Brigade Training,
+northward to lonely Swaledale, south to Coverdale, across the Valley
+of the Yore, to the prominent peak of Penhill, or to the beautiful
+Aysgarth Falls.
+
+The Infantry Brigade, the 97th, had the 95th and the South Irish Horse
+as comrades for the training round Leyburn and Middleham, and Bellerby
+Moors; and some pleasant friendships were formed with the Warwickshire
+and Gloucestershire lads, and with the "foine foightin' bhoys" from
+Cork and Tipperary.
+
+On the 27th of July tents were shifted to Totley Rifle Ranges in
+Derbyshire, where the preliminary Musketry Course was fired by the
+Battalion during the next fortnight, with most creditable results. The
+men made themselves great favourites in Totley and Dore, and at
+Sheffield, where they received a very hospitable welcome at all times,
+and especially on the occasion of a memorable route march through that
+city on 9th August. The Battalion was given an enthusiastic send-off
+at Dore and Beauchief Stations on 10th August, when entraining for
+Salisbury Plain, the scene of their next training ground.
+
+When the Seventeenth steamed into the station at Codford St. Mary, on
+11th August, and saw the occasional houses peeping through the tall
+trees, it was the thought that, after the bustle and stir of Totley,
+they had indeed become soldiers in earnest. The Camp Warden
+strengthened this belief with his assurance that no unit stayed longer
+than six weeks in the Camp, and after that,--Southampton and France,
+for the testing and proof of all that had been learnt so eagerly. As
+it turned out, three months were spent at Codford--months of rigorous
+training, of long interesting divisional manœuvres, and general
+hardening. The men learned to dig trenches quickly and well, for they
+had to spend nights in them; to march many miles without complaint,
+and fight at the end of the hardest day's march; to use Lewis guns,
+not as amateurs with a strange toy, but as men whose lives depended on
+their speed and ability. The mysteries of transport, and the value of
+a timetable were revealed.
+
+Needless to say these days of field exercises were not lacking in some
+amusing incidents which seem to dog the footsteps of peace conditions
+manœuvres and which act as very welcome episodes amid the hard work
+that such training involves. Towards the close of one of the
+periodical manœuvres carried out by the Seventeenth under the
+critical eye of an Inspecting General a bugle had sounded and the
+manœuvres ceased. Officers grouped together and men lay on their
+backs and talked. The General turned to one of the Battalion officers
+who were now beginning to assemble round him, and said, "What was that
+call?" He often did such things as this to test knowledge of detail.
+"The Stand Fast," said the officer to whom the question was addressed.
+"Oh! come! come!" said the General, "Now, what was it?" he further
+questioned a Company Commander. No reply came. Then he turned to the
+Second in Command, "Now, Major, what was it? Tell him." "The Stand
+Fast, sir," said the Major. "Really," said the General, "you gentlemen
+must learn the elementary things in soldiering. Bugler, tell these
+gentlemen what that call was." "The Stand Fast, sir," replied the
+bugler. The General hurried on with the conference!
+
+At Codford the Battalion had its first taste of army biscuit and
+bully-beef. From Monday to Thursday manœuvres were held; on Friday,
+"clean up," and on Saturday, after the Colonel's inspection, the
+luckier ones went to Bath and Bristol for the day, or to London or
+Bournemouth for the week-end. Friday was pay day--"Seven Shillings me
+lucky lad," and after pay-out, the reading of the Army Act or a
+Lecture on bayonet-fighting or tactics. Games flourished. The
+Battalion football team played and defeated Bath City, and met the
+other Battalions of the Division at Rugby Football, and invariably
+won. On the ranges with rifle and Lewis gun, the Battalion maintained
+its place as _the_ Battalion in the Division.
+
+   [Illustration: OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION AT MAR LODGE, TROON,
+   1915.
+   _To face page 24._]
+
+   [Illustration: VISIT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
+   TROON, 1915.
+   _To face page 25._]
+
+At last word was received that the Battalion would cross to France on
+November 22nd. Only fifty per cent. got week-end leave--there was no
+time for more. Training was over. Few will forget the brave skirl of
+the pipes as the Battalion swung home in the morning from Yarnbury
+Castle, file after file silhouetted against the orange and gold of the
+rising sun. Always, when the wind blows fresh and sweet in the
+morning, those who are left of those happy times will think of
+Codford, the "jumping off place" of the Seventeenth for France.
+
+The following message of God-speed and goodwill was received by the
+Battalion as part of the 32nd Division before setting out:--
+
+
+    "17TH SERVICE BATTALION HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.
+      "BRIGADE ORDER NO. 1285, OF 19TH NOVEMBER, 1915.
+        "MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
+
+    "Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the 32nd
+    Division, on the eve of your departure for Active Service I send
+    you my heartfelt good wishes.
+
+    "It is a bitter disappointment to me, owing to an unfortunate
+    accident, I am unable to see the Division on Parade before it
+    leaves England; but I can assure you that my thoughts are with
+    you all.
+
+    "Your period of training has been long and arduous, but the time
+    has now come for you to prove on the Field of Battle the results
+    of your instruction.
+
+    "From the good accounts that I have received of the Division, I
+    am confident that the high traditions of the British Army are
+    safe in your hands, and that with your comrades now in the Field
+    you will maintain the unceasing efforts necessary to bring the
+    War to a victorious ending.
+
+    "Good-bye and God-speed."
+
+To the above message the following reply was sent:--
+
+    "Please convey to His Majesty the heartfelt thanks of all ranks
+    of the 32nd Division for His gracious message and their
+    determination to justify His expectations.
+
+    "The Division deeply regrets the accident which has deprived it
+    of the honour of a visit from His Majesty, and humbly offers its
+    best wishes for His Majesty's speedy and complete recovery."
+
+On Sunday, 21st November, 1915, the Battalion paraded in full
+strength, 1,032 all ranks, at their hutments, Codford. A minute and
+final inspection was made, and everything pronounced to be in order. A
+memorable feature of this parade was the head-gear, Balmoral bonnets
+of the war service pattern being worn for the first time. Next morning
+the Battalion left Codford in three parties for Southampton, and
+without any delay embarked on two transports for Havre, the remainder
+of the Division going _via_ Boulogne. It was a perfect crossing, no
+wind, bright moonlight, with everyone in the best of spirits.
+
+At 7 a.m. on the 23rd, the troops disembarked at the port of Havre and
+marched off at once to the Rest Camp, three miles away, great interest
+being displayed in the few German prisoners working on the docks. On
+arrival the Battalion found it was under canvas, no floor boards and
+plenty of mud--a first taste of real discomfort. Moreover the day was
+raw, with a suspicion of snow, and no one was sorry when it was
+announced that the Camp was being left first thing in the morning.
+That evening a few of the Officers visited the town itself, and others
+went out on a first reconnaissance to discover the route to the
+station, and the Ration Depot.
+
+The next day, after drawing two days' rations as well as "Iron
+Rations," the Battalion left for the "Front,"--"A," "B," and "C"
+Companies going off at 1.15 p.m., and "D" Company following a few
+hours later.
+
+   [Illustration: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BATTALION, TROON, APRIL,
+   1915.]
+
+
+
+
+II.--ACTIVE SERVICE.
+
+
+ON TREK.
+
+    _Arrival at Havre--March to the forward area--Bouzincourt and
+    Millencourt--instructional tour of front line
+    trenches--condition of trenches--first casualties--Molliens._
+
+
+The Battalion arrived at the Port of Le Havre, disembarked in high
+spirits, and in the morning of 23rd November, 1915, part of the troops
+left the docks for a three mile trek to a rest camp; but soon the
+Battalion set out on its first journey "up the line" in cattle trucks.
+Travelling through the night of the 24th, via Rouen and Amiens, the
+unit reached Pont Remy, some twelve miles east of Abbeville, in the
+early hours of the following day, and soon had commenced their first
+route march into the battle-ways of France, and, incidentally, at the
+first resting place, Mouflers, made cheerily light of what was their
+first experience of faulty billeting arrangements. One billet, for 150
+men, at the Folie Auberge was uninhabitable, and the appearance of the
+billets in general was greeted with good-natured growls of amazement
+and disgust. The weather, however, was mild and sunny, and after about
+eight hours' work all the troops were more or less under cover. When
+every incident was an experience novel and suggestive, such minor
+discomforts did not trouble anyone seriously; but considered in
+retrospect it must be admitted that these, their first billets, were
+very poor for a village so far behind the line. If it was an
+unpromising beginning for the companies, it proved a delusion and a
+snare for headquarters, for they scored on this occasion in having at
+the Chateau the most comfortable billets they ever were fated to
+enjoy.
+
+The next day was spent in resting, and on the 27th the march was
+continued along the magnificent Amiens Road, through Felixcourt and
+Belloy-sur-Somme to La Chaussee. This was a day of keen frost and
+bright sunshine, and headed by the band, the 17th stepped out through
+the various villages in the best of spirits. Following the same column
+was the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers and two A.S.C. Companies. That
+night the billets were good, everyone felt somehow in holiday mood,
+helped perhaps by the successful bargaining for eggs, chickens and
+wine, for to make purchases at all was even at that early date a
+matter for rejoicing. The pipers delighted with their playing the
+heart of Madame la Comptesse at her chateau at Turancourt where
+Brigade headquarters were stationed.
+
+On the 28th, a bitterly cold day, the Battalion marched eleven miles
+via Coisy and Ranneville to Molliens-au-Bois, and there they stayed
+until the morning of December 1st, when they were joined by M.
+Duchamps, interpreter. Molliens-au-Bois lies about eight miles north
+of Amiens, but the outstanding feature was that, from the high ground
+above there was got the first glimpse of the illuminations provided
+nightly by the Bosche, all along the battle front.
+
+On 1st December they left at 8.15 a.m., in company with the 16th
+H.L.I., and on the way a Company of the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers
+joined the column, which now was moving into the front area.
+
+During the afternoon of that day, the Officers and N.C.O.s of "A" and
+"B" Companies went from Bouzincourt into the front line trenches, just
+north of Albert, and were attached for instruction to the 7th Gordons
+and the 7th Black Watch of the 51st Division, and on the following day
+these two Companies joined their Officers in the front line for one
+night. The trenches were in a very bad condition after hard frost and
+heavy rain. Parts of the trenches were collapsing under the severe
+conditions and cases were reported from neighbouring units of men
+being drowned in the mud and water.
+
+On the 3rd and 4th December "C" and "D" Companies from Millencourt
+went through a similar programme. On the 6th the front line only of
+Sectors F1 and F2 were taken over, and then on the 8th the whole
+Battalion took over Sector F1--some 2,000 yards of system from just
+north of La Boisselle towards Authuille (Blighty) Wood. The front line
+and communication trenches were knee deep in water and the trench
+shelters were poor. Rats galore and of enormous size added to the
+amenity of the district.
+
+   [Illustration: HAVRE.]
+
+   [Illustration: RUINS OF BETHUNE.
+   _To face page 28._]
+
+On the 4th of December the 17th suffered their first casualty by enemy
+action, Pte. J.M. Harper, "A" Company, being wounded by a rifle
+grenade.
+
+The next day Ptes. A. Taylor and R. Cross, of "D" Company, were
+wounded while bringing up rations. On the afternoon of the 11th, the
+Battalion, having completed its course of practical instruction, was
+relieved, and returned, two Companies to Bouzincourt, two to
+Millencourt. During the relief the enemy shelled the position heavily,
+and the Battalion was fortunate in escaping with only one casualty,
+Pte. R. M'Kelvie of "B" Company. The next day the Battalion marched
+back to Molliens-au-Bois, via Senlis and Beaucourt, to recuperate
+after their opening experience of active trench warfare conditions.
+The mud and water and the delapidated condition of the trenches were
+indeed an eye-opener to the men, as much as the comparative absence of
+"enemy activity." As they tramped back to Molliens, they passed some
+Companies of the 15th H.L.I. en route for their first spell, and their
+blank astonishment at the muddy appearance of the returning 17th
+Battalion was much appreciated by the war-worn veterans!
+
+All ranks received a good reception from the villagers, and the next
+few days were spent in resting, inspections and training. Considerable
+time was taken up in making duck-boards from the smaller trees of a
+wood near the village until this exercise was stopped by the forester.
+A few secured the grant of leave to Amiens, a privilege greatly
+enjoyed. The work of the organisations home in Glasgow and the
+interest taken in the Regiment and the men of the 17th Battalion soon
+became manifested by the arrival of parcels to such an extent that the
+postal arrangements were severely strained!
+
+
+
+
+TRENCH ROUTINE.
+
+    _In the line--Xmas '15 and the New Year--the new
+    trench--"Standing to"--routine and patrols._
+
+
+The Battalion returned to the line from Molliens-au-Bois on 23rd
+December, 1915, and from then till 17th February, 1916, held the
+Sector F1 alternately with the 11th Border Regiment. The outstanding
+features of this period were the digging and then the taking over of
+the new trenches across the big re-entrant on their right on 2nd
+February, and the enemy raid on the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., on their left on
+9th February.
+
+It will be noted that this spell of trench warfare activities brackets
+in both Christmas and New Year--both of which were accordingly spent
+in the front line trenches. As far as possible Christmas fare was
+provided in the line, and strict orders were issued that if the enemy
+made any friendly offers they were to be rejected strenuously. The
+only exchange of greetings notified for Christmas and New Year in the
+Official War Diary of the Battalion is a brief record of shelling and
+machine gunning. But during this period the Battalion had nevertheless
+very few casualties--only seven killed, including two died of wounds.
+The first casualty was Corporal Houston of No. 16 Platoon, who was
+killed at Lower Donnet on 3rd January.
+
+Except for patrol work, the piece of work carried out on 2nd February,
+1916, in connection with the new trenches was the first military
+operation carried out by the 17th when in close touch with the enemy,
+and it was confined to "B" Company and a Platoon of "A" Company, who
+acted as covering party.
+
+For some time the Battalion had been exercised in night manœuvres,
+and on 1st February they had a full-dress rehearsal of the impending
+operation, which, on Tuesday, 2nd February, came off sooner than had
+been anticipated. The scheme was to form a new line of trenches,
+protected by wire, nearer the German line, some 300 yards in front of
+the existing one, the length dug being about 600 yards, with
+communication trenches in addition.
+
+At 6 p.m., in pitch darkness, "B" Company filed out into "no man's
+land." Instructions were, "No firing, bayonet only if necessary."
+There were Hun flares and machine guns, but no search-light. Had the
+enemy but used the light, all might have been spoiled. Their lives
+depended on no Hun reaching their line, or getting back with
+information. They went straight out the 600 yards without a hitch.
+That fixed their right flank, where Major J.R. Young was in command.
+Captain Russell led his half Company 500 yards straight across the
+front, with two scouts on either side, checking. At every five yards a
+man dropped and was placed, facing his proper front. They moved
+slowly, snail pace, but only three times in the 500 yards had the line
+to drop flat, until the last man was placed. The next thing was to get
+in touch with "A" Company, who were putting out the platoon to guard
+"B" Company's left flank. Rather jumpy work, this joining hands in
+pitch darkness. It was a long, silent night. At 9.30 the tinkling
+sound of the wire being fixed was heard, and they knew from this that
+the digging had commenced--some 800 men, good and true, working
+silently as they had never worked before.
+
+When 1.30 a.m. came their time was up. The right half Company, under
+Major Young, rose silently, and crept off to a place in the wire where
+a gap had been arranged for the men to pass through. Captain Russell
+with the left half Company followed. The wiring and digging went on
+till 3 a.m., protected by patrols sent out in front of the wire. A new
+trench, with communication trenches, had been laid 300 yards out from
+their old line, protected by treble staked wire, on a frontage of 600
+yards. The new trench was held till dawn before handing over. There
+was no hitch, and not a man wounded. The Battalion would have given
+much to see the Huns' faces when they looked across and found that
+long line of serpentine earth and wire shoved out under their noses.
+There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols.
+Everything worked in absolute harmony, and with perfect success, and
+all got back safe to tell the tale. The Hun discovered what had been
+done only the following morning when all was over.
+
+The lack of the more strenuous forms of active service excitement
+during the digging of this trench was more than made up for in the
+week following--when it was manned nightly in full strength, in spite
+of severe bombardment by the enemy.
+
+After the successful and useful piece of work in advancing the line
+just described, the Battalion settled down to a period of normal
+trench warfare and intensive training, but managed to slip in a game
+of Rugger and an Association game or two. Intermittent spells of
+artillery and trench mortar and gas shell bombardments of varying
+severity disturbed the sector, but despite this the unit not only
+immediately repaired any damage done, but considerably extended and
+improved the system.
+
+On the 9th of February the shelling became very heavy, culminating
+towards evening in an intense bombardment on the sector lying to the
+left of F1. At the same time an attempt was made to neutralise the
+fire of the British batteries on the Ancre by gas shells. Intense
+excitement prevailed in the Battalion, which was billeted in Aveluy,
+in Brigade support, when it was called on to "stand to" and man the
+bridge-head defences. Meantime the Hun carried out a raid on a part of
+the line known as the Nab, which was occupied by the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I.
+This point was occupied for half-an-hour or so by the enemy, who
+picked up about eleven K.O.Y.L.I. prisoners and then retired. The
+K.O.Y.L.I. suffered some sixty casualties in killed, wounded and
+missing, so "B" Company and part of "C" of the 17th were rushed up
+into the raided sector to reinforce the battered garrison, and stayed
+there till morning.
+
+Again the conditions stereotyped themselves into that nerve racking
+ordeal known to the civilian public as "nothing to report"--the type
+of warfare recognised by all who have any experience of modern active
+service life as calling for all that is highest in regimental
+efficiency and discipline, and individual initiative and grit. The
+weather, taking it all over, was wet and stormy, causing endless work
+in repairing the line and pumping the trenches clear of water. But the
+bright star in this bloody, muddy firmament was the commencement of
+leave, which opened about the 14th February. Even if your name was
+well down the list, or not yet even on it at all, a new species of
+keen counter-attraction was provided to the demands of war.
+
+
+
+
+THE RAID.
+
+    _The "Red" Division--in the line at Authuille--Colonel Morton
+    wounded on March 21st--a raid postponed--carried out on
+    22nd--success of Lieut. Begg's party--congratulatory messages
+    and awards._
+
+
+On 17th February, 1916, the 97th Brigade was relieved by the 96th
+Brigade, and consequently the Battalion moved back for an expected
+rest of some weeks. The 15th Lancashire Fusiliers took over the
+Battalion Sector, and the 17th went into billets at Millencourt. Many
+fatigues were carried out round about Albert, the principal work being
+the laying of cables and the improving of roads. On the 24th, quarters
+were changed to Henencourt and from billets into huts in the
+wood--most unpleasant, firstly on account of snow and frost, and then,
+following a thaw, on account of knee-deep mud. But a further change on
+the 29th to Dernancourt brought back billets good and comfortable.
+
+The attack on Verdun had upset the plans which had been made to give
+the Brigade the rest which it had been anticipating, and this last
+move to Dernancourt brought them into the line once more, just south
+of Albert.
+
+The 32nd Division, by now, with good cause, had been named by the
+Germans as the "Red" Division because the Hun was given no rest by the
+Divisional Artillery and constant raids, and on account of the red
+distinguishing marks worn by all ranks of the Division on their tunic
+sleeves. The 32nd took over from the 18th Division, and on the 1st of
+March, 1916, the Brigade was in Divisional Reserve. On the 3rd of
+March, the 97th Brigade relieved the 14th Brigade, the 11th Border
+Regiment and 2nd K.O.Y.L.I. taking over. On March 10th the 17th H.L.I.
+relieved the 11th Border Regiment, and so once more they were in
+immediate face of the enemy. This sector was in front of Becourt
+Chateau, between Fricourt and La Boiselle.
+
+A considerable amount of wiring was done, but life here was
+comparatively pleasant and the return of spring much appreciated.
+But, unfortunately, on the 21st of March, Col. Morton was wounded at
+Albert, Major Paul taking over command of the Battalion.
+
+Working parties were heavy, and on one occasion the Bosche blew a
+camouflet while work was in progress. During this period great
+preparations were made for a raid, and there was keen competition for
+a place in the selected party. The night selected for the raid, 2nd
+April, however, was unfortunately bright, and this combined with the
+fact that the enemy, by means of listening apparatus, seemed fully
+aware of what was on, led to a postponement when actually in "no man's
+land." The hazardous work of laying the guide tape preparatory to the
+abandoned raid was carried out by 2nd Lieut. H. MacRobert and Corpl.
+J. Chapman.
+
+This Sector was left on the 4th of April, and the Battalion, being
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Rifles, of the 23rd Brigade, 8th
+Division, moved to Bouzincourt and went into huts vacated by the 2nd
+Inniskillens.
+
+After a week's rest at Bouzincourt the Battalion returned to the line
+at Authuille, on 12th April, 1916, the 97th Brigade holding the line
+between that village and north to Thiepval, with the two other
+Brigades behind, in support and in reserve. Alternately in the line,
+in support, and in reserve, the 17th remained in this Sector until the
+opening of the Somme Battle on 1st July, 1916. But the period was not
+without stirring incident. By the 15th of April final arrangements
+were being made to carry out what was to prove a highly successful
+raid on the enemy, which operation was accomplished on 22nd April.
+
+"23rd April, 1916,--Last night we made a successful raid against the
+enemy's trenches, south-west of Thiepval. Thirteen prisoners were
+captured, and in addition, a number of casualties were caused to the
+enemy by our men bombing their dug-outs. Our casualties were very
+slight."
+
+This bald official statement of the 17th H.L.I.'s first raid is to the
+lay mind singularly unimpressive, but behind it there is an interest
+and a measure of glory of which the 17th is happy to be proud. Let it
+be remembered that it was their first "stunt," their first real hand
+to hand brush with the enemy, and that to the 17th fell the honour of
+getting the first "jab in" for the 32nd Division.
+
+   [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--BEFORE THE WAR.]
+
+   [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--AFTER BOMBARDMENT.
+   _To face page 34._]
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL D.S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.
+   _To face page 35._]
+
+It was on the 28th of March, 1916, that volunteers were called for to
+raid the enemy's trenches, and out of the hundred who answered, a
+party of 45 was selected, under Lieut. A.J. Begg, and Lieut. J.N.
+Carpenter. This party went down to Dernancourt, behind Albert, to
+complete the training for the raid, and the intention was to rush the
+enemy on the night of 2nd April. That night, however, as already
+explained, proved unfavourable on account of a bright moon, and the
+party, after crawling stealthily towards the enemy's wire were
+observed near his trenches and were forced to withdraw. Training was
+resumed at Bouzincourt, and it was decided then to have the assistance
+of a preliminary artillery bombardment. A point in the enemy's salient
+south-west of Thiepval was selected, the wire there was cut in advance
+by the artillery, and close observation was maintained on the spot
+from day to day. Meanwhile the enemy's fortifications were duplicated
+on the ground behind Bouzincourt, and there, night after night, the
+raiding party practised the assault. The most careful preparations
+were entailed, with much planning and understanding of detail. Every
+man had to know thoroughly his part. There had to be no hitch
+anywhere. Lieut. Begg saw to it that the training was complete, and
+given any luck, success was fully assured.
+
+On the night of the 22nd of April, the party, with blackened hands and
+faces, and equipped with an assortment of weapons worthy of Mexican
+outlaws, presented themselves at the head of Thiepval Avenue, and
+filed up to the "starting point" to await the report of the Patrol
+under Lieut. MacRobert, who also had charge of the tape-laying party
+which included Corporal Chapman. At 9.30 p.m. our artillery suddenly
+opened on the enemy's salient, and poured down on it such a tornado of
+steel as the Germans had never experienced before. For twenty minutes
+our shells flayed the German front line, and under this arch of
+shrieking explosives the battle party crawled right up to the rim of
+the bombardment. What wire remained uncut was blown to fragments by a
+torpedo, and when the barrage lifted and came down behind, the raiders
+jumped into the enemy's trench and set to work. For twenty minutes
+they bombed and destroyed, cleared dug-outs, pulled down machine guns,
+barricaded communication trenches, and handed prisoners back to
+escorts. Then on a signal they as quickly withdrew, and still under
+cover of artillery fire made their own trench again. Thirteen
+affrighted Germans, of two different units, accompanied the party;
+and, finest of all, every man of the party returned. Eleven of them
+were wounded, but only one seriously. Among those slightly wounded was
+Lieut. Begg, who was the spirit of the assault.
+
+As a result of this success many congratulatory messages were received
+and several decorations awarded. Among the list of telegrams were the
+following:--
+
+  From the G.O.C. 10th CORPS:--"Corps Commander congratulates the
+      17th H.L.I. on their successful enterprise, which reflects
+      great credit on all concerned."
+
+  From the G.O.C. 32nd DIVISION:--"I congratulate you. I was
+      confident that the 17th H.L.I. would do the trick. Convey this
+      message to them."
+
+  From Sir HENRY RAWLINSON, G.O.C. 4th ARMY:--"Please convey to 32nd
+      Division, and particularly to the 97th Brigade and 17th
+      Battalion Highland Light Infantry, my heartiest
+      congratulations on their successful raid last night. The
+      preparations were well and carefully thought out, the
+      Artillery support was good, and the whole conduct of the
+      operations reflects credit on all concerned."
+
+  From the G.O.C. 97th INFANTRY BRIGADE:--"Commander-in-Chief has
+      awarded the following decorations:--Lieut. Begg, and 2nd Lieut
+      Carpenter, Military Cross; 15507 Sergt.-Major Reith, D.C.M.;
+      15458 Sergeant Taylor, 2797 Private Leiper and 15720 Private
+      M'Intosh, Military Medal. All 17th H.L.I. Major-General
+      Rycroft offers his heartiest congratulations to above
+      officers, N.C.O.s and men on their decorations. Letter with
+      authority following."
+
+The Battalion had three men killed and four wounded during enemy
+retaliation, but any serious effort by the enemy was checked, and on
+the 24th the unit went into reserve billets at Bouzincourt.
+
+
+
+
+A LULL BEFORE THE STORM.
+
+    _Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive--a complimentary
+    shoot with "P" Battery--Divisional, Brigade and Battalion
+    identification marks--happy days at Rubempré._
+
+
+On 27th April, in brilliant summer weather, the Commanding Officer,
+Company Commanders, the Intelligence Officer and four N.C.O.s per
+Company attended a Divisional Exercise at Baizieux, and this was the
+start of those preparations which were to culminate in the Battle of
+the Somme on 1st July.
+
+On 3rd May the Colonel returned and took over command from Major Paul,
+and during the following day, Major Lawder, Commanding "A" Battery,
+168th Brigade, R.F.A., entertained those who had taken part in the
+raid and allowed them to fire the guns which had rendered such fine
+support during the sortie.
+
+Identification marks had now been issued for some time for major
+operations pending. The Divisional colours were crimson and the sleeve
+mark was a red circle for the 97th Brigade. The K.O.Y.L.I. had one bar
+below the circle; the Border Regiment, two; the 16th H.L.I., three;
+and the 17th, four bars, worn horizontally and parallel. Runners,
+bombers, etc., had further identification marks. Prior to this, from
+November 1915, to April, 1916, no distinctive mark had been worn on
+the sleeve, but on the centre of the tunic collar at the back there
+was worn a strip of ribbon coloured yellow, pale blue, and yellow.
+During the succeeding period, up to the disbandment of the Battalion,
+the sleeve marks were used only. While the circle was always red the
+bars were coloured respectively black for Headquarters; red for "A"
+Company; green for "B"; yellow for "C"; and blue for "D" Company. The
+Divisional sign on flags and limbers, etc., was a red coloured
+intertwined double 8.
+
+The weather was now very fine, and when not in the line, delightful
+days were spent at Rubempré, Contay and Warloy, and strenuous days on
+Divisional exercises at Baizieux in preparation for the Somme. From
+this it will be seen that the Battalion was not engaged in killing
+Germans all the time, or being killed by them. At times they had a
+change. There were periods of rest. The word "rest" is very often the
+subject of sarcastic humour amongst troops. "Resting" may mean
+anything. It may be quite a good time or it may be worse than the
+firing line. Too often it is simply an occasion of smartening
+up--guards, ceremonial parades, saluting, and "spit and polish"
+generally--in fact the things that can be indulged in to excess. And
+very often a rest simply means preparation for a big stunt. But the
+17th will remember occasions when they did have a real rest. This was
+particularly the case at Rubempré. The weather was good, and they had
+a comparatively easy time. They had about three hours' training in the
+forenoons. Thereafter they were free. There were sports and games in
+the afternoons for the enthusiasts. There were entirely successful
+concerts and sing-songs in the evenings. It was a change to see and be
+among civilians--to be welcome in the village houses--and generally to
+experience peace time conditions again. This may not seem to amount to
+very much, but it meant a lot then. And it certainly had a fine effect
+on the morale of the Battalion. It was a sheer relief to be out of
+sound of the guns, to forget the mud, the exhaustion, mental and
+physical, the weary night watches, standing to, and working parties.
+
+But such days passed quickly, and all too soon they found themselves
+on the road again, loaded up, silent, thoughtful, on the way back to
+the firing line.
+
+
+
+
+THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
+
+    _Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle--zero and "over the
+    top"--Leipzig Trench carried--flanks exposed--precarious
+    position of the unit--great casualties--protective bombing
+    posts--consolidation--Battalion relieved--Victoria Cross gained
+    by Sergeant Turnbull--Roll Call._
+
+
+Signs of the coming conflict were everywhere. The tremendous
+accumulation of men and material had been going on unceasingly for
+weeks, and during the long June days clouds of dust hung in the hot,
+still air above the roads. For the roads all led towards the line, and
+the tramp of men, and the rumble of wheels were unending. The
+Battalion had long ago recovered from a hard and monotonous winter of
+trench warfare. To each man there remained the joy of remembering days
+and nights that were unpleasant--for it is a joy to remember, in the
+comfort and happiness of to-day, the discomforts and sorrows of
+yesterday. Now the sun was shining. Training was going on apace under
+the pleasantest of conditions. They were a healthy family. Each man
+felt his potentiality, and unconsciously boasted it in his every
+action. Such was the feeling in the Battalion when the certainty of
+conflict came. To everyone it was the "Big Push"--the mighty
+Armageddon--of which all had thought and spoken during the winter of
+waiting. There was no doubt as to the issue. Each man went about his
+duties with an eye to an immediate and definite future. If anything he
+gave greater care to his rifle. In his feeling the edge and point of
+his bayonet, there was something of a caress. Now was the look in each
+eye born of the lust of killing. It was the knowledge that on a bright
+morning--now only a few hours distant--man would be matched against
+man. "Justice of our cause may have been somewhere in our
+sub-consciousness. Certainly it was not uppermost. To each man the
+coming conflict savoured of individual mortal combat. The days of
+waiting were gone. He was going forward to prove his manhood"--so
+write two veterans of that fight.
+
+The story of that morning is an epic. For every man it was the first
+experience of "over the top." In sun-baked trenches everyone longed
+for the zero hour, while the guns rolled and shells crashed with
+ever-increasing intensity. Nothing was real. Men stood and waited as
+if in a dream. They felt as if they were listening to the overture;
+that soon the curtain would rise. Even when the guns ceased their roar
+for a few moments towards the end, and in the death-like stillness was
+heard the warbling of birds in "no man's land"--the grim reality of it
+all was felt. With the lifting mist of the morning, the curtain
+rose....
+
+At 7.23 a.m. the Battalion started moving across "no man's land." When
+the barrage lifted the men entered the enemy front line and the work
+of the moppers-up soon began. The advance across the open was
+splendidly carried out, all ranks behaving magnificently, as was the
+case throughout the entire action. Leipzig Trench was taken and the
+leading lines advanced against the Hindenburg Trench. These were mown
+down and by 8.15 a.m. every Company Officer was a casualty. It now
+became obvious to Colonel Morton that Leipzig Trench must be held, as
+without reinforcements, no further advance could be made, both flanks
+being exposed, as the 8th Division on their right had been driven
+back. The left was particularly exposed and parties under Sergt.
+Macgregor and Sergt. Watt were organised and sent to strengthen the
+left where "B" and "D" Companies had been almost annihilated. It was
+now 9 o'clock and the Battalion casualties now amounted to 22 officers
+and 400 other ranks. The bombers, who had been sent up to replace
+casualties, were holding the flanks successfully. By 11.15 the entire
+line was very weak, and still at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
+situation was unchanged, 2nd Lieut. Morrison and 2nd Lieut. Marr
+working and organising the protective flank bombers without the least
+regard for personal safety. At 4 o'clock the 2nd Manchesters
+reinforced them with two Companies. Just at this time the line wavered
+a little in face of the overwhelming bombardment and the appalling
+casualties, but control was immediately gained. At 5 the shattered
+unit was ordered to consolidate the ground taken. This was done and
+two strong enemy counter attacks repulsed. At 9.30 the Battalion
+started to be relieved by the Manchesters, but the relief was not
+wholly carried out until near midnight, although several bombing
+parties had to carry on till well towards mid-day of the following
+day before being relieved. The 17th concentrated on Campbell Post and
+held the line in that Sector. In the evening of the next day the
+Battalion was relieved and returned to dug-outs at Crucifix Corner.
+
+   [Illustration: MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF 1st JULY, 1916.
+   Objective of Attack--Mouquet Farm. First German Line attacked and
+   taken, C--D. Trench Line from which the attack was launched,
+   A--B. Second German Line taken and lost, E--F.
+   Note the Salient C--D and its exposure to German fire and attack
+   on the Flanks.
+   _To face page 40._]
+
+The first V.C., not only for the Battalion, but of the Division was
+gained in this battle and was won by Sergeant James Young Turnbull.
+
+The following is the extract from _The London Gazette_, of 25th
+December, 1916, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:--
+
+            "No. 15888 Sergeant JAMES YOUNG TURNBULL,
+                  late Highland Light Infantry.
+
+    "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, when, having
+    with his party captured a post apparently of great importance to
+    the enemy, he was subjected to severe counter attacks, which
+    were continuous throughout the whole day. Although his party was
+    wiped out and replaced several times during the day, Sergeant
+    Turnbull never wavered in his determination to hold the post,
+    the loss of which would have been very serious. Almost
+    single-handed he maintained his position and displayed the
+    highest degree of valour and skill in the performance of his
+    duties.
+
+    "Later in the day this gallant soldier was killed whilst bombing
+    a counter-attack from the parados of our trench."
+
+Of all the units operating in that ghastly Sector, the 17th H.L.I. was
+the only Battalion which reached and occupied and held the enemy's
+trenches from La Boiselle northwards. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writing
+of the battle of the Somme in his history of the war, emphasises what
+this unadorned record of the day's fighting bears out--that there had
+been no flinching anywhere, and the military virtue shown had been of
+the highest possible quality; but the losses from the machine guns and
+from the barrage was so heavy that they deprived the attack of the
+weight and momentum necessary to win their way through the enemy's
+position. "In the desperate circumstances," he says, "it might well be
+considered a remarkable result that a stretch of the Leipzig Redoubt
+should be won and permanently held by the Highlanders, especially by
+the 17th Highland Light Infantry."
+
+Throughout these terrible operations Colonel Morton was present in the
+most advanced positions encouraging and cheering the men by his
+personal example and utter disregard for danger. In this work he was
+gallantly seconded by his Adjutant and his Headquarters' Staff, who
+were individually forward directing operations when all the Company
+Officers had been knocked out. It is not too much to say that the
+resolute spirit and example of the Colonel rallied the Battalion to
+heights of endurance and endeavour which found their greatest
+inspiration in his presence in the firing line.
+
+Great work was also done by Captain D.C. Evans, R.A.M.C., who, for
+over forty-eight hours, without interval or rest, attended to the
+Battalion wounded. Throughout the action he carried on his task of
+relieving suffering and saving life quite heedless of the shelling and
+firing and quite cool in the face of the ever growing number of cases
+demanding his attention and skill.
+
+At the Battalion parade for Roll Call on the 4th of July, the
+casualties totalled 22 officers and 447 other ranks.
+
+
+
+
+A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
+
+    _Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B. Meadows
+    giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the July 1st Battle._
+
+
+The narrative of the 1st of July Somme Battle as written in the diary
+of the late 2nd Lieut. B. Meadows, who, before taking his commission,
+served with the 17th H.L.I., gives such an impressive account of the
+battle that we include it here almost in entirety. The foregoing
+chapter gives a general idea of the intensity of the great battle from
+the impersonal and official viewpoint, with data checked and balanced.
+But the following account introduces the personal and human element
+with poignant effect. Some of the very minor facts are a little
+inaccurate, but that is inevitable when an individual soldier
+describes a general action from his own viewpoint. Nevertheless the
+editors consider that in no other Battalion source is there such a
+vivid record of experiences to be got which reflect the feelings of
+all those who took part in the action concerned.
+
+"The last four days before zero," he writes, "were known as 'W,' 'X,'
+'Y,' and 'Z' days. By 'W' every enemy observation balloon had been
+destroyed and so dense a fleet of aircraft patrolled the battle area
+as to make it impossible for the enemy aircraft to approach the lines.
+Thus the enemy was made blind. On the night of 'W' we got orders to
+move forward. Before leaving the billet we made a large bonfire with
+boxes from the C.Q.M.'s stores. On this we burned all our letters, and
+round it we had the last sing-song the old 'Seventeenth' ever had. We
+then believed it 'Y' night, not 'W' night. The night before we had
+gone up to the trenches through Aveluy and Authuille with petrol tins
+full of water. These were stocked in dug-outs and along the trench and
+formed our reserve water supply. Many of our guns were firing 'gun
+fire,' yet the enemy made little artillery reply. He retaliated
+chiefly on the front line defences with trench mortars. Of such a
+violent nature was this bombardment that the Lonsdales had to call on
+our 'D' Company for support to make up for their casualties in shell
+shock, etc. Curiously enough, during the days 'D' Company held the
+line they suffered no casualties, although the trench was battered out
+of all recognition. When it was dark on 'W' night we marched to
+Bouzincourt. Here we spent the night in huts. Before daybreak we were
+shelled and had one man killed. Day showed an extraordinary sight.
+Bouzincourt stands on the hill, the battle area stretched out like a
+map below. Near the Crucifix on the Aveluy road a long naval gun
+barked. Just behind us was a 15 inch howitzer. Its shells could easily
+be watched in their flight overhead. In front were an infinite number
+of guns all in action. A long line of observation balloons made a
+crescent round Albert. One could count over twenty, and not one
+German. The air was thick with our aeroplanes. The German lines looked
+like long ribbons of white fur. The air was full of shrapnel balls,
+especially over the woods, and the villages were burning. The heavy
+howitzers were causing dreadful eruptions on the German strong points.
+La Boisselle, believed impregnable, was a concentrated hell. The
+Germans were putting shrapnel into the woods that lie in the triangle
+between Hamel, Bouzincourt and Aveluy. Here our guns were massed. And
+now and then a mushroom of smoke would spring up in unexpected
+places. The noise was so terrific that it became monotonous. We were
+served out with cotton wool for our ears, but in spite of this the
+concussion on the 1st of July was so great that we all became stone
+deaf, and for days after almost without the use of our voices. We
+prepared for 'battle order.' All our belongings we packed into our
+valises, and these were stored in an empty house in Bouzincourt. We
+wore steel helmets, at that time they were without sandbag coverings,
+and in strong sunlight reflected almost as brilliantly as polished
+steel. I noticed on the 1st July, looking back from the advanced line
+to the German original front line, how the helmets of our reserves
+holding that line shone up and made their wearers clear targets. We
+wore the haversack on our back containing mess tin, small kit, two
+days' rations, 'iron rations,' pair of socks and waterproof sheet. We
+carried four sandbags just below. Then we had the usual equipment,
+pouches containing 120 rounds, bayonet, water bottle and entrenching
+tool. Another 100 rounds in bandoliers, and I had extra an apron
+containing 12 Mill's bombs and butterfly wirecutters. The whole formed
+fairly heavy equipment. In the late afternoon when we were all lined
+up prepared to march off, orders came to cancel all orders. We stood
+by for two days. On 'X' night the 16th H.L.I. sent a platoon over to
+find out the condition of the enemy defences. Owing to an accident
+they were almost entirely wiped out. On the following morning while
+playing a football match the Sixteenth again suffered casualties from
+a 5.9 which burst between the goal posts. In the evening of 'Z' day,
+the 30th of June, we marched off by platoons. The thunder of the heavy
+guns as we passed through their belt was almost unbearable, and nearer
+the lines long lines of eighteen-pounders were giving 'battery fire'
+down long rows of twenty batteries, sometimes all speaking at once. We
+entered 'Oban Avenue' at the right end of the village of Authuille. It
+was the 'up' trench for the advance and 'Campbell Avenue' the 'down.'
+Both trenches had been deepened, in some places, to twelve feet, and
+were fairly safe from shrapnel. The line in which we were to spend the
+night had been blown almost completely out of existence and it was
+difficult to find sufficient cover for the men. I and the bomber
+who was next to me in the line found a corner and there slept for the
+night. We were once disturbed by the enemy destroying a trench mortar
+store situated close to where we slept. Daybreak came and still there
+was no word of 'zero.' We made some breakfast, and about half-past
+five word was passed along that zero was 7.30, and to move into battle
+positions. We moved to the right until we were in contact with the
+next Company. At 6.25 a.m. the final bombardment commenced. Every gun
+was firing 'gunfire' and the rush of metal overhead was extraordinary.
+The reply was feeble. At 7.25 we left the trench and walked over to
+within 60 yards of the barrage. At 7.30 the barrage lifted and we
+rushed the front line defences, destroying the garrison, in and out of
+dug-outs. I have few definite memories from the time we first saw the
+Germans to the time the machine gun swept us down outside the Liepzig
+Redoubt. It became evident that we, who were working up between two
+communication trenches, after two or three rushes, that further
+advancing was impossible without support. We waited for our own
+reserve waves and the Lonsdales who should have come on behind. But no
+reserves reached us and we saw our only hope lay in the fact that they
+had rushed one of the communication trenches and might manage to bomb
+out the machine gun. But the bombers were checked out of range of the
+gun. We began to work towards the communication trench, but owing to
+the lie of the ground we were badly exposed and I at length found
+myself the only living occupant of that corner. About twelve o'clock I
+managed to leap the parapet without being hit. I found my platoon
+officer, Lieut. MacBrayne, lying shot through the head. Of the others
+of my platoon I could get no news, except those I saw lying dead or
+wounded. Tom Train had completely disappeared. An order came up the
+trench, '17th H.L.I. move to the left and prepare to support the
+Dorsets.' The communication trench was at this time chiefly manned by
+K.O.Y.L.I. (who should have supported the 16th H.L.I. who had been
+held up by the German wire and cut up before able to take the first
+line of defences. Those left were forced to retire to their own line).
+A few Lonsdales (the 11th Borderers had been cut up coming up through
+'Blighty Wood,' Colonel and Adjutant killed and all officers
+casualties) were able to give us practically no support, and a
+Company of Manchesters, sent from Divisional Reserve. I moved to the
+left. An officer suddenly jumped the parapet and shouted 'Come on, the
+17th!' I followed him along with about twenty others. But we found the
+barbed wire impossible to cut through and he gave us the order 'Every
+man for himself.'
+
+   [Illustration: VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE.
+   (_Sketch from Lieut. Meadow's Diary_).
+   _To face page 44._]
+
+"Making my way back to the trench I rested in a shell hole occupied by
+a Sergeant wounded in the leg. Whilst talking to him we both fell
+asleep and slept until about 5 p.m., when the Germans counter-attacked.
+Their artillery became violent and they attempted to come over the
+open. We ran for the communication trench and found it disorganised.
+Orders got mixed and some seemed anxious to retire. Fortunately the
+17th H.L.I. bombers, who were in the advanced position, held their
+ground, driving the enemy back with their own bombs, and the attack
+over the open was checked by our brigade machine guns which had been
+massed in the German front line. During the whole action we lost no
+ground that had previously been gained. By this time our Battalion had
+been badly hit. 'B' Company on our left had been caught in the wire and
+cut to pieces by machine gun fire. My own Company, 'A,' was down to low
+numbers. My Captain and my Platoon Officer were both killed, all the
+platoon's N.C.O.s were killed or wounded, two Sergeants outright, and
+all the L.-Corpls. dead. We had 17 officers killed and were working the
+Battalion with two officers. The Colonel, who had been well forward all
+day, was without a scratch. It was a remarkably clear day, very hot. We
+were on the ridge that formed the defence on that side of Thiepval.
+From here we could see the whole battlefield. I saw the huge eruption
+at La Boisselle, when the six mines went up, and I remember watching
+long lines of Highlanders charging along the opposite slope of the
+valley. The aeroplanes followed every movement, flying low overhead and
+directing the artillery by dropping flares. The Germans
+counter-attacked in a half-hearted way through the night. We had
+casualties from our own artillery and mortar batteries, otherwise the
+night was quieter than we had expected. We managed to carry away a
+number of our wounded in waterproof sheets. The battalions on both
+flanks were unsuccessful in storming the enemy's front line defences,
+thus our flanks were exposed and blockades had to be formed at the
+front line and all lines forward to our advanced positions, which
+developed into a series of bombing posts. Local fights went on at their
+posts all through the day and night, and it was while chasing each
+other round corners at the head of the communication trench in the
+afternoon that we lost Sergeant Turnbull, V.C., who had done wonderful
+work all day. The nature of the Leipzig defences, a maze of trenches
+and underground saps, made advancing into the salient extremely hard.
+One was continually attacked in the rear. What seemed dug-outs were
+bombed, and when passed numbers of the enemy rush from them, they being
+really underground communications with their rear defences. The whole
+fighting was of a cold, deliberate, merciless nature. No quarter was
+given or taken. One of the battalions opposing us was similar to our
+own, a students' battalion from Bavaria. The enemy used explosive and
+dum-dum bullets, and sniped off any of our wounded lying exposed in the
+open. They were helped in their work by an arrangement we had come to
+regarding wounded. It was not permitted to stop to take back prisoners
+or to stop to dress a wounded chum; but it was permitted to stick the
+bayonet of the wounded man's rifle in the ground and thus to mark the
+spot where he lay. The Germans observed this and watched for any
+movement in the heap beside the standing rifle. Men coolly fired at
+each other at point blank range, and sniping became the chief cause of
+casualties. It resembled a duel between two men who had had a deadly
+quarrel--so intensely deliberate. On the morning of the 2nd of July we
+handed over the front line of attack to Divisional Reserves and went
+into support. At sunset we were relieved by the Cheshires, and moved
+back to the dug-outs at Crucifix Corner. We had a number of casualties
+coming out of action. We were given tea, food and rum, and went off
+into a heavy sleep."
+
+
+
+
+HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS.
+
+    _Senlis--last parade under Col. Morton--Bombing raid north of
+    Ovillers--Move to Bethune--1st Army Area--inspection by General
+    Munro--depleted ranks--trench warfare about Hulluch--Cambrin
+    Sector._
+
+
+In the sadness and stress of the first days after the Somme, there
+came messages round to say the Battalion was saying "Good-bye" to its
+Colonel. Worn out with fatigue he had been reluctantly persuaded by
+the Brigadier and the doctors that if he wished to live and serve his
+country more in the war he must retire from the dreadful strain of
+command. In a field at Senlis, on the afternoon of 8th July, the
+remnants of the Battalion, on their last parade under Colonel Morton,
+were drawn up, silent and deeply moved. In a few words the Colonel
+told the Battalion what he was going to do and all stood there with
+their losses and their heartbreaks, hardly able to keep down the
+tears. Addressing the men he congratulated them in warm and feeling
+terms for their devotion while under his command and wished them well
+in the uncertainties of the future.
+
+Colonel Morton had started them, trained them, and cared for them;
+fought Brigade and authorities for them; led them and loved them--and
+now they were to lose him. He said little, for much of a speech would
+not come, but he knew their memories and he knew what they felt. Major
+Paul, on behalf of the Battalion, expressed the profound regret of all
+ranks in losing the guidance and leadership of Colonel Morton, who had
+raised the 17th to such a high state of proficiency, and to wish him a
+well merited rest and all happiness. Just these few words of
+"Good-bye," then they cheered him and, with a lump in their throats
+they were not ashamed of, they dismissed. All said good-bye in their
+hearts and wished him God-speed. It is sad to part with a loved C.O.
+who, too, feels the parting.
+
+Major Paul then took over command of the 17th and that evening once
+more they moved into the trenches in support at Quarry Post, Authuille
+Wood.
+
+On the 13th July a bombing party of about 100 men were ordered to
+attack the German Line, north of Ovillers, linking up with the
+Inniskillen Fusiliers, and this party at midnight under Captain
+Ferguson, Lieuts. Herron and Kirk and Sergeant Stewart, in conjunction
+with the Inniskillens and a party of Engineers, carried out the raid.
+
+The greatest credit was due to the initiative shown by Captain
+Ferguson, in making excellent dispositions under very difficult
+conditions. Owing to the strength of the German wire, a frontal attack
+was impracticable, and after much thought, it was decided to attack
+obliquely. The attack was most successful, a considerable number of
+Germans being killed, while at least 16 were taken prisoners. The
+objectives were all taken in a few minutes, but unfortunately the
+raiders' losses were heavy. Captain Ferguson was mortally wounded,
+eight other ranks were killed, and the other two officers and about 35
+other ranks were wounded.
+
+Writing of this incident, one of the Battalion officers says that
+after the patrol had gone out those who were not taking part in it
+heard the firing and the clamour of the small battle while they waited
+eagerly for news of its progress. "News came in that the front was
+safe, and proud of the efforts of our Battalion, we waited for their
+return. The waiting was hard to bear, but the return sadder to
+witness. They came back. On the right they had succeeded. On the left
+they had died. A triumph and a disaster in one. On that small field
+were left yet more of the (oh! so sadly few) gallant men of the
+Seventeenth who, though exhausted and battle-worn, had in their own
+true and fine spirit responded to the uttermost to the call for
+gallant work. Later the body of Captain Ferguson was found right up to
+the German lines grasping an empty revolver, far ahead in the charge
+of even his gallant followers."
+
+For this action, the Battalion received thanks and congratulations
+from the Corps and Division. A counter-attack drove the raiders out of
+the captured trench; but the object of the raid--to create a diversion
+from a major operation on the right--had been successfully
+accomplished.
+
+This particular week, which was the last the Battalion saw of the
+Somme fighting until later in the year, was one of the most strenuous
+times which the unit had experienced. The available men for defensive
+purposes were only too few and as new assembly trenches had to be dug
+every night and all night, and also owing to the difficulties of
+rationing and watering, the men were unable to get any rest.
+
+The Brigade commenced a move to Ampliers on 16th July, and on the road
+the Battalion was met by Lieut.-General T.L.N. Moreland, commanding
+the X Corps. He expressed to the Commanding Officer his appreciation
+of the good work done by the Battalion while under his command, and
+his deepest sympathy in their losses. On the 26th the Brigade moved
+into Bethune and two days afterwards paraded in full marching order,
+including "tin hats," on a sweltering afternoon, to be inspected by
+General Munro, G.O.C., 1st Army. A very warm day. Owing to the calls
+on an Army Commander's time, this inspection was considered to be a
+great honour and a mark of appreciation by the authorities of the fine
+spirit shown by the Division during the Somme battle.
+
+August saw the unit leave Bethune to take over the Cambrin right
+sub-sector from the Northamptons, after putting in some fine shooting
+on the old French Government Rifle Range at Labeauvriere. The strength
+of the unit in the trenches apart from the officers, at the taking
+over (August 5th) was 199--tragic testimony to the Somme. Immediately
+on taking over the trenches they were subjected to trench mortar
+bombardments and sniping raids. On 12th August Lieut. and Adjutant
+Paterson became Captain and Adjutant, Major Paul became
+Lieut.-Colonel, and 2nd Lieuts. Morrison and Marr, Captains.
+
+The following weeks of August, September and October were marked with
+much moving about with various spells of that sort of uneventful
+trench warfare which is perhaps in some respects more trying on the
+nerves and strength of a unit than actual operations. On August 23rd
+they were in the Hulluch Section. In this Section there was a good
+deal of mining going on and there were two big craters which required
+special watching, but the Battalion soon set to and trained in
+grappling hook work to be ready for any kind of crater fighting that
+might be demanded of them. On August 31st a move was made to Annequin
+via Beuvry and Bethune, and ultimately by bus journey to the trenches
+at Guinchy left sub-section, and in this area the unit remained during
+September. On the 11th of the month a night raid was attempted, but
+was frustrated owing to the Germans bombing the party as it was on the
+point of entering their trenches. Unfortunately the two N.C.O.s who
+fired the torpedo were missing, and it is presumed that they were
+blown to bits by the explosion.
+
+   [Illustration: COOKHOUSE AT BECOURT.]
+
+   [Illustration: OBSERVATION POST, HULLUCH SECTOR.]
+
+   [Illustration: WAR'S DESTRUCTION.
+   _To face page 50._]
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J. PAUL.
+   _To face page 51._]
+
+On October 4th the Battalion took over "Village Trench" in the Cambrin
+Sector (Maison Rouge), taking over the front line from the 11th Border
+Regiment. The next move saw the 17th leave Beuvry and proceeding to
+Labeauvriere on October 16th; to Hardinval, on the 19th; to Rubempré,
+on the 21st; to Bouzincourt, on the 23rd; back by Rubempré and on to
+Canaples on the 31st via Talmas and Navurs. This treking was done in
+weather that was oftener wet than dry, exceedingly cold at night, and
+the living was under canvas. At Val-de-Maison on November 1st, the
+unit moved to Vadencourt after a fortnight, and then into the
+Martinsart Valley on the 15th, where they were ordered to go into
+action at Beaumont-Hamel, for by this time several drafts had brought
+up the strength of the Battalion.
+
+
+
+
+BEAUMONT-HAMEL.
+
+    _The attack--weather conditions--failure of artillery
+    support--forlorn hope--break-down of assault--gallantry and
+    sacrifice--casualties--Mailly-Maillet--Franqueville and
+    Rubempré--Xmas 1916 and New Year--football and high spirits._
+
+
+The attack which commenced at ten minutes past six on the morning on
+November 18th--a day of ice-covered slushiness--was held up owing to
+the insufficiency of the artillery barrage and the heavy enemy machine
+gun fire. At 7.42 a.m. the message came in to the Battalion from the
+right hand Company that the Company Commander was wounded and that a
+Sergeant and about ten men were holding the right flank. The jumping
+off trench known as New Munich Trench, was manned by the Battalion
+machine gunners with a view to concentrating some of the Companies in
+it back across "no man's land" to form a rallying point. At 8.30 a.m.
+the following message was received from 2nd Lieut. Macbeth of the
+right Company, "Am holding old front line with remainder of Battalion,
+and have established a bombing post on the right. There are only
+Lieut. Martin and myself in the trench." The left Company was also
+being hard pressed. It was reported by one of the Battalion officers
+that when the barrage opened a great number of shells fell just in
+front of New Munich Trench where the attacking companies were lying
+out, killing and wounding a large number of the Battalion. When the
+barrage lifted on to Munich Trench for the last four minutes, it was
+still short, and when the leading waves came up to about 50 or 60
+yards from Munich Trench followed by the barrage, the Germans could be
+seen lying in the trench in force. When the barrage was on the Munich
+Trench, the enemy machine guns played on the attackers from both
+flanks all the time. The failure of the attack was due to the
+inefficiency of the British supporting barrage, together with the
+condition of the ground--thaw having set in and rain falling on the
+snow, making it exceedingly slippery--the targets the men formed
+against the snowy background, and the intense cold.
+
+Describing the attack one of the members of the Battalion writes:--"The
+preliminary bombardment opened with its awful messages of destruction,
+and the rapid reply of the enemy's artillery indicated ominously that
+our intentions were not unknown to him. When our barrage lifted, and
+the first wave of our men attempted to go forward, their dark forms
+showed up against the snow. They were met by machine gun fire, by rapid
+fire from the enemy trenches, and by snipers in skilfully chosen holes.
+Our bombardment had failed. It was impossible to get to close quarters
+with the enemy--hopeless to advance--dangerous to retire. Many of our
+men were killed in the attack, others in the attempt to carry in the
+wounded. Many remained all day in exposed positions, beside their
+wounded comrades, in hope of rescuing them when darkness fell. Beaumont
+Hamel will not be remembered by us as bearing any resemblance to the
+official description. We look back upon it now, from the personal point
+of view, as a touchstone of the individual soul, as a prominent
+landmark in the vast monotony of death and horror--a chapter of
+inspiring deeds. It represents to us the heroism of a forlorn hope,
+the glory of unselfish sacrifice, the success of failure." 'Tis too
+easy to despond "while the tired waves" visibly gain no "painful inch,"
+hard to believe that "far back through creeks and inlets making, comes
+silent, flooding in, the main."
+
+On the 19th the Battalion was relieved and returned to Mailly-Maillet
+where billets were taken over, and when the 17th rested and licked its
+wounds--well over 300 of "Glasgow's Own" had either been killed or
+wounded in that day's fighting. On the 21st of November General Gough,
+G.O.C. Fifth Army, inspected and congratulated the Battalion, and
+spoke to many of the N.C.O.s and men individually. During December the
+unit carried on training at Franqueville and Rubempré, and that the
+spirit of the men was not broken by the severity of their recent
+experiences is shown by the number of football matches played during
+the period. On Christmas Day, 1916, the officers beat the sergeants at
+Rugby by 11 points to 0; in the afternoon "B" Company beat
+Headquarters at Association by 4 goals to 0; and in the evening the
+Battalion held a cheery concert. The Christmas Dinners were reserved
+for the 30th, and on Hogmanay the New Year was welcomed with a
+concert. General Gough attended Battalion Church Parade on the first
+Sunday of the New Year.
+
+
+
+
+THE NEW YEAR, 1917.
+
+    _Bad weather--Courcelles--trench labours--varied
+    moves--beginning of Spring Offensive--attack by the French--the
+    advance--Nesle--condition of inhabitants--great digging work at
+    Germaine._
+
+
+The opening months of the New Year were months of battling not only
+against a human enemy, but against the elements and the bad conditions
+which they created. The winter of 1916 had been a severe one, and in
+passing into 1917 it continued its course with unabated severity. The
+Battalion left Rubempré on January 6th and partly by motor lorry and
+partly in column of route proceeded to Courcelles where, on the
+following day, they relieved the troops of the 3rd Division in the
+trenches opposite Serre. The weather was bad, the enemy kept up brisk
+attentions and the trenches were the worst which the Battalion had
+ever been in. Most of them were absolutely impassable, being full of
+water to a height of five feet, with the result that reliefs had for
+the most part to be made outside the trenches. Owing to this condition
+of matters, strict orders were issued for the prevention of "trench
+feet," but notwithstanding every precaution, several cases occurred.
+
+Heavy and continuous work was put in mending and bettering the
+trenches, training the drafts which were arriving, performing tactical
+exercises and battalion routine affairs. By this time several
+ceremonies had taken place at which decorations were bestowed upon
+N.C.O.s and men for bravery in the Field and gallantry in action.
+Esprit de corps was stronger than ever, and the tediousness of trench
+labours was relieved by the establishment of special strong posts, by
+minor raids on the Bosche, and when out of the line by football and
+such recreations as the circumstances permitted. This type of
+campaigning was experienced during January and February at Courcelles,
+Beaumont Hamel, Lyntham Camp, Mailly-Maillet, Bolton Camp,
+Molliens-au-Bois (where on February 19th, 1917, Major F.R.F. Sworder,
+Gordon Highlanders, assumed temporary command--Colonel Paul, after
+being in hospital in France, having been sent to England where he was
+appointed to a home unit), Camon, Wiencourt, Le Quesnel. And in March,
+the approach of spring seemed to bring with it nothing but additional
+storms of rain and snow, and the names of such points in the line as
+Key Post and Kuropatkin will bring back memories of buttressing up
+collapsed trenches and mending wire entanglements.
+
+But the opening of the 1917 Spring Offensive soon gave a great fillip
+to activities. The French attacked on March 16th and the 96th Brigade
+attacked with it. The enemy was forced back so rapidly that by 2
+o'clock on the day following the Allied artillery was out of range,
+and the day after that again saw the whole Battalion hard at it
+clearing wire from the road running through the enemy's old front
+system, and setting out on the march, complete with transport, at 5 in
+the morning. Arriving at Nesle on March 19th, the troops were given a
+tremendous welcome by the French populace. It was discovered there
+that the people were literally starving, because the Germans had
+taken their rations for some days previously. A dam on the Somme burst
+its banks and no advance was possible until this was repaired and new
+roads made across the floods, but it was only a few days until once
+more the troops were pushing on and the Commanding Officer and Company
+Commanders of the 17th were making a reconnaissance of the new main
+position at Germaine. The digging at Germaine on March 28th was one of
+the heaviest day's work ever done by the Battalion. The job commenced
+at night, after an 18 mile march in rain and finished in snow. The
+digging was covered by the 16th H.L.I., who held the outpost line. The
+newly dug trenches were shelled on the following forenoon.
+
+
+
+
+ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY.
+
+    _The taking of Savy--casualties--patrolling--capture of
+    Fayet--congratulatory messages--strenuous
+    days--Canizy--competitions with the French--work and
+    sport--Hangard--leaving the Fourth Army--Farewell message from
+    General Rawlinson._
+
+
+The Battalion moved off from Germaine at midnight on April 1st, 1917,
+and proceeded by Companies at 200 yard intervals cross country to
+Fluquieres. Arriving there they passed through the village, a pile of
+smouldering ruins, and on the main St. Quentin road and about half a
+mile along it they reached Roupy with its destroyed cross-roads and
+proceeded towards a point near Savy where the Battalion deployed, and
+attacking at 5 a.m. moved forward, overcame the opposition and took
+Savy. In the village the Bosche put up a desperate stand and some
+fierce fighting took place before they were pushed beyond the railway
+bank north of the village. Most of the fighting took place in the
+neighbourhood of an orchard at the southern end of the village, and
+here the 11th Border Regiment joined forces in helping to drive out
+the stubborn enemy. Once through the village serious destruction was
+caused by heavy machine gun fire from an enemy strong point in a mine
+crater. With the aid of two Lewis guns, the crater was soon in the
+hands of the 17th and a heavy fire directed on the retreating enemy.
+Thereafter the Battalion started to dig in (about 6.30 a.m.), and soon
+consolidated their gains, although subject to strong artillery,
+machine gun and sniping fire. In the afternoon a further attack was
+made by the 96th Brigade, and before evening Bois-de-Savy was in their
+hands. The Battalion was relieved in the evening and moved off to take
+up quarters in dug-outs on the Fluquieres-Douchy Road, but the place
+had been so badly knocked about that a large portion of the unit
+bivouacked.
+
+The total casualties in this day's fighting was 103, 31 of whom were
+killed. During the following week the Battalion suffered from the
+severe winter conditions, coupled with incessant shelling and had much
+to do strengthening their positions. On the 9th some magnificent
+patrolling was done, for which the Battalion was deservedly
+congratulated. In the afternoon of that day four patrols set out to
+gain information of Fayet and the ground between Francilly and St.
+Quentin. One patrol went to the ridge overlooking St. Quentin, one
+went into a German trench near Fayet, one went within 300 yards of
+Fayet, and the fourth reconnoitred the southern approaches of the
+village--and much valuable information was accordingly gained.
+
+On the 12th April, Major Lumsden, V.C., D.S.O., who was in temporary
+command of the Battalion, relinquished that post, to take up duty as
+Brigadier-General of the 14th Infantry Brigade--which this very
+distinguished officer commanded until he was killed--and Captain
+Morton assumed command of the Battalion, with Captain Paterson, M.C.,
+as second in command.
+
+While at Holnon on the 13th, "C" and "D" Companies were sent forward
+in support of the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., who were attacking Fayet. This
+attack was carried out in conjunction with one being made by the
+French, who were endeavouring to take St. Quentin. "B" Company joined
+the others in the front line, and later the Battalion took over a
+sector of the front line. After consolidating here, congratulatory
+messages were received from Brigadier-General Blacklock, General Shute
+and General Rawlinson.
+
+The road from Nesle to St. Quentin is a long and cruel one, but in
+these early days of 1917, it was to the 17th H.L.I. the pathway to
+glory. They were sweeping onwards in the track of the retreating
+enemy, with the glow of victory to strengthen their hearts and the
+blessings of a delivered people in their ears. The echoing trumpets of
+romance called to them from the Cathedral City, and their blood
+stirred to the call. These were the impressions that led them, in
+common with the rest of the Division, to surmount appalling obstacles,
+natural and devilish. They soaked in the snow, and froze in the keen
+blast; they starved and toiled on the way, but "stuck it," and their
+reward was the fall of Savy village. There was fighting all along the
+50 mile front just then, and Savy did not loom very large in the
+chronicles of the time, but those who took part in its capture, and in
+the taking of the wood a mile beyond, knew that they had achieved the
+heroic. There was no resting; Francilly and Holnon were the next to
+fall, and the men were within sight of the spires of St. Quentin. They
+lived for some days in earth holes, and the weather flayed them
+unmercifully. Then one dark morning, the 13th of April, they assembled
+silently and lay down in the field, whilst dawn broke with singing of
+birds, and the shriek and whistle of the barrage. The Division was
+attacking Fayet, the enemy's last stronghold beyond the city. Before
+they went over, grey and green coated figures were being brought down.
+There were many other grey and green figures grotesquely contorted in
+the brown ribbed fields, and those of them who had escaped from the
+inferno fought it out intermittently, in the woods beyond the village.
+But their sniping was braved for a few days more, and then one night
+they staggered weakly back through nightmare villages to Germaine for
+rest.
+
+After resting at Germaine the Battalion set off on the 19th for Canizy
+which was reached by evening. They found this village emptied of the
+native populace and saw that the Germans had been carrying out their
+usual work of destruction in the same wanton and deliberate scale as
+in nearly every village in the regained area. A more cheerful memory
+of this devastated village is that while here the Battalion got its
+new bugle band. While stationed there the Battalion marched over to
+Ham where a football match was to be played. Their march into the
+town caused great interest, and they passed through a long line of
+French soldiers and civilians who lined the roads. On their approach
+along the main street, the square seemed totally blocked with a mass
+of French soldiers, and a company of infantry stood at the "present"
+as a Guard of Honour as they marched past the Town Hall, while the
+French band rendered our National Anthem. After the Battalion team had
+won their match by 6 goals to 1 against the 121st Infantry Regiment
+and a scratch team had played a drawn game against the 408th Regiment,
+the French band played the men out of the village. But the French were
+not allowed to have all their own way of it with the music, for the
+Battalion Pipe Band played to them and was received with much favour.
+
+The regiment was in highest spirits, battle scarred and with a
+glorious record of great achievements established. The Battalion
+remained at rest in the village of Canizy until May 15th--that is,
+they trained hard and played hard, went marches and were inspected,
+performed innumerable fatigues and parades and carried out generally
+that never ending programme of activities which always makes a soldier
+smile at the mention of the word "rest!" The men played some of their
+keenest and most memorable games of soccer here, and one of the
+principle pastimes engaged in by the officers was hunting, until this
+was forbidden by G.H.Q. The country, being entirely uncultivated made
+ideal going. Major Campbell, in charge of Physical Training, G.H.Q.,
+was with the 17th for some time, and put extra life into sport and
+training.
+
+On the 15th the Battalion moved off to Curchy, via Voyennes and Nesle,
+and on the succeeding day to Rosieres and so on to Hangard on the
+18th, where the "resting" was carried on until the end of the month,
+when they proceeded to Villers-Bretonneux. Of the villages in the
+regained area little or no description in the normal sense is possible
+beyond the fact that while some semblance of streets could be traced
+in some of them, the majority of them were simply masses of masonry
+debris literally peppered with shell craters. But it was noticeable in
+such villages as Nesle that the civilians showed a very marked
+physical improvement as the result of better feeding and life under
+British occupation. While at Hangard, Battalion Headquarters occupied
+Hangard Chateau--one of the finest chateaux in France. (It was
+demolished during the 1918 German offensive.) The Brigade concentrated
+at Villers-Bretonneux prior to entraining for the Second Army.
+
+But before leaving the Fourth Army, to which the 17th had given such
+brilliant service, the following message was transmitted to the
+Battalion as one of the Divisional units concerned:--
+
+                                       "FOURTH ARMY, NO. G.S.702.
+
+    "32ND DIVISION.
+
+    "As the Division will shortly be leaving the Fourth Army I
+    desire to express to all ranks my warm thanks for the excellent
+    services they have performed whilst under my command. The
+    gallantry and dash displayed by the Division during the advance
+    in March and April, especially in the actions resulting in the
+    capture of Savy, Bois de Savy, Francilly, Holnon, Selency, Fayet
+    and Cepy Farm, reflect the highest credit on all concerned.
+
+    "The skilful leadership of all ranks, coupled with the close
+    co-operation between Artillery, Infantry and Aircraft, was a
+    feature in these operations deserving the highest praise, and I
+    heartily congratulate the Division on the successes they have
+    achieved.
+
+    "I much regret that the Division is now leaving the Fourth Army,
+    but I shall hope that at some future date I may again have the
+    good fortune to find them under my command.
+
+                                "(Signed) H. RAWLINSON, _General,
+                                     Commanding Fourth Army._
+
+    "H.Q., FOURTH ARMY,
+    "_22nd May, 1917._"
+
+
+
+
+IN FLANDERS.
+
+    _En route to Steenbecque--R.T.O.--the 14th Corps--reconnaissance
+    of Messines Sector--heavy marches--Coxyde and Kuhn--amenities of
+    Nieuport area._
+
+
+The Battalion on 1st June, 1917, left the Fourth Army and the Somme
+area. The 17th never again served in that area though it served again
+with the Fourth Army on the sea coast. Entraining at Villers-Bretonneux
+the unit journeyed to Amiens and by way of Abbeville, Etaples,
+Boulogne, Calais, St. Omer, Hazebrouck to Steenbecque.
+
+Owing to a mistake of the Railway Transport Officer an incident,
+upsetting but not without its amusing side, occurred at Abbeville,
+where the train moved off without warning while the Battalion was
+parading in the station for tea, with only 100 all ranks on board. The
+train calmly continued its journey and in due course arrived at
+Steenbecque, the men who were left following on in the overcrowded
+trucks of the 2nd Manchesters. Leaving the train at Hazebrouck, the
+stranded party marched to Steenbecque, their appearance, owing to
+deficiencies of equipment and in some cases even of uniform, causing
+much interested amusement. At the latter station the first party were
+picked up, packs and equipment donned, and then, in the afternoon the
+Battalion accomplished a very interesting, though long and heavy march
+to a small hamlet in the Donlieu area, where they billeted for ten
+days or so.
+
+The 32nd Division came into the 14th Corps, commanded by the Earl of
+Cavan, in G.H.Q. Reserve. The 14th Corps was composed of the Guards
+Division, 1st, 8th and 32nd Divisions.
+
+On 5th June the Commanding Officer, with his officers and N.C.O.s
+reconnoitred the Messines Sector with a view to supporting the attack
+to be carried out on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge by the Second Army.
+The 17th at Donlieu "stood to" ready to move off in support of this
+offensive, though happily the success of the attack did not
+necessitate the Battalion being called on. Major Inglis of the 1st
+H.L.I.--who had been cross-posted to the 2nd Manchesters, which
+Battalion he commanded until re-posted to command the 17th H.L.I. on
+the 20th of July--joined the Battalion on the 8th of June.
+
+   [Illustration: Lt.-Col. J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.
+   _To face page 60._]
+
+Donlieu was left on 14th June and the Battalion went in column of
+route to Steenvoorde, in which area they were billeted. This was one
+of the most trying marches they had experienced, and a large number of
+men fell out. In 6 hours the unit had covered 24 kilometres which, in
+full marching order, was a most difficult and wearisome performance.
+On the 16th the Battalion embussed outside Steenvoorde, and after
+leaving the charabancs at Petite Synthe, they marched to billets at
+Mardyck. Hereabouts was pleasant country with excellent sea bathing.
+Petite Synthe was left on the 19th for Dunkirk where they entrained
+and proceeded east along the sand dunes to Coxyde and, on the
+following day, into the coastal camp of Kuhn. Coxyde and Kuhn were
+French built camps and very good, with vegetable gardens attached to
+them.
+
+Until 10th July the Battalion stayed in this vicinity, and despite
+spells of shelling, trench mortar and aerial bombardments,
+considerable patrolling and wiring work, the stay on the sand dunes
+about Nieuport was heaven after the endless mud and horror of the
+winter on the Somme. The very mention of Nieuport to a man who was
+there in the first week of July, 1917, makes a marked impression on
+his countenance. Since detraining at Coxyde on 20th June, things had
+been comparatively quiet and the weather ideal. Working parties were
+supplied for the roads during the day and smaller parties were engaged
+on the breastworks in the front line at night. The quietness was
+absolutely awful. But the presence of civilians in Oost Dunkirk and
+Les Bains gave an air of security and quietude to the place which was
+very soothing to the heart of the soldier. It is true that aerial
+activity was disquieting at times, but several successful attacks on
+the "Vultures of the Kaiser" made these items of interest, rather than
+causes of alarm. The Germans seemed to pay greater attention to
+something well on the left of the Battalion and towards the sea, than
+to anything that concerned them particularly. The appearance of the
+roads from Oost Dunkirk to Nieuport was most assuring and their great
+beauty and undisturbed tranquillity were all that could be desired.
+
+A large amount of work was attempted during this period on the Brigade
+Front, in order to obtain sufficient cover for protection against
+retaliation after our artillery bombardments began, prior to an
+intended attack on the sea-coast by the 4th Army, in conjunction with
+the 5th and 2nd Armies from Ypres. The enemy, before our artillery
+came in, greatly increased his artillery force, and daily destroyed
+any work done by night. These destructive shoots were afterwards found
+to be part of his barrage programme for the attack on the 10th July.
+
+
+
+
+OPERATIONS ON THE COAST.
+
+    _Enemy hurricane bombardment--enemy attempt frustrated--attack
+    abandoned--visit to H.L.I.--sports--visit of Dr. Kelman--patrol
+    work by Corpl. Wilson--listening post raided--departure for
+    Adinkerke._
+
+
+The Battalion continued to carry out its duties on the Belgian Coast
+until relieved from that Sector on October 5th, 1917. In the previous
+chapter some idea of the general conditions has been given. And the
+period which followed was of somewhat like nature with intermittent
+outstanding excursions and alarms and with memorable pleasant episodes
+to intermix with those more combative, and in this chapter the
+outstanding features will be recorded without following the movements
+of the Battalion to the various points in this sand-dune sector.
+
+The comparatively routine behaviour of the daily aerial and artillery
+"strafe" broke into a brisk and heavy bombardment on the Division to
+the left on the night of July 9th, but on the 10th about five o'clock
+in the morning this heavy fire switched on to the trenches from the
+border of the sea to Nieuport. The bombardment crashed on to all
+lines, firing, reserve, and rear. It got heavier and heavier and soon
+reached an unprecedented violence and extended to the flanking
+Divisions as well. The British guns replied, but could not force the
+hostile fire to slacken, and in the evening the enemy came on in
+attack. They carried the trenches of the units on the left and
+patrols were put out and the flank strengthened. This was the
+severest bombardment the Battalion had ever been in. It was a
+hurricane onslaught. The 17th knew that sort. They had been through
+it. Positions were taken and held, where no trench afforded cover, and
+where breastworks were blown away.
+
+The 17th were ordered to send three Companies in support of the Border
+Regiment who were being hard pressed east of the Yser. "A," "B" and
+"C" Companies were despatched on this mission. These Companies
+experienced very stiff fighting throughout the night of the 10-11th,
+until relieved early in the morning of the 11th by the Northumberland
+Fusiliers.
+
+On the following day the bombardment slackened a little, though during
+the night hurricane fire broke out, and over the period of this attack
+the Hun used a very large number of tear gas shells--which at that
+time was a new horror introduced to the sufferings of the British
+armies. Who will forget the Redans, Le Grand and Le Petit, the Bridges
+Putney and Pelican? The last named was renewed or rebuilt on the
+average three times every twenty-four hours. No words can describe
+what took place between the 10th and 13th of that awful month. The
+Germans, expecting an attack, made one. After these terrible three
+days, the Battalion, whose luck it was on this occasion to be spared
+the brunt of the action, after being relieved by the Borderers,
+struggled back through a mixed barrage of shells of all calibres,
+sprinkled with those of gas. There was a fog of gas and dust for miles
+behind the lines.
+
+The enemy attempt had broken down; the Battalion returned to Ghyvelde
+of pleasant recollection, and on the 13th the Division was
+congratulated on its successful efforts.
+
+On July 20th Major J. Inglis joined the Battalion and took over
+command at Bray Dunes Plage. On the 23rd the Brigade was inspected by
+the Divisional General, Major-General Shute. After his inspection he
+gave an address congratulating the Brigade on its part against the
+enemy attack on the 10th inst. at Nieuport, and on the same day the
+Corps Commander also inspected the Brigade, complimenting the men on
+their clean and smart appearance, and paying a high tribute to their
+fighting qualities.
+
+August opened with the prospect of making an attack on the enemy and
+exercises were practised accordingly. On 6th August a Battalion
+reconnaissance was made which included reporting on all tracks to the
+front line, arranging an assembling position in "no man's land," and
+learning the condition of the existing wire in front of both our own
+and the enemy's line. The weather for some little time had been very
+wet, the night selected for the reconnaissance was very bright and
+none too suitable, and the condition of the ground was extremely
+muddy, making movement slow and difficult. After examining the whole
+situation it was recognised that any possibility of successfully
+attacking upon this position was out of the question. Indeed, the bad
+weather throughout August delayed whatever action had been
+contemplated by either side.
+
+The 9th H.L.I. (The Glasgow Highlanders) were lying at Ghyvelde, and
+on 11th August, the 17th paid them a visit, while the Battalion
+football teams played a match. Another convivial day was spent on the
+24th when the Battalion sports were held. The day cleared up to one of
+bright sunshine, and a large number of spectators enjoyed the sport.
+The events were continued on the following day when even a larger
+number of guests and spectators attended, including many Colonial
+soldiers, and the various events were keenly contested, both by the
+men of the home Battalion and those from others in the area. A good
+turn out of British and Belgian nurses from La Panne Hospital
+brightened the gathering, and at the conclusion of the sports the
+prizes were presented by two of the lady guests. On the Saturday
+following Brigade Sports were held under ideal conditions, the
+Battalion representatives winning numerous prizes.
+
+At Church Parade on the 26th, the Presbyterian Service was conducted
+in camp by the Rev. Dr. Kelman, of Free St. George's, Edinburgh, who
+delivered a very impressive address which was listened to with the
+closest attention by the men. Dr. Kelman then left to preach to
+another Battalion and the 17th prepared to go back to the line.
+
+The Battalion kept up its old record of keen patrolling, and during
+their front line spell at the beginning of September some
+reconnaissance work was well carried out under conditions unusually
+difficult. On the night of 3rd September, 1917, 2nd Lieut. Forbes and
+Corpl. J. Wilson of "C" Company waded across a swamped portion which
+lay between the Battalion positions and a point known as Roode Poorte
+Farm. Coming to a point where the water was too deep for wading,
+Corpl. Wilson swam across and on reaching ground crawled in the
+direction of the enemy lines. Finding this line of approach of no use
+for operations, he swam back to the point where the patrol was
+covering his movements, and selecting another point, swam across the
+canal which lay to the east, opposite the farm buildings, and carried
+out his reconnaissance.
+
+On the 8th, while at Wulpen, a gas attack was successfully carried
+through on to the enemy's lines, and on the 13th, the third
+anniversary of the forming of the Battalion was spent in the trenches.
+A telegram congratulating the Battalion on its anniversary was
+received from the Brigadier, and a reply sent reciprocating the
+General's good wishes.
+
+The enemy perpetrated a novel surprise raid, which had some of the
+elements of picture-house humour in it, on one of the Battalion
+advanced Listening Posts, and by their new device gained temporary
+footing in it. A strong stream of water, apparently from a hose was
+directed suddenly upon the men in the Listening Post from the enemy
+position. While the men were baffled and blinded by the rush of water,
+the post was bombed and the two listeners retired on the main post for
+support. Immediately a counter-attack was organised and led by Company
+Sergeant-Major Miller of "A" Company, and the post was re-established.
+
+Orders were received on October 5th, 1917, for the relief of the 97th
+Infantry Brigade by the 125th Infantry Brigade. The Battalion
+accordingly withdrew to Coxyde that night, and on the following
+morning left for Adinkerke on the way to fresh fields and battles
+new.
+
+
+
+
+THE YPRES SALIENT.
+
+    _Passchendaele--gallantry of attack--casualties--Hilltop
+    Farm--move to Landethun and Yeuse--Serre Sector--close of 1917._
+
+
+At Adinkerke, on their way to the Ypres Salient, the men were embarked
+on barges on October 6th, 1917, and journeyed by canal to near
+Rosendael where they billeted and where Lieut. Colonel J. Inglis
+rejoined the Battalion from leave and resumed command. They then
+underwent intensive training at Uxem until the 24th, when they left en
+route for the Eringham area in accordance with the forward move of the
+Brigade Group. The next day saw them at Rubrouck and on the next again
+they arrived at Broxcele where training was again entered upon and
+continued until November 9th.
+
+About this period Lieut. Colonel Inglis and the Adjutant, Captain F.E.
+Dunsmuir, were away from the Battalion making a preliminary tour of
+inspection of the line on the Ypres front.
+
+On the 10th, the Battalion was once more in column of route on their
+way to Wormhoudt, and on the following day, to Watou to "Road Camp" in
+the St. Jan Ter Biezen area, where training was resumed, and this time
+once more within sound of the rumble of the guns. But that didn't
+upset the H.L.I., whose 16th and 17th Battalions met in the final of
+the Brigade Football Tournament, which was won in easy style, 5 goals
+to nil, by the Chamber of Commerce boys. Four days later they defeated
+the 32nd Divisional Supply Column in the semi-final of the Divisional
+Tournament, and then two days after that, meeting the 2nd Royal
+Inniskillen Fusiliers in the final, the 17th H.L.I. carried off the
+Championship, repeating their performance of the previous year against
+the same finalists.
+
+On the following day the Divisional Commander addressed the Brigade,
+which was drawn up on the football field, and reminded the men of the
+sterner duties that now lay before them, and expressed the hope that
+they would maintain the honourable traditions associated with the name
+of the 97th Infantry Brigade--which, indeed, they more than
+maintained.
+
+The Battalion left the camp on November 22nd for Poperinghe where they
+entrained to continue the journey up the line, and arriving at St.
+Jean Station, detrained and marched to "Irish Camp."
+
+On the afternoon of the 23rd a start was made for the Passchendaele
+front line system, the route taken by the Battalion being for the
+greater part over the duck board walks "Mouse Trap Track," which
+covered ground won in the recent big push at Passchendaele. The
+take-over was not completed without casualties, but these were
+comparatively few considering the dangerous nature of the going, which
+was in the open over shell-pitted ground. The Battalion relieved by
+the 17th was the 1st Northamptonshire Battalion. During the night the
+17th captured its first prisoner in this area--a corporal of the 315th
+Regiment. According to his statement he had been out on patrol when he
+lost one of his boots in the mud and in trying to find it he had
+strayed into our lines and been taken. During their initial tour of
+the Passchendaele system much heavy work was done in converting the
+shell-hole defence line into trenches, and patrolling. Several
+casualties were reported each day and the mud was thick and sticky. On
+the 26th the Battalion was relieved and proceeded to Dambre Camp in
+the Vlamertinghe area where everybody rested and completed the
+preparations for the forthcoming offensive at Passchendaele.
+
+It may be said at the outset that the element of surprise intended in
+the Passchendaele attack failed entirely, as the enemy were aware of
+the British intentions and fully prepared. In addition, the fact that
+the artillery barrage proper did not open until zero plus eight
+minutes, allowed the enemy entire freedom of action in his front posts
+with rifles and machine guns.
+
+The Battalion moved into the line on the evening of December 1st in
+conjunction with the other Battalions of the Brigade--2nd K.O.Y.L.I.;
+16th H.L.I.; 11th Border Regiment; and the 15th Lancashire Fusiliers
+(attached). The 16th Northumberland Fusiliers of the 96th Infantry
+Brigade were attached to the 97th Infantry Brigade as counter-attacking
+troops to be used in the event of a strong hostile counter-attack on
+the Brigade front. The frontage taken over by the Brigade was one of
+1,850 yards approximately along the Passchendaele Ridge. There were
+two objectives to be taken, of which sections were detailed as the job
+of the 17th--a slice which included two formidable "pill-boxes" known
+as the "Vat and Veal Cottages."
+
+The Battalion assembled on a frontage of 400 yards and at Zero Hour
+(1.55 a.m.) moved forward to the attack. Companies deployed from a two
+platoon frontage in snake formation--this method having been adopted
+owing to the shell torn nature of the ground--and advanced in four
+waves. "A" and "B" Companies were to capture the first objective,
+mopping up all occupied points in the way, including the two pill
+boxes, while "C" and "D" were to "leap-frog" through them, carry the
+next objective and consolidate.
+
+The initial stages of the attack were successfully carried through,
+but the enemy--as was afterwards learned--knowing of what was on foot,
+waited in readiness. Suddenly he opened heavy machine gun fire upon
+the advancing Companies, inflicting heavy casualties which, in the
+dark and over the difficult ground, had the effect of splitting up the
+sections and creating some confusion. The officers and men of the
+Battalion gallantly pressed on against these odds, however, and
+succeeded in reaching their objective; but the enemy machine gun and
+rifle fire became so intense that their advanced positions were
+rendered humanly untenable. Our men, though forced to retire in
+places, established themselves in shell-hole posts, where an attempt
+was made to consolidate.
+
+The artillery and machine gun barrage, though intense, had failed,
+owing to the enemy's fore-knowledge of the attack, to effect its
+purpose. His strong points were heavily garrisoned and wired and he
+was also found to be established in strong lines of trenches also
+effectively wired. The Battalion hung on all through that awful night
+in its isolated positions, for orders were received that the attack
+would be renewed in the morning, but these orders were afterwards
+cancelled.
+
+From dawn onwards artillery fire slackened somewhat, but the enemy
+machine gunners and snipers kept up harassing fire from their well
+established posts against the men in their exposed and isolated posts.
+
+It was obvious that a hostile counter-attack might be expected, and
+this took place about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of the 2nd, preceded
+by an intense artillery barrage. Owing to the terrible difficulties of
+their position, and the sweeping casualties inflicted, the line was
+forced back, but the actual enemy attack which followed his barrage
+was met by the rifle fire of the shattered 17th, and after the Bosches
+had approached within a certain distance of the posts, they broke and
+turned back in retreat.
+
+   [Illustration: TYPES OF SUPPORT LINE DUG-OUTS AND FIRST AID POST.
+   _To face page 68._]
+
+Though the withdrawal of the Divisional line had been almost general,
+some of the Battalion posts were still hanging on to the advanced
+positions on the 3rd. Many wounded were lying out, suffering the most
+appalling rigours of war and the Battalion stretcher-bearers displayed
+great devotion to duty in ignoring the heavy fire while bringing them
+in to comparative shelter. The work at first was extremely dangerous,
+but later on in the day a lull occurred when it was possible to carry
+on this labour of mercy under less trying conditions. And it must be
+recorded, as far as this battle is concerned, that from this point
+onward the German reversed his frequent policy and shewed respect for
+the Red Cross Flag, only one instance of sniping taking place when one
+of the Battalion stretcher-bearers was shot dead while bending over a
+wounded comrade. Enemy stretcher-bearers were also at work and in some
+instances they reciprocated attentions given to their wounded, by
+dressing and carrying our casualties. In this way all the wounded were
+got in before the Brigade was relieved that night. The Battalion
+frontage was taken over by the 5/6th Royal Scots. The relief was
+successfully completed and the remnants of the Battalion reached
+"Hilltop Farm" in the early morning, entraining later for Hospital
+Camp in the Vlamertinghe area. The casualties were particularly heavy
+among Officers and N.C.O.s, and gives trenchant evidence of their
+self-sacrificing gallantry in seeking by utter disregard for danger to
+turn a forlorn hope into victory, and by personal example and
+incentive to make still richer the honourable traditions of the 17th
+in the face of such overwhelming odds, and amidst such overaweing
+devastation. In this action seven officers were killed and five
+wounded. Of other ranks 41 were killed, 130 wounded and 13 missing.
+
+The Battalion was organised as far as possible in its depleted
+condition and work and training carried on until December 10th, when
+once more the unit moved up the line to Hilltop Farm, N.E. of Ypres.
+During their stay here, Mr. Fred A. Farrell, the well-known Scottish
+artist, visited the 17th on a commission from the Corporation of
+Glasgow to execute drawings of the Glasgow Battalions and the places
+in which they were operating.
+
+On December 13th they were back in the trenches. Hard winter weather
+had now set in, with fog, frost and water sogged ground. On the 20th
+the Battalion was relieved and, as far as weather is concerned, spent
+a typical Christmas Day when it came round, in Dambre Camp. Being in
+Corps Reserve, nothing in the nature of Christmas festivities could be
+permitted, but the gifts supplied by the Chamber of Commerce provided
+seasonable fare and brought a measure of good cheer.
+
+After a series of alarms and stand-to's, a Divisional Relief was
+carried through, and on December 30th the Battalion trained to
+Audruicq and set out on an arduous route march for the villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse, where the men were happily enabled to spend a
+night's rest in comfortable billets, "A," "B," "C," and Headquarters
+in the former village, and "D" in the latter.
+
+The last day of the year which had probably been the hardest and, as
+far as campaigning is concerned, the most eventful in the history of
+the Battalion, was passed amidst the peaceful surroundings of these
+villages untouched by war. The beginning of the year had seen the
+Battalion in the line in the Serre Sector, then had followed the
+memorable days of Beaumont Hamel, Honoroye, the battle of Savy and the
+taking of Fayet in the St. Quentin area, a well deserved period of
+rest at Canizy and thence by train and road into Belgium, being held
+in reserve for the Battle of Messines, three hard months spent in the
+line in the Nieuport Sector and the St. George's Sector, and then
+after a spell of rest--forward into Passchendaele.
+
+
+
+
+THE DISBANDMENT.
+
+    _Hogmanay--with the II. Corps--the blow--new army
+    establishment--Hospital Camp--disbandment--the passing of the
+    "17th."_
+
+
+For some time rumours had been flitting about that certain Battalions
+were going to be disbanded in accordance with a programme of
+reorganised military establishments. Every New Army unit in the B.E.F.
+had about this time qualms of fear that if rumours proved true the
+selection might fall on them. Esprit de corps was never stronger and
+the very thought of possible separations from brothers-in-arms, fell
+as a vague shadowy fear over the 17th because it looked very likely
+that the 17th, being the junior H.L.I. Battalion of the Division,
+would be the Divisional victim in any re-arrangement that might be
+carried out. But nothing definite was known, and the advent of New
+Year, 1918, brought with it a feeling of hope for the future.
+
+The Battalion was still billeted in the peaceful villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse. On the opening day of the year the ground was
+snow covered, rendering parades well nigh impossible, and so the men
+were at liberty. Preparations were eagerly pushed forward for a New
+Year Feast, and on the 3rd, in spite of provisioning difficulties,
+very complete arrangements had been successfully made considering the
+length of time available for providing the men with a seasonable
+repast on that evening. The Companies sat down to a feast of roast
+pork--which only a few hours before had been a live pig. There was
+soup, haggis, plum pudding, apple dumpling, cake, cigarettes, and
+copious supplies of beer. The Commanding Officer, accompanied by Major
+G.R.S. Paterson, and the Adjutant, visited each Company in turn to
+wish them the Compliments of the Season, and the night finished with
+song and story.
+
+Work and training was resumed again in earnest the next day as far as
+the weather conditions would permit. On the 9th of January the
+Battalion moved off, embussing for the forward area to operate on the
+II. Corps Line. After a cold journey in a heavy snowstorm, they
+arrived at Murat Camp late at night and came under the command of the
+35th Division. They found the camp in very bad order and set about
+putting it right, meanwhile working parties were carrying on under the
+C.R.E. of the Division. Splendid work was carried out by the Battalion
+during this period, despite snowstorms and blizzards, and high praise
+was given to the unit by the Corps Commander. All the Royal Engineer
+Officers connected with the work declared they had never had better
+nor keener infantry parties.
+
+On the 16th Major Morton assumed command of the Battalion during the
+absence of Lieut.-Colonel Inglis on leave; and on the 18th Major
+Morton was ordered to hospital and Major Paterson took over.
+
+_The Battalion Intelligence News Sheet_, inaugurated to keep all ranks
+fully informed of the principal events of the day as regards the war,
+was circulated, but it could not hope to oust _The Outpost_ as the
+real news vehicle of the 17th.
+
+On the 25th of January the Battalion left Murat Camp for a camp near
+Woeston and came under the command of the 1st Division, and on the
+27th the Battalion relieved the 10th Gloucesters in reserve in the Het
+Sas Sector, and carried on improving the line until the 31st of
+January--when the blow fell and hopes were dashed to the ground. While
+in Brigade Support at Houthust Forest Sector, Major Paterson was sent
+for by Brigadier-General C.A. Blacklock, who informed him that the
+re-organisation of the Army necessitated the disbanding of an H.L.I.
+Battalion in the 32nd Division. The Battalion selected was the junior
+one, the 17th. General Blacklock expressed in very generous terms his
+admiration for the Battalion, and for all that it had done, and
+expressed his sorrow and regret that so fine a unit had to be broken
+up, and the officers, non-com. officers and men serving in it would be
+drafted to other H.L.I. Battalions, which would necessitate, in many
+cases, the breaking up of what had been very long friendships.
+
+Early in January, 1918, it had been decided by the War Office to adopt
+the three Battalion per Brigade system throughout the British Army,
+and this resulted in the disbandment of many Battalions which had seen
+much service abroad, and had won a name for themselves in France.
+Perhaps the chief Battalion in the whole army to be disbanded was the
+17th Service Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, and the
+disbandment of this Battalion came as a bitter blow, not only to those
+who were serving in the Battalion at that time, but also to those who
+had served in it at some time or other in the past and possibly to
+those who were looking forward to serving with it in the future.
+
+Needless to say all ranks of the Battalion were deeply disappointed at
+the Commander-in-Chief's decision, which was received as a calamity.
+The highest traditions of the Battalion had been maintained
+throughout, and the esprit de corps and good comradeship of all ranks
+made the news almost unbearable.
+
+As soon as the official notification arrived the Battalion was
+relieved by the First Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, and was
+withdrawn to Hospital Camp near Woesten where the disbanding was to be
+carried out. From then onwards an enormous amount of work fell on
+everybody, especially on the Adjutant, Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., who was
+responsible for compiling the rolls of the different drafts, which
+were to proceed to the various H.L.I. Battalions in France, comprising
+the 10/11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 18th Battalions.
+
+On the 11th of February the first draft, consisting of about seven
+officers and 200 other ranks marched out of camp to the tune of the
+pipes en route for the railway station at Boesinghe, where it
+entrained and proceeded to join the 10/11th Battalion H.L.I. Although
+there was much cheering as the train steamed away, yet there were many
+men with sad hearts at leaving the Battalion they had served in from
+the beginning, which had become their home in the Army.
+
+For the next few days that followed, similar drafts were sent off
+until the strength of the Battalion was reduced to the establishment
+for Headquarters with Transport. For about a week this small unit
+carried on, until the Transport section, under the Transport Officer,
+Lieut. Smith, was detached, and was attached to the Division where it
+remained for some time until it was sent to the base for drafting. All
+that remained now was the Headquarters establishment, commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., who had returned from leave, and this
+establishment was sent to take over another camp which was to be run
+as a Divisional Reception Camp for men returning to their units from
+leave. About a week later orders were received that some of the H.Q.
+personnel were to be drafted away, and on the next day a draft of
+about thirty men under R.S.M. Burns proceeded to join the 13th
+Entrenching Battalion. A few days later all that was left of the
+Battalion under Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., was drafted to the same
+Battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., and Major Morton, who
+was again with the Battalion, were ordered to report to Divisional
+Headquarters.
+
+All that remained now of the 17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
+was the name, but that name will always remain in the minds of those
+who served in the Battalion, and the mere mention of it brings back
+happy memories of days spent both at home and abroad to those who knew
+it.
+
+As William Glennie of "A" Company, writes:--"That the good old
+Battalion would end, we all expected, as the happy sequence of
+completed duty, and somehow we all imagined we would be there. In our
+ideal picture of the scene, George Square was clearly outlined;
+somehow we fancied old Hughie would order 'Officers, fall out please,'
+and while the ranks took the rhythmical right turn, the 'Faither'
+would step forward from the right of 'C' Company, give his
+characteristic red army salute, shake his cane and rap out 'Quick time
+off the parade ground' in his best Troon parade style. But we forgot
+the war, as too often in our ideal outlook we did.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"'Fall out ... the 17th Highland Light Infantry....' That was at No. 6
+Camp, Calais, in the chill dusk of 6th February, 1918. Back from
+Blighty leave, as the news spread, we took it philosophically--the old
+Battalion had been disbanded, and scattered to various sister
+battalions. Here we were, practically all the originals to the number
+of about 50, the sole remnants of 26 months of war, welcomed back to
+France for the second time, but not to the Seventeenth; orphans to be
+adopted by strange parents.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"'Quick march.' The party swung slowly down the rough track between
+the huts. It was one of those innumerable hutted campments behind
+Poperinghe. At the junction of the road stood Colonel Inglis, Majors
+Morton and Paterson, Captain Dunsmuir and R.S.M. Kelly. It all seemed
+so usual, save that there was more handshaking and waving of bonnets.
+'Cheerio, old chap--best of luck.' Gone, those pals of three years in
+camp, trench, billet and shell hole; but we never knew how great a
+part of our life they had become. Then in the look in each other's
+eyes, in the huskiness of the voice, rather than in the ill-concealed
+tear, came the full realisation of the undying spirit of our old
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion, and the certainty that the death of the
+Battalion had bequeathed to us the LIVING SOUL OF THE SEVENTEENTH."
+
+
+
+
+III.--AN ODD MUSTER.
+
+
+THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION.
+
+
+A corporate body is always a great mystery. Before very long it always
+develops a spirit which is something more than the sum of the
+individual spirits which compose it. And no man can quite say how it
+comes into existence. It may be a greater spirit than that of any
+individual. Sometimes it is not so great as that of its members.
+
+And Battalions are no exception to this rule. Each brings forth a
+spirit, and by that spirit the members are henceforth profoundly
+influenced. It is not the spirit of the Colonel, or of any particular
+member. It is the spirit of the Battalion, something compounded by the
+subtle alchemies of the spiritual world out of the individual souls of
+officers and privates alike.
+
+Of the spirit of the 17th H.L.I. it may at once be said that the
+outstanding characteristic was high-hearted youth. Most of the members
+of the Battalion were young, but the Battalion itself had the
+qualities of youth more truly than any of them. It was essentially
+gay. It did its work to the accompaniment of a fine hilarity. It could
+laugh even on the eve of battle. It could even be uproarious and
+exuberant as only the really young can.
+
+And yet it was very efficient youth. To a man these soldiers took
+their work seriously, and because they brought to it a fine quality of
+intelligence, the Battalion rose to efficiency with astonishing
+rapidity. Many men read eagerly in text books about training and
+tactics and so forth, and the Battalion from end to end was intolerant
+of slovenliness. If it resembled a young man, it was a young man who
+meant business.
+
+   [Illustration: Major The Rev. A. HERBERT GRAY.]
+
+   [Illustration: CHURCH PARADE--PREES HEATH CAMP.
+   _To face page 76._]
+
+   [Illustration: VARIOUS PHASES OF BATTALION TRAINING
+   _To face page 77._]
+
+It was also very gifted youth. Its athletic record speaks for itself,
+as does also its military record. But other gifts were lavished upon
+it. It knew and loved good literature. It had numbers of trained
+singers and musicians. It had dramatic possibilities in it. It knew
+much of science and mechanics. That young thing which we call the 17th
+H.L.I. in fact loved life, and every side of life. It throbbed with
+energy of body, mind, and spirit. It tingled with many sided vitality.
+
+But above all, it was loveable youth. Few bodies of soldiers have ever
+so fully won the affections of towns and country districts. It has
+left a mark of its own on Troon, Prees Heath, Wensley, Sheffield, and
+Codford. People hurried out to see the column go by, and after it was
+gone the hearts of men and women were happier because of it. It came
+to have a place in the lives of thousands, and they all thought of it
+with affection. As we look back on it now it lives with us as a silver
+memory,--something belonging to the world of sunshine and laughter, of
+beauty and of courage. The West of Scotland gave of its best to make
+up that whole, and while it lived it made a place for itself in the
+hearts of the West, which is secure for all time.
+
+Its career was short, but its immortality is safe.
+
+It is good to have known it. And though tragedy unspeakable dogged its
+footsteps, and broke its life in this world, it lives and will always
+live gloriously in the hearts and memories of uncounted men and women
+who believe more in humanity, and perhaps even believe more in God
+because of the "Seventeenth."
+
+
+
+
+"CO-OPERATION."
+
+
+One of the most outstanding and important things taught in military
+text books is the value of striving to obtain "co-operation of all
+arms." That is to say, the more sympathy, good comradeship and
+understanding that exists between Infantry and Artillery and Cavalry
+and Tanks and Air Force people and so on, the more efficient each of
+these various arms becomes to carry out its respective duties.
+Knowledge of the general tactical principles under which each arm
+operates, and personal acquaintanceship with the various officers and
+men of such other units, all tend to cement combined operations into
+one smooth working whole for the pleasant efficiency of the
+combinations concerned and for the better (or worse!) confusion of the
+enemy.
+
+Such co-operation was an ideal often aimed at, but only too seldom
+actually accomplished. It required the best of officers and men to
+attain that perfect co-operation through understanding, which does not
+either fall short of or over reach the mark.
+
+The following notes written by Major C.E. Lawder, late commanding "A"
+Battery of the 168th Brigade, 32nd Division, Royal Field Artillery,
+reveals how smoothly things ran in that all important section of
+co-operation--that between Infantry and Artillery. In the eyes of
+those accustomed to military affairs the following statements will
+likely be recognised as perhaps the finest tribute that could be paid
+to the 17th H.L.I., for it is not so much an item of direct praise, as
+a sure indication of the high quality of efficiency attained by all
+ranks of the Battalion, not to mention the pleasant reflection given
+of "good humoured gentlemen." The 17th was ever proud to serve with
+the gunners of the 168th Brigade, whose fine shooting inspired
+confidence and courage:--
+
+"We first met the famous 17th H.L.I. about New Year, 1916, in the La
+Boiselle Sector and much concern as to the pronunciation of the
+Scottish names given to the trenches was felt by my Yorkshire
+gunners--Sauchiehall Street in particular defeated them. They wished
+the Jocks would use Christian Huddersfield names! All my officers were
+much impressed by the great kindness and hospitality shown them by the
+17th H.L.I. Messes when liaison Officer with the Infantry or when
+going round the front line, which we did constantly, myself as Battery
+Commander every third day, and the subalterns daily--all to try and
+get suggestions to better strafe the Boche and to show the Jocks that
+the gunners wanted to share the pleasures of the front line with our
+splendid Infantry.
+
+"The 17th were commonly known as the Raiders, and most excellent they
+were at the job--the Hun had a holy horror of the men from Glasgow. I
+well remember a chat after a good raid with the big drummer and a
+little corporal of the H.L.I. Both had greatly distinguished
+themselves and they asked me not to question them as to details of the
+raid, as some very dirty work took place across the way! I expect it
+did from the look in their eye and the happy way they handled their
+clubs.
+
+"A great entente cordiale existed between my Battery and the Regiment
+and this was referred to by Major-General Budworth, C.R.A., 4th Army,
+at the Conference at Flixecourt before July 1st, 1916. All the gunners
+at the gun position, then in the Orchard of Martinsart, sent in a
+signed petition to be allowed to have the honour of going over the top
+with the 17th in their next raid. The 17th returned the compliment by
+Major W. Paul and about 20 raiders coming up to the guns from Rest
+billets and carrying ammunition for us all night while we were
+covering another regiment's raid. I got Major Paul on the firing seat
+of one of the guns and some of the men at other guns. They did a lot
+of firing but did not enjoy it. They all preferred the Infantry!
+
+"The 17th were badly cut up on 1st July, 1916, and my men were much
+concerned about them. We were all greatly relieved to hear that both
+Col. Morton and Major Paul were not among the casualties. Some of the
+Officers will doubtless remember a cheery Entente Dinner at
+Bouzincourt--Cocktails by our Adjutant, Lobsters and Rouen Ducks are
+still fresh in my memory. The Division moved up north to the Hulluch
+Sector after the Somme July Battle. We were put to another Division
+for a short time, and then our own Infantry turned up. It was cheery
+meeting our old friends again, but many familiar names and faces were,
+sad to say, missing.
+
+"We had a very safe and nice gun position on a peninsula in a marsh at
+Annieguin. This we made into a very smart and show position--lots of
+"spit and polish." We had many visitors from the 17th and a lot of
+their men used to come and bathe with ours. We fixed up a regular
+bathing pool with springboard complete. All this was under cover of
+trees and shrubs and quite out of sight of the Hun. I remember two of
+the H.L.I. being pulled from or being stabbed in, a sap in No Man's
+Land near the famous Brickstacks. We all wanted to have a Raid at once
+in revenge. I forget whether it came off. Shooting here was difficult,
+as the trenches were so close together, and very difficult to observe
+fire. Very different was the supply of ammunition in mid and late 1916
+to early in the year. It was a horrible feeling for a Battery when
+asked to shoot and help the poor old Infantry, to have to refuse for
+lack of shells. At the Brickstacks we used to often fire--almost
+daily--from 150 to 350 rounds Agressive Action on Hun Tender Spots. It
+was then that we could retaliate about 50 to 1 if they were
+sufficiently "agressed" to fire back. That kept the line--our side
+(!)--quiet.
+
+"We all moved down in October, 1916, to the Ancre show, and a horrible
+wet march it was. We separated for a bit, the Battery going to the
+Scottish 51st Division. We were then rejoined by our own Infantry at
+Beaumont Hamel. I got smashed up and was evacuated home, and just
+after, my best Officer, Lieut. H.W. Ainley was burned to death at the
+Wagon Line. He was a splendid fellow and very well known to the 17th.
+
+"Officers and men of both Units were always together and better
+feeling between them could not exist. It was a great honour to know
+the 17th and we gloried in being the Battery to cover them at the P.
+of E. in a raid." [The P. of E. is the Point of Entry, necessitating
+very accurate gunlaying, timing, and strict adherence to the barrage
+programme.]
+
+   [Illustration: "THE OUTPOST" STAFF ON ACTIVE SERVICE.]
+
+   [Illustration: THE ORIGINAL EDITORIAL STAFF.
+   Sgt. FERGUSON, the late Sgt. REITH and Pte. HUTCHESON.
+   _To face page 81._]
+
+
+
+
+"THE OUTPOST."
+
+
+One of the most outstanding activities of the Battalion was the
+production of a periodical which combined a considerable high level of
+artistic and literary excellence with a racy narrative of Battalion
+news and _personalia_. This regimental magazine of the 17th H.L.I. was
+conceived in 1914, though actually founded early in 1915, and from
+that time, throughout all the rigours of work at home--and the
+extraordinary difficulties of operations in the Field, _The Outpost_
+was produced, and well produced. Perhaps more than anything, the
+standard and record of this production, and its acceptance and
+success, both within the unit and with an ever growing general public,
+reflects the intellectual level of those who composed the Battalion.
+In an appreciation which appeared in _The Glasgow News_ in June, 1919,
+on the occasion of the completion of the seventh volume, it is
+remarked--"Nursed in its early youth by an editorial staff that was
+not without experience, it proved a lusty infant, and as the years
+went on it gained in strength.
+
+"In a sort of valedictory--for the magazine will still be published
+annually by the Seventeen Club--the editor sings its praises. He has
+every right to pitch them on a high key. He points out that the paper
+has always been welcomed and appreciated in many homes (yes, even in
+Buckingham Palace), and in training camps, hospitals, rest camps,
+lonely dug-outs, and soaking trenches, as well as in the scorching
+East and amid Arctic snows. Wherever old members have gone at duty's
+call, their magazine has followed, and has interested and cheered with
+its articles and illustrations of the lighter side of Army life.
+
+"Lately a noted writer on military topics, an English officer of high
+rank, in giving a most appreciative criticism of _The Outpost_,
+said--'It is only your dour, determined Scotsmen who could manage to
+'carry-on' such a paper under the tremendous handicaps of active
+service, and the result has been unquestionably the finest literary
+and artistic venture in battalion magazines that the war has
+produced.'"
+
+In a note concerning those who originated and inspired this war
+publication--unique in its continued success--Mr. J. M'Kechnie, whose
+name is intimately associated with its success, says--"The credit of
+the original idea of publishing a Battalion Magazine belongs to Lieut.
+J. Kelly--our first R.S.M. Early in January, 1915, he called a meeting
+at which the journalistic machinery was set in motion. The appointment
+of the late Mr. Steven D. Reith as Editor assured the success of the
+venture, for under his able and enthusiastic direction, _The Outpost_
+from the first number reached a standard hitherto unapproached in
+British military publications. From month to month it supplied a
+bright literary and artistic reflection of the chief events in the
+life of the Battalion, and the editorial aimed at giving a lead to the
+more serious thought of its readers.
+
+"Throughout its active service career _The Outpost_ was edited by the
+following:--The late Mr. Steven D. Reith, Mr. J.L. Hardie, Mr. J.
+M'Kechnie, and Mr. W. Glennie. Mr. W. J.F. Hutcheson performed the
+duties of Home Editor until November, 1917, when he handed on the
+torch to Mr. Frank K. Pickles, who acted as Editor during the last
+year."
+
+Copies and Volumes of _The Outpost_ will remain among the most
+cherished keepsakes of all members of the Battalion, and a complete
+set of all numbers of the production is being carefully and jealously
+preserved in the archives of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. There
+its pages will rank with the greatest achievements of industrial and
+commercial affairs as evidence of the judgment, humour, poetry, and
+doggedness of a Battalion so intimately bound up in the traditions of
+a great house, and indeed, also reflective of the traditions of
+Scottish industrialism, whose eminence is the manifestation of those
+very elements of balanced judgment and perseverance, coupled with that
+saving humour and imagination which has marked alike its progress in
+the markets of the world no less than in the fields of war.
+
+   [Illustration: The Late STEVEN D. REITH, D.C.M.]
+
+   [Illustration: Lce.-Corpl. F.K. PICKLES.
+   _To face page 82._]
+
+   [Illustration: MARGUS--THE MASCOT.]
+
+   [Illustration: ONE OF THE BATTALION RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAMS.
+   _To face page 83._]
+
+
+
+
+SPORT OF THE BATTALION.
+
+
+The achievements of the Seventeenth in the field of fire cannot be
+dissociated from their experiences in the field of sport. The exploits
+of the Battalion in Football, Cross-country Running, and
+Boxing--revealing as they did the elements of challenge, perseverance,
+cheerfulness in defeat, and also the power to win honours to their
+name--have their grand reflex in the more grim and arduous experiences
+through which the Battalion was called to pass.
+
+In October, 1915, the Battalion won Divisional honours in
+Cross-country Running. The winning of the Cup and medals in an event
+in which a thousand runners took part was no small feat.
+
+In the world of "Rugger" the Battalion's career was one triumphal
+march, but the end accomplished cannot be summed up in figures,
+adverse or the reverse. As for "Soccer" the successive achievements of
+the Battalion are recorded in every number of _The Outpost_. Minor
+struggles and conquests are recalled and rejoiced in, but the glory of
+carrying off another Divisional Cup will never be forgotten by those
+who witnessed the fray. Progress to the final of the event was not
+easy, and the final was a particularly hard fought game, and though
+the Battalion won, it was felt that equal honours were due to the
+vanquished for their good play and sportsmanship.
+
+In the Boxing World, the name of Corporal George Barrie, will be ever
+green in the memory of all Seventeenth men; and the honour brought to
+the Battalion by his pupil, Pte. Cushley, in winning two Divisional
+Cups for Boxing, can be looked upon as a fitting tribute to Barrie,
+the man who played the game even unto death.
+
+Altogether the Seventeenth has much to be proud of in its athletic
+record, and in future days when those of the Battalion sit round and
+tell of the things which are theirs, which they won also at great
+cost, their prowess in the field will not be among the least; for it
+played no insignificant part in the making of the Battalion which,
+although disbanded, has remained, both in name and in comradeship,
+still the Seventeenth.
+
+
+
+
+THE R.S.M.
+
+
+Any history of the "Seventeenth" would be incomplete without a passing
+reference to James Kelly.
+
+Chosen at the inception of the Battalion out of a large number of
+applicants, and appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, his selection was
+amply justified by results. He had seen much service in The Royal
+Scots, and active service in South Africa, where he was
+Colour-Sergeant of his Company and where he gained the D.C.M.
+
+A man of commanding appearance, always very smartly turned out, he set
+a fine example to all ranks and speedily infused the real military
+spirit into the rank and file. During training at home and on service
+in France he did splendid work, and to him is due in no small measure
+the high standard of efficiency and discipline maintained in the
+Battalion. In manner somewhat brusque, but of a tender heart withal,
+he was the friend and confidant of nearly all the Officers, N.C.O.s
+and men, and when off parade the best of good fellows.
+
+                                        DAVID S. MORTON,
+                                             _Lieut.-Colonel._
+
+
+
+
+A REMEMBRANCE.
+
+Do you hear it, all of you, and remember. Listen!
+
+"Markers outwards turn. Quick march."
+
+"Up, number four. Look sharp. That'll do."
+
+"Markers, steadi-i-i-i-i----."
+
+"Right turn."
+
+"Fall in." And then the final great roar of--
+
+"Stop all that yammering." And how quickly it stopped, too.
+
+Do you remember it, and who said it? Of course you do, just as clearly
+as I myself do. You remember those early mornings, too. The sleepy
+chatter stilled in an instant to silence. And all those other days,
+too, when custom had made it imperative on all parades, it was part of
+us and our ceremonial.
+
+   [Illustration: Lieut. and Q.-M. (formerly Regimental Sergeant
+   Major) JAMES KELLY.
+   _To face page 84._]
+
+   [Illustration: Mrs. DAVID S. MORTON,
+   Convener of the Comforts Committee.
+   _To face page 85._]
+
+The repeating of it to ourselves conjures up the history of those
+never-to-be-forgotten days and carries back our spirits to commune
+with all those gone before us.
+
+I say it to myself often now just to bring before me those wonderful
+memories. I have heard it on the sea front at Troon; on the Hills of
+Dundonald; at Prees Heath, in the lovely woodlands and parks of
+England; on the moors of Yorkshire; at Sheffield. It has sounded over
+the vast spaces of Salisbury Plain, and in France and Flanders, where
+all it stands for was so wonderfully justified and upheld, calling up
+that wonderful spirit and special discipline. That was the dear old
+Seventeenth.
+
+
+
+
+THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE.
+
+
+On the Battalion embarking for active service, the Battalion Committee
+suggested that a Ladies' Committee be formed to carry out the supply
+of Comforts which would tend to alleviate the hardships of the battle
+line. The members of the Chamber provided funds in a most generous
+manner, and the following ladies consented to form a Ladies'
+Committee:--Mrs. D.S. Morton (Convener), Lady M'Innes Shaw, Mrs. J.M.
+Mitchell, Mrs. R.A. Murray, Mrs. W.J. Paul, Mrs. W.F. Russell, Mrs.
+John Reid, Mrs. Albert A. Smith, and Miss G.D. Young.
+
+Miss G.D. Young acted as Secretary and at a later stage she was
+succeeded by Miss M.E. M'Clymont of the staff of the Chamber. The
+relatives of the men of the Battalion were notified of the formation
+of the Comforts Committee, and were invited to assist in knitting
+articles, the wool for which in most cases, was supplied by the
+Committee. With this help, and by the industry of the Ladies'
+Committee, a very large quantity of shirts, socks, helmets, scarfs,
+gloves, etc., was sent abroad.
+
+The conditions under which the men were fighting was always wisely
+considered, and for trench dug-outs and cellar billets, a regular
+supply of candles was forwarded by the Committee. Christmas presents
+were also sent overseas for each man. Provision was made for the time
+when the Battalion was out of line for rest, and a supply of weekly
+and monthly periodicals was regularly despatched. Needless to say, all
+these were very acceptable.
+
+While thanks are due to all the members of the Ladies' Committee, it
+must be placed on record that Mrs. Morton, as Convener, rendered
+invaluable services and it is universally recognised that to her
+indefatigable labours the men in France owed much.
+
+
+
+
+MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW.
+
+
+A Memorial Service in honour of the officers, non-commissioned
+officers and men of the 17th Highland Light Infantry, who fell in the
+battle of the Somme and elsewhere was held at Glasgow Cathedral, on
+July 8th, 1917. Fully 1,200 people were present, and many soldiers of
+all ranks were among the congregation, including a number of wounded
+men belonging to the Battalion. The "Dead March in Saul" was played at
+the commencement, and the service was most impressive throughout. The
+preacher was the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, one time Chaplain of the
+Battalion, and the service included the anthem, "What are these?" sung
+by the choir.
+
+Preaching from the text--"We also are compassed about with so great a
+cloud of witnesses," Mr. Gray said: "It must not be to mere mourning
+that we give ourselves this afternoon. We are met to recall a very
+great page in the history of our city and district. In the year 1916,
+the hundreds of young men of whom we are thinking dared to die in a
+great cause. Young, strong, and free, full of high hopes and great
+purpose, in love with life, and in a hundred ways fitted for mastery
+in it, they yet consented to deal with death. A hundred other
+ambitions had flushed their hearts, but because humanity called they
+laid them all aside and went to the great war. No such life was their
+choice, but because it was their destiny they accepted it with a
+smile. No compulsion save that of honour constrained them. They were
+recruited simply by conscience and the claims of humanity. They made
+one of the finest Battalions that ever left these shores, for some of
+the very best of the rising generation were in their ranks. And though
+they were not soldiers by profession they proved themselves worthy of
+a regiment that has traditions of honour as old as the British Army.
+
+"Wherefore, here in God's House, we may well first of all rejoice
+concerning them, and give thanks to God who has put so great a spirit
+into man. Though tears be in our hearts we must not fail to be proud
+and thankful--proud because they were our brothers, and thankful
+because they finished their course in faith."
+
+After mentioning the subject of a suitable memorial, and suggesting
+that there could be nothing more worthy than the monument of a Britain
+turned to God, the preacher concluded with the following impressive
+words:--
+
+"From a hundred lonely graves in that foreign land--from the spots
+where they fell, and which now are sacred spots for us--our dead are
+asking us when we mean to erect that monument. From trench and shell
+hole where death found them, their voices call--young, musical voices,
+the voices of boys still in their teens, the voices of martyrs on
+life's threshold. Scarce a wind can blow that will not waft to you
+these voices. And they ask a better Britain as their monument. They
+ask it of you and me. Shall we not go from this place resolved to
+build it?"
+
+
+
+
+THE CLUB.
+
+
+Much has been written, and many discussions have arisen concerning the
+good-fellowship and camaraderie which exists among the survivors of
+the 17th H.L.I., and able pens will express the high ideals aimed at,
+and the strong determination in the minds of those remnants to
+establish "The Club" on a basis good and sound. Since the inauguration
+of the Battalion in September, 1914, there has been a predominating
+feeling that such an institution should be made.
+
+Since the first batch of men arrived in Glasgow from France
+arrangements were made which facilitated meeting daily in Craig's
+Smoke Room in Gordon Street--the arrangement still holds good. Any
+forenoon the boys may be found over their coffee and incidentally
+discussing the chance of one day, in the near future, having a "nook"
+of their own. The object of having such a place is to afford such
+privacy as premises of their own would give, in order to have
+uninterrupted meetings, business or pleasure, as the occasion
+demanded.
+
+One great object of the Club is to establish the Benevolent Fund of
+the Battalion on a sound financial basis, so as to be in a position to
+deal with necessitous cases connected with the 17th Battalion, and it
+is thought that this is the only way. It is intended that the Club
+should be self-supporting, and assistance is hoped for, morally and
+financially, of all those who are interested in the affairs
+appertaining to the old Battalion.
+
+A Committee to carry on the good work has been formed, and includes
+Colonel Morton, Major Young, with Messrs. Ritchie, Tilley, Corbett and
+M'Andrew from the various Companies, along with Mr. J.W. Arthur on the
+Benevolent Fund Committee, as representing the Chamber of Commerce.
+This Committee will report progress to a General Meeting, at which it
+is hoped to decide what steps may be taken to acquire a Working
+Capital. It is possible that a Voluntary Subscription List may be
+opened, and it is hoped that the opportunity may be given to help the
+worthy project of thus forming a Memorial to those who have fallen in
+the great cause.
+
+No better monument of love and good-fellowship could be thought of
+than to give a helping hand in the hour of need, and, to provide
+towards a comfortable home for those who are left to enjoy it.
+
+
+
+
+"E" COMPANY.
+
+
+At the beginning of January, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. had recruited its
+full war strength, and the authorities decreed that a Reserve Company
+should be formed. This became "E" Company, and was trained as a unit
+of the Battalion at Troon, until the 17th left for England. On May
+13th, 1915, it was transferred to Gailes, and became a unit of the
+19th Reserve Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Auld being in command. Under
+his training, the Company, as well as the Battalion, reached a high
+standard of efficiency. After being inspected by Brigadier-General
+Cockburn on the 28th September, 1916, a draft of 101 N.C.O.s and men
+was sent to join the 17th H.L.I. at Codford. What was left of "E" Coy.
+entrained on 26th October, 1915, at Gailes for Ripon. The men were
+billeted in excellent huts in the South Camp of that quaint old
+cathedral town, where route marches took place and many excursions
+were made to many of the interesting towns and places of interest.
+
+When the 17th embarked for France, some details left behind arrived
+from Codford on 15th December, 1915, and brought back many old friends
+and highly efficient instructors. Later on Viscount French paid a
+visit of inspection to the Ripon area, and the 19th H.L.I. formed part
+of the Guard of Honour on that occasion.
+
+After Ripon came Montrose, and although connected with the Battalion's
+history only in a small way, the period from 25th April, 1916, to 12th
+June, 1917, is nevertheless well worthy of mention. Montrose with its
+lovely beaches and pleasant surroundings, forms one of the happiest
+memories of those who found themselves part of the 19th H.L.I. during
+its sojourn there.
+
+1916-17 was a trying time in the life of the Reserve Battalion.
+Training was concentrated to an unheard-of degree--a recruit being
+allowed nine short weeks before he found himself on Embarkation Leave.
+Drafts were required by the dozen, both for the Western Front (for
+which the Somme and Beaumont Hamel Offensives were chiefly
+responsible) and for the Eastern Front. Then there was the trying
+coastguard work with its trench-digging excursions to Lunan Bay--work
+which probably helped to avert a danger not so remote as we then
+imagined.
+
+"E" Company had a fair share of all these worries, and its able
+Commander, Captain F.D. Morton, was kept busy choosing drafts,
+arranging programmes, and working out tactical schemes.
+
+Major W.H. Anderson, who afterwards became Lieut.-Colonel, and was
+awarded the V.C. after his lamented death, did much for the good of
+the Battalion; and the Soldiers' Home, run by Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs.
+Auld, proved of great advantage to the men. This period marked the
+extinction of "E" Company, as representing the 17th. Draft after draft
+had robbed it of its original appearance, and when on 1st September,
+1916, the 19th became the 78th Training Reserve Battalion, it lost all
+semblance of its former self, and may be said to have had an
+inglorious end to a short but useful life.
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL W. AULD, V.D.
+   _To face page 90._]
+
+   [Illustration: The late Lt.-Col. WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON, V.C.]
+
+   [Illustration: The late Sergt. J.Y. TURNBULL, V.C.
+   _To face page 91._]
+
+
+
+
+IV.--HONOURS AND AWARDS.
+
+
+Battalion Honour.
+
+
+Extract from _The London Gazette_, dated 26/5/16.
+
+The following is extracted from Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch, dated
+19/5/16:--
+
+    "8.--While many other units have done excellent work during the
+    period under review, the following have been brought to my
+    notice for good work in carrying out or repelling local attacks
+    and raids--
+
+    "17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry."
+
+
+
+Victoria Cross.
+
+†Lieut.-Colonel W.H. Anderson, formerly Captain "C" Company. Gained
+    while serving with 12th Battalion H.L.I.
+
+†15888 Sergeant J.Y. TURNBULL. _Gazette_ dated 25/12/16.
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+The following is the extract from _The London Gazette_ of 3rd May,
+1918, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:--
+
+    "T. Maj. (A. Lt.-Col.) WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON,
+         late H.L.I.
+
+    "For most conspicuous bravery, determination, and gallant
+    leading of his command. The enemy attacked on the right of the
+    Battalion frontage, and succeeded in penetrating the wood held
+    by our men. Owing to successive lines of the enemy following on
+    closely there was the gravest danger that the flank of the whole
+    position would be turned. Grasping the seriousness of the
+    situation, Colonel Anderson made his way across the open in full
+    view of the enemy now holding the wood on the right, and after
+    much effort succeeded in gathering the remainder of the two
+    right companies. He personally led the counter attack, and drove
+    the enemy from the wood, capturing 12 machine guns and 70
+    prisoners, and restoring the original line. His conduct in
+    leading the charge was quite fearless, and his most splendid
+    example was the means of rallying and inspiring the men during a
+    most critical hour.
+
+    "Later on in the same day the enemy had penetrated to within 300
+    yards of the village, and were holding a timber yard in force.
+    Colonel Anderson re-organised his men after they had been driven
+    in, and brought them forward to a position of readiness for a
+    counter-attack. He led the attack in person, and throughout
+    showed the utmost disregard for his own safety. The
+    counter-attack drove the enemy from his position, but resulted
+    in this very gallant officer losing his life. He died fighting
+    within the enemy's lines, setting a magnificent example to all
+    who were privileged to serve under him."
+
+    Among the first to join the 17th H.L.I. was Captain W.H.
+    Anderson, a man widely known and highly respected in Glasgow
+    social and business circles. He was with the Battalion during
+    most of its training at Gailes and Troon, and before embarking
+    for Service in France was gazetted as Major in the 19th H.L.I.
+    He served with the same rank in the East Surreys till invalided
+    home in March, 1917. On his return to France he was transferred
+    to an H.L.I. Battalion, becoming Lieut.-Colonel, and shortly
+    afterwards was killed in an attack at the head of his men of the
+    12th H.L.I. as recorded above.
+
+
+                 Sergeant JAMES Y. TURNBULL, V.C.
+
+    It has been said of James Turnbull that he began to win his V.C.
+    at Troon. He was a born leader, and always a fearless champion
+    of fairplay. He towered above the average man in strength of
+    character as he did in stature, and he was always the same
+    unassuming and genial "Jimmy." He was a fitting embodiment of
+    the ideals of the Seventeenth. A big man for a big occasion--and
+    the big occasion came along on the 1st of July, 1916.
+
+    The position of the Battalion was that of a wedge driven against
+    the iron of impregnability, and the driving force suddenly
+    withdrawn. At the thin end of the wedge Sergeant Turnbull, with
+    a handful of men, performed prodigies of valour. From three
+    sides enemy machine guns swept the position, snipers took deadly
+    toll, and bombing attacks were constantly launched. Exposure
+    meant almost certain death. The position was not only desperate;
+    it was hopeless. Yet it was necessary to hold on till nightfall.
+    It was a _man's_ job, and Turnbull filled the bill. He
+    shouldered the responsibility as only a strong man could; and he
+    organised the defence. He had to take countless risks, and was
+    always where the fighting was fiercest. He was the indomitable
+    leader and inspiring example. Wounded, he carried on till his
+    last risk was taken, and he met a soldier's death towards the
+    end of that fateful summer day.
+
+    Of a band of heroes he was the beloved leader and super-hero.
+
+
+
+
+Honours Gained by Officers and others while Serving with the
+Battalion.
+
+
+Extract from _The London Gazette_, dated 3/6/16.
+
+    "To be additional member of the Third Class or Companion of the
+    Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
+
+               "Lieut.-Colonel D.S. Morton, V.D."
+
+
+Military Cross.
+
+                                                    Date of _Gazette_
+†Lieut. A.J. BEGG,                                       30/ 5/16
+ 2nd Lieut. J.L. BRODIE,                                 26/ 5/17
+†2nd Lieut. J.N. CARPENTER,                              30/ 5/16
+ Lieut. A.N. DRYSDALE,                                   13/ 2/17
+ Capt. F.E. DUNSMUIR,                                     1/ 1/18
+ Lieut. J.L. M'CONNELL,                                  17/ 9/17
+ 2nd Lieut. W.M. MARTIN,                                 26/ 5/17
+ Major G. R.S. PATERSON,                                 26/ 9/16
+†Capt. JAS. RUSSELL,                                      1/ 1/17
+ Capt. J.D. RUSSELL,                                     26/ 5/17
+ 2nd Lieut. D.G. THORBURN,                               18/ 6/17
+ 15214 R.Q.-M.S. W. DUNSMORE,                             1/ 1/17
+ 15394 C.S.M. A. MILLAR,                                  6/ 4/18
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Mentioned in Despatches.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 15/6/16.
+     Lieut.-Colonel D.S. MORTON, V.D.
+     15205 Regt. S.M. J. KELLY.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 4/1/17.
+     †Capt. J.S. MARR.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 25/5/17
+     2nd Lieut. F.E. DUNSMUIR.
+     16109 Sergt. W. WALLACE.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 21/12/17.
+     Major G.R.S. PATERSON, M.C.
+     15510 Sergt. J.C. BRUCE.
+     16084 Sergt. Y. GILBERT.
+     16085 Pte. W. PARKER.
+
+
+Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+
+ 15849 Sergt. W. FRASER,                                  1/ 1/18
+  2797 Sergt. F. LEIPER,                                 13/ 2/17
+ 15866 C.S.M. W. MATHER,                                  1/ 1/17
+†15507 C.S.M. S.D. REITH,                                30/ 5/16
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Bar to Military Medal.
+
+†2997 Sergt. N. CONNOR, M.M.
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Military Medal.
+
+                                                   Date of _Gazette_.
+
+†23053 Pte. G.S. ANDERSON,                               26/ 5/17
+ 15255 Cpl. J. CHAPMAN,                                  10/11/16
+† 2997 Sergt. N. CONNOR,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 16004 Pte. J.K. DEANS,                                  16/ 2/17
+ 15973 L.-Sergt. W. DICKSON,                             17/ 9/17
+ 15937 Cpl. F. FARNELL,                                  17/ 9/17
+ 15582 L.-Cpl. A.V. FOLLETT,                             17/ 9/17
+ 40899 Pte. A.B. FORREST,                                17/ 9/17
+ 15581 Pte. C.N. FRASER,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 16084 Sergt. Y. GILBERT,                                16/ 2/17
+  2727 L.-Cpl. W. GLENNIE,                               26/ 5/17
+ 41046 Pte. J. HOGG,                                     26/ 5/17
+  2744 Pte. J.C. HUNTER,                                 20/10/16
+  9808 Sergt. J. JOHNSTONE,                              26/ 5/17
+  2797 Pte. F. LEIPER,                                    3/ 6/16
+ 15748 Sergt. F.M. M'GREGOR,                             16/ 2/17
+†15720 Pte. D. MACINTOSH,                                 3/ 6/16
+ 15363 Pte. A.G. M'NAIR,                                 10/11/16
+†15677 Sergt. J. MAXWELL,                                16/ 2/17
+†16146 Sergt. R. MILLIGAN,                               29/ 8/17
+†15964 Sergt. J. OSBORNE,                                16/ 2/17
+ 27267 L.-Cpl. J. PEARSON,                               26/ 5/17
+  2725 L.-Sergt. J. RAMAGE,                              26/ 5/17
+ 41198 Pte. E. REDDINGTON,                               26/ 5/17
+ 15415 Sergt. T. RITCHIE,                                20/10/16
+ 15775 Sergt. J. ROBERTS,                                16/ 2/17
+ 28057 L.-Cpl. P. ROBERTSON,                             26/ 5/17
+ 43268 Pte. T. SCOTT,                                    16/ 2/17
+ 13688 Pte. R.J. SLOWEY,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 42378 Pte. P. SMITH,                                    26/ 5/17
+ 15956 C.Q.M.S. W. STEWART,                              16/ 2/17
+†15458 Sergt. H.G. TAYLOR,                                3/ 6/16
+ 16149 Cpl. H. THORBURN,                                 26/ 5/17
+ 41607 Pte. D. TURNBULL,                                 18/ 6/17
+ 15938 Sergt. A.G. WATSON,                               16/ 2/17
+ 15818 Pte. R.M. WATSON,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 40530 Pte. J. WATT,                                     26/ 4/17
+353079 Pte. F.S. WILLDER,                                17/ 9/17
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Meritorious Service Medal.
+
+ 15544 Sergt. M. CULLEN.
+ 16064 L.-Cpl. J. HUTTON, att. IV. Corps.
+ 15710 L.-Cpl. J.A. M'DOUGALL, 32nd Division.
+ 16169 Sergt. J.F. SINCLAIR, 97th Brigade.
+
+
+Belgian Croix de Guerre.
+
+ 15310 C.S.M. G. HIRST.
+ 16109 C.Q.M.S. W. WALLACE.
+
+
+  Honours Gained by Original Members of the Battalion
+  after being Transferred to other Units.
+
+
+Distinguished Service Order.
+
+ Major G.R.S. PATERSON, 5th K.O.S.B.,
+   formerly Major 17th H.L.I.
+
+ Capt. J.D. YOUNG, 10th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Bar to Military Cross.
+
+ Lieut. J. CALLAN, M.C., 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15527 L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.
+
+ Capt. A.W. DONALD, M.C., 252 Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+†2nd Lieut. C.B. MEADOWS, M.C,
+   King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,
+   formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Military Cross.
+
+ Lieut. R. ANDERSON, 13th Battalion Tank Corps,
+   formerly 15832 Sergeant "A" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H.T. BAIRD, 447th Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15509 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ 2nd LIEUT. A. BROWN, A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 16187 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J. CALLAN, 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15527 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. S. CAMPBELL, 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15982 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J.H. CARSWELL,
+   1st Northumberland Fusiliers,
+   formerly 2708 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ Captain A.W. DONALD, 252nd Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. A.G. DRUMMOND, 6th Black Watch,
+   formerly 23011 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ 2nd LIEUT. H.C. DAVIE,
+   1/8th Battalion Scottish Rifles,
+     formerly 15561 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. A.F. FERGUSON, H.L.I., attached R.A.F.,
+   formerly 15282 C.Q.M.S. "A" Coy.
+
+†2nd Lieut. E.L. GARVIE,
+   9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),
+     formerly 2956 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H.P. HADDOW, King's Royal Rifle Corps,
+   formerly 15854 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+†Captain J.M. HAMILTON, Lancashire Fusiliers,
+   formerly 2783 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H. HENDERSON, Liverpool Scottish,
+   formerly 16182 Sergt. "C" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. J.F. HOLMES, 9th Scottish Rifles,
+   formerly 15856 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J.L. JACK, Machine Gun Corps,
+   formerly 2843 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. S.F. JOHNSTONE, Durham Light Infantry,
+   formerly 15323 Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut H.W. JORDON,
+   19th Durham Light Infantry,
+     formerly 2698 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ Staff-Capt. T.P. LOCKING, General List,
+   formerly 15657 Sergt. "B" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. R. LOVE, 222nd Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15336 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ Capt. F.M. M'GREGOR, M.M., Northants Regiment,
+   formerly 15748 Act.-C.S.M. "C" Coy.
+
+†2nd Lieut. C.B. MEADOWS,
+   King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,
+     formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. A.A. MILLER,
+   9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),
+     formerly 15680 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+†Lieut. J. MILLER, 7th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2970 Pte. A. & S.H. Cy.
+
+ Capt. F.D. MORTON, 25th Royal Fusiliers,
+   formerly Lieut. "C" Coy.
+
+ Sub-Lieut. T.I. MORTON,
+   "Anson" Battalion, R.N. Division,
+     formerly 15693 "C" Coy.
+
+ Capt. J.D. YOUNG, 10th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Member of the Order of the British Empire.
+
+ Lieut. W. HOGG, Intelligence Corps,
+   formerly 15629 Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+
+ 34834 Sergt. T. GARMORY,
+   8th York and Lancaster Regiment,
+     formerly 2985 Pte. "D" Coy.
+
+†22355 Sergt. J.A. WARK, Machine Gun Corps,
+   formerly 15461 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Military Medal.
+
+ 16018 Pte. R. HOOD, 2nd Battn. H.L.I.,
+   formerly "D" Coy.
+
+ 15440 Cpl. W.P. STEEL, 8th York and Lancs.,
+   formerly 15440 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ 34853 L.-Cpl. J.L. WILSON, 8th York and Lancs.,
+  formerly 15813 Pte. "D" Coy.
+
+†15583 Pte. R.D. FRAME, 2nd H.L.I.,
+   formerly Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ 15389 Cpl. D. MURRAY, 16th H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ 15373 Sergt. F.J. M'CLUSKY, 2nd H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.
+
+ ---- Sergt. A. M'AUSLAN, R.E.,
+   formerly 15365 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+ 16192 L.-Cpl. H. M'KILLOP, 16th H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+† Since deceased.
+
+
+Every effort has been made by reference to the Battalion Records, by
+advertising and otherwise, to make these lists complete. The Editors
+will much regret should there be unfortunately any omissions.
+
+
+
+
+  LIST OF OFFICERS who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation and posted to Companies
+  as shewn.
+
+
+Lieut.-Colonel D.S. MORTON, V.D.
+
+
+"A" Company.
+
+  Major W.J. PAUL
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain W.W. MORTON.
+ Lieut. R.T. NEILSON.
+ Lieut. J.B. MACBRAYNE.
+ Lieut. GARDNER.
+ Lieut. G.R.S. PATERSON.
+
+
+"B" Company.
+
+  Major J.R. YOUNG
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain J. RUSSELL.
+ Lieut. G.V.M. BOYD.
+ Lieut. A.J. BEGG.
+ 2nd Lieut. R. SCOTT.
+
+
+"C" Company.
+
+  Major W. AULD, V.D.
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain W.H. ANDERSON.
+ Lieut. A.J. FERGUSON.
+ Lieut. F.D. MORTON.
+ Lieut. A.S. MILLAR.
+ Lieut J.S. SHARP.
+
+
+"D" Company.
+
+  Captain E. HUTCHISON
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain J. MCM. MITCHELL.
+ 2nd Lieut. P.G. SYMINGTON.
+ Lieut. R.W. CASSELL.
+ 2nd Lieut. D. KITCHEN.
+ Lieut. J.M. BROWN.
+
+Lieut. and Quartermaster A.E. SLADE.
+
+Lieut. D.R. KIRKPATRICK, R.A.M.C. (attached).
+
+
+The Battalion was successively under the Command of:--
+
+    Colonel D.S. MORTON, C.M.G., V.D.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel W.J. PAUL.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel F.R.F. SWORDER,
+        Gordon Highlanders.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.,
+        Highland Light Infantry.
+
+
+     =The following "other ranks" of the Battalion
+     were granted Commissions in the Battalion.=
+
+2nd Lt. W.M. ALEXANDER,            _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J.R. BECKETT,              _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+                                   _Died of Wounds_,           4/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J.L. BRODIE, M.C.,         To 15th H.L.I, on disbandment.
+*2nd Lt. J.M. BROWN.                   --                        --
+2nd Lt. J.N. CARPENTER, M.C.,      _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J. CHAPMAN,                _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+*2nd Lt. H.C. COLVIL.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. P.N. CUNNINGHAM,           _Killed in Action_,         2/12/17
+Captain E. DOBSON,                 _Killed in Action_,        10/ 7/17
+Captain A.N. DRYSDALE, M.C.,       _Died of Wounds_,          15/ 4/17
+Lieut. A.S. ELSWORTH,            { _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+                                 { _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+*2nd Lt. J.W. FRASER.                  --                        --
+*2nd Lt. P.H. GRAHAM.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. G.G. HENDERSON,            _Killed in Action_,         6/ 8/16
+*2nd Lt. H.G. HENDRY.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. W.A. HERRON,               _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+Lieut. JAS. KELLY, D.C.M.,             --                        --
+2nd Lt. A.D. LAIRD,                _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+Captain T.P. LOCKING,                  --                        --
+Captain J.F. MORRISON,             _Killed in Action_,        18/11/16
+Captain J.S. MARR,                 _Killed in Action_,        18/11/16
+Captain H. M'ROBERT,               To General Staff (Staff Captain).
+Captain J.L. M'CONNELL, M.C.,      To General List (Staff Captain).
+2nd Lt. J.M. MACARTHUR,            To T.M. Battery
+Captain A.G. MARSHALL,             _Killed in Action_,        12/ 2/17
+*2nd Lt. H.R. ORR.                     --                        --
+2nd Lt. J. OSBORNE,                _Killed in Action_,         2/12/17
+2nd Lt. H.R. PEAT,                 _Wounded in Action_,       10/ 7/17
+*2nd Lt. F.H. POOLEY.                  --                        --
+*2nd Lt. F.A. RUSSELL.                 --                        --
+2nd Lt. J.C. TODD,                 _Killed in Action_,        27/ 6/17
+*2nd Lt. G.B. WALKER.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. C.S. WILLIAMSON,           _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+2nd Lt. D.G. YOUNGER,              _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+
+* These Officers did not serve with the Battalion in France. The ranks
+noted are those which they held previous to Embarkation.
+
+
+     Roll of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and
+     Men, who joined the Chamber of Commerce Battalion from 12th
+     September, 1914, till Embarkation of Battalion, 22nd
+     November, 1915.
+
+All the undernoted joined the Battalion as Privates. The Ranks shown
+are those attained previous to Embarkation.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name..
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15200   | L.-Corpl.       | Donald, Alex. Watt.
+  15201   | Pte.            | Buchanan, Joseph Robt.
+  15202   | Pte.            | Pert, David.
+  15203   | Pte.            | Love, Alan.
+  15204   | Sergt.          | Todd, Matthew G.
+  15205   | R.S.M.          | Kelly, J.
+  15206   | R.Q.M.S.        | Keith, T.
+  15207   | O.R./Q.M.S.     | Copland, J.
+  15208   | Pte.            | Anderson, Wm.
+  15209   | C.Q.M.S.        | Ferguson, A.W.
+  15210   | C.S.M.          | M'Clusky, F.
+  15211   | C.Q.M.S.        | Williams, E.A.
+  15212   | C.S.M.          | Garrow, J.C.
+  15213   | C.Q.M.S.        | Ferris, H.
+  15214   | C.S.M.          | Dunsmore, W.
+  15215   | C.Q.M.S.        | Core, T.M.
+  15216   | C.S.M.          | Taylor, G.H.
+  15217   | Pte.            | Seaton, James.
+  15218   | Pte.            | Adam, Arthur Wm.
+  15219   | Pte.            | Armstrong, John.
+  15220   | Pte.            | Allan, Peter.
+  15221   | Pte.            | Arthur, David.
+  15222   | Pte.            | Anderson, Matthew.
+  15223   | Pte.            | Anderson, Wm.
+  15224   | Pte.            | Aitkenhead, R.T.
+  15225   | Pte.            | Adam, Andrew Rolland.
+  15226   | Pte.            | Angus, L.S.
+  15227   | Pte.            | Allan, John.
+  15228   | Pte.            | Allan, Wm. Taylor.
+  15229   | Pte.            | Andrew, Wm.
+  15230   | Pte.            | Blair, David A.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name..
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15231   | Pte.            | Binnie, Jas. W.
+  15232   | Pte.            | Brown, James.
+  15233   | L.-Sergt.       | Baxter, Alex. C.
+  15234   | Pte.            | Bates, John R.
+  15235   | Pte.            | Brown, Alex.
+  15236   | Pte.            | Barr, Rich.
+  15237   | Pte.            | Brown, T.J.
+  15238   | Pte.            | Booth, Charles.
+  15239   | Pte.            | Binnie, David W.
+  15240   | Pte.            | Barr, F.C.G.
+  15241   | Pte.            | Burgess, James.
+  15242   | Pte.            | Baxter, Wm.
+  15243   | Pte.            | Campbell, B. M'C.
+  15244   | Pte.            | Clark, J.N.P.
+  15245   | Pte.            | Calder, Alex.
+  15246   | Sergt.          | Cochrane, J.C.
+  15247   | Pte.            | Clark, James.
+  15248   | Pte.            | Cox, C. Wm.
+  15249   | Pte.            | Craig, R.B.
+  15250   | Pte.            | Campbell, E.
+  15251   | L.-Cpl.         | Cuthbert, Arthur.
+  15252   | Pte.            | Cunninghame, Douglas.
+  15253   | L.-Cpl.         | Coogan, Malcolm.
+  15254   | Pte.            | Cuthbert, J.C.
+  15255   | L.-Cpl.         | Chapman, John.
+  15256   | Pte.            | Crombie, James.
+  15257   | Pte.            | Caw, Wm.
+  15258   | Pte.            | Collins, A.E.
+  15259   | Sergt.          | Carnan, John.
+  15260   | Pte.            | Currie, Neil T.
+  15261   | Pte.            | Clark, Geo.
+  15262   | Cpl.            | Drever, Wm.
+  15263   | Cpl.            | Dobbie, Robt. Wm.
+  15264   | L.-Sergt.       | Douglas, John.
+  15265   | Pte.            | Donnelly, Wm. John.
+  15266   | Pte.            | Deans, Geo. W.
+  15267   | L.-Cpl.         | Dickson, Thomas P.
+  15268   | Pte.            | Dow, Samuel Hugh.
+  15269   | L.-Cpl.         | Dymock, H.M.
+  15270   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Robt.
+  15271   | Pte.            | White, T.W.D.
+  15272   | Pte.            | Davidson, Thomas Y.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name..
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15273   | L.-Cpl.         | Drysdale, Alex. O.
+  15274   | Sergt.          | Drummond, Mark.
+  15275   | Pte.            | Dingwall, R. M'F.
+  15276   | Pte.            | Duncan, Robert G.
+  15277   | Cpl.            | Fleming, John.
+  15278   | Pte.            | Forrest, E.
+  15279   | Pte.            | Findlay, David.
+  15280   | Pte.            | Fortune, George R.
+  15281   | Pte.            | Finlinson, Arthur B.
+  15282   | A/C.Q.M.S.      | Ferguson, Alex.
+  15283   | Pte.            | Frew, James Allen.
+  15284   | Pte.            | Fraser, Alex.
+  15285   | Pte.            | Fraser, Donald.
+  15286   | L.-Sergt.       | Gowans, James.
+  15287   | L.-Cpl.         | Grigsby, A.H.
+  15288   | Pte.            | Gillespie, A.A.
+  15289   | L.-Cpl.         | Gannaway, George Edward.
+  15290   | Pte.            | Grigg, Stanley J.
+  15291   | L.-Cpl.         | Gill, John.
+  15292   | Pte.            | Goodall, Robert L.
+  15293   | Pte.            | Gemmel, Alex.
+  15294   | L.-Cpl.         | Glassford, Alex. S.
+  15295   | L.-Cpl.         | Griffiths, J.L.
+  15296   | Pte.            | Galloway, Charles.
+  15297   | Pte.            | Gardiner, William.
+  15298   | Pte.            | Gray, Alex.
+  15299   | Pte.            | Gudgeon, Thomas W.
+  15300   | Pte.            | Gibbon, Edward.
+  15301   | Pte.            | Graham, William R.
+  15302   | Pte.            | Gowans, Alex.
+  15303   | L.-Cpl.         | Haddow, Robert B.
+  15304   | Pte.            | Hovell, Alex.
+  15305   | Pte.            | Haddon, R. M'K.
+  15306   | Pte.            | Henderson, Robert.
+  15307   | Pte.            | Highet, Andrew.
+  15308   | Pte.            | Horsley, B.T.
+  15309   | Pte.            | Herbert, Peter C.
+  15310   | L.-Cpl.         | Hirst, George.
+  15311   | Pte.            | Hay, Neil T.
+  15312   | Pte.            | Hyslop, William.
+  15313   | Pte.            | Hubbard, William.
+  15314   | Pte.            | Hutchison, William Ramsay.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15315   | L.-Cpl.         | Hutton, David.
+  15316   | Pte.            | Hagen, John.
+  15317   | Pte.            | Hunter, John Wilson.
+  15318   | Pte.            | Hay, John.
+  15319   | Sergt.          | Hamilton, John.
+  15320   | Pte.            | Hardie, Gordon D.
+  15321   | Pte.            | Herbert, Morris.
+  15322   | Pte.            | Hemphill, Archibald.
+  15323   | Pte.            | Johnston, Samuel.
+  15324   | Pte.            | Johnstone, Robert M.
+  15325   | L.-Cpl.         | Jackson, David.
+  15326   | Pte.            | Jarvie, William Robert.
+  15327   | Pte.            | Jackson, John A.
+  15328   | Pte.            | Johnstone, Kenneth.
+  15329   | Pte.            | Inglis, John.
+  15330   | Pte.            | Kelly, Thomas.
+  15331   | Pte.            | Liddell, George.
+  15332   | Pte.            | Livingstone, James H.
+  15333   | Pte.            | Lochhead, Robert Allan.
+  15334   | Pte.            | Lorimer, John William.
+  15335   | Pte.            | Livingston, Alex. Bryson.
+  15336   | Pte.            | Love, Robert.
+  15337   | Pte.            | Lyons, John M.
+  15338   | Pte.            | Morrison, James F.
+  15339   | Pte.            | Morrison, James Smith.
+  15340   | Pte.            | Miller, John.
+  15341   | Pte.            | Milne, William.
+  15342   | L.-Cpl.         | Murdoch, William.
+  15343   | Pte.            | Munro, Hector.
+  15344   | Pte.            | Muir, D.L.
+  15345   | Pte.            | Muir, Robert E.R.
+  15346   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Callum, Colin.
+  15347   | Pte.            | M'Aulay, Archibald.
+  15348   | L.-Sergt.       | M'Naught, James.
+  15349   | Pte.            | M'Millan, Daniel.
+  15350   | Pte.            | M'Kendrick, Alex.
+  15351   | Sergt.          | M'Letchie, John B.
+  15352   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Alex. G.
+  15353   | Pte.            | M'Murtrie, Dougald M'K.
+  15354   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gregor, James R.
+  15355   | Pte.            | Macdonald, John Grant.
+  15356   | Pte.            | M'Neil, Joseph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15357   | Pte.            | McLauchlan, John H.
+  15358   | Pte.            | MacDougall, Duncan.
+  15359   | Pte.            | M'Taggart, Duncan.
+  15360   | Pte.            | M'Crone, Robert.
+  15361   | Pte.            | MacAllan, Thomas Alex.
+  15362   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, James.
+  15363   | Pte.            | M'Nair, Allan Gilmour.
+  15364   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Hugh.
+  15365   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Auslan, Alex.
+  15366   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, Peter.
+  15367   | Sergt.          | M'Taggart, William Kerr.
+  15368   | Pte.            | M'Neill, James.
+  15369   | Pte.            | M'Lachlan, Louis Alex.
+  15370   | Pte.            | M'Hugh, Matthew.
+  15371   | Pte.            | M'Vake, Robert.
+  15372   | Pte.            | M'Garrity, Michael.
+  15373   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Clusky, F. John.
+  15374   | Pte.            | M'Phail, John.
+  15375   | Sergt.          | M'Arthur, John M'L.
+  15376   | Pte.            | M'Naught, Duncan.
+  15377   | Pte.            | M'Neil, Charles M'G.
+  15378   | Pte.            | M'Corquodale, Archibald.
+  15379   | Pte.            | M'Meechan, David Cowan.
+  15380   | Cpl.            | M'Williams, J.
+  15381   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, George Neil.
+  15382   | Sergt.          | M'Gibbon, William.
+  15383   | Pte.            | Munro, Alex. M'L.
+  15384   | Pte.            | Miller, David.
+  15385   | Pte.            | Munro, John.
+  15386   | Pte.            | Morrison, Donald.
+  15387   | L.-Cpl.         | Marshall, Allan Gow.
+  15388   | Pte.            | Mailer, Andrew.
+  15389   | Pte.            | Murray, David.
+  15390   | Pte.            | Mowat, John Watt.
+  15391   | Pte.            | Morrison, Andrew.
+  15392   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+  15393   | Pte.            | Maitland, William.
+  15394   | Pte.            | Millar, Angus.
+  15395   | Cpl.            | Miller, James.
+  15396   | L.-Cpl.         | Martin, David.
+  15397   | Pte.            | Morrison, Robert.
+  15398   | Pte.            | May, William Walker.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15399   | L.-Cpl.         | Maxwell, Claude.
+  15400   | Pte.            | Meek, George.
+  15401   | Pte.            | Muir, James.
+  15402   | Pte.            | Milner, Thomas.
+  15403   | L.-Sergt.       | Milne, James Wallace.
+  15404   | Sergt.          | May, C.S.
+  15405   | Pte.            | Menzies, Peter D.
+  15406   | Pte.            | Orr, John Leslie.
+  15407   | Pte.            | Pinkerton, Gavin.
+  15408   | Pte.            | Paterson, Robert.
+  15409   | Pte.            | Philp, Robert C.P.
+  15410   | Pte.            | Paterson, John.
+  15411   | Pte.            | Pattison, Robert M'P.
+  15412   | Pte.            | Phillips, Alexander R.H.
+  15413   | Pte.            | Preston, William Parker.
+  15414   | L.-Cpl.         | Palmer, C.L.
+  15415   | Sergt.          | Ritchie, Thomas.
+  15416   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, George Tennant.
+  15417   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William.
+  15418   | Sergt.          | Robertson, John S.
+  15419   | L.-Cpl.         | Reid, Donald M.
+  15420   | Pte.            | Russell, William.
+  15421   | Pte.            | Roy, George Allan.
+  15422   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Robert F.
+  15423   | Pte.            | Rogers, David Anderson.
+  15424   | Pte.            | Russell, Samuel.
+  15425   | L.-Cpl.         | Rait, Patrick W.
+  15426   | Pte.            | Spence, Telford.
+  15427   | Pte.            | Slater, Albert Ernest.
+  15428   | Pte.            | Stuart, Charles M'D.
+  15429   | Pte.            | Scott, William James.
+  15430   | Pte.            | Somerville, James.
+  15431   | Pte.            | Struthers, Hugh E.
+  15432   | Pte.            | Scott, George K.
+  15433   | Pte.            | Stark, David.
+  15434   | Pte.            | Sutherland, Thomas N.
+  15435   | Pte.            | Scott, Joe.
+  15436   | Pte.            | Strachan, Andrew R.
+  15437   | Cpl.            | Scott, Archibald.
+  15438   | Pte.            | Stokes, Arthur C.
+  15439   | Pte.            | Swan, Allan.
+  15440   | Pte.            | Steel, W.P.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15441   | Pte.            | Stewart, John C.
+  15442   | Cpl.            | Stevenson, John.
+  15443   | Pte.            | Scott, William.
+  15444   | Pte.            | Simpson, Walter.
+  15445   | Pte.            | Scott, William P.
+  15446   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert Neil.
+  15447   | Pte.            | Samuels, James M.
+  15448   | Pte.            | Small, Samuel.
+  15449   | Sergt.          | Sanders, Sydney T.
+  15450   | Pte.            | Thomson, John Hill.
+  15451   | Pte.            | Torrance, E.
+  15452   | Cpl.            | Timpson, Charles.
+  15453   | Pte.            | Thomson, James.
+  15454   | Pte.            | Thomson, David M.
+  15455   | Sergt.          | Thomson, H.W.H.
+  15456   | Sergt.          | Thomson, William James.
+  15457   | Pte.            | Turnbull, George King.
+  15458   | Sergt.          | Taylor, Herbert G.
+  15459   | Pte.            | Thom, Matthew F.
+  15460   | L.-Sergt.       | Taylor, David Alex.
+  15461   | Pte.            | Wark, James Allen.
+  15462   | Pte.            | Wallace, John.
+  15463   | Pte.            | Warnock, James.
+  15464   | Sergt.          | Watts, Frank M.W.
+  15465   | Sergt.          | Woyka, Alex. G.
+  15466   | Cpl.            | Wyman, Sydney.
+  15467   | Sergt.          | Wishart, Alfred.
+  15468   | Pte.            | Bruce, Thomas.
+  15469   | Pte.            | Webster, James.
+  15470   | Sergt.          | Watson, John.
+  15471   | Pte.            | Waterman, R.
+  15472   | Pte.            | Willock, Thos. B.
+  15473   | Pte.            | Wallace, Robert Kerr.
+  15474   | Pte.            | Young, William.
+  15475   | Pte.            | Young, Robert.
+  15476   | Pte.            | Finlayson, William Thomson.
+  15477   | Pte.            | Atkinson, William.
+  15478   | Pte.            | Alexander, W.M.
+  15479   | Pte.            | Alexander, Walter.
+  15480   | Pte.            | Angus, Thomas C.
+  15481   | Cpl.            | Abercromby, Archibald Alex.
+  15482   | Pte.            | Alston, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15483   | Pte.            | Arbuckle, Alex.
+  15484   | Pte.            | M'Arthur, Alex.
+  15485   | Sergt.          | Angus, William Clark.
+  15486   | Pte.            | Atkins, William J.L.
+  15487   | L.-Cpl.         | Allan, James.
+  15488   | Pte.            | Andrews, Matthew M'Kay.
+  15489   | Pte.            | Biggs, Frank A.
+  15490   | Pte.            | Bennett, James S.
+  15491   | Pte.            | Crawford, Matthew.
+  15492   | L.-Cpl.         | Black, Alex.
+  15493   | Pte.            | Barron, John F.
+  15494   | Pte.            | Broadhead, John R.
+  15495   | Pte.            | Baxter, David John.
+  15496   | Pte.            | Ballantyne, Francis.
+  15497   | Pte.            | Burleigh, John.
+  15498   | Pte.            | Bryce, Thomas.
+  15499   | Pte.            | Barkley, Martin Bell.
+  15500   | Pte.            | Barclay, John.
+  15501   | Pte.            | Barton, Alex. Baird.
+  15502   | Pte.            | Broadhead, Alex. G.
+  15503   | Pte.            | Bailley, William N.
+  15504   | Pte.            | Brown, John M'D.
+  15505   | Pte.            | Barton, Robert L.
+  15506   | Pte.            | Borthwick, H.H.
+  15507   | A/C.S.M.        | Reith, Stephen D.
+  15508   | Pte.            | Bebbington, John Vernon.
+  15509   | Pte.            | Baird, H. Thompson.
+  15510   | Pte.            | Bruce, John Charles.
+  15511   | Pte.            | Provan, George.
+  15512   | Pte.            | Brooke, Robert L.
+  15513   | Pte.            | Buchanan, Robert W.H.
+  15514   | Pte.            | Buchanan, William.
+  15515   | Pte.            | Bailley, A.R.
+  15516   | A/C.S.M.        | Ballantyne, William N.
+  15517   | Sergt.          | Brown, William P.
+  15518   | Cpl.            | Brown, Robert S.
+  15519   | Pte.            | Cameron, Alexander.
+  15520   | Sergt.          | Drummond, William.
+  15521   | Pte.            | Drysdale, Alex. N.
+  15522   | Pte.            | Dobson, Edward.
+  15523   | L.-Sergt.       | Dunlop, James.
+  15524   | L.-Cpl.         | Carswell, John C.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15525   | Pte.            | Duncan, Thomas.
+  15526   | Pte.            | Crockett, George P.
+  15527   | L.-Cpl.         | Callan, John.
+  15528   | Pte.            | Cameron, Malcolm C.
+  15529   | Pte.            | Cooper, William.
+  15530   | Pte.            | Craig, James M.
+  15531   | Pte.            | Cowan, John.
+  15532   | Pte.            | Carpenter, John M.
+  15533   | Pte.            | Curie, Robert.
+  15534   | Pte.            | Chalmers, Thomas M.
+  15535   | L.-Sergt.       | Cook, Thomas.
+  15536   | Sig.-Cpl.       | Craig, Thomas.
+  15537   | Pte.            | Fleming, Harry C.
+  15538   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, D.C.
+  15539   | Pte.            | Crombie, Robt. A.
+  15540   | Pte.            | Campbell, Thomas C.
+  15541   | Pte.            | Cross, Archibald David.
+  15542   | Pte.            | Cruickshank, Alex. A.
+  15543   | Pte.            | Channing, H.H.
+  15544   | L.-Cpl.         | Cullen, Matthew.
+  15545   | Pte.            | Campbell, William T.
+  15546   | Pte.            | Christison, Robert Colin.
+  15547   | Cpl.            | Crocker, John.
+  15548   | Pte.            | Cameron, Alex. C.
+  15549   | Pte.            | Cumming, A. Smith.
+  15550   | L.-Sergt.       | Cuthbertson, Charles S.
+  15551   | Pte.            | Craig, Thomas.
+  15552   | L.-Cpl.         | Craig, A.B.
+  15553   | Pte.            | Craig, John.
+  15554   | L.-Cpl.         | Crawford, Thomas.
+  15555   | L.-Cpl.         | Corbett, William S.
+  15556   | Pte.            | Crinean, Charles.
+  15557   | Pte.            | Carmichael, James A.
+  15558   | Cpl.            | Davidson, Albert.
+  15559   | Cpl.            | Davidson, John.
+  15560   | Pte.            | Dawes, Harry E.
+  15561   | L.-Cpl.         | Davie, Harry Craig.
+  15562   | Pte.            | Dunsmuir, A.G.
+  15563   | Pte.            | Dow, William John.
+  15564   | Pte.            | Dixon, Charles.
+  15565   | Pte.            | Dott, Robert Wilson.
+  15566   | Cpl.            | Erskine, Ralph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15567   | Pte.            | Elliot, James Kirk.
+  15568   | Pte.            | Elsworth, A.S.
+  15569   | Sergt.          | Ellery, Albert Charles.
+  15570   | Pte.            | Eggert, Walter.
+  15571   | Pte.            | Edmond, George G.
+  15572   | Pte.            | Fisher, Thomas C.
+  15573   | Pte.            | Fleming, John J.
+  15574   | L.-Sergt.       | Fraser, Samuel.
+  15575   | Pte.            | Fergus, Robert B.
+  15576   | Pte.            | Forrest, Archibald.
+  15577   | Pte.            | Frame, William D.
+  15578   | Pte.            | Foulger, Horace William.
+  15579   | Pte.            | Freeman, Michael.
+  15580   | Pte.            | Fraser, James W.
+  15581   | Pte.            | Fraser, Campbell N.
+  15582   | Pte.            | Follett, Arthur V.
+  15583   | Pte.            | Frame, Robert D.
+  15584   | Pte.            | Ferguson, Hume.
+  15585   | Pte.            | Freeland, Thomas S.
+  15586   | Pte.            | Fleming, Allan.
+  15587   | Pte.            | Falconer, J. Alex.
+  15588   | L.-Sergt.       | Fullerton, William L.
+  15589   | Pte.            | Flintoff, R. Alex.
+  15590   | Pte.            | Ford, William Graham.
+  15591   | Pte.            | Fraser, William Alex.
+  15592   | Pte.            | Finlayson, James.
+  15593   | Pte.            | Garrioch, Alex.
+  15594   | L.-Cpl.         | Gray, Donald.
+  15595   | Pte.            | Galloway, John H.
+  15596   | L.-Cpl.         | Greig, Gilbert.
+  15597   | Pte.            | Guthrie, Robert Yates.
+  15598   | Pte.            | Gauld, Ernest G.
+  15599   | Pte.            | Graham, Patrick H.
+  15600   | Pte.            | Graham, William.
+  15601   | Pte.            | Garrioch, J. M'K.
+  15602   | Pte.            | Graham, George.
+  15603   | Pte.            | Gilfillan, William.
+  15604   | Pte.            | Galt, Adam.
+  15605   | Pte.            | Gibson, Allan D.
+  15606   | L.-Cpl.         | Deans, A. Gibson.
+  15607   | Pte.            | Grandison, Arthur A.
+  15608   | Pte.            | Gemmell, A.S.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15610   | Pte.            | Gray, Robert Love.
+  15611   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James.
+  15612   | Pte.            | Hutchison, George M'F.
+  15613   | Pte.            | Hall, David S.
+  15614   | Pte.            | Henderson, George G.
+  15615   | L.-Cpl.         | Hamilton, William.
+  15616   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Samuel.
+  15617   | Pte.            | Hamilton, William John.
+  15618   | Pte.            | Henderson, James.
+  15619   | Pte.            | Hutton, John Graham.
+  15620   | Pte.            | Haddow, John Haig.
+  15621   | L.-Cpl.         | Hunter, James Crawford.
+  15622   | Pte.            | Harper, John M.
+  15623   | Pte.            | Herron, William A.
+  15624   | Pte.            | Horne, Walter D.
+  15625   | Pte.            | Hamilton, William.
+  15626   | Sergt.          | Haft, Julian.
+  15627   | Pte.            | Houstoun, Alexander G.
+  15628   | L.-Cpl.         | Harvie, Alex. W.
+  15629   | Cpl.            | Hogg, William.
+  15630   | Pte.            | Hutchison, James M.
+  15631   | Pte.            | Hutcheson, Thomas.
+  15632   | Pte.            | Howie, Kenneth M.
+  15633   | L.-Cpl.         | Hamilton, J.F.
+  15634   | Cpl.            | Henderson, Robert.
+  15635   | Pte.            | Howie, John Love.
+  15636   | Pte.            | Haggerty, Thomas.
+  15637   | Pte.            | Imrie, Frank M.
+  15638   | Pte.            | Irvine, Alex. Garven.
+  15639   | Pte.            | Inrig, Alex. George.
+  15640   | Pte.            | Jenkins, John B.
+  15641   | Pte.            | Kean, James M'Lean.
+  15642   | Pte.            | Kinloch, Peter S.
+  15643   | Pte.            | Kerr, Andrew A.
+  15644   | Pte.            | Kinghorn, Arthur A.A.
+  15645   | Pte.            | Kennedy, James.
+  15646   | L.-Cpl.         | Keast, Norman R.
+  15647   | Pte.            | Knight, Alex.
+  15648   | Cpl.            | Kedslie, John Kay.
+  15649   | Sergt.          | Kennedy, David.
+  15650   | L.-Cpl.         | Lothian, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15651   | L.-Cpl.         | Leask, Andrew D.
+  15652   | Pte.            | Munro, Thomas A.
+  15653   | Cpl.            | Miller, Alex. L.
+  15654   | Pte.            | Marr, James Scott.
+  15655   | Cpl.            | Lindsay, Douglas A.B.
+  15656   | Pte.            | Love, David A.
+  15657   | Sergt.          | Locking, Thomas P.
+  15658   | Pte.            | Lucas, Charles Walker.
+  15659   | Pte.            | Leckie, Robert G.
+  15660   | Pte.            | Laird, Arthur D.
+  15661   | Pte.            | Linn, William Gemmell.
+  15662   | L.-Cpl.         | Leishman, Thomas.
+  15663   | Pte.            | Livie, John Fletcher.
+  15664   | Sergt.          | Lang, Archibald.
+  15665   | Pte.            | Lindsay, John Caird.
+  15666   | Pte.            | Love, Alex. James.
+  15667   | Pte.            | Lawson, H. Gibson.
+  15668   | Pte.            | Levy, Barnet.
+  15669   | Pte.            | Locke, Norman.
+  15670   | L.-Cpl.         | Lees, Charles.
+  15671   | L.-Cpl.         | Moses, James.
+  15672   | Pte.            | Miller, Davie.
+  15673   | Pte.            | Maitland, Alex. M'Lean.
+  15674   | L.-Cpl.         | More, James.
+  15675   | Pte.            | Miller, George.
+  15676   | Sergt.          | Marshall, John.
+  15677   | Sergt.          | Maxwell, Joseph.
+  15678   | Pte.            | Murray, Charles De B.
+  15679   | Pte.            | Murray, Archibald William.
+  15680   | Pte.            | Miller, Archibald A.
+  15681   | Pte.            | Murdoch, Robert.
+  15682   | L.-Cpl.         | Mackin, Stephen James.
+  15683   | Pte.            | Moir, Alex. Hamilton.
+  15684   | Pte.            | Morton, John T.K.
+  15685   | L.-Sergt.       | Miller, James Alex.
+  15686   | Cpl.            | Murray, Thomas H.
+  15687   | L.-Cpl.         | Murdoch, Archibald.
+  15688   | Pte.            | Miller, Arthur T.
+  15689   | Pte.            | Melville, David W.
+  15690   | Pte.            | Mills, Duncan B.
+  15691   | Pte.            | Mills, David M'A.
+  15692   | Sergt.          | Morrison, Thomas E.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15693   | Pte.            | Morton, Thomas I.
+  15694   | Pte.            | Miller, John.
+  15695   | Pte.            | Miller, Alex. Hume.
+  15696   | Pte.            | M'Naughton, Callum Arthur.
+  15697   | Pte.            | M'Millan, William A.
+  15698   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gibbon, John.
+  15699   | Pte.            | M'Feat, Fred.
+  15700   | Pte.            | M'Aviney, James.
+  15701   | Pte.            | M'Lelland, George H.
+  15702   | Sig.-Sergt.     | M'Intosh, John R.
+  15703   | Pte.            | M'Gavin, Colin M'K.
+  15704   | Pte.            | MacMillan, Donald D.
+  15705   | Pte.            | M'Crae, James.
+  15706   | Pte.            | MacMillan, John.
+  15707   | Pte.            | Macdonald, James.
+  15708   | L.-Cpl.         | MacDougall, Charles S.
+  15709   | Pte.            | M'Connell, John L.
+  15710   | Pte.            | MacDougall, John A.
+  15711   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Duncan.
+  15712   | Sergt.          | MacMillan, Alex.
+  15713   | Cpl.            | M'Culloch, W.
+  15714   | Pte.            | M'Auley, Robert.
+  15715   | Pte.            | M'Nicol, James F.
+  15716   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Donald M'K.
+  15717   | Cpl.            | M'Arthur, Neil M'C.
+  15718   | Pte.            | M'Gee, Gilmour Brown.
+  15719   | Pte.            | M'Arthur, Hugh.
+  15720   | Pte.            | M'Intosh, Donald.
+  15721   | Pte.            | Clark, Robert O.
+  15722   | Sergt.          | M'Andrew, William.
+  15723   | Pte.            | Provan, George Weir.
+  15724   | L.-Sergt.       | M'Kenzie, E.P.
+  15725   | Pte.            | Bull, Harold.
+  15726   | L.-Cpl.         | Scott, W.P.
+  15727   | Pte.            | Grandison, William A.
+  15728   | Pte.            | M'Lintock, Hugh C.
+  15729   | Pte.            | Baird, John.
+  15730   | L.-Cpl.         | Young, John R.
+  15731   | Pte.            | Adamson, Thomas N.
+  15732   | Pte.            | Dawson, John.
+  15733   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, Alan.
+  15734   | L.-Cpl.         | Norris, James H.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15735   | Pte.            | Neilson, William George.
+  15736   | Pte.            | Orr, Harry Ross.
+  15737   | Pte.            | Purdie, John D.
+  15738   | Pte.            | Paterson, G.K.
+  15739   | Pte.            | Pollock, William G.
+  15740   | Pte.            | Pearson, William L.
+  15741   | Pte.            | Younger, David G.
+  15742   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Rae, Donald.
+  15743   | Pte.            | MacGregor, William D.
+  15744   | Pte.            | Watson, William O.
+  15745   | Pte.            | Wilson, Allan Jackson.
+  15746   | Pte.            | Macpherson, Angus.
+  15747   | Pte.            | Mackinley, Alex. W.
+  15748   | Sergt.          | MacGregor, Fred. M.
+  15749   | Pte.            | M'Robbie, David H.
+  15750   | Pte.            | M'Houll, K.
+  15751   | Pte.            | M'Phail, Thomas W.
+  15752   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Intyre, James.
+  15753   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gavin, N.P.
+  15754   | Pte.            | Paul, Robert M'L.
+  15755   | L.-Cpl.         | Pyper, Henry James.
+  15756   | L.-Cpl.         | Pickering, Robert Y.
+  15757   | Pte.            | Paterson, Robert.
+  15758   | Pte.            | Paterson, George M.
+  15759   | Pte.            | Purdie, William.
+  15760   | Pte.            | Robertson, William B.
+  15761   | Pte.            | Russell, H. M'P.
+  15762   | Pte.            | Rogerson, James Muir.
+  15763   | Pte.            | Rudd, David H.
+  15764   | Pte.            | Riley, Thomas D.
+  15765   | Pte.            | Rogerson, John Elliot.
+  15766   | Pte.            | Robertson, William Telfer.
+  15767   | Pte.            | M'Rorie, Robert.
+  15768   | L.-Cpl.         | Rolland, Charles D.
+  15769   | Cpl.            | Russell, Fred. Alex.
+  15770   | Pte.            | Rose, John Alex.
+  15771   | Pte.            | Ross, James.
+  15772   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, Robert Speirs.
+  15773   | Pte.            | Rankin, Colin.
+  15774   | Pte.            | Roper, William H.
+  15775   | Cpl.            | Roberts, John.
+  15776   | Pte.            | Robertson, David.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15777   | Pte.            | Roxburgh, Thomas L.
+  15778   | Pte.            | Muir, Norman R.
+  15779   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Edgar.
+  15780   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William Stewart.
+  15781   | Pte.            | Reid, William Hamilton.
+  15782   | Pte.            | Spence, Donald W.
+  15783   | A/C.S.M.        | Sturton, James.
+  15784   | Pte.            | Smith, William Edward.
+  15785   | Sergt.          | West, John.
+  15786   | Cpl.            | Shannon, Andrew A.
+  15787   | Pte.            | Stark, Robert L.
+  15788   | Pte.            | Smellie, John.
+  15789   | Pte.            | Sprott, Samuel.
+  15790   | Pte.            | Stark, James T.
+  15791   | Pte.            | Steel, David F.
+  15792   | Pte.            | Sterling, John L.
+  15793   | Pte.            | Scouler, James Tott.
+  15794   | Pte.            | Sloan, Allan T.
+  15795   | Pte.            | Stewart, George R.
+  15796   | Pte.            | Stevenson, William.
+  15797   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert Spence.
+  15798   | Cpl.            | Stirling, Archibald B.
+  15799   | Pte.            | Stroud, E.H.N.
+  15800   | L.-Cpl.         | Smillie, James M'G.
+  15801   | Pte.            | Scott, Walter.
+  15802   | Pte.            | Stewart, Duncan H.
+  15803   | Pte.            | Taggart, Henry R.
+  15804   | Pte.            | Tough, Thomas S.
+  15805   | L.-Sergt.       | Thomson, James C.
+  15806   | Cpl.            | Terrie, Andrew Black.
+  15807   | Pte.            | Turnbull, Thomas.
+  15808   | Pte.            | Wood, Duncan B.
+  15809   | Pte.            | Warren, A.B.
+  15810   | Pte.            | Wurr, Herbert Joseph.
+  15811   | Pte.            | Walker, Norman M.L.
+  15812   | Pte.            | Wright, William B.
+  15813   | Pte.            | Wilson, James L.
+  15814   | Pte.            | Walker, Alexander.
+  15815   | Pte.            | White, John B.
+  15816   | Pte.            | Walker, Ernest G.
+  15817   | Pte.            | White, George.
+  15818   | Pte.            | Watson, Robert M'L.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15819   | L.-Sergt.       | Wingate, James L.
+  15820   | Pte.            | Welsh, Thomas Morrison.
+  15821   | Pte.            | Wilson, A.K.
+  15822   | Pte.            | Westwater, Donald U.
+  15823   | Pte.            | Wilson, Henry.
+  15824   | Pte.            | Watson, William N.
+  15825   | Pte.            | Walker, George B.
+  15826   | Pte.            | Wilson, Robert C.
+  15827   | L.-Cpl.         | Waugh, Thomas.
+  15828   | Pte.            | Young, James B.
+  15829   | Pte.            | Young, John.
+  15830   | Pte.            | Yuill, L.
+  15831   | Pte.            | Young, Alex.
+  15832   | L.-Sergt.       | Anderson, Robert.
+  15833   | Pte.            | Allan, James.
+  15834   | Pte.            | Barbour, John.
+  15835   | Pte.            | Bowman, Joseph W.
+  15836   | Pte.            | Brown, J. Lindsay.
+  15837   | Pte.            | Baird, James.
+  15838   | Pte.            | Beckett, James R.
+  15839   | L.-Cpl.         | Brownlie, James M'H.
+  15840   | Pte.            | Carson, F.R.
+  15841   | Sergt.          | Cohen, Arthur M.
+  15842   | Pte.            | Cowley, Victor.
+  15843   | Sergt.          | Cowden, Alex.
+  15844   | Pte.            | Dixon, Wilfrid.
+  15845   | C.S.M.          | Dobbie, William.
+  15846   | Pte.            | Finlay, John.
+  15847   | Pte.            | Forrest, George.
+  15848   | Pte.            | Fulton, C.S.
+  15849   | Trans. Sergt.   | Fraser, Walter.
+  15850   | Pte.            | Graham, Alex. H.
+  15851   | Pte.            | Grant, Kenneth.
+  15852   | Pte.            | Gibb, Thomas.
+  15853   | Pte.            | Grassick, Charles A.
+  15854   | Pte.            | Haddow, Hugh P.
+  15855   | Pte.            | Hill, Sydney Thomas.
+  15856   | Pte.            | Holmes, James.
+  15857   | Cpl.            | Houston, William.
+  15858   | Pte.            | Inglis, Robert.
+  15859   | Pte.            | Jones, G. Philip.
+  15860   | Pte.            | Leask, Ralph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15861   | Pte.            | Leckie, Andrew.
+  15862   | Pte.            | Learmond, Victor.
+  15863   | Pte.            | Mackie, Robert Neil.
+  15864   | L.-Cpl.         | MacKay, John.
+  15865   | Pte.            | MacRobert, Harry.
+  15866   | Sergt.          | Mather, W.
+  15867   | Pte.            | Moreland, Joseph.
+  15868   | Pte.            | Millar, James.
+  15869   | Pte.            | Morton, James G.
+  15870   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, M.A.
+  15871   | Pte.            | M'Kee, Robert.
+  15872   | Pte.            | M'Kelvie, Andrew.
+  15873   | Pte.            | M'Kinnon, Donald.
+  15874   | Pte.            | Palmer, Ernest.
+  15875   | Sergt.          | Paterson, Duncan.
+  15876   | L.-Cpl.         | Pyper, James F.
+  15877   | Pte.            | Reid, David.
+  15878   | Pte.            | Rhind, Andrew.
+  15879   | Pte.            | Richardson, James W.
+  15880   | Pte.            | Ritchie, John Allan.
+  15881   | Pte.            | Robertson, James.
+  15882   | Pte.            | Russell, George C.
+  15883   | Pte.            | Rutherford, Edward P.
+  15884   | Cpl.            | Cameron, David D.
+  15885   | Pte.            | Stewart, William.
+  15886   | T./Sergt.       | Summers, Alan Y.
+  15887   | Pte.            | Thomson, Robert.
+  15888   | Sergt.          | Turnbull, J.Y.
+  15889   | Pte.            | Watson, Alex.
+  15890   | Pte.            | Watson, Peter S.
+  15891   | Pte.            | Wood, John Hamilton.
+  15892   | Pte.            | Wilson, Robert B.
+  15893   | Pte.            | Ramage, Peter.
+  15894   | Pte.            | Stevens, Montague.
+  15895   | Pte.            | Mossman, William.
+  15896   | L.-Cpl.         | Wright, Colin S.
+  15897   | Pte.            | Harvey, Edward A.
+  15898   | Pte.            | Kirkpatrick, Arthur J.
+  15899   | Pte.            | Kie, George.
+  15900   | Pte.            | Walker, Thomas.
+  15901   | Cpl.            | Mann, R.G.
+  15902   | Pte.            | Meldrum, George.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15903   | Pte.            | Hunter, Matthew C.
+  15904   | Sergt.          | Abercrombie, H. M'P.
+  15905   | Pte.            | Kelly, James.
+  15906   | Pte.            | Waugh, Robert.
+  15907   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, William.
+  15908   | Pte.            | Connell, Archibald.
+  15909   | S./Sergt.       | Duffus, Hugh W.
+  15910   | Pte.            | Baines, Donald.
+  15911   | L.-Cpl.         | Coltart, John S.
+  15912   | Pte.            | Hutchison, James.
+  15913   | Pte.            | Annand, James S.
+  15914   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Kenzie, Hugh F.
+  15915   | Pte.            | Guthrie, William.
+  15916   | Cpl.            | Steven, Alex.
+  15917   | Pte.            | Hoole, Roland Allan.
+  15918   | Pte.            | Duff, Robert.
+  15919   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Alex.
+  15920   | Pte.            | Paterson, J.
+  15921   | Pte.            | Maxwell, Herbert S.
+  15922   | Pte.            | Simpson, A.D.H.
+  15923   | Pte.            | MacFarlane, N.
+  15924   | Pte.            | Casey, George H.
+  15925   | Pte.            | Baillies, Oswald.
+  15926   | Pte.            | Nowery, Alex. F.
+  15927   | L.-Cpl.         | Thomson, Alex. D.
+  15928   | Cpl.            | Brackenridge, John.
+  15929   | Pte.            | Hutchison, Alfred.
+  15930   | L.-Cpl.         | Kunzle, Paul.
+  15931   | L.-Cpl.         | Nisbet, John D.
+  15932   | Pte.            | Taylor, Thomas T.
+  15933   | Pte.            | Long, Cunningham.
+  15934   | Pte.            | Wark, John.
+  15935   | L.-Cpl.         | Kerr, Robert.
+  15936   | Pte.            | Aitken, Wilfred.
+  15937   | Cpl.            | Farnell, Fred.
+  15938   | Sergt.          | Watson, Alex. G.
+  15939   | Pte.            | M'Lean, A.
+  15940   | L.-Cpl.         | Yuill, Andrew.
+  15941   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, Charles M.
+  15942   | A/C.S.M.        | Lochhead, Alex. W.
+  15943   | Pte.            | Glen, James.
+  15944   | Pte.            | Yates, Norman.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15945   | Cpl.            | McNaught, John.
+  15946   | Pte.            | Whyte, Duncan.
+  15947   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, John.
+  15948   | Sergt.          | M'Call, William.
+  15949   | Pte.            | Vallance, Harold L.
+  15950   | Pte.            | Gray, James.
+  15951   | Sergt.          | Howard, John B.S.
+  15952   | Pte.            | Anderson, John William.
+  15953   | Pte.            | Brodie, Alex.
+  15954   | Sergt.          | Headrick, William Smith.
+  15955   | A/C.S.M.        | Tilley, Richard.
+  15956   | Sergt.          | Stewart, William S.
+  15957   | Sergt.          | Parker, James R.
+  15958   | Pte.            | Maconochie, William K.
+  15959   | Sergt.          | Ritchie, William F.
+  15960   | Pte.            | Kyle, John.
+  15961   | L.-Sergt.       | Hughes, Arthur.
+  15962   | Pte.            | Farish, Samuel.
+  15963   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Robert.
+  15964   | L.-Sergt.       | Osborne, John.
+  15965   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  15966   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Norman L.
+  15967   | Pte.            | Grant, Alex. A.
+  15968   | Pte.            | Inglis, John James.
+  15969   | L.-Cpl.         | Turner, Elliot D.
+  15970   | L.-Cpl.         | Cunningham, Peter N.
+  15971   | Pte.            | Gilchrist, Thomas A.
+  15972   | Sergt.          | Wilson, A.P.
+  15973   | L.-Cpl.         | Dickson, William.
+  15974   | Pte.            | Orchardson, Archibald.
+  15975   | L.-Cpl.         | Watson, Andrew.
+  15976   | Pte.            | Thorburn, James.
+  15977   | Pte.            | Sharp, Alex. Thomas.
+  15978   | Pte.            | Hastings, Edward H.
+  15979   | L.-Cpl.         | Arthur, Charles F.
+  15980   | Pte.            | M'Ilwraith, James.
+  15981   | L.-Sergt.       | Pooley, R.S.
+  15982   | Pte.            | Campbell, Samuel.
+  15983   | Pte.            | M'Allan, John T.
+  15984   | Sergt.          | Lugton, G.D.
+  15985   | Pte.            | M'Walter, Thomas Scott.
+  15986   | Pte.            | Wood, John.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15987   | L.-Cpl.         | Mackie, William R.N.
+  15988   | Pte.            | Pooley, Francis H.
+  15989   | Sig.-Sergt.     | Marshall, John H.
+  15990   | Pte.            | Pollock, James Watson.
+  15991   | Pte.            | MacKinnon, Robert A.
+  15992   | Pte.            | Reid, James William M.
+  15993   | Pte.            | Scott, James.
+  15994   | Pte.            | M'Veigh, Hugh.
+  15095   | Pte.            | Gregor, William.
+  15996   | Pte.            | Salmine, John.
+  15997   | Pte.            | Forsyth, Stewart.
+  15998   | Cpl.            | Walker, Robert.
+  15999   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, John M.
+  16000   | Pte.            | Crosbie, Robert.
+  16001   | Pte.            | Boyd, William.
+  16002   | Pte.            | Main, John.
+  16003   | Pte.            | Cattell, Joseph.
+  16004   | Pte.            | Deans, John K.
+  16005   | Pte.            | Watt, Thomas S.
+  16006   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  16007   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Norman.
+  16008   | Pte.            | Wood, David S.
+  16009   | L.-Cpl.         | Main, Samuel Hope.
+  16010   | Pte.            | M'Lintock, William.
+  16011   | Cpl.            | Brodie, James L.
+  16012   | Pte.            | Mason, George Bishop.
+  16013   | Pte.            | Mullan, William John
+  16014   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Robert Barr.
+  16015   | L.-Cpl.         | Turnbull, David.
+  16016   | Pte.            | Abrahamson, A.
+  16017   | Pte.            | Brownlee, George.
+  16018   | Pte.            | Hood, Robert.
+  16019   | Sergt.          | Wattie, Alex.
+  16020   | Sergt.          | Lee, Edward.
+  16021   | Pte.            | Kirk, Robert.
+  16022   | Pte.            | Cassels, Hugh L.
+  16023   | Pte.            | Maclagan, Douglas.
+  16024   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Allister, John.
+  16025   | L.-Cpl.         | Longmuir, Robert.
+  16026   | Pte.            | Keir, John A.L.
+  16027   | Pte.            | Blair, Fred.
+  16028   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Alex.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16029   | Pte.            | Nixon, David.
+  16030   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William.
+  16031   | Pte.            | Dick, Andrew.
+  16032   | Pte.            | Kinnear, Ian F.G.
+  16033   | Pte.            | Morton, Alfred.
+  16034   | L.-Cpl.         | Paton, John.
+  16035   | Pte.            | Tait, William.
+  16036   | Pte.            | Ferguson, James.
+  16037   | Pte.            | Miller, Thomas.
+  16038   | Pte.            | Friend, Joseph.
+  16039   | Pte.            | Muirhead, John.
+  16040   | Pte.            | Young, George Graham.
+  16041   | Pte.            | Langlands, John F.
+  16042   | Pte.            | Lovat, M.
+  16043   | Cpl.            | Smith, A.W.
+  16044   | Pte.            | Harvey, Kenneth R.
+  16045   | Pte.            | Boyd, William.
+  16046   | Pte.            | Boyd, John.
+  16047   | Pte.            | Ramsay, George.
+  16048   | Pte.            | Morton, Thomas.
+  16049   | Pte.            | Johnston, James K.
+  16050   | L.-Cpl.         | Pickles, Frank.
+  16051   | Pte.            | Jackson, James.
+  16052   | Pte.            | Dalziel, William.
+  16053   | Cpl.            | Todd, James C.
+  16054   | Pte.            | Millar, John.
+  16055   | Pte.            | Cunningham, John.
+  16056   | L.-Cpl.         | Drennan, Andrew Adam.
+  16057   | Pte.            | Thomson, James M'K.
+  16058   | Sergt.          | Paterson, Walter A.
+  16059   | Pte.            | Ness, George.
+  16060   | Pte.            | Barrett, F.G.
+  16061   | Pte.            | Spiers, Alex. R.
+  16062   | Pte.            | Tait, William.
+  16063   | Pte.            | Anderson, Charles.
+  16064   | Pte.            | Hutton, James.
+  16065   | Pte.            | McLaughlin, William.
+  16066   | Pte.            | Higgins, Robert K.
+  16067   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Duncan M'R.
+  16068   | Pte.            | M'Lellan, John.
+  16069   | Pte.            | M'Rorie, William D.
+  16070   | Pte.            | Dickson, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16071   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+  16072   | L.-Cpl.         | Martin, George F.
+  16073   | Pte.            | Gardiner, Alex.
+  16074   | Pte.            | White, William Thomson.
+  16075   | Pte.            | Wood, Joe.
+  16076   | Pte.            | Wallace, Thomas.
+  16077   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Thomas D.
+  16078   | Pte.            | Adam, Andrew Ralston.
+  16079   | Pte.            | Kelly, James H.
+  16080   | Pte.            | Dunsmore, Thomas S.
+  16081   | Pte.            | Cameron, Arthur.
+  16082   | Pte.            | Lavelle, James.
+  16083   | Pte.            | Martin, Hugh Albert.
+  16084   | Sergt.          | Gilbert, Young.
+  16085   | Pte.            | Parker, William.
+  16086   | Pte.            | M'Ewan, Thomas W.
+  16087   | Pte.            | Fraser, William.
+  16088   | Pte.            | Rae, David.
+  16089   | Pte.            | Reid, David Boyd.
+  16090   | Pte.            | Scott, Alex.
+  16091   | Pte.            | Watt, William.
+  16092   | Pte.            | Hutchison, William.
+  16093   | Cpl.            | Thomson, William.
+  16094   | Pte.            | Findlay, John Walter.
+  16095   | Pte.            | Ross, John M.
+  16096   | Pte.            | Wright, William.
+  16097   | Pte.            | Allan, James.
+  16098   | Pte.            | Relton, Arthur N.
+  16099   | Pte.            | Adamson, Joseph.
+  16100   | Cpl.            | Dickson, John.
+  16101   | Pte.            | Clark, G. M'I.
+  16102   | Pte.            | Struthers, William.
+  16103   | Pte.            | Campbell, Stuart.
+  16104   | Pte.            | Cruickshank, J.C.
+  16105   | Pte.            | Johnstone, George.
+  16106   | Pte.            | Williamson, Andrew.
+  16107   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, James.
+  16108   | Pte.            | Grindlay, Charles Percy.
+  16109   | Pte.            | Wallace, William.
+  16110   | Pte.            | Boyd, John Shaw.
+  16111   | Pte.            | Campbell, John.
+  16112   | Pte.            | Mathieson, Stanley.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16113   | Pte.            | M'Pherson, George L.
+  16114   | Pte.            | Kennedy, David.
+  16115   | Pte.            | Robertson, H.
+  16116   | Pte.            | Grierson, William Ian.
+  16117   | Pte.            | Rooney, Alex.
+  16118   | Pte.            | Fairfax, G.A.F.
+  16119   | Pte.            | Chalmers, Thomas.
+  16120   | Pte.            | Maxwell, Robert.
+  16121   | Pte.            | Beveridge, Erskine W.
+  16122   | Pte.            | Napier, John.
+  16123   | Sergt.          | Johnstone, S.
+  16124   | Pte.            | Kilcullen, Thomas.
+  16125   | Pte.            | Muil, Frank.
+  16126   | Pte.            | Napier, William.
+  16127   | Pte.            | M'Master, Alex.
+  16128   | Pte.            | Gibson, Thomas Bell.
+  16129   | Pte.            | Gregory, William.
+  16130   | Pte.            | Brunsdon, Henry George.
+  16131   | Pte.            | M'Gartland, Patrick.
+  16132   | Sergt.          | Beck, Andrew.
+  16133   | Pte.            | Tod, Frederick M.C.
+  16134   | Pte.            | Dunlop, William.
+  16135   | Pte.            | Kelly, Charles.
+  16136   | Pte.            | Kennedy, John.
+  16137   | Pte.            | Nicoll, George L.
+  16138   | Pte.            | Toole, James L.
+  16139   | L.-Sergt.       | Watson, Peter D.
+  16140   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, Archibald.
+  16141   | Pte.            | Graham, A.W.B.
+  16142   | Pte.            | Stubbs, James F.
+  16143   | Pte.            | Niven, John L.L.
+  16144   | Pte.            | Simpson, Donald.
+  16145   | Pte.            | M'Innes, Archibald C.
+  16146   | Pte.            | Milligan, Robert.
+  16147   | Pte.            | Williamson, Charles.
+  16148   | Pte.            | Mackay, Angus.
+  16149   | L.-Cpl.         | Thorburn, Henry.
+  16150   | Pte.            | Morrison, Charles H.
+  16151   | Pte.            | Archibald, Andrew.
+  16152   | Pte.            | Campbell, Andrew.
+  16153   | Pte.            | Morgan, John S.
+  16154   | Pte.            | Grassick, Henry J.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16155   | Pte.            | Campbell, William.
+  16156   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Callum, Herbert L.
+  16157   | Pte.            | Ewing, John.
+  16158   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Angus.
+  16159   | Pte.            | Graham, W.F.
+  16160   | Pte.            | Hamilton, J.
+  16161   | Pte.            | Black, David S.
+  16162   | Pte.            | Cousland, Archibald.
+  16163   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Colin B.
+  16164   | Pte.            | Drew, George Millar.
+  16165   | Pte.            | Fotheringham, James R.
+  16166   | Pte.            | Kerr, John Galloway.
+  16167   | Pte.            | Oswald, Robert R.
+  16168   | L.-Cpl.         | Racionzer, J.L.
+  16169   | Pte.            | Sinclair, John F.
+  16170   | Pte.            | Black, Thomas.
+  16171   | Pte.            | Paterson, David.
+  16172   | Pte.            | Wilson, W.R.
+  16173   | Pte.            | Kay, James J.
+  16174   | L.-Cpl.         | Munro, Ronald.
+  16175   | Pte.            | Liston, John.
+  16176   | Pte.            | Paton, Robert.
+  16177   | L.-Cpl.         | Spence, John George.
+  16178   | Pte.            | Thomson, Ernest.
+  16179   | Cpl.            | Barrie, Alex.
+  16180   | Pte.            | Aitken, Robert.
+  16181   | Pte.            | Dewar, J.F.
+  16182   | Pte.            | Henderson, Hugh.
+  16183   | Pte.            | Lane, Andrew.
+  16184   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, David.
+  16185   | Pte.            | Deacon, R.E.
+  16186   | Pte.            | Stroud, Archibald William.
+  16187   | Pte.            | Brown, Archibald.
+  16188   | Pte.            | Manson, William.
+  16189   | L.-Sergt.       | Robertson, Alexander Y.
+  16190   | Pte.            | Gauld, Andrew.
+  16191   | Pte.            | Imrie, William.
+  16192   | Pte.            | M'Killop, Hugh.
+  16193   | Pte.            | Porter, John.
+  16194   | Pte.            | Sanderson, John T.
+  16195   | Cpl.            | Andrews, John.
+  16196   | Pte.            | Smith, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16197   | Pte.            | Waters, Robert R.
+  16198   | Pte.            | Watson, William.
+  16199   | Pte.            | Davies, Howard L.
+  16200   | Pte.            | Thomson, George.
+  16201   | L.-Cpl.         | Whiteford, Thomas R.
+  16202   | Pte.            | Aitken, Thomas.
+  16203   | Pte.            | Wood, Alex.
+  16204   | L.-Cpl.         | Law, Robert.
+  16205   | Pte.            | Thomson, John.
+  16206   | Pte.            | Park, R.
+  16207   | Pte.            | Ferguson, Robert.
+  16208   | Pte.            | Hutcheson, William J.F.
+  16209   | Pte.            | Gardner, H.A.
+  16210   | Pte.            | Robertson, W.B.
+  16211   | Pte.            | Walker, Arthur P.
+  16212   | Pte.            | Miller, Alex. S.
+  16213   | Pte.            | Scott, Charles R.G.
+  16214   | L.-Cpl.         | Kemp, Archibald J.
+  16215   | Pte.            | Ewing, George H.
+  16216   | Pte.            | Harper, Alex. C.
+  16217   | Pte.            | Henderson, James.
+  16218   | Pte.            | Hill, Archibald.
+  16219   | Pte.            | Dempster, G.C.
+  16220   | Pte.            | Taylor, Matthew.
+  16221   | Pte.            | Adam, John L.
+  16222   | Pte.            | Biggart, John.
+  16223   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Angus.
+  16224   | Pte.            | Reid, Archibald M.
+  16225   | Pte.            | Allan, Hugh Robert.
+  16226   | Pte.            | Crowley, John.
+  16227   | Pte.            | Hawthorn, Charles.
+  16228   | Pte.            | Miller, William.
+  16229   | Pte.            | Herring, Frank M.
+  16230   | L.-Cpl.         | Barrie, George Alston.
+  16231   | Pte.            | Struth, James S.
+  16232   | Pte.            | Ward, William Allan.
+  16233   | Pte.            | Ross, David.
+  16234   | Pte.            | Walker, Roderick.
+  16235   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Duncan.
+  16236   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Arthur.
+  16237   | Pte.            | Dodds, James.
+  16238   | Pte.            | M'Millan, John A.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16239   | Pte.            | Fearby, John E.
+  16240   | L.-Cpl.         | Okell, Cyril.
+  16241   | Pte.            | Mathieson, Alex.
+  16242   | Pte.            | M'Ewan, Malcolm W.
+  16243   | L.-Cpl.         | Mair, William Craig.
+  16244   | L.-Cpl.         | Macdonald, John.
+  16245   | Pte.            | Dickie, William.
+  16246   | Pte.            | Hyslop, John.
+  16247   | Pte.            | Miller, Kenneth S.
+  16248   | Pte.            | Laing, John.
+  16249   | Pte.            | Watt, Edwin.
+  16250   | Pte.            | Levey, Jack.
+  16251   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Archibald.
+  16252   | Pte.            | Cree, Walter Hill.
+  16253   | Pte.            | Bennett, David.
+  16254   | Pte.            | Coats, Thomas.
+  16255   | Pte.            | Thomson, Robert W.
+  16256   | Pte.            | Mitchell, C.H.
+  16257   | Pte.            | Powell, James E.L.
+  16258   | Pte.            | Andrew, John.
+  16259   | Pte.            | Mowat, Alex.
+  16260   | Pte.            | Gardner, James.
+  16261   | Pte.            | Thistle, Robert James.
+  16262   | Pte.            | Macaulay, William.
+  16263   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Allan.
+  16264   | Pte.            | Miller, John F.
+  16265   | L.-Cpl.         | Hall, Robert.
+  16266   | Pte.            | M'Queen, John Duff.
+  16267   | Pte.            | Aird, Allan Muir.
+  16268   | Pte.            | Hayes, John T.
+  16269   | Pte.            | Stewart, C. Campbell.
+  16270   | Pte.            | Campbell, Jack M'N.
+  16271   | Pte.            | M'Nair, Thomas.
+  16272   | Pte.            | Chisholm, Alex.
+  16273   | Pte.            | Robertson, William P.
+  16274   | L.-Cpl.         | Anderson, John S.
+  16275   | Pte.            | Russell, Hugh Ramsay.
+  16276   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Hugh H.
+  16277   | L.-Cpl.         | Neary, Thomas.
+  16278   | Pte.            | Thomson, Adam John.
+  16279   | Pte.            | King, John W.
+  16280   | Pte.            | Neilson, George.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16281   | Pte.            | Simpson, John
+  16282   | Pte.            | Barbour, James.
+  16283   | Pte.            | Anderson, John.
+  16284   | Pte.            | Peters, David.
+  16285   | Pte.            | Jamieson, George William.
+  16286   | Pte.            | Wilson, Thomas.
+  16287   | Pte.            | Morrison, Adam C.
+  16288   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  16289   | Pte.            | Anderson, James.
+  16290   | Pte.            | Wilson, John.
+  16291   | Pte.            | Laird, William.
+  16292   | Pte.            | Parker, William.
+  16293   | Pte.            | Murray, William.
+  16294   | Pte.            | Andrew, Donald.
+  16295   | Pte.            | Glover, Victor.
+  16296   | Pte.            | Armour, Andrew.
+  16297   | Pte.            | M'Dowell, John.
+  16298   | Pte.            | Caldwell, Richard T.
+  16299   | Pte.            | Smith, William.
+   2684   | Pte.            | Simpson, George P.
+   2685   | Pte.            | Robertson, David M.
+   2686   | Pte.            | Harris, Ernest.
+   2687   | Pte.            | Burleigh, F.S.
+   2688   | Pte.            | Watson, Joseph.
+   2689   | Pte.            | Sinclair, George.
+   2690   | Pte.            | Watson, Stanley M.W.
+   2691   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+   2692   | Pte.            | Nicol, William Kerr.
+   2693   | Pte.            | King, William.
+   2694   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, Walter.
+   2695   | Pte.            | Park, Matthew.
+   2696   | Pte.            | Murdoch, James.
+   2697   | Pte.            | Laverty, Henry.
+   2698   | Pte.            | Jordan, Harold W.
+   2699   | Pte.            | Johnston, James
+   2700   | Pte.            | Swan, James.
+   2701   | Pte.            | Colvil, Harold C.
+   2702   | Pte.            | Hendry, H.G.
+   2703   | Pte.            | Heaverman, Walter E.
+   2704   | Pte.            | Yates, Robert.
+   2705   | Pte.            | Whytock, James.
+   2706   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Munn, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2707   | Pte.            | M'Knight, James.
+   2708   | Pte.            | Carswell, James.
+   2709   | Pte.            | Sinclair, George.
+   2710   | Pte.            | Taylor, Hugh B.
+   2711   | Pte.            | Bennet, James.
+   2712   | Pte.            | Laing, Robert M'L.
+   2713   | Pte.            | Johnston, William E.
+   2714   | L.-Cpl.         | Gilchrist, James.
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+    |           15973 L.-Sergt. W. Dickson                      |
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry
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+Title: The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion)
+       Record of War Service, 1914-1918
+
+Author: Various
+
+Editor: John W. Arthur and Ion S. Munro
+
+Release Date: December 19, 2006 [EBook #20136]
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+                           The
+
+           Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                       17th H.L.I.
+
+                THE GIFT OF THE MEMBERS OF
+             THE GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                     The Seventeenth
+                 Highland Light Infantry
+         (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion).
+
+
+
+
+                  Record of War Service,
+                        1914-1918.
+
+
+
+
+                         GLASGOW:
+DAVID J. CLARK, 23 ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE AND 92 UNION STREET.
+                          1920.
+
+
+
+
+EDITORS' PREFACE.
+
+
+In compiling and editing this history of the Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion, the aim of the editors has been to present such a narrative
+as will provide a detailed but not overburdened account of the
+Battalion's movements and operations throughout the years of its
+existence, and at the same time give a representative impression of
+the various outstanding events which have built up the character and
+the traditions of the unit.
+
+In accordance with the wishes of the History Committee, the narrative
+dealing with Field service has been kept within the limits of the
+Battalion's share in the campaign, and accordingly no attempt has been
+made to give any picture of the relative positions of the various
+other units operating with the 17th, or of the general strategic
+import of the actions described.
+
+The chapters dealing with the beginnings and home training, and those
+general items in Part III. are founded mainly upon matter supplied by
+officers of the unit and members of _The Outpost_ staff. The Roll of
+original members in Part IV. has been gathered together by Lieut. and
+Quarter-Master Kelly. The material in the section dealing with the
+service of the Battalion overseas has been gathered from the following
+sources:--
+
+For data--the Official War Diaries of the 17th Battalion H.L.I.
+preserved in the "Records" Office, Hamilton; supplementary notes
+supplied by Lieut.-Cols. Morton and Paul and Major Paterson, D.S.O.,
+M.C.; Brigade and Battalion Operation Orders; Battalion Operation
+Reports.
+
+For impressions, opinions, and descriptions--numerous and exceedingly
+helpful literary vignettes from members of _The Outpost_ staff and
+others, and from interviews.
+
+The Editors desire to record their appreciation of material
+contributed and help given by:--Lieut.-Col. Morton, Lieut.-Col. Paul,
+Lieut.-Col. Inglis, Major Paterson, the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, C.F.,
+Capt. G.H.R. Laird, Capt. M. MacRobert, Capt. T.P. Locking, Mr.
+Cameron of the Chamber of Commerce, Lieut. and Quarter-Master Kelly,
+Mr. Meadows of Saltcoats (for allowing illustrations and excerpts to
+be taken from the diary of his son, the late Lieut. B. Meadows), the
+relatives of the late Lieut. D.W. Hourston (for a selection of
+photographs from his collection), and the following gentlemen
+identified with the publication of _The Outpost_:--Messrs. A.M. Cohen,
+W.S. Corbett, Mark Drummond, W.M. Dixon, A.G. Deans, W. Glennie, A.G.
+Houstoun, J.L. Hardie, C. MacCallum, J. M'Kechnie, N. M'Intyre, W.K.
+M'Taggart, D. Murray, J.L.L. Niven, F.K. Pickles, H.F. Scott, D.M.
+Thomson, R. Tilley.
+
+                                        JOHN W. ARTHUR.
+                                        ION S. MUNRO.
+
+GLASGOW, _May, 1920._
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+EDITORS' PREFACE.
+
+I.--FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.                             PAGE
+
+THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS,                                     13
+  Declaration of War--Strain on the resources of the
+  Regular and Territorial Forces--Kitchener's Call to
+  Arms--Civic response--Glasgow Corporation
+  Battalions--Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and
+  Resolution--Committee formed--The Technical College.
+
+A BATTALION IN BEING,                                          15
+  Attestation and enrolment--"A" Company from Technical
+  College--"B" Company from Schools--"C" and "D" from the
+  City--C.O., Second in Command, Adjutant, Company
+  Commanders, and Staff appointed--Leaving the
+  City--Government acceptance--Farewell visit to City.
+
+ESPRIT DE CORPS,                                               19
+  Traditions of the H.L.I.--the 71st and 74th
+  Foot--Uniform--pre-War Establishment--Regular and
+  Territorial Battalions--War Service Battalions
+  raised--the allocation of the 17th Battalion.
+
+HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING,                                    21
+  Gailes--Troon--Prees Heath--Wensleydale--Totley--Codford
+  Camp--Overseas Orders--Message from the
+  King--Embarkation.
+
+
+II.--ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
+
+ON TREK,                                                       27
+  Arrival at Havre--March to the forward area--Bouzincourt
+  and Millencourt--instructional tour of front line
+  trenches--condition of trenches--first casualties--
+  Molliens.
+
+TRENCH ROUTINE,                                                30
+  In the line--Xmas '15 and the New Year--the new
+  trench--"Standing to"--routine and patrols.
+
+THE RAID,                                                      33
+  The "Red" Division--in the line at Authuille--Colonel
+  Morton wounded on March 21st--A raid postponed--carried
+  out on 22nd--success of Lieut. Begg's
+  party--congratulatory messages and awards.
+
+A LULL BEFORE THE STORM,                                       37
+  Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive--a
+  complimentary shoot with "P" Battery--Divisional,
+  Brigade and Battalion identification marks--happy days
+  at Rubempré.
+
+THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME,                                       39
+  Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle--zero and
+  "over the top"--Leipzig Trench carried--flanks
+  exposed--precarious position of the unit--great
+  casualties--protective bombing posts--consolidation--
+  Battalion relieved--Victoria Cross gained by Sergeant
+  Turnbull--Roll Call.
+
+A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE,                                 42
+  Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B.
+  Meadows giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the
+  July 1st Battle.
+
+HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS,                                       48
+  Senlis--last parade under Col. Morton--Bombing raid
+  north of Ovillers--Move to Bethune--1st Army
+  Area--inspection by General Munro--depleted
+  ranks--trench warfare about Hulluch--Cambrin Sector.
+
+BEAUMONT-HAMEL,                                                51
+  The attack--weather conditions--failure of artillery
+  support--forlorn hope--break-down of assault--gallantry
+  and sacrifice--casualties--Mailly-Maillet--Franqueville
+  and Rubempré--Xmas 1916 and New Year--football and high
+  spirits.
+
+THE NEW YEAR, 1917,                                            53
+  Bad weather--Courcelles--trench labours--varied
+  moves--beginning of Spring Offensive--attack by the
+  French--the advance--Nesle--condition of
+  inhabitants--great digging work at Germaine.
+
+ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY,                                     55
+  The taking of Savy--casualties--patrolling--capture of
+  Fayet--congratulatory messages--strenuous
+  days--Canizy--competitions with the French--work and
+  sport--Hangard--leaving the Fourth Army--Farewell
+  message from General Rawlinson.
+
+IN FLANDERS,                                                   60
+  En route to Steenbecque--R.T.O.--the 14th
+  Corps--reconnaissance of Messines Sector--heavy
+  marches--Coxyde and Kuhn--amenities of Nieuport area.
+
+OPERATIONS ON THE COAST,                                       62
+  Enemy hurricane bombardment--enemy attempt
+  frustrated--attack abandoned--visit to H.L.I.--
+  sports--visit of Dr. Kelman--patrol work by Corpl.
+  Wilson--listening post raided--departure for Adinkerke.
+
+THE YPRES SALIENT,                                             66
+  Passchendaele--gallantry of attack--casualties-- Hilltop
+  Farm--move to Landethun and Yeuse--Serre Sector--close
+  of 1917.
+
+THE DISBANDMENT,                                               71
+  Hogmanay--with the II. Corps--the blow--new army
+  establishment--Hospital Camp--disbandment--the passing
+  of the "17th."
+
+
+III.--AN ODD MUSTER.
+
+THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION,                                   76
+  The Padre's tribute.
+
+CO-OPERATION,                                                  78
+  The 17th and the Gunners.
+
+"THE OUTPOST,"                                                 81
+  The Battalion Magazine.
+
+SPORT OF THE BATTALION,                                        83
+  Football--running--boxing.
+
+THE R.S.M.,                                                    84
+  Tribute by Lieut.-Col. D.S. Morton.
+
+A REMEMBRANCE,                                                 84
+  An echo.
+
+THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE,                                        85
+  The Ladies' Committee and Office-bearers--their helpful
+  work.
+
+MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW,                                   86
+  The Somme--Rev. A. Herbert Gray's text.
+
+THE CLUB,                                                      87
+  The object--Battalion Benevolent Fund--Committee
+  formed--Hope of the future.
+
+"E" COMPANY,                                                   89
+  17th H.L.I. Reserve--19th Battalion--drafts--
+  activities--Lieut. Col. Anderson, V.C.--78th T.R.B.
+
+
+IV.--HONOURS AND AWARDS.
+
+Battalion Honour,                                              91
+
+The Victoria Cross,                                            91
+
+Honours gained by Officers and others while serving
+ with the Battalion,                                           93
+
+Honours gained by original Members of the Battalion
+  after being transferred to other units,                      96
+
+List of Officers who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation,                                 100
+
+"Other Ranks" of the Battalion who were granted
+  Commissions in the Battalion,                               101
+
+Roll of Warrant Officers, N.C.O.s and men who joined
+  the Battalion prior to 22nd November, 1915,                 102
+
+
+
+
+ILLUSTRATIONS.
+
+
+FRONTISPIECE.                                       _Facing Page_
+
+THE LATE MR. MONTAGU M.W. BAIRD AND MR. JAMES W. MURRAY,
+PRESIDENTS OF THE CHAMBER,                                     14
+
+FAREWELL MEETING AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE,                     17
+
+EARLY DAYS--A REST BY THE WAY,                                 18
+
+H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE
+H.L.I., AND COLONEL J. STANLEY PATERSON,                       19
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL DAVID S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.,              20, 35
+
+ON THE SEA FRONT AT TROON--LEAVING TROON,                      20
+
+MESS ORDERLIES (PREES HEATH CAMP)--"GUARD, TURN OUT"
+(WENSLEY CAMP),                                                21
+
+A PEACEFUL BIVOUAC (SALISBURY PLAIN)--RECRUITING MARCH
+AT CODFORD,                                                    22
+
+OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION AT MAR LODGE, TROON, 1915,           24
+
+VISIT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TROON,
+1915                                                           25
+
+THE BATTALION ON PARADE,                                       26
+
+HAVRE--RUINS OF BETHUNE,                                       28
+
+THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--BEFORE AND AFTER BOMBARDMENT,           34
+
+MAP ILLUSTRATING OPERATIONS OF 1ST JULY, 1916,                 40
+
+VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE,                44
+
+COOKHOUSE AT BECOURT--OBSERVATION POST, HULLUCH
+SECTOR--WAR'S DESTRUCTION,                                     50
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J. PAUL,                                      51
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.,                      60
+
+TYPES OF SUPPORT LINE DUG-OUTS AND FIRST AID POST,             68
+
+MAJOR THE REV. A. HERBERT GRAY--CHURCH PARADE (PREES HEATH),   76
+
+PHASES OF BATTALION TRAINING,                                  77
+
+"THE OUTPOST" STAFF ON ACTIVE SERVICE--ORIGINAL EDITORIAL
+STAFF,                                                         81
+
+THE LATE STEVEN D. REITH, D.C.M.--LCE.-CORPL. F.K. PICKLES,    82
+
+MARGUS, THE MASCOT--ONE OF THE BATTALION RUGBY FOOTBALL
+TEAMS,                                                         83
+
+LIEUT. AND Q.-M. (FORMERLY REGIMENTAL-SERGEANT-MAJOR) JAMES
+KELLY,                                                         84
+
+MRS. DAVID S. MORTON, CONVENER OF THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE,      85
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL W. AULD, V.D.,                                  90
+
+THE LATE LIEUT.-COLONEL WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON, V.C.,
+AND SERGEANT J.Y. TURNBULL, V.C.,                              91
+
+
+
+
+"_They ask a better Britain as their monument._"
+
+
+
+
+I.--FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.
+
+
+THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS.
+
+
+Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th, 1914, and almost
+immediately the combatant strength of its Regular Army was on service
+and the great bulk of that gallant force engaged in those fierce
+actions against odds which marked the early fighting.
+
+The War Office was quickly alive to the fact that the Regular Army
+could not cope in point of numbers with the Germanic hordes. On the
+day following the declaration of war the Territorial Forces of Great
+Britain were mobilized, and with a marvellous and inspiring unanimity
+their members volunteered for Overseas Service. But even the addition
+of these many thousands to our striking force was realised to provide
+no more than a relief for the rapidly exhausting strength of the "old
+contemptibles," and Lord Kitchener issued his great manifesto calling
+the people to the Empire's help, and laid the foundations of a New
+Army--Kitchener's Army--the finest and most disinterested body of
+soldier patriots that ever stepped in a sound and worthy cause. At
+once the patriotism of the country declared itself and the Nation
+sprang to arms. The City of Glasgow proved itself second to none among
+the cities and districts of the Kingdom in its answer to the call. The
+Town Council recruited two fine battalions, the 1st Glasgow, which was
+mainly drawn from the Tramway employees of the city; and the 2nd
+Glasgow, which was recruited from former members of the Boys' Brigade.
+Other institutions in the city were bestirring themselves in the
+national cause, and at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Directors,
+held on 3rd September, 1914, it was unanimously resolved, on the
+motion of Bailie W.F. Russell, to form a Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion. Enthusiasm for the scheme was quickly evident, and no time
+was lost in getting the matter put upon a practical basis. At the same
+meeting of Directors the following gentlemen were appointed as the
+Committee in charge:--Messrs. M.M.W. Baird, James W. Murray, F.C.
+Gardiner, G.A. Mitchell, H. Moncrieff, W.F. Russell, A.A. Smith, with
+Sir Archd. M'Innes Shaw as Convener, and Mr. John W. Arthur as
+Vice-Convener, the former making Military matters his chief concern,
+the latter caring for Clothing and Equipment. Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird,
+the President, and Mr. James W. Murray, the Vice-President, did much
+to foster the movement.
+
+The Chamber of Commerce sustained the loss of Mr. Baird, who died on
+October 14, 1915. Mr. J.W. Murray succeeded him as President and
+applied that deep interest in all the work and welfare of the
+Battalion which marked his services throughout the history of the
+unit. Mr. Thomas Cameron, the Secretary of the Chamber, also in
+countless ways contributed to its success.
+
+At this stage the Council of the Royal Glasgow Technical College
+approached the Chamber of Commerce Committee, and it was arranged that
+students of the College would find special opportunities of forming a
+detachment within the Battalion. This arrangement was found acceptable
+in every way, and many students entered for the service of their
+country under the colours of what was at that early stage known as
+"The Chamber of Commerce Battalion, 3rd Glasgow."
+
+   [Illustration: THE LATE MR. MONTAGU M.W. BAIRD,
+   President of the Chamber, 1914-1915.]
+
+   [Illustration: MR. JAMES W. MURRAY,
+   President of the Chamber, 1916-1917-1918.
+   _To face page 14._]
+
+
+
+
+A BATTALION IN BEING.
+
+
+No time was lost in bridging the gap between "Resolution" and
+"Action." By September 12th, 1914, the work of enrolling recruits had
+begun, and Medical Examination and Attestation were commenced under
+the supervision of Colonel J. Stanley Paterson, Officer in Charge, No.
+2 District, Scottish Command. Colonel Paterson did much for the
+Battalion in many directions, and in a recent letter says:--"I have
+never lost, and never will lose, the deep interest I took in the 17th
+H.L.I. from the moment of its initiation, and the full story of its
+doings will give me the greatest pleasure to read."
+
+The Lesser Hall of the Merchants' House was for many days the
+Headquarters of busy recruiting, and those associated with these
+stirring times will long remember the enthusiasm with which the
+enrolment was conducted. With the help of Dr. Beilby and Mr. Stockdale
+of the Royal Technical College, "A" Company was speedily recruited,
+and was composed mainly of the College Students. Colonel R.C.
+Mackenzie, C.B., did much for "B" Company, enlisting in its ranks
+former pupils of the City Schools, the High School, Glasgow Academy
+and others. "C" and "D" Companies were composed principally of men
+from the business houses and different trades in the city and
+district. For a few weeks the men, living in their own homes, were
+instructed and drilled in four of the Territorial Force Association
+Halls. During the recruiting and the early weeks of the training,
+Major Rounsfell Brown acted as Adjutant, and rendered excellent
+service.
+
+Kit was issued to the four original Companies, "A," "B," "C," and "D,"
+on 19th and 20th September.
+
+It was at first expected that Colonel Fred. J. Smith, late of the 8th
+Scottish Rifles, might be chosen as Officer in Command, but for
+reasons of health he was unable to undertake the duty. The choice
+eventually fell upon Lieut.-Colonel David S. Morton, V.D., who had
+seen much service, and was well fitted to fill the post. His volunteer
+experience included service in the 1st L.R.V., the Engineers, and
+various Commissioned ranks in the 5th H.L.I., ending, on his retiral,
+with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. In 1900 he served with the 71st in
+South Africa as Captain of the H.L.I. Service Company. He was
+mentioned in despatches, and received the "South Africa" Medal with
+three clasps.
+
+Major W.J. Paul was appointed second in Command. His service had been
+with the Scottish Rifles (the 4th V.B.S.R.), in which unit he rose to
+the rank of Major, second in Command. He retired in 1907 with the
+Honorary rank of Major.
+
+The original Officers in Command of Companies were:--
+
+     "A" Major W.J. Paul.
+     "B" Major J.R. Young.
+     "C" Major W. Auld, V.D.
+     "D" Major E. Hutchison.
+
+The Regimental Staff included Captain D.R. Kilpatrick, R.A.M.C., as
+Surgeon attached; Lieut. and Quarter-Master Slade; Regimental
+Sergt.-Major Kelly; Regimental Quarter-Master Sergt. T. Keith; and
+Orderly Room Quarter-Master-Sergt. J. Copland.
+
+Up to this point the drill and training were being well pushed on. It
+will be remembered that the extraordinary demands made on khaki cloth,
+by the sudden institution of a national army, made it practically
+unobtainable in these early months. A navy blue serge cloth was
+substituted for making tunics, trousers and greatcoats, and these made
+a neat and serviceable uniform. This uniform was issued at Gailes and
+was exchanged for khaki in the following summer at Troon. The
+Battalion was now ready to set out for its war training station, and
+on 23rd September assembled in the Examination Hall of the Royal
+Technical College, and had a good send-off by the Directors and
+Members of the Chamber of Commerce, Colonel Stanley Paterson, and
+other friends. At this meeting, Colours for the Regiment were promised
+by Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird, the President of the Chamber; Bugles, by
+Dr. and Mrs. Beilby, of the Technical College; and Pipes and Drums as
+a joint gift by the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and
+Merchants' House. After the Meeting, the Battalion entrained for the
+Camp at Gailes.
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR W.J. PAUL.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR JOHN R. YOUNG.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR W. AULD, V.D.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR E. HUTCHISON.
+   _To face page 16._]
+
+   [Illustration: THE FAREWELL MEETING IN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
+   _To face page 17._]
+
+A member of the Battalion, giving a general impression of these
+memorable "first days," writes:--
+
+"We all assembled in our various drill halls. We watched and
+whispered. Some asked, who is that man with the loud voice shouting at
+us, giving us papers and getting us into what he called Companies. We
+knew soon. Then they selected N.C.O.'s (acting) from amongst those who
+had some previous training. After that we went away. The N.C.O.'s
+stayed and took the bundles of papers, our pledged word to our king,
+and wearily for hours sorted them and listed the names.
+
+"Days followed when we marched and when we got to know our officers by
+sight and to call ourselves by our Company name. Then came the day we
+drew our kit and carried off strange bundles to our homes. We got the
+magic words 'To camp at Gailes.' Then we were soldiers now. We paraded
+by Companies and assembled in the Square and marched to the train. A
+motley crowd carrying on our shoulders all manner of weird shaped
+bundles. The crowd laughed and cheered us. Thus we left the City that
+held us very peculiarly her own, her citizens and sons for the last
+time. Henceforth her soldiers."
+
+The Chamber of Commerce Battalion was now an accomplished fact, and
+the following authoritative acceptance by the Government and the War
+Office, linked it as an integral part of the Service Regiments of the
+British Army.
+
+
+                                    "WAR OFFICE,
+                             "LONDON, S.W., _2nd November, 1914._
+
+  "TO THE PRESIDENT,
+    "CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
+      "7 WEST GEORGE STREET,
+        "GLASGOW.
+
+    "Sir,
+
+    "I am commanded by the Army Council to offer you, and those
+    associated with you, their sincere thanks for having raised the
+    17th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (3rd Glasgow)
+    of which the administration has now been taken over by the
+    Military Authorities.
+
+    "The Council much appreciated the spirit which prompted your
+    offer of assistance, and they are gratified at the successful
+    results of the time and labour devoted to this object, which has
+    added to the armed forces of the Crown the services of a fine
+    body of men.
+
+    "The Council will watch the future career of the Battalion with
+    interest, and they feel assured that when sent to the front it
+    will maintain the high reputation of the distinguished Regiment
+    of which it forms part.
+
+    "I am to add that its success on active service will largely
+    depend on the result of your efforts to keep the depot Companies
+    constantly up to establishment with men in every way fit for
+    service in the field.
+
+      "I am, Sir,
+        "Your obedient Servant,
+          "(Signed)    B.B. CUBITT."
+
+On 7th November, the Battalion paid a return visit to the City of
+Glasgow. The Battalion arrived and formed up on the station platform.
+A word of command and away they marched into the streets, crowded to
+the uttermost by friends and relatives. Hardly a cheer was heard. The
+men marched between banks of faces, in a deep silence. What a strange
+reception, surely the most impressive men ever had, proving what was
+in the hearts of those that watched the men and how they felt for
+them. Only when they entered the Square did cheers and the buzzing of
+an awaking crowd break out. "We felt," says an officer, "rather
+disappointed; but we knew what it meant." The unit was then inspected
+in front of the Municipal Buildings by representatives of the Chamber
+of Commerce.
+
+   [Illustration: EARLY DAYS.]
+
+   [Illustration: A REST BY THE WAY.
+   _To face page 18._]
+
+   [Illustration: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,
+   Colonel-in-Chief of the H.L.I.]
+
+   [Illustration: Colonel J. STANLEY PATERSON.
+   _To face page 19._]
+
+
+
+
+ESPRIT DE CORPS.
+
+
+It will be of value and interest to give here a brief survey of the
+history of The Highland Light Infantry, which enshrines a record of
+service and gallantry second to none in the annals of our Empire, and
+to which the Chamber of Commerce Battalion was fated to add a page as
+heroic and imperishable as any in its great traditions.
+
+The Highland Light Infantry was originally raised as two separate
+Regiments of Foot, the 71st and the 74th. What was to become famous as
+the 71st was raised in 1777 by Lord John MacLeod and was known as
+"MacLeod's Highlanders." It was a kilted regiment and wore the
+Mackenzie tartan. It was originally numbered the 73rd, and under this
+designation won early distinctions in India in the campaigns against
+Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sahib. Nine years after its inauguration it
+became the 71st, and after service in Ceylon and at the Cape it
+received in 1808 the title of "The Glasgow Regiment." Shortly after
+this the 71st entered once more the fields of war in the Peninsula
+campaign under Wellington, and shared in many actions including the
+storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, the siege of Badajoz and at Vittoria. Then
+came their crowning gallantry at Waterloo against the flower of
+Napoleon's armies. In later years the Crimea, Canada and the Bermudas
+were added to their war honours.
+
+The 74th was raised at Glasgow by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell
+with a view to service in India. The 74th also wore the kilt, but of
+Black Watch tartan. Their record runs much on the same lines as that
+of the 71st, and quickly they are also found performing deeds of
+stubborn gallantry in India in the Mysore Territory. When the hour of
+Tippoo Sahib had come, the 74th was the first to enter the tyrant's
+last stronghold, but it was later, at the battle of Assaye that they
+earned a fame which finds its echo to-day in the old badge of the
+Elephant, which that action entitles them to wear. For long afterwards
+the unit possessed the proud by-name of "The Assaye Regiment." After
+sharing with the 71st in the rigours of the Peninsula, Canada and the
+West Indies, the 74th saw service in the Kaffir War, Madras, and in
+Egypt, including Tel-el-Kebir, where they were in the fiercest of the
+fight.
+
+It was in 1809, as a reward for their services, that they were formed
+into Light Infantry, and were permitted to retain such parts of the
+national dress as were not inconsistent with the duties of Light
+Infantry. They then discarded the kilt and adopted the tartan trews
+which still appear in the full dress uniform of the Regiment. The kilt
+is now worn by two Territorial Battalions, the 6th and the 9th.
+
+Subsequently the two Regiments were formed into one Regiment of two
+Battalions.
+
+The "H.L.I.," as all the world calls it, was of course present during
+the South African War. They fought at Modder River, and though they
+suffered severely at Magersfontein, continued to share in the
+hardships of the remainder of the campaign.
+
+At the outbreak of the Great War there were in addition to the 1st and
+2nd Battalions, two Special Reserve Battalions (the 3rd and 4th) and
+five Territorial Battalions, numbered the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.
+
+After declaration of war, the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
+16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Service Battalions were raised,
+together with the 21st (Territorial) and 1st (Garrison) Battalions. In
+addition, the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions each had second
+and third lines, and at one time there were as many as thirty
+Battalions in existence. These were more or less connected with the
+City of Glasgow and district, and serve as an indication of the
+patriotism and loyalty of the community.
+
+On 14th December, 1914, the War Office issued an order that the
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion was to form a unit of the New Army, and
+was to be designated the 17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light
+Infantry, of the 117th Infantry Brigade, of the 39th Division. This
+intimation was received when the Battalion was stationed at Troon, and
+was hailed with great enthusiasm by all ranks.
+
+Their comradeship in the common cause, their keenness for practical
+service and the _esprit de corps_ engendered by their attachment to
+the illustrious Highland Light Infantry, knit all ranks together in
+enthusiasm and determination.
+
+   [Illustration: ON THE SEA FRONT AT TROON.]
+
+   [Illustration: LT.-COL. DAVID S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.]
+
+   [Illustration: LEAVING TROON.
+   _To face page 20._]
+
+   [Illustration: "GUARD, TURN OUT"--WENSLEY CAMP.]
+
+   [Illustration: MESS ORDERLIES--PREES HEATH CAMP.
+   _To face page 21._]
+
+It was about this time that instructions were received to recruit a
+fifth Company as part of the 17th Battalion establishment. As this
+Company eventually became the nucleus of a further Battalion with a
+parallel history of its own, it will be treated separately in another
+chapter. (Page 89.)
+
+
+
+
+HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING.
+
+
+The Battalion arrived at Gailes on 23rd September, 1914, and this
+event might be called the beginning of the Great Adventure. The war
+seemed miles nearer as the light-hearted and high-spirited lads
+stepped out of the train and viewed the rows of glistening white
+tents. The large array of kit bags was in many instances supplemented
+by suit cases, filled with surplus personal effects thought necessary
+for creature comforts. The novelty of the surroundings, and twelve men
+in a tent, including numerous belongings, did not conduce to sleep;
+and the next morning reveillé found all but the old soldier already
+astir. The weeks at Gailes were spent in organising, and the efforts
+of all ranks to become efficient were worthy of that spirit which
+lasted throughout the existence of the Battalion.
+
+The issue of something in the nature of a uniform and a few Drill
+Pattern rifles raised hopes that the training was being hurried on. On
+the 13th October, a move was made to Troon, where the good citizens
+afforded luxurious billets to the Battalion.
+
+In spite of the vigorous training that was enforced during the next
+few months, and which stood the men in such good stead later on, the
+social side was not neglected and helped to cement a great feeling of
+good fellowship and understanding between the officers and men. It was
+with mutual regret that the Seventeenth took its departure from Troon
+on 13th May, 1915, and the memory of the stay in the Ayrshire town
+will always remain as one of the most pleasant memories in the history
+of the Battalion.
+
+There is something very remarkable about the record of the 17th H.L.I.
+when billeted in Troon. For though brain-weary subalterns spent hours
+trying to balance their billeting monies to the satisfaction of
+exasperated and exacting Company Commanders, there was very little
+trouble in the Orderly Room, that pulse of trouble.
+
+Here are some noteworthy facts:--
+
+    I.--The Guard Room was always empty.
+
+    II.--There were practically no men "crimed" for lateness on
+        parade.
+
+    III.--There were practically no "crimes" for being out of
+        "billets."
+
+    IV.--There were no complaints of rowdyism in billets.
+
+    V.--There were no charges of drunkenness.
+
+    VI.--There were only very few charges of pass breaking.
+
+    VII.--There were very few claims for damage, and these on
+        examination were more vindictive than real.
+
+    VIII.--It was not necessary to serve any billeting notices.
+
+These are a few of the significant facts that mount up to bring honour
+to the rank and file of the 17th H.L.I.
+
+The three troop-trains carrying the Battalion arrived at Whitchurch,
+Shropshire, on the morning of the 14th May, and the men marched some
+three miles south to the great hut-city on Prees Heath. This was the
+first War Station of the Brigade, where the 15th, 16th and 17th H.L.I.
+joined the 11th (S.) Battalion Border Regiment (The Lonsdales). There
+the men found hut life very comfortable. The cleaning and tidying of
+their new abodes kept them busy, and was carried out with the cheery
+zest and whole-hearted enthusiasm so characteristic of the
+Seventeenth. Full advantage was taken of the adjacent Y.M.C.A.
+establishment, which proved an admirable Institution. The Concert
+Hall, Refreshment Tables, Reading and Billiard Rooms, were well
+patronised at all off-duty hours, and the men appreciated the cheerful
+kindness of the attendants, who were voluntary lady workers from the
+County houses.
+
+Extended manoeuvres were impracticable in this well-fenced
+agricultural area, so the training embraced much route-marching, and
+barrack-square work, musketry, signalling, visual training, etc.
+There were several trying marches in the scorching May-June weather,
+to Clive's native district, Moreton-Say and Market Drayton, to Wem and
+Hodnet, and to the beautiful scenery of Hawkstone Park, and Iscoyd
+Hall. Football, cricket, hockey, golf and cross-country running
+provided healthy recreation, while excursions to old-world "Sleepy
+Chester," to Shrewsbury and into Wales were popular week-ends.
+
+   [Illustration: A PEACEFUL BIVOUAC--SALISBURY PLAIN.]
+
+   [Illustration: RECRUITING MARCH AT GRAND PARADE, BATH.
+   _To face page 22._]
+
+In the third week of June, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. changed quarters from
+the flat stifling district of Prees-Heath to the breezy upland valley
+of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. There is hardly a
+level acre in the district, but this was a welcome change. Many an
+enjoyable journey was made, in the intervals of Brigade Training,
+northward to lonely Swaledale, south to Coverdale, across the Valley
+of the Yore, to the prominent peak of Penhill, or to the beautiful
+Aysgarth Falls.
+
+The Infantry Brigade, the 97th, had the 95th and the South Irish Horse
+as comrades for the training round Leyburn and Middleham, and Bellerby
+Moors; and some pleasant friendships were formed with the Warwickshire
+and Gloucestershire lads, and with the "foine foightin' bhoys" from
+Cork and Tipperary.
+
+On the 27th of July tents were shifted to Totley Rifle Ranges in
+Derbyshire, where the preliminary Musketry Course was fired by the
+Battalion during the next fortnight, with most creditable results. The
+men made themselves great favourites in Totley and Dore, and at
+Sheffield, where they received a very hospitable welcome at all times,
+and especially on the occasion of a memorable route march through that
+city on 9th August. The Battalion was given an enthusiastic send-off
+at Dore and Beauchief Stations on 10th August, when entraining for
+Salisbury Plain, the scene of their next training ground.
+
+When the Seventeenth steamed into the station at Codford St. Mary, on
+11th August, and saw the occasional houses peeping through the tall
+trees, it was the thought that, after the bustle and stir of Totley,
+they had indeed become soldiers in earnest. The Camp Warden
+strengthened this belief with his assurance that no unit stayed longer
+than six weeks in the Camp, and after that,--Southampton and France,
+for the testing and proof of all that had been learnt so eagerly. As
+it turned out, three months were spent at Codford--months of rigorous
+training, of long interesting divisional manoeuvres, and general
+hardening. The men learned to dig trenches quickly and well, for they
+had to spend nights in them; to march many miles without complaint,
+and fight at the end of the hardest day's march; to use Lewis guns,
+not as amateurs with a strange toy, but as men whose lives depended on
+their speed and ability. The mysteries of transport, and the value of
+a timetable were revealed.
+
+Needless to say these days of field exercises were not lacking in some
+amusing incidents which seem to dog the footsteps of peace conditions
+manoeuvres and which act as very welcome episodes amid the hard work
+that such training involves. Towards the close of one of the
+periodical manoeuvres carried out by the Seventeenth under the
+critical eye of an Inspecting General a bugle had sounded and the
+manoeuvres ceased. Officers grouped together and men lay on their
+backs and talked. The General turned to one of the Battalion officers
+who were now beginning to assemble round him, and said, "What was that
+call?" He often did such things as this to test knowledge of detail.
+"The Stand Fast," said the officer to whom the question was addressed.
+"Oh! come! come!" said the General, "Now, what was it?" he further
+questioned a Company Commander. No reply came. Then he turned to the
+Second in Command, "Now, Major, what was it? Tell him." "The Stand
+Fast, sir," said the Major. "Really," said the General, "you gentlemen
+must learn the elementary things in soldiering. Bugler, tell these
+gentlemen what that call was." "The Stand Fast, sir," replied the
+bugler. The General hurried on with the conference!
+
+At Codford the Battalion had its first taste of army biscuit and
+bully-beef. From Monday to Thursday manoeuvres were held; on Friday,
+"clean up," and on Saturday, after the Colonel's inspection, the
+luckier ones went to Bath and Bristol for the day, or to London or
+Bournemouth for the week-end. Friday was pay day--"Seven Shillings me
+lucky lad," and after pay-out, the reading of the Army Act or a
+Lecture on bayonet-fighting or tactics. Games flourished. The
+Battalion football team played and defeated Bath City, and met the
+other Battalions of the Division at Rugby Football, and invariably
+won. On the ranges with rifle and Lewis gun, the Battalion maintained
+its place as _the_ Battalion in the Division.
+
+   [Illustration: OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION AT MAR LODGE, TROON,
+   1915.
+   _To face page 24._]
+
+   [Illustration: VISIT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
+   TROON, 1915.
+   _To face page 25._]
+
+At last word was received that the Battalion would cross to France on
+November 22nd. Only fifty per cent. got week-end leave--there was no
+time for more. Training was over. Few will forget the brave skirl of
+the pipes as the Battalion swung home in the morning from Yarnbury
+Castle, file after file silhouetted against the orange and gold of the
+rising sun. Always, when the wind blows fresh and sweet in the
+morning, those who are left of those happy times will think of
+Codford, the "jumping off place" of the Seventeenth for France.
+
+The following message of God-speed and goodwill was received by the
+Battalion as part of the 32nd Division before setting out:--
+
+
+    "17TH SERVICE BATTALION HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.
+      "BRIGADE ORDER NO. 1285, OF 19TH NOVEMBER, 1915.
+        "MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
+
+    "Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the 32nd
+    Division, on the eve of your departure for Active Service I send
+    you my heartfelt good wishes.
+
+    "It is a bitter disappointment to me, owing to an unfortunate
+    accident, I am unable to see the Division on Parade before it
+    leaves England; but I can assure you that my thoughts are with
+    you all.
+
+    "Your period of training has been long and arduous, but the time
+    has now come for you to prove on the Field of Battle the results
+    of your instruction.
+
+    "From the good accounts that I have received of the Division, I
+    am confident that the high traditions of the British Army are
+    safe in your hands, and that with your comrades now in the Field
+    you will maintain the unceasing efforts necessary to bring the
+    War to a victorious ending.
+
+    "Good-bye and God-speed."
+
+To the above message the following reply was sent:--
+
+    "Please convey to His Majesty the heartfelt thanks of all ranks
+    of the 32nd Division for His gracious message and their
+    determination to justify His expectations.
+
+    "The Division deeply regrets the accident which has deprived it
+    of the honour of a visit from His Majesty, and humbly offers its
+    best wishes for His Majesty's speedy and complete recovery."
+
+On Sunday, 21st November, 1915, the Battalion paraded in full
+strength, 1,032 all ranks, at their hutments, Codford. A minute and
+final inspection was made, and everything pronounced to be in order. A
+memorable feature of this parade was the head-gear, Balmoral bonnets
+of the war service pattern being worn for the first time. Next morning
+the Battalion left Codford in three parties for Southampton, and
+without any delay embarked on two transports for Havre, the remainder
+of the Division going _via_ Boulogne. It was a perfect crossing, no
+wind, bright moonlight, with everyone in the best of spirits.
+
+At 7 a.m. on the 23rd, the troops disembarked at the port of Havre and
+marched off at once to the Rest Camp, three miles away, great interest
+being displayed in the few German prisoners working on the docks. On
+arrival the Battalion found it was under canvas, no floor boards and
+plenty of mud--a first taste of real discomfort. Moreover the day was
+raw, with a suspicion of snow, and no one was sorry when it was
+announced that the Camp was being left first thing in the morning.
+That evening a few of the Officers visited the town itself, and others
+went out on a first reconnaissance to discover the route to the
+station, and the Ration Depot.
+
+The next day, after drawing two days' rations as well as "Iron
+Rations," the Battalion left for the "Front,"--"A," "B," and "C"
+Companies going off at 1.15 p.m., and "D" Company following a few
+hours later.
+
+   [Illustration: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BATTALION, TROON, APRIL,
+   1915.]
+
+
+
+
+II.--ACTIVE SERVICE.
+
+
+ON TREK.
+
+    _Arrival at Havre--March to the forward area--Bouzincourt and
+    Millencourt--instructional tour of front line
+    trenches--condition of trenches--first casualties--Molliens._
+
+
+The Battalion arrived at the Port of Le Havre, disembarked in high
+spirits, and in the morning of 23rd November, 1915, part of the troops
+left the docks for a three mile trek to a rest camp; but soon the
+Battalion set out on its first journey "up the line" in cattle trucks.
+Travelling through the night of the 24th, via Rouen and Amiens, the
+unit reached Pont Remy, some twelve miles east of Abbeville, in the
+early hours of the following day, and soon had commenced their first
+route march into the battle-ways of France, and, incidentally, at the
+first resting place, Mouflers, made cheerily light of what was their
+first experience of faulty billeting arrangements. One billet, for 150
+men, at the Folie Auberge was uninhabitable, and the appearance of the
+billets in general was greeted with good-natured growls of amazement
+and disgust. The weather, however, was mild and sunny, and after about
+eight hours' work all the troops were more or less under cover. When
+every incident was an experience novel and suggestive, such minor
+discomforts did not trouble anyone seriously; but considered in
+retrospect it must be admitted that these, their first billets, were
+very poor for a village so far behind the line. If it was an
+unpromising beginning for the companies, it proved a delusion and a
+snare for headquarters, for they scored on this occasion in having at
+the Chateau the most comfortable billets they ever were fated to
+enjoy.
+
+The next day was spent in resting, and on the 27th the march was
+continued along the magnificent Amiens Road, through Felixcourt and
+Belloy-sur-Somme to La Chaussee. This was a day of keen frost and
+bright sunshine, and headed by the band, the 17th stepped out through
+the various villages in the best of spirits. Following the same column
+was the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers and two A.S.C. Companies. That
+night the billets were good, everyone felt somehow in holiday mood,
+helped perhaps by the successful bargaining for eggs, chickens and
+wine, for to make purchases at all was even at that early date a
+matter for rejoicing. The pipers delighted with their playing the
+heart of Madame la Comptesse at her chateau at Turancourt where
+Brigade headquarters were stationed.
+
+On the 28th, a bitterly cold day, the Battalion marched eleven miles
+via Coisy and Ranneville to Molliens-au-Bois, and there they stayed
+until the morning of December 1st, when they were joined by M.
+Duchamps, interpreter. Molliens-au-Bois lies about eight miles north
+of Amiens, but the outstanding feature was that, from the high ground
+above there was got the first glimpse of the illuminations provided
+nightly by the Bosche, all along the battle front.
+
+On 1st December they left at 8.15 a.m., in company with the 16th
+H.L.I., and on the way a Company of the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers
+joined the column, which now was moving into the front area.
+
+During the afternoon of that day, the Officers and N.C.O.s of "A" and
+"B" Companies went from Bouzincourt into the front line trenches, just
+north of Albert, and were attached for instruction to the 7th Gordons
+and the 7th Black Watch of the 51st Division, and on the following day
+these two Companies joined their Officers in the front line for one
+night. The trenches were in a very bad condition after hard frost and
+heavy rain. Parts of the trenches were collapsing under the severe
+conditions and cases were reported from neighbouring units of men
+being drowned in the mud and water.
+
+On the 3rd and 4th December "C" and "D" Companies from Millencourt
+went through a similar programme. On the 6th the front line only of
+Sectors F1 and F2 were taken over, and then on the 8th the whole
+Battalion took over Sector F1--some 2,000 yards of system from just
+north of La Boisselle towards Authuille (Blighty) Wood. The front line
+and communication trenches were knee deep in water and the trench
+shelters were poor. Rats galore and of enormous size added to the
+amenity of the district.
+
+   [Illustration: HAVRE.]
+
+   [Illustration: RUINS OF BETHUNE.
+   _To face page 28._]
+
+On the 4th of December the 17th suffered their first casualty by enemy
+action, Pte. J.M. Harper, "A" Company, being wounded by a rifle
+grenade.
+
+The next day Ptes. A. Taylor and R. Cross, of "D" Company, were
+wounded while bringing up rations. On the afternoon of the 11th, the
+Battalion, having completed its course of practical instruction, was
+relieved, and returned, two Companies to Bouzincourt, two to
+Millencourt. During the relief the enemy shelled the position heavily,
+and the Battalion was fortunate in escaping with only one casualty,
+Pte. R. M'Kelvie of "B" Company. The next day the Battalion marched
+back to Molliens-au-Bois, via Senlis and Beaucourt, to recuperate
+after their opening experience of active trench warfare conditions.
+The mud and water and the delapidated condition of the trenches were
+indeed an eye-opener to the men, as much as the comparative absence of
+"enemy activity." As they tramped back to Molliens, they passed some
+Companies of the 15th H.L.I. en route for their first spell, and their
+blank astonishment at the muddy appearance of the returning 17th
+Battalion was much appreciated by the war-worn veterans!
+
+All ranks received a good reception from the villagers, and the next
+few days were spent in resting, inspections and training. Considerable
+time was taken up in making duck-boards from the smaller trees of a
+wood near the village until this exercise was stopped by the forester.
+A few secured the grant of leave to Amiens, a privilege greatly
+enjoyed. The work of the organisations home in Glasgow and the
+interest taken in the Regiment and the men of the 17th Battalion soon
+became manifested by the arrival of parcels to such an extent that the
+postal arrangements were severely strained!
+
+
+
+
+TRENCH ROUTINE.
+
+    _In the line--Xmas '15 and the New Year--the new
+    trench--"Standing to"--routine and patrols._
+
+
+The Battalion returned to the line from Molliens-au-Bois on 23rd
+December, 1915, and from then till 17th February, 1916, held the
+Sector F1 alternately with the 11th Border Regiment. The outstanding
+features of this period were the digging and then the taking over of
+the new trenches across the big re-entrant on their right on 2nd
+February, and the enemy raid on the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., on their left on
+9th February.
+
+It will be noted that this spell of trench warfare activities brackets
+in both Christmas and New Year--both of which were accordingly spent
+in the front line trenches. As far as possible Christmas fare was
+provided in the line, and strict orders were issued that if the enemy
+made any friendly offers they were to be rejected strenuously. The
+only exchange of greetings notified for Christmas and New Year in the
+Official War Diary of the Battalion is a brief record of shelling and
+machine gunning. But during this period the Battalion had nevertheless
+very few casualties--only seven killed, including two died of wounds.
+The first casualty was Corporal Houston of No. 16 Platoon, who was
+killed at Lower Donnet on 3rd January.
+
+Except for patrol work, the piece of work carried out on 2nd February,
+1916, in connection with the new trenches was the first military
+operation carried out by the 17th when in close touch with the enemy,
+and it was confined to "B" Company and a Platoon of "A" Company, who
+acted as covering party.
+
+For some time the Battalion had been exercised in night manoeuvres,
+and on 1st February they had a full-dress rehearsal of the impending
+operation, which, on Tuesday, 2nd February, came off sooner than had
+been anticipated. The scheme was to form a new line of trenches,
+protected by wire, nearer the German line, some 300 yards in front of
+the existing one, the length dug being about 600 yards, with
+communication trenches in addition.
+
+At 6 p.m., in pitch darkness, "B" Company filed out into "no man's
+land." Instructions were, "No firing, bayonet only if necessary."
+There were Hun flares and machine guns, but no search-light. Had the
+enemy but used the light, all might have been spoiled. Their lives
+depended on no Hun reaching their line, or getting back with
+information. They went straight out the 600 yards without a hitch.
+That fixed their right flank, where Major J.R. Young was in command.
+Captain Russell led his half Company 500 yards straight across the
+front, with two scouts on either side, checking. At every five yards a
+man dropped and was placed, facing his proper front. They moved
+slowly, snail pace, but only three times in the 500 yards had the line
+to drop flat, until the last man was placed. The next thing was to get
+in touch with "A" Company, who were putting out the platoon to guard
+"B" Company's left flank. Rather jumpy work, this joining hands in
+pitch darkness. It was a long, silent night. At 9.30 the tinkling
+sound of the wire being fixed was heard, and they knew from this that
+the digging had commenced--some 800 men, good and true, working
+silently as they had never worked before.
+
+When 1.30 a.m. came their time was up. The right half Company, under
+Major Young, rose silently, and crept off to a place in the wire where
+a gap had been arranged for the men to pass through. Captain Russell
+with the left half Company followed. The wiring and digging went on
+till 3 a.m., protected by patrols sent out in front of the wire. A new
+trench, with communication trenches, had been laid 300 yards out from
+their old line, protected by treble staked wire, on a frontage of 600
+yards. The new trench was held till dawn before handing over. There
+was no hitch, and not a man wounded. The Battalion would have given
+much to see the Huns' faces when they looked across and found that
+long line of serpentine earth and wire shoved out under their noses.
+There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols.
+Everything worked in absolute harmony, and with perfect success, and
+all got back safe to tell the tale. The Hun discovered what had been
+done only the following morning when all was over.
+
+The lack of the more strenuous forms of active service excitement
+during the digging of this trench was more than made up for in the
+week following--when it was manned nightly in full strength, in spite
+of severe bombardment by the enemy.
+
+After the successful and useful piece of work in advancing the line
+just described, the Battalion settled down to a period of normal
+trench warfare and intensive training, but managed to slip in a game
+of Rugger and an Association game or two. Intermittent spells of
+artillery and trench mortar and gas shell bombardments of varying
+severity disturbed the sector, but despite this the unit not only
+immediately repaired any damage done, but considerably extended and
+improved the system.
+
+On the 9th of February the shelling became very heavy, culminating
+towards evening in an intense bombardment on the sector lying to the
+left of F1. At the same time an attempt was made to neutralise the
+fire of the British batteries on the Ancre by gas shells. Intense
+excitement prevailed in the Battalion, which was billeted in Aveluy,
+in Brigade support, when it was called on to "stand to" and man the
+bridge-head defences. Meantime the Hun carried out a raid on a part of
+the line known as the Nab, which was occupied by the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I.
+This point was occupied for half-an-hour or so by the enemy, who
+picked up about eleven K.O.Y.L.I. prisoners and then retired. The
+K.O.Y.L.I. suffered some sixty casualties in killed, wounded and
+missing, so "B" Company and part of "C" of the 17th were rushed up
+into the raided sector to reinforce the battered garrison, and stayed
+there till morning.
+
+Again the conditions stereotyped themselves into that nerve racking
+ordeal known to the civilian public as "nothing to report"--the type
+of warfare recognised by all who have any experience of modern active
+service life as calling for all that is highest in regimental
+efficiency and discipline, and individual initiative and grit. The
+weather, taking it all over, was wet and stormy, causing endless work
+in repairing the line and pumping the trenches clear of water. But the
+bright star in this bloody, muddy firmament was the commencement of
+leave, which opened about the 14th February. Even if your name was
+well down the list, or not yet even on it at all, a new species of
+keen counter-attraction was provided to the demands of war.
+
+
+
+
+THE RAID.
+
+    _The "Red" Division--in the line at Authuille--Colonel Morton
+    wounded on March 21st--a raid postponed--carried out on
+    22nd--success of Lieut. Begg's party--congratulatory messages
+    and awards._
+
+
+On 17th February, 1916, the 97th Brigade was relieved by the 96th
+Brigade, and consequently the Battalion moved back for an expected
+rest of some weeks. The 15th Lancashire Fusiliers took over the
+Battalion Sector, and the 17th went into billets at Millencourt. Many
+fatigues were carried out round about Albert, the principal work being
+the laying of cables and the improving of roads. On the 24th, quarters
+were changed to Henencourt and from billets into huts in the
+wood--most unpleasant, firstly on account of snow and frost, and then,
+following a thaw, on account of knee-deep mud. But a further change on
+the 29th to Dernancourt brought back billets good and comfortable.
+
+The attack on Verdun had upset the plans which had been made to give
+the Brigade the rest which it had been anticipating, and this last
+move to Dernancourt brought them into the line once more, just south
+of Albert.
+
+The 32nd Division, by now, with good cause, had been named by the
+Germans as the "Red" Division because the Hun was given no rest by the
+Divisional Artillery and constant raids, and on account of the red
+distinguishing marks worn by all ranks of the Division on their tunic
+sleeves. The 32nd took over from the 18th Division, and on the 1st of
+March, 1916, the Brigade was in Divisional Reserve. On the 3rd of
+March, the 97th Brigade relieved the 14th Brigade, the 11th Border
+Regiment and 2nd K.O.Y.L.I. taking over. On March 10th the 17th H.L.I.
+relieved the 11th Border Regiment, and so once more they were in
+immediate face of the enemy. This sector was in front of Becourt
+Chateau, between Fricourt and La Boiselle.
+
+A considerable amount of wiring was done, but life here was
+comparatively pleasant and the return of spring much appreciated.
+But, unfortunately, on the 21st of March, Col. Morton was wounded at
+Albert, Major Paul taking over command of the Battalion.
+
+Working parties were heavy, and on one occasion the Bosche blew a
+camouflet while work was in progress. During this period great
+preparations were made for a raid, and there was keen competition for
+a place in the selected party. The night selected for the raid, 2nd
+April, however, was unfortunately bright, and this combined with the
+fact that the enemy, by means of listening apparatus, seemed fully
+aware of what was on, led to a postponement when actually in "no man's
+land." The hazardous work of laying the guide tape preparatory to the
+abandoned raid was carried out by 2nd Lieut. H. MacRobert and Corpl.
+J. Chapman.
+
+This Sector was left on the 4th of April, and the Battalion, being
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Rifles, of the 23rd Brigade, 8th
+Division, moved to Bouzincourt and went into huts vacated by the 2nd
+Inniskillens.
+
+After a week's rest at Bouzincourt the Battalion returned to the line
+at Authuille, on 12th April, 1916, the 97th Brigade holding the line
+between that village and north to Thiepval, with the two other
+Brigades behind, in support and in reserve. Alternately in the line,
+in support, and in reserve, the 17th remained in this Sector until the
+opening of the Somme Battle on 1st July, 1916. But the period was not
+without stirring incident. By the 15th of April final arrangements
+were being made to carry out what was to prove a highly successful
+raid on the enemy, which operation was accomplished on 22nd April.
+
+"23rd April, 1916,--Last night we made a successful raid against the
+enemy's trenches, south-west of Thiepval. Thirteen prisoners were
+captured, and in addition, a number of casualties were caused to the
+enemy by our men bombing their dug-outs. Our casualties were very
+slight."
+
+This bald official statement of the 17th H.L.I.'s first raid is to the
+lay mind singularly unimpressive, but behind it there is an interest
+and a measure of glory of which the 17th is happy to be proud. Let it
+be remembered that it was their first "stunt," their first real hand
+to hand brush with the enemy, and that to the 17th fell the honour of
+getting the first "jab in" for the 32nd Division.
+
+   [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--BEFORE THE WAR.]
+
+   [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--AFTER BOMBARDMENT.
+   _To face page 34._]
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL D.S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.
+   _To face page 35._]
+
+It was on the 28th of March, 1916, that volunteers were called for to
+raid the enemy's trenches, and out of the hundred who answered, a
+party of 45 was selected, under Lieut. A.J. Begg, and Lieut. J.N.
+Carpenter. This party went down to Dernancourt, behind Albert, to
+complete the training for the raid, and the intention was to rush the
+enemy on the night of 2nd April. That night, however, as already
+explained, proved unfavourable on account of a bright moon, and the
+party, after crawling stealthily towards the enemy's wire were
+observed near his trenches and were forced to withdraw. Training was
+resumed at Bouzincourt, and it was decided then to have the assistance
+of a preliminary artillery bombardment. A point in the enemy's salient
+south-west of Thiepval was selected, the wire there was cut in advance
+by the artillery, and close observation was maintained on the spot
+from day to day. Meanwhile the enemy's fortifications were duplicated
+on the ground behind Bouzincourt, and there, night after night, the
+raiding party practised the assault. The most careful preparations
+were entailed, with much planning and understanding of detail. Every
+man had to know thoroughly his part. There had to be no hitch
+anywhere. Lieut. Begg saw to it that the training was complete, and
+given any luck, success was fully assured.
+
+On the night of the 22nd of April, the party, with blackened hands and
+faces, and equipped with an assortment of weapons worthy of Mexican
+outlaws, presented themselves at the head of Thiepval Avenue, and
+filed up to the "starting point" to await the report of the Patrol
+under Lieut. MacRobert, who also had charge of the tape-laying party
+which included Corporal Chapman. At 9.30 p.m. our artillery suddenly
+opened on the enemy's salient, and poured down on it such a tornado of
+steel as the Germans had never experienced before. For twenty minutes
+our shells flayed the German front line, and under this arch of
+shrieking explosives the battle party crawled right up to the rim of
+the bombardment. What wire remained uncut was blown to fragments by a
+torpedo, and when the barrage lifted and came down behind, the raiders
+jumped into the enemy's trench and set to work. For twenty minutes
+they bombed and destroyed, cleared dug-outs, pulled down machine guns,
+barricaded communication trenches, and handed prisoners back to
+escorts. Then on a signal they as quickly withdrew, and still under
+cover of artillery fire made their own trench again. Thirteen
+affrighted Germans, of two different units, accompanied the party;
+and, finest of all, every man of the party returned. Eleven of them
+were wounded, but only one seriously. Among those slightly wounded was
+Lieut. Begg, who was the spirit of the assault.
+
+As a result of this success many congratulatory messages were received
+and several decorations awarded. Among the list of telegrams were the
+following:--
+
+  From the G.O.C. 10th CORPS:--"Corps Commander congratulates the
+      17th H.L.I. on their successful enterprise, which reflects
+      great credit on all concerned."
+
+  From the G.O.C. 32nd DIVISION:--"I congratulate you. I was
+      confident that the 17th H.L.I. would do the trick. Convey this
+      message to them."
+
+  From Sir HENRY RAWLINSON, G.O.C. 4th ARMY:--"Please convey to 32nd
+      Division, and particularly to the 97th Brigade and 17th
+      Battalion Highland Light Infantry, my heartiest
+      congratulations on their successful raid last night. The
+      preparations were well and carefully thought out, the
+      Artillery support was good, and the whole conduct of the
+      operations reflects credit on all concerned."
+
+  From the G.O.C. 97th INFANTRY BRIGADE:--"Commander-in-Chief has
+      awarded the following decorations:--Lieut. Begg, and 2nd Lieut
+      Carpenter, Military Cross; 15507 Sergt.-Major Reith, D.C.M.;
+      15458 Sergeant Taylor, 2797 Private Leiper and 15720 Private
+      M'Intosh, Military Medal. All 17th H.L.I. Major-General
+      Rycroft offers his heartiest congratulations to above
+      officers, N.C.O.s and men on their decorations. Letter with
+      authority following."
+
+The Battalion had three men killed and four wounded during enemy
+retaliation, but any serious effort by the enemy was checked, and on
+the 24th the unit went into reserve billets at Bouzincourt.
+
+
+
+
+A LULL BEFORE THE STORM.
+
+    _Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive--a complimentary
+    shoot with "P" Battery--Divisional, Brigade and Battalion
+    identification marks--happy days at Rubempré._
+
+
+On 27th April, in brilliant summer weather, the Commanding Officer,
+Company Commanders, the Intelligence Officer and four N.C.O.s per
+Company attended a Divisional Exercise at Baizieux, and this was the
+start of those preparations which were to culminate in the Battle of
+the Somme on 1st July.
+
+On 3rd May the Colonel returned and took over command from Major Paul,
+and during the following day, Major Lawder, Commanding "A" Battery,
+168th Brigade, R.F.A., entertained those who had taken part in the
+raid and allowed them to fire the guns which had rendered such fine
+support during the sortie.
+
+Identification marks had now been issued for some time for major
+operations pending. The Divisional colours were crimson and the sleeve
+mark was a red circle for the 97th Brigade. The K.O.Y.L.I. had one bar
+below the circle; the Border Regiment, two; the 16th H.L.I., three;
+and the 17th, four bars, worn horizontally and parallel. Runners,
+bombers, etc., had further identification marks. Prior to this, from
+November 1915, to April, 1916, no distinctive mark had been worn on
+the sleeve, but on the centre of the tunic collar at the back there
+was worn a strip of ribbon coloured yellow, pale blue, and yellow.
+During the succeeding period, up to the disbandment of the Battalion,
+the sleeve marks were used only. While the circle was always red the
+bars were coloured respectively black for Headquarters; red for "A"
+Company; green for "B"; yellow for "C"; and blue for "D" Company. The
+Divisional sign on flags and limbers, etc., was a red coloured
+intertwined double 8.
+
+The weather was now very fine, and when not in the line, delightful
+days were spent at Rubempré, Contay and Warloy, and strenuous days on
+Divisional exercises at Baizieux in preparation for the Somme. From
+this it will be seen that the Battalion was not engaged in killing
+Germans all the time, or being killed by them. At times they had a
+change. There were periods of rest. The word "rest" is very often the
+subject of sarcastic humour amongst troops. "Resting" may mean
+anything. It may be quite a good time or it may be worse than the
+firing line. Too often it is simply an occasion of smartening
+up--guards, ceremonial parades, saluting, and "spit and polish"
+generally--in fact the things that can be indulged in to excess. And
+very often a rest simply means preparation for a big stunt. But the
+17th will remember occasions when they did have a real rest. This was
+particularly the case at Rubempré. The weather was good, and they had
+a comparatively easy time. They had about three hours' training in the
+forenoons. Thereafter they were free. There were sports and games in
+the afternoons for the enthusiasts. There were entirely successful
+concerts and sing-songs in the evenings. It was a change to see and be
+among civilians--to be welcome in the village houses--and generally to
+experience peace time conditions again. This may not seem to amount to
+very much, but it meant a lot then. And it certainly had a fine effect
+on the morale of the Battalion. It was a sheer relief to be out of
+sound of the guns, to forget the mud, the exhaustion, mental and
+physical, the weary night watches, standing to, and working parties.
+
+But such days passed quickly, and all too soon they found themselves
+on the road again, loaded up, silent, thoughtful, on the way back to
+the firing line.
+
+
+
+
+THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
+
+    _Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle--zero and "over the
+    top"--Leipzig Trench carried--flanks exposed--precarious
+    position of the unit--great casualties--protective bombing
+    posts--consolidation--Battalion relieved--Victoria Cross gained
+    by Sergeant Turnbull--Roll Call._
+
+
+Signs of the coming conflict were everywhere. The tremendous
+accumulation of men and material had been going on unceasingly for
+weeks, and during the long June days clouds of dust hung in the hot,
+still air above the roads. For the roads all led towards the line, and
+the tramp of men, and the rumble of wheels were unending. The
+Battalion had long ago recovered from a hard and monotonous winter of
+trench warfare. To each man there remained the joy of remembering days
+and nights that were unpleasant--for it is a joy to remember, in the
+comfort and happiness of to-day, the discomforts and sorrows of
+yesterday. Now the sun was shining. Training was going on apace under
+the pleasantest of conditions. They were a healthy family. Each man
+felt his potentiality, and unconsciously boasted it in his every
+action. Such was the feeling in the Battalion when the certainty of
+conflict came. To everyone it was the "Big Push"--the mighty
+Armageddon--of which all had thought and spoken during the winter of
+waiting. There was no doubt as to the issue. Each man went about his
+duties with an eye to an immediate and definite future. If anything he
+gave greater care to his rifle. In his feeling the edge and point of
+his bayonet, there was something of a caress. Now was the look in each
+eye born of the lust of killing. It was the knowledge that on a bright
+morning--now only a few hours distant--man would be matched against
+man. "Justice of our cause may have been somewhere in our
+sub-consciousness. Certainly it was not uppermost. To each man the
+coming conflict savoured of individual mortal combat. The days of
+waiting were gone. He was going forward to prove his manhood"--so
+write two veterans of that fight.
+
+The story of that morning is an epic. For every man it was the first
+experience of "over the top." In sun-baked trenches everyone longed
+for the zero hour, while the guns rolled and shells crashed with
+ever-increasing intensity. Nothing was real. Men stood and waited as
+if in a dream. They felt as if they were listening to the overture;
+that soon the curtain would rise. Even when the guns ceased their roar
+for a few moments towards the end, and in the death-like stillness was
+heard the warbling of birds in "no man's land"--the grim reality of it
+all was felt. With the lifting mist of the morning, the curtain
+rose....
+
+At 7.23 a.m. the Battalion started moving across "no man's land." When
+the barrage lifted the men entered the enemy front line and the work
+of the moppers-up soon began. The advance across the open was
+splendidly carried out, all ranks behaving magnificently, as was the
+case throughout the entire action. Leipzig Trench was taken and the
+leading lines advanced against the Hindenburg Trench. These were mown
+down and by 8.15 a.m. every Company Officer was a casualty. It now
+became obvious to Colonel Morton that Leipzig Trench must be held, as
+without reinforcements, no further advance could be made, both flanks
+being exposed, as the 8th Division on their right had been driven
+back. The left was particularly exposed and parties under Sergt.
+Macgregor and Sergt. Watt were organised and sent to strengthen the
+left where "B" and "D" Companies had been almost annihilated. It was
+now 9 o'clock and the Battalion casualties now amounted to 22 officers
+and 400 other ranks. The bombers, who had been sent up to replace
+casualties, were holding the flanks successfully. By 11.15 the entire
+line was very weak, and still at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
+situation was unchanged, 2nd Lieut. Morrison and 2nd Lieut. Marr
+working and organising the protective flank bombers without the least
+regard for personal safety. At 4 o'clock the 2nd Manchesters
+reinforced them with two Companies. Just at this time the line wavered
+a little in face of the overwhelming bombardment and the appalling
+casualties, but control was immediately gained. At 5 the shattered
+unit was ordered to consolidate the ground taken. This was done and
+two strong enemy counter attacks repulsed. At 9.30 the Battalion
+started to be relieved by the Manchesters, but the relief was not
+wholly carried out until near midnight, although several bombing
+parties had to carry on till well towards mid-day of the following
+day before being relieved. The 17th concentrated on Campbell Post and
+held the line in that Sector. In the evening of the next day the
+Battalion was relieved and returned to dug-outs at Crucifix Corner.
+
+   [Illustration: MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF 1st JULY, 1916.
+   Objective of Attack--Mouquet Farm. First German Line attacked and
+   taken, C--D. Trench Line from which the attack was launched,
+   A--B. Second German Line taken and lost, E--F.
+   Note the Salient C--D and its exposure to German fire and attack
+   on the Flanks.
+   _To face page 40._]
+
+The first V.C., not only for the Battalion, but of the Division was
+gained in this battle and was won by Sergeant James Young Turnbull.
+
+The following is the extract from _The London Gazette_, of 25th
+December, 1916, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:--
+
+            "No. 15888 Sergeant JAMES YOUNG TURNBULL,
+                  late Highland Light Infantry.
+
+    "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, when, having
+    with his party captured a post apparently of great importance to
+    the enemy, he was subjected to severe counter attacks, which
+    were continuous throughout the whole day. Although his party was
+    wiped out and replaced several times during the day, Sergeant
+    Turnbull never wavered in his determination to hold the post,
+    the loss of which would have been very serious. Almost
+    single-handed he maintained his position and displayed the
+    highest degree of valour and skill in the performance of his
+    duties.
+
+    "Later in the day this gallant soldier was killed whilst bombing
+    a counter-attack from the parados of our trench."
+
+Of all the units operating in that ghastly Sector, the 17th H.L.I. was
+the only Battalion which reached and occupied and held the enemy's
+trenches from La Boiselle northwards. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writing
+of the battle of the Somme in his history of the war, emphasises what
+this unadorned record of the day's fighting bears out--that there had
+been no flinching anywhere, and the military virtue shown had been of
+the highest possible quality; but the losses from the machine guns and
+from the barrage was so heavy that they deprived the attack of the
+weight and momentum necessary to win their way through the enemy's
+position. "In the desperate circumstances," he says, "it might well be
+considered a remarkable result that a stretch of the Leipzig Redoubt
+should be won and permanently held by the Highlanders, especially by
+the 17th Highland Light Infantry."
+
+Throughout these terrible operations Colonel Morton was present in the
+most advanced positions encouraging and cheering the men by his
+personal example and utter disregard for danger. In this work he was
+gallantly seconded by his Adjutant and his Headquarters' Staff, who
+were individually forward directing operations when all the Company
+Officers had been knocked out. It is not too much to say that the
+resolute spirit and example of the Colonel rallied the Battalion to
+heights of endurance and endeavour which found their greatest
+inspiration in his presence in the firing line.
+
+Great work was also done by Captain D.C. Evans, R.A.M.C., who, for
+over forty-eight hours, without interval or rest, attended to the
+Battalion wounded. Throughout the action he carried on his task of
+relieving suffering and saving life quite heedless of the shelling and
+firing and quite cool in the face of the ever growing number of cases
+demanding his attention and skill.
+
+At the Battalion parade for Roll Call on the 4th of July, the
+casualties totalled 22 officers and 447 other ranks.
+
+
+
+
+A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
+
+    _Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B. Meadows
+    giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the July 1st Battle._
+
+
+The narrative of the 1st of July Somme Battle as written in the diary
+of the late 2nd Lieut. B. Meadows, who, before taking his commission,
+served with the 17th H.L.I., gives such an impressive account of the
+battle that we include it here almost in entirety. The foregoing
+chapter gives a general idea of the intensity of the great battle from
+the impersonal and official viewpoint, with data checked and balanced.
+But the following account introduces the personal and human element
+with poignant effect. Some of the very minor facts are a little
+inaccurate, but that is inevitable when an individual soldier
+describes a general action from his own viewpoint. Nevertheless the
+editors consider that in no other Battalion source is there such a
+vivid record of experiences to be got which reflect the feelings of
+all those who took part in the action concerned.
+
+"The last four days before zero," he writes, "were known as 'W,' 'X,'
+'Y,' and 'Z' days. By 'W' every enemy observation balloon had been
+destroyed and so dense a fleet of aircraft patrolled the battle area
+as to make it impossible for the enemy aircraft to approach the lines.
+Thus the enemy was made blind. On the night of 'W' we got orders to
+move forward. Before leaving the billet we made a large bonfire with
+boxes from the C.Q.M.'s stores. On this we burned all our letters, and
+round it we had the last sing-song the old 'Seventeenth' ever had. We
+then believed it 'Y' night, not 'W' night. The night before we had
+gone up to the trenches through Aveluy and Authuille with petrol tins
+full of water. These were stocked in dug-outs and along the trench and
+formed our reserve water supply. Many of our guns were firing 'gun
+fire,' yet the enemy made little artillery reply. He retaliated
+chiefly on the front line defences with trench mortars. Of such a
+violent nature was this bombardment that the Lonsdales had to call on
+our 'D' Company for support to make up for their casualties in shell
+shock, etc. Curiously enough, during the days 'D' Company held the
+line they suffered no casualties, although the trench was battered out
+of all recognition. When it was dark on 'W' night we marched to
+Bouzincourt. Here we spent the night in huts. Before daybreak we were
+shelled and had one man killed. Day showed an extraordinary sight.
+Bouzincourt stands on the hill, the battle area stretched out like a
+map below. Near the Crucifix on the Aveluy road a long naval gun
+barked. Just behind us was a 15 inch howitzer. Its shells could easily
+be watched in their flight overhead. In front were an infinite number
+of guns all in action. A long line of observation balloons made a
+crescent round Albert. One could count over twenty, and not one
+German. The air was thick with our aeroplanes. The German lines looked
+like long ribbons of white fur. The air was full of shrapnel balls,
+especially over the woods, and the villages were burning. The heavy
+howitzers were causing dreadful eruptions on the German strong points.
+La Boisselle, believed impregnable, was a concentrated hell. The
+Germans were putting shrapnel into the woods that lie in the triangle
+between Hamel, Bouzincourt and Aveluy. Here our guns were massed. And
+now and then a mushroom of smoke would spring up in unexpected
+places. The noise was so terrific that it became monotonous. We were
+served out with cotton wool for our ears, but in spite of this the
+concussion on the 1st of July was so great that we all became stone
+deaf, and for days after almost without the use of our voices. We
+prepared for 'battle order.' All our belongings we packed into our
+valises, and these were stored in an empty house in Bouzincourt. We
+wore steel helmets, at that time they were without sandbag coverings,
+and in strong sunlight reflected almost as brilliantly as polished
+steel. I noticed on the 1st July, looking back from the advanced line
+to the German original front line, how the helmets of our reserves
+holding that line shone up and made their wearers clear targets. We
+wore the haversack on our back containing mess tin, small kit, two
+days' rations, 'iron rations,' pair of socks and waterproof sheet. We
+carried four sandbags just below. Then we had the usual equipment,
+pouches containing 120 rounds, bayonet, water bottle and entrenching
+tool. Another 100 rounds in bandoliers, and I had extra an apron
+containing 12 Mill's bombs and butterfly wirecutters. The whole formed
+fairly heavy equipment. In the late afternoon when we were all lined
+up prepared to march off, orders came to cancel all orders. We stood
+by for two days. On 'X' night the 16th H.L.I. sent a platoon over to
+find out the condition of the enemy defences. Owing to an accident
+they were almost entirely wiped out. On the following morning while
+playing a football match the Sixteenth again suffered casualties from
+a 5.9 which burst between the goal posts. In the evening of 'Z' day,
+the 30th of June, we marched off by platoons. The thunder of the heavy
+guns as we passed through their belt was almost unbearable, and nearer
+the lines long lines of eighteen-pounders were giving 'battery fire'
+down long rows of twenty batteries, sometimes all speaking at once. We
+entered 'Oban Avenue' at the right end of the village of Authuille. It
+was the 'up' trench for the advance and 'Campbell Avenue' the 'down.'
+Both trenches had been deepened, in some places, to twelve feet, and
+were fairly safe from shrapnel. The line in which we were to spend the
+night had been blown almost completely out of existence and it was
+difficult to find sufficient cover for the men. I and the bomber
+who was next to me in the line found a corner and there slept for the
+night. We were once disturbed by the enemy destroying a trench mortar
+store situated close to where we slept. Daybreak came and still there
+was no word of 'zero.' We made some breakfast, and about half-past
+five word was passed along that zero was 7.30, and to move into battle
+positions. We moved to the right until we were in contact with the
+next Company. At 6.25 a.m. the final bombardment commenced. Every gun
+was firing 'gunfire' and the rush of metal overhead was extraordinary.
+The reply was feeble. At 7.25 we left the trench and walked over to
+within 60 yards of the barrage. At 7.30 the barrage lifted and we
+rushed the front line defences, destroying the garrison, in and out of
+dug-outs. I have few definite memories from the time we first saw the
+Germans to the time the machine gun swept us down outside the Liepzig
+Redoubt. It became evident that we, who were working up between two
+communication trenches, after two or three rushes, that further
+advancing was impossible without support. We waited for our own
+reserve waves and the Lonsdales who should have come on behind. But no
+reserves reached us and we saw our only hope lay in the fact that they
+had rushed one of the communication trenches and might manage to bomb
+out the machine gun. But the bombers were checked out of range of the
+gun. We began to work towards the communication trench, but owing to
+the lie of the ground we were badly exposed and I at length found
+myself the only living occupant of that corner. About twelve o'clock I
+managed to leap the parapet without being hit. I found my platoon
+officer, Lieut. MacBrayne, lying shot through the head. Of the others
+of my platoon I could get no news, except those I saw lying dead or
+wounded. Tom Train had completely disappeared. An order came up the
+trench, '17th H.L.I. move to the left and prepare to support the
+Dorsets.' The communication trench was at this time chiefly manned by
+K.O.Y.L.I. (who should have supported the 16th H.L.I. who had been
+held up by the German wire and cut up before able to take the first
+line of defences. Those left were forced to retire to their own line).
+A few Lonsdales (the 11th Borderers had been cut up coming up through
+'Blighty Wood,' Colonel and Adjutant killed and all officers
+casualties) were able to give us practically no support, and a
+Company of Manchesters, sent from Divisional Reserve. I moved to the
+left. An officer suddenly jumped the parapet and shouted 'Come on, the
+17th!' I followed him along with about twenty others. But we found the
+barbed wire impossible to cut through and he gave us the order 'Every
+man for himself.'
+
+   [Illustration: VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE.
+   (_Sketch from Lieut. Meadow's Diary_).
+   _To face page 44._]
+
+"Making my way back to the trench I rested in a shell hole occupied by
+a Sergeant wounded in the leg. Whilst talking to him we both fell
+asleep and slept until about 5 p.m., when the Germans counter-attacked.
+Their artillery became violent and they attempted to come over the
+open. We ran for the communication trench and found it disorganised.
+Orders got mixed and some seemed anxious to retire. Fortunately the
+17th H.L.I. bombers, who were in the advanced position, held their
+ground, driving the enemy back with their own bombs, and the attack
+over the open was checked by our brigade machine guns which had been
+massed in the German front line. During the whole action we lost no
+ground that had previously been gained. By this time our Battalion had
+been badly hit. 'B' Company on our left had been caught in the wire and
+cut to pieces by machine gun fire. My own Company, 'A,' was down to low
+numbers. My Captain and my Platoon Officer were both killed, all the
+platoon's N.C.O.s were killed or wounded, two Sergeants outright, and
+all the L.-Corpls. dead. We had 17 officers killed and were working the
+Battalion with two officers. The Colonel, who had been well forward all
+day, was without a scratch. It was a remarkably clear day, very hot. We
+were on the ridge that formed the defence on that side of Thiepval.
+From here we could see the whole battlefield. I saw the huge eruption
+at La Boisselle, when the six mines went up, and I remember watching
+long lines of Highlanders charging along the opposite slope of the
+valley. The aeroplanes followed every movement, flying low overhead and
+directing the artillery by dropping flares. The Germans
+counter-attacked in a half-hearted way through the night. We had
+casualties from our own artillery and mortar batteries, otherwise the
+night was quieter than we had expected. We managed to carry away a
+number of our wounded in waterproof sheets. The battalions on both
+flanks were unsuccessful in storming the enemy's front line defences,
+thus our flanks were exposed and blockades had to be formed at the
+front line and all lines forward to our advanced positions, which
+developed into a series of bombing posts. Local fights went on at their
+posts all through the day and night, and it was while chasing each
+other round corners at the head of the communication trench in the
+afternoon that we lost Sergeant Turnbull, V.C., who had done wonderful
+work all day. The nature of the Leipzig defences, a maze of trenches
+and underground saps, made advancing into the salient extremely hard.
+One was continually attacked in the rear. What seemed dug-outs were
+bombed, and when passed numbers of the enemy rush from them, they being
+really underground communications with their rear defences. The whole
+fighting was of a cold, deliberate, merciless nature. No quarter was
+given or taken. One of the battalions opposing us was similar to our
+own, a students' battalion from Bavaria. The enemy used explosive and
+dum-dum bullets, and sniped off any of our wounded lying exposed in the
+open. They were helped in their work by an arrangement we had come to
+regarding wounded. It was not permitted to stop to take back prisoners
+or to stop to dress a wounded chum; but it was permitted to stick the
+bayonet of the wounded man's rifle in the ground and thus to mark the
+spot where he lay. The Germans observed this and watched for any
+movement in the heap beside the standing rifle. Men coolly fired at
+each other at point blank range, and sniping became the chief cause of
+casualties. It resembled a duel between two men who had had a deadly
+quarrel--so intensely deliberate. On the morning of the 2nd of July we
+handed over the front line of attack to Divisional Reserves and went
+into support. At sunset we were relieved by the Cheshires, and moved
+back to the dug-outs at Crucifix Corner. We had a number of casualties
+coming out of action. We were given tea, food and rum, and went off
+into a heavy sleep."
+
+
+
+
+HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS.
+
+    _Senlis--last parade under Col. Morton--Bombing raid north of
+    Ovillers--Move to Bethune--1st Army Area--inspection by General
+    Munro--depleted ranks--trench warfare about Hulluch--Cambrin
+    Sector._
+
+
+In the sadness and stress of the first days after the Somme, there
+came messages round to say the Battalion was saying "Good-bye" to its
+Colonel. Worn out with fatigue he had been reluctantly persuaded by
+the Brigadier and the doctors that if he wished to live and serve his
+country more in the war he must retire from the dreadful strain of
+command. In a field at Senlis, on the afternoon of 8th July, the
+remnants of the Battalion, on their last parade under Colonel Morton,
+were drawn up, silent and deeply moved. In a few words the Colonel
+told the Battalion what he was going to do and all stood there with
+their losses and their heartbreaks, hardly able to keep down the
+tears. Addressing the men he congratulated them in warm and feeling
+terms for their devotion while under his command and wished them well
+in the uncertainties of the future.
+
+Colonel Morton had started them, trained them, and cared for them;
+fought Brigade and authorities for them; led them and loved them--and
+now they were to lose him. He said little, for much of a speech would
+not come, but he knew their memories and he knew what they felt. Major
+Paul, on behalf of the Battalion, expressed the profound regret of all
+ranks in losing the guidance and leadership of Colonel Morton, who had
+raised the 17th to such a high state of proficiency, and to wish him a
+well merited rest and all happiness. Just these few words of
+"Good-bye," then they cheered him and, with a lump in their throats
+they were not ashamed of, they dismissed. All said good-bye in their
+hearts and wished him God-speed. It is sad to part with a loved C.O.
+who, too, feels the parting.
+
+Major Paul then took over command of the 17th and that evening once
+more they moved into the trenches in support at Quarry Post, Authuille
+Wood.
+
+On the 13th July a bombing party of about 100 men were ordered to
+attack the German Line, north of Ovillers, linking up with the
+Inniskillen Fusiliers, and this party at midnight under Captain
+Ferguson, Lieuts. Herron and Kirk and Sergeant Stewart, in conjunction
+with the Inniskillens and a party of Engineers, carried out the raid.
+
+The greatest credit was due to the initiative shown by Captain
+Ferguson, in making excellent dispositions under very difficult
+conditions. Owing to the strength of the German wire, a frontal attack
+was impracticable, and after much thought, it was decided to attack
+obliquely. The attack was most successful, a considerable number of
+Germans being killed, while at least 16 were taken prisoners. The
+objectives were all taken in a few minutes, but unfortunately the
+raiders' losses were heavy. Captain Ferguson was mortally wounded,
+eight other ranks were killed, and the other two officers and about 35
+other ranks were wounded.
+
+Writing of this incident, one of the Battalion officers says that
+after the patrol had gone out those who were not taking part in it
+heard the firing and the clamour of the small battle while they waited
+eagerly for news of its progress. "News came in that the front was
+safe, and proud of the efforts of our Battalion, we waited for their
+return. The waiting was hard to bear, but the return sadder to
+witness. They came back. On the right they had succeeded. On the left
+they had died. A triumph and a disaster in one. On that small field
+were left yet more of the (oh! so sadly few) gallant men of the
+Seventeenth who, though exhausted and battle-worn, had in their own
+true and fine spirit responded to the uttermost to the call for
+gallant work. Later the body of Captain Ferguson was found right up to
+the German lines grasping an empty revolver, far ahead in the charge
+of even his gallant followers."
+
+For this action, the Battalion received thanks and congratulations
+from the Corps and Division. A counter-attack drove the raiders out of
+the captured trench; but the object of the raid--to create a diversion
+from a major operation on the right--had been successfully
+accomplished.
+
+This particular week, which was the last the Battalion saw of the
+Somme fighting until later in the year, was one of the most strenuous
+times which the unit had experienced. The available men for defensive
+purposes were only too few and as new assembly trenches had to be dug
+every night and all night, and also owing to the difficulties of
+rationing and watering, the men were unable to get any rest.
+
+The Brigade commenced a move to Ampliers on 16th July, and on the road
+the Battalion was met by Lieut.-General T.L.N. Moreland, commanding
+the X Corps. He expressed to the Commanding Officer his appreciation
+of the good work done by the Battalion while under his command, and
+his deepest sympathy in their losses. On the 26th the Brigade moved
+into Bethune and two days afterwards paraded in full marching order,
+including "tin hats," on a sweltering afternoon, to be inspected by
+General Munro, G.O.C., 1st Army. A very warm day. Owing to the calls
+on an Army Commander's time, this inspection was considered to be a
+great honour and a mark of appreciation by the authorities of the fine
+spirit shown by the Division during the Somme battle.
+
+August saw the unit leave Bethune to take over the Cambrin right
+sub-sector from the Northamptons, after putting in some fine shooting
+on the old French Government Rifle Range at Labeauvriere. The strength
+of the unit in the trenches apart from the officers, at the taking
+over (August 5th) was 199--tragic testimony to the Somme. Immediately
+on taking over the trenches they were subjected to trench mortar
+bombardments and sniping raids. On 12th August Lieut. and Adjutant
+Paterson became Captain and Adjutant, Major Paul became
+Lieut.-Colonel, and 2nd Lieuts. Morrison and Marr, Captains.
+
+The following weeks of August, September and October were marked with
+much moving about with various spells of that sort of uneventful
+trench warfare which is perhaps in some respects more trying on the
+nerves and strength of a unit than actual operations. On August 23rd
+they were in the Hulluch Section. In this Section there was a good
+deal of mining going on and there were two big craters which required
+special watching, but the Battalion soon set to and trained in
+grappling hook work to be ready for any kind of crater fighting that
+might be demanded of them. On August 31st a move was made to Annequin
+via Beuvry and Bethune, and ultimately by bus journey to the trenches
+at Guinchy left sub-section, and in this area the unit remained during
+September. On the 11th of the month a night raid was attempted, but
+was frustrated owing to the Germans bombing the party as it was on the
+point of entering their trenches. Unfortunately the two N.C.O.s who
+fired the torpedo were missing, and it is presumed that they were
+blown to bits by the explosion.
+
+   [Illustration: COOKHOUSE AT BECOURT.]
+
+   [Illustration: OBSERVATION POST, HULLUCH SECTOR.]
+
+   [Illustration: WAR'S DESTRUCTION.
+   _To face page 50._]
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J. PAUL.
+   _To face page 51._]
+
+On October 4th the Battalion took over "Village Trench" in the Cambrin
+Sector (Maison Rouge), taking over the front line from the 11th Border
+Regiment. The next move saw the 17th leave Beuvry and proceeding to
+Labeauvriere on October 16th; to Hardinval, on the 19th; to Rubempré,
+on the 21st; to Bouzincourt, on the 23rd; back by Rubempré and on to
+Canaples on the 31st via Talmas and Navurs. This treking was done in
+weather that was oftener wet than dry, exceedingly cold at night, and
+the living was under canvas. At Val-de-Maison on November 1st, the
+unit moved to Vadencourt after a fortnight, and then into the
+Martinsart Valley on the 15th, where they were ordered to go into
+action at Beaumont-Hamel, for by this time several drafts had brought
+up the strength of the Battalion.
+
+
+
+
+BEAUMONT-HAMEL.
+
+    _The attack--weather conditions--failure of artillery
+    support--forlorn hope--break-down of assault--gallantry and
+    sacrifice--casualties--Mailly-Maillet--Franqueville and
+    Rubempré--Xmas 1916 and New Year--football and high spirits._
+
+
+The attack which commenced at ten minutes past six on the morning on
+November 18th--a day of ice-covered slushiness--was held up owing to
+the insufficiency of the artillery barrage and the heavy enemy machine
+gun fire. At 7.42 a.m. the message came in to the Battalion from the
+right hand Company that the Company Commander was wounded and that a
+Sergeant and about ten men were holding the right flank. The jumping
+off trench known as New Munich Trench, was manned by the Battalion
+machine gunners with a view to concentrating some of the Companies in
+it back across "no man's land" to form a rallying point. At 8.30 a.m.
+the following message was received from 2nd Lieut. Macbeth of the
+right Company, "Am holding old front line with remainder of Battalion,
+and have established a bombing post on the right. There are only
+Lieut. Martin and myself in the trench." The left Company was also
+being hard pressed. It was reported by one of the Battalion officers
+that when the barrage opened a great number of shells fell just in
+front of New Munich Trench where the attacking companies were lying
+out, killing and wounding a large number of the Battalion. When the
+barrage lifted on to Munich Trench for the last four minutes, it was
+still short, and when the leading waves came up to about 50 or 60
+yards from Munich Trench followed by the barrage, the Germans could be
+seen lying in the trench in force. When the barrage was on the Munich
+Trench, the enemy machine guns played on the attackers from both
+flanks all the time. The failure of the attack was due to the
+inefficiency of the British supporting barrage, together with the
+condition of the ground--thaw having set in and rain falling on the
+snow, making it exceedingly slippery--the targets the men formed
+against the snowy background, and the intense cold.
+
+Describing the attack one of the members of the Battalion writes:--"The
+preliminary bombardment opened with its awful messages of destruction,
+and the rapid reply of the enemy's artillery indicated ominously that
+our intentions were not unknown to him. When our barrage lifted, and
+the first wave of our men attempted to go forward, their dark forms
+showed up against the snow. They were met by machine gun fire, by rapid
+fire from the enemy trenches, and by snipers in skilfully chosen holes.
+Our bombardment had failed. It was impossible to get to close quarters
+with the enemy--hopeless to advance--dangerous to retire. Many of our
+men were killed in the attack, others in the attempt to carry in the
+wounded. Many remained all day in exposed positions, beside their
+wounded comrades, in hope of rescuing them when darkness fell. Beaumont
+Hamel will not be remembered by us as bearing any resemblance to the
+official description. We look back upon it now, from the personal point
+of view, as a touchstone of the individual soul, as a prominent
+landmark in the vast monotony of death and horror--a chapter of
+inspiring deeds. It represents to us the heroism of a forlorn hope,
+the glory of unselfish sacrifice, the success of failure." 'Tis too
+easy to despond "while the tired waves" visibly gain no "painful inch,"
+hard to believe that "far back through creeks and inlets making, comes
+silent, flooding in, the main."
+
+On the 19th the Battalion was relieved and returned to Mailly-Maillet
+where billets were taken over, and when the 17th rested and licked its
+wounds--well over 300 of "Glasgow's Own" had either been killed or
+wounded in that day's fighting. On the 21st of November General Gough,
+G.O.C. Fifth Army, inspected and congratulated the Battalion, and
+spoke to many of the N.C.O.s and men individually. During December the
+unit carried on training at Franqueville and Rubempré, and that the
+spirit of the men was not broken by the severity of their recent
+experiences is shown by the number of football matches played during
+the period. On Christmas Day, 1916, the officers beat the sergeants at
+Rugby by 11 points to 0; in the afternoon "B" Company beat
+Headquarters at Association by 4 goals to 0; and in the evening the
+Battalion held a cheery concert. The Christmas Dinners were reserved
+for the 30th, and on Hogmanay the New Year was welcomed with a
+concert. General Gough attended Battalion Church Parade on the first
+Sunday of the New Year.
+
+
+
+
+THE NEW YEAR, 1917.
+
+    _Bad weather--Courcelles--trench labours--varied
+    moves--beginning of Spring Offensive--attack by the French--the
+    advance--Nesle--condition of inhabitants--great digging work at
+    Germaine._
+
+
+The opening months of the New Year were months of battling not only
+against a human enemy, but against the elements and the bad conditions
+which they created. The winter of 1916 had been a severe one, and in
+passing into 1917 it continued its course with unabated severity. The
+Battalion left Rubempré on January 6th and partly by motor lorry and
+partly in column of route proceeded to Courcelles where, on the
+following day, they relieved the troops of the 3rd Division in the
+trenches opposite Serre. The weather was bad, the enemy kept up brisk
+attentions and the trenches were the worst which the Battalion had
+ever been in. Most of them were absolutely impassable, being full of
+water to a height of five feet, with the result that reliefs had for
+the most part to be made outside the trenches. Owing to this condition
+of matters, strict orders were issued for the prevention of "trench
+feet," but notwithstanding every precaution, several cases occurred.
+
+Heavy and continuous work was put in mending and bettering the
+trenches, training the drafts which were arriving, performing tactical
+exercises and battalion routine affairs. By this time several
+ceremonies had taken place at which decorations were bestowed upon
+N.C.O.s and men for bravery in the Field and gallantry in action.
+Esprit de corps was stronger than ever, and the tediousness of trench
+labours was relieved by the establishment of special strong posts, by
+minor raids on the Bosche, and when out of the line by football and
+such recreations as the circumstances permitted. This type of
+campaigning was experienced during January and February at Courcelles,
+Beaumont Hamel, Lyntham Camp, Mailly-Maillet, Bolton Camp,
+Molliens-au-Bois (where on February 19th, 1917, Major F.R.F. Sworder,
+Gordon Highlanders, assumed temporary command--Colonel Paul, after
+being in hospital in France, having been sent to England where he was
+appointed to a home unit), Camon, Wiencourt, Le Quesnel. And in March,
+the approach of spring seemed to bring with it nothing but additional
+storms of rain and snow, and the names of such points in the line as
+Key Post and Kuropatkin will bring back memories of buttressing up
+collapsed trenches and mending wire entanglements.
+
+But the opening of the 1917 Spring Offensive soon gave a great fillip
+to activities. The French attacked on March 16th and the 96th Brigade
+attacked with it. The enemy was forced back so rapidly that by 2
+o'clock on the day following the Allied artillery was out of range,
+and the day after that again saw the whole Battalion hard at it
+clearing wire from the road running through the enemy's old front
+system, and setting out on the march, complete with transport, at 5 in
+the morning. Arriving at Nesle on March 19th, the troops were given a
+tremendous welcome by the French populace. It was discovered there
+that the people were literally starving, because the Germans had
+taken their rations for some days previously. A dam on the Somme burst
+its banks and no advance was possible until this was repaired and new
+roads made across the floods, but it was only a few days until once
+more the troops were pushing on and the Commanding Officer and Company
+Commanders of the 17th were making a reconnaissance of the new main
+position at Germaine. The digging at Germaine on March 28th was one of
+the heaviest day's work ever done by the Battalion. The job commenced
+at night, after an 18 mile march in rain and finished in snow. The
+digging was covered by the 16th H.L.I., who held the outpost line. The
+newly dug trenches were shelled on the following forenoon.
+
+
+
+
+ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY.
+
+    _The taking of Savy--casualties--patrolling--capture of
+    Fayet--congratulatory messages--strenuous
+    days--Canizy--competitions with the French--work and
+    sport--Hangard--leaving the Fourth Army--Farewell message from
+    General Rawlinson._
+
+
+The Battalion moved off from Germaine at midnight on April 1st, 1917,
+and proceeded by Companies at 200 yard intervals cross country to
+Fluquieres. Arriving there they passed through the village, a pile of
+smouldering ruins, and on the main St. Quentin road and about half a
+mile along it they reached Roupy with its destroyed cross-roads and
+proceeded towards a point near Savy where the Battalion deployed, and
+attacking at 5 a.m. moved forward, overcame the opposition and took
+Savy. In the village the Bosche put up a desperate stand and some
+fierce fighting took place before they were pushed beyond the railway
+bank north of the village. Most of the fighting took place in the
+neighbourhood of an orchard at the southern end of the village, and
+here the 11th Border Regiment joined forces in helping to drive out
+the stubborn enemy. Once through the village serious destruction was
+caused by heavy machine gun fire from an enemy strong point in a mine
+crater. With the aid of two Lewis guns, the crater was soon in the
+hands of the 17th and a heavy fire directed on the retreating enemy.
+Thereafter the Battalion started to dig in (about 6.30 a.m.), and soon
+consolidated their gains, although subject to strong artillery,
+machine gun and sniping fire. In the afternoon a further attack was
+made by the 96th Brigade, and before evening Bois-de-Savy was in their
+hands. The Battalion was relieved in the evening and moved off to take
+up quarters in dug-outs on the Fluquieres-Douchy Road, but the place
+had been so badly knocked about that a large portion of the unit
+bivouacked.
+
+The total casualties in this day's fighting was 103, 31 of whom were
+killed. During the following week the Battalion suffered from the
+severe winter conditions, coupled with incessant shelling and had much
+to do strengthening their positions. On the 9th some magnificent
+patrolling was done, for which the Battalion was deservedly
+congratulated. In the afternoon of that day four patrols set out to
+gain information of Fayet and the ground between Francilly and St.
+Quentin. One patrol went to the ridge overlooking St. Quentin, one
+went into a German trench near Fayet, one went within 300 yards of
+Fayet, and the fourth reconnoitred the southern approaches of the
+village--and much valuable information was accordingly gained.
+
+On the 12th April, Major Lumsden, V.C., D.S.O., who was in temporary
+command of the Battalion, relinquished that post, to take up duty as
+Brigadier-General of the 14th Infantry Brigade--which this very
+distinguished officer commanded until he was killed--and Captain
+Morton assumed command of the Battalion, with Captain Paterson, M.C.,
+as second in command.
+
+While at Holnon on the 13th, "C" and "D" Companies were sent forward
+in support of the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., who were attacking Fayet. This
+attack was carried out in conjunction with one being made by the
+French, who were endeavouring to take St. Quentin. "B" Company joined
+the others in the front line, and later the Battalion took over a
+sector of the front line. After consolidating here, congratulatory
+messages were received from Brigadier-General Blacklock, General Shute
+and General Rawlinson.
+
+The road from Nesle to St. Quentin is a long and cruel one, but in
+these early days of 1917, it was to the 17th H.L.I. the pathway to
+glory. They were sweeping onwards in the track of the retreating
+enemy, with the glow of victory to strengthen their hearts and the
+blessings of a delivered people in their ears. The echoing trumpets of
+romance called to them from the Cathedral City, and their blood
+stirred to the call. These were the impressions that led them, in
+common with the rest of the Division, to surmount appalling obstacles,
+natural and devilish. They soaked in the snow, and froze in the keen
+blast; they starved and toiled on the way, but "stuck it," and their
+reward was the fall of Savy village. There was fighting all along the
+50 mile front just then, and Savy did not loom very large in the
+chronicles of the time, but those who took part in its capture, and in
+the taking of the wood a mile beyond, knew that they had achieved the
+heroic. There was no resting; Francilly and Holnon were the next to
+fall, and the men were within sight of the spires of St. Quentin. They
+lived for some days in earth holes, and the weather flayed them
+unmercifully. Then one dark morning, the 13th of April, they assembled
+silently and lay down in the field, whilst dawn broke with singing of
+birds, and the shriek and whistle of the barrage. The Division was
+attacking Fayet, the enemy's last stronghold beyond the city. Before
+they went over, grey and green coated figures were being brought down.
+There were many other grey and green figures grotesquely contorted in
+the brown ribbed fields, and those of them who had escaped from the
+inferno fought it out intermittently, in the woods beyond the village.
+But their sniping was braved for a few days more, and then one night
+they staggered weakly back through nightmare villages to Germaine for
+rest.
+
+After resting at Germaine the Battalion set off on the 19th for Canizy
+which was reached by evening. They found this village emptied of the
+native populace and saw that the Germans had been carrying out their
+usual work of destruction in the same wanton and deliberate scale as
+in nearly every village in the regained area. A more cheerful memory
+of this devastated village is that while here the Battalion got its
+new bugle band. While stationed there the Battalion marched over to
+Ham where a football match was to be played. Their march into the
+town caused great interest, and they passed through a long line of
+French soldiers and civilians who lined the roads. On their approach
+along the main street, the square seemed totally blocked with a mass
+of French soldiers, and a company of infantry stood at the "present"
+as a Guard of Honour as they marched past the Town Hall, while the
+French band rendered our National Anthem. After the Battalion team had
+won their match by 6 goals to 1 against the 121st Infantry Regiment
+and a scratch team had played a drawn game against the 408th Regiment,
+the French band played the men out of the village. But the French were
+not allowed to have all their own way of it with the music, for the
+Battalion Pipe Band played to them and was received with much favour.
+
+The regiment was in highest spirits, battle scarred and with a
+glorious record of great achievements established. The Battalion
+remained at rest in the village of Canizy until May 15th--that is,
+they trained hard and played hard, went marches and were inspected,
+performed innumerable fatigues and parades and carried out generally
+that never ending programme of activities which always makes a soldier
+smile at the mention of the word "rest!" The men played some of their
+keenest and most memorable games of soccer here, and one of the
+principle pastimes engaged in by the officers was hunting, until this
+was forbidden by G.H.Q. The country, being entirely uncultivated made
+ideal going. Major Campbell, in charge of Physical Training, G.H.Q.,
+was with the 17th for some time, and put extra life into sport and
+training.
+
+On the 15th the Battalion moved off to Curchy, via Voyennes and Nesle,
+and on the succeeding day to Rosieres and so on to Hangard on the
+18th, where the "resting" was carried on until the end of the month,
+when they proceeded to Villers-Bretonneux. Of the villages in the
+regained area little or no description in the normal sense is possible
+beyond the fact that while some semblance of streets could be traced
+in some of them, the majority of them were simply masses of masonry
+debris literally peppered with shell craters. But it was noticeable in
+such villages as Nesle that the civilians showed a very marked
+physical improvement as the result of better feeding and life under
+British occupation. While at Hangard, Battalion Headquarters occupied
+Hangard Chateau--one of the finest chateaux in France. (It was
+demolished during the 1918 German offensive.) The Brigade concentrated
+at Villers-Bretonneux prior to entraining for the Second Army.
+
+But before leaving the Fourth Army, to which the 17th had given such
+brilliant service, the following message was transmitted to the
+Battalion as one of the Divisional units concerned:--
+
+                                       "FOURTH ARMY, NO. G.S.702.
+
+    "32ND DIVISION.
+
+    "As the Division will shortly be leaving the Fourth Army I
+    desire to express to all ranks my warm thanks for the excellent
+    services they have performed whilst under my command. The
+    gallantry and dash displayed by the Division during the advance
+    in March and April, especially in the actions resulting in the
+    capture of Savy, Bois de Savy, Francilly, Holnon, Selency, Fayet
+    and Cepy Farm, reflect the highest credit on all concerned.
+
+    "The skilful leadership of all ranks, coupled with the close
+    co-operation between Artillery, Infantry and Aircraft, was a
+    feature in these operations deserving the highest praise, and I
+    heartily congratulate the Division on the successes they have
+    achieved.
+
+    "I much regret that the Division is now leaving the Fourth Army,
+    but I shall hope that at some future date I may again have the
+    good fortune to find them under my command.
+
+                                "(Signed) H. RAWLINSON, _General,
+                                     Commanding Fourth Army._
+
+    "H.Q., FOURTH ARMY,
+    "_22nd May, 1917._"
+
+
+
+
+IN FLANDERS.
+
+    _En route to Steenbecque--R.T.O.--the 14th Corps--reconnaissance
+    of Messines Sector--heavy marches--Coxyde and Kuhn--amenities of
+    Nieuport area._
+
+
+The Battalion on 1st June, 1917, left the Fourth Army and the Somme
+area. The 17th never again served in that area though it served again
+with the Fourth Army on the sea coast. Entraining at Villers-Bretonneux
+the unit journeyed to Amiens and by way of Abbeville, Etaples,
+Boulogne, Calais, St. Omer, Hazebrouck to Steenbecque.
+
+Owing to a mistake of the Railway Transport Officer an incident,
+upsetting but not without its amusing side, occurred at Abbeville,
+where the train moved off without warning while the Battalion was
+parading in the station for tea, with only 100 all ranks on board. The
+train calmly continued its journey and in due course arrived at
+Steenbecque, the men who were left following on in the overcrowded
+trucks of the 2nd Manchesters. Leaving the train at Hazebrouck, the
+stranded party marched to Steenbecque, their appearance, owing to
+deficiencies of equipment and in some cases even of uniform, causing
+much interested amusement. At the latter station the first party were
+picked up, packs and equipment donned, and then, in the afternoon the
+Battalion accomplished a very interesting, though long and heavy march
+to a small hamlet in the Donlieu area, where they billeted for ten
+days or so.
+
+The 32nd Division came into the 14th Corps, commanded by the Earl of
+Cavan, in G.H.Q. Reserve. The 14th Corps was composed of the Guards
+Division, 1st, 8th and 32nd Divisions.
+
+On 5th June the Commanding Officer, with his officers and N.C.O.s
+reconnoitred the Messines Sector with a view to supporting the attack
+to be carried out on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge by the Second Army.
+The 17th at Donlieu "stood to" ready to move off in support of this
+offensive, though happily the success of the attack did not
+necessitate the Battalion being called on. Major Inglis of the 1st
+H.L.I.--who had been cross-posted to the 2nd Manchesters, which
+Battalion he commanded until re-posted to command the 17th H.L.I. on
+the 20th of July--joined the Battalion on the 8th of June.
+
+   [Illustration: Lt.-Col. J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.
+   _To face page 60._]
+
+Donlieu was left on 14th June and the Battalion went in column of
+route to Steenvoorde, in which area they were billeted. This was one
+of the most trying marches they had experienced, and a large number of
+men fell out. In 6 hours the unit had covered 24 kilometres which, in
+full marching order, was a most difficult and wearisome performance.
+On the 16th the Battalion embussed outside Steenvoorde, and after
+leaving the charabancs at Petite Synthe, they marched to billets at
+Mardyck. Hereabouts was pleasant country with excellent sea bathing.
+Petite Synthe was left on the 19th for Dunkirk where they entrained
+and proceeded east along the sand dunes to Coxyde and, on the
+following day, into the coastal camp of Kuhn. Coxyde and Kuhn were
+French built camps and very good, with vegetable gardens attached to
+them.
+
+Until 10th July the Battalion stayed in this vicinity, and despite
+spells of shelling, trench mortar and aerial bombardments,
+considerable patrolling and wiring work, the stay on the sand dunes
+about Nieuport was heaven after the endless mud and horror of the
+winter on the Somme. The very mention of Nieuport to a man who was
+there in the first week of July, 1917, makes a marked impression on
+his countenance. Since detraining at Coxyde on 20th June, things had
+been comparatively quiet and the weather ideal. Working parties were
+supplied for the roads during the day and smaller parties were engaged
+on the breastworks in the front line at night. The quietness was
+absolutely awful. But the presence of civilians in Oost Dunkirk and
+Les Bains gave an air of security and quietude to the place which was
+very soothing to the heart of the soldier. It is true that aerial
+activity was disquieting at times, but several successful attacks on
+the "Vultures of the Kaiser" made these items of interest, rather than
+causes of alarm. The Germans seemed to pay greater attention to
+something well on the left of the Battalion and towards the sea, than
+to anything that concerned them particularly. The appearance of the
+roads from Oost Dunkirk to Nieuport was most assuring and their great
+beauty and undisturbed tranquillity were all that could be desired.
+
+A large amount of work was attempted during this period on the Brigade
+Front, in order to obtain sufficient cover for protection against
+retaliation after our artillery bombardments began, prior to an
+intended attack on the sea-coast by the 4th Army, in conjunction with
+the 5th and 2nd Armies from Ypres. The enemy, before our artillery
+came in, greatly increased his artillery force, and daily destroyed
+any work done by night. These destructive shoots were afterwards found
+to be part of his barrage programme for the attack on the 10th July.
+
+
+
+
+OPERATIONS ON THE COAST.
+
+    _Enemy hurricane bombardment--enemy attempt frustrated--attack
+    abandoned--visit to H.L.I.--sports--visit of Dr. Kelman--patrol
+    work by Corpl. Wilson--listening post raided--departure for
+    Adinkerke._
+
+
+The Battalion continued to carry out its duties on the Belgian Coast
+until relieved from that Sector on October 5th, 1917. In the previous
+chapter some idea of the general conditions has been given. And the
+period which followed was of somewhat like nature with intermittent
+outstanding excursions and alarms and with memorable pleasant episodes
+to intermix with those more combative, and in this chapter the
+outstanding features will be recorded without following the movements
+of the Battalion to the various points in this sand-dune sector.
+
+The comparatively routine behaviour of the daily aerial and artillery
+"strafe" broke into a brisk and heavy bombardment on the Division to
+the left on the night of July 9th, but on the 10th about five o'clock
+in the morning this heavy fire switched on to the trenches from the
+border of the sea to Nieuport. The bombardment crashed on to all
+lines, firing, reserve, and rear. It got heavier and heavier and soon
+reached an unprecedented violence and extended to the flanking
+Divisions as well. The British guns replied, but could not force the
+hostile fire to slacken, and in the evening the enemy came on in
+attack. They carried the trenches of the units on the left and
+patrols were put out and the flank strengthened. This was the
+severest bombardment the Battalion had ever been in. It was a
+hurricane onslaught. The 17th knew that sort. They had been through
+it. Positions were taken and held, where no trench afforded cover, and
+where breastworks were blown away.
+
+The 17th were ordered to send three Companies in support of the Border
+Regiment who were being hard pressed east of the Yser. "A," "B" and
+"C" Companies were despatched on this mission. These Companies
+experienced very stiff fighting throughout the night of the 10-11th,
+until relieved early in the morning of the 11th by the Northumberland
+Fusiliers.
+
+On the following day the bombardment slackened a little, though during
+the night hurricane fire broke out, and over the period of this attack
+the Hun used a very large number of tear gas shells--which at that
+time was a new horror introduced to the sufferings of the British
+armies. Who will forget the Redans, Le Grand and Le Petit, the Bridges
+Putney and Pelican? The last named was renewed or rebuilt on the
+average three times every twenty-four hours. No words can describe
+what took place between the 10th and 13th of that awful month. The
+Germans, expecting an attack, made one. After these terrible three
+days, the Battalion, whose luck it was on this occasion to be spared
+the brunt of the action, after being relieved by the Borderers,
+struggled back through a mixed barrage of shells of all calibres,
+sprinkled with those of gas. There was a fog of gas and dust for miles
+behind the lines.
+
+The enemy attempt had broken down; the Battalion returned to Ghyvelde
+of pleasant recollection, and on the 13th the Division was
+congratulated on its successful efforts.
+
+On July 20th Major J. Inglis joined the Battalion and took over
+command at Bray Dunes Plage. On the 23rd the Brigade was inspected by
+the Divisional General, Major-General Shute. After his inspection he
+gave an address congratulating the Brigade on its part against the
+enemy attack on the 10th inst. at Nieuport, and on the same day the
+Corps Commander also inspected the Brigade, complimenting the men on
+their clean and smart appearance, and paying a high tribute to their
+fighting qualities.
+
+August opened with the prospect of making an attack on the enemy and
+exercises were practised accordingly. On 6th August a Battalion
+reconnaissance was made which included reporting on all tracks to the
+front line, arranging an assembling position in "no man's land," and
+learning the condition of the existing wire in front of both our own
+and the enemy's line. The weather for some little time had been very
+wet, the night selected for the reconnaissance was very bright and
+none too suitable, and the condition of the ground was extremely
+muddy, making movement slow and difficult. After examining the whole
+situation it was recognised that any possibility of successfully
+attacking upon this position was out of the question. Indeed, the bad
+weather throughout August delayed whatever action had been
+contemplated by either side.
+
+The 9th H.L.I. (The Glasgow Highlanders) were lying at Ghyvelde, and
+on 11th August, the 17th paid them a visit, while the Battalion
+football teams played a match. Another convivial day was spent on the
+24th when the Battalion sports were held. The day cleared up to one of
+bright sunshine, and a large number of spectators enjoyed the sport.
+The events were continued on the following day when even a larger
+number of guests and spectators attended, including many Colonial
+soldiers, and the various events were keenly contested, both by the
+men of the home Battalion and those from others in the area. A good
+turn out of British and Belgian nurses from La Panne Hospital
+brightened the gathering, and at the conclusion of the sports the
+prizes were presented by two of the lady guests. On the Saturday
+following Brigade Sports were held under ideal conditions, the
+Battalion representatives winning numerous prizes.
+
+At Church Parade on the 26th, the Presbyterian Service was conducted
+in camp by the Rev. Dr. Kelman, of Free St. George's, Edinburgh, who
+delivered a very impressive address which was listened to with the
+closest attention by the men. Dr. Kelman then left to preach to
+another Battalion and the 17th prepared to go back to the line.
+
+The Battalion kept up its old record of keen patrolling, and during
+their front line spell at the beginning of September some
+reconnaissance work was well carried out under conditions unusually
+difficult. On the night of 3rd September, 1917, 2nd Lieut. Forbes and
+Corpl. J. Wilson of "C" Company waded across a swamped portion which
+lay between the Battalion positions and a point known as Roode Poorte
+Farm. Coming to a point where the water was too deep for wading,
+Corpl. Wilson swam across and on reaching ground crawled in the
+direction of the enemy lines. Finding this line of approach of no use
+for operations, he swam back to the point where the patrol was
+covering his movements, and selecting another point, swam across the
+canal which lay to the east, opposite the farm buildings, and carried
+out his reconnaissance.
+
+On the 8th, while at Wulpen, a gas attack was successfully carried
+through on to the enemy's lines, and on the 13th, the third
+anniversary of the forming of the Battalion was spent in the trenches.
+A telegram congratulating the Battalion on its anniversary was
+received from the Brigadier, and a reply sent reciprocating the
+General's good wishes.
+
+The enemy perpetrated a novel surprise raid, which had some of the
+elements of picture-house humour in it, on one of the Battalion
+advanced Listening Posts, and by their new device gained temporary
+footing in it. A strong stream of water, apparently from a hose was
+directed suddenly upon the men in the Listening Post from the enemy
+position. While the men were baffled and blinded by the rush of water,
+the post was bombed and the two listeners retired on the main post for
+support. Immediately a counter-attack was organised and led by Company
+Sergeant-Major Miller of "A" Company, and the post was re-established.
+
+Orders were received on October 5th, 1917, for the relief of the 97th
+Infantry Brigade by the 125th Infantry Brigade. The Battalion
+accordingly withdrew to Coxyde that night, and on the following
+morning left for Adinkerke on the way to fresh fields and battles
+new.
+
+
+
+
+THE YPRES SALIENT.
+
+    _Passchendaele--gallantry of attack--casualties--Hilltop
+    Farm--move to Landethun and Yeuse--Serre Sector--close of 1917._
+
+
+At Adinkerke, on their way to the Ypres Salient, the men were embarked
+on barges on October 6th, 1917, and journeyed by canal to near
+Rosendael where they billeted and where Lieut. Colonel J. Inglis
+rejoined the Battalion from leave and resumed command. They then
+underwent intensive training at Uxem until the 24th, when they left en
+route for the Eringham area in accordance with the forward move of the
+Brigade Group. The next day saw them at Rubrouck and on the next again
+they arrived at Broxcele where training was again entered upon and
+continued until November 9th.
+
+About this period Lieut. Colonel Inglis and the Adjutant, Captain F.E.
+Dunsmuir, were away from the Battalion making a preliminary tour of
+inspection of the line on the Ypres front.
+
+On the 10th, the Battalion was once more in column of route on their
+way to Wormhoudt, and on the following day, to Watou to "Road Camp" in
+the St. Jan Ter Biezen area, where training was resumed, and this time
+once more within sound of the rumble of the guns. But that didn't
+upset the H.L.I., whose 16th and 17th Battalions met in the final of
+the Brigade Football Tournament, which was won in easy style, 5 goals
+to nil, by the Chamber of Commerce boys. Four days later they defeated
+the 32nd Divisional Supply Column in the semi-final of the Divisional
+Tournament, and then two days after that, meeting the 2nd Royal
+Inniskillen Fusiliers in the final, the 17th H.L.I. carried off the
+Championship, repeating their performance of the previous year against
+the same finalists.
+
+On the following day the Divisional Commander addressed the Brigade,
+which was drawn up on the football field, and reminded the men of the
+sterner duties that now lay before them, and expressed the hope that
+they would maintain the honourable traditions associated with the name
+of the 97th Infantry Brigade--which, indeed, they more than
+maintained.
+
+The Battalion left the camp on November 22nd for Poperinghe where they
+entrained to continue the journey up the line, and arriving at St.
+Jean Station, detrained and marched to "Irish Camp."
+
+On the afternoon of the 23rd a start was made for the Passchendaele
+front line system, the route taken by the Battalion being for the
+greater part over the duck board walks "Mouse Trap Track," which
+covered ground won in the recent big push at Passchendaele. The
+take-over was not completed without casualties, but these were
+comparatively few considering the dangerous nature of the going, which
+was in the open over shell-pitted ground. The Battalion relieved by
+the 17th was the 1st Northamptonshire Battalion. During the night the
+17th captured its first prisoner in this area--a corporal of the 315th
+Regiment. According to his statement he had been out on patrol when he
+lost one of his boots in the mud and in trying to find it he had
+strayed into our lines and been taken. During their initial tour of
+the Passchendaele system much heavy work was done in converting the
+shell-hole defence line into trenches, and patrolling. Several
+casualties were reported each day and the mud was thick and sticky. On
+the 26th the Battalion was relieved and proceeded to Dambre Camp in
+the Vlamertinghe area where everybody rested and completed the
+preparations for the forthcoming offensive at Passchendaele.
+
+It may be said at the outset that the element of surprise intended in
+the Passchendaele attack failed entirely, as the enemy were aware of
+the British intentions and fully prepared. In addition, the fact that
+the artillery barrage proper did not open until zero plus eight
+minutes, allowed the enemy entire freedom of action in his front posts
+with rifles and machine guns.
+
+The Battalion moved into the line on the evening of December 1st in
+conjunction with the other Battalions of the Brigade--2nd K.O.Y.L.I.;
+16th H.L.I.; 11th Border Regiment; and the 15th Lancashire Fusiliers
+(attached). The 16th Northumberland Fusiliers of the 96th Infantry
+Brigade were attached to the 97th Infantry Brigade as counter-attacking
+troops to be used in the event of a strong hostile counter-attack on
+the Brigade front. The frontage taken over by the Brigade was one of
+1,850 yards approximately along the Passchendaele Ridge. There were
+two objectives to be taken, of which sections were detailed as the job
+of the 17th--a slice which included two formidable "pill-boxes" known
+as the "Vat and Veal Cottages."
+
+The Battalion assembled on a frontage of 400 yards and at Zero Hour
+(1.55 a.m.) moved forward to the attack. Companies deployed from a two
+platoon frontage in snake formation--this method having been adopted
+owing to the shell torn nature of the ground--and advanced in four
+waves. "A" and "B" Companies were to capture the first objective,
+mopping up all occupied points in the way, including the two pill
+boxes, while "C" and "D" were to "leap-frog" through them, carry the
+next objective and consolidate.
+
+The initial stages of the attack were successfully carried through,
+but the enemy--as was afterwards learned--knowing of what was on foot,
+waited in readiness. Suddenly he opened heavy machine gun fire upon
+the advancing Companies, inflicting heavy casualties which, in the
+dark and over the difficult ground, had the effect of splitting up the
+sections and creating some confusion. The officers and men of the
+Battalion gallantly pressed on against these odds, however, and
+succeeded in reaching their objective; but the enemy machine gun and
+rifle fire became so intense that their advanced positions were
+rendered humanly untenable. Our men, though forced to retire in
+places, established themselves in shell-hole posts, where an attempt
+was made to consolidate.
+
+The artillery and machine gun barrage, though intense, had failed,
+owing to the enemy's fore-knowledge of the attack, to effect its
+purpose. His strong points were heavily garrisoned and wired and he
+was also found to be established in strong lines of trenches also
+effectively wired. The Battalion hung on all through that awful night
+in its isolated positions, for orders were received that the attack
+would be renewed in the morning, but these orders were afterwards
+cancelled.
+
+From dawn onwards artillery fire slackened somewhat, but the enemy
+machine gunners and snipers kept up harassing fire from their well
+established posts against the men in their exposed and isolated posts.
+
+It was obvious that a hostile counter-attack might be expected, and
+this took place about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of the 2nd, preceded
+by an intense artillery barrage. Owing to the terrible difficulties of
+their position, and the sweeping casualties inflicted, the line was
+forced back, but the actual enemy attack which followed his barrage
+was met by the rifle fire of the shattered 17th, and after the Bosches
+had approached within a certain distance of the posts, they broke and
+turned back in retreat.
+
+   [Illustration: TYPES OF SUPPORT LINE DUG-OUTS AND FIRST AID POST.
+   _To face page 68._]
+
+Though the withdrawal of the Divisional line had been almost general,
+some of the Battalion posts were still hanging on to the advanced
+positions on the 3rd. Many wounded were lying out, suffering the most
+appalling rigours of war and the Battalion stretcher-bearers displayed
+great devotion to duty in ignoring the heavy fire while bringing them
+in to comparative shelter. The work at first was extremely dangerous,
+but later on in the day a lull occurred when it was possible to carry
+on this labour of mercy under less trying conditions. And it must be
+recorded, as far as this battle is concerned, that from this point
+onward the German reversed his frequent policy and shewed respect for
+the Red Cross Flag, only one instance of sniping taking place when one
+of the Battalion stretcher-bearers was shot dead while bending over a
+wounded comrade. Enemy stretcher-bearers were also at work and in some
+instances they reciprocated attentions given to their wounded, by
+dressing and carrying our casualties. In this way all the wounded were
+got in before the Brigade was relieved that night. The Battalion
+frontage was taken over by the 5/6th Royal Scots. The relief was
+successfully completed and the remnants of the Battalion reached
+"Hilltop Farm" in the early morning, entraining later for Hospital
+Camp in the Vlamertinghe area. The casualties were particularly heavy
+among Officers and N.C.O.s, and gives trenchant evidence of their
+self-sacrificing gallantry in seeking by utter disregard for danger to
+turn a forlorn hope into victory, and by personal example and
+incentive to make still richer the honourable traditions of the 17th
+in the face of such overwhelming odds, and amidst such overaweing
+devastation. In this action seven officers were killed and five
+wounded. Of other ranks 41 were killed, 130 wounded and 13 missing.
+
+The Battalion was organised as far as possible in its depleted
+condition and work and training carried on until December 10th, when
+once more the unit moved up the line to Hilltop Farm, N.E. of Ypres.
+During their stay here, Mr. Fred A. Farrell, the well-known Scottish
+artist, visited the 17th on a commission from the Corporation of
+Glasgow to execute drawings of the Glasgow Battalions and the places
+in which they were operating.
+
+On December 13th they were back in the trenches. Hard winter weather
+had now set in, with fog, frost and water sogged ground. On the 20th
+the Battalion was relieved and, as far as weather is concerned, spent
+a typical Christmas Day when it came round, in Dambre Camp. Being in
+Corps Reserve, nothing in the nature of Christmas festivities could be
+permitted, but the gifts supplied by the Chamber of Commerce provided
+seasonable fare and brought a measure of good cheer.
+
+After a series of alarms and stand-to's, a Divisional Relief was
+carried through, and on December 30th the Battalion trained to
+Audruicq and set out on an arduous route march for the villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse, where the men were happily enabled to spend a
+night's rest in comfortable billets, "A," "B," "C," and Headquarters
+in the former village, and "D" in the latter.
+
+The last day of the year which had probably been the hardest and, as
+far as campaigning is concerned, the most eventful in the history of
+the Battalion, was passed amidst the peaceful surroundings of these
+villages untouched by war. The beginning of the year had seen the
+Battalion in the line in the Serre Sector, then had followed the
+memorable days of Beaumont Hamel, Honoroye, the battle of Savy and the
+taking of Fayet in the St. Quentin area, a well deserved period of
+rest at Canizy and thence by train and road into Belgium, being held
+in reserve for the Battle of Messines, three hard months spent in the
+line in the Nieuport Sector and the St. George's Sector, and then
+after a spell of rest--forward into Passchendaele.
+
+
+
+
+THE DISBANDMENT.
+
+    _Hogmanay--with the II. Corps--the blow--new army
+    establishment--Hospital Camp--disbandment--the passing of the
+    "17th."_
+
+
+For some time rumours had been flitting about that certain Battalions
+were going to be disbanded in accordance with a programme of
+reorganised military establishments. Every New Army unit in the B.E.F.
+had about this time qualms of fear that if rumours proved true the
+selection might fall on them. Esprit de corps was never stronger and
+the very thought of possible separations from brothers-in-arms, fell
+as a vague shadowy fear over the 17th because it looked very likely
+that the 17th, being the junior H.L.I. Battalion of the Division,
+would be the Divisional victim in any re-arrangement that might be
+carried out. But nothing definite was known, and the advent of New
+Year, 1918, brought with it a feeling of hope for the future.
+
+The Battalion was still billeted in the peaceful villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse. On the opening day of the year the ground was
+snow covered, rendering parades well nigh impossible, and so the men
+were at liberty. Preparations were eagerly pushed forward for a New
+Year Feast, and on the 3rd, in spite of provisioning difficulties,
+very complete arrangements had been successfully made considering the
+length of time available for providing the men with a seasonable
+repast on that evening. The Companies sat down to a feast of roast
+pork--which only a few hours before had been a live pig. There was
+soup, haggis, plum pudding, apple dumpling, cake, cigarettes, and
+copious supplies of beer. The Commanding Officer, accompanied by Major
+G.R.S. Paterson, and the Adjutant, visited each Company in turn to
+wish them the Compliments of the Season, and the night finished with
+song and story.
+
+Work and training was resumed again in earnest the next day as far as
+the weather conditions would permit. On the 9th of January the
+Battalion moved off, embussing for the forward area to operate on the
+II. Corps Line. After a cold journey in a heavy snowstorm, they
+arrived at Murat Camp late at night and came under the command of the
+35th Division. They found the camp in very bad order and set about
+putting it right, meanwhile working parties were carrying on under the
+C.R.E. of the Division. Splendid work was carried out by the Battalion
+during this period, despite snowstorms and blizzards, and high praise
+was given to the unit by the Corps Commander. All the Royal Engineer
+Officers connected with the work declared they had never had better
+nor keener infantry parties.
+
+On the 16th Major Morton assumed command of the Battalion during the
+absence of Lieut.-Colonel Inglis on leave; and on the 18th Major
+Morton was ordered to hospital and Major Paterson took over.
+
+_The Battalion Intelligence News Sheet_, inaugurated to keep all ranks
+fully informed of the principal events of the day as regards the war,
+was circulated, but it could not hope to oust _The Outpost_ as the
+real news vehicle of the 17th.
+
+On the 25th of January the Battalion left Murat Camp for a camp near
+Woeston and came under the command of the 1st Division, and on the
+27th the Battalion relieved the 10th Gloucesters in reserve in the Het
+Sas Sector, and carried on improving the line until the 31st of
+January--when the blow fell and hopes were dashed to the ground. While
+in Brigade Support at Houthust Forest Sector, Major Paterson was sent
+for by Brigadier-General C.A. Blacklock, who informed him that the
+re-organisation of the Army necessitated the disbanding of an H.L.I.
+Battalion in the 32nd Division. The Battalion selected was the junior
+one, the 17th. General Blacklock expressed in very generous terms his
+admiration for the Battalion, and for all that it had done, and
+expressed his sorrow and regret that so fine a unit had to be broken
+up, and the officers, non-com. officers and men serving in it would be
+drafted to other H.L.I. Battalions, which would necessitate, in many
+cases, the breaking up of what had been very long friendships.
+
+Early in January, 1918, it had been decided by the War Office to adopt
+the three Battalion per Brigade system throughout the British Army,
+and this resulted in the disbandment of many Battalions which had seen
+much service abroad, and had won a name for themselves in France.
+Perhaps the chief Battalion in the whole army to be disbanded was the
+17th Service Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, and the
+disbandment of this Battalion came as a bitter blow, not only to those
+who were serving in the Battalion at that time, but also to those who
+had served in it at some time or other in the past and possibly to
+those who were looking forward to serving with it in the future.
+
+Needless to say all ranks of the Battalion were deeply disappointed at
+the Commander-in-Chief's decision, which was received as a calamity.
+The highest traditions of the Battalion had been maintained
+throughout, and the esprit de corps and good comradeship of all ranks
+made the news almost unbearable.
+
+As soon as the official notification arrived the Battalion was
+relieved by the First Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, and was
+withdrawn to Hospital Camp near Woesten where the disbanding was to be
+carried out. From then onwards an enormous amount of work fell on
+everybody, especially on the Adjutant, Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., who was
+responsible for compiling the rolls of the different drafts, which
+were to proceed to the various H.L.I. Battalions in France, comprising
+the 10/11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 18th Battalions.
+
+On the 11th of February the first draft, consisting of about seven
+officers and 200 other ranks marched out of camp to the tune of the
+pipes en route for the railway station at Boesinghe, where it
+entrained and proceeded to join the 10/11th Battalion H.L.I. Although
+there was much cheering as the train steamed away, yet there were many
+men with sad hearts at leaving the Battalion they had served in from
+the beginning, which had become their home in the Army.
+
+For the next few days that followed, similar drafts were sent off
+until the strength of the Battalion was reduced to the establishment
+for Headquarters with Transport. For about a week this small unit
+carried on, until the Transport section, under the Transport Officer,
+Lieut. Smith, was detached, and was attached to the Division where it
+remained for some time until it was sent to the base for drafting. All
+that remained now was the Headquarters establishment, commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., who had returned from leave, and this
+establishment was sent to take over another camp which was to be run
+as a Divisional Reception Camp for men returning to their units from
+leave. About a week later orders were received that some of the H.Q.
+personnel were to be drafted away, and on the next day a draft of
+about thirty men under R.S.M. Burns proceeded to join the 13th
+Entrenching Battalion. A few days later all that was left of the
+Battalion under Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., was drafted to the same
+Battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., and Major Morton, who
+was again with the Battalion, were ordered to report to Divisional
+Headquarters.
+
+All that remained now of the 17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
+was the name, but that name will always remain in the minds of those
+who served in the Battalion, and the mere mention of it brings back
+happy memories of days spent both at home and abroad to those who knew
+it.
+
+As William Glennie of "A" Company, writes:--"That the good old
+Battalion would end, we all expected, as the happy sequence of
+completed duty, and somehow we all imagined we would be there. In our
+ideal picture of the scene, George Square was clearly outlined;
+somehow we fancied old Hughie would order 'Officers, fall out please,'
+and while the ranks took the rhythmical right turn, the 'Faither'
+would step forward from the right of 'C' Company, give his
+characteristic red army salute, shake his cane and rap out 'Quick time
+off the parade ground' in his best Troon parade style. But we forgot
+the war, as too often in our ideal outlook we did.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"'Fall out ... the 17th Highland Light Infantry....' That was at No. 6
+Camp, Calais, in the chill dusk of 6th February, 1918. Back from
+Blighty leave, as the news spread, we took it philosophically--the old
+Battalion had been disbanded, and scattered to various sister
+battalions. Here we were, practically all the originals to the number
+of about 50, the sole remnants of 26 months of war, welcomed back to
+France for the second time, but not to the Seventeenth; orphans to be
+adopted by strange parents.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"'Quick march.' The party swung slowly down the rough track between
+the huts. It was one of those innumerable hutted campments behind
+Poperinghe. At the junction of the road stood Colonel Inglis, Majors
+Morton and Paterson, Captain Dunsmuir and R.S.M. Kelly. It all seemed
+so usual, save that there was more handshaking and waving of bonnets.
+'Cheerio, old chap--best of luck.' Gone, those pals of three years in
+camp, trench, billet and shell hole; but we never knew how great a
+part of our life they had become. Then in the look in each other's
+eyes, in the huskiness of the voice, rather than in the ill-concealed
+tear, came the full realisation of the undying spirit of our old
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion, and the certainty that the death of the
+Battalion had bequeathed to us the LIVING SOUL OF THE SEVENTEENTH."
+
+
+
+
+III.--AN ODD MUSTER.
+
+
+THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION.
+
+
+A corporate body is always a great mystery. Before very long it always
+develops a spirit which is something more than the sum of the
+individual spirits which compose it. And no man can quite say how it
+comes into existence. It may be a greater spirit than that of any
+individual. Sometimes it is not so great as that of its members.
+
+And Battalions are no exception to this rule. Each brings forth a
+spirit, and by that spirit the members are henceforth profoundly
+influenced. It is not the spirit of the Colonel, or of any particular
+member. It is the spirit of the Battalion, something compounded by the
+subtle alchemies of the spiritual world out of the individual souls of
+officers and privates alike.
+
+Of the spirit of the 17th H.L.I. it may at once be said that the
+outstanding characteristic was high-hearted youth. Most of the members
+of the Battalion were young, but the Battalion itself had the
+qualities of youth more truly than any of them. It was essentially
+gay. It did its work to the accompaniment of a fine hilarity. It could
+laugh even on the eve of battle. It could even be uproarious and
+exuberant as only the really young can.
+
+And yet it was very efficient youth. To a man these soldiers took
+their work seriously, and because they brought to it a fine quality of
+intelligence, the Battalion rose to efficiency with astonishing
+rapidity. Many men read eagerly in text books about training and
+tactics and so forth, and the Battalion from end to end was intolerant
+of slovenliness. If it resembled a young man, it was a young man who
+meant business.
+
+   [Illustration: Major The Rev. A. HERBERT GRAY.]
+
+   [Illustration: CHURCH PARADE--PREES HEATH CAMP.
+   _To face page 76._]
+
+   [Illustration: VARIOUS PHASES OF BATTALION TRAINING
+   _To face page 77._]
+
+It was also very gifted youth. Its athletic record speaks for itself,
+as does also its military record. But other gifts were lavished upon
+it. It knew and loved good literature. It had numbers of trained
+singers and musicians. It had dramatic possibilities in it. It knew
+much of science and mechanics. That young thing which we call the 17th
+H.L.I. in fact loved life, and every side of life. It throbbed with
+energy of body, mind, and spirit. It tingled with many sided vitality.
+
+But above all, it was loveable youth. Few bodies of soldiers have ever
+so fully won the affections of towns and country districts. It has
+left a mark of its own on Troon, Prees Heath, Wensley, Sheffield, and
+Codford. People hurried out to see the column go by, and after it was
+gone the hearts of men and women were happier because of it. It came
+to have a place in the lives of thousands, and they all thought of it
+with affection. As we look back on it now it lives with us as a silver
+memory,--something belonging to the world of sunshine and laughter, of
+beauty and of courage. The West of Scotland gave of its best to make
+up that whole, and while it lived it made a place for itself in the
+hearts of the West, which is secure for all time.
+
+Its career was short, but its immortality is safe.
+
+It is good to have known it. And though tragedy unspeakable dogged its
+footsteps, and broke its life in this world, it lives and will always
+live gloriously in the hearts and memories of uncounted men and women
+who believe more in humanity, and perhaps even believe more in God
+because of the "Seventeenth."
+
+
+
+
+"CO-OPERATION."
+
+
+One of the most outstanding and important things taught in military
+text books is the value of striving to obtain "co-operation of all
+arms." That is to say, the more sympathy, good comradeship and
+understanding that exists between Infantry and Artillery and Cavalry
+and Tanks and Air Force people and so on, the more efficient each of
+these various arms becomes to carry out its respective duties.
+Knowledge of the general tactical principles under which each arm
+operates, and personal acquaintanceship with the various officers and
+men of such other units, all tend to cement combined operations into
+one smooth working whole for the pleasant efficiency of the
+combinations concerned and for the better (or worse!) confusion of the
+enemy.
+
+Such co-operation was an ideal often aimed at, but only too seldom
+actually accomplished. It required the best of officers and men to
+attain that perfect co-operation through understanding, which does not
+either fall short of or over reach the mark.
+
+The following notes written by Major C.E. Lawder, late commanding "A"
+Battery of the 168th Brigade, 32nd Division, Royal Field Artillery,
+reveals how smoothly things ran in that all important section of
+co-operation--that between Infantry and Artillery. In the eyes of
+those accustomed to military affairs the following statements will
+likely be recognised as perhaps the finest tribute that could be paid
+to the 17th H.L.I., for it is not so much an item of direct praise, as
+a sure indication of the high quality of efficiency attained by all
+ranks of the Battalion, not to mention the pleasant reflection given
+of "good humoured gentlemen." The 17th was ever proud to serve with
+the gunners of the 168th Brigade, whose fine shooting inspired
+confidence and courage:--
+
+"We first met the famous 17th H.L.I. about New Year, 1916, in the La
+Boiselle Sector and much concern as to the pronunciation of the
+Scottish names given to the trenches was felt by my Yorkshire
+gunners--Sauchiehall Street in particular defeated them. They wished
+the Jocks would use Christian Huddersfield names! All my officers were
+much impressed by the great kindness and hospitality shown them by the
+17th H.L.I. Messes when liaison Officer with the Infantry or when
+going round the front line, which we did constantly, myself as Battery
+Commander every third day, and the subalterns daily--all to try and
+get suggestions to better strafe the Boche and to show the Jocks that
+the gunners wanted to share the pleasures of the front line with our
+splendid Infantry.
+
+"The 17th were commonly known as the Raiders, and most excellent they
+were at the job--the Hun had a holy horror of the men from Glasgow. I
+well remember a chat after a good raid with the big drummer and a
+little corporal of the H.L.I. Both had greatly distinguished
+themselves and they asked me not to question them as to details of the
+raid, as some very dirty work took place across the way! I expect it
+did from the look in their eye and the happy way they handled their
+clubs.
+
+"A great entente cordiale existed between my Battery and the Regiment
+and this was referred to by Major-General Budworth, C.R.A., 4th Army,
+at the Conference at Flixecourt before July 1st, 1916. All the gunners
+at the gun position, then in the Orchard of Martinsart, sent in a
+signed petition to be allowed to have the honour of going over the top
+with the 17th in their next raid. The 17th returned the compliment by
+Major W. Paul and about 20 raiders coming up to the guns from Rest
+billets and carrying ammunition for us all night while we were
+covering another regiment's raid. I got Major Paul on the firing seat
+of one of the guns and some of the men at other guns. They did a lot
+of firing but did not enjoy it. They all preferred the Infantry!
+
+"The 17th were badly cut up on 1st July, 1916, and my men were much
+concerned about them. We were all greatly relieved to hear that both
+Col. Morton and Major Paul were not among the casualties. Some of the
+Officers will doubtless remember a cheery Entente Dinner at
+Bouzincourt--Cocktails by our Adjutant, Lobsters and Rouen Ducks are
+still fresh in my memory. The Division moved up north to the Hulluch
+Sector after the Somme July Battle. We were put to another Division
+for a short time, and then our own Infantry turned up. It was cheery
+meeting our old friends again, but many familiar names and faces were,
+sad to say, missing.
+
+"We had a very safe and nice gun position on a peninsula in a marsh at
+Annieguin. This we made into a very smart and show position--lots of
+"spit and polish." We had many visitors from the 17th and a lot of
+their men used to come and bathe with ours. We fixed up a regular
+bathing pool with springboard complete. All this was under cover of
+trees and shrubs and quite out of sight of the Hun. I remember two of
+the H.L.I. being pulled from or being stabbed in, a sap in No Man's
+Land near the famous Brickstacks. We all wanted to have a Raid at once
+in revenge. I forget whether it came off. Shooting here was difficult,
+as the trenches were so close together, and very difficult to observe
+fire. Very different was the supply of ammunition in mid and late 1916
+to early in the year. It was a horrible feeling for a Battery when
+asked to shoot and help the poor old Infantry, to have to refuse for
+lack of shells. At the Brickstacks we used to often fire--almost
+daily--from 150 to 350 rounds Agressive Action on Hun Tender Spots. It
+was then that we could retaliate about 50 to 1 if they were
+sufficiently "agressed" to fire back. That kept the line--our side
+(!)--quiet.
+
+"We all moved down in October, 1916, to the Ancre show, and a horrible
+wet march it was. We separated for a bit, the Battery going to the
+Scottish 51st Division. We were then rejoined by our own Infantry at
+Beaumont Hamel. I got smashed up and was evacuated home, and just
+after, my best Officer, Lieut. H.W. Ainley was burned to death at the
+Wagon Line. He was a splendid fellow and very well known to the 17th.
+
+"Officers and men of both Units were always together and better
+feeling between them could not exist. It was a great honour to know
+the 17th and we gloried in being the Battery to cover them at the P.
+of E. in a raid." [The P. of E. is the Point of Entry, necessitating
+very accurate gunlaying, timing, and strict adherence to the barrage
+programme.]
+
+   [Illustration: "THE OUTPOST" STAFF ON ACTIVE SERVICE.]
+
+   [Illustration: THE ORIGINAL EDITORIAL STAFF.
+   Sgt. FERGUSON, the late Sgt. REITH and Pte. HUTCHESON.
+   _To face page 81._]
+
+
+
+
+"THE OUTPOST."
+
+
+One of the most outstanding activities of the Battalion was the
+production of a periodical which combined a considerable high level of
+artistic and literary excellence with a racy narrative of Battalion
+news and _personalia_. This regimental magazine of the 17th H.L.I. was
+conceived in 1914, though actually founded early in 1915, and from
+that time, throughout all the rigours of work at home--and the
+extraordinary difficulties of operations in the Field, _The Outpost_
+was produced, and well produced. Perhaps more than anything, the
+standard and record of this production, and its acceptance and
+success, both within the unit and with an ever growing general public,
+reflects the intellectual level of those who composed the Battalion.
+In an appreciation which appeared in _The Glasgow News_ in June, 1919,
+on the occasion of the completion of the seventh volume, it is
+remarked--"Nursed in its early youth by an editorial staff that was
+not without experience, it proved a lusty infant, and as the years
+went on it gained in strength.
+
+"In a sort of valedictory--for the magazine will still be published
+annually by the Seventeen Club--the editor sings its praises. He has
+every right to pitch them on a high key. He points out that the paper
+has always been welcomed and appreciated in many homes (yes, even in
+Buckingham Palace), and in training camps, hospitals, rest camps,
+lonely dug-outs, and soaking trenches, as well as in the scorching
+East and amid Arctic snows. Wherever old members have gone at duty's
+call, their magazine has followed, and has interested and cheered with
+its articles and illustrations of the lighter side of Army life.
+
+"Lately a noted writer on military topics, an English officer of high
+rank, in giving a most appreciative criticism of _The Outpost_,
+said--'It is only your dour, determined Scotsmen who could manage to
+'carry-on' such a paper under the tremendous handicaps of active
+service, and the result has been unquestionably the finest literary
+and artistic venture in battalion magazines that the war has
+produced.'"
+
+In a note concerning those who originated and inspired this war
+publication--unique in its continued success--Mr. J. M'Kechnie, whose
+name is intimately associated with its success, says--"The credit of
+the original idea of publishing a Battalion Magazine belongs to Lieut.
+J. Kelly--our first R.S.M. Early in January, 1915, he called a meeting
+at which the journalistic machinery was set in motion. The appointment
+of the late Mr. Steven D. Reith as Editor assured the success of the
+venture, for under his able and enthusiastic direction, _The Outpost_
+from the first number reached a standard hitherto unapproached in
+British military publications. From month to month it supplied a
+bright literary and artistic reflection of the chief events in the
+life of the Battalion, and the editorial aimed at giving a lead to the
+more serious thought of its readers.
+
+"Throughout its active service career _The Outpost_ was edited by the
+following:--The late Mr. Steven D. Reith, Mr. J.L. Hardie, Mr. J.
+M'Kechnie, and Mr. W. Glennie. Mr. W. J.F. Hutcheson performed the
+duties of Home Editor until November, 1917, when he handed on the
+torch to Mr. Frank K. Pickles, who acted as Editor during the last
+year."
+
+Copies and Volumes of _The Outpost_ will remain among the most
+cherished keepsakes of all members of the Battalion, and a complete
+set of all numbers of the production is being carefully and jealously
+preserved in the archives of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. There
+its pages will rank with the greatest achievements of industrial and
+commercial affairs as evidence of the judgment, humour, poetry, and
+doggedness of a Battalion so intimately bound up in the traditions of
+a great house, and indeed, also reflective of the traditions of
+Scottish industrialism, whose eminence is the manifestation of those
+very elements of balanced judgment and perseverance, coupled with that
+saving humour and imagination which has marked alike its progress in
+the markets of the world no less than in the fields of war.
+
+   [Illustration: The Late STEVEN D. REITH, D.C.M.]
+
+   [Illustration: Lce.-Corpl. F.K. PICKLES.
+   _To face page 82._]
+
+   [Illustration: MARGUS--THE MASCOT.]
+
+   [Illustration: ONE OF THE BATTALION RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAMS.
+   _To face page 83._]
+
+
+
+
+SPORT OF THE BATTALION.
+
+
+The achievements of the Seventeenth in the field of fire cannot be
+dissociated from their experiences in the field of sport. The exploits
+of the Battalion in Football, Cross-country Running, and
+Boxing--revealing as they did the elements of challenge, perseverance,
+cheerfulness in defeat, and also the power to win honours to their
+name--have their grand reflex in the more grim and arduous experiences
+through which the Battalion was called to pass.
+
+In October, 1915, the Battalion won Divisional honours in
+Cross-country Running. The winning of the Cup and medals in an event
+in which a thousand runners took part was no small feat.
+
+In the world of "Rugger" the Battalion's career was one triumphal
+march, but the end accomplished cannot be summed up in figures,
+adverse or the reverse. As for "Soccer" the successive achievements of
+the Battalion are recorded in every number of _The Outpost_. Minor
+struggles and conquests are recalled and rejoiced in, but the glory of
+carrying off another Divisional Cup will never be forgotten by those
+who witnessed the fray. Progress to the final of the event was not
+easy, and the final was a particularly hard fought game, and though
+the Battalion won, it was felt that equal honours were due to the
+vanquished for their good play and sportsmanship.
+
+In the Boxing World, the name of Corporal George Barrie, will be ever
+green in the memory of all Seventeenth men; and the honour brought to
+the Battalion by his pupil, Pte. Cushley, in winning two Divisional
+Cups for Boxing, can be looked upon as a fitting tribute to Barrie,
+the man who played the game even unto death.
+
+Altogether the Seventeenth has much to be proud of in its athletic
+record, and in future days when those of the Battalion sit round and
+tell of the things which are theirs, which they won also at great
+cost, their prowess in the field will not be among the least; for it
+played no insignificant part in the making of the Battalion which,
+although disbanded, has remained, both in name and in comradeship,
+still the Seventeenth.
+
+
+
+
+THE R.S.M.
+
+
+Any history of the "Seventeenth" would be incomplete without a passing
+reference to James Kelly.
+
+Chosen at the inception of the Battalion out of a large number of
+applicants, and appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, his selection was
+amply justified by results. He had seen much service in The Royal
+Scots, and active service in South Africa, where he was
+Colour-Sergeant of his Company and where he gained the D.C.M.
+
+A man of commanding appearance, always very smartly turned out, he set
+a fine example to all ranks and speedily infused the real military
+spirit into the rank and file. During training at home and on service
+in France he did splendid work, and to him is due in no small measure
+the high standard of efficiency and discipline maintained in the
+Battalion. In manner somewhat brusque, but of a tender heart withal,
+he was the friend and confidant of nearly all the Officers, N.C.O.s
+and men, and when off parade the best of good fellows.
+
+                                        DAVID S. MORTON,
+                                             _Lieut.-Colonel._
+
+
+
+
+A REMEMBRANCE.
+
+Do you hear it, all of you, and remember. Listen!
+
+"Markers outwards turn. Quick march."
+
+"Up, number four. Look sharp. That'll do."
+
+"Markers, steadi-i-i-i-i----."
+
+"Right turn."
+
+"Fall in." And then the final great roar of--
+
+"Stop all that yammering." And how quickly it stopped, too.
+
+Do you remember it, and who said it? Of course you do, just as clearly
+as I myself do. You remember those early mornings, too. The sleepy
+chatter stilled in an instant to silence. And all those other days,
+too, when custom had made it imperative on all parades, it was part of
+us and our ceremonial.
+
+   [Illustration: Lieut. and Q.-M. (formerly Regimental Sergeant
+   Major) JAMES KELLY.
+   _To face page 84._]
+
+   [Illustration: Mrs. DAVID S. MORTON,
+   Convener of the Comforts Committee.
+   _To face page 85._]
+
+The repeating of it to ourselves conjures up the history of those
+never-to-be-forgotten days and carries back our spirits to commune
+with all those gone before us.
+
+I say it to myself often now just to bring before me those wonderful
+memories. I have heard it on the sea front at Troon; on the Hills of
+Dundonald; at Prees Heath, in the lovely woodlands and parks of
+England; on the moors of Yorkshire; at Sheffield. It has sounded over
+the vast spaces of Salisbury Plain, and in France and Flanders, where
+all it stands for was so wonderfully justified and upheld, calling up
+that wonderful spirit and special discipline. That was the dear old
+Seventeenth.
+
+
+
+
+THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE.
+
+
+On the Battalion embarking for active service, the Battalion Committee
+suggested that a Ladies' Committee be formed to carry out the supply
+of Comforts which would tend to alleviate the hardships of the battle
+line. The members of the Chamber provided funds in a most generous
+manner, and the following ladies consented to form a Ladies'
+Committee:--Mrs. D.S. Morton (Convener), Lady M'Innes Shaw, Mrs. J.M.
+Mitchell, Mrs. R.A. Murray, Mrs. W.J. Paul, Mrs. W.F. Russell, Mrs.
+John Reid, Mrs. Albert A. Smith, and Miss G.D. Young.
+
+Miss G.D. Young acted as Secretary and at a later stage she was
+succeeded by Miss M.E. M'Clymont of the staff of the Chamber. The
+relatives of the men of the Battalion were notified of the formation
+of the Comforts Committee, and were invited to assist in knitting
+articles, the wool for which in most cases, was supplied by the
+Committee. With this help, and by the industry of the Ladies'
+Committee, a very large quantity of shirts, socks, helmets, scarfs,
+gloves, etc., was sent abroad.
+
+The conditions under which the men were fighting was always wisely
+considered, and for trench dug-outs and cellar billets, a regular
+supply of candles was forwarded by the Committee. Christmas presents
+were also sent overseas for each man. Provision was made for the time
+when the Battalion was out of line for rest, and a supply of weekly
+and monthly periodicals was regularly despatched. Needless to say, all
+these were very acceptable.
+
+While thanks are due to all the members of the Ladies' Committee, it
+must be placed on record that Mrs. Morton, as Convener, rendered
+invaluable services and it is universally recognised that to her
+indefatigable labours the men in France owed much.
+
+
+
+
+MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW.
+
+
+A Memorial Service in honour of the officers, non-commissioned
+officers and men of the 17th Highland Light Infantry, who fell in the
+battle of the Somme and elsewhere was held at Glasgow Cathedral, on
+July 8th, 1917. Fully 1,200 people were present, and many soldiers of
+all ranks were among the congregation, including a number of wounded
+men belonging to the Battalion. The "Dead March in Saul" was played at
+the commencement, and the service was most impressive throughout. The
+preacher was the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, one time Chaplain of the
+Battalion, and the service included the anthem, "What are these?" sung
+by the choir.
+
+Preaching from the text--"We also are compassed about with so great a
+cloud of witnesses," Mr. Gray said: "It must not be to mere mourning
+that we give ourselves this afternoon. We are met to recall a very
+great page in the history of our city and district. In the year 1916,
+the hundreds of young men of whom we are thinking dared to die in a
+great cause. Young, strong, and free, full of high hopes and great
+purpose, in love with life, and in a hundred ways fitted for mastery
+in it, they yet consented to deal with death. A hundred other
+ambitions had flushed their hearts, but because humanity called they
+laid them all aside and went to the great war. No such life was their
+choice, but because it was their destiny they accepted it with a
+smile. No compulsion save that of honour constrained them. They were
+recruited simply by conscience and the claims of humanity. They made
+one of the finest Battalions that ever left these shores, for some of
+the very best of the rising generation were in their ranks. And though
+they were not soldiers by profession they proved themselves worthy of
+a regiment that has traditions of honour as old as the British Army.
+
+"Wherefore, here in God's House, we may well first of all rejoice
+concerning them, and give thanks to God who has put so great a spirit
+into man. Though tears be in our hearts we must not fail to be proud
+and thankful--proud because they were our brothers, and thankful
+because they finished their course in faith."
+
+After mentioning the subject of a suitable memorial, and suggesting
+that there could be nothing more worthy than the monument of a Britain
+turned to God, the preacher concluded with the following impressive
+words:--
+
+"From a hundred lonely graves in that foreign land--from the spots
+where they fell, and which now are sacred spots for us--our dead are
+asking us when we mean to erect that monument. From trench and shell
+hole where death found them, their voices call--young, musical voices,
+the voices of boys still in their teens, the voices of martyrs on
+life's threshold. Scarce a wind can blow that will not waft to you
+these voices. And they ask a better Britain as their monument. They
+ask it of you and me. Shall we not go from this place resolved to
+build it?"
+
+
+
+
+THE CLUB.
+
+
+Much has been written, and many discussions have arisen concerning the
+good-fellowship and camaraderie which exists among the survivors of
+the 17th H.L.I., and able pens will express the high ideals aimed at,
+and the strong determination in the minds of those remnants to
+establish "The Club" on a basis good and sound. Since the inauguration
+of the Battalion in September, 1914, there has been a predominating
+feeling that such an institution should be made.
+
+Since the first batch of men arrived in Glasgow from France
+arrangements were made which facilitated meeting daily in Craig's
+Smoke Room in Gordon Street--the arrangement still holds good. Any
+forenoon the boys may be found over their coffee and incidentally
+discussing the chance of one day, in the near future, having a "nook"
+of their own. The object of having such a place is to afford such
+privacy as premises of their own would give, in order to have
+uninterrupted meetings, business or pleasure, as the occasion
+demanded.
+
+One great object of the Club is to establish the Benevolent Fund of
+the Battalion on a sound financial basis, so as to be in a position to
+deal with necessitous cases connected with the 17th Battalion, and it
+is thought that this is the only way. It is intended that the Club
+should be self-supporting, and assistance is hoped for, morally and
+financially, of all those who are interested in the affairs
+appertaining to the old Battalion.
+
+A Committee to carry on the good work has been formed, and includes
+Colonel Morton, Major Young, with Messrs. Ritchie, Tilley, Corbett and
+M'Andrew from the various Companies, along with Mr. J.W. Arthur on the
+Benevolent Fund Committee, as representing the Chamber of Commerce.
+This Committee will report progress to a General Meeting, at which it
+is hoped to decide what steps may be taken to acquire a Working
+Capital. It is possible that a Voluntary Subscription List may be
+opened, and it is hoped that the opportunity may be given to help the
+worthy project of thus forming a Memorial to those who have fallen in
+the great cause.
+
+No better monument of love and good-fellowship could be thought of
+than to give a helping hand in the hour of need, and, to provide
+towards a comfortable home for those who are left to enjoy it.
+
+
+
+
+"E" COMPANY.
+
+
+At the beginning of January, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. had recruited its
+full war strength, and the authorities decreed that a Reserve Company
+should be formed. This became "E" Company, and was trained as a unit
+of the Battalion at Troon, until the 17th left for England. On May
+13th, 1915, it was transferred to Gailes, and became a unit of the
+19th Reserve Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Auld being in command. Under
+his training, the Company, as well as the Battalion, reached a high
+standard of efficiency. After being inspected by Brigadier-General
+Cockburn on the 28th September, 1916, a draft of 101 N.C.O.s and men
+was sent to join the 17th H.L.I. at Codford. What was left of "E" Coy.
+entrained on 26th October, 1915, at Gailes for Ripon. The men were
+billeted in excellent huts in the South Camp of that quaint old
+cathedral town, where route marches took place and many excursions
+were made to many of the interesting towns and places of interest.
+
+When the 17th embarked for France, some details left behind arrived
+from Codford on 15th December, 1915, and brought back many old friends
+and highly efficient instructors. Later on Viscount French paid a
+visit of inspection to the Ripon area, and the 19th H.L.I. formed part
+of the Guard of Honour on that occasion.
+
+After Ripon came Montrose, and although connected with the Battalion's
+history only in a small way, the period from 25th April, 1916, to 12th
+June, 1917, is nevertheless well worthy of mention. Montrose with its
+lovely beaches and pleasant surroundings, forms one of the happiest
+memories of those who found themselves part of the 19th H.L.I. during
+its sojourn there.
+
+1916-17 was a trying time in the life of the Reserve Battalion.
+Training was concentrated to an unheard-of degree--a recruit being
+allowed nine short weeks before he found himself on Embarkation Leave.
+Drafts were required by the dozen, both for the Western Front (for
+which the Somme and Beaumont Hamel Offensives were chiefly
+responsible) and for the Eastern Front. Then there was the trying
+coastguard work with its trench-digging excursions to Lunan Bay--work
+which probably helped to avert a danger not so remote as we then
+imagined.
+
+"E" Company had a fair share of all these worries, and its able
+Commander, Captain F.D. Morton, was kept busy choosing drafts,
+arranging programmes, and working out tactical schemes.
+
+Major W.H. Anderson, who afterwards became Lieut.-Colonel, and was
+awarded the V.C. after his lamented death, did much for the good of
+the Battalion; and the Soldiers' Home, run by Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs.
+Auld, proved of great advantage to the men. This period marked the
+extinction of "E" Company, as representing the 17th. Draft after draft
+had robbed it of its original appearance, and when on 1st September,
+1916, the 19th became the 78th Training Reserve Battalion, it lost all
+semblance of its former self, and may be said to have had an
+inglorious end to a short but useful life.
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL W. AULD, V.D.
+   _To face page 90._]
+
+   [Illustration: The late Lt.-Col. WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON, V.C.]
+
+   [Illustration: The late Sergt. J.Y. TURNBULL, V.C.
+   _To face page 91._]
+
+
+
+
+IV.--HONOURS AND AWARDS.
+
+
+Battalion Honour.
+
+
+Extract from _The London Gazette_, dated 26/5/16.
+
+The following is extracted from Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch, dated
+19/5/16:--
+
+    "8.--While many other units have done excellent work during the
+    period under review, the following have been brought to my
+    notice for good work in carrying out or repelling local attacks
+    and raids--
+
+    "17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry."
+
+
+
+Victoria Cross.
+
++Lieut.-Colonel W.H. Anderson, formerly Captain "C" Company. Gained
+    while serving with 12th Battalion H.L.I.
+
++15888 Sergeant J.Y. TURNBULL. _Gazette_ dated 25/12/16.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+The following is the extract from _The London Gazette_ of 3rd May,
+1918, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:--
+
+    "T. Maj. (A. Lt.-Col.) WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON,
+         late H.L.I.
+
+    "For most conspicuous bravery, determination, and gallant
+    leading of his command. The enemy attacked on the right of the
+    Battalion frontage, and succeeded in penetrating the wood held
+    by our men. Owing to successive lines of the enemy following on
+    closely there was the gravest danger that the flank of the whole
+    position would be turned. Grasping the seriousness of the
+    situation, Colonel Anderson made his way across the open in full
+    view of the enemy now holding the wood on the right, and after
+    much effort succeeded in gathering the remainder of the two
+    right companies. He personally led the counter attack, and drove
+    the enemy from the wood, capturing 12 machine guns and 70
+    prisoners, and restoring the original line. His conduct in
+    leading the charge was quite fearless, and his most splendid
+    example was the means of rallying and inspiring the men during a
+    most critical hour.
+
+    "Later on in the same day the enemy had penetrated to within 300
+    yards of the village, and were holding a timber yard in force.
+    Colonel Anderson re-organised his men after they had been driven
+    in, and brought them forward to a position of readiness for a
+    counter-attack. He led the attack in person, and throughout
+    showed the utmost disregard for his own safety. The
+    counter-attack drove the enemy from his position, but resulted
+    in this very gallant officer losing his life. He died fighting
+    within the enemy's lines, setting a magnificent example to all
+    who were privileged to serve under him."
+
+    Among the first to join the 17th H.L.I. was Captain W.H.
+    Anderson, a man widely known and highly respected in Glasgow
+    social and business circles. He was with the Battalion during
+    most of its training at Gailes and Troon, and before embarking
+    for Service in France was gazetted as Major in the 19th H.L.I.
+    He served with the same rank in the East Surreys till invalided
+    home in March, 1917. On his return to France he was transferred
+    to an H.L.I. Battalion, becoming Lieut.-Colonel, and shortly
+    afterwards was killed in an attack at the head of his men of the
+    12th H.L.I. as recorded above.
+
+
+                 Sergeant JAMES Y. TURNBULL, V.C.
+
+    It has been said of James Turnbull that he began to win his V.C.
+    at Troon. He was a born leader, and always a fearless champion
+    of fairplay. He towered above the average man in strength of
+    character as he did in stature, and he was always the same
+    unassuming and genial "Jimmy." He was a fitting embodiment of
+    the ideals of the Seventeenth. A big man for a big occasion--and
+    the big occasion came along on the 1st of July, 1916.
+
+    The position of the Battalion was that of a wedge driven against
+    the iron of impregnability, and the driving force suddenly
+    withdrawn. At the thin end of the wedge Sergeant Turnbull, with
+    a handful of men, performed prodigies of valour. From three
+    sides enemy machine guns swept the position, snipers took deadly
+    toll, and bombing attacks were constantly launched. Exposure
+    meant almost certain death. The position was not only desperate;
+    it was hopeless. Yet it was necessary to hold on till nightfall.
+    It was a _man's_ job, and Turnbull filled the bill. He
+    shouldered the responsibility as only a strong man could; and he
+    organised the defence. He had to take countless risks, and was
+    always where the fighting was fiercest. He was the indomitable
+    leader and inspiring example. Wounded, he carried on till his
+    last risk was taken, and he met a soldier's death towards the
+    end of that fateful summer day.
+
+    Of a band of heroes he was the beloved leader and super-hero.
+
+
+
+
+Honours Gained by Officers and others while Serving with the
+Battalion.
+
+
+Extract from _The London Gazette_, dated 3/6/16.
+
+    "To be additional member of the Third Class or Companion of the
+    Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
+
+               "Lieut.-Colonel D.S. Morton, V.D."
+
+
+Military Cross.
+
+                                                    Date of _Gazette_
++Lieut. A.J. BEGG,                                       30/ 5/16
+ 2nd Lieut. J.L. BRODIE,                                 26/ 5/17
++2nd Lieut. J.N. CARPENTER,                              30/ 5/16
+ Lieut. A.N. DRYSDALE,                                   13/ 2/17
+ Capt. F.E. DUNSMUIR,                                     1/ 1/18
+ Lieut. J.L. M'CONNELL,                                  17/ 9/17
+ 2nd Lieut. W.M. MARTIN,                                 26/ 5/17
+ Major G. R.S. PATERSON,                                 26/ 9/16
++Capt. JAS. RUSSELL,                                      1/ 1/17
+ Capt. J.D. RUSSELL,                                     26/ 5/17
+ 2nd Lieut. D.G. THORBURN,                               18/ 6/17
+ 15214 R.Q.-M.S. W. DUNSMORE,                             1/ 1/17
+ 15394 C.S.M. A. MILLAR,                                  6/ 4/18
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Mentioned in Despatches.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 15/6/16.
+     Lieut.-Colonel D.S. MORTON, V.D.
+     15205 Regt. S.M. J. KELLY.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 4/1/17.
+     +Capt. J.S. MARR.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 25/5/17
+     2nd Lieut. F.E. DUNSMUIR.
+     16109 Sergt. W. WALLACE.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 21/12/17.
+     Major G.R.S. PATERSON, M.C.
+     15510 Sergt. J.C. BRUCE.
+     16084 Sergt. Y. GILBERT.
+     16085 Pte. W. PARKER.
+
+
+Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+
+ 15849 Sergt. W. FRASER,                                  1/ 1/18
+  2797 Sergt. F. LEIPER,                                 13/ 2/17
+ 15866 C.S.M. W. MATHER,                                  1/ 1/17
++15507 C.S.M. S.D. REITH,                                30/ 5/16
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Bar to Military Medal.
+
++2997 Sergt. N. CONNOR, M.M.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Military Medal.
+
+                                                   Date of _Gazette_.
+
++23053 Pte. G.S. ANDERSON,                               26/ 5/17
+ 15255 Cpl. J. CHAPMAN,                                  10/11/16
++ 2997 Sergt. N. CONNOR,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 16004 Pte. J.K. DEANS,                                  16/ 2/17
+ 15973 L.-Sergt. W. DICKSON,                             17/ 9/17
+ 15937 Cpl. F. FARNELL,                                  17/ 9/17
+ 15582 L.-Cpl. A.V. FOLLETT,                             17/ 9/17
+ 40899 Pte. A.B. FORREST,                                17/ 9/17
+ 15581 Pte. C.N. FRASER,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 16084 Sergt. Y. GILBERT,                                16/ 2/17
+  2727 L.-Cpl. W. GLENNIE,                               26/ 5/17
+ 41046 Pte. J. HOGG,                                     26/ 5/17
+  2744 Pte. J.C. HUNTER,                                 20/10/16
+  9808 Sergt. J. JOHNSTONE,                              26/ 5/17
+  2797 Pte. F. LEIPER,                                    3/ 6/16
+ 15748 Sergt. F.M. M'GREGOR,                             16/ 2/17
++15720 Pte. D. MACINTOSH,                                 3/ 6/16
+ 15363 Pte. A.G. M'NAIR,                                 10/11/16
++15677 Sergt. J. MAXWELL,                                16/ 2/17
++16146 Sergt. R. MILLIGAN,                               29/ 8/17
++15964 Sergt. J. OSBORNE,                                16/ 2/17
+ 27267 L.-Cpl. J. PEARSON,                               26/ 5/17
+  2725 L.-Sergt. J. RAMAGE,                              26/ 5/17
+ 41198 Pte. E. REDDINGTON,                               26/ 5/17
+ 15415 Sergt. T. RITCHIE,                                20/10/16
+ 15775 Sergt. J. ROBERTS,                                16/ 2/17
+ 28057 L.-Cpl. P. ROBERTSON,                             26/ 5/17
+ 43268 Pte. T. SCOTT,                                    16/ 2/17
+ 13688 Pte. R.J. SLOWEY,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 42378 Pte. P. SMITH,                                    26/ 5/17
+ 15956 C.Q.M.S. W. STEWART,                              16/ 2/17
++15458 Sergt. H.G. TAYLOR,                                3/ 6/16
+ 16149 Cpl. H. THORBURN,                                 26/ 5/17
+ 41607 Pte. D. TURNBULL,                                 18/ 6/17
+ 15938 Sergt. A.G. WATSON,                               16/ 2/17
+ 15818 Pte. R.M. WATSON,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 40530 Pte. J. WATT,                                     26/ 4/17
+353079 Pte. F.S. WILLDER,                                17/ 9/17
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Meritorious Service Medal.
+
+ 15544 Sergt. M. CULLEN.
+ 16064 L.-Cpl. J. HUTTON, att. IV. Corps.
+ 15710 L.-Cpl. J.A. M'DOUGALL, 32nd Division.
+ 16169 Sergt. J.F. SINCLAIR, 97th Brigade.
+
+
+Belgian Croix de Guerre.
+
+ 15310 C.S.M. G. HIRST.
+ 16109 C.Q.M.S. W. WALLACE.
+
+
+  Honours Gained by Original Members of the Battalion
+  after being Transferred to other Units.
+
+
+Distinguished Service Order.
+
+ Major G.R.S. PATERSON, 5th K.O.S.B.,
+   formerly Major 17th H.L.I.
+
+ Capt. J.D. YOUNG, 10th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Bar to Military Cross.
+
+ Lieut. J. CALLAN, M.C., 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15527 L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.
+
+ Capt. A.W. DONALD, M.C., 252 Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
++2nd Lieut. C.B. MEADOWS, M.C,
+   King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,
+   formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Military Cross.
+
+ Lieut. R. ANDERSON, 13th Battalion Tank Corps,
+   formerly 15832 Sergeant "A" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H.T. BAIRD, 447th Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15509 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ 2nd LIEUT. A. BROWN, A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 16187 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J. CALLAN, 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15527 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. S. CAMPBELL, 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15982 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J.H. CARSWELL,
+   1st Northumberland Fusiliers,
+   formerly 2708 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ Captain A.W. DONALD, 252nd Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. A.G. DRUMMOND, 6th Black Watch,
+   formerly 23011 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ 2nd LIEUT. H.C. DAVIE,
+   1/8th Battalion Scottish Rifles,
+     formerly 15561 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. A.F. FERGUSON, H.L.I., attached R.A.F.,
+   formerly 15282 C.Q.M.S. "A" Coy.
+
++2nd Lieut. E.L. GARVIE,
+   9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),
+     formerly 2956 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H.P. HADDOW, King's Royal Rifle Corps,
+   formerly 15854 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
++Captain J.M. HAMILTON, Lancashire Fusiliers,
+   formerly 2783 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H. HENDERSON, Liverpool Scottish,
+   formerly 16182 Sergt. "C" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. J.F. HOLMES, 9th Scottish Rifles,
+   formerly 15856 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J.L. JACK, Machine Gun Corps,
+   formerly 2843 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. S.F. JOHNSTONE, Durham Light Infantry,
+   formerly 15323 Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut H.W. JORDON,
+   19th Durham Light Infantry,
+     formerly 2698 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ Staff-Capt. T.P. LOCKING, General List,
+   formerly 15657 Sergt. "B" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. R. LOVE, 222nd Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15336 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ Capt. F.M. M'GREGOR, M.M., Northants Regiment,
+   formerly 15748 Act.-C.S.M. "C" Coy.
+
++2nd Lieut. C.B. MEADOWS,
+   King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,
+     formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. A.A. MILLER,
+   9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),
+     formerly 15680 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
++Lieut. J. MILLER, 7th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2970 Pte. A. & S.H. Cy.
+
+ Capt. F.D. MORTON, 25th Royal Fusiliers,
+   formerly Lieut. "C" Coy.
+
+ Sub-Lieut. T.I. MORTON,
+   "Anson" Battalion, R.N. Division,
+     formerly 15693 "C" Coy.
+
+ Capt. J.D. YOUNG, 10th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Member of the Order of the British Empire.
+
+ Lieut. W. HOGG, Intelligence Corps,
+   formerly 15629 Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+
+ 34834 Sergt. T. GARMORY,
+   8th York and Lancaster Regiment,
+     formerly 2985 Pte. "D" Coy.
+
++22355 Sergt. J.A. WARK, Machine Gun Corps,
+   formerly 15461 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Military Medal.
+
+ 16018 Pte. R. HOOD, 2nd Battn. H.L.I.,
+   formerly "D" Coy.
+
+ 15440 Cpl. W.P. STEEL, 8th York and Lancs.,
+   formerly 15440 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ 34853 L.-Cpl. J.L. WILSON, 8th York and Lancs.,
+  formerly 15813 Pte. "D" Coy.
+
++15583 Pte. R.D. FRAME, 2nd H.L.I.,
+   formerly Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ 15389 Cpl. D. MURRAY, 16th H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ 15373 Sergt. F.J. M'CLUSKY, 2nd H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.
+
+ ---- Sergt. A. M'AUSLAN, R.E.,
+   formerly 15365 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+ 16192 L.-Cpl. H. M'KILLOP, 16th H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Every effort has been made by reference to the Battalion Records, by
+advertising and otherwise, to make these lists complete. The Editors
+will much regret should there be unfortunately any omissions.
+
+
+
+
+  LIST OF OFFICERS who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation and posted to Companies
+  as shewn.
+
+
+Lieut.-Colonel D.S. MORTON, V.D.
+
+
+"A" Company.
+
+  Major W.J. PAUL
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain W.W. MORTON.
+ Lieut. R.T. NEILSON.
+ Lieut. J.B. MACBRAYNE.
+ Lieut. GARDNER.
+ Lieut. G.R.S. PATERSON.
+
+
+"B" Company.
+
+  Major J.R. YOUNG
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain J. RUSSELL.
+ Lieut. G.V.M. BOYD.
+ Lieut. A.J. BEGG.
+ 2nd Lieut. R. SCOTT.
+
+
+"C" Company.
+
+  Major W. AULD, V.D.
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain W.H. ANDERSON.
+ Lieut. A.J. FERGUSON.
+ Lieut. F.D. MORTON.
+ Lieut. A.S. MILLAR.
+ Lieut J.S. SHARP.
+
+
+"D" Company.
+
+  Captain E. HUTCHISON
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain J. MCM. MITCHELL.
+ 2nd Lieut. P.G. SYMINGTON.
+ Lieut. R.W. CASSELL.
+ 2nd Lieut. D. KITCHEN.
+ Lieut. J.M. BROWN.
+
+Lieut. and Quartermaster A.E. SLADE.
+
+Lieut. D.R. KIRKPATRICK, R.A.M.C. (attached).
+
+
+The Battalion was successively under the Command of:--
+
+    Colonel D.S. MORTON, C.M.G., V.D.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel W.J. PAUL.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel F.R.F. SWORDER,
+        Gordon Highlanders.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.,
+        Highland Light Infantry.
+
+
+     =The following "other ranks" of the Battalion
+     were granted Commissions in the Battalion.=
+
+2nd Lt. W.M. ALEXANDER,            _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J.R. BECKETT,              _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+                                   _Died of Wounds_,           4/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J.L. BRODIE, M.C.,         To 15th H.L.I, on disbandment.
+*2nd Lt. J.M. BROWN.                   --                        --
+2nd Lt. J.N. CARPENTER, M.C.,      _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J. CHAPMAN,                _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+*2nd Lt. H.C. COLVIL.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. P.N. CUNNINGHAM,           _Killed in Action_,         2/12/17
+Captain E. DOBSON,                 _Killed in Action_,        10/ 7/17
+Captain A.N. DRYSDALE, M.C.,       _Died of Wounds_,          15/ 4/17
+Lieut. A.S. ELSWORTH,            { _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+                                 { _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+*2nd Lt. J.W. FRASER.                  --                        --
+*2nd Lt. P.H. GRAHAM.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. G.G. HENDERSON,            _Killed in Action_,         6/ 8/16
+*2nd Lt. H.G. HENDRY.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. W.A. HERRON,               _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+Lieut. JAS. KELLY, D.C.M.,             --                        --
+2nd Lt. A.D. LAIRD,                _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+Captain T.P. LOCKING,                  --                        --
+Captain J.F. MORRISON,             _Killed in Action_,        18/11/16
+Captain J.S. MARR,                 _Killed in Action_,        18/11/16
+Captain H. M'ROBERT,               To General Staff (Staff Captain).
+Captain J.L. M'CONNELL, M.C.,      To General List (Staff Captain).
+2nd Lt. J.M. MACARTHUR,            To T.M. Battery
+Captain A.G. MARSHALL,             _Killed in Action_,        12/ 2/17
+*2nd Lt. H.R. ORR.                     --                        --
+2nd Lt. J. OSBORNE,                _Killed in Action_,         2/12/17
+2nd Lt. H.R. PEAT,                 _Wounded in Action_,       10/ 7/17
+*2nd Lt. F.H. POOLEY.                  --                        --
+*2nd Lt. F.A. RUSSELL.                 --                        --
+2nd Lt. J.C. TODD,                 _Killed in Action_,        27/ 6/17
+*2nd Lt. G.B. WALKER.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. C.S. WILLIAMSON,           _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+2nd Lt. D.G. YOUNGER,              _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+
+* These Officers did not serve with the Battalion in France. The ranks
+noted are those which they held previous to Embarkation.
+
+
+     Roll of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and
+     Men, who joined the Chamber of Commerce Battalion from 12th
+     September, 1914, till Embarkation of Battalion, 22nd
+     November, 1915.
+
+All the undernoted joined the Battalion as Privates. The Ranks shown
+are those attained previous to Embarkation.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15200   | L.-Corpl.       | Donald, Alex. Watt.
+  15201   | Pte.            | Buchanan, Joseph Robt.
+  15202   | Pte.            | Pert, David.
+  15203   | Pte.            | Love, Alan.
+  15204   | Sergt.          | Todd, Matthew G.
+  15205   | R.S.M.          | Kelly, J.
+  15206   | R.Q.M.S.        | Keith, T.
+  15207   | O.R./Q.M.S.     | Copland, J.
+  15208   | Pte.            | Anderson, Wm.
+  15209   | C.Q.M.S.        | Ferguson, A.W.
+  15210   | C.S.M.          | M'Clusky, F.
+  15211   | C.Q.M.S.        | Williams, E.A.
+  15212   | C.S.M.          | Garrow, J.C.
+  15213   | C.Q.M.S.        | Ferris, H.
+  15214   | C.S.M.          | Dunsmore, W.
+  15215   | C.Q.M.S.        | Core, T.M.
+  15216   | C.S.M.          | Taylor, G.H.
+  15217   | Pte.            | Seaton, James.
+  15218   | Pte.            | Adam, Arthur Wm.
+  15219   | Pte.            | Armstrong, John.
+  15220   | Pte.            | Allan, Peter.
+  15221   | Pte.            | Arthur, David.
+  15222   | Pte.            | Anderson, Matthew.
+  15223   | Pte.            | Anderson, Wm.
+  15224   | Pte.            | Aitkenhead, R.T.
+  15225   | Pte.            | Adam, Andrew Rolland.
+  15226   | Pte.            | Angus, L.S.
+  15227   | Pte.            | Allan, John.
+  15228   | Pte.            | Allan, Wm. Taylor.
+  15229   | Pte.            | Andrew, Wm.
+  15230   | Pte.            | Blair, David A.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15231   | Pte.            | Binnie, Jas. W.
+  15232   | Pte.            | Brown, James.
+  15233   | L.-Sergt.       | Baxter, Alex. C.
+  15234   | Pte.            | Bates, John R.
+  15235   | Pte.            | Brown, Alex.
+  15236   | Pte.            | Barr, Rich.
+  15237   | Pte.            | Brown, T.J.
+  15238   | Pte.            | Booth, Charles.
+  15239   | Pte.            | Binnie, David W.
+  15240   | Pte.            | Barr, F.C.G.
+  15241   | Pte.            | Burgess, James.
+  15242   | Pte.            | Baxter, Wm.
+  15243   | Pte.            | Campbell, B. M'C.
+  15244   | Pte.            | Clark, J.N.P.
+  15245   | Pte.            | Calder, Alex.
+  15246   | Sergt.          | Cochrane, J.C.
+  15247   | Pte.            | Clark, James.
+  15248   | Pte.            | Cox, C. Wm.
+  15249   | Pte.            | Craig, R.B.
+  15250   | Pte.            | Campbell, E.
+  15251   | L.-Cpl.         | Cuthbert, Arthur.
+  15252   | Pte.            | Cunninghame, Douglas.
+  15253   | L.-Cpl.         | Coogan, Malcolm.
+  15254   | Pte.            | Cuthbert, J.C.
+  15255   | L.-Cpl.         | Chapman, John.
+  15256   | Pte.            | Crombie, James.
+  15257   | Pte.            | Caw, Wm.
+  15258   | Pte.            | Collins, A.E.
+  15259   | Sergt.          | Carnan, John.
+  15260   | Pte.            | Currie, Neil T.
+  15261   | Pte.            | Clark, Geo.
+  15262   | Cpl.            | Drever, Wm.
+  15263   | Cpl.            | Dobbie, Robt. Wm.
+  15264   | L.-Sergt.       | Douglas, John.
+  15265   | Pte.            | Donnelly, Wm. John.
+  15266   | Pte.            | Deans, Geo. W.
+  15267   | L.-Cpl.         | Dickson, Thomas P.
+  15268   | Pte.            | Dow, Samuel Hugh.
+  15269   | L.-Cpl.         | Dymock, H.M.
+  15270   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Robt.
+  15271   | Pte.            | White, T.W.D.
+  15272   | Pte.            | Davidson, Thomas Y.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15273   | L.-Cpl.         | Drysdale, Alex. O.
+  15274   | Sergt.          | Drummond, Mark.
+  15275   | Pte.            | Dingwall, R. M'F.
+  15276   | Pte.            | Duncan, Robert G.
+  15277   | Cpl.            | Fleming, John.
+  15278   | Pte.            | Forrest, E.
+  15279   | Pte.            | Findlay, David.
+  15280   | Pte.            | Fortune, George R.
+  15281   | Pte.            | Finlinson, Arthur B.
+  15282   | A/C.Q.M.S.      | Ferguson, Alex.
+  15283   | Pte.            | Frew, James Allen.
+  15284   | Pte.            | Fraser, Alex.
+  15285   | Pte.            | Fraser, Donald.
+  15286   | L.-Sergt.       | Gowans, James.
+  15287   | L.-Cpl.         | Grigsby, A.H.
+  15288   | Pte.            | Gillespie, A.A.
+  15289   | L.-Cpl.         | Gannaway, George Edward.
+  15290   | Pte.            | Grigg, Stanley J.
+  15291   | L.-Cpl.         | Gill, John.
+  15292   | Pte.            | Goodall, Robert L.
+  15293   | Pte.            | Gemmel, Alex.
+  15294   | L.-Cpl.         | Glassford, Alex. S.
+  15295   | L.-Cpl.         | Griffiths, J.L.
+  15296   | Pte.            | Galloway, Charles.
+  15297   | Pte.            | Gardiner, William.
+  15298   | Pte.            | Gray, Alex.
+  15299   | Pte.            | Gudgeon, Thomas W.
+  15300   | Pte.            | Gibbon, Edward.
+  15301   | Pte.            | Graham, William R.
+  15302   | Pte.            | Gowans, Alex.
+  15303   | L.-Cpl.         | Haddow, Robert B.
+  15304   | Pte.            | Hovell, Alex.
+  15305   | Pte.            | Haddon, R. M'K.
+  15306   | Pte.            | Henderson, Robert.
+  15307   | Pte.            | Highet, Andrew.
+  15308   | Pte.            | Horsley, B.T.
+  15309   | Pte.            | Herbert, Peter C.
+  15310   | L.-Cpl.         | Hirst, George.
+  15311   | Pte.            | Hay, Neil T.
+  15312   | Pte.            | Hyslop, William.
+  15313   | Pte.            | Hubbard, William.
+  15314   | Pte.            | Hutchison, William Ramsay.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15315   | L.-Cpl.         | Hutton, David.
+  15316   | Pte.            | Hagen, John.
+  15317   | Pte.            | Hunter, John Wilson.
+  15318   | Pte.            | Hay, John.
+  15319   | Sergt.          | Hamilton, John.
+  15320   | Pte.            | Hardie, Gordon D.
+  15321   | Pte.            | Herbert, Morris.
+  15322   | Pte.            | Hemphill, Archibald.
+  15323   | Pte.            | Johnston, Samuel.
+  15324   | Pte.            | Johnstone, Robert M.
+  15325   | L.-Cpl.         | Jackson, David.
+  15326   | Pte.            | Jarvie, William Robert.
+  15327   | Pte.            | Jackson, John A.
+  15328   | Pte.            | Johnstone, Kenneth.
+  15329   | Pte.            | Inglis, John.
+  15330   | Pte.            | Kelly, Thomas.
+  15331   | Pte.            | Liddell, George.
+  15332   | Pte.            | Livingstone, James H.
+  15333   | Pte.            | Lochhead, Robert Allan.
+  15334   | Pte.            | Lorimer, John William.
+  15335   | Pte.            | Livingston, Alex. Bryson.
+  15336   | Pte.            | Love, Robert.
+  15337   | Pte.            | Lyons, John M.
+  15338   | Pte.            | Morrison, James F.
+  15339   | Pte.            | Morrison, James Smith.
+  15340   | Pte.            | Miller, John.
+  15341   | Pte.            | Milne, William.
+  15342   | L.-Cpl.         | Murdoch, William.
+  15343   | Pte.            | Munro, Hector.
+  15344   | Pte.            | Muir, D.L.
+  15345   | Pte.            | Muir, Robert E.R.
+  15346   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Callum, Colin.
+  15347   | Pte.            | M'Aulay, Archibald.
+  15348   | L.-Sergt.       | M'Naught, James.
+  15349   | Pte.            | M'Millan, Daniel.
+  15350   | Pte.            | M'Kendrick, Alex.
+  15351   | Sergt.          | M'Letchie, John B.
+  15352   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Alex. G.
+  15353   | Pte.            | M'Murtrie, Dougald M'K.
+  15354   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gregor, James R.
+  15355   | Pte.            | Macdonald, John Grant.
+  15356   | Pte.            | M'Neil, Joseph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15357   | Pte.            | McLauchlan, John H.
+  15358   | Pte.            | MacDougall, Duncan.
+  15359   | Pte.            | M'Taggart, Duncan.
+  15360   | Pte.            | M'Crone, Robert.
+  15361   | Pte.            | MacAllan, Thomas Alex.
+  15362   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, James.
+  15363   | Pte.            | M'Nair, Allan Gilmour.
+  15364   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Hugh.
+  15365   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Auslan, Alex.
+  15366   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, Peter.
+  15367   | Sergt.          | M'Taggart, William Kerr.
+  15368   | Pte.            | M'Neill, James.
+  15369   | Pte.            | M'Lachlan, Louis Alex.
+  15370   | Pte.            | M'Hugh, Matthew.
+  15371   | Pte.            | M'Vake, Robert.
+  15372   | Pte.            | M'Garrity, Michael.
+  15373   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Clusky, F. John.
+  15374   | Pte.            | M'Phail, John.
+  15375   | Sergt.          | M'Arthur, John M'L.
+  15376   | Pte.            | M'Naught, Duncan.
+  15377   | Pte.            | M'Neil, Charles M'G.
+  15378   | Pte.            | M'Corquodale, Archibald.
+  15379   | Pte.            | M'Meechan, David Cowan.
+  15380   | Cpl.            | M'Williams, J.
+  15381   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, George Neil.
+  15382   | Sergt.          | M'Gibbon, William.
+  15383   | Pte.            | Munro, Alex. M'L.
+  15384   | Pte.            | Miller, David.
+  15385   | Pte.            | Munro, John.
+  15386   | Pte.            | Morrison, Donald.
+  15387   | L.-Cpl.         | Marshall, Allan Gow.
+  15388   | Pte.            | Mailer, Andrew.
+  15389   | Pte.            | Murray, David.
+  15390   | Pte.            | Mowat, John Watt.
+  15391   | Pte.            | Morrison, Andrew.
+  15392   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+  15393   | Pte.            | Maitland, William.
+  15394   | Pte.            | Millar, Angus.
+  15395   | Cpl.            | Miller, James.
+  15396   | L.-Cpl.         | Martin, David.
+  15397   | Pte.            | Morrison, Robert.
+  15398   | Pte.            | May, William Walker.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15399   | L.-Cpl.         | Maxwell, Claude.
+  15400   | Pte.            | Meek, George.
+  15401   | Pte.            | Muir, James.
+  15402   | Pte.            | Milner, Thomas.
+  15403   | L.-Sergt.       | Milne, James Wallace.
+  15404   | Sergt.          | May, C.S.
+  15405   | Pte.            | Menzies, Peter D.
+  15406   | Pte.            | Orr, John Leslie.
+  15407   | Pte.            | Pinkerton, Gavin.
+  15408   | Pte.            | Paterson, Robert.
+  15409   | Pte.            | Philp, Robert C.P.
+  15410   | Pte.            | Paterson, John.
+  15411   | Pte.            | Pattison, Robert M'P.
+  15412   | Pte.            | Phillips, Alexander R.H.
+  15413   | Pte.            | Preston, William Parker.
+  15414   | L.-Cpl.         | Palmer, C.L.
+  15415   | Sergt.          | Ritchie, Thomas.
+  15416   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, George Tennant.
+  15417   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William.
+  15418   | Sergt.          | Robertson, John S.
+  15419   | L.-Cpl.         | Reid, Donald M.
+  15420   | Pte.            | Russell, William.
+  15421   | Pte.            | Roy, George Allan.
+  15422   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Robert F.
+  15423   | Pte.            | Rogers, David Anderson.
+  15424   | Pte.            | Russell, Samuel.
+  15425   | L.-Cpl.         | Rait, Patrick W.
+  15426   | Pte.            | Spence, Telford.
+  15427   | Pte.            | Slater, Albert Ernest.
+  15428   | Pte.            | Stuart, Charles M'D.
+  15429   | Pte.            | Scott, William James.
+  15430   | Pte.            | Somerville, James.
+  15431   | Pte.            | Struthers, Hugh E.
+  15432   | Pte.            | Scott, George K.
+  15433   | Pte.            | Stark, David.
+  15434   | Pte.            | Sutherland, Thomas N.
+  15435   | Pte.            | Scott, Joe.
+  15436   | Pte.            | Strachan, Andrew R.
+  15437   | Cpl.            | Scott, Archibald.
+  15438   | Pte.            | Stokes, Arthur C.
+  15439   | Pte.            | Swan, Allan.
+  15440   | Pte.            | Steel, W.P.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15441   | Pte.            | Stewart, John C.
+  15442   | Cpl.            | Stevenson, John.
+  15443   | Pte.            | Scott, William.
+  15444   | Pte.            | Simpson, Walter.
+  15445   | Pte.            | Scott, William P.
+  15446   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert Neil.
+  15447   | Pte.            | Samuels, James M.
+  15448   | Pte.            | Small, Samuel.
+  15449   | Sergt.          | Sanders, Sydney T.
+  15450   | Pte.            | Thomson, John Hill.
+  15451   | Pte.            | Torrance, E.
+  15452   | Cpl.            | Timpson, Charles.
+  15453   | Pte.            | Thomson, James.
+  15454   | Pte.            | Thomson, David M.
+  15455   | Sergt.          | Thomson, H.W.H.
+  15456   | Sergt.          | Thomson, William James.
+  15457   | Pte.            | Turnbull, George King.
+  15458   | Sergt.          | Taylor, Herbert G.
+  15459   | Pte.            | Thom, Matthew F.
+  15460   | L.-Sergt.       | Taylor, David Alex.
+  15461   | Pte.            | Wark, James Allen.
+  15462   | Pte.            | Wallace, John.
+  15463   | Pte.            | Warnock, James.
+  15464   | Sergt.          | Watts, Frank M.W.
+  15465   | Sergt.          | Woyka, Alex. G.
+  15466   | Cpl.            | Wyman, Sydney.
+  15467   | Sergt.          | Wishart, Alfred.
+  15468   | Pte.            | Bruce, Thomas.
+  15469   | Pte.            | Webster, James.
+  15470   | Sergt.          | Watson, John.
+  15471   | Pte.            | Waterman, R.
+  15472   | Pte.            | Willock, Thos. B.
+  15473   | Pte.            | Wallace, Robert Kerr.
+  15474   | Pte.            | Young, William.
+  15475   | Pte.            | Young, Robert.
+  15476   | Pte.            | Finlayson, William Thomson.
+  15477   | Pte.            | Atkinson, William.
+  15478   | Pte.            | Alexander, W.M.
+  15479   | Pte.            | Alexander, Walter.
+  15480   | Pte.            | Angus, Thomas C.
+  15481   | Cpl.            | Abercromby, Archibald Alex.
+  15482   | Pte.            | Alston, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15483   | Pte.            | Arbuckle, Alex.
+  15484   | Pte.            | M'Arthur, Alex.
+  15485   | Sergt.          | Angus, William Clark.
+  15486   | Pte.            | Atkins, William J.L.
+  15487   | L.-Cpl.         | Allan, James.
+  15488   | Pte.            | Andrews, Matthew M'Kay.
+  15489   | Pte.            | Biggs, Frank A.
+  15490   | Pte.            | Bennett, James S.
+  15491   | Pte.            | Crawford, Matthew.
+  15492   | L.-Cpl.         | Black, Alex.
+  15493   | Pte.            | Barron, John F.
+  15494   | Pte.            | Broadhead, John R.
+  15495   | Pte.            | Baxter, David John.
+  15496   | Pte.            | Ballantyne, Francis.
+  15497   | Pte.            | Burleigh, John.
+  15498   | Pte.            | Bryce, Thomas.
+  15499   | Pte.            | Barkley, Martin Bell.
+  15500   | Pte.            | Barclay, John.
+  15501   | Pte.            | Barton, Alex. Baird.
+  15502   | Pte.            | Broadhead, Alex. G.
+  15503   | Pte.            | Bailley, William N.
+  15504   | Pte.            | Brown, John M'D.
+  15505   | Pte.            | Barton, Robert L.
+  15506   | Pte.            | Borthwick, H.H.
+  15507   | A/C.S.M.        | Reith, Stephen D.
+  15508   | Pte.            | Bebbington, John Vernon.
+  15509   | Pte.            | Baird, H. Thompson.
+  15510   | Pte.            | Bruce, John Charles.
+  15511   | Pte.            | Provan, George.
+  15512   | Pte.            | Brooke, Robert L.
+  15513   | Pte.            | Buchanan, Robert W.H.
+  15514   | Pte.            | Buchanan, William.
+  15515   | Pte.            | Bailley, A.R.
+  15516   | A/C.S.M.        | Ballantyne, William N.
+  15517   | Sergt.          | Brown, William P.
+  15518   | Cpl.            | Brown, Robert S.
+  15519   | Pte.            | Cameron, Alexander.
+  15520   | Sergt.          | Drummond, William.
+  15521   | Pte.            | Drysdale, Alex. N.
+  15522   | Pte.            | Dobson, Edward.
+  15523   | L.-Sergt.       | Dunlop, James.
+  15524   | L.-Cpl.         | Carswell, John C.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15525   | Pte.            | Duncan, Thomas.
+  15526   | Pte.            | Crockett, George P.
+  15527   | L.-Cpl.         | Callan, John.
+  15528   | Pte.            | Cameron, Malcolm C.
+  15529   | Pte.            | Cooper, William.
+  15530   | Pte.            | Craig, James M.
+  15531   | Pte.            | Cowan, John.
+  15532   | Pte.            | Carpenter, John M.
+  15533   | Pte.            | Curie, Robert.
+  15534   | Pte.            | Chalmers, Thomas M.
+  15535   | L.-Sergt.       | Cook, Thomas.
+  15536   | Sig.-Cpl.       | Craig, Thomas.
+  15537   | Pte.            | Fleming, Harry C.
+  15538   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, D.C.
+  15539   | Pte.            | Crombie, Robt. A.
+  15540   | Pte.            | Campbell, Thomas C.
+  15541   | Pte.            | Cross, Archibald David.
+  15542   | Pte.            | Cruickshank, Alex. A.
+  15543   | Pte.            | Channing, H.H.
+  15544   | L.-Cpl.         | Cullen, Matthew.
+  15545   | Pte.            | Campbell, William T.
+  15546   | Pte.            | Christison, Robert Colin.
+  15547   | Cpl.            | Crocker, John.
+  15548   | Pte.            | Cameron, Alex. C.
+  15549   | Pte.            | Cumming, A. Smith.
+  15550   | L.-Sergt.       | Cuthbertson, Charles S.
+  15551   | Pte.            | Craig, Thomas.
+  15552   | L.-Cpl.         | Craig, A.B.
+  15553   | Pte.            | Craig, John.
+  15554   | L.-Cpl.         | Crawford, Thomas.
+  15555   | L.-Cpl.         | Corbett, William S.
+  15556   | Pte.            | Crinean, Charles.
+  15557   | Pte.            | Carmichael, James A.
+  15558   | Cpl.            | Davidson, Albert.
+  15559   | Cpl.            | Davidson, John.
+  15560   | Pte.            | Dawes, Harry E.
+  15561   | L.-Cpl.         | Davie, Harry Craig.
+  15562   | Pte.            | Dunsmuir, A.G.
+  15563   | Pte.            | Dow, William John.
+  15564   | Pte.            | Dixon, Charles.
+  15565   | Pte.            | Dott, Robert Wilson.
+  15566   | Cpl.            | Erskine, Ralph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15567   | Pte.            | Elliot, James Kirk.
+  15568   | Pte.            | Elsworth, A.S.
+  15569   | Sergt.          | Ellery, Albert Charles.
+  15570   | Pte.            | Eggert, Walter.
+  15571   | Pte.            | Edmond, George G.
+  15572   | Pte.            | Fisher, Thomas C.
+  15573   | Pte.            | Fleming, John J.
+  15574   | L.-Sergt.       | Fraser, Samuel.
+  15575   | Pte.            | Fergus, Robert B.
+  15576   | Pte.            | Forrest, Archibald.
+  15577   | Pte.            | Frame, William D.
+  15578   | Pte.            | Foulger, Horace William.
+  15579   | Pte.            | Freeman, Michael.
+  15580   | Pte.            | Fraser, James W.
+  15581   | Pte.            | Fraser, Campbell N.
+  15582   | Pte.            | Follett, Arthur V.
+  15583   | Pte.            | Frame, Robert D.
+  15584   | Pte.            | Ferguson, Hume.
+  15585   | Pte.            | Freeland, Thomas S.
+  15586   | Pte.            | Fleming, Allan.
+  15587   | Pte.            | Falconer, J. Alex.
+  15588   | L.-Sergt.       | Fullerton, William L.
+  15589   | Pte.            | Flintoff, R. Alex.
+  15590   | Pte.            | Ford, William Graham.
+  15591   | Pte.            | Fraser, William Alex.
+  15592   | Pte.            | Finlayson, James.
+  15593   | Pte.            | Garrioch, Alex.
+  15594   | L.-Cpl.         | Gray, Donald.
+  15595   | Pte.            | Galloway, John H.
+  15596   | L.-Cpl.         | Greig, Gilbert.
+  15597   | Pte.            | Guthrie, Robert Yates.
+  15598   | Pte.            | Gauld, Ernest G.
+  15599   | Pte.            | Graham, Patrick H.
+  15600   | Pte.            | Graham, William.
+  15601   | Pte.            | Garrioch, J. M'K.
+  15602   | Pte.            | Graham, George.
+  15603   | Pte.            | Gilfillan, William.
+  15604   | Pte.            | Galt, Adam.
+  15605   | Pte.            | Gibson, Allan D.
+  15606   | L.-Cpl.         | Deans, A. Gibson.
+  15607   | Pte.            | Grandison, Arthur A.
+  15608   | Pte.            | Gemmell, A.S.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15610   | Pte.            | Gray, Robert Love.
+  15611   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James.
+  15612   | Pte.            | Hutchison, George M'F.
+  15613   | Pte.            | Hall, David S.
+  15614   | Pte.            | Henderson, George G.
+  15615   | L.-Cpl.         | Hamilton, William.
+  15616   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Samuel.
+  15617   | Pte.            | Hamilton, William John.
+  15618   | Pte.            | Henderson, James.
+  15619   | Pte.            | Hutton, John Graham.
+  15620   | Pte.            | Haddow, John Haig.
+  15621   | L.-Cpl.         | Hunter, James Crawford.
+  15622   | Pte.            | Harper, John M.
+  15623   | Pte.            | Herron, William A.
+  15624   | Pte.            | Horne, Walter D.
+  15625   | Pte.            | Hamilton, William.
+  15626   | Sergt.          | Haft, Julian.
+  15627   | Pte.            | Houstoun, Alexander G.
+  15628   | L.-Cpl.         | Harvie, Alex. W.
+  15629   | Cpl.            | Hogg, William.
+  15630   | Pte.            | Hutchison, James M.
+  15631   | Pte.            | Hutcheson, Thomas.
+  15632   | Pte.            | Howie, Kenneth M.
+  15633   | L.-Cpl.         | Hamilton, J.F.
+  15634   | Cpl.            | Henderson, Robert.
+  15635   | Pte.            | Howie, John Love.
+  15636   | Pte.            | Haggerty, Thomas.
+  15637   | Pte.            | Imrie, Frank M.
+  15638   | Pte.            | Irvine, Alex. Garven.
+  15639   | Pte.            | Inrig, Alex. George.
+  15640   | Pte.            | Jenkins, John B.
+  15641   | Pte.            | Kean, James M'Lean.
+  15642   | Pte.            | Kinloch, Peter S.
+  15643   | Pte.            | Kerr, Andrew A.
+  15644   | Pte.            | Kinghorn, Arthur A.A.
+  15645   | Pte.            | Kennedy, James.
+  15646   | L.-Cpl.         | Keast, Norman R.
+  15647   | Pte.            | Knight, Alex.
+  15648   | Cpl.            | Kedslie, John Kay.
+  15649   | Sergt.          | Kennedy, David.
+  15650   | L.-Cpl.         | Lothian, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15651   | L.-Cpl.         | Leask, Andrew D.
+  15652   | Pte.            | Munro, Thomas A.
+  15653   | Cpl.            | Miller, Alex. L.
+  15654   | Pte.            | Marr, James Scott.
+  15655   | Cpl.            | Lindsay, Douglas A.B.
+  15656   | Pte.            | Love, David A.
+  15657   | Sergt.          | Locking, Thomas P.
+  15658   | Pte.            | Lucas, Charles Walker.
+  15659   | Pte.            | Leckie, Robert G.
+  15660   | Pte.            | Laird, Arthur D.
+  15661   | Pte.            | Linn, William Gemmell.
+  15662   | L.-Cpl.         | Leishman, Thomas.
+  15663   | Pte.            | Livie, John Fletcher.
+  15664   | Sergt.          | Lang, Archibald.
+  15665   | Pte.            | Lindsay, John Caird.
+  15666   | Pte.            | Love, Alex. James.
+  15667   | Pte.            | Lawson, H. Gibson.
+  15668   | Pte.            | Levy, Barnet.
+  15669   | Pte.            | Locke, Norman.
+  15670   | L.-Cpl.         | Lees, Charles.
+  15671   | L.-Cpl.         | Moses, James.
+  15672   | Pte.            | Miller, Davie.
+  15673   | Pte.            | Maitland, Alex. M'Lean.
+  15674   | L.-Cpl.         | More, James.
+  15675   | Pte.            | Miller, George.
+  15676   | Sergt.          | Marshall, John.
+  15677   | Sergt.          | Maxwell, Joseph.
+  15678   | Pte.            | Murray, Charles De B.
+  15679   | Pte.            | Murray, Archibald William.
+  15680   | Pte.            | Miller, Archibald A.
+  15681   | Pte.            | Murdoch, Robert.
+  15682   | L.-Cpl.         | Mackin, Stephen James.
+  15683   | Pte.            | Moir, Alex. Hamilton.
+  15684   | Pte.            | Morton, John T.K.
+  15685   | L.-Sergt.       | Miller, James Alex.
+  15686   | Cpl.            | Murray, Thomas H.
+  15687   | L.-Cpl.         | Murdoch, Archibald.
+  15688   | Pte.            | Miller, Arthur T.
+  15689   | Pte.            | Melville, David W.
+  15690   | Pte.            | Mills, Duncan B.
+  15691   | Pte.            | Mills, David M'A.
+  15692   | Sergt.          | Morrison, Thomas E.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15693   | Pte.            | Morton, Thomas I.
+  15694   | Pte.            | Miller, John.
+  15695   | Pte.            | Miller, Alex. Hume.
+  15696   | Pte.            | M'Naughton, Callum Arthur.
+  15697   | Pte.            | M'Millan, William A.
+  15698   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gibbon, John.
+  15699   | Pte.            | M'Feat, Fred.
+  15700   | Pte.            | M'Aviney, James.
+  15701   | Pte.            | M'Lelland, George H.
+  15702   | Sig.-Sergt.     | M'Intosh, John R.
+  15703   | Pte.            | M'Gavin, Colin M'K.
+  15704   | Pte.            | MacMillan, Donald D.
+  15705   | Pte.            | M'Crae, James.
+  15706   | Pte.            | MacMillan, John.
+  15707   | Pte.            | Macdonald, James.
+  15708   | L.-Cpl.         | MacDougall, Charles S.
+  15709   | Pte.            | M'Connell, John L.
+  15710   | Pte.            | MacDougall, John A.
+  15711   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Duncan.
+  15712   | Sergt.          | MacMillan, Alex.
+  15713   | Cpl.            | M'Culloch, W.
+  15714   | Pte.            | M'Auley, Robert.
+  15715   | Pte.            | M'Nicol, James F.
+  15716   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Donald M'K.
+  15717   | Cpl.            | M'Arthur, Neil M'C.
+  15718   | Pte.            | M'Gee, Gilmour Brown.
+  15719   | Pte.            | M'Arthur, Hugh.
+  15720   | Pte.            | M'Intosh, Donald.
+  15721   | Pte.            | Clark, Robert O.
+  15722   | Sergt.          | M'Andrew, William.
+  15723   | Pte.            | Provan, George Weir.
+  15724   | L.-Sergt.       | M'Kenzie, E.P.
+  15725   | Pte.            | Bull, Harold.
+  15726   | L.-Cpl.         | Scott, W.P.
+  15727   | Pte.            | Grandison, William A.
+  15728   | Pte.            | M'Lintock, Hugh C.
+  15729   | Pte.            | Baird, John.
+  15730   | L.-Cpl.         | Young, John R.
+  15731   | Pte.            | Adamson, Thomas N.
+  15732   | Pte.            | Dawson, John.
+  15733   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, Alan.
+  15734   | L.-Cpl.         | Norris, James H.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15735   | Pte.            | Neilson, William George.
+  15736   | Pte.            | Orr, Harry Ross.
+  15737   | Pte.            | Purdie, John D.
+  15738   | Pte.            | Paterson, G.K.
+  15739   | Pte.            | Pollock, William G.
+  15740   | Pte.            | Pearson, William L.
+  15741   | Pte.            | Younger, David G.
+  15742   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Rae, Donald.
+  15743   | Pte.            | MacGregor, William D.
+  15744   | Pte.            | Watson, William O.
+  15745   | Pte.            | Wilson, Allan Jackson.
+  15746   | Pte.            | Macpherson, Angus.
+  15747   | Pte.            | Mackinley, Alex. W.
+  15748   | Sergt.          | MacGregor, Fred. M.
+  15749   | Pte.            | M'Robbie, David H.
+  15750   | Pte.            | M'Houll, K.
+  15751   | Pte.            | M'Phail, Thomas W.
+  15752   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Intyre, James.
+  15753   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gavin, N.P.
+  15754   | Pte.            | Paul, Robert M'L.
+  15755   | L.-Cpl.         | Pyper, Henry James.
+  15756   | L.-Cpl.         | Pickering, Robert Y.
+  15757   | Pte.            | Paterson, Robert.
+  15758   | Pte.            | Paterson, George M.
+  15759   | Pte.            | Purdie, William.
+  15760   | Pte.            | Robertson, William B.
+  15761   | Pte.            | Russell, H. M'P.
+  15762   | Pte.            | Rogerson, James Muir.
+  15763   | Pte.            | Rudd, David H.
+  15764   | Pte.            | Riley, Thomas D.
+  15765   | Pte.            | Rogerson, John Elliot.
+  15766   | Pte.            | Robertson, William Telfer.
+  15767   | Pte.            | M'Rorie, Robert.
+  15768   | L.-Cpl.         | Rolland, Charles D.
+  15769   | Cpl.            | Russell, Fred. Alex.
+  15770   | Pte.            | Rose, John Alex.
+  15771   | Pte.            | Ross, James.
+  15772   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, Robert Speirs.
+  15773   | Pte.            | Rankin, Colin.
+  15774   | Pte.            | Roper, William H.
+  15775   | Cpl.            | Roberts, John.
+  15776   | Pte.            | Robertson, David.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15777   | Pte.            | Roxburgh, Thomas L.
+  15778   | Pte.            | Muir, Norman R.
+  15779   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Edgar.
+  15780   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William Stewart.
+  15781   | Pte.            | Reid, William Hamilton.
+  15782   | Pte.            | Spence, Donald W.
+  15783   | A/C.S.M.        | Sturton, James.
+  15784   | Pte.            | Smith, William Edward.
+  15785   | Sergt.          | West, John.
+  15786   | Cpl.            | Shannon, Andrew A.
+  15787   | Pte.            | Stark, Robert L.
+  15788   | Pte.            | Smellie, John.
+  15789   | Pte.            | Sprott, Samuel.
+  15790   | Pte.            | Stark, James T.
+  15791   | Pte.            | Steel, David F.
+  15792   | Pte.            | Sterling, John L.
+  15793   | Pte.            | Scouler, James Tott.
+  15794   | Pte.            | Sloan, Allan T.
+  15795   | Pte.            | Stewart, George R.
+  15796   | Pte.            | Stevenson, William.
+  15797   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert Spence.
+  15798   | Cpl.            | Stirling, Archibald B.
+  15799   | Pte.            | Stroud, E.H.N.
+  15800   | L.-Cpl.         | Smillie, James M'G.
+  15801   | Pte.            | Scott, Walter.
+  15802   | Pte.            | Stewart, Duncan H.
+  15803   | Pte.            | Taggart, Henry R.
+  15804   | Pte.            | Tough, Thomas S.
+  15805   | L.-Sergt.       | Thomson, James C.
+  15806   | Cpl.            | Terrie, Andrew Black.
+  15807   | Pte.            | Turnbull, Thomas.
+  15808   | Pte.            | Wood, Duncan B.
+  15809   | Pte.            | Warren, A.B.
+  15810   | Pte.            | Wurr, Herbert Joseph.
+  15811   | Pte.            | Walker, Norman M.L.
+  15812   | Pte.            | Wright, William B.
+  15813   | Pte.            | Wilson, James L.
+  15814   | Pte.            | Walker, Alexander.
+  15815   | Pte.            | White, John B.
+  15816   | Pte.            | Walker, Ernest G.
+  15817   | Pte.            | White, George.
+  15818   | Pte.            | Watson, Robert M'L.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15819   | L.-Sergt.       | Wingate, James L.
+  15820   | Pte.            | Welsh, Thomas Morrison.
+  15821   | Pte.            | Wilson, A.K.
+  15822   | Pte.            | Westwater, Donald U.
+  15823   | Pte.            | Wilson, Henry.
+  15824   | Pte.            | Watson, William N.
+  15825   | Pte.            | Walker, George B.
+  15826   | Pte.            | Wilson, Robert C.
+  15827   | L.-Cpl.         | Waugh, Thomas.
+  15828   | Pte.            | Young, James B.
+  15829   | Pte.            | Young, John.
+  15830   | Pte.            | Yuill, L.
+  15831   | Pte.            | Young, Alex.
+  15832   | L.-Sergt.       | Anderson, Robert.
+  15833   | Pte.            | Allan, James.
+  15834   | Pte.            | Barbour, John.
+  15835   | Pte.            | Bowman, Joseph W.
+  15836   | Pte.            | Brown, J. Lindsay.
+  15837   | Pte.            | Baird, James.
+  15838   | Pte.            | Beckett, James R.
+  15839   | L.-Cpl.         | Brownlie, James M'H.
+  15840   | Pte.            | Carson, F.R.
+  15841   | Sergt.          | Cohen, Arthur M.
+  15842   | Pte.            | Cowley, Victor.
+  15843   | Sergt.          | Cowden, Alex.
+  15844   | Pte.            | Dixon, Wilfrid.
+  15845   | C.S.M.          | Dobbie, William.
+  15846   | Pte.            | Finlay, John.
+  15847   | Pte.            | Forrest, George.
+  15848   | Pte.            | Fulton, C.S.
+  15849   | Trans. Sergt.   | Fraser, Walter.
+  15850   | Pte.            | Graham, Alex. H.
+  15851   | Pte.            | Grant, Kenneth.
+  15852   | Pte.            | Gibb, Thomas.
+  15853   | Pte.            | Grassick, Charles A.
+  15854   | Pte.            | Haddow, Hugh P.
+  15855   | Pte.            | Hill, Sydney Thomas.
+  15856   | Pte.            | Holmes, James.
+  15857   | Cpl.            | Houston, William.
+  15858   | Pte.            | Inglis, Robert.
+  15859   | Pte.            | Jones, G. Philip.
+  15860   | Pte.            | Leask, Ralph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15861   | Pte.            | Leckie, Andrew.
+  15862   | Pte.            | Learmond, Victor.
+  15863   | Pte.            | Mackie, Robert Neil.
+  15864   | L.-Cpl.         | MacKay, John.
+  15865   | Pte.            | MacRobert, Harry.
+  15866   | Sergt.          | Mather, W.
+  15867   | Pte.            | Moreland, Joseph.
+  15868   | Pte.            | Millar, James.
+  15869   | Pte.            | Morton, James G.
+  15870   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, M.A.
+  15871   | Pte.            | M'Kee, Robert.
+  15872   | Pte.            | M'Kelvie, Andrew.
+  15873   | Pte.            | M'Kinnon, Donald.
+  15874   | Pte.            | Palmer, Ernest.
+  15875   | Sergt.          | Paterson, Duncan.
+  15876   | L.-Cpl.         | Pyper, James F.
+  15877   | Pte.            | Reid, David.
+  15878   | Pte.            | Rhind, Andrew.
+  15879   | Pte.            | Richardson, James W.
+  15880   | Pte.            | Ritchie, John Allan.
+  15881   | Pte.            | Robertson, James.
+  15882   | Pte.            | Russell, George C.
+  15883   | Pte.            | Rutherford, Edward P.
+  15884   | Cpl.            | Cameron, David D.
+  15885   | Pte.            | Stewart, William.
+  15886   | T./Sergt.       | Summers, Alan Y.
+  15887   | Pte.            | Thomson, Robert.
+  15888   | Sergt.          | Turnbull, J.Y.
+  15889   | Pte.            | Watson, Alex.
+  15890   | Pte.            | Watson, Peter S.
+  15891   | Pte.            | Wood, John Hamilton.
+  15892   | Pte.            | Wilson, Robert B.
+  15893   | Pte.            | Ramage, Peter.
+  15894   | Pte.            | Stevens, Montague.
+  15895   | Pte.            | Mossman, William.
+  15896   | L.-Cpl.         | Wright, Colin S.
+  15897   | Pte.            | Harvey, Edward A.
+  15898   | Pte.            | Kirkpatrick, Arthur J.
+  15899   | Pte.            | Kie, George.
+  15900   | Pte.            | Walker, Thomas.
+  15901   | Cpl.            | Mann, R.G.
+  15902   | Pte.            | Meldrum, George.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15903   | Pte.            | Hunter, Matthew C.
+  15904   | Sergt.          | Abercrombie, H. M'P.
+  15905   | Pte.            | Kelly, James.
+  15906   | Pte.            | Waugh, Robert.
+  15907   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, William.
+  15908   | Pte.            | Connell, Archibald.
+  15909   | S./Sergt.       | Duffus, Hugh W.
+  15910   | Pte.            | Baines, Donald.
+  15911   | L.-Cpl.         | Coltart, John S.
+  15912   | Pte.            | Hutchison, James.
+  15913   | Pte.            | Annand, James S.
+  15914   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Kenzie, Hugh F.
+  15915   | Pte.            | Guthrie, William.
+  15916   | Cpl.            | Steven, Alex.
+  15917   | Pte.            | Hoole, Roland Allan.
+  15918   | Pte.            | Duff, Robert.
+  15919   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Alex.
+  15920   | Pte.            | Paterson, J.
+  15921   | Pte.            | Maxwell, Herbert S.
+  15922   | Pte.            | Simpson, A.D.H.
+  15923   | Pte.            | MacFarlane, N.
+  15924   | Pte.            | Casey, George H.
+  15925   | Pte.            | Baillies, Oswald.
+  15926   | Pte.            | Nowery, Alex. F.
+  15927   | L.-Cpl.         | Thomson, Alex. D.
+  15928   | Cpl.            | Brackenridge, John.
+  15929   | Pte.            | Hutchison, Alfred.
+  15930   | L.-Cpl.         | Kunzle, Paul.
+  15931   | L.-Cpl.         | Nisbet, John D.
+  15932   | Pte.            | Taylor, Thomas T.
+  15933   | Pte.            | Long, Cunningham.
+  15934   | Pte.            | Wark, John.
+  15935   | L.-Cpl.         | Kerr, Robert.
+  15936   | Pte.            | Aitken, Wilfred.
+  15937   | Cpl.            | Farnell, Fred.
+  15938   | Sergt.          | Watson, Alex. G.
+  15939   | Pte.            | M'Lean, A.
+  15940   | L.-Cpl.         | Yuill, Andrew.
+  15941   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, Charles M.
+  15942   | A/C.S.M.        | Lochhead, Alex. W.
+  15943   | Pte.            | Glen, James.
+  15944   | Pte.            | Yates, Norman.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15945   | Cpl.            | McNaught, John.
+  15946   | Pte.            | Whyte, Duncan.
+  15947   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, John.
+  15948   | Sergt.          | M'Call, William.
+  15949   | Pte.            | Vallance, Harold L.
+  15950   | Pte.            | Gray, James.
+  15951   | Sergt.          | Howard, John B.S.
+  15952   | Pte.            | Anderson, John William.
+  15953   | Pte.            | Brodie, Alex.
+  15954   | Sergt.          | Headrick, William Smith.
+  15955   | A/C.S.M.        | Tilley, Richard.
+  15956   | Sergt.          | Stewart, William S.
+  15957   | Sergt.          | Parker, James R.
+  15958   | Pte.            | Maconochie, William K.
+  15959   | Sergt.          | Ritchie, William F.
+  15960   | Pte.            | Kyle, John.
+  15961   | L.-Sergt.       | Hughes, Arthur.
+  15962   | Pte.            | Farish, Samuel.
+  15963   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Robert.
+  15964   | L.-Sergt.       | Osborne, John.
+  15965   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  15966   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Norman L.
+  15967   | Pte.            | Grant, Alex. A.
+  15968   | Pte.            | Inglis, John James.
+  15969   | L.-Cpl.         | Turner, Elliot D.
+  15970   | L.-Cpl.         | Cunningham, Peter N.
+  15971   | Pte.            | Gilchrist, Thomas A.
+  15972   | Sergt.          | Wilson, A.P.
+  15973   | L.-Cpl.         | Dickson, William.
+  15974   | Pte.            | Orchardson, Archibald.
+  15975   | L.-Cpl.         | Watson, Andrew.
+  15976   | Pte.            | Thorburn, James.
+  15977   | Pte.            | Sharp, Alex. Thomas.
+  15978   | Pte.            | Hastings, Edward H.
+  15979   | L.-Cpl.         | Arthur, Charles F.
+  15980   | Pte.            | M'Ilwraith, James.
+  15981   | L.-Sergt.       | Pooley, R.S.
+  15982   | Pte.            | Campbell, Samuel.
+  15983   | Pte.            | M'Allan, John T.
+  15984   | Sergt.          | Lugton, G.D.
+  15985   | Pte.            | M'Walter, Thomas Scott.
+  15986   | Pte.            | Wood, John.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15987   | L.-Cpl.         | Mackie, William R.N.
+  15988   | Pte.            | Pooley, Francis H.
+  15989   | Sig.-Sergt.     | Marshall, John H.
+  15990   | Pte.            | Pollock, James Watson.
+  15991   | Pte.            | MacKinnon, Robert A.
+  15992   | Pte.            | Reid, James William M.
+  15993   | Pte.            | Scott, James.
+  15994   | Pte.            | M'Veigh, Hugh.
+  15095   | Pte.            | Gregor, William.
+  15996   | Pte.            | Salmine, John.
+  15997   | Pte.            | Forsyth, Stewart.
+  15998   | Cpl.            | Walker, Robert.
+  15999   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, John M.
+  16000   | Pte.            | Crosbie, Robert.
+  16001   | Pte.            | Boyd, William.
+  16002   | Pte.            | Main, John.
+  16003   | Pte.            | Cattell, Joseph.
+  16004   | Pte.            | Deans, John K.
+  16005   | Pte.            | Watt, Thomas S.
+  16006   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  16007   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Norman.
+  16008   | Pte.            | Wood, David S.
+  16009   | L.-Cpl.         | Main, Samuel Hope.
+  16010   | Pte.            | M'Lintock, William.
+  16011   | Cpl.            | Brodie, James L.
+  16012   | Pte.            | Mason, George Bishop.
+  16013   | Pte.            | Mullan, William John
+  16014   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Robert Barr.
+  16015   | L.-Cpl.         | Turnbull, David.
+  16016   | Pte.            | Abrahamson, A.
+  16017   | Pte.            | Brownlee, George.
+  16018   | Pte.            | Hood, Robert.
+  16019   | Sergt.          | Wattie, Alex.
+  16020   | Sergt.          | Lee, Edward.
+  16021   | Pte.            | Kirk, Robert.
+  16022   | Pte.            | Cassels, Hugh L.
+  16023   | Pte.            | Maclagan, Douglas.
+  16024   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Allister, John.
+  16025   | L.-Cpl.         | Longmuir, Robert.
+  16026   | Pte.            | Keir, John A.L.
+  16027   | Pte.            | Blair, Fred.
+  16028   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Alex.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16029   | Pte.            | Nixon, David.
+  16030   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William.
+  16031   | Pte.            | Dick, Andrew.
+  16032   | Pte.            | Kinnear, Ian F.G.
+  16033   | Pte.            | Morton, Alfred.
+  16034   | L.-Cpl.         | Paton, John.
+  16035   | Pte.            | Tait, William.
+  16036   | Pte.            | Ferguson, James.
+  16037   | Pte.            | Miller, Thomas.
+  16038   | Pte.            | Friend, Joseph.
+  16039   | Pte.            | Muirhead, John.
+  16040   | Pte.            | Young, George Graham.
+  16041   | Pte.            | Langlands, John F.
+  16042   | Pte.            | Lovat, M.
+  16043   | Cpl.            | Smith, A.W.
+  16044   | Pte.            | Harvey, Kenneth R.
+  16045   | Pte.            | Boyd, William.
+  16046   | Pte.            | Boyd, John.
+  16047   | Pte.            | Ramsay, George.
+  16048   | Pte.            | Morton, Thomas.
+  16049   | Pte.            | Johnston, James K.
+  16050   | L.-Cpl.         | Pickles, Frank.
+  16051   | Pte.            | Jackson, James.
+  16052   | Pte.            | Dalziel, William.
+  16053   | Cpl.            | Todd, James C.
+  16054   | Pte.            | Millar, John.
+  16055   | Pte.            | Cunningham, John.
+  16056   | L.-Cpl.         | Drennan, Andrew Adam.
+  16057   | Pte.            | Thomson, James M'K.
+  16058   | Sergt.          | Paterson, Walter A.
+  16059   | Pte.            | Ness, George.
+  16060   | Pte.            | Barrett, F.G.
+  16061   | Pte.            | Spiers, Alex. R.
+  16062   | Pte.            | Tait, William.
+  16063   | Pte.            | Anderson, Charles.
+  16064   | Pte.            | Hutton, James.
+  16065   | Pte.            | McLaughlin, William.
+  16066   | Pte.            | Higgins, Robert K.
+  16067   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Duncan M'R.
+  16068   | Pte.            | M'Lellan, John.
+  16069   | Pte.            | M'Rorie, William D.
+  16070   | Pte.            | Dickson, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16071   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+  16072   | L.-Cpl.         | Martin, George F.
+  16073   | Pte.            | Gardiner, Alex.
+  16074   | Pte.            | White, William Thomson.
+  16075   | Pte.            | Wood, Joe.
+  16076   | Pte.            | Wallace, Thomas.
+  16077   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Thomas D.
+  16078   | Pte.            | Adam, Andrew Ralston.
+  16079   | Pte.            | Kelly, James H.
+  16080   | Pte.            | Dunsmore, Thomas S.
+  16081   | Pte.            | Cameron, Arthur.
+  16082   | Pte.            | Lavelle, James.
+  16083   | Pte.            | Martin, Hugh Albert.
+  16084   | Sergt.          | Gilbert, Young.
+  16085   | Pte.            | Parker, William.
+  16086   | Pte.            | M'Ewan, Thomas W.
+  16087   | Pte.            | Fraser, William.
+  16088   | Pte.            | Rae, David.
+  16089   | Pte.            | Reid, David Boyd.
+  16090   | Pte.            | Scott, Alex.
+  16091   | Pte.            | Watt, William.
+  16092   | Pte.            | Hutchison, William.
+  16093   | Cpl.            | Thomson, William.
+  16094   | Pte.            | Findlay, John Walter.
+  16095   | Pte.            | Ross, John M.
+  16096   | Pte.            | Wright, William.
+  16097   | Pte.            | Allan, James.
+  16098   | Pte.            | Relton, Arthur N.
+  16099   | Pte.            | Adamson, Joseph.
+  16100   | Cpl.            | Dickson, John.
+  16101   | Pte.            | Clark, G. M'I.
+  16102   | Pte.            | Struthers, William.
+  16103   | Pte.            | Campbell, Stuart.
+  16104   | Pte.            | Cruickshank, J.C.
+  16105   | Pte.            | Johnstone, George.
+  16106   | Pte.            | Williamson, Andrew.
+  16107   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, James.
+  16108   | Pte.            | Grindlay, Charles Percy.
+  16109   | Pte.            | Wallace, William.
+  16110   | Pte.            | Boyd, John Shaw.
+  16111   | Pte.            | Campbell, John.
+  16112   | Pte.            | Mathieson, Stanley.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16113   | Pte.            | M'Pherson, George L.
+  16114   | Pte.            | Kennedy, David.
+  16115   | Pte.            | Robertson, H.
+  16116   | Pte.            | Grierson, William Ian.
+  16117   | Pte.            | Rooney, Alex.
+  16118   | Pte.            | Fairfax, G.A.F.
+  16119   | Pte.            | Chalmers, Thomas.
+  16120   | Pte.            | Maxwell, Robert.
+  16121   | Pte.            | Beveridge, Erskine W.
+  16122   | Pte.            | Napier, John.
+  16123   | Sergt.          | Johnstone, S.
+  16124   | Pte.            | Kilcullen, Thomas.
+  16125   | Pte.            | Muil, Frank.
+  16126   | Pte.            | Napier, William.
+  16127   | Pte.            | M'Master, Alex.
+  16128   | Pte.            | Gibson, Thomas Bell.
+  16129   | Pte.            | Gregory, William.
+  16130   | Pte.            | Brunsdon, Henry George.
+  16131   | Pte.            | M'Gartland, Patrick.
+  16132   | Sergt.          | Beck, Andrew.
+  16133   | Pte.            | Tod, Frederick M.C.
+  16134   | Pte.            | Dunlop, William.
+  16135   | Pte.            | Kelly, Charles.
+  16136   | Pte.            | Kennedy, John.
+  16137   | Pte.            | Nicoll, George L.
+  16138   | Pte.            | Toole, James L.
+  16139   | L.-Sergt.       | Watson, Peter D.
+  16140   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, Archibald.
+  16141   | Pte.            | Graham, A.W.B.
+  16142   | Pte.            | Stubbs, James F.
+  16143   | Pte.            | Niven, John L.L.
+  16144   | Pte.            | Simpson, Donald.
+  16145   | Pte.            | M'Innes, Archibald C.
+  16146   | Pte.            | Milligan, Robert.
+  16147   | Pte.            | Williamson, Charles.
+  16148   | Pte.            | Mackay, Angus.
+  16149   | L.-Cpl.         | Thorburn, Henry.
+  16150   | Pte.            | Morrison, Charles H.
+  16151   | Pte.            | Archibald, Andrew.
+  16152   | Pte.            | Campbell, Andrew.
+  16153   | Pte.            | Morgan, John S.
+  16154   | Pte.            | Grassick, Henry J.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16155   | Pte.            | Campbell, William.
+  16156   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Callum, Herbert L.
+  16157   | Pte.            | Ewing, John.
+  16158   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Angus.
+  16159   | Pte.            | Graham, W.F.
+  16160   | Pte.            | Hamilton, J.
+  16161   | Pte.            | Black, David S.
+  16162   | Pte.            | Cousland, Archibald.
+  16163   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Colin B.
+  16164   | Pte.            | Drew, George Millar.
+  16165   | Pte.            | Fotheringham, James R.
+  16166   | Pte.            | Kerr, John Galloway.
+  16167   | Pte.            | Oswald, Robert R.
+  16168   | L.-Cpl.         | Racionzer, J.L.
+  16169   | Pte.            | Sinclair, John F.
+  16170   | Pte.            | Black, Thomas.
+  16171   | Pte.            | Paterson, David.
+  16172   | Pte.            | Wilson, W.R.
+  16173   | Pte.            | Kay, James J.
+  16174   | L.-Cpl.         | Munro, Ronald.
+  16175   | Pte.            | Liston, John.
+  16176   | Pte.            | Paton, Robert.
+  16177   | L.-Cpl.         | Spence, John George.
+  16178   | Pte.            | Thomson, Ernest.
+  16179   | Cpl.            | Barrie, Alex.
+  16180   | Pte.            | Aitken, Robert.
+  16181   | Pte.            | Dewar, J.F.
+  16182   | Pte.            | Henderson, Hugh.
+  16183   | Pte.            | Lane, Andrew.
+  16184   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, David.
+  16185   | Pte.            | Deacon, R.E.
+  16186   | Pte.            | Stroud, Archibald William.
+  16187   | Pte.            | Brown, Archibald.
+  16188   | Pte.            | Manson, William.
+  16189   | L.-Sergt.       | Robertson, Alexander Y.
+  16190   | Pte.            | Gauld, Andrew.
+  16191   | Pte.            | Imrie, William.
+  16192   | Pte.            | M'Killop, Hugh.
+  16193   | Pte.            | Porter, John.
+  16194   | Pte.            | Sanderson, John T.
+  16195   | Cpl.            | Andrews, John.
+  16196   | Pte.            | Smith, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16197   | Pte.            | Waters, Robert R.
+  16198   | Pte.            | Watson, William.
+  16199   | Pte.            | Davies, Howard L.
+  16200   | Pte.            | Thomson, George.
+  16201   | L.-Cpl.         | Whiteford, Thomas R.
+  16202   | Pte.            | Aitken, Thomas.
+  16203   | Pte.            | Wood, Alex.
+  16204   | L.-Cpl.         | Law, Robert.
+  16205   | Pte.            | Thomson, John.
+  16206   | Pte.            | Park, R.
+  16207   | Pte.            | Ferguson, Robert.
+  16208   | Pte.            | Hutcheson, William J.F.
+  16209   | Pte.            | Gardner, H.A.
+  16210   | Pte.            | Robertson, W.B.
+  16211   | Pte.            | Walker, Arthur P.
+  16212   | Pte.            | Miller, Alex. S.
+  16213   | Pte.            | Scott, Charles R.G.
+  16214   | L.-Cpl.         | Kemp, Archibald J.
+  16215   | Pte.            | Ewing, George H.
+  16216   | Pte.            | Harper, Alex. C.
+  16217   | Pte.            | Henderson, James.
+  16218   | Pte.            | Hill, Archibald.
+  16219   | Pte.            | Dempster, G.C.
+  16220   | Pte.            | Taylor, Matthew.
+  16221   | Pte.            | Adam, John L.
+  16222   | Pte.            | Biggart, John.
+  16223   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Angus.
+  16224   | Pte.            | Reid, Archibald M.
+  16225   | Pte.            | Allan, Hugh Robert.
+  16226   | Pte.            | Crowley, John.
+  16227   | Pte.            | Hawthorn, Charles.
+  16228   | Pte.            | Miller, William.
+  16229   | Pte.            | Herring, Frank M.
+  16230   | L.-Cpl.         | Barrie, George Alston.
+  16231   | Pte.            | Struth, James S.
+  16232   | Pte.            | Ward, William Allan.
+  16233   | Pte.            | Ross, David.
+  16234   | Pte.            | Walker, Roderick.
+  16235   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Duncan.
+  16236   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Arthur.
+  16237   | Pte.            | Dodds, James.
+  16238   | Pte.            | M'Millan, John A.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16239   | Pte.            | Fearby, John E.
+  16240   | L.-Cpl.         | Okell, Cyril.
+  16241   | Pte.            | Mathieson, Alex.
+  16242   | Pte.            | M'Ewan, Malcolm W.
+  16243   | L.-Cpl.         | Mair, William Craig.
+  16244   | L.-Cpl.         | Macdonald, John.
+  16245   | Pte.            | Dickie, William.
+  16246   | Pte.            | Hyslop, John.
+  16247   | Pte.            | Miller, Kenneth S.
+  16248   | Pte.            | Laing, John.
+  16249   | Pte.            | Watt, Edwin.
+  16250   | Pte.            | Levey, Jack.
+  16251   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Archibald.
+  16252   | Pte.            | Cree, Walter Hill.
+  16253   | Pte.            | Bennett, David.
+  16254   | Pte.            | Coats, Thomas.
+  16255   | Pte.            | Thomson, Robert W.
+  16256   | Pte.            | Mitchell, C.H.
+  16257   | Pte.            | Powell, James E.L.
+  16258   | Pte.            | Andrew, John.
+  16259   | Pte.            | Mowat, Alex.
+  16260   | Pte.            | Gardner, James.
+  16261   | Pte.            | Thistle, Robert James.
+  16262   | Pte.            | Macaulay, William.
+  16263   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Allan.
+  16264   | Pte.            | Miller, John F.
+  16265   | L.-Cpl.         | Hall, Robert.
+  16266   | Pte.            | M'Queen, John Duff.
+  16267   | Pte.            | Aird, Allan Muir.
+  16268   | Pte.            | Hayes, John T.
+  16269   | Pte.            | Stewart, C. Campbell.
+  16270   | Pte.            | Campbell, Jack M'N.
+  16271   | Pte.            | M'Nair, Thomas.
+  16272   | Pte.            | Chisholm, Alex.
+  16273   | Pte.            | Robertson, William P.
+  16274   | L.-Cpl.         | Anderson, John S.
+  16275   | Pte.            | Russell, Hugh Ramsay.
+  16276   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Hugh H.
+  16277   | L.-Cpl.         | Neary, Thomas.
+  16278   | Pte.            | Thomson, Adam John.
+  16279   | Pte.            | King, John W.
+  16280   | Pte.            | Neilson, George.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16281   | Pte.            | Simpson, John
+  16282   | Pte.            | Barbour, James.
+  16283   | Pte.            | Anderson, John.
+  16284   | Pte.            | Peters, David.
+  16285   | Pte.            | Jamieson, George William.
+  16286   | Pte.            | Wilson, Thomas.
+  16287   | Pte.            | Morrison, Adam C.
+  16288   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  16289   | Pte.            | Anderson, James.
+  16290   | Pte.            | Wilson, John.
+  16291   | Pte.            | Laird, William.
+  16292   | Pte.            | Parker, William.
+  16293   | Pte.            | Murray, William.
+  16294   | Pte.            | Andrew, Donald.
+  16295   | Pte.            | Glover, Victor.
+  16296   | Pte.            | Armour, Andrew.
+  16297   | Pte.            | M'Dowell, John.
+  16298   | Pte.            | Caldwell, Richard T.
+  16299   | Pte.            | Smith, William.
+   2684   | Pte.            | Simpson, George P.
+   2685   | Pte.            | Robertson, David M.
+   2686   | Pte.            | Harris, Ernest.
+   2687   | Pte.            | Burleigh, F.S.
+   2688   | Pte.            | Watson, Joseph.
+   2689   | Pte.            | Sinclair, George.
+   2690   | Pte.            | Watson, Stanley M.W.
+   2691   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+   2692   | Pte.            | Nicol, William Kerr.
+   2693   | Pte.            | King, William.
+   2694   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, Walter.
+   2695   | Pte.            | Park, Matthew.
+   2696   | Pte.            | Murdoch, James.
+   2697   | Pte.            | Laverty, Henry.
+   2698   | Pte.            | Jordan, Harold W.
+   2699   | Pte.            | Johnston, James
+   2700   | Pte.            | Swan, James.
+   2701   | Pte.            | Colvil, Harold C.
+   2702   | Pte.            | Hendry, H.G.
+   2703   | Pte.            | Heaverman, Walter E.
+   2704   | Pte.            | Yates, Robert.
+   2705   | Pte.            | Whytock, James.
+   2706   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Munn, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2707   | Pte.            | M'Knight, James.
+   2708   | Pte.            | Carswell, James.
+   2709   | Pte.            | Sinclair, George.
+   2710   | Pte.            | Taylor, Hugh B.
+   2711   | Pte.            | Bennet, James.
+   2712   | Pte.            | Laing, Robert M'L.
+   2713   | Pte.            | Johnston, William E.
+   2714   | L.-Cpl.         | Gilchrist, James.
+   2715   | Pte.            | Scott, H. Fred.
+   2716   | Pte.            | Neish, Alexander M.
+   2717   | Pte.            | Robertson, James C.
+   2718   | Pte.            | Gilmour, Murray.
+   2719   | Pte.            | M'Innes, Duncan.
+   2720   | Pte.            | M'Kinnon, Robert B.
+   2721   | L.-Cpl.         | Craig, Robert.
+   2722   | Pte.            | Hutton, George L.
+   2723   | Pte.            | Montgomery, Andrew D.
+   2724   | Pte.            | Killin, William.
+   2725   | Pte.            | Ramage, John.
+   2726   | L.-Cpl.         | Henderson, James G.
+   2727   | Pte.            | Glennie, William.
+   2728   | Pte.            | Mackie, John B.
+   2729   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Charles S.
+   2730   | Pte.            | Herbert, Robert.
+   2731   | Pte.            | Niven, A.C.L.
+   2732   | Pte.            | Brown, A.G.
+   2733   | Pte.            | Paterson, William.
+   2734   | Pte.            | Young, James.
+   2735   | Pte.            | Young, Robert.
+   2736   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert.
+   2737   | Pte.            | Stewart, Daniel.
+   2738   | Pte.            | Preston, James.
+   2739   | L.-Cpl.         | Lindsay, Matthew.
+   2740   | Pte.            | Finlay, James G.
+   2741   | Pte.            | Mitchell, Robert C.
+   2742   | Pte.            | Taylor, John.
+   2743   | Pte.            | M'Ilvaney, James.
+   2744   | Pte.            | Hunter, John C.
+   2745   | Pte.            | Grant, Douglas.
+   2746   | Pte.            | Smith, D.F.
+   2749   | Pte.            | Fulton, Archibald H.
+   2750   | Pte.            | Garner, Robt. K.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2751   | Pte.            | Grant, Alastair M.
+   2752   | Pte.            | Howieson, Peter.
+   2753   | Pte.            | Kidd, Thomas B.
+   2754   | Pte.            | Lochhead, James.
+   2755   | Pte.            | Ovenstone, James.
+   2756   | Pte.            | Owen, George.
+   2757   | Pte.            | Russell, George.
+   2758   | C.Q.M.S.        | Scott, William.
+   2759   | Pte.            | Smith, Ernest M.
+   2760   | Pte.            | Wright, John.
+   2761   | Pte.            | Jaffrey, William.
+   2762   | Pte.            | Hardie, John.
+   2763   | Pte.            | Tennant, Archibald A.
+   2764   | Pte.            | O'Beirne, Thomas.
+   2765   | Pte.            | Wilkie, Robert James D.
+   2766   | Pte.            | Goodfellow, James.
+   2767   | Pte.            | Bain, Bruce.
+   2768   | Pte.            | Blakely, John.
+   2769   | Pte.            | Millar, H.S.M.
+   2770   | Pte.            | Wright, William.
+   2771   | Pte.            | Waddell, John.
+   2772   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Hugh K.
+   2773   | Pte.            | M'Creath, David.
+   2774   | Pte.            | Forsyth, George S.
+   2775   | Pte.            | Stewart, Donald.
+   2776   | Pte.            | Mackie, James.
+   2777   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Andrew.
+   2778   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, William.
+   2779   | Pte.            | Currie, James.
+   2780   | Pte.            | Craig, Thomas L.M.
+   2781   | Pte.            | M'Nidder, Alex. M.
+   2782   | Pte.            | Ward, James M.
+   2783   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James M.
+   2784   | Pte.            | Ross, Alex. M'K.
+   2785   | Pte.            | Murphy, Albert E.
+   2786   | Pte.            | Clark, John.
+   2787   | Pte.            | Sanderson, Thomas.
+   2788   | Pte.            | Grierson, William.
+   2789   | Pte.            | Crawford, David.
+   2790   | Pte.            | Smith, Hugh M'F.
+   2791   | Pte.            | Askham, S.G.
+   2792   | Pte.            | Stevenson, John.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2793   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, William.
+   2794   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, Thomas T.
+   2795   | Pte.            | Yuill, William T.L.
+   2796   | Pte.            | Muir, James Craig.
+   2797   | Pte.            | Leiper, Frank.
+   2798   | Pte.            | Liddell, Robert.
+   2799   | Pte.            | Allwart, John Charles.
+   2800   | Pte.            | Gilhooly, Michael.
+   2801   | Pte.            | M'Donald, James.
+   2802   | Pte.            | Rose, Arthur O.
+   2803   | Pte.            | Stevenson, Colin Campbell.
+   2804   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, William C.
+   2805   | Pte.            | M'Williams, Bertram.
+   2806   | Pte.            | Cameron, William S.
+   2807   | Pte.            | Dale, Robert.
+   2808   | Pte.            | Irving, Charles.
+   2809   | Pte.            | Blythe, Roland F.
+   2810   | Pte.            | Shearer, R.W.
+   2811   | Pte.            | Holmes, W.
+   2812   | Pte.            | Bryson, Matthew.
+   2813   | Pte.            | Taylor, Archibald A.
+   2814   | Pte.            | Gray, Edwin.
+   2815   | Pte.            | Bryden, David.
+   2816   | Pte.            | Stevenson, John.
+   2817   | Pte.            | Catchpool, Albert.
+   2818   | Pte.            | Baird, Arthur J.
+   2819   | Pte.            | M'Kechnie, John.
+   2820   | Pte.            | Napier, Claud H.
+   2821   | Pte.            | M'Lachlan, Fred. E.
+   2822   | Pte.            | Harris, John L.H.
+   2823   | Pte.            | Adams, Andrew.
+   2824   | Pte.            | Torrance, James.
+   2825   | Pte.            | Murray, Edward.
+   2826   | Pte.            | Bain, Charles.
+   2827   | Pte.            | Hourston, David William.
+   2828   | Pte.            | Lee, George.
+   2829   | Pte.            | Mackenzie, James E.
+   2830   | Pte.            | Stoddart, Adam.
+   2831   | Pte.            | M'Callum, James.
+   2832   | Pte.            | Wylie, William.
+   2833   | Pte.            | Watson, James F.
+   2834   | Pte.            | M'Phee, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2835   | Pte.            | Kennedy, James D.
+   2836   | Pte.            | Davidson, Charles.
+   2837   | Pte.            | Hogg, H.
+   2838   | Pte.            | Robb, William.
+   2839   | Pte.            | Ferguson, George S.
+   2840   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, James L.
+   2841   | Pte.            | Morrison, John.
+   2842   | Pte.            | M'Vicar, Alex.
+   2843   | Pte.            | Jack, James L.
+   2844   | Pte.            | Adams, George Ross.
+   2845   | Pte.            | Wilson, Frank.
+   2846   | Pte.            | Broadfoot, J.R.
+   2847   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+   2848   | Pte.            | Murdoch, Henry.
+   2849   | Pte.            | MacWilliams, James.
+   2850   | Pte.            | Wilkie, A.K.
+   2851   | Pte.            | Falconer, John.
+   2852   | Pte.            | M'Murdo, Jack.
+   2853   | Pte.            | Ramsay, Robert B.
+   2854   | Pte.            | Copland, Lawrence.
+   2855   | Pte.            | Monoghan, William.
+   2856   | Pte.            | Reid, John H.
+   2857   | Pte.            | Cowie, Robert.
+   2858   | Pte.            | Halloran, William.
+   2859   | Pte.            | Clark, Noel M.
+   2860   | Pte.            | M'Kinlay, William.
+   2861   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, Hugh.
+   2862   | Pte.            | Howie, John Brown.
+   2863   | Pte.            | Coupar, Arthur.
+   2864   | Pte.            | Wilson, Thomas Jackson.
+   2865   | Pte.            | Kerr, John Rennie.
+   2866   | Pte.            | Sleater, William.
+   2867   | Pte.            | Morton, John Craig.
+   2868   | Pte.            | Constable, James.
+   2869   | Pte.            | Melville, William.
+   2870   | Pte.            | Oliver, John.
+   2871   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Richard O.G.
+   2872   | Pte.            | M'Jannet, John C.
+   2873   | Pte.            | Hervey, Robert.
+   2874   | Pte.            | Tindal, David.
+   2875   | Pte.            | Wileman, Robert.
+   2876   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James I.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2877   | Pte.            | Watson, Duncan Roy.
+   2878   | Pte.            | Nicol, Thomas.
+   2879   | Pte.            | Hastings, S.
+   2880   | Pte.            | Smith, G.M.
+   2881   | Pte.            | Sloan, D.
+   2882   | Pte.            | Farquhar, John F.
+   2883   | Pte.            | Paterson, Charles.
+   2884   | Pte.            | Wilson, James.
+   2885   | Pte.            | Garrioch, Robert.
+   2886   | Pte.            | Wooley, Archibald K.
+   2887   | Pte.            | Black, James M'K.
+   2888   | Pte.            | Ingram, James.
+   2889   | Pte.            | Craig, George.
+   2890   | Pte.            | Cunningham, Andrew.
+   2891   | Pte.            | Cameron, Lachlan A.
+   2892   | Pte.            | Gillies, Henry.
+   2893   | Pte.            | Peacock, David Kerr.
+   2894   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Robert.
+   2895   | Pte.            | Henderson, George.
+   2896   | L.-Cpl.         | Scott, James.
+   2897   | Pte.            | Dinwoodie, William.
+   2898   | Pte.            | Birrell, Robert.
+   2899   | Pte.            | M'Kerrow, G.
+   2900   | Pte.            | Miller, John G.
+   2901   | Pte.            | Foote, George Alex.
+   2902   | Pte.            | Stewart, Thomas.
+   2903   | Pte.            | Murray, John K.
+   2904   | Pte.            | Steele, George James.
+   2905   | Pte.            | Dietrich, William J.L.
+   2906   | Pte.            | Miller, Duncan.
+   2907   | Pte.            | Ramsay, John.
+   2908   | Pte.            | Struthers, David W.
+   2909   | Pte.            | Conway, Frank Joseph.
+   2910   | Pte.            | Lang, Archibald.
+   2911   | Pte.            | Watson, Donald Grassick.
+   2912   | Pte.            | Evans, Joseph Howard.
+   2913   | Pte.            | Burt, Henry.
+   2914   | Pte.            | Dykes, James A.
+   2915   | Pte.            | Kirkwood, Alexander.
+   2916   | Pte.            | Young, John Douglas.
+   2917   | Pte.            | Calder, James Barclay.
+   2918   | Pte.            | Orr, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2919   | Pte.            | Park, Thomas W.U.
+   2920   | Pte.            | Bennie, Hugh O.
+   2921   | Pte.            | Allan, William.
+   2922   | Pte.            | Haft, Saul.
+   2923   | Pte.            | Rosenbloom, Harry.
+   2924   | Pte.            | Brown, William Robert.
+   2925   | Pte.            | Linton, William F.
+   2926   | Pte.            | Burns, Robert.
+   2927   | Pte.            | Munn, Douglas.
+   2928   | Pte.            | Macpherson, Donald B.
+   2929   | Pte.            | M'Gugan, John.
+   2930   | Pte.            | M'Innes, James.
+   2931   | Pte.            | Colliston, James.
+   2932   | Pte.            | Alston, Thomas.
+   2933   | Pte.            | Adam, William.
+   2934   | Pte.            | Green, Alfred.
+   2935   | Pte.            | Lauder, Alex. Duncan.
+   2936   | Pte.            | Angus, Thomas.
+   2937   | Pte.            | Dewar, Robert Nisbet.
+   2938   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Murdoch.
+   2939   | Pte.            | Preston, James D.
+   2940   | Pte.            | Young, George.
+   2941   | Pte.            | Sherry, John.
+   2942   | Pte.            | Bryce, Allan.
+   2943   | Pte.            | M'Millan, John R.
+   2944   | Pte.            | Robertson, John.
+   2945   | Pte.            | Graham, James.
+   2946   | Pte.            | Neasham, Robert.
+   2947   | Pte.            | Shaw, James.
+   2948   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Alex.
+   2949   | Pte.            | M'Naught, Alex.
+   2950   | Pte.            | Cross, Robert M'K.
+   2951   | Pte.            | Doig, Thomas F.
+   2952   | Pte.            | Howie, John.
+   2953   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Duncan William.
+   2954   | Pte.            | Stephenson, Fred.
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry
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+Title: The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion)
+       Record of War Service, 1914-1918
+
+Author: Various
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+
+<div class="tr">
+<p class="cen" style="font-weight: bold;">Transcriber's Note:</p>
+<br />
+<p class="noin">Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved.</p>
+<p class="noin">Illustration list entries often have more than one link.</p>
+<p class="noin">Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text.<br />
+For a complete list, please see the <a href="#TN">end of this document</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+
+<h3>The<br />
+Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry.</h3>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<div class="img"><a name="frontis" id="frontis"></a>
+<a href="images/frontis.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/frontis.jpg" width="55%" alt="17th H.L.I. Flags" /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">17th H.L.I.<br />
+<br />
+THE GIFT OF THE MEMBERS OF<br />
+THE GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+
+
+<div class="img">
+<img border="0" src="images/crest1.jpg" alt="Crest" />
+</div>
+
+<h2 style="margin-bottom: -1px;">The Seventeenth</h2>
+<h1 style="margin-top: -1px;">Highland Light Infantry</h1>
+<h5>(Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion).</h5>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<h2>Record of War Service,<br />
+1914-1918.</h2>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<h5>GLASGOW:<br />
+DAVID J. CLARK, 23 ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE AND 92 UNION STREET.<br />
+1920.</h5>
+
+<br />
+<a name="EDITORS_PREFACE" id="EDITORS_PREFACE"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>EDITORS' PREFACE.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>In compiling and editing this history of the Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion, the aim of the editors has been to present such a narrative
+as will provide a detailed but not overburdened account of the
+Battalion's movements and operations throughout the years of its
+existence, and at the same time give a representative impression of
+the various outstanding events which have built up the character and
+the traditions of the unit.</p>
+
+<p>In accordance with the wishes of the History Committee, the narrative
+dealing with Field service has been kept within the limits of the
+Battalion's share in the campaign, and accordingly no attempt has been
+made to give any picture of the relative positions of the various
+other units operating with the 17th, or of the general strategic
+import of the actions described.</p>
+
+<p>The chapters dealing with the beginnings and home training, and those
+general items in Part III. are founded mainly upon matter supplied by
+officers of the unit and members of <i>The Outpost</i> staff. The Roll of
+original members in Part IV. has been gathered together by Lieut. and
+Quarter-Master Kelly. The material in the section dealing with the
+service of the Battalion overseas has been gathered from the following
+sources:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>For data&mdash;the Official War Diaries of the 17th Battalion H.L.I.
+preserved in the "Records" Office, Hamilton; supplementary notes
+supplied by Lieut.-Cols. Morton and Paul and Major Paterson, D.S.O.,
+M.C.; Brigade and Battalion Operation Orders; Battalion Operation
+Reports.</p>
+
+<p>For impressions, opinions, and descriptions&mdash;numerous and exceedingly
+helpful literary vignettes from members of <i>The Outpost</i> staff and
+others, and from interviews.</p>
+
+<p>The Editors desire to record their appreciation of material
+contributed and help given by:&mdash;Lieut.-Col. Morton, Lieut.-Col. Paul,
+Lieut.-Col. Inglis, Major Paterson, the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, C.F.,
+Capt. G.H.R. Laird, Capt. M. MacRobert, Capt. T.P. Locking, Mr.
+Cameron of the Chamber of Commerce, Lieut. and Quarter-Master Kelly,
+Mr. Meadows of Saltcoats (for allowing illustrations and excerpts to
+be taken from the diary of his son, the late Lieut. B. Meadows), the
+relatives of the late Lieut. D.W. Hourston (for a selection of
+photographs from his collection), and the following gentlemen
+identified with the publication of <i>The Outpost</i>:&mdash;Messrs. A.M. Cohen,
+W.S. Corbett, Mark Drummond, W.M. Dixon, A.G. Deans, W. Glennie, A.G.
+Houstoun, J.L. Hardie, C. MacCallum, J. M'Kechnie, N. M'Intyre, W.K.
+M'Taggart, D. Murray, J.L.L. Niven, F.K. Pickles, H.F. Scott, D.M.
+Thomson, R. Tilley.</p>
+
+<p class="right">JOHN W. ARTHUR.<br />
+ION S. MUNRO.</p>
+
+<p><span class="sc">Glasgow</span>, <i>May, 1920.</i></p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="toc" id="toc"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>CONTENTS.</h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="80%" summary="Table of Contents">
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2"><a href="#EDITORS_PREFACE">Editors' Preface.</a></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdc" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%; font-weight: bold; padding-top: .75em; padding-bottom: .75em;">I.&mdash;FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="font-size: 80%;">PAGE</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#CALL_TO_ARMS">The Nation's Call to Arms,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">13</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td width="70%" class="tdl"><i>Declaration of War&mdash;Strain on the resources of the
+  Regular and Territorial Forces&mdash;Kitchener's Call to
+  Arms&mdash;Civic response&mdash;Glasgow Corporation
+  Battalions&mdash;Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and
+  Resolution&mdash;Committee formed&mdash;The Technical College.</i></td>
+  <td width="25%">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#A_BATTALION_IN_BEING">A Battalion in Being,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">15</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Attestation and enrolment&mdash;"A" Company from Technical
+  College&mdash;"B" Company from Schools&mdash;"C" and "D" from
+  the City&mdash;C.O., Second in Command, Adjutant, Company
+  Commanders, and Staff appointed&mdash;Leaving the
+  City&mdash;Government acceptance&mdash;Farewell visit to City.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#ESPRIT_DE_CORPS">Esprit de Corps,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">19</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Traditions of the H.L.I.&mdash;the 71st and 74th
+  Foot&mdash;Uniform&mdash;pre-War Establishment&mdash;Regular and
+  Territorial Battalions&mdash;War Service Battalions
+  raised&mdash;the allocation of the 17th Battalion.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#HOME_STATIONS_AND_TRAINING">Home Stations and Training,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">21</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Gailes&mdash;Troon&mdash;Prees
+  Heath&mdash;Wensleydale&mdash;Totley&mdash;Codford Camp&mdash;Overseas
+  Orders&mdash;Message from the King&mdash;Embarkation.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdc" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%; font-weight: bold; padding-top: .75em; padding-bottom: .75em;">II.&mdash;ON ACTIVE SERVICE.</td>
+  <td class="tdr">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#ON_TREK">On Trek,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">27</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Arrival at Havre&mdash;March to the forward
+  area&mdash;Bouzincourt and Millencourt&mdash;instructional tour
+  of front line trenches&mdash;condition of trenches&mdash;first
+  casualties&mdash;Molliens.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#TRENCH_ROUTINE">Trench Routine,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">30</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>In the line&mdash;Xmas '15 and the New Year&mdash;the new
+  trench&mdash;"Standing to"&mdash;routine and patrols.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_RAID">The Raid,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">33</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The "Red" Division&mdash;in the line at Authuille&mdash;Colonel
+  Morton wounded on March 21st&mdash;A raid
+  postponed&mdash;carried out on 22nd&mdash;success of Lieut.
+  Begg's party&mdash;congratulatory messages and awards.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#A_LULL_BEFORE_THE_STORM">A Lull before the Storm,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">37</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive&mdash;a
+  complimentary shoot with "P" Battery&mdash;Divisional,
+  Brigade and Battalion identification marks&mdash;happy
+  days at Rubempr&eacute;.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_BATTLE_OF_THE_SOMME">The Battle of the Somme,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">39</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle&mdash;zero and
+  "over the top"&mdash;Leipzig Trench carried&mdash;flanks
+  exposed&mdash;precarious position of the unit&mdash;great
+  casualties&mdash;protective bombing posts&mdash;consolidation&mdash;
+  Battalion relieved&mdash;Victoria Cross gained by Sergeant
+  Turnbull&mdash;Roll Call.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#A_DIARY_ACCOUNT_OF_THE_BATTLE">A Diary Account of the Battle,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">42</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut.
+  B. Meadows giving a wonderfully realistic picture of
+  the July 1st Battle.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#HULLUCH_AND_THEREABOUTS">Hulluch and Thereabouts,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">48</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Senlis&mdash;last parade under Col. Morton&mdash;Bombing raid
+  north of Ovillers&mdash;Move to Bethune&mdash;1st Army
+  Area&mdash;inspection by General Munro&mdash;depleted
+  ranks&mdash;trench warfare about Hulluch&mdash;Cambrin Sector.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#BEAUMONT-HAMEL">Beaumont-Hamel,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">51</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The attack&mdash;weather conditions&mdash;failure of artillery
+  support&mdash;forlorn hope&mdash;break-down of assault&mdash;gallantry
+  and sacrifice&mdash;casualties&mdash;Mailly-Maillet&mdash;Franqueville
+  and Rubempr&eacute;&mdash;Xmas 1916 and New Year&mdash;football and
+  high spirits.</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_NEW_YEAR_1917">The New Year, 1917,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">53</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Bad weather&mdash;Courcelles&mdash;trench labours&mdash;varied
+  moves&mdash;beginning of Spring Offensive&mdash;attack by the
+  French&mdash;the advance&mdash;Nesle&mdash;condition of
+  inhabitants&mdash;great digging work at Germaine.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#ON_THE_HEELS_OF_THE_ENEMY">On the Heels of the Enemy,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">55</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The taking of Savy&mdash;casualties&mdash;patrolling&mdash;capture
+  of Fayet&mdash;congratulatory messages&mdash;strenuous
+  days&mdash;Canizy&mdash;competitions with the French&mdash;work and
+  sport&mdash;Hangard&mdash;leaving the Fourth Army&mdash;Farewell
+  message from General Rawlinson.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#IN_FLANDERS">In Flanders,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">60</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>En route to Steenbecque&mdash;R.T.O.&mdash;the 14th
+  Corps&mdash;reconnaissance of Messines Sector&mdash;heavy
+  marches&mdash;Coxyde and Kuhn&mdash;amenities of Nieuport area.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#OPERATIONS_ON_THE_COAST">Operations on the Coast,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">62</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Enemy hurricane bombardment&mdash;enemy attempt
+  frustrated&mdash;attack abandoned&mdash;visit to H.L.I.&mdash;
+  sports&mdash;visit of Dr. Kelman&mdash;patrol work by Corpl.
+  Wilson&mdash;listening post raided&mdash;departure for
+  Adinkerke.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_YPRES_SALIENT">The Ypres Salient,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">66</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Passchendaele&mdash;gallantry of attack&mdash;casualties&mdash;
+  Hilltop Farm&mdash;move to Landethun and Yeuse&mdash;Serre
+  Sector&mdash;close of 1917.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_DISBANDMENT">The Disbandment,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">71</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Hogmanay&mdash;with the II. Corps&mdash;the blow&mdash;new army
+  establishment&mdash;Hospital Camp&mdash;disbandment&mdash;the
+  passing of the "17th."</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdc" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%; font-weight: bold; padding-top: .75em; padding-bottom: .75em;">III.&mdash;AN ODD MUSTER.</td>
+  <td class="tdr">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_SPIRIT_OF_THE_BATTALION">The Spirit of the Battalion,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">76</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The Padre's tribute.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#CO-OPERATION">Co-operation,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">78</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The 17th and the Gunners.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_OUTPOST">"The Outpost,"</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">81</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The Battalion Magazine.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#SPORT_OF_THE_BATTALION">Sport of the Battalion,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">83</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Football&mdash;running&mdash;boxing.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_RSM">The R.S.M.,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">84</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>Tribute by Lieut.-Col. D.S. Morton.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#A_REMEMBRANCE">A Remembrance,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">84</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>An echo.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_COMFORTS_COMMITTEE">The Comforts Committee,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">85</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The Ladies' Committee and Office-bearers&mdash;their
+  helpful work.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#MEMORIAL_SERVICE_IN_GLASGOW">Memorial Service in Glasgow,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">86</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The Somme&mdash;Rev. A. Herbert Gray's text.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#THE_CLUB">The Club,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">87</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>The object&mdash;Battalion Benevolent Fund&mdash;Committee
+  formed&mdash;Hope of the future.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" colspan="2" style="padding-top: .75em;"><a href="#E_COMPANY">"E" Company,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-top: .75em;">89</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><i>17th H.L.I. Reserve&mdash;19th Battalion&mdash;drafts&mdash;
+  activities&mdash;Lieut. Col. Anderson, V.C.&mdash;78th T.R.B.</i></td>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdc" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%; font-weight: bold; padding-top: .75em; padding-bottom: .75em;">IV.&mdash;HONOURS AND AWARDS.</td>
+  <td class="tdr">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#BATTALION_HONOUR">Battalion Honour,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">91</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#VICTORIA_CROSS">The Victoria Cross,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">91</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#HONOURS_GAINED_OFFICERS">Honours gained by Officers and others while serving
+ with the Battalion,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">93</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#HONOURS_GAINED">Honours gained by original Members of the Battalion
+  after being transferred to other units,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">96</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#LIST_OF_OFFICERS">List of Officers who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">100</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#OTHER_RANKS">"Other Ranks" of the Battalion who were granted
+  Commissions in the Battalion,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">101</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdl"><a href="#ROLL">Roll of Warrant Officers, N.C.O.s and men who joined
+  the Battalion prior to 22nd November, 1915,</a></td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="vertical-align: bottom;">102</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<a name="toi" id="toi"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+
+<h3>ILLUSTRATIONS.</h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="80%" summary="List of Illustrations">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="80%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" width="20%"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Facing Page</i></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#frontis">Frontispiece.</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep014">The Late Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird and Mr. James W. Murray,
+Presidents of the Chamber,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">14</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang">Original Officers in Command of Companies&mdash;Majors <a href="#imagep016a">W.J.
+Paul</a>, <a href="#imagep016bc">J.R. Young, W. Auld, V.D.</a>, and <a href="#imagep016d">E. Hutchison</a>,</span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep017">Farewell Meeting at the Technical College,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep018a">Early Days</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep018b">A Rest by the Way,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">18</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep019a">H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, Colonel-in-Chief of the
+H.L.I.</a>, and <a href="#imagep019b">Colonel J. Stanley Paterson</a>,</span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">19</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang">Lieut.-Colonel David S. Morton, V.D., C.M.G.,</span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb"><a href="#imagep020b">20</a>, <a href="#imagep035">35</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep020a">On the Sea Front at Troon</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep020c">Leaving Troon</a>,</span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">20</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep021b">Mess Orderlies (Prees Heath Camp)</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep021a">"Guard, Turn Out"
+(Wensley Camp),</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">21</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep022a">A Peaceful Bivouac (Salisbury Plain)</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep022b">Recruiting March
+at Codford,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">22</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep024">Officers of the Battalion at Mar Lodge, Troon, 1915,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">24</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep025">Visit of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, Troon, 1915,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">25</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep026">The Battalion on Parade,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">26</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep028a">Havre</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep028b">Ruins of Bethune,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">28</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep034a">The Cathedral, Albert&mdash;Before</a> and <a href="#imagep034b">After Bombardment,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">34</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep040">Map Illustrating Operations of 1st July, 1916,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">40</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep044">View from Bouzincourt Looking Towards the Line,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">44</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep050a">Cookhouse at Becourt</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep050b">Observation Post, Hulluch
+Sector</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep050c">War's Destruction,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">50</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep051">Lieut.-Colonel W.J. Paul,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">51</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep060">Lieut.-Colonel J. Inglis, C.M.G., D.S.O.,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">60</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep068">Types of Support Line Dug-outs and First Aid Post,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">68</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep076a">Major the Rev. A. Herbert Gray</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep076b">Church Parade (Prees Heath),</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">76</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep077">Phases of Battalion Training,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">77</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep081a">"The Outpost" Staff on Active Service</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep081b">Original Editorial Staff,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">81</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep082a">The Late Steven D. Reith, D.C.M.</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep082b">Lce.-Corpl. F.K. Pickles,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">82</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep083a">Margus, The Mascot</a>&mdash;<a href="#imagep083b">One of the Battalion Rugby Football Teams,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">83</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep084">Lieut. and Q.-M. (formerly Regimental-Sergeant-Major) James Kelly,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">84</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep085">Mrs. David S. Morton, Convener of the Comforts Committee,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">85</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep090">Lieut.-Colonel W. Auld, V.D.,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">90</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlsc" style="padding-left: 2em;"><span class="hang"><a href="#imagep091a">The Late Lieut.-Colonel William Herbert Anderson, V.C.</a>,
+and <a href="#imagep091b">Sergeant J.Y. Turnbull, V.C.,</a></span></td>
+  <td class="tdrb">91</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+
+<h3>"<i>They ask a better Britain as their monument.</i>"</h3>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CALL_TO_ARMS" id="CALL_TO_ARMS"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span><br />
+
+<h2>I.&mdash;FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.</h2>
+<br />
+
+<h3>THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+
+<p>Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th, 1914, and almost
+immediately the combatant strength of its Regular Army was on service
+and the great bulk of that gallant force engaged in those fierce
+actions against odds which marked the early fighting.</p>
+
+<p>The War Office was quickly alive to the fact that the Regular Army
+could not cope in point of numbers with the Germanic hordes. On the
+day following the declaration of war the Territorial Forces of Great
+Britain were mobilized, and with a marvellous and inspiring unanimity
+their members volunteered for Overseas Service. But even the addition
+of these many thousands to our striking force was realised to provide
+no more than a relief for the rapidly exhausting strength of the "old
+contemptibles," and Lord Kitchener issued his great manifesto calling
+the people to the Empire's help, and laid the foundations of a New
+Army&mdash;Kitchener's Army&mdash;the finest and most disinterested body of
+soldier patriots that ever stepped in a sound and worthy cause. At
+once the patriotism of the country declared itself and the Nation
+sprang to arms. The City of Glasgow proved itself second to none among
+the cities and districts of the Kingdom in its answer to the call. The
+Town Council recruited two fine battalions, the 1st Glasgow, which was
+mainly drawn from the Tramway <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span>employees of the city; and the 2nd
+Glasgow, which was recruited from former members of the Boys' Brigade.
+Other institutions in the city were bestirring themselves in the
+national cause, and at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Directors,
+held on 3rd September, 1914, it was unanimously resolved, on the
+motion of Bailie W.F. Russell, to form a Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion. Enthusiasm for the scheme was quickly evident, and no time
+was lost in getting the matter put upon a practical basis. At the same
+meeting of Directors the following gentlemen were appointed as the
+Committee in charge:&mdash;Messrs. M.M.W. Baird, James W. Murray, F.C.
+Gardiner, G.A. Mitchell, H. Moncrieff, W.F. Russell, A.A. Smith, with
+Sir Archd. M'Innes Shaw as Convener, and Mr. John W. Arthur as
+Vice-Convener, the former making Military matters his chief concern,
+the latter caring for Clothing and Equipment. Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird,
+the President, and Mr. James W. Murray, the Vice-President, did much
+to foster the movement.</p>
+
+<p>The Chamber of Commerce sustained the loss of Mr. Baird, who died on
+October 14, 1915. Mr. J.W. Murray succeeded him as President and
+applied that deep interest in all the work and welfare of the
+Battalion which marked his services throughout the history of the
+unit. Mr. Thomas Cameron, the Secretary of the Chamber, also in
+countless ways contributed to its success.</p>
+
+<p>At this stage the Council of the Royal Glasgow Technical College
+approached the Chamber of Commerce Committee, and it was arranged that
+students of the College would find special opportunities of forming a
+detachment within the Battalion. This arrangement was found acceptable
+in every way, and many students entered for the service of their
+country under the colours of what was at that early stage known as
+"The Chamber of Commerce Battalion, 3rd Glasgow."</p>
+
+<a name="imagep014" id="imagep014"></a><br />
+
+<div class="img" style="width: 42%; float: left; vertical-align: bottom;">
+<a href="images/imagep014a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep014a.jpg" width="75%" alt="The late Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird" /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;"><span class="sc">The late Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird</span>,<br />
+President of the Chamber, 1914-1915.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img" style="width: 42%; float: right; vertical-align: bottom;">
+<a href="images/imagep014b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep014b.jpg" width="76%" alt="Mr. James W. Murray" /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;"><span class="sc">Mr. James W. Murray</span>,<br />
+President of the Chamber, 1916-1917-1918.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<p class="right" style="clear: both;"><i>To face page 14.</i></p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="A_BATTALION_IN_BEING" id="A_BATTALION_IN_BEING"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>A BATTALION IN BEING.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>No time was lost in bridging the gap between "Resolution" and
+"Action." By September 12th, 1914, the work of enrolling recruits had
+begun, and Medical Examination and Attestation were commenced under
+the supervision of Colonel J. Stanley Paterson, Officer in Charge, No.
+2 District, Scottish Command. Colonel Paterson did much for the
+Battalion in many directions, and in a recent letter says:&mdash;"I have
+never lost, and never will lose, the deep interest I took in the 17th
+H.L.I. from the moment of its initiation, and the full story of its
+doings will give me the greatest pleasure to read."</p>
+
+<p>The Lesser Hall of the Merchants' House was for many days the
+Headquarters of busy recruiting, and those associated with these
+stirring times will long remember the enthusiasm with which the
+enrolment was conducted. With the help of Dr. Beilby and Mr. Stockdale
+of the Royal Technical College, "A" Company was speedily recruited,
+and was composed mainly of the College Students. Colonel R.C.
+Mackenzie, C.B., did much for "B" Company, enlisting in its ranks
+former pupils of the City Schools, the High School, Glasgow Academy
+and others. "C" and "D" Companies were composed principally of men
+from the business houses and different trades in the city and
+district. For a few weeks the men, living in their own homes, were
+instructed and drilled in four of the Territorial Force Association
+Halls. During the recruiting and the early weeks of the training,
+Major Rounsfell Brown acted as Adjutant, and rendered excellent
+service.</p>
+
+<p>Kit was issued to the four original Companies, "A," "B," "C," and "D,"
+on 19th and 20th September.</p>
+
+<p>It was at first expected that Colonel Fred. J. Smith, late of the 8th
+Scottish Rifles, might be chosen as Officer in Command, but for
+reasons of health he was unable to undertake the duty. The choice
+eventually fell upon Lieut.-Colonel David S. Morton, V.D., who had
+seen much service, and was well fitted to fill the post. His volunteer
+experience included service in the 1st <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>L.R.V., the Engineers, and
+various Commissioned ranks in the 5th H.L.I., ending, on his retiral,
+with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. In 1900 he served with the 71st in
+South Africa as Captain of the H.L.I. Service Company. He was
+mentioned in despatches, and received the "South Africa" Medal with
+three clasps.</p>
+
+<p>Major W.J. Paul was appointed second in Command. His service had been
+with the Scottish Rifles (the 4th V.B.S.R.), in which unit he rose to
+the rank of Major, second in Command. He retired in 1907 with the
+Honorary rank of Major.</p>
+
+<p>The original Officers in Command of Companies were:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p class="noin">
+<span style="margin-left: 5%;">"A" Major W.J. Paul.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5%;">"B" Major J.R. Young.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5%;">"C" Major W. Auld, V.D.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5%;">"D" Major E. Hutchison.</span><br />
+</p>
+
+<p>The Regimental Staff included Captain D.R. Kilpatrick, R.A.M.C., as
+Surgeon attached; Lieut. and Quarter-Master Slade; Regimental
+Sergt.-Major Kelly; Regimental Quarter-Master Sergt. T. Keith; and
+Orderly Room Quarter-Master-Sergt. J. Copland.</p>
+
+<p>Up to this point the drill and training were being well pushed on. It
+will be remembered that the extraordinary demands made on khaki cloth,
+by the sudden institution of a national army, made it practically
+unobtainable in these early months. A navy blue serge cloth was
+substituted for making tunics, trousers and greatcoats, and these made
+a neat and serviceable uniform. This uniform was issued at Gailes and
+was exchanged for khaki in the following summer at Troon. The
+Battalion was now ready to set out for its war training station, and
+on 23rd September assembled in the Examination Hall of the Royal
+Technical College, and had a good send-off by the Directors and
+Members of the Chamber of Commerce, Colonel Stanley Paterson, and
+other friends. At this meeting, Colours for the Regiment were promised
+by Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird, the President of the Chamber; Bugles, by
+Dr. and Mrs. Beilby, of the Technical College; and Pipes and Drums as
+a joint gift by the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and
+Merchants' House. After the Meeting, the Battalion entrained for the
+Camp at Gailes.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep016a" id="imagep016a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep016a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep016a.jpg" width="20%" alt="Major W.J. Paul." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Major <span class="sc">W.J. Paul.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img" style="width: 42%; float: left; vertical-align: bottom;"><a name="imagep016bc" id="imagep016bc"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep016b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep016b.jpg" width="60%" alt="Major John R. Young." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Major <span class="sc">John R. Young.</span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img" style="width: 42%; float: right; vertical-align: bottom;">
+<a href="images/imagep016c.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep016c.jpg" width="60%" alt="Major W. Auld, V.D." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Major <span class="sc">W. Auld, V.D.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img" style="clear: both;"><a name="imagep016d" id="imagep016d"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep016d.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep016d.jpg" width="20%" alt="Major E. Hutchison." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Major <span class="sc">E. Hutchison.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 16.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep017" id="imagep017"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep017.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep017.jpg" width="90%" alt="The Farewell Meeting in the Technical College." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">The Farewell Meeting in the Technical College.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 17.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span>A member of the Battalion, giving a general impression of these
+memorable "first days," writes:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"We all assembled in our various drill halls. We watched and
+whispered. Some asked, who is that man with the loud voice shouting at
+us, giving us papers and getting us into what he called Companies. We
+knew soon. Then they selected N.C.O.'s (acting) from amongst those who
+had some previous training. After that we went away. The N.C.O.'s
+stayed and took the bundles of papers, our pledged word to our king,
+and wearily for hours sorted them and listed the names.</p>
+
+<p>"Days followed when we marched and when we got to know our officers by
+sight and to call ourselves by our Company name. Then came the day we
+drew our kit and carried off strange bundles to our homes. We got the
+magic words 'To camp at Gailes.' Then we were soldiers now. We paraded
+by Companies and assembled in the Square and marched to the train. A
+motley crowd carrying on our shoulders all manner of weird shaped
+bundles. The crowd laughed and cheered us. Thus we left the City that
+held us very peculiarly her own, her citizens and sons for the last
+time. Henceforth her soldiers."</p>
+
+<p>The Chamber of Commerce Battalion was now an accomplished fact, and
+the following authoritative acceptance by the Government and the War
+Office, linked it as an integral part of the Service Regiments of the
+British Army.</p>
+
+<div class="block">
+<p class="right"><span class="sc" style="padding-right: 5%;">"War Office,</span><br />
+<span class="sc">"London, S.W.</span>, <i>2nd November, 1914.</i></p>
+<p class="noin sc"><span style="padding-left: 3%;">To The President,</span><br />
+<span style="padding-left: 5%;">"Chamber of Commerce,</span><br />
+<span style="padding-left: 7%;">"7 West George Street,</span><br />
+<span style="padding-left: 10%;">"Glasgow.</span></p>
+
+<p>"Sir,</p>
+
+<p>"I am commanded by the Army Council to offer you, and those
+associated with you, their sincere thanks for having raised
+the 17th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (3rd
+Glasgow) of which the administration has now been taken over
+by the Military Authorities.</p>
+
+<p>"The Council much appreciated the spirit which prompted your
+offer of assistance, and they are gratified at the successful
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>results of the time and labour devoted to this object, which
+has added to the armed forces of the Crown the services of a
+fine body of men.</p>
+
+<p>"The Council will watch the future career of the Battalion
+with interest, and they feel assured that when sent to the
+front it will maintain the high reputation of the
+distinguished Regiment of which it forms part.</p>
+
+<p>"I am to add that its success on active service will largely
+depend on the result of your efforts to keep the depot
+Companies constantly up to establishment with men in every way
+fit for service in the field.</p>
+
+<p class="right"><span style="padding-right: 25%;">"I am, Sir,</span><br />
+<span style="padding-right: 10%;">"Your obedient Servant,</span><br />
+<span style="padding-right: 5%;">"(Signed) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="sc">B.B. Cubitt.</span>"</span></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>On 7th November, the Battalion paid a return visit to the City of
+Glasgow. The Battalion arrived and formed up on the station platform.
+A word of command and away they marched into the streets, crowded to
+the uttermost by friends and relatives. Hardly a cheer was heard. The
+men marched between banks of faces, in a deep silence. What a strange
+reception, surely the most impressive men ever had, proving what was
+in the hearts of those that watched the men and how they felt for
+them. Only when they entered the Square did cheers and the buzzing of
+an awaking crowd break out. "We felt," says an officer, "rather
+disappointed; but we knew what it meant." The unit was then inspected
+in front of the Municipal Buildings by representatives of the Chamber
+of Commerce.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep018a" id="imagep018a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep018a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep018a.jpg" width="90%" alt="Early Days." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Early Days.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep018b" id="imagep018b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep018b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep018b.jpg" width="90%" alt="A Rest by the Way." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">A Rest by the Way.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 18.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep019a" id="imagep019a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep019a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep019a.jpg" width="50%" alt="H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught" /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught,<br />Colonel-in-Chief of the H.L.I.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep019b" id="imagep019b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep019b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep019b.jpg" width="50%" alt="Colonel J. Stanley Paterson." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Colonel <span class="sc">J. Stanley Paterson</span>.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 19.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="ESPRIT_DE_CORPS" id="ESPRIT_DE_CORPS"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>ESPRIT DE CORPS.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>It will be of value and interest to give here a brief survey of the
+history of The Highland Light Infantry, which enshrines a record of
+service and gallantry second to none in the annals of our Empire, and
+to which the Chamber of Commerce Battalion was fated to add a page as
+heroic and imperishable as any in its great traditions.</p>
+
+<p>The Highland Light Infantry was originally raised as two separate
+Regiments of Foot, the 71st and the 74th. What was to become famous as
+the 71st was raised in 1777 by Lord John MacLeod and was known as
+"MacLeod's Highlanders." It was a kilted regiment and wore the
+Mackenzie tartan. It was originally numbered the 73rd, and under this
+designation won early distinctions in India in the campaigns against
+Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sahib. Nine years after its inauguration it
+became the 71st, and after service in Ceylon and at the Cape it
+received in 1808 the title of "The Glasgow Regiment." Shortly after
+this the 71st entered once more the fields of war in the Peninsula
+campaign under Wellington, and shared in many actions including the
+storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, the siege of Badajoz and at Vittoria. Then
+came their crowning gallantry at Waterloo against the flower of
+Napoleon's armies. In later years the Crimea, Canada and the Bermudas
+were added to their war honours.</p>
+
+<p>The 74th was raised at Glasgow by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell
+with a view to service in India. The 74th also wore the kilt, but of
+Black Watch tartan. Their record runs much on the same lines as that
+of the 71st, and quickly they are also found performing deeds of
+stubborn gallantry in India in the Mysore Territory. When the hour of
+Tippoo Sahib had come, the 74th was the first to enter the tyrant's
+last stronghold, but it was later, at the battle of Assaye that they
+earned a fame which finds its echo to-day in the old badge of the
+Elephant, which that action entitles them to wear. For long afterwards
+the unit possessed the proud by-name of "The Assaye Regiment." After
+sharing with the 71st in the rigours of the Peninsula, Canada and the
+West Indies, the 74th <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>saw service in the Kaffir War, Madras, and in
+Egypt, including Tel-el-Kebir, where they were in the fiercest of the
+fight.</p>
+
+<p>It was in 1809, as a reward for their services, that they were formed
+into Light Infantry, and were permitted to retain such parts of the
+national dress as were not inconsistent with the duties of Light
+Infantry. They then discarded the kilt and adopted the tartan trews
+which still appear in the full dress uniform of the Regiment. The kilt
+is now worn by two Territorial Battalions, the 6th and the 9th.</p>
+
+<p>Subsequently the two Regiments were formed into one Regiment of two
+Battalions.</p>
+
+<p>The "H.L.I.," as all the world calls it, was of course present during
+the South African War. They fought at Modder River, and though they
+suffered severely at Magersfontein, continued to share in the
+hardships of the remainder of the campaign.</p>
+
+<p>At the outbreak of the Great War there were in addition to the 1st and
+2nd Battalions, two Special Reserve Battalions (the 3rd and 4th) and
+five Territorial Battalions, numbered the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.</p>
+
+<p>After declaration of war, the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
+16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Service Battalions were raised,
+together with the 21st (Territorial) and 1st (Garrison) Battalions. In
+addition, the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions each had second
+and third lines, and at one time there were as many as thirty
+Battalions in existence. These were more or less connected with the
+City of Glasgow and district, and serve as an indication of the
+patriotism and loyalty of the community.</p>
+
+<p>On 14th December, 1914, the War Office issued an order that the
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion was to form a unit of the New Army, and
+was to be designated the 17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light
+Infantry, of the 117th Infantry Brigade, of the 39th Division. This
+intimation was received when the Battalion was stationed at Troon, and
+was hailed with great enthusiasm by all ranks.</p>
+
+<p>Their comradeship in the common cause, their keenness for practical
+service and the <i>esprit de corps</i> engendered by their attachment to
+the illustrious Highland Light Infantry, knit all ranks together in
+enthusiasm and determination.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep020a" id="imagep020a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep020a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep020a.jpg" width="90%" alt="On the Sea Front at Troon." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">On the Sea Front at Troon.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep020b" id="imagep020b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep020b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep020b.jpg" width="50%" alt="Lt.-Col. David S. Morton, V.D., C.M.G." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Lt.-Col. <span class="sc">David S. Morton, V.D., C.M.G.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep020c" id="imagep020c"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep020c.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep020c.jpg" width="90%" alt="Leaving Troon." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Leaving Troon.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 20.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep021a" id="imagep021a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep021a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep021a.jpg" width="80%" alt="&quot;Guard, Turn Out&quot;--Wensley Camp." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">"Guard, Turn Out"&mdash;Wensley Camp.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep021b" id="imagep021b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep021b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep021b.jpg" width="80%" alt="Mess Orderlies--Prees Heath Camp." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Mess Orderlies&mdash;Prees Heath Camp.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 21.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span>It was about this time that instructions were received to recruit a
+fifth Company as part of the 17th Battalion establishment. As this
+Company eventually became the nucleus of a further Battalion with a
+parallel history of its own, it will be treated separately in another
+chapter. (<a href="#Page_89">Page 89</a>.)</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="HOME_STATIONS_AND_TRAINING" id="HOME_STATIONS_AND_TRAINING"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>The Battalion arrived at Gailes on 23rd September, 1914, and this
+event might be called the beginning of the Great Adventure. The war
+seemed miles nearer as the light-hearted and high-spirited lads
+stepped out of the train and viewed the rows of glistening white
+tents. The large array of kit bags was in many instances supplemented
+by suit cases, filled with surplus personal effects thought necessary
+for creature comforts. The novelty of the surroundings, and twelve men
+in a tent, including numerous belongings, did not conduce to sleep;
+and the next morning reveill&eacute; found all but the old soldier already
+astir. The weeks at Gailes were spent in organising, and the efforts
+of all ranks to become efficient were worthy of that spirit which
+lasted throughout the existence of the Battalion.</p>
+
+<p>The issue of something in the nature of a uniform and a few Drill
+Pattern rifles raised hopes that the training was being hurried on. On
+the 13th October, a move was made to Troon, where the good citizens
+afforded luxurious billets to the Battalion.</p>
+
+<p>In spite of the vigorous training that was enforced during the next
+few months, and which stood the men in such good stead later on, the
+social side was not neglected and helped to cement a great feeling of
+good fellowship and understanding between the officers and men. It was
+with mutual regret that the Seventeenth took its departure from Troon
+on 13th May, 1915, and the memory of the stay in the Ayrshire town
+will always remain as one of the most pleasant memories in the history
+of the Battalion.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>There is something very remarkable about the record of the 17th H.L.I.
+when billeted in Troon. For though brain-weary subalterns spent hours
+trying to balance their billeting monies to the satisfaction of
+exasperated and exacting Company Commanders, there was very little
+trouble in the Orderly Room, that pulse of trouble.</p>
+
+<p>Here are some noteworthy facts:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="block"><p class="hang">I.&mdash;The Guard Room was always empty.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">II.&mdash;There were practically no men "crimed" for lateness on
+parade.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">III.&mdash;There were practically no "crimes" for being out of
+"billets."</p>
+
+<p class="hang">IV.&mdash;There were no complaints of rowdyism in billets.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">V.&mdash;There were no charges of drunkenness.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">VI.&mdash;There were only very few charges of pass breaking.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">VII.&mdash;There were very few claims for damage, and these on
+examination were more vindictive than real.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">VIII.&mdash;It was not necessary to serve any billeting notices.</p></div>
+
+<p>These are a few of the significant facts that mount up to bring honour
+to the rank and file of the 17th H.L.I.</p>
+
+<p>The three troop-trains carrying the Battalion arrived at Whitchurch,
+Shropshire, on the morning of the 14th May, and the men marched some
+three miles south to the great hut-city on Prees Heath. This was the
+first War Station of the Brigade, where the 15th, 16th and 17th H.L.I.
+joined the 11th (S.) Battalion Border Regiment (The Lonsdales). There
+the men found hut life very comfortable. The cleaning and tidying of
+their new abodes kept them busy, and was carried out with the cheery
+zest and whole-hearted enthusiasm so characteristic of the
+Seventeenth. Full advantage was taken of the adjacent Y.M.C.A.
+establishment, which proved an admirable Institution. The Concert
+Hall, Refreshment Tables, Reading and Billiard Rooms, were well
+patronised at all off-duty hours, and the men appreciated the cheerful
+kindness of the attendants, who were voluntary lady workers from the
+County houses.</p>
+
+<p>Extended man&oelig;uvres were impracticable in this well-fenced
+agricultural area, so the training embraced much route-marching, and
+barrack-square work, musketry, signalling, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>visual training, etc.
+There were several trying marches in the scorching May-June weather,
+to Clive's native district, Moreton-Say and Market Drayton, to Wem and
+Hodnet, and to the beautiful scenery of Hawkstone Park, and Iscoyd
+Hall. Football, cricket, hockey, golf and cross-country running
+provided healthy recreation, while excursions to old-world "Sleepy
+Chester," to Shrewsbury and into Wales were popular week-ends.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep022a" id="imagep022a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep022a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep022a.jpg" width="90%" alt="A Peaceful Bivouac&mdash;Salisbury Plain." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">A Peaceful Bivouac&mdash;Salisbury Plain.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep022b" id="imagep022b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep022b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep022b.jpg" width="90%" alt="Recruiting March at Grand Parade, Bath." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Recruiting March at Grand Parade, Bath.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 22.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the third week of June, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. changed quarters from
+the flat stifling district of Prees-Heath to the breezy upland valley
+of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. There is hardly a
+level acre in the district, but this was a welcome change. Many an
+enjoyable journey was made, in the intervals of Brigade Training,
+northward to lonely Swaledale, south to Coverdale, across the Valley
+of the Yore, to the prominent peak of Penhill, or to the beautiful
+Aysgarth Falls.</p>
+
+<p>The Infantry Brigade, the 97th, had the 95th and the South Irish Horse
+as comrades for the training round Leyburn and Middleham, and Bellerby
+Moors; and some pleasant friendships were formed with the Warwickshire
+and Gloucestershire lads, and with the "foine foightin' bhoys" from
+Cork and Tipperary.</p>
+
+<p>On the 27th of July tents were shifted to Totley Rifle Ranges in
+Derbyshire, where the preliminary Musketry Course was fired by the
+Battalion during the next fortnight, with most creditable results. The
+men made themselves great favourites in Totley and Dore, and at
+Sheffield, where they received a very hospitable welcome at all times,
+and especially on the occasion of a memorable route march through that
+city on 9th August. The Battalion was given an enthusiastic send-off
+at Dore and Beauchief Stations on 10th August, when entraining for
+Salisbury Plain, the scene of their next training ground.</p>
+
+<p>When the Seventeenth steamed into the station at Codford St. Mary, on
+11th August, and saw the occasional houses peeping through the tall
+trees, it was the thought that, after the bustle and stir of Totley,
+they had indeed become soldiers in earnest. The Camp Warden
+strengthened this belief with his assurance that no unit stayed longer
+than six weeks in the Camp, and after that,&mdash;Southampton and France,
+for the testing and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>proof of all that had been learnt so eagerly. As
+it turned out, three months were spent at Codford&mdash;months of rigorous
+training, of long interesting divisional man&oelig;uvres, and general
+hardening. The men learned to dig trenches quickly and well, for they
+had to spend nights in them; to march many miles without complaint,
+and fight at the end of the hardest day's march; to use Lewis guns,
+not as amateurs with a strange toy, but as men whose lives depended on
+their speed and ability. The mysteries of transport, and the value of
+a timetable were revealed.</p>
+
+<p>Needless to say these days of field exercises were not lacking in some
+amusing incidents which seem to dog the footsteps of peace conditions
+man&oelig;uvres and which act as very welcome episodes amid the hard work
+that such training involves. Towards the close of one of the
+periodical man&oelig;uvres carried out by the Seventeenth under the
+critical eye of an Inspecting General a bugle had sounded and the
+man&oelig;uvres ceased. Officers grouped together and men lay on their
+backs and talked. The General turned to one of the Battalion officers
+who were now beginning to assemble round him, and said, "What was that
+call?" He often did such things as this to test knowledge of detail.
+"The Stand Fast," said the officer to whom the question was addressed.
+"Oh! come! come!" said the General, "Now, what was it?" he further
+questioned a Company Commander. No reply came. Then he turned to the
+Second in Command, "Now, Major, what was it? Tell him." "The Stand
+Fast, sir," said the Major. "Really," said the General, "you gentlemen
+must learn the elementary things in soldiering. Bugler, tell these
+gentlemen what that call was." "The Stand Fast, sir," replied the
+bugler. The General hurried on with the conference!</p>
+
+<p>At Codford the Battalion had its first taste of army biscuit and
+bully-beef. From Monday to Thursday man&oelig;uvres were held; on Friday,
+"clean up," and on Saturday, after the Colonel's inspection, the
+luckier ones went to Bath and Bristol for the day, or to London or
+Bournemouth for the week-end. Friday was pay day&mdash;"Seven Shillings me
+lucky lad," and after pay-out, the reading of the Army Act or a
+Lecture on bayonet-fighting or tactics. Games flourished. The
+Battalion football team played and defeated Bath City, and met the
+other <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span>Battalions of the Division at Rugby Football, and invariably
+won. On the ranges with rifle and Lewis gun, the Battalion maintained
+its place as <i>the</i> Battalion in the Division.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep024" id="imagep024"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep024.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep024.jpg" width="90%" alt="Officers of the Battalion at Mar Lodge, Troon, 1915." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Officers of the Battalion at Mar Lodge, Troon, 1915.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 24.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep025" id="imagep025"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep025.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep025.jpg" width="90%" alt="Visit of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, Troon, 1915." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Visit of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce,
+Troon, 1915.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 25.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>At last word was received that the Battalion would cross to France on
+November 22nd. Only fifty per cent. got week-end leave&mdash;there was no
+time for more. Training was over. Few will forget the brave skirl of
+the pipes as the Battalion swung home in the morning from Yarnbury
+Castle, file after file silhouetted against the orange and gold of the
+rising sun. Always, when the wind blows fresh and sweet in the
+morning, those who are left of those happy times will think of
+Codford, the "jumping off place" of the Seventeenth for France.</p>
+
+<p>The following message of God-speed and goodwill was received by the
+Battalion as part of the 32nd Division before setting out:&mdash;</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<div class="block">
+<p class="cen sc">"17th Service Battalion Highland Light Infantry.<br />
+"Brigade Order No. 1285, of 19th November, 1915.<br />
+"Message from His Majesty the King.</p>
+
+<p>"Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the 32nd
+Division, on the eve of your departure for Active Service I
+send you my heartfelt good wishes.</p>
+
+<p>"It is a bitter disappointment to me, owing to an unfortunate
+accident, I am unable to see the Division on Parade before it
+leaves England; but I can assure you that my thoughts are with
+you all.</p>
+
+<p>"Your period of training has been long and arduous, but the
+time has now come for you to prove on the Field of Battle the
+results of your instruction.</p>
+
+<p>"From the good accounts that I have received of the Division,
+I am confident that the high traditions of the British Army
+are safe in your hands, and that with your comrades now in the
+Field you will maintain the unceasing efforts necessary to
+bring the War to a victorious ending.</p>
+
+<p>"Good-bye and God-speed."</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>To the above message the following reply was sent:&mdash;</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<div class="block"><p>"Please convey to His Majesty the heartfelt thanks of all
+ranks of the 32nd Division for His gracious message and their
+determination to justify His expectations.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>"The Division deeply regrets the accident which has deprived
+it of the honour of a visit from His Majesty, and humbly
+offers its best wishes for His Majesty's speedy and complete
+recovery."</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>On Sunday, 21st November, 1915, the Battalion paraded in full
+strength, 1,032 all ranks, at their hutments, Codford. A minute and
+final inspection was made, and everything pronounced to be in order. A
+memorable feature of this parade was the head-gear, Balmoral bonnets
+of the war service pattern being worn for the first time. Next morning
+the Battalion left Codford in three parties for Southampton, and
+without any delay embarked on two transports for Havre, the remainder
+of the Division going <i>via</i> Boulogne. It was a perfect crossing, no
+wind, bright moonlight, with everyone in the best of spirits.</p>
+
+<p>At 7 a.m. on the 23rd, the troops disembarked at the port of Havre and
+marched off at once to the Rest Camp, three miles away, great interest
+being displayed in the few German prisoners working on the docks. On
+arrival the Battalion found it was under canvas, no floor boards and
+plenty of mud&mdash;a first taste of real discomfort. Moreover the day was
+raw, with a suspicion of snow, and no one was sorry when it was
+announced that the Camp was being left first thing in the morning.
+That evening a few of the Officers visited the town itself, and others
+went out on a first reconnaissance to discover the route to the
+station, and the Ration Depot.</p>
+
+<p>The next day, after drawing two days' rations as well as "Iron
+Rations," the Battalion left for the "Front,"&mdash;"A," "B," and "C"
+Companies going off at 1.15 p.m., and "D" Company following a few
+hours later.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep026" id="imagep026"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep026.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep026.jpg" width="100%" alt="Chamber of Commerce Battalion, Troon, April, 1915." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Chamber of Commerce Battalion, Troon, April, 1915.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="ON_TREK" id="ON_TREK"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span><br />
+
+<h2>II.&mdash;ACTIVE SERVICE.</h2>
+<br />
+
+<h3>ON TREK.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Arrival at Havre&mdash;March to the forward area&mdash;Bouzincourt and
+Millencourt&mdash;instructional tour of front line
+trenches&mdash;condition of trenches&mdash;first casualties&mdash;Molliens.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The Battalion arrived at the Port of Le Havre, disembarked in high
+spirits, and in the morning of 23rd November, 1915, part of the troops
+left the docks for a three mile trek to a rest camp; but soon the
+Battalion set out on its first journey "up the line" in cattle trucks.
+Travelling through the night of the 24th, via Rouen and Amiens, the
+unit reached Pont Remy, some twelve miles east of Abbeville, in the
+early hours of the following day, and soon had commenced their first
+route march into the battle-ways of France, and, incidentally, at the
+first resting place, Mouflers, made cheerily light of what was their
+first experience of faulty billeting arrangements. One billet, for 150
+men, at the Folie Auberge was uninhabitable, and the appearance of the
+billets in general was greeted with good-natured growls of amazement
+and disgust. The weather, however, was mild and sunny, and after about
+eight hours' work all the troops were more or less under cover. When
+every incident was an experience novel and suggestive, such minor
+discomforts did not trouble anyone seriously; but considered in
+retrospect it must be admitted that these, their first billets, were
+very poor for a village so far behind the line. If it was an
+unpromising beginning for the companies, it <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>proved a delusion and a
+snare for headquarters, for they scored on this occasion in having at
+the Chateau the most comfortable billets they ever were fated to
+enjoy.</p>
+
+<p>The next day was spent in resting, and on the 27th the march was
+continued along the magnificent Amiens Road, through Felixcourt and
+Belloy-sur-Somme to La Chaussee. This was a day of keen frost and
+bright sunshine, and headed by the band, the 17th stepped out through
+the various villages in the best of spirits. Following the same column
+was the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers and two A.S.C. Companies. That
+night the billets were good, everyone felt somehow in holiday mood,
+helped perhaps by the successful bargaining for eggs, chickens and
+wine, for to make purchases at all was even at that early date a
+matter for rejoicing. The pipers delighted with their playing the
+heart of Madame la Comptesse at her chateau at Turancourt where
+Brigade headquarters were stationed.</p>
+
+<p>On the 28th, a bitterly cold day, the Battalion marched eleven miles
+via Coisy and Ranneville to Molliens-au-Bois, and there they stayed
+until the morning of December 1st, when they were joined by M.
+Duchamps, interpreter. Molliens-au-Bois lies about eight miles north
+of Amiens, but the outstanding feature was that, from the high ground
+above there was got the first glimpse of the illuminations provided
+nightly by the Bosche, all along the battle front.</p>
+
+<p>On 1st December they left at 8.15 a.m., in company with the 16th
+H.L.I., and on the way a Company of the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers
+joined the column, which now was moving into the front area.</p>
+
+<p>During the afternoon of that day, the Officers and N.C.O.s of "A" and
+"B" Companies went from Bouzincourt into the front line trenches, just
+north of Albert, and were attached for instruction to the 7th Gordons
+and the 7th Black Watch of the 51st Division, and on the following day
+these two Companies joined their Officers in the front line for one
+night. The trenches were in a very bad condition after hard frost and
+heavy rain. Parts of the trenches were collapsing under the severe
+conditions and cases were reported from neighbouring units of men
+being drowned in the mud and water.</p>
+
+<p>On the 3rd and 4th December "C" and "D" Companies from Millencourt
+went through a similar programme. On the 6th <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>the front line only of
+Sectors F1 and F2 were taken over, and then on the 8th the whole
+Battalion took over Sector F1&mdash;some 2,000 yards of system from just
+north of La Boisselle towards Authuille (Blighty) Wood. The front line
+and communication trenches were knee deep in water and the trench
+shelters were poor. Rats galore and of enormous size added to the
+amenity of the district.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep028a" id="imagep028a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep028a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep028a.jpg" width="90%" alt="Havre." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Havre.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep028b" id="imagep028b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep028b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep028b.jpg" width="90%" alt="Ruins of Bethune." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Ruins of Bethune.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 28.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 4th of December the 17th suffered their first casualty by enemy
+action, Pte. J.M. Harper, "A" Company, being wounded by a rifle
+grenade.</p>
+
+<p>The next day Ptes. A. Taylor and R. Cross, of "D" Company, were
+wounded while bringing up rations. On the afternoon of the 11th, the
+Battalion, having completed its course of practical instruction, was
+relieved, and returned, two Companies to Bouzincourt, two to
+Millencourt. During the relief the enemy shelled the position heavily,
+and the Battalion was fortunate in escaping with only one casualty,
+Pte. R. M'Kelvie of "B" Company. The next day the Battalion marched
+back to Molliens-au-Bois, via Senlis and Beaucourt, to recuperate
+after their opening experience of active trench warfare conditions.
+The mud and water and the delapidated condition of the trenches were
+indeed an eye-opener to the men, as much as the comparative absence of
+"enemy activity." As they tramped back to Molliens, they passed some
+Companies of the 15th H.L.I. en route for their first spell, and their
+blank astonishment at the muddy appearance of the returning 17th
+Battalion was much appreciated by the war-worn veterans!</p>
+
+<p>All ranks received a good reception from the villagers, and the next
+few days were spent in resting, inspections and training. Considerable
+time was taken up in making duck-boards from the smaller trees of a
+wood near the village until this exercise was stopped by the forester.
+A few secured the grant of leave to Amiens, a privilege greatly
+enjoyed. The work of the organisations home in Glasgow and the
+interest taken in the Regiment and the men of the 17th Battalion soon
+became manifested by the arrival of parcels to such an extent that the
+postal arrangements were severely strained!</p>
+
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="TRENCH_ROUTINE" id="TRENCH_ROUTINE"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>TRENCH ROUTINE.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>In the line&mdash;Xmas '15 and the New Year&mdash;the new
+trench&mdash;"Standing to"&mdash;routine and patrols.</i></p></div>
+<br />
+
+<p>The Battalion returned to the line from Molliens-au-Bois on 23rd
+December, 1915, and from then till 17th February, 1916, held the
+Sector F1 alternately with the 11th Border Regiment. The outstanding
+features of this period were the digging and then the taking over of
+the new trenches across the big re-entrant on their right on 2nd
+February, and the enemy raid on the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., on their left on
+9th February.</p>
+
+<p>It will be noted that this spell of trench warfare activities brackets
+in both Christmas and New Year&mdash;both of which were accordingly spent
+in the front line trenches. As far as possible Christmas fare was
+provided in the line, and strict orders were issued that if the enemy
+made any friendly offers they were to be rejected strenuously. The
+only exchange of greetings notified for Christmas and New Year in the
+Official War Diary of the Battalion is a brief record of shelling and
+machine gunning. But during this period the Battalion had nevertheless
+very few casualties&mdash;only seven killed, including two died of wounds.
+The first casualty was Corporal Houston of No. 16 Platoon, who was
+killed at Lower Donnet on 3rd January.</p>
+
+<p>Except for patrol work, the piece of work carried out on 2nd February,
+1916, in connection with the new trenches was the first military
+operation carried out by the 17th when in close touch with the enemy,
+and it was confined to "B" Company and a Platoon of "A" Company, who
+acted as covering party.</p>
+
+<p>For some time the Battalion had been exercised in night man&oelig;uvres,
+and on 1st February they had a full-dress rehearsal of the impending
+operation, which, on Tuesday, 2nd February, came off sooner than had
+been anticipated. The scheme was to form a new line of trenches,
+protected by wire, nearer the German line, some 300 yards in front of
+the existing one, the length dug being about 600 yards, with
+communication trenches in addition.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span>At 6 p.m., in pitch darkness, "B" Company filed out into "no man's
+land." Instructions were, "No firing, bayonet only if necessary."
+There were Hun flares and machine guns, but no search-light. Had the
+enemy but used the light, all might have been spoiled. Their lives
+depended on no Hun reaching their line, or getting back with
+information. They went straight out the 600 yards without a hitch.
+That fixed their right flank, where Major J.R. Young was in command.
+Captain Russell led his half Company 500 yards straight across the
+front, with two scouts on either side, checking. At every five yards a
+man dropped and was placed, facing his proper front. They moved
+slowly, snail pace, but only three times in the 500 yards had the line
+to drop flat, until the last man was placed. The next thing was to get
+in touch with "A" Company, who were putting out the platoon to guard
+"B" Company's left flank. Rather jumpy work, this joining hands in
+pitch darkness. It was a long, silent night. At 9.30 the tinkling
+sound of the wire being fixed was heard, and they knew from this that
+the digging had commenced&mdash;some 800 men, good and true, working
+silently as they had never worked before.</p>
+
+<p>When 1.30 a.m. came their time was up. The right half Company, under
+Major Young, rose silently, and crept off to a place in the wire where
+a gap had been arranged for the men to pass through. Captain Russell
+with the left half Company followed. The wiring and digging went on
+till 3 a.m., protected by patrols sent out in front of the wire. A new
+trench, with communication trenches, had been laid 300 yards out from
+their old line, protected by treble staked wire, on a frontage of 600
+yards. The new trench was held till dawn before handing over. There
+was no hitch, and not a man wounded. The Battalion would have given
+much to see the Huns' faces when they looked across and found that
+long line of serpentine earth and wire shoved out under their noses.
+There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols.
+Everything worked in absolute harmony, and with perfect success, and
+all got back safe to tell the tale. The Hun discovered what had been
+done only the following morning when all was over.</p>
+
+<p>The lack of the more strenuous forms of active service excitement
+during the digging of this trench was more than <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>made up for in the
+week following&mdash;when it was manned nightly in full strength, in spite
+of severe bombardment by the enemy.</p>
+
+<p>After the successful and useful piece of work in advancing the line
+just described, the Battalion settled down to a period of normal
+trench warfare and intensive training, but managed to slip in a game
+of Rugger and an Association game or two. Intermittent spells of
+artillery and trench mortar and gas shell bombardments of varying
+severity disturbed the sector, but despite this the unit not only
+immediately repaired any damage done, but considerably extended and
+improved the system.</p>
+
+<p>On the 9th of February the shelling became very heavy, culminating
+towards evening in an intense bombardment on the sector lying to the
+left of F1. At the same time an attempt was made to neutralise the
+fire of the British batteries on the Ancre by gas shells. Intense
+excitement prevailed in the Battalion, which was billeted in Aveluy,
+in Brigade support, when it was called on to "stand to" and man the
+bridge-head defences. Meantime the Hun carried out a raid on a part of
+the line known as the Nab, which was occupied by the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I.
+This point was occupied for half-an-hour or so by the enemy, who
+picked up about eleven K.O.Y.L.I. prisoners and then retired. The
+K.O.Y.L.I. suffered some sixty casualties in killed, wounded and
+missing, so "B" Company and part of "C" of the 17th were rushed up
+into the raided sector to reinforce the battered garrison, and stayed
+there till morning.</p>
+
+<p>Again the conditions stereotyped themselves into that nerve racking
+ordeal known to the civilian public as "nothing to report"&mdash;the type
+of warfare recognised by all who have any experience of modern active
+service life as calling for all that is highest in regimental
+efficiency and discipline, and individual initiative and grit. The
+weather, taking it all over, was wet and stormy, causing endless work
+in repairing the line and pumping the trenches clear of water. But the
+bright star in this bloody, muddy firmament was the commencement of
+leave, which opened about the 14th February. Even if your name was
+well down the list, or not yet even on it at all, a new species of
+keen counter-attraction was provided to the demands of war.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_RAID" id="THE_RAID"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>THE RAID.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>The "Red" Division&mdash;in the line at Authuille&mdash;Colonel Morton
+wounded on March 21st&mdash;a raid postponed&mdash;carried out on
+22nd&mdash;success of Lieut. Begg's party&mdash;congratulatory messages
+and awards.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>On 17th February, 1916, the 97th Brigade was relieved by the 96th
+Brigade, and consequently the Battalion moved back for an expected
+rest of some weeks. The 15th Lancashire Fusiliers took over the
+Battalion Sector, and the 17th went into billets at Millencourt. Many
+fatigues were carried out round about Albert, the principal work being
+the laying of cables and the improving of roads. On the 24th, quarters
+were changed to Henencourt and from billets into huts in the
+wood&mdash;most unpleasant, firstly on account of snow and frost, and then,
+following a thaw, on account of knee-deep mud. But a further change on
+the 29th to Dernancourt brought back billets good and comfortable.</p>
+
+<p>The attack on Verdun had upset the plans which had been made to give
+the Brigade the rest which it had been anticipating, and this last
+move to Dernancourt brought them into the line once more, just south
+of Albert.</p>
+
+<p>The 32nd Division, by now, with good cause, had been named by the
+Germans as the "Red" Division because the Hun was given no rest by the
+Divisional Artillery and constant raids, and on account of the red
+distinguishing marks worn by all ranks of the Division on their tunic
+sleeves. The 32nd took over from the 18th Division, and on the 1st of
+March, 1916, the Brigade was in Divisional Reserve. On the 3rd of
+March, the 97th Brigade relieved the 14th Brigade, the 11th Border
+Regiment and 2nd K.O.Y.L.I. taking over. On March 10th the 17th H.L.I.
+relieved the 11th Border Regiment, and so once more they were in
+immediate face of the enemy. This sector was in front of Becourt
+Chateau, between Fricourt and La Boiselle.</p>
+
+<p>A considerable amount of wiring was done, but life here was
+comparatively pleasant and the return of spring much <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span>appreciated.
+But, unfortunately, on the 21st of March, Col. Morton was wounded at
+Albert, Major Paul taking over command of the Battalion.</p>
+
+<p>Working parties were heavy, and on one occasion the Bosche blew a
+camouflet while work was in progress. During this period great
+preparations were made for a raid, and there was keen competition for
+a place in the selected party. The night selected for the raid, 2nd
+April, however, was unfortunately bright, and this combined with the
+fact that the enemy, by means of listening apparatus, seemed fully
+aware of what was on, led to a postponement when actually in "no man's
+land." The hazardous work of laying the guide tape preparatory to the
+abandoned raid was carried out by 2nd Lieut. H. MacRobert and Corpl.
+J. Chapman.</p>
+
+<p>This Sector was left on the 4th of April, and the Battalion, being
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Rifles, of the 23rd Brigade, 8th
+Division, moved to Bouzincourt and went into huts vacated by the 2nd
+Inniskillens.</p>
+
+<p>After a week's rest at Bouzincourt the Battalion returned to the line
+at Authuille, on 12th April, 1916, the 97th Brigade holding the line
+between that village and north to Thiepval, with the two other
+Brigades behind, in support and in reserve. Alternately in the line,
+in support, and in reserve, the 17th remained in this Sector until the
+opening of the Somme Battle on 1st July, 1916. But the period was not
+without stirring incident. By the 15th of April final arrangements
+were being made to carry out what was to prove a highly successful
+raid on the enemy, which operation was accomplished on 22nd April.</p>
+
+<p>"23rd April, 1916,&mdash;Last night we made a successful raid against the
+enemy's trenches, south-west of Thiepval. Thirteen prisoners were
+captured, and in addition, a number of casualties were caused to the
+enemy by our men bombing their dug-outs. Our casualties were very
+slight."</p>
+
+<p>This bald official statement of the 17th H.L.I.'s first raid is to the
+lay mind singularly unimpressive, but behind it there is an interest
+and a measure of glory of which the 17th is happy to be proud. Let it
+be remembered that it was their first "stunt," their first real hand
+to hand brush with the enemy, and that to the 17th fell the honour of
+getting the first "jab in" for the 32nd Division.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep034a" id="imagep034a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep034a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep034a.jpg" width="90%" alt="The Cathedral, Albert&mdash;Before the War." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">The Cathedral, Albert&mdash;Before the War.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep034b" id="imagep034b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep034b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep034b.jpg" width="90%" alt="The Cathedral, Albert&mdash;After Bombardment." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">The Cathedral, Albert&mdash;After Bombardment.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 34.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep035" id="imagep035"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep035.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep035.jpg" width="55%" alt="Lt.-Col. David S. Morton, V.D., C.M.G." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;"><span class="sc">Lt.-Col. David S. Morton, V.D., C.M.G.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 35.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span>It was on the 28th of March, 1916, that volunteers were called for to
+raid the enemy's trenches, and out of the hundred who answered, a
+party of 45 was selected, under Lieut. A.J. Begg, and Lieut. J.N.
+Carpenter. This party went down to Dernancourt, behind Albert, to
+complete the training for the raid, and the intention was to rush the
+enemy on the night of 2nd April. That night, however, as already
+explained, proved unfavourable on account of a bright moon, and the
+party, after crawling stealthily towards the enemy's wire were
+observed near his trenches and were forced to withdraw. Training was
+resumed at Bouzincourt, and it was decided then to have the assistance
+of a preliminary artillery bombardment. A point in the enemy's salient
+south-west of Thiepval was selected, the wire there was cut in advance
+by the artillery, and close observation was maintained on the spot
+from day to day. Meanwhile the enemy's fortifications were duplicated
+on the ground behind Bouzincourt, and there, night after night, the
+raiding party practised the assault. The most careful preparations
+were entailed, with much planning and understanding of detail. Every
+man had to know thoroughly his part. There had to be no hitch
+anywhere. Lieut. Begg saw to it that the training was complete, and
+given any luck, success was fully assured.</p>
+
+<p>On the night of the 22nd of April, the party, with blackened hands and
+faces, and equipped with an assortment of weapons worthy of Mexican
+outlaws, presented themselves at the head of Thiepval Avenue, and
+filed up to the "starting point" to await the report of the Patrol
+under Lieut. MacRobert, who also had charge of the tape-laying party
+which included Corporal Chapman. At 9.30 p.m. our artillery suddenly
+opened on the enemy's salient, and poured down on it such a tornado of
+steel as the Germans had never experienced before. For twenty minutes
+our shells flayed the German front line, and under this arch of
+shrieking explosives the battle party crawled right up to the rim of
+the bombardment. What wire remained uncut was blown to fragments by a
+torpedo, and when the barrage lifted and came down behind, the raiders
+jumped into the enemy's trench and set to work. For twenty minutes
+they bombed and destroyed, cleared dug-outs, pulled down machine guns,
+barricaded communication trenches, and handed prisoners back to
+escorts. Then on a signal they as quickly <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>withdrew, and still under
+cover of artillery fire made their own trench again. Thirteen
+affrighted Germans, of two different units, accompanied the party;
+and, finest of all, every man of the party returned. Eleven of them
+were wounded, but only one seriously. Among those slightly wounded was
+Lieut. Begg, who was the spirit of the assault.</p>
+
+<p>As a result of this success many congratulatory messages were received
+and several decorations awarded. Among the list of telegrams were the
+following:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="block">
+<p class="hang">From the G.O.C. 10th <span class="sc">Corps</span>:&mdash;"Corps Commander
+congratulates the 17th H.L.I. on their successful enterprise,
+which reflects great credit on all concerned."</p>
+
+<p class="hang">From the G.O.C. 32nd <span class="sc">Division</span>:&mdash;"I congratulate you. I
+was confident that the 17th H.L.I. would do the trick. Convey
+this message to them."</p>
+
+<p class="hang">From Sir <span class="sc">Henry Rawlinson</span>, G.O.C. 4th
+<span class="sc">Army</span>:&mdash;"Please convey to 32nd Division, and
+particularly to the 97th Brigade and 17th Battalion Highland
+Light Infantry, my heartiest congratulations on their
+successful raid last night. The preparations were well and
+carefully thought out, the Artillery support was good, and the
+whole conduct of the operations reflects credit on all
+concerned."</p>
+
+<p class="hang">From the G.O.C. 97th <span class="sc">Infantry
+Brigade</span>:&mdash;"Commander-in-Chief has awarded the following
+decorations:&mdash;Lieut. Begg, and 2nd Lieut Carpenter, Military
+Cross; 15507 Sergt.-Major Reith, D.C.M.; 15458 Sergeant
+Taylor, 2797 Private Leiper and 15720 Private M'Intosh,
+Military Medal. All 17th H.L.I. Major-General Rycroft offers
+his heartiest congratulations to above officers, N.C.O.s and
+men on their decorations. Letter with authority following."</p></div>
+
+<p>The Battalion had three men killed and four wounded during enemy
+retaliation, but any serious effort by the enemy was checked, and on
+the 24th the unit went into reserve billets at Bouzincourt.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="A_LULL_BEFORE_THE_STORM" id="A_LULL_BEFORE_THE_STORM"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>A LULL BEFORE THE STORM.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive&mdash;a
+complimentary shoot with "P" Battery&mdash;Divisional, Brigade and
+Battalion identification marks&mdash;happy days at Rubempr&eacute;.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>On 27th April, in brilliant summer weather, the Commanding Officer,
+Company Commanders, the Intelligence Officer and four N.C.O.s per
+Company attended a Divisional Exercise at Baizieux, and this was the
+start of those preparations which were to culminate in the Battle of
+the Somme on 1st July.</p>
+
+<p>On 3rd May the Colonel returned and took over command from Major Paul,
+and during the following day, Major Lawder, Commanding "A" Battery,
+168th Brigade, R.F.A., entertained those who had taken part in the
+raid and allowed them to fire the guns which had rendered such fine
+support during the sortie.</p>
+
+<p>Identification marks had now been issued for some time for major
+operations pending. The Divisional colours were crimson and the sleeve
+mark was a red circle for the 97th Brigade. The K.O.Y.L.I. had one bar
+below the circle; the Border Regiment, two; the 16th H.L.I., three;
+and the 17th, four bars, worn horizontally and parallel. Runners,
+bombers, etc., had further identification marks. Prior to this, from
+November 1915, to April, 1916, no distinctive mark had been worn on
+the sleeve, but on the centre of the tunic collar at the back there
+was worn a strip of ribbon coloured yellow, pale blue, and yellow.
+During the succeeding period, up to the disbandment of the Battalion,
+the sleeve marks were used only. While the circle was always red the
+bars were coloured respectively black for Headquarters; red for "A"
+Company; green for "B"; yellow for "C"; and blue for "D" Company. The
+Divisional sign on flags and limbers, etc., was a red coloured
+intertwined double 8.</p>
+
+<p>The weather was now very fine, and when not in the line, delightful
+days were spent at Rubempr&eacute;, Contay and Warloy, and strenuous days on
+Divisional exercises at Baizieux in preparation for the Somme. From
+this it will be seen that the Battalion was not engaged in killing
+Germans all the time, or <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span>being killed by them. At times they had a
+change. There were periods of rest. The word "rest" is very often the
+subject of sarcastic humour amongst troops. "Resting" may mean
+anything. It may be quite a good time or it may be worse than the
+firing line. Too often it is simply an occasion of smartening
+up&mdash;guards, ceremonial parades, saluting, and "spit and polish"
+generally&mdash;in fact the things that can be indulged in to excess. And
+very often a rest simply means preparation for a big stunt. But the
+17th will remember occasions when they did have a real rest. This was
+particularly the case at Rubempr&eacute;. The weather was good, and they had
+a comparatively easy time. They had about three hours' training in the
+forenoons. Thereafter they were free. There were sports and games in
+the afternoons for the enthusiasts. There were entirely successful
+concerts and sing-songs in the evenings. It was a change to see and be
+among civilians&mdash;to be welcome in the village houses&mdash;and generally to
+experience peace time conditions again. This may not seem to amount to
+very much, but it meant a lot then. And it certainly had a fine effect
+on the morale of the Battalion. It was a sheer relief to be out of
+sound of the guns, to forget the mud, the exhaustion, mental and
+physical, the weary night watches, standing to, and working parties.</p>
+
+<p>But such days passed quickly, and all too soon they found themselves
+on the road again, loaded up, silent, thoughtful, on the way back to
+the firing line.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_BATTLE_OF_THE_SOMME" id="THE_BATTLE_OF_THE_SOMME"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle&mdash;zero and "over
+the top"&mdash;Leipzig Trench carried&mdash;flanks exposed&mdash;precarious
+position of the unit&mdash;great casualties&mdash;protective bombing
+posts&mdash;consolidation&mdash;Battalion relieved&mdash;Victoria Cross
+gained by Sergeant Turnbull&mdash;Roll Call.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>Signs of the coming conflict were everywhere. The tremendous
+accumulation of men and material had been going on unceasingly for
+weeks, and during the long June days clouds of dust hung in the hot,
+still air above the roads. For the roads all led towards the line, and
+the tramp of men, and the rumble of wheels were unending. The
+Battalion had long ago recovered from a hard and monotonous winter of
+trench warfare. To each man there remained the joy of remembering days
+and nights that were unpleasant&mdash;for it is a joy to remember, in the
+comfort and happiness of to-day, the discomforts and sorrows of
+yesterday. Now the sun was shining. Training was going on apace under
+the pleasantest of conditions. They were a healthy family. Each man
+felt his potentiality, and unconsciously boasted it in his every
+action. Such was the feeling in the Battalion when the certainty of
+conflict came. To everyone it was the "Big Push"&mdash;the mighty
+Armageddon&mdash;of which all had thought and spoken during the winter of
+waiting. There was no doubt as to the issue. Each man went about his
+duties with an eye to an immediate and definite future. If anything he
+gave greater care to his rifle. In his feeling the edge and point of
+his bayonet, there was something of a caress. Now was the look in each
+eye born of the lust of killing. It was the knowledge that on a bright
+morning&mdash;now only a few hours distant&mdash;man would be matched against
+man. "Justice of our cause may have been somewhere in our
+sub-consciousness. Certainly it was not uppermost. To each man the
+coming conflict savoured of individual mortal combat. The days of
+waiting were gone. He was going forward to prove his manhood"&mdash;so
+write two veterans of that fight.</p>
+
+<p>The story of that morning is an epic. For every man it was the first
+experience of "over the top." In sun-baked trenches <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span>everyone longed
+for the zero hour, while the guns rolled and shells crashed with
+ever-increasing intensity. Nothing was real. Men stood and waited as
+if in a dream. They felt as if they were listening to the overture;
+that soon the curtain would rise. Even when the guns ceased their roar
+for a few moments towards the end, and in the death-like stillness was
+heard the warbling of birds in "no man's land"&mdash;the grim reality of it
+all was felt. With the lifting mist of the morning, the curtain
+rose....</p>
+
+<p>At 7.23 a.m. the Battalion started moving across "no man's land." When
+the barrage lifted the men entered the enemy front line and the work
+of the moppers-up soon began. The advance across the open was
+splendidly carried out, all ranks behaving magnificently, as was the
+case throughout the entire action. Leipzig Trench was taken and the
+leading lines advanced against the Hindenburg Trench. These were mown
+down and by 8.15 a.m. every Company Officer was a casualty. It now
+became obvious to Colonel Morton that Leipzig Trench must be held, as
+without reinforcements, no further advance could be made, both flanks
+being exposed, as the 8th Division on their right had been driven
+back. The left was particularly exposed and parties under Sergt.
+Macgregor and Sergt. Watt were organised and sent to strengthen the
+left where "B" and "D" Companies had been almost annihilated. It was
+now 9 o'clock and the Battalion casualties now amounted to 22 officers
+and 400 other ranks. The bombers, who had been sent up to replace
+casualties, were holding the flanks successfully. By 11.15 the entire
+line was very weak, and still at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
+situation was unchanged, 2nd Lieut. Morrison and 2nd Lieut. Marr
+working and organising the protective flank bombers without the least
+regard for personal safety. At 4 o'clock the 2nd Manchesters
+reinforced them with two Companies. Just at this time the line wavered
+a little in face of the overwhelming bombardment and the appalling
+casualties, but control was immediately gained. At 5 the shattered
+unit was ordered to consolidate the ground taken. This was done and
+two strong enemy counter attacks repulsed. At 9.30 the Battalion
+started to be relieved by the Manchesters, but the relief was not
+wholly carried out until near midnight, although several bombing
+parties had to <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span>carry on till well towards mid-day of the following
+day before being relieved. The 17th concentrated on Campbell Post and
+held the line in that Sector. In the evening of the next day the
+Battalion was relieved and returned to dug-outs at Crucifix Corner.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep040" id="imagep040"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep040.png">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep040thumb.png" width="95%" alt="MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF 1st JULY, 1916." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF 1st JULY, 1916.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="noin">Objective of Attack&mdash;Mouquet Farm. First German Line attacked and
+taken, C&mdash;D. Trench Line from which the attack was launched, A&mdash;B.
+Second German Line taken and lost, E&mdash;F.</p>
+<p class="noin">Note the Salient C&mdash;D and its exposure to German fire and attack on
+the Flanks.</p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 40.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The first V.C., not only for the Battalion, but of the Division was
+gained in this battle and was won by Sergeant James Young Turnbull.</p>
+
+<p>The following is the extract from <i>The London Gazette</i>, of 25th
+December, 1916, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:&mdash;</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<div class="block">
+
+<p class="cen">"No. 15888 Sergeant <span class="sc">James Young Turnbull</span>,<br />
+late Highland Light Infantry.</p>
+
+<p>"For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, when,
+having with his party captured a post apparently of great
+importance to the enemy, he was subjected to severe counter
+attacks, which were continuous throughout the whole day.
+Although his party was wiped out and replaced several times
+during the day, Sergeant Turnbull never wavered in his
+determination to hold the post, the loss of which would have
+been very serious. Almost single-handed he maintained his
+position and displayed the highest degree of valour and skill
+in the performance of his duties.</p>
+
+<p>"Later in the day this gallant soldier was killed whilst
+bombing a counter-attack from the parados of our trench."</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>Of all the units operating in that ghastly Sector, the 17th H.L.I. was
+the only Battalion which reached and occupied and held the enemy's
+trenches from La Boiselle northwards. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writing
+of the battle of the Somme in his history of the war, emphasises what
+this unadorned record of the day's fighting bears out&mdash;that there had
+been no flinching anywhere, and the military virtue shown had been of
+the highest possible quality; but the losses from the machine guns and
+from the barrage was so heavy that they deprived the attack of the
+weight and momentum necessary to win their way through the enemy's
+position. "In the desperate circumstances," he says, "it might well be
+considered a remarkable result that a stretch of the Leipzig Redoubt
+should be won and permanently held by the Highlanders, especially by
+the 17th Highland Light Infantry."</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>Throughout these terrible operations Colonel Morton was present in the
+most advanced positions encouraging and cheering the men by his
+personal example and utter disregard for danger. In this work he was
+gallantly seconded by his Adjutant and his Headquarters' Staff, who
+were individually forward directing operations when all the Company
+Officers had been knocked out. It is not too much to say that the
+resolute spirit and example of the Colonel rallied the Battalion to
+heights of endurance and endeavour which found their greatest
+inspiration in his presence in the firing line.</p>
+
+<p>Great work was also done by Captain D.C. Evans, R.A.M.C., who, for
+over forty-eight hours, without interval or rest, attended to the
+Battalion wounded. Throughout the action he carried on his task of
+relieving suffering and saving life quite heedless of the shelling and
+firing and quite cool in the face of the ever growing number of cases
+demanding his attention and skill.</p>
+
+<p>At the Battalion parade for Roll Call on the 4th of July, the
+casualties totalled 22 officers and 447 other ranks.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="A_DIARY_ACCOUNT_OF_THE_BATTLE" id="A_DIARY_ACCOUNT_OF_THE_BATTLE"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B. Meadows
+giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the July 1st
+Battle.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The narrative of the 1st of July Somme Battle as written in the diary
+of the late 2nd Lieut. B. Meadows, who, before taking his commission,
+served with the 17th H.L.I., gives such an impressive account of the
+battle that we include it here almost in entirety. The foregoing
+chapter gives a general idea of the intensity of the great battle from
+the impersonal and official viewpoint, with data checked and balanced.
+But the following account introduces the personal and human element
+with poignant effect. Some of the very minor facts are a little
+inaccurate, but that is inevitable when an individual soldier
+describes a general action from his own viewpoint. Nevertheless the
+editors consider that in no other Battalion source is there such a
+vivid record of experiences to be got which reflect <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span>the feelings of
+all those who took part in the action concerned.</p>
+
+<p>"The last four days before zero," he writes, "were known as 'W,' 'X,'
+'Y,' and 'Z' days. By 'W' every enemy observation balloon had been
+destroyed and so dense a fleet of aircraft patrolled the battle area
+as to make it impossible for the enemy aircraft to approach the lines.
+Thus the enemy was made blind. On the night of 'W' we got orders to
+move forward. Before leaving the billet we made a large bonfire with
+boxes from the C.Q.M.'s stores. On this we burned all our letters, and
+round it we had the last sing-song the old 'Seventeenth' ever had. We
+then believed it 'Y' night, not 'W' night. The night before we had
+gone up to the trenches through Aveluy and Authuille with petrol tins
+full of water. These were stocked in dug-outs and along the trench and
+formed our reserve water supply. Many of our guns were firing 'gun
+fire,' yet the enemy made little artillery reply. He retaliated
+chiefly on the front line defences with trench mortars. Of such a
+violent nature was this bombardment that the Lonsdales had to call on
+our 'D' Company for support to make up for their casualties in shell
+shock, etc. Curiously enough, during the days 'D' Company held the
+line they suffered no casualties, although the trench was battered out
+of all recognition. When it was dark on 'W' night we marched to
+Bouzincourt. Here we spent the night in huts. Before daybreak we were
+shelled and had one man killed. Day showed an extraordinary sight.
+Bouzincourt stands on the hill, the battle area stretched out like a
+map below. Near the Crucifix on the Aveluy road a long naval gun
+barked. Just behind us was a 15 inch howitzer. Its shells could easily
+be watched in their flight overhead. In front were an infinite number
+of guns all in action. A long line of observation balloons made a
+crescent round Albert. One could count over twenty, and not one
+German. The air was thick with our aeroplanes. The German lines looked
+like long ribbons of white fur. The air was full of shrapnel balls,
+especially over the woods, and the villages were burning. The heavy
+howitzers were causing dreadful eruptions on the German strong points.
+La Boisselle, believed impregnable, was a concentrated hell. The
+Germans were putting shrapnel into the woods that lie in the triangle
+between Hamel, Bouzincourt and Aveluy. Here our guns were massed. And
+now and then <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span>a mushroom of smoke would spring up in unexpected
+places. The noise was so terrific that it became monotonous. We were
+served out with cotton wool for our ears, but in spite of this the
+concussion on the 1st of July was so great that we all became stone
+deaf, and for days after almost without the use of our voices. We
+prepared for 'battle order.' All our belongings we packed into our
+valises, and these were stored in an empty house in Bouzincourt. We
+wore steel helmets, at that time they were without sandbag coverings,
+and in strong sunlight reflected almost as brilliantly as polished
+steel. I noticed on the 1st July, looking back from the advanced line
+to the German original front line, how the helmets of our reserves
+holding that line shone up and made their wearers clear targets. We
+wore the haversack on our back containing mess tin, small kit, two
+days' rations, 'iron rations,' pair of socks and waterproof sheet. We
+carried four sandbags just below. Then we had the usual equipment,
+pouches containing 120 rounds, bayonet, water bottle and entrenching
+tool. Another 100 rounds in bandoliers, and I had extra an apron
+containing 12 Mill's bombs and butterfly wirecutters. The whole formed
+fairly heavy equipment. In the late afternoon when we were all lined
+up prepared to march off, orders came to cancel all orders. We stood
+by for two days. On 'X' night the 16th H.L.I. sent a platoon over to
+find out the condition of the enemy defences. Owing to an accident
+they were almost entirely wiped out. On the following morning while
+playing a football match the Sixteenth again suffered casualties from
+a 5.9 which burst between the goal posts. In the evening of 'Z' day,
+the 30th of June, we marched off by platoons. The thunder of the heavy
+guns as we passed through their belt was almost unbearable, and nearer
+the lines long lines of eighteen-pounders were giving 'battery fire'
+down long rows of twenty batteries, sometimes all speaking at once. We
+entered 'Oban Avenue' at the right end of the village of Authuille. It
+was the 'up' trench for the advance and 'Campbell Avenue' the 'down.'
+Both trenches had been deepened, in some places, to twelve feet, and
+were fairly safe from shrapnel. The line in which we were to spend the
+night had been blown almost completely out of existence and it was
+difficult to find sufficient cover for the men. I and the bomber
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>who was next to me in the line found a corner and there slept for the
+night. We were once disturbed by the enemy destroying a trench mortar
+store situated close to where we slept. Daybreak came and still there
+was no word of 'zero.' We made some breakfast, and about half-past
+five word was passed along that zero was 7.30, and to move into battle
+positions. We moved to the right until we were in contact with the
+next Company. At 6.25 a.m. the final bombardment commenced. Every gun
+was firing 'gunfire' and the rush of metal overhead was extraordinary.
+The reply was feeble. At 7.25 we left the trench and walked over to
+within 60 yards of the barrage. At 7.30 the barrage lifted and we
+rushed the front line defences, destroying the garrison, in and out of
+dug-outs. I have few definite memories from the time we first saw the
+Germans to the time the machine gun swept us down outside the Liepzig
+Redoubt. It became evident that we, who were working up between two
+communication trenches, after two or three rushes, that further
+advancing was impossible without support. We waited for our own
+reserve waves and the Lonsdales who should have come on behind. But no
+reserves reached us and we saw our only hope lay in the fact that they
+had rushed one of the communication trenches and might manage to bomb
+out the machine gun. But the bombers were checked out of range of the
+gun. We began to work towards the communication trench, but owing to
+the lie of the ground we were badly exposed and I at length found
+myself the only living occupant of that corner. About twelve o'clock I
+managed to leap the parapet without being hit. I found my platoon
+officer, Lieut. MacBrayne, lying shot through the head. Of the others
+of my platoon I could get no news, except those I saw lying dead or
+wounded. Tom Train had completely disappeared. An order came up the
+trench, '17th H.L.I. move to the left and prepare to support the
+Dorsets.' The communication trench was at this time chiefly manned by
+K.O.Y.L.I. (who should have supported the 16th H.L.I. who had been
+held up by the German wire and cut up before able to take the first
+line of defences. Those left were forced to retire to their own line).
+A few Lonsdales (the 11th Borderers had been cut up coming up through
+'Blighty Wood,' Colonel and Adjutant killed and all officers
+casualties) were able to give us practically no support, <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>and a
+Company of Manchesters, sent from Divisional Reserve. I moved to the
+left. An officer suddenly jumped the parapet and shouted 'Come on, the
+17th!' I followed him along with about twenty others. But we found the
+barbed wire impossible to cut through and he gave us the order 'Every
+man for himself.'</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep044" id="imagep044"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep044.png">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep044.png" width="90%" alt="VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE.<br />(<i>Sketch from Lieut. Meadow's Diary</i>).<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 44.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>"Making my way back to the trench I rested in a shell hole occupied by
+a Sergeant wounded in the leg. Whilst talking to him we both fell
+asleep and slept until about 5 p.m., when the Germans
+counter-attacked. Their artillery became violent and they attempted to
+come over the open. We ran for the communication trench and found it
+disorganised. Orders got mixed and some seemed anxious to retire.
+Fortunately the 17th H.L.I. bombers, who were in the advanced
+position, held their ground, driving the enemy back with their own
+bombs, and the attack over the open was checked by our brigade machine
+guns which had been massed in the German front line. During the whole
+action we lost no ground that had previously been gained. By this time
+our Battalion had been badly hit. 'B' Company on our left had been
+caught in the wire and cut to pieces by machine gun fire. My own
+Company, 'A,' was down to low numbers. My Captain and my Platoon
+Officer were both killed, all the platoon's N.C.O.s were killed or
+wounded, two Sergeants outright, and all the L.-Corpls. dead. We had
+17 officers killed and were working the Battalion with two officers.
+The Colonel, who had been well forward all day, was without a scratch.
+It was a remarkably clear day, very hot. We were on the ridge that
+formed the defence on that side of Thiepval. From here we could see
+the whole battlefield. I saw the huge eruption at La Boisselle, when
+the six mines went up, and I remember watching long lines of
+Highlanders charging along the opposite slope of the valley. The
+aeroplanes followed every movement, flying low overhead and directing
+the artillery by dropping flares. The Germans counter-attacked in a
+half-hearted way through the night. We had casualties from our own
+artillery and mortar batteries, otherwise the night was quieter than
+we had expected. We managed to carry away a number of our wounded in
+waterproof sheets. The battalions on both flanks were unsuccessful in
+storming the enemy's front line defences, thus our flanks were exposed
+and blockades <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>had to be formed at the front line and all lines
+forward to our advanced positions, which developed into a series of
+bombing posts. Local fights went on at their posts all through the day
+and night, and it was while chasing each other round corners at the
+head of the communication trench in the afternoon that we lost
+Sergeant Turnbull, V.C., who had done wonderful work all day. The
+nature of the Leipzig defences, a maze of trenches and underground
+saps, made advancing into the salient extremely hard. One was
+continually attacked in the rear. What seemed dug-outs were bombed,
+and when passed numbers of the enemy rush from them, they being really
+underground communications with their rear defences. The whole
+fighting was of a cold, deliberate, merciless nature. No quarter was
+given or taken. One of the battalions opposing us was similar to our
+own, a students' battalion from Bavaria. The enemy used explosive and
+dum-dum bullets, and sniped off any of our wounded lying exposed in
+the open. They were helped in their work by an arrangement we had come
+to regarding wounded. It was not permitted to stop to take back
+prisoners or to stop to dress a wounded chum; but it was permitted to
+stick the bayonet of the wounded man's rifle in the ground and thus to
+mark the spot where he lay. The Germans observed this and watched for
+any movement in the heap beside the standing rifle. Men coolly fired
+at each other at point blank range, and sniping became the chief cause
+of casualties. It resembled a duel between two men who had had a
+deadly quarrel&mdash;so intensely deliberate. On the morning of the 2nd of
+July we handed over the front line of attack to Divisional Reserves
+and went into support. At sunset we were relieved by the Cheshires,
+and moved back to the dug-outs at Crucifix Corner. We had a number of
+casualties coming out of action. We were given tea, food and rum, and
+went off into a heavy sleep."</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="HULLUCH_AND_THEREABOUTS" id="HULLUCH_AND_THEREABOUTS"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Senlis&mdash;last parade under Col. Morton&mdash;Bombing raid north of
+Ovillers&mdash;Move to Bethune&mdash;1st Army Area&mdash;inspection by
+General Munro&mdash;depleted ranks&mdash;trench warfare about
+Hulluch&mdash;Cambrin Sector.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>In the sadness and stress of the first days after the Somme, there
+came messages round to say the Battalion was saying "Good-bye" to its
+Colonel. Worn out with fatigue he had been reluctantly persuaded by
+the Brigadier and the doctors that if he wished to live and serve his
+country more in the war he must retire from the dreadful strain of
+command. In a field at Senlis, on the afternoon of 8th July, the
+remnants of the Battalion, on their last parade under Colonel Morton,
+were drawn up, silent and deeply moved. In a few words the Colonel
+told the Battalion what he was going to do and all stood there with
+their losses and their heartbreaks, hardly able to keep down the
+tears. Addressing the men he congratulated them in warm and feeling
+terms for their devotion while under his command and wished them well
+in the uncertainties of the future.</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Morton had started them, trained them, and cared for them;
+fought Brigade and authorities for them; led them and loved them&mdash;and
+now they were to lose him. He said little, for much of a speech would
+not come, but he knew their memories and he knew what they felt. Major
+Paul, on behalf of the Battalion, expressed the profound regret of all
+ranks in losing the guidance and leadership of Colonel Morton, who had
+raised the 17th to such a high state of proficiency, and to wish him a
+well merited rest and all happiness. Just these few words of
+"Good-bye," then they cheered him and, with a lump in their throats
+they were not ashamed of, they dismissed. All said good-bye in their
+hearts and wished him God-speed. It is sad to part with a loved C.O.
+who, too, feels the parting.</p>
+
+<p>Major Paul then took over command of the 17th and that evening once
+more they moved into the trenches in support at Quarry Post, Authuille
+Wood.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>On the 13th July a bombing party of about 100 men were ordered to
+attack the German Line, north of Ovillers, linking up with the
+Inniskillen Fusiliers, and this party at midnight under Captain
+Ferguson, Lieuts. Herron and Kirk and Sergeant Stewart, in conjunction
+with the Inniskillens and a party of Engineers, carried out the raid.</p>
+
+<p>The greatest credit was due to the initiative shown by Captain
+Ferguson, in making excellent dispositions under very difficult
+conditions. Owing to the strength of the German wire, a frontal attack
+was impracticable, and after much thought, it was decided to attack
+obliquely. The attack was most successful, a considerable number of
+Germans being killed, while at least 16 were taken prisoners. The
+objectives were all taken in a few minutes, but unfortunately the
+raiders' losses were heavy. Captain Ferguson was mortally wounded,
+eight other ranks were killed, and the other two officers and about 35
+other ranks were wounded.</p>
+
+<p>Writing of this incident, one of the Battalion officers says that
+after the patrol had gone out those who were not taking part in it
+heard the firing and the clamour of the small battle while they waited
+eagerly for news of its progress. "News came in that the front was
+safe, and proud of the efforts of our Battalion, we waited for their
+return. The waiting was hard to bear, but the return sadder to
+witness. They came back. On the right they had succeeded. On the left
+they had died. A triumph and a disaster in one. On that small field
+were left yet more of the (oh! so sadly few) gallant men of the
+Seventeenth who, though exhausted and battle-worn, had in their own
+true and fine spirit responded to the uttermost to the call for
+gallant work. Later the body of Captain Ferguson was found right up to
+the German lines grasping an empty revolver, far ahead in the charge
+of even his gallant followers."</p>
+
+<p>For this action, the Battalion received thanks and congratulations
+from the Corps and Division. A counter-attack drove the raiders out of
+the captured trench; but the object of the raid&mdash;to create a diversion
+from a major operation on the right&mdash;had been successfully
+accomplished.</p>
+
+<p>This particular week, which was the last the Battalion saw of the
+Somme fighting until later in the year, was one of the most strenuous
+times which the unit had experienced. The <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>available men for defensive
+purposes were only too few and as new assembly trenches had to be dug
+every night and all night, and also owing to the difficulties of
+rationing and watering, the men were unable to get any rest.</p>
+
+<p>The Brigade commenced a move to Ampliers on 16th July, and on the road
+the Battalion was met by Lieut.-General T.L.N. Moreland, commanding
+the X Corps. He expressed to the Commanding Officer his appreciation
+of the good work done by the Battalion while under his command, and
+his deepest sympathy in their losses. On the 26th the Brigade moved
+into Bethune and two days afterwards paraded in full marching order,
+including "tin hats," on a sweltering afternoon, to be inspected by
+General Munro, G.O.C., 1st Army. A very warm day. Owing to the calls
+on an Army Commander's time, this inspection was considered to be a
+great honour and a mark of appreciation by the authorities of the fine
+spirit shown by the Division during the Somme battle.</p>
+
+<p>August saw the unit leave Bethune to take over the Cambrin right
+sub-sector from the Northamptons, after putting in some fine shooting
+on the old French Government Rifle Range at Labeauvriere. The strength
+of the unit in the trenches apart from the officers, at the taking
+over (August 5th) was 199&mdash;tragic testimony to the Somme. Immediately
+on taking over the trenches they were subjected to trench mortar
+bombardments and sniping raids. On 12th August Lieut. and Adjutant
+Paterson became Captain and Adjutant, Major Paul became
+Lieut.-Colonel, and 2nd Lieuts. Morrison and Marr, Captains.</p>
+
+<p>The following weeks of August, September and October were marked with
+much moving about with various spells of that sort of uneventful
+trench warfare which is perhaps in some respects more trying on the
+nerves and strength of a unit than actual operations. On August 23rd
+they were in the Hulluch Section. In this Section there was a good
+deal of mining going on and there were two big craters which required
+special watching, but the Battalion soon set to and trained in
+grappling hook work to be ready for any kind of crater fighting that
+might be demanded of them. On August 31st a move was made to Annequin
+via Beuvry and Bethune, and ultimately by bus journey to the trenches
+at Guinchy left sub-section, and in this area the unit remained during
+September. On the 11th of the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span>month a night raid was attempted, but
+was frustrated owing to the Germans bombing the party as it was on the
+point of entering their trenches. Unfortunately the two N.C.O.s who
+fired the torpedo were missing, and it is presumed that they were
+blown to bits by the explosion.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep050a" id="imagep050a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep050a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep050a.jpg" width="70%" alt="Cookhouse at Becourt." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Cookhouse at Becourt.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep050b" id="imagep050b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep050b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep050b.jpg" width="70%" alt="Observation Post, Hulluch Sector." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Observation Post, Hulluch Sector.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep050c" id="imagep050c"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep050c.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep050c.jpg" width="70%" alt="War's Destruction." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">War's Destruction.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 50.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep051" id="imagep051"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep051.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep051.jpg" width="55%" alt="Lieut.-Colonel W.J. Paul." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Lieut.-Colonel W.J. Paul.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 51.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On October 4th the Battalion took over "Village Trench" in the Cambrin
+Sector (Maison Rouge), taking over the front line from the 11th Border
+Regiment. The next move saw the 17th leave Beuvry and proceeding to
+Labeauvriere on October 16th; to Hardinval, on the 19th; to Rubempr&eacute;,
+on the 21st; to Bouzincourt, on the 23rd; back by Rubempr&eacute; and on to
+Canaples on the 31st via Talmas and Navurs. This treking was done in
+weather that was oftener wet than dry, exceedingly cold at night, and
+the living was under canvas. At Val-de-Maison on November 1st, the
+unit moved to Vadencourt after a fortnight, and then into the
+Martinsart Valley on the 15th, where they were ordered to go into
+action at Beaumont-Hamel, for by this time several drafts had brought
+up the strength of the Battalion.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="BEAUMONT-HAMEL" id="BEAUMONT-HAMEL"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>BEAUMONT-HAMEL.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>The attack&mdash;weather conditions&mdash;failure of artillery
+support&mdash;forlorn hope&mdash;break-down of assault&mdash;gallantry and
+sacrifice&mdash;casualties&mdash;Mailly-Maillet&mdash;Franqueville and
+Rubempr&eacute;&mdash;Xmas 1916 and New Year&mdash;football and high spirits.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The attack which commenced at ten minutes past six on the morning on
+November 18th&mdash;a day of ice-covered slushiness&mdash;was held up owing to
+the insufficiency of the artillery barrage and the heavy enemy machine
+gun fire. At 7.42 a.m. the message came in to the Battalion from the
+right hand Company that the Company Commander was wounded and that a
+Sergeant and about ten men were holding the right flank. The jumping
+off trench known as New Munich Trench, was manned by the Battalion
+machine gunners with a view to concentrating some of the Companies in
+it back across "no man's land" to form a rallying point. At 8.30 a.m.
+the following message was <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span>received from 2nd Lieut. Macbeth of the
+right Company, "Am holding old front line with remainder of Battalion,
+and have established a bombing post on the right. There are only
+Lieut. Martin and myself in the trench." The left Company was also
+being hard pressed. It was reported by one of the Battalion officers
+that when the barrage opened a great number of shells fell just in
+front of New Munich Trench where the attacking companies were lying
+out, killing and wounding a large number of the Battalion. When the
+barrage lifted on to Munich Trench for the last four minutes, it was
+still short, and when the leading waves came up to about 50 or 60
+yards from Munich Trench followed by the barrage, the Germans could be
+seen lying in the trench in force. When the barrage was on the Munich
+Trench, the enemy machine guns played on the attackers from both
+flanks all the time. The failure of the attack was due to the
+inefficiency of the British supporting barrage, together with the
+condition of the ground&mdash;thaw having set in and rain falling on the
+snow, making it exceedingly slippery&mdash;the targets the men formed
+against the snowy background, and the intense cold.</p>
+
+<p>Describing the attack one of the members of the Battalion
+writes:&mdash;"The preliminary bombardment opened with its awful messages
+of destruction, and the rapid reply of the enemy's artillery indicated
+ominously that our intentions were not unknown to him. When our
+barrage lifted, and the first wave of our men attempted to go forward,
+their dark forms showed up against the snow. They were met by machine
+gun fire, by rapid fire from the enemy trenches, and by snipers in
+skilfully chosen holes. Our bombardment had failed. It was impossible
+to get to close quarters with the enemy&mdash;hopeless to
+advance&mdash;dangerous to retire. Many of our men were killed in the
+attack, others in the attempt to carry in the wounded. Many remained
+all day in exposed positions, beside their wounded comrades, in hope
+of rescuing them when darkness fell. Beaumont Hamel will not be
+remembered by us as bearing any resemblance to the official
+description. We look back upon it now, from the personal point of
+view, as a touchstone of the individual soul, as a prominent landmark
+in the vast monotony of death and horror&mdash;a chapter of inspiring
+deeds. It represents to us the heroism of a forlorn hope, the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span>glory
+of unselfish sacrifice, the success of failure." 'Tis too easy to
+despond "while the tired waves" visibly gain no "painful inch," hard
+to believe that "far back through creeks and inlets making, comes
+silent, flooding in, the main."</p>
+
+<p>On the 19th the Battalion was relieved and returned to Mailly-Maillet
+where billets were taken over, and when the 17th rested and licked its
+wounds&mdash;well over 300 of "Glasgow's Own" had either been killed or
+wounded in that day's fighting. On the 21st of November General Gough,
+G.O.C. Fifth Army, inspected and congratulated the Battalion, and
+spoke to many of the N.C.O.s and men individually. During December the
+unit carried on training at Franqueville and Rubempr&eacute;, and that the
+spirit of the men was not broken by the severity of their recent
+experiences is shown by the number of football matches played during
+the period. On Christmas Day, 1916, the officers beat the sergeants at
+Rugby by 11 points to 0; in the afternoon "B" Company beat
+Headquarters at Association by 4 goals to 0; and in the evening the
+Battalion held a cheery concert. The Christmas Dinners were reserved
+for the 30th, and on Hogmanay the New Year was welcomed with a
+concert. General Gough attended Battalion Church Parade on the first
+Sunday of the New Year.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_NEW_YEAR_1917" id="THE_NEW_YEAR_1917"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>THE NEW YEAR, 1917.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Bad weather&mdash;Courcelles&mdash;trench labours&mdash;varied
+moves&mdash;beginning of Spring Offensive&mdash;attack by the
+French&mdash;the advance&mdash;Nesle&mdash;condition of inhabitants&mdash;great
+digging work at Germaine.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The opening months of the New Year were months of battling not only
+against a human enemy, but against the elements and the bad conditions
+which they created. The winter of 1916 had been a severe one, and in
+passing into 1917 it continued its course with unabated severity. The
+Battalion left Rubempr&eacute; on January 6th and partly by motor lorry and
+partly in column of route proceeded to Courcelles where, on the
+following day, they relieved the troops of the 3rd Division in the
+trenches opposite Serre. The weather was bad, the enemy kept <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>up brisk
+attentions and the trenches were the worst which the Battalion had
+ever been in. Most of them were absolutely impassable, being full of
+water to a height of five feet, with the result that reliefs had for
+the most part to be made outside the trenches. Owing to this condition
+of matters, strict orders were issued for the prevention of "trench
+feet," but notwithstanding every precaution, several cases occurred.</p>
+
+<p>Heavy and continuous work was put in mending and bettering the
+trenches, training the drafts which were arriving, performing tactical
+exercises and battalion routine affairs. By this time several
+ceremonies had taken place at which decorations were bestowed upon
+N.C.O.s and men for bravery in the Field and gallantry in action.
+Esprit de corps was stronger than ever, and the tediousness of trench
+labours was relieved by the establishment of special strong posts, by
+minor raids on the Bosche, and when out of the line by football and
+such recreations as the circumstances permitted. This type of
+campaigning was experienced during January and February at Courcelles,
+Beaumont Hamel, Lyntham Camp, Mailly-Maillet, Bolton Camp,
+Molliens-au-Bois (where on February 19th, 1917, Major F.R.F. Sworder,
+Gordon Highlanders, assumed temporary command&mdash;Colonel Paul, after
+being in hospital in France, having been sent to England where he was
+appointed to a home unit), Camon, Wiencourt, Le Quesnel. And in March,
+the approach of spring seemed to bring with it nothing but additional
+storms of rain and snow, and the names of such points in the line as
+Key Post and Kuropatkin will bring back memories of buttressing up
+collapsed trenches and mending wire entanglements.</p>
+
+<p>But the opening of the 1917 Spring Offensive soon gave a great fillip
+to activities. The French attacked on March 16th and the 96th Brigade
+attacked with it. The enemy was forced back so rapidly that by 2
+o'clock on the day following the Allied artillery was out of range,
+and the day after that again saw the whole Battalion hard at it
+clearing wire from the road running through the enemy's old front
+system, and setting out on the march, complete with transport, at 5 in
+the morning. Arriving at Nesle on March 19th, the troops were given a
+tremendous welcome by the French populace. It was discovered there
+that the people were literally starving, because the Germans <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>had
+taken their rations for some days previously. A dam on the Somme burst
+its banks and no advance was possible until this was repaired and new
+roads made across the floods, but it was only a few days until once
+more the troops were pushing on and the Commanding Officer and Company
+Commanders of the 17th were making a reconnaissance of the new main
+position at Germaine. The digging at Germaine on March 28th was one of
+the heaviest day's work ever done by the Battalion. The job commenced
+at night, after an 18 mile march in rain and finished in snow. The
+digging was covered by the 16th H.L.I., who held the outpost line. The
+newly dug trenches were shelled on the following forenoon.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="ON_THE_HEELS_OF_THE_ENEMY" id="ON_THE_HEELS_OF_THE_ENEMY"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>The taking of Savy&mdash;casualties&mdash;patrolling&mdash;capture of
+Fayet&mdash;congratulatory messages&mdash;strenuous
+days&mdash;Canizy&mdash;competitions with the French&mdash;work and
+sport&mdash;Hangard&mdash;leaving the Fourth Army&mdash;Farewell message from
+General Rawlinson.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The Battalion moved off from Germaine at midnight on April 1st, 1917,
+and proceeded by Companies at 200 yard intervals cross country to
+Fluquieres. Arriving there they passed through the village, a pile of
+smouldering ruins, and on the main St. Quentin road and about half a
+mile along it they reached Roupy with its destroyed cross-roads and
+proceeded towards a point near Savy where the Battalion deployed, and
+attacking at 5 a.m. moved forward, overcame the opposition and took
+Savy. In the village the Bosche put up a desperate stand and some
+fierce fighting took place before they were pushed beyond the railway
+bank north of the village. Most of the fighting took place in the
+neighbourhood of an orchard at the southern end of the village, and
+here the 11th Border Regiment joined forces in helping to drive out
+the stubborn enemy. Once through the village serious destruction was
+caused by heavy machine gun fire from an enemy strong <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>point in a mine
+crater. With the aid of two Lewis guns, the crater was soon in the
+hands of the 17th and a heavy fire directed on the retreating enemy.
+Thereafter the Battalion started to dig in (about 6.30 a.m.), and soon
+consolidated their gains, although subject to strong artillery,
+machine gun and sniping fire. In the afternoon a further attack was
+made by the 96th Brigade, and before evening Bois-de-Savy was in their
+hands. The Battalion was relieved in the evening and moved off to take
+up quarters in dug-outs on the Fluquieres-Douchy Road, but the place
+had been so badly knocked about that a large portion of the unit
+bivouacked.</p>
+
+<p>The total casualties in this day's fighting was 103, 31 of whom were
+killed. During the following week the Battalion suffered from the
+severe winter conditions, coupled with incessant shelling and had much
+to do strengthening their positions. On the 9th some magnificent
+patrolling was done, for which the Battalion was deservedly
+congratulated. In the afternoon of that day four patrols set out to
+gain information of Fayet and the ground between Francilly and St.
+Quentin. One patrol went to the ridge overlooking St. Quentin, one
+went into a German trench near Fayet, one went within 300 yards of
+Fayet, and the fourth reconnoitred the southern approaches of the
+village&mdash;and much valuable information was accordingly gained.</p>
+
+<p>On the 12th April, Major Lumsden, V.C., D.S.O., who was in temporary
+command of the Battalion, relinquished that post, to take up duty as
+Brigadier-General of the 14th Infantry Brigade&mdash;which this very
+distinguished officer commanded until he was killed&mdash;and Captain
+Morton assumed command of the Battalion, with Captain Paterson, M.C.,
+as second in command.</p>
+
+<p>While at Holnon on the 13th, "C" and "D" Companies were sent forward
+in support of the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., who were attacking Fayet. This
+attack was carried out in conjunction with one being made by the
+French, who were endeavouring to take St. Quentin. "B" Company joined
+the others in the front line, and later the Battalion took over a
+sector of the front line. After consolidating here, congratulatory
+messages were received from Brigadier-General Blacklock, General Shute
+and General Rawlinson.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>The road from Nesle to St. Quentin is a long and cruel one, but in
+these early days of 1917, it was to the 17th H.L.I. the pathway to
+glory. They were sweeping onwards in the track of the retreating
+enemy, with the glow of victory to strengthen their hearts and the
+blessings of a delivered people in their ears. The echoing trumpets of
+romance called to them from the Cathedral City, and their blood
+stirred to the call. These were the impressions that led them, in
+common with the rest of the Division, to surmount appalling obstacles,
+natural and devilish. They soaked in the snow, and froze in the keen
+blast; they starved and toiled on the way, but "stuck it," and their
+reward was the fall of Savy village. There was fighting all along the
+50 mile front just then, and Savy did not loom very large in the
+chronicles of the time, but those who took part in its capture, and in
+the taking of the wood a mile beyond, knew that they had achieved the
+heroic. There was no resting; Francilly and Holnon were the next to
+fall, and the men were within sight of the spires of St. Quentin. They
+lived for some days in earth holes, and the weather flayed them
+unmercifully. Then one dark morning, the 13th of April, they assembled
+silently and lay down in the field, whilst dawn broke with singing of
+birds, and the shriek and whistle of the barrage. The Division was
+attacking Fayet, the enemy's last stronghold beyond the city. Before
+they went over, grey and green coated figures were being brought down.
+There were many other grey and green figures grotesquely contorted in
+the brown ribbed fields, and those of them who had escaped from the
+inferno fought it out intermittently, in the woods beyond the village.
+But their sniping was braved for a few days more, and then one night
+they staggered weakly back through nightmare villages to Germaine for
+rest.</p>
+
+<p>After resting at Germaine the Battalion set off on the 19th for Canizy
+which was reached by evening. They found this village emptied of the
+native populace and saw that the Germans had been carrying out their
+usual work of destruction in the same wanton and deliberate scale as
+in nearly every village in the regained area. A more cheerful memory
+of this devastated village is that while here the Battalion got its
+new bugle band. While stationed there the Battalion marched over to
+Ham where a football match was to be played. Their <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span>march into the
+town caused great interest, and they passed through a long line of
+French soldiers and civilians who lined the roads. On their approach
+along the main street, the square seemed totally blocked with a mass
+of French soldiers, and a company of infantry stood at the "present"
+as a Guard of Honour as they marched past the Town Hall, while the
+French band rendered our National Anthem. After the Battalion team had
+won their match by 6 goals to 1 against the 121st Infantry Regiment
+and a scratch team had played a drawn game against the 408th Regiment,
+the French band played the men out of the village. But the French were
+not allowed to have all their own way of it with the music, for the
+Battalion Pipe Band played to them and was received with much favour.</p>
+
+<p>The regiment was in highest spirits, battle scarred and with a
+glorious record of great achievements established. The Battalion
+remained at rest in the village of Canizy until May 15th&mdash;that is,
+they trained hard and played hard, went marches and were inspected,
+performed innumerable fatigues and parades and carried out generally
+that never ending programme of activities which always makes a soldier
+smile at the mention of the word "rest!" The men played some of their
+keenest and most memorable games of soccer here, and one of the
+principle pastimes engaged in by the officers was hunting, until this
+was forbidden by G.H.Q. The country, being entirely uncultivated made
+ideal going. Major Campbell, in charge of Physical Training, G.H.Q.,
+was with the 17th for some time, and put extra life into sport and
+training.</p>
+
+<p>On the 15th the Battalion moved off to Curchy, via Voyennes and Nesle,
+and on the succeeding day to Rosieres and so on to Hangard on the
+18th, where the "resting" was carried on until the end of the month,
+when they proceeded to Villers-Bretonneux. Of the villages in the
+regained area little or no description in the normal sense is possible
+beyond the fact that while some semblance of streets could be traced
+in some of them, the majority of them were simply masses of masonry
+debris literally peppered with shell craters. But it was noticeable in
+such villages as Nesle that the civilians showed a very marked
+physical improvement as the result of better feeding and life under
+British occupation. While at Hangard, Battalion <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span>Headquarters occupied
+Hangard Chateau&mdash;one of the finest chateaux in France. (It was
+demolished during the 1918 German offensive.) The Brigade concentrated
+at Villers-Bretonneux prior to entraining for the Second Army.</p>
+
+<p>But before leaving the Fourth Army, to which the 17th had given such
+brilliant service, the following message was transmitted to the
+Battalion as one of the Divisional units concerned:&mdash;</p>
+
+<div class="block">
+<p class="right"><span class="sc">Fourth Army</span>, No. G.S.702.</p>
+<p>"32nd <span class="sc">Division</span>.</p>
+
+<p>"As the Division will shortly be leaving the Fourth Army I
+desire to express to all ranks my warm thanks for the
+excellent services they have performed whilst under my
+command. The gallantry and dash displayed by the Division
+during the advance in March and April, especially in the
+actions resulting in the capture of Savy, Bois de Savy,
+Francilly, Holnon, Selency, Fayet and Cepy Farm, reflect the
+highest credit on all concerned.</p>
+
+<p>"The skilful leadership of all ranks, coupled with the close
+co-operation between Artillery, Infantry and Aircraft, was a
+feature in these operations deserving the highest praise, and
+I heartily congratulate the Division on the successes they
+have achieved.</p>
+
+<p>"I much regret that the Division is now leaving the Fourth
+Army, but I shall hope that at some future date I may again
+have the good fortune to find them under my command.</p>
+
+<p class="right">"(Signed) &nbsp;&nbsp; H. RAWLINSON, <i>General,<br />
+Commanding Fourth Army.</i></p>
+
+<p class="noin">"<span class="sc">H.Q., Fourth Army</span>,<br />
+"<i>22nd May, 1917.</i>"</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="IN_FLANDERS" id="IN_FLANDERS"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>IN FLANDERS.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>En route to Steenbecque&mdash;R.T.O.&mdash;the 14th
+Corps&mdash;reconnaissance of Messines Sector&mdash;heavy
+marches&mdash;Coxyde and Kuhn&mdash;amenities of Nieuport area.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The Battalion on 1st June, 1917, left the Fourth Army and the Somme
+area. The 17th never again served in that area though it served again
+with the Fourth Army on the sea coast. Entraining at
+Villers-Bretonneux the unit journeyed to Amiens and by way of
+Abbeville, Etaples, Boulogne, Calais, St. Omer, Hazebrouck to
+Steenbecque.</p>
+
+<p>Owing to a mistake of the Railway Transport Officer an incident,
+upsetting but not without its amusing side, occurred at Abbeville,
+where the train moved off without warning while the Battalion was
+parading in the station for tea, with only 100 all ranks on board. The
+train calmly continued its journey and in due course arrived at
+Steenbecque, the men who were left following on in the overcrowded
+trucks of the 2nd Manchesters. Leaving the train at Hazebrouck, the
+stranded party marched to Steenbecque, their appearance, owing to
+deficiencies of equipment and in some cases even of uniform, causing
+much interested amusement. At the latter station the first party were
+picked up, packs and equipment donned, and then, in the afternoon the
+Battalion accomplished a very interesting, though long and heavy march
+to a small hamlet in the Donlieu area, where they billeted for ten
+days or so.</p>
+
+<p>The 32nd Division came into the 14th Corps, commanded by the Earl of
+Cavan, in G.H.Q. Reserve. The 14th Corps was composed of the Guards
+Division, 1st, 8th and 32nd Divisions.</p>
+
+<p>On 5th June the Commanding Officer, with his officers and N.C.O.s
+reconnoitred the Messines Sector with a view to supporting the attack
+to be carried out on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge by the Second Army.
+The 17th at Donlieu "stood to" ready to move off in support of this
+offensive, though happily the success of the attack did not
+necessitate the Battalion being called on. Major Inglis of the 1st
+H.L.I.&mdash;who had been <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span>cross-posted to the 2nd Manchesters, which
+Battalion he commanded until re-posted to command the 17th H.L.I. on
+the 20th of July&mdash;joined the Battalion on the 8th of June.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep060" id="imagep060"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep060.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep060.jpg" width="45%" alt="Lt.-Col. J. Inglis, C.M.G., D.S.O." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Lt.-Col. <span class="sc">J. Inglis, C.M.G., D.S.O.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 60.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Donlieu was left on 14th June and the Battalion went in column of
+route to Steenvoorde, in which area they were billeted. This was one
+of the most trying marches they had experienced, and a large number of
+men fell out. In 6 hours the unit had covered 24 kilometres which, in
+full marching order, was a most difficult and wearisome performance.
+On the 16th the Battalion embussed outside Steenvoorde, and after
+leaving the charabancs at Petite Synthe, they marched to billets at
+Mardyck. Hereabouts was pleasant country with excellent sea bathing.
+Petite Synthe was left on the 19th for Dunkirk where they entrained
+and proceeded east along the sand dunes to Coxyde and, on the
+following day, into the coastal camp of Kuhn. Coxyde and Kuhn were
+French built camps and very good, with vegetable gardens attached to
+them.</p>
+
+<p>Until 10th July the Battalion stayed in this vicinity, and despite
+spells of shelling, trench mortar and aerial bombardments,
+considerable patrolling and wiring work, the stay on the sand dunes
+about Nieuport was heaven after the endless mud and horror of the
+winter on the Somme. The very mention of Nieuport to a man who was
+there in the first week of July, 1917, makes a marked impression on
+his countenance. Since detraining at Coxyde on 20th June, things had
+been comparatively quiet and the weather ideal. Working parties were
+supplied for the roads during the day and smaller parties were engaged
+on the breastworks in the front line at night. The quietness was
+absolutely awful. But the presence of civilians in Oost Dunkirk and
+Les Bains gave an air of security and quietude to the place which was
+very soothing to the heart of the soldier. It is true that aerial
+activity was disquieting at times, but several successful attacks on
+the "Vultures of the Kaiser" made these items of interest, rather than
+causes of alarm. The Germans seemed to pay greater attention to
+something well on the left of the Battalion and towards the sea, than
+to anything that concerned them particularly. The appearance of the
+roads from Oost Dunkirk to Nieuport was most assuring and their great
+beauty and undisturbed tranquillity were all that could be desired.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span>A large amount of work was attempted during this period on the Brigade
+Front, in order to obtain sufficient cover for protection against
+retaliation after our artillery bombardments began, prior to an
+intended attack on the sea-coast by the 4th Army, in conjunction with
+the 5th and 2nd Armies from Ypres. The enemy, before our artillery
+came in, greatly increased his artillery force, and daily destroyed
+any work done by night. These destructive shoots were afterwards found
+to be part of his barrage programme for the attack on the 10th July.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="OPERATIONS_ON_THE_COAST" id="OPERATIONS_ON_THE_COAST"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>OPERATIONS ON THE COAST.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Enemy hurricane bombardment&mdash;enemy attempt frustrated&mdash;attack
+abandoned&mdash;visit to H.L.I.&mdash;sports&mdash;visit of Dr.
+Kelman&mdash;patrol work by Corpl. Wilson&mdash;listening post
+raided&mdash;departure for Adinkerke.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>The Battalion continued to carry out its duties on the Belgian Coast
+until relieved from that Sector on October 5th, 1917. In the previous
+chapter some idea of the general conditions has been given. And the
+period which followed was of somewhat like nature with intermittent
+outstanding excursions and alarms and with memorable pleasant episodes
+to intermix with those more combative, and in this chapter the
+outstanding features will be recorded without following the movements
+of the Battalion to the various points in this sand-dune sector.</p>
+
+<p>The comparatively routine behaviour of the daily aerial and artillery
+"strafe" broke into a brisk and heavy bombardment on the Division to
+the left on the night of July 9th, but on the 10th about five o'clock
+in the morning this heavy fire switched on to the trenches from the
+border of the sea to Nieuport. The bombardment crashed on to all
+lines, firing, reserve, and rear. It got heavier and heavier and soon
+reached an unprecedented violence and extended to the flanking
+Divisions as well. The British guns replied, but could not force the
+hostile fire to slacken, and in the evening the enemy came on in
+attack. They carried the trenches of the units on the left and
+patrols <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span>were put out and the flank strengthened. This was the
+severest bombardment the Battalion had ever been in. It was a
+hurricane onslaught. The 17th knew that sort. They had been through
+it. Positions were taken and held, where no trench afforded cover, and
+where breastworks were blown away.</p>
+
+<p>The 17th were ordered to send three Companies in support of the Border
+Regiment who were being hard pressed east of the Yser. "A," "B" and
+"C" Companies were despatched on this mission. These Companies
+experienced very stiff fighting throughout the night of the 10-11th,
+until relieved early in the morning of the 11th by the Northumberland
+Fusiliers.</p>
+
+<p>On the following day the bombardment slackened a little, though during
+the night hurricane fire broke out, and over the period of this attack
+the Hun used a very large number of tear gas shells&mdash;which at that
+time was a new horror introduced to the sufferings of the British
+armies. Who will forget the Redans, Le Grand and Le Petit, the Bridges
+Putney and Pelican? The last named was renewed or rebuilt on the
+average three times every twenty-four hours. No words can describe
+what took place between the 10th and 13th of that awful month. The
+Germans, expecting an attack, made one. After these terrible three
+days, the Battalion, whose luck it was on this occasion to be spared
+the brunt of the action, after being relieved by the Borderers,
+struggled back through a mixed barrage of shells of all calibres,
+sprinkled with those of gas. There was a fog of gas and dust for miles
+behind the lines.</p>
+
+<p>The enemy attempt had broken down; the Battalion returned to Ghyvelde
+of pleasant recollection, and on the 13th the Division was
+congratulated on its successful efforts.</p>
+
+<p>On July 20th Major J. Inglis joined the Battalion and took over
+command at Bray Dunes Plage. On the 23rd the Brigade was inspected by
+the Divisional General, Major-General Shute. After his inspection he
+gave an address congratulating the Brigade on its part against the
+enemy attack on the 10th inst. at Nieuport, and on the same day the
+Corps Commander also inspected the Brigade, complimenting the men on
+their clean and smart appearance, and paying a high tribute to their
+fighting qualities.</p>
+
+<p>August opened with the prospect of making an attack on the enemy and
+exercises were practised accordingly. On 6th <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span>August a Battalion
+reconnaissance was made which included reporting on all tracks to the
+front line, arranging an assembling position in "no man's land," and
+learning the condition of the existing wire in front of both our own
+and the enemy's line. The weather for some little time had been very
+wet, the night selected for the reconnaissance was very bright and
+none too suitable, and the condition of the ground was extremely
+muddy, making movement slow and difficult. After examining the whole
+situation it was recognised that any possibility of successfully
+attacking upon this position was out of the question. Indeed, the bad
+weather throughout August delayed whatever action had been
+contemplated by either side.</p>
+
+<p>The 9th H.L.I. (The Glasgow Highlanders) were lying at Ghyvelde, and
+on 11th August, the 17th paid them a visit, while the Battalion
+football teams played a match. Another convivial day was spent on the
+24th when the Battalion sports were held. The day cleared up to one of
+bright sunshine, and a large number of spectators enjoyed the sport.
+The events were continued on the following day when even a larger
+number of guests and spectators attended, including many Colonial
+soldiers, and the various events were keenly contested, both by the
+men of the home Battalion and those from others in the area. A good
+turn out of British and Belgian nurses from La Panne Hospital
+brightened the gathering, and at the conclusion of the sports the
+prizes were presented by two of the lady guests. On the Saturday
+following Brigade Sports were held under ideal conditions, the
+Battalion representatives winning numerous prizes.</p>
+
+<p>At Church Parade on the 26th, the Presbyterian Service was conducted
+in camp by the Rev. Dr. Kelman, of Free St. George's, Edinburgh, who
+delivered a very impressive address which was listened to with the
+closest attention by the men. Dr. Kelman then left to preach to
+another Battalion and the 17th prepared to go back to the line.</p>
+
+<p>The Battalion kept up its old record of keen patrolling, and during
+their front line spell at the beginning of September some
+reconnaissance work was well carried out under conditions unusually
+difficult. On the night of 3rd September, 1917, 2nd Lieut. Forbes and
+Corpl. J. Wilson of "C" Company waded across a swamped portion which
+lay between the <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span>Battalion positions and a point known as Roode Poorte
+Farm. Coming to a point where the water was too deep for wading,
+Corpl. Wilson swam across and on reaching ground crawled in the
+direction of the enemy lines. Finding this line of approach of no use
+for operations, he swam back to the point where the patrol was
+covering his movements, and selecting another point, swam across the
+canal which lay to the east, opposite the farm buildings, and carried
+out his reconnaissance.</p>
+
+<p>On the 8th, while at Wulpen, a gas attack was successfully carried
+through on to the enemy's lines, and on the 13th, the third
+anniversary of the forming of the Battalion was spent in the trenches.
+A telegram congratulating the Battalion on its anniversary was
+received from the Brigadier, and a reply sent reciprocating the
+General's good wishes.</p>
+
+<p>The enemy perpetrated a novel surprise raid, which had some of the
+elements of picture-house humour in it, on one of the Battalion
+advanced Listening Posts, and by their new device gained temporary
+footing in it. A strong stream of water, apparently from a hose was
+directed suddenly upon the men in the Listening Post from the enemy
+position. While the men were baffled and blinded by the rush of water,
+the post was bombed and the two listeners retired on the main post for
+support. Immediately a counter-attack was organised and led by Company
+Sergeant-Major Miller of "A" Company, and the post was re-established.</p>
+
+<p>Orders were received on October 5th, 1917, for the relief of the 97th
+Infantry Brigade by the 125th Infantry Brigade. The Battalion
+accordingly withdrew to Coxyde that night, and on the following
+morning left for Adinkerke on the way to fresh fields and battles
+new.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_YPRES_SALIENT" id="THE_YPRES_SALIENT"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>THE YPRES SALIENT.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Passchendaele&mdash;gallantry of attack&mdash;casualties&mdash;Hilltop
+Farm&mdash;move to Landethun and Yeuse&mdash;Serre Sector&mdash;close of
+1917.</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>At Adinkerke, on their way to the Ypres Salient, the men were embarked
+on barges on October 6th, 1917, and journeyed by canal to near
+Rosendael where they billeted and where Lieut. Colonel J. Inglis
+rejoined the Battalion from leave and resumed command. They then
+underwent intensive training at Uxem until the 24th, when they left en
+route for the Eringham area in accordance with the forward move of the
+Brigade Group. The next day saw them at Rubrouck and on the next again
+they arrived at Broxcele where training was again entered upon and
+continued until November 9th.</p>
+
+<p>About this period Lieut. Colonel Inglis and the Adjutant, Captain F.E.
+Dunsmuir, were away from the Battalion making a preliminary tour of
+inspection of the line on the Ypres front.</p>
+
+<p>On the 10th, the Battalion was once more in column of route on their
+way to Wormhoudt, and on the following day, to Watou to "Road Camp" in
+the St. Jan Ter Biezen area, where training was resumed, and this time
+once more within sound of the rumble of the guns. But that didn't
+upset the H.L.I., whose 16th and 17th Battalions met in the final of
+the Brigade Football Tournament, which was won in easy style, 5 goals
+to nil, by the Chamber of Commerce boys. Four days later they defeated
+the 32nd Divisional Supply Column in the semi-final of the Divisional
+Tournament, and then two days after that, meeting the 2nd Royal
+Inniskillen Fusiliers in the final, the 17th H.L.I. carried off the
+Championship, repeating their performance of the previous year against
+the same finalists.</p>
+
+<p>On the following day the Divisional Commander addressed the Brigade,
+which was drawn up on the football field, and reminded the men of the
+sterner duties that now lay before them, and expressed the hope that
+they would maintain the honourable traditions associated with the name
+of the 97th Infantry Brigade&mdash;which, indeed, they more than
+maintained.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span>The Battalion left the camp on November 22nd for Poperinghe where they
+entrained to continue the journey up the line, and arriving at St.
+Jean Station, detrained and marched to "Irish Camp."</p>
+
+<p>On the afternoon of the 23rd a start was made for the Passchendaele
+front line system, the route taken by the Battalion being for the
+greater part over the duck board walks "Mouse Trap Track," which
+covered ground won in the recent big push at Passchendaele. The
+take-over was not completed without casualties, but these were
+comparatively few considering the dangerous nature of the going, which
+was in the open over shell-pitted ground. The Battalion relieved by
+the 17th was the 1st Northamptonshire Battalion. During the night the
+17th captured its first prisoner in this area&mdash;a corporal of the 315th
+Regiment. According to his statement he had been out on patrol when he
+lost one of his boots in the mud and in trying to find it he had
+strayed into our lines and been taken. During their initial tour of
+the Passchendaele system much heavy work was done in converting the
+shell-hole defence line into trenches, and patrolling. Several
+casualties were reported each day and the mud was thick and sticky. On
+the 26th the Battalion was relieved and proceeded to Dambre Camp in
+the Vlamertinghe area where everybody rested and completed the
+preparations for the forthcoming offensive at Passchendaele.</p>
+
+<p>It may be said at the outset that the element of surprise intended in
+the Passchendaele attack failed entirely, as the enemy were aware of
+the British intentions and fully prepared. In addition, the fact that
+the artillery barrage proper did not open until zero plus eight
+minutes, allowed the enemy entire freedom of action in his front posts
+with rifles and machine guns.</p>
+
+<p>The Battalion moved into the line on the evening of December 1st in
+conjunction with the other Battalions of the Brigade&mdash;2nd K.O.Y.L.I.;
+16th H.L.I.; 11th Border Regiment; and the 15th Lancashire Fusiliers
+(attached). The 16th Northumberland Fusiliers of the 96th Infantry
+Brigade were attached to the 97th Infantry Brigade as
+counter-attacking troops to be used in the event of a strong hostile
+counter-attack on the Brigade front. The frontage taken over by the
+Brigade was one of 1,850 yards approximately along <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span>the Passchendaele
+Ridge. There were two objectives to be taken, of which sections were
+detailed as the job of the 17th&mdash;a slice which included two formidable
+"pill-boxes" known as the "Vat and Veal Cottages."</p>
+
+<p>The Battalion assembled on a frontage of 400 yards and at Zero Hour
+(1.55 a.m.) moved forward to the attack. Companies deployed from a two
+platoon frontage in snake formation&mdash;this method having been adopted
+owing to the shell torn nature of the ground&mdash;and advanced in four
+waves. "A" and "B" Companies were to capture the first objective,
+mopping up all occupied points in the way, including the two pill
+boxes, while "C" and "D" were to "leap-frog" through them, carry the
+next objective and consolidate.</p>
+
+<p>The initial stages of the attack were successfully carried through,
+but the enemy&mdash;as was afterwards learned&mdash;knowing of what was on foot,
+waited in readiness. Suddenly he opened heavy machine gun fire upon
+the advancing Companies, inflicting heavy casualties which, in the
+dark and over the difficult ground, had the effect of splitting up the
+sections and creating some confusion. The officers and men of the
+Battalion gallantly pressed on against these odds, however, and
+succeeded in reaching their objective; but the enemy machine gun and
+rifle fire became so intense that their advanced positions were
+rendered humanly untenable. Our men, though forced to retire in
+places, established themselves in shell-hole posts, where an attempt
+was made to consolidate.</p>
+
+<p>The artillery and machine gun barrage, though intense, had failed,
+owing to the enemy's fore-knowledge of the attack, to effect its
+purpose. His strong points were heavily garrisoned and wired and he
+was also found to be established in strong lines of trenches also
+effectively wired. The Battalion hung on all through that awful night
+in its isolated positions, for orders were received that the attack
+would be renewed in the morning, but these orders were afterwards
+cancelled.</p>
+
+<p>From dawn onwards artillery fire slackened somewhat, but the enemy
+machine gunners and snipers kept up harassing fire from their well
+established posts against the men in their exposed and isolated posts.</p>
+
+<p>It was obvious that a hostile counter-attack might be expected, and
+this took place about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span>the 2nd, preceded
+by an intense artillery barrage. Owing to the terrible difficulties of
+their position, and the sweeping casualties inflicted, the line was
+forced back, but the actual enemy attack which followed his barrage
+was met by the rifle fire of the shattered 17th, and after the Bosches
+had approached within a certain distance of the posts, they broke and
+turned back in retreat.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep068" id="imagep068"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep068.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep068.jpg" width="80%" alt="Types of Support Line Dug-outs and First Aid Post." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Types of Support Line Dug-outs and First Aid Post.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 68.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Though the withdrawal of the Divisional line had been almost general,
+some of the Battalion posts were still hanging on to the advanced
+positions on the 3rd. Many wounded were lying out, suffering the most
+appalling rigours of war and the Battalion stretcher-bearers displayed
+great devotion to duty in ignoring the heavy fire while bringing them
+in to comparative shelter. The work at first was extremely dangerous,
+but later on in the day a lull occurred when it was possible to carry
+on this labour of mercy under less trying conditions. And it must be
+recorded, as far as this battle is concerned, that from this point
+onward the German reversed his frequent policy and shewed respect for
+the Red Cross Flag, only one instance of sniping taking place when one
+of the Battalion stretcher-bearers was shot dead while bending over a
+wounded comrade. Enemy stretcher-bearers were also at work and in some
+instances they reciprocated attentions given to their wounded, by
+dressing and carrying our casualties. In this way all the wounded were
+got in before the Brigade was relieved that night. The Battalion
+frontage was taken over by the 5/6th Royal Scots. The relief was
+successfully completed and the remnants of the Battalion reached
+"Hilltop Farm" in the early morning, entraining later for Hospital
+Camp in the Vlamertinghe area. The casualties were particularly heavy
+among Officers and N.C.O.s, and gives trenchant evidence of their
+self-sacrificing gallantry in seeking by utter disregard for danger to
+turn a forlorn hope into victory, and by personal example and
+incentive to make still richer the honourable traditions of the 17th
+in the face of such overwhelming odds, and amidst such overaweing
+devastation. In this action seven officers were killed and five
+wounded. Of other ranks 41 were killed, 130 wounded and 13 missing.</p>
+
+<p>The Battalion was organised as far as possible in its depleted
+condition and work and training carried on until December <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span>10th, when
+once more the unit moved up the line to Hilltop Farm, N.E. of Ypres.
+During their stay here, Mr. Fred A. Farrell, the well-known Scottish
+artist, visited the 17th on a commission from the Corporation of
+Glasgow to execute drawings of the Glasgow Battalions and the places
+in which they were operating.</p>
+
+<p>On December 13th they were back in the trenches. Hard winter weather
+had now set in, with fog, frost and water sogged ground. On the 20th
+the Battalion was relieved and, as far as weather is concerned, spent
+a typical Christmas Day when it came round, in Dambre Camp. Being in
+Corps Reserve, nothing in the nature of Christmas festivities could be
+permitted, but the gifts supplied by the Chamber of Commerce provided
+seasonable fare and brought a measure of good cheer.</p>
+
+<p>After a series of alarms and stand-to's, a Divisional Relief was
+carried through, and on December 30th the Battalion trained to
+Audruicq and set out on an arduous route march for the villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse, where the men were happily enabled to spend a
+night's rest in comfortable billets, "A," "B," "C," and Headquarters
+in the former village, and "D" in the latter.</p>
+
+<p>The last day of the year which had probably been the hardest and, as
+far as campaigning is concerned, the most eventful in the history of
+the Battalion, was passed amidst the peaceful surroundings of these
+villages untouched by war. The beginning of the year had seen the
+Battalion in the line in the Serre Sector, then had followed the
+memorable days of Beaumont Hamel, Honoroye, the battle of Savy and the
+taking of Fayet in the St. Quentin area, a well deserved period of
+rest at Canizy and thence by train and road into Belgium, being held
+in reserve for the Battle of Messines, three hard months spent in the
+line in the Nieuport Sector and the St. George's Sector, and then
+after a spell of rest&mdash;forward into Passchendaele.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_DISBANDMENT" id="THE_DISBANDMENT"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>THE DISBANDMENT.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="noin"><i>Hogmanay&mdash;with the II. Corps&mdash;the blow&mdash;new army
+establishment&mdash;Hospital Camp&mdash;disbandment&mdash;the passing of the
+"17th."</i></p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p>For some time rumours had been flitting about that certain Battalions
+were going to be disbanded in accordance with a programme of
+reorganised military establishments. Every New Army unit in the B.E.F.
+had about this time qualms of fear that if rumours proved true the
+selection might fall on them. Esprit de corps was never stronger and
+the very thought of possible separations from brothers-in-arms, fell
+as a vague shadowy fear over the 17th because it looked very likely
+that the 17th, being the junior H.L.I. Battalion of the Division,
+would be the Divisional victim in any re-arrangement that might be
+carried out. But nothing definite was known, and the advent of New
+Year, 1918, brought with it a feeling of hope for the future.</p>
+
+<p>The Battalion was still billeted in the peaceful villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse. On the opening day of the year the ground was
+snow covered, rendering parades well nigh impossible, and so the men
+were at liberty. Preparations were eagerly pushed forward for a New
+Year Feast, and on the 3rd, in spite of provisioning difficulties,
+very complete arrangements had been successfully made considering the
+length of time available for providing the men with a seasonable
+repast on that evening. The Companies sat down to a feast of roast
+pork&mdash;which only a few hours before had been a live pig. There was
+soup, haggis, plum pudding, apple dumpling, cake, cigarettes, and
+copious supplies of beer. The Commanding Officer, accompanied by Major
+G.R.S. Paterson, and the Adjutant, visited each Company in turn to
+wish them the Compliments of the Season, and the night finished with
+song and story.</p>
+
+<p>Work and training was resumed again in earnest the next day as far as
+the weather conditions would permit. On the 9th of January the
+Battalion moved off, embussing for the forward area to operate on the
+II. Corps Line. After a cold journey in a heavy snowstorm, they
+arrived at Murat Camp <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span>late at night and came under the command of the
+35th Division. They found the camp in very bad order and set about
+putting it right, meanwhile working parties were carrying on under the
+C.R.E. of the Division. Splendid work was carried out by the Battalion
+during this period, despite snowstorms and blizzards, and high praise
+was given to the unit by the Corps Commander. All the Royal Engineer
+Officers connected with the work declared they had never had better
+nor keener infantry parties.</p>
+
+<p>On the 16th Major Morton assumed command of the Battalion during the
+absence of Lieut.-Colonel Inglis on leave; and on the 18th Major
+Morton was ordered to hospital and Major Paterson took over.</p>
+
+<p><i>The Battalion Intelligence News Sheet</i>, inaugurated to keep all ranks
+fully informed of the principal events of the day as regards the war,
+was circulated, but it could not hope to oust <i>The Outpost</i> as the
+real news vehicle of the 17th.</p>
+
+<p>On the 25th of January the Battalion left Murat Camp for a camp near
+Woeston and came under the command of the 1st Division, and on the
+27th the Battalion relieved the 10th Gloucesters in reserve in the Het
+Sas Sector, and carried on improving the line until the 31st of
+January&mdash;when the blow fell and hopes were dashed to the ground. While
+in Brigade Support at Houthust Forest Sector, Major Paterson was sent
+for by Brigadier-General C.A. Blacklock, who informed him that the
+re-organisation of the Army necessitated the disbanding of an H.L.I.
+Battalion in the 32nd Division. The Battalion selected was the junior
+one, the 17th. General Blacklock expressed in very generous terms his
+admiration for the Battalion, and for all that it had done, and
+expressed his sorrow and regret that so fine a unit had to be broken
+up, and the officers, non-com. officers and men serving in it would be
+drafted to other H.L.I. Battalions, which would necessitate, in many
+cases, the breaking up of what had been very long friendships.</p>
+
+<p>Early in January, 1918, it had been decided by the War Office to adopt
+the three Battalion per Brigade system throughout the British Army,
+and this resulted in the disbandment of many Battalions which had seen
+much service abroad, and had won a name for themselves in France.
+Perhaps the chief <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span>Battalion in the whole army to be disbanded was the
+17th Service Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, and the
+disbandment of this Battalion came as a bitter blow, not only to those
+who were serving in the Battalion at that time, but also to those who
+had served in it at some time or other in the past and possibly to
+those who were looking forward to serving with it in the future.</p>
+
+<p>Needless to say all ranks of the Battalion were deeply disappointed at
+the Commander-in-Chief's decision, which was received as a calamity.
+The highest traditions of the Battalion had been maintained
+throughout, and the esprit de corps and good comradeship of all ranks
+made the news almost unbearable.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as the official notification arrived the Battalion was
+relieved by the First Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, and was
+withdrawn to Hospital Camp near Woesten where the disbanding was to be
+carried out. From then onwards an enormous amount of work fell on
+everybody, especially on the Adjutant, Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., who was
+responsible for compiling the rolls of the different drafts, which
+were to proceed to the various H.L.I. Battalions in France, comprising
+the 10/11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 18th Battalions.</p>
+
+<p>On the 11th of February the first draft, consisting of about seven
+officers and 200 other ranks marched out of camp to the tune of the
+pipes en route for the railway station at Boesinghe, where it
+entrained and proceeded to join the 10/11th Battalion H.L.I. Although
+there was much cheering as the train steamed away, yet there were many
+men with sad hearts at leaving the Battalion they had served in from
+the beginning, which had become their home in the Army.</p>
+
+<p>For the next few days that followed, similar drafts were sent off
+until the strength of the Battalion was reduced to the establishment
+for Headquarters with Transport. For about a week this small unit
+carried on, until the Transport section, under the Transport Officer,
+Lieut. Smith, was detached, and was attached to the Division where it
+remained for some time until it was sent to the base for drafting. All
+that remained now was the Headquarters establishment, commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., who had returned from leave, and this
+establishment was sent to take over another camp <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span>which was to be run
+as a Divisional Reception Camp for men returning to their units from
+leave. About a week later orders were received that some of the H.Q.
+personnel were to be drafted away, and on the next day a draft of
+about thirty men under R.S.M. Burns proceeded to join the 13th
+Entrenching Battalion. A few days later all that was left of the
+Battalion under Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., was drafted to the same
+Battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., and Major Morton, who
+was again with the Battalion, were ordered to report to Divisional
+Headquarters.</p>
+
+<p>All that remained now of the 17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
+was the name, but that name will always remain in the minds of those
+who served in the Battalion, and the mere mention of it brings back
+happy memories of days spent both at home and abroad to those who knew
+it.</p>
+
+<p>As William Glennie of "A" Company, writes:&mdash;"That the good old
+Battalion would end, we all expected, as the happy sequence of
+completed duty, and somehow we all imagined we would be there. In our
+ideal picture of the scene, George Square was clearly outlined;
+somehow we fancied old Hughie would order 'Officers, fall out please,'
+and while the ranks took the rhythmical right turn, the 'Faither'
+would step forward from the right of 'C' Company, give his
+characteristic red army salute, shake his cane and rap out 'Quick time
+off the parade ground' in his best Troon parade style. But we forgot
+the war, as too often in our ideal outlook we did.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 15%;' />
+
+<p>"'Fall out ... the 17th Highland Light Infantry....' That was at No. 6
+Camp, Calais, in the chill dusk of 6th February, 1918. Back from
+Blighty leave, as the news spread, we took it philosophically&mdash;the old
+Battalion had been disbanded, and scattered to various sister
+battalions. Here we were, practically all the originals to the number
+of about 50, the sole remnants of 26 months of war, welcomed back to
+France for the second time, but not to the Seventeenth; orphans to be
+adopted by strange parents.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 15%;' />
+
+<p>"'Quick march.' The party swung slowly down the rough track between
+the huts. It was one of those innumerable <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span>hutted campments behind
+Poperinghe. At the junction of the road stood Colonel Inglis, Majors
+Morton and Paterson, Captain Dunsmuir and R.S.M. Kelly. It all seemed
+so usual, save that there was more handshaking and waving of bonnets.
+'Cheerio, old chap&mdash;best of luck.' Gone, those pals of three years in
+camp, trench, billet and shell hole; but we never knew how great a
+part of our life they had become. Then in the look in each other's
+eyes, in the huskiness of the voice, rather than in the ill-concealed
+tear, came the full realisation of the undying spirit of our old
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion, and the certainty that the death of the
+Battalion had bequeathed to us the <span class="sc">Living Soul of the
+Seventeenth</span>."</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_SPIRIT_OF_THE_BATTALION" id="THE_SPIRIT_OF_THE_BATTALION"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span><br />
+
+<h2>III.&mdash;AN ODD MUSTER.</h2>
+
+<h3>THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>A corporate body is always a great mystery. Before very long it always
+develops a spirit which is something more than the sum of the
+individual spirits which compose it. And no man can quite say how it
+comes into existence. It may be a greater spirit than that of any
+individual. Sometimes it is not so great as that of its members.</p>
+
+<p>And Battalions are no exception to this rule. Each brings forth a
+spirit, and by that spirit the members are henceforth profoundly
+influenced. It is not the spirit of the Colonel, or of any particular
+member. It is the spirit of the Battalion, something compounded by the
+subtle alchemies of the spiritual world out of the individual souls of
+officers and privates alike.</p>
+
+<p>Of the spirit of the 17th H.L.I. it may at once be said that the
+outstanding characteristic was high-hearted youth. Most of the members
+of the Battalion were young, but the Battalion itself had the
+qualities of youth more truly than any of them. It was essentially
+gay. It did its work to the accompaniment of a fine hilarity. It could
+laugh even on the eve of battle. It could even be uproarious and
+exuberant as only the really young can.</p>
+
+<p>And yet it was very efficient youth. To a man these soldiers took
+their work seriously, and because they brought to it a fine quality of
+intelligence, the Battalion rose to efficiency with astonishing
+rapidity. Many men read eagerly in text books <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span>about training and
+tactics and so forth, and the Battalion from end to end was intolerant
+of slovenliness. If it resembled a young man, it was a young man who
+meant business.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep076a" id="imagep076a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep076a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep076a.jpg" width="48%" alt="Major The Rev. A. Herbert Gray." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Major The Rev. <span class="sc">A. Herbert Gray.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep076b" id="imagep076b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep076b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep076b.jpg" width="90%" alt="Church Parade&mdash;Prees Heath Camp." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Church Parade&mdash;Prees Heath Camp.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 76.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep077" id="imagep077"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep077.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep077.jpg" width="100%" alt="Various Phases of Battalion Training." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Various Phases of Battalion Training.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 77.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>It was also very gifted youth. Its athletic record speaks for itself,
+as does also its military record. But other gifts were lavished upon
+it. It knew and loved good literature. It had numbers of trained
+singers and musicians. It had dramatic possibilities in it. It knew
+much of science and mechanics. That young thing which we call the 17th
+H.L.I. in fact loved life, and every side of life. It throbbed with
+energy of body, mind, and spirit. It tingled with many sided vitality.</p>
+
+<p>But above all, it was loveable youth. Few bodies of soldiers have ever
+so fully won the affections of towns and country districts. It has
+left a mark of its own on Troon, Prees Heath, Wensley, Sheffield, and
+Codford. People hurried out to see the column go by, and after it was
+gone the hearts of men and women were happier because of it. It came
+to have a place in the lives of thousands, and they all thought of it
+with affection. As we look back on it now it lives with us as a silver
+memory,&mdash;something belonging to the world of sunshine and laughter, of
+beauty and of courage. The West of Scotland gave of its best to make
+up that whole, and while it lived it made a place for itself in the
+hearts of the West, which is secure for all time.</p>
+
+<p>Its career was short, but its immortality is safe.</p>
+
+<p>It is good to have known it. And though tragedy unspeakable dogged its
+footsteps, and broke its life in this world, it lives and will always
+live gloriously in the hearts and memories of uncounted men and women
+who believe more in humanity, and perhaps even believe more in God
+because of the "Seventeenth."</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="CO-OPERATION" id="CO-OPERATION"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>"CO-OPERATION."<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>One of the most outstanding and important things taught in military
+text books is the value of striving to obtain "co-operation of all
+arms." That is to say, the more sympathy, good comradeship and
+understanding that exists between Infantry and Artillery and Cavalry
+and Tanks and Air Force people and so on, the more efficient each of
+these various arms becomes to carry out its respective duties.
+Knowledge of the general tactical principles under which each arm
+operates, and personal acquaintanceship with the various officers and
+men of such other units, all tend to cement combined operations into
+one smooth working whole for the pleasant efficiency of the
+combinations concerned and for the better (or worse!) confusion of the
+enemy.</p>
+
+<p>Such co-operation was an ideal often aimed at, but only too seldom
+actually accomplished. It required the best of officers and men to
+attain that perfect co-operation through understanding, which does not
+either fall short of or over reach the mark.</p>
+
+<p>The following notes written by Major C.E. Lawder, late commanding "A"
+Battery of the 168th Brigade, 32nd Division, Royal Field Artillery,
+reveals how smoothly things ran in that all important section of
+co-operation&mdash;that between Infantry and Artillery. In the eyes of
+those accustomed to military affairs the following statements will
+likely be recognised as perhaps the finest tribute that could be paid
+to the 17th H.L.I., for it is not so much an item of direct praise, as
+a sure indication of the high quality of efficiency attained by all
+ranks of the Battalion, not to mention the pleasant reflection given
+of "good humoured gentlemen." The 17th was ever proud to serve with
+the gunners of the 168th Brigade, whose fine shooting inspired
+confidence and courage:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"We first met the famous 17th H.L.I. about New Year, 1916, in the La
+Boiselle Sector and much concern as to the pronunciation of the
+Scottish names given to the trenches was felt by my Yorkshire
+gunners&mdash;Sauchiehall Street in particular <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span>defeated them. They wished
+the Jocks would use Christian Huddersfield names! All my officers were
+much impressed by the great kindness and hospitality shown them by the
+17th H.L.I. Messes when liaison Officer with the Infantry or when
+going round the front line, which we did constantly, myself as Battery
+Commander every third day, and the subalterns daily&mdash;all to try and
+get suggestions to better strafe the Boche and to show the Jocks that
+the gunners wanted to share the pleasures of the front line with our
+splendid Infantry.</p>
+
+<p>"The 17th were commonly known as the Raiders, and most excellent they
+were at the job&mdash;the Hun had a holy horror of the men from Glasgow. I
+well remember a chat after a good raid with the big drummer and a
+little corporal of the H.L.I. Both had greatly distinguished
+themselves and they asked me not to question them as to details of the
+raid, as some very dirty work took place across the way! I expect it
+did from the look in their eye and the happy way they handled their
+clubs.</p>
+
+<p>"A great entente cordiale existed between my Battery and the Regiment
+and this was referred to by Major-General Budworth, C.R.A., 4th Army,
+at the Conference at Flixecourt before July 1st, 1916. All the gunners
+at the gun position, then in the Orchard of Martinsart, sent in a
+signed petition to be allowed to have the honour of going over the top
+with the 17th in their next raid. The 17th returned the compliment by
+Major W. Paul and about 20 raiders coming up to the guns from Rest
+billets and carrying ammunition for us all night while we were
+covering another regiment's raid. I got Major Paul on the firing seat
+of one of the guns and some of the men at other guns. They did a lot
+of firing but did not enjoy it. They all preferred the Infantry!</p>
+
+<p>"The 17th were badly cut up on 1st July, 1916, and my men were much
+concerned about them. We were all greatly relieved to hear that both
+Col. Morton and Major Paul were not among the casualties. Some of the
+Officers will doubtless remember a cheery Entente Dinner at
+Bouzincourt&mdash;Cocktails by our Adjutant, Lobsters and Rouen Ducks are
+still fresh in my memory. The Division moved up north to the Hulluch
+Sector after the Somme July Battle. We were put to another Division
+for a short time, and then our own Infantry turned <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span>up. It was cheery
+meeting our old friends again, but many familiar names and faces were,
+sad to say, missing.</p>
+
+<p>"We had a very safe and nice gun position on a peninsula in a marsh at
+Annieguin. This we made into a very smart and show position&mdash;lots of
+"spit and polish." We had many visitors from the 17th and a lot of
+their men used to come and bathe with ours. We fixed up a regular
+bathing pool with springboard complete. All this was under cover of
+trees and shrubs and quite out of sight of the Hun. I remember two of
+the H.L.I. being pulled from or being stabbed in, a sap in No Man's
+Land near the famous Brickstacks. We all wanted to have a Raid at once
+in revenge. I forget whether it came off. Shooting here was difficult,
+as the trenches were so close together, and very difficult to observe
+fire. Very different was the supply of ammunition in mid and late 1916
+to early in the year. It was a horrible feeling for a Battery when
+asked to shoot and help the poor old Infantry, to have to refuse for
+lack of shells. At the Brickstacks we used to often fire&mdash;almost
+daily&mdash;from 150 to 350 rounds Agressive Action on Hun Tender Spots. It
+was then that we could retaliate about 50 to 1 if they were
+sufficiently "agressed" to fire back. That kept the line&mdash;our side
+(!)&mdash;quiet.</p>
+
+<p>"We all moved down in October, 1916, to the Ancre show, and a horrible
+wet march it was. We separated for a bit, the Battery going to the
+Scottish 51st Division. We were then rejoined by our own Infantry at
+Beaumont Hamel. I got smashed up and was evacuated home, and just
+after, my best Officer, Lieut. H.W. Ainley was burned to death at the
+Wagon Line. He was a splendid fellow and very well known to the 17th.</p>
+
+<p>"Officers and men of both Units were always together and better
+feeling between them could not exist. It was a great honour to know
+the 17th and we gloried in being the Battery to cover them at the P.
+of E. in a raid." [The P. of E. is the Point of Entry, necessitating
+very accurate gunlaying, timing, and strict adherence to the barrage
+programme.]</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep081a" id="imagep081a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep081a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep081a.jpg" width="55%" alt="&quot;The Outpost&quot; Staff on Active Service." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">"The Outpost" Staff on Active Service.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep081b" id="imagep081b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep081b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep081b.jpg" width="75%" alt="The Original Editorial Staff." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;"><span class="sc">The Original Editorial Staff.</span> Sgt.
+<span class="sc">Ferguson</span>, the late Sgt. <span class="sc">Reith</span> and Pte.
+<span class="sc">Hutcheson</span>.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 81.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_OUTPOST" id="THE_OUTPOST"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>"THE OUTPOST."<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>One of the most outstanding activities of the Battalion was the
+production of a periodical which combined a considerable high level of
+artistic and literary excellence with a racy narrative of Battalion
+news and <i>personalia</i>. This regimental magazine of the 17th H.L.I. was
+conceived in 1914, though actually founded early in 1915, and from
+that time, throughout all the rigours of work at home&mdash;and the
+extraordinary difficulties of operations in the Field, <i>The Outpost</i>
+was produced, and well produced. Perhaps more than anything, the
+standard and record of this production, and its acceptance and
+success, both within the unit and with an ever growing general public,
+reflects the intellectual level of those who composed the Battalion.
+In an appreciation which appeared in <i>The Glasgow News</i> in June, 1919,
+on the occasion of the completion of the seventh volume, it is
+remarked&mdash;"Nursed in its early youth by an editorial staff that was
+not without experience, it proved a lusty infant, and as the years
+went on it gained in strength.</p>
+
+<p>"In a sort of valedictory&mdash;for the magazine will still be published
+annually by the Seventeen Club&mdash;the editor sings its praises. He has
+every right to pitch them on a high key. He points out that the paper
+has always been welcomed and appreciated in many homes (yes, even in
+Buckingham Palace), and in training camps, hospitals, rest camps,
+lonely dug-outs, and soaking trenches, as well as in the scorching
+East and amid Arctic snows. Wherever old members have gone at duty's
+call, their magazine has followed, and has interested and cheered with
+its articles and illustrations of the lighter side of Army life.</p>
+
+<p>"Lately a noted writer on military topics, an English officer of high
+rank, in giving a most appreciative criticism of <i>The Outpost</i>,
+said&mdash;'It is only your dour, determined Scotsmen who could manage to
+'carry-on' such a paper under the tremendous handicaps of active
+service, and the result has been unquestionably the finest literary
+and artistic venture in battalion magazines that the war has
+produced.'"</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span>In a note concerning those who originated and inspired this war
+publication&mdash;unique in its continued success&mdash;Mr. J. M'Kechnie, whose
+name is intimately associated with its success, says&mdash;"The credit of
+the original idea of publishing a Battalion Magazine belongs to Lieut.
+J. Kelly&mdash;our first R.S.M. Early in January, 1915, he called a meeting
+at which the journalistic machinery was set in motion. The appointment
+of the late Mr. Steven D. Reith as Editor assured the success of the
+venture, for under his able and enthusiastic direction, <i>The Outpost</i>
+from the first number reached a standard hitherto unapproached in
+British military publications. From month to month it supplied a
+bright literary and artistic reflection of the chief events in the
+life of the Battalion, and the editorial aimed at giving a lead to the
+more serious thought of its readers.</p>
+
+<p>"Throughout its active service career <i>The Outpost</i> was edited by the
+following:&mdash;The late Mr. Steven D. Reith, Mr. J.L. Hardie, Mr. J.
+M'Kechnie, and Mr. W. Glennie. Mr. W. J.F. Hutcheson performed the
+duties of Home Editor until November, 1917, when he handed on the
+torch to Mr. Frank K. Pickles, who acted as Editor during the last
+year."</p>
+
+<p>Copies and Volumes of <i>The Outpost</i> will remain among the most
+cherished keepsakes of all members of the Battalion, and a complete
+set of all numbers of the production is being carefully and jealously
+preserved in the archives of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. There
+its pages will rank with the greatest achievements of industrial and
+commercial affairs as evidence of the judgment, humour, poetry, and
+doggedness of a Battalion so intimately bound up in the traditions of
+a great house, and indeed, also reflective of the traditions of
+Scottish industrialism, whose eminence is the manifestation of those
+very elements of balanced judgment and perseverance, coupled with that
+saving humour and imagination which has marked alike its progress in
+the markets of the world no less than in the fields of war.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep082a" id="imagep082a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep082a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep082a.jpg" width="45%" alt="The Late Steven D. Reith, D.C.M." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">The Late <span class="sc">Steven D. Reith, D.C.M.</span><span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep082b" id="imagep082b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep082b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep082b.jpg" width="45%" alt="Lce.-Corpl. F.K. Pickles." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Lce.-Corpl. <span class="sc">F.K. Pickles</span>.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 82.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep083a" id="imagep083a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep083a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep083a.jpg" width="90%" alt="Margus--the Mascot." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Margus&mdash;the Mascot.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep083b" id="imagep083b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep083b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep083b.jpg" width="90%" alt="One of the Battalion Rugby Football Teams." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">One of the Battalion Rugby Football Teams.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 83.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="SPORT_OF_THE_BATTALION" id="SPORT_OF_THE_BATTALION"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>SPORT OF THE BATTALION.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>The achievements of the Seventeenth in the field of fire cannot be
+dissociated from their experiences in the field of sport. The exploits
+of the Battalion in Football, Cross-country Running, and
+Boxing&mdash;revealing as they did the elements of challenge, perseverance,
+cheerfulness in defeat, and also the power to win honours to their
+name&mdash;have their grand reflex in the more grim and arduous experiences
+through which the Battalion was called to pass.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1915, the Battalion won Divisional honours in
+Cross-country Running. The winning of the Cup and medals in an event
+in which a thousand runners took part was no small feat.</p>
+
+<p>In the world of "Rugger" the Battalion's career was one triumphal
+march, but the end accomplished cannot be summed up in figures,
+adverse or the reverse. As for "Soccer" the successive achievements of
+the Battalion are recorded in every number of <i>The Outpost</i>. Minor
+struggles and conquests are recalled and rejoiced in, but the glory of
+carrying off another Divisional Cup will never be forgotten by those
+who witnessed the fray. Progress to the final of the event was not
+easy, and the final was a particularly hard fought game, and though
+the Battalion won, it was felt that equal honours were due to the
+vanquished for their good play and sportsmanship.</p>
+
+<p>In the Boxing World, the name of Corporal George Barrie, will be ever
+green in the memory of all Seventeenth men; and the honour brought to
+the Battalion by his pupil, Pte. Cushley, in winning two Divisional
+Cups for Boxing, can be looked upon as a fitting tribute to Barrie,
+the man who played the game even unto death.</p>
+
+<p>Altogether the Seventeenth has much to be proud of in its athletic
+record, and in future days when those of the Battalion sit round and
+tell of the things which are theirs, which they won also at great
+cost, their prowess in the field will not be among the least; for it
+played no insignificant part in the making of the Battalion which,
+although disbanded, has remained, both in name and in comradeship,
+still the Seventeenth.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_RSM" id="THE_RSM"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>THE R.S.M.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>Any history of the "Seventeenth" would be incomplete without a passing
+reference to James Kelly.</p>
+
+<p>Chosen at the inception of the Battalion out of a large number of
+applicants, and appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, his selection was
+amply justified by results. He had seen much service in The Royal
+Scots, and active service in South Africa, where he was
+Colour-Sergeant of his Company and where he gained the D.C.M.</p>
+
+<p>A man of commanding appearance, always very smartly turned out, he set
+a fine example to all ranks and speedily infused the real military
+spirit into the rank and file. During training at home and on service
+in France he did splendid work, and to him is due in no small measure
+the high standard of efficiency and discipline maintained in the
+Battalion. In manner somewhat brusque, but of a tender heart withal,
+he was the friend and confidant of nearly all the Officers, N.C.O.s
+and men, and when off parade the best of good fellows.</p>
+
+<p class="right">
+<span style="padding-right: 5%;" class="sc">David S. Morton,</span><br />
+<i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i></p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="A_REMEMBRANCE" id="A_REMEMBRANCE"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>A REMEMBRANCE.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>Do you hear it, all of you, and remember. Listen!</p>
+
+<p>"Markers outwards turn. Quick march."</p>
+
+<p>"Up, number four. Look sharp. That'll do."</p>
+
+<p>"Markers, steadi-i-i-i-i&mdash;&mdash;."</p>
+
+<p>"Right turn."</p>
+
+<p>"Fall in." And then the final great roar of&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Stop all that yammering." And how quickly it stopped, too.</p>
+
+<p>Do you remember it, and who said it? Of course you do, just as clearly
+as I myself do. You remember those early mornings, too. The sleepy
+chatter stilled in an instant to <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span>silence. And all those other days,
+too, when custom had made it imperative on all parades, it was part of
+us and our ceremonial.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep084" id="imagep084"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep084.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep084.jpg" width="45%" alt="Lieut. and Q.-M. (formerly Regimental Sergeant Major) James Kelly." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Lieut. and Q.-M. (formerly Regimental Sergeant Major) <span class="sc">James Kelly</span>.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 84.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep085" id="imagep085"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep085.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep085.jpg" width="45%" alt="Mrs. David S. Morton." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">Mrs. <span class="sc">David S. Morton</span><br />Convener of the Comforts Committee.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 85.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The repeating of it to ourselves conjures up the history of those
+never-to-be-forgotten days and carries back our spirits to commune
+with all those gone before us.</p>
+
+<p>I say it to myself often now just to bring before me those wonderful
+memories. I have heard it on the sea front at Troon; on the Hills of
+Dundonald; at Prees Heath, in the lovely woodlands and parks of
+England; on the moors of Yorkshire; at Sheffield. It has sounded over
+the vast spaces of Salisbury Plain, and in France and Flanders, where
+all it stands for was so wonderfully justified and upheld, calling up
+that wonderful spirit and special discipline. That was the dear old
+Seventeenth.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_COMFORTS_COMMITTEE" id="THE_COMFORTS_COMMITTEE"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>On the Battalion embarking for active service, the Battalion Committee
+suggested that a Ladies' Committee be formed to carry out the supply
+of Comforts which would tend to alleviate the hardships of the battle
+line. The members of the Chamber provided funds in a most generous
+manner, and the following ladies consented to form a Ladies'
+Committee:&mdash;Mrs. D.S. Morton (Convener), Lady M'Innes Shaw, Mrs. J.M.
+Mitchell, Mrs. R.A. Murray, Mrs. W.J. Paul, Mrs. W.F. Russell, Mrs.
+John Reid, Mrs. Albert A. Smith, and Miss G.D. Young.</p>
+
+<p>Miss G.D. Young acted as Secretary and at a later stage she was
+succeeded by Miss M.E. M'Clymont of the staff of the Chamber. The
+relatives of the men of the Battalion were notified of the formation
+of the Comforts Committee, and were invited to assist in knitting
+articles, the wool for which in most cases, was supplied by the
+Committee. With this help, and by the industry of the Ladies'
+Committee, a very large quantity of shirts, socks, helmets, scarfs,
+gloves, etc., was sent abroad.</p>
+
+<p>The conditions under which the men were fighting was <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span>always wisely
+considered, and for trench dug-outs and cellar billets, a regular
+supply of candles was forwarded by the Committee. Christmas presents
+were also sent overseas for each man. Provision was made for the time
+when the Battalion was out of line for rest, and a supply of weekly
+and monthly periodicals was regularly despatched. Needless to say, all
+these were very acceptable.</p>
+
+<p>While thanks are due to all the members of the Ladies' Committee, it
+must be placed on record that Mrs. Morton, as Convener, rendered
+invaluable services and it is universally recognised that to her
+indefatigable labours the men in France owed much.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="MEMORIAL_SERVICE_IN_GLASGOW" id="MEMORIAL_SERVICE_IN_GLASGOW"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>A Memorial Service in honour of the officers, non-commissioned
+officers and men of the 17th Highland Light Infantry, who fell in the
+battle of the Somme and elsewhere was held at Glasgow Cathedral, on
+July 8th, 1917. Fully 1,200 people were present, and many soldiers of
+all ranks were among the congregation, including a number of wounded
+men belonging to the Battalion. The "Dead March in Saul" was played at
+the commencement, and the service was most impressive throughout. The
+preacher was the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, one time Chaplain of the
+Battalion, and the service included the anthem, "What are these?" sung
+by the choir.</p>
+
+<p>Preaching from the text&mdash;"We also are compassed about with so great a
+cloud of witnesses," Mr. Gray said: "It must not be to mere mourning
+that we give ourselves this afternoon. We are met to recall a very
+great page in the history of our city and district. In the year 1916,
+the hundreds of young men of whom we are thinking dared to die in a
+great cause. Young, strong, and free, full of high hopes and great
+purpose, in love with life, and in a hundred ways fitted for mastery
+in it, they yet consented to deal with death. A hundred other
+ambitions had flushed their hearts, but because humanity called they
+laid them all aside and went to the great war. No such life <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span>was their
+choice, but because it was their destiny they accepted it with a
+smile. No compulsion save that of honour constrained them. They were
+recruited simply by conscience and the claims of humanity. They made
+one of the finest Battalions that ever left these shores, for some of
+the very best of the rising generation were in their ranks. And though
+they were not soldiers by profession they proved themselves worthy of
+a regiment that has traditions of honour as old as the British Army.</p>
+
+<p>"Wherefore, here in God's House, we may well first of all rejoice
+concerning them, and give thanks to God who has put so great a spirit
+into man. Though tears be in our hearts we must not fail to be proud
+and thankful&mdash;proud because they were our brothers, and thankful
+because they finished their course in faith."</p>
+
+<p>After mentioning the subject of a suitable memorial, and suggesting
+that there could be nothing more worthy than the monument of a Britain
+turned to God, the preacher concluded with the following impressive
+words:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"From a hundred lonely graves in that foreign land&mdash;from the spots
+where they fell, and which now are sacred spots for us&mdash;our dead are
+asking us when we mean to erect that monument. From trench and shell
+hole where death found them, their voices call&mdash;young, musical voices,
+the voices of boys still in their teens, the voices of martyrs on
+life's threshold. Scarce a wind can blow that will not waft to you
+these voices. And they ask a better Britain as their monument. They
+ask it of you and me. Shall we not go from this place resolved to
+build it?"</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="THE_CLUB" id="THE_CLUB"></a><hr />
+<br />
+
+<h3>THE CLUB.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>Much has been written, and many discussions have arisen concerning the
+good-fellowship and camaraderie which exists among the survivors of
+the 17th H.L.I., and able pens will express the high ideals aimed at,
+and the strong determination in the minds of those remnants to
+establish "The Club" on a basis good and sound. Since the inauguration
+of the Battalion <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span>in September, 1914, there has been a predominating
+feeling that such an institution should be made.</p>
+
+<p>Since the first batch of men arrived in Glasgow from France
+arrangements were made which facilitated meeting daily in Craig's
+Smoke Room in Gordon Street&mdash;the arrangement still holds good. Any
+forenoon the boys may be found over their coffee and incidentally
+discussing the chance of one day, in the near future, having a "nook"
+of their own. The object of having such a place is to afford such
+privacy as premises of their own would give, in order to have
+uninterrupted meetings, business or pleasure, as the occasion
+demanded.</p>
+
+<p>One great object of the Club is to establish the Benevolent Fund of
+the Battalion on a sound financial basis, so as to be in a position to
+deal with necessitous cases connected with the 17th Battalion, and it
+is thought that this is the only way. It is intended that the Club
+should be self-supporting, and assistance is hoped for, morally and
+financially, of all those who are interested in the affairs
+appertaining to the old Battalion.</p>
+
+<p>A Committee to carry on the good work has been formed, and includes
+Colonel Morton, Major Young, with Messrs. Ritchie, Tilley, Corbett and
+M'Andrew from the various Companies, along with Mr. J.W. Arthur on the
+Benevolent Fund Committee, as representing the Chamber of Commerce.
+This Committee will report progress to a General Meeting, at which it
+is hoped to decide what steps may be taken to acquire a Working
+Capital. It is possible that a Voluntary Subscription List may be
+opened, and it is hoped that the opportunity may be given to help the
+worthy project of thus forming a Memorial to those who have fallen in
+the great cause.</p>
+
+<p>No better monument of love and good-fellowship could be thought of
+than to give a helping hand in the hour of need, and, to provide
+towards a comfortable home for those who are left to enjoy it.</p>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="E_COMPANY" id="E_COMPANY"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>"E" COMPANY.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<p>At the beginning of January, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. had recruited its
+full war strength, and the authorities decreed that a Reserve Company
+should be formed. This became "E" Company, and was trained as a unit
+of the Battalion at Troon, until the 17th left for England. On May
+13th, 1915, it was transferred to Gailes, and became a unit of the
+19th Reserve Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Auld being in command. Under
+his training, the Company, as well as the Battalion, reached a high
+standard of efficiency. After being inspected by Brigadier-General
+Cockburn on the 28th September, 1916, a draft of 101 N.C.O.s and men
+was sent to join the 17th H.L.I. at Codford. What was left of "E" Coy.
+entrained on 26th October, 1915, at Gailes for Ripon. The men were
+billeted in excellent huts in the South Camp of that quaint old
+cathedral town, where route marches took place and many excursions
+were made to many of the interesting towns and places of interest.</p>
+
+<p>When the 17th embarked for France, some details left behind arrived
+from Codford on 15th December, 1915, and brought back many old friends
+and highly efficient instructors. Later on Viscount French paid a
+visit of inspection to the Ripon area, and the 19th H.L.I. formed part
+of the Guard of Honour on that occasion.</p>
+
+<p>After Ripon came Montrose, and although connected with the Battalion's
+history only in a small way, the period from 25th April, 1916, to 12th
+June, 1917, is nevertheless well worthy of mention. Montrose with its
+lovely beaches and pleasant surroundings, forms one of the happiest
+memories of those who found themselves part of the 19th H.L.I. during
+its sojourn there.</p>
+
+<p>1916-17 was a trying time in the life of the Reserve Battalion.
+Training was concentrated to an unheard-of degree&mdash;a recruit being
+allowed nine short weeks before he found himself on Embarkation Leave.
+Drafts were required by the dozen, both for the Western Front (for
+which the Somme and <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span>Beaumont Hamel Offensives were chiefly
+responsible) and for the Eastern Front. Then there was the trying
+coastguard work with its trench-digging excursions to Lunan Bay&mdash;work
+which probably helped to avert a danger not so remote as we then
+imagined.</p>
+
+<p>"E" Company had a fair share of all these worries, and its able
+Commander, Captain F.D. Morton, was kept busy choosing drafts,
+arranging programmes, and working out tactical schemes.</p>
+
+<p>Major W.H. Anderson, who afterwards became Lieut.-Colonel, and was
+awarded the V.C. after his lamented death, did much for the good of
+the Battalion; and the Soldiers' Home, run by Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs.
+Auld, proved of great advantage to the men. This period marked the
+extinction of "E" Company, as representing the 17th. Draft after draft
+had robbed it of its original appearance, and when on 1st September,
+1916, the 19th became the 78th Training Reserve Battalion, it lost all
+semblance of its former self, and may be said to have had an
+inglorious end to a short but useful life.</p>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep090" id="imagep090"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep090.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep090.jpg" width="55%" alt="Lieut.-Colonel W. Auld, V.D." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">Lieut.-Colonel W. Auld, V.D.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 90.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep091a" id="imagep091a"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep091a.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep091a.jpg" width="45%" alt="The late Lt.-Col. William Herbert Anderson, V.C." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen" style="margin-top: .2em;">The late Lt.-Col. <span class="sc">William Herbert Anderson</span>, V.C.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="img"><a name="imagep091b" id="imagep091b"></a>
+<a href="images/imagep091b.jpg">
+<img border="0" src="images/imagep091b.jpg" width="45%" alt="The late Sergt. J.Y. Turnbull, V.C." /></a><br />
+<p class="cen sc" style="margin-top: .2em;">The late Sergt. <span class="sc">J.Y. Turnbull</span>, V.C.<span class="totoi"><a href="#toi">ToList</a></span></p>
+<p class="right"><i>To face page 91.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<a name="BATTALION_HONOUR" id="BATTALION_HONOUR"></a><hr />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span><br />
+
+<h2>IV.&mdash;HONOURS AND AWARDS.</h2>
+<br />
+
+<h3>Battalion Honour.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="block">
+<p>Extract from <i>The London Gazette</i>, dated 26/5/16.</p>
+
+<p>The following is extracted from Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch, dated
+19/5/16:&mdash;</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="block"><p>"8.&mdash;While many other units have done excellent work during
+the period under review, the following have been brought to my
+notice for good work in carrying out or repelling local
+attacks and raids&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry."</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<a name="VICTORIA_CROSS" id="VICTORIA_CROSS"></a><br />
+
+<h3>Victoria Cross.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="hang">&#8224;Lieut.-Colonel W.H. Anderson, formerly Captain "C" Company. Gained
+while serving with 12th Battalion H.L.I.</p>
+
+<p class="hang">&#8224;15888 Sergeant <span class="sc">J.Y. Turnbull</span>. <i>Gazette</i> dated 25/12/16.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+<br />
+</div>
+
+<div class="block"><p>The following is the extract from <i>The London Gazette</i> of 3rd May,
+1918, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:&mdash;</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="cen">"T. Maj. (A. Lt.-Col.) <span class="sc">William Herbert Anderson</span>,<br />
+late H.L.I.</p>
+
+<p>"For most conspicuous bravery, determination, and gallant
+leading of his command. The enemy attacked on the right of the
+Battalion frontage, and succeeded in penetrating the wood held
+by our men. Owing to successive lines of the enemy <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span>following
+on closely there was the gravest danger that the flank of the
+whole position would be turned. Grasping the seriousness of
+the situation, Colonel Anderson made his way across the open
+in full view of the enemy now holding the wood on the right,
+and after much effort succeeded in gathering the remainder of
+the two right companies. He personally led the counter attack,
+and drove the enemy from the wood, capturing 12 machine guns
+and 70 prisoners, and restoring the original line. His conduct
+in leading the charge was quite fearless, and his most
+splendid example was the means of rallying and inspiring the
+men during a most critical hour.</p>
+
+<p>"Later on in the same day the enemy had penetrated to within
+300 yards of the village, and were holding a timber yard in
+force. Colonel Anderson re-organised his men after they had
+been driven in, and brought them forward to a position of
+readiness for a counter-attack. He led the attack in person,
+and throughout showed the utmost disregard for his own safety.
+The counter-attack drove the enemy from his position, but
+resulted in this very gallant officer losing his life. He died
+fighting within the enemy's lines, setting a magnificent
+example to all who were privileged to serve under him."</p>
+
+<p>Among the first to join the 17th H.L.I. was Captain W.H.
+Anderson, a man widely known and highly respected in Glasgow
+social and business circles. He was with the Battalion during
+most of its training at Gailes and Troon, and before embarking
+for Service in France was gazetted as Major in the 19th H.L.I.
+He served with the same rank in the East Surreys till
+invalided home in March, 1917. On his return to France he was
+transferred to an H.L.I. Battalion, becoming Lieut.-Colonel,
+and shortly afterwards was killed in an attack at the head of
+his men of the 12th H.L.I. as recorded above.</p></div>
+
+<br />
+
+<div class="block2"><p class="cen">Sergeant <span class="sc">James Y. Turnbull</span>, V.C.</p>
+
+<p>It has been said of James Turnbull that he began to win his
+V.C. at Troon. He was a born leader, and always a fearless
+champion of fairplay. He towered above the average man in
+strength of character as he did in stature, and he was always
+the same unassuming and genial "Jimmy." He was a fitting
+embodiment of the ideals of the Seventeenth. A big man for a
+big occasion&mdash;and the big occasion came along on the 1st of
+July, 1916.</p>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span>The position of the Battalion was that of a wedge driven
+against the iron of impregnability, and the driving force
+suddenly withdrawn. At the thin end of the wedge Sergeant
+Turnbull, with a handful of men, performed prodigies of
+valour. From three sides enemy machine guns swept the
+position, snipers took deadly toll, and bombing attacks were
+constantly launched. Exposure meant almost certain death. The
+position was not only desperate; it was hopeless. Yet it was
+necessary to hold on till nightfall. It was a <i>man's</i> job, and
+Turnbull filled the bill. He shouldered the responsibility as
+only a strong man could; and he organised the defence. He had
+to take countless risks, and was always where the fighting was
+fiercest. He was the indomitable leader and inspiring example.
+Wounded, he carried on till his last risk was taken, and he
+met a soldier's death towards the end of that fateful summer
+day.</p>
+
+<p>Of a band of heroes he was the beloved leader and super-hero.</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<a name="HONOURS_GAINED_OFFICERS" id="HONOURS_GAINED_OFFICERS"></a><hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<br />
+
+<h3>Honours Gained by Officers and others<br /> while Serving with the
+Battalion.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="block2">
+
+<p>Extract from <i>The London Gazette</i>, dated 3/6/16.</p>
+
+<p>"To be additional member of the Third Class or Companion of
+the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
+George.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">"Lieut.-Colonel D.S. Morton, V.D."</p>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Military Cross.</h4>
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="Military Cross Awards.">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td width="30%" class="tdr">Date of <i>Gazette</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;Lieut. <span class="sc">A.J. Begg</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">30/5/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">J.L. Brodie</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">J.N. Carpenter</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">30/5/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;Lieut. <span class="sc">A.N. Drysdale</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">13/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;Capt. <span class="sc">F.E. Dunsmuir</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">1/1/18</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;Lieut. <span class="sc">J.L. M'Connell</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">17/9/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">W.M. Martin</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span>Major G. <span class="sc">R.S. Paterson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/9/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;Capt. <span class="sc">Jas. Russell</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">1/1/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;Capt. <span class="sc">J.D. Russell</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">D.G. Thorburn</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">18/6/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15214 R.Q.-M.S. <span class="sc">W. Dunsmore</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">1/1/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15394 C.S.M. <span class="sc">A. Millar</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">6/4/18</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdc" style="padding-top: .25em;">&#8224; Since deceased.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Mentioned in Despatches.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen"><i>The London Gazette</i>, dated 15/6/16.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut.-Colonel <span class="sc">D.S. Morton</span>, V.D.</p>
+<p class="cen">15205 Regt. S.M. <span class="sc">J. Kelly</span>.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<p class="cen"><i>The London Gazette</i>, dated 4/1/17.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;Capt. <span class="sc">J.S. Marr</span>.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<p class="cen"><i>The London Gazette</i>, dated 25/5/17</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">F.E. Dunsmuir</span>.</p>
+<p class="cen">16109 Sergt. <span class="sc">W. Wallace</span>.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<p class="cen"><i>The London Gazette</i>, dated 21/12/17.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Major <span class="sc">G.R.S. Paterson</span>, M.C.</p>
+<p class="cen">15510 Sergt. <span class="sc">J.C. Bruce</span>.</p>
+<p class="cen">16084 Sergt. <span class="sc">Y. Gilbert</span>.</p>
+<p class="cen">16085 Pte. <span class="sc">W. Parker</span>.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Distinguished Conduct Medal.</h4>
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="Distinguished Conduct Medal.">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="70%" class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15849 Sergt. <span class="sc">W. Fraser</span>,</td>
+  <td width="30%" class="tdrp">1/1/18</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2797 Sergt. <span class="sc">F. Leiper</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">13/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15866 C.S.M. <span class="sc">W. Mather</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">1/1/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;15507 C.S.M. <span class="sc">S.D. Reith</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">30/5/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdc" style="padding-top: .25em;">&#8224; Since deceased.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Bar to Military Medal.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;2997 Sergt. <span class="sc">N. Connor</span>, M.M.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span><br />
+
+<h4>Military Medal.</h4>
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="Military Medal.">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
+  <td width="30%" class="tdr">Date of <i>Gazette</i></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;23053 Pte. <span class="sc">G.S. Anderson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15255 Cpl. <span class="sc">J. Chapman</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">10/11/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224; 2997 Sergt. <span class="sc">N. Connor</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;16004 Pte. <span class="sc">J.K. Deans</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15973 L.-Sergt. <span class="sc">W. Dickson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">17/9/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15937 Cpl. <span class="sc">F. Farnell</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">17/9/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15582 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">A.V. Follett</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">17/9/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;40899 Pte. <span class="sc">A.B. Forrest</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">17/9/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15581 Pte. <span class="sc">C.N. Fraser</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;16084 Sergt. <span class="sc">Y. Gilbert</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2727 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">W. Glennie</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;41046 Pte. <span class="sc">J. Hogg</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2744 Pte. <span class="sc">J.C. Hunter</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">20/10/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9808 Sergt. <span class="sc">J. Johnstone</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2797 Pte. <span class="sc">F. Leiper</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">3/6/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15748 Sergt. <span class="sc">F.M. M'Gregor</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;15720 Pte. <span class="sc">D. MacIntosh</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">3/6/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15363 Pte. <span class="sc">A.G. M'Nair</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">10/11/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;15677 Sergt. <span class="sc">J. Maxwell</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;16146 Sergt. <span class="sc">R. Milligan</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">29/8/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;15964 Sergt. <span class="sc">J. Osborne</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;27267 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">J. Pearson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2725 L.-Sergt. <span class="sc">J. Ramage</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;41198 Pte. <span class="sc">E. Reddington</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15415 Sergt. <span class="sc">T. Ritchie</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">20/10/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15775 Sergt. <span class="sc">J. Roberts</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;28057 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">P. Robertson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;43268 Pte. <span class="sc">T. Scott</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;13688 Pte. <span class="sc">R.J. Slowey</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;42378 Pte. <span class="sc">P. Smith</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15956 C.Q.M.S. <span class="sc">W. Stewart</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&#8224;15458 Sergt. <span class="sc">H.G. Taylor</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">3/6/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;16149 Cpl. <span class="sc">H. Thorburn</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/5/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;41607 Pte. <span class="sc">D. Turnbull</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">18/6/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15938 Sergt. <span class="sc">A.G. Watson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;15818 Pte. <span class="sc">R.M. Watson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">16/2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;40530 Pte. <span class="sc">J. Watt</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">26/4/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl">&nbsp;&nbsp;353079 Pte. <span class="sc">F.S. Willder</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdrp">17/9/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdc" style="padding-top: .25em;">&#8224; Since deceased.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span><br />
+
+<h4>Meritorious Service Medal.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">15544 Sergt. <span class="sc">M. Cullen</span>.</p>
+<p class="cen">16064 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">J. Hutton</span>, att. IV. Corps.</p>
+<p class="cen">15710 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">J.A. M'Dougall</span>, 32nd Division.</p>
+<p class="cen">16169 Sergt. <span class="sc">J.F. Sinclair</span>, 97th Brigade.</p>
+
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Belgian Croix de Guerre.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">15310 C.S.M. <span class="sc">G. Hirst</span>.</p>
+<p class="cen">16109 C.Q.M.S. <span class="sc">W. Wallace</span>.</p>
+
+<br />
+<a name="HONOURS_GAINED" id="HONOURS_GAINED"></a><hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<br />
+
+<h3>Honours Gained by Original Members of the Battalion<br />
+after being Transferred to other Units.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Distinguished Service Order.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">Major <span class="sc">G.R.S. Paterson</span>, 5th K.O.S.B.,<br />
+formerly Major 17th H.L.I.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Capt. <span class="sc">J.D. Young</span>, 10th A. &amp; S. Highlanders,<br />
+formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Bar to Military Cross.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">J. Callan</span>, M.C., 12th H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly 15527 L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Capt. <span class="sc">A.W. Donald</span>, M.C., 252 Coy. R.E.,<br />
+formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">C.B. Meadows</span>, M.C,<br />
+King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,<br />
+formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span><br />
+
+<h4>Military Cross.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">R. Anderson</span>, 13th Battalion Tank Corps,<br />
+formerly 15832 Sergeant "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">H.T. Baird</span>, 447th Coy. R.E.,<br />
+formerly 15509 Pte. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd <span class="sc">Lieut. A. Brown</span>, A. &amp; S. Highlanders,<br />
+formerly 16187 Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">J. Callan</span>, 12th H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly 15527 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">S. Campbell</span>, 12th H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly 15982 Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">J.H. Carswell</span>,<br />
+1st Northumberland Fusiliers,<br />
+formerly 2708 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Captain <span class="sc">A.W. Donald</span>, 252nd Coy. R.E.,<br />
+formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">A.G. Drummond</span>, 6th Black Watch,<br />
+formerly 23011 Pte. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd <span class="sc">Lieut. H.C. Davie</span>,<br />
+1/8th Battalion Scottish Rifles,<br />
+formerly 15561 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">A.F. Ferguson</span>, H.L.I., attached R.A.F.,<br />
+formerly 15282 C.Q.M.S. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">E.L. Garvie</span>,<br />
+9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),<br />
+formerly 2956 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">H.P. Haddow</span>, King's Royal Rifle Corps,<br />
+formerly 15854 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;Captain <span class="sc">J.M. Hamilton</span>, Lancashire Fusiliers,<br />
+formerly 2783 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">H. Henderson</span>, Liverpool Scottish,<br />
+formerly 16182 Sergt. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">J.F. Holmes</span>, 9th Scottish Rifles,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span><br />
+formerly 15856 Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">J.L. Jack</span>, Machine Gun Corps,<br />
+formerly 2843 Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">S.F. Johnstone</span>, Durham Light Infantry,<br />
+formerly 15323 Cpl. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd Lieut <span class="sc">H.W. Jordon</span>,<br />
+19th Durham Light Infantry,<br />
+formerly 2698 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Staff-Capt. <span class="sc">T.P. Locking</span>, General List,<br />
+formerly 15657 Sergt. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">R. Love</span>, 222nd Coy. R.E.,<br />
+formerly 15336 Pte. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Capt. <span class="sc">F.M. M'Gregor</span>, M.M., Northants Regiment,<br />
+formerly 15748 Act.-C.S.M. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">C.B. Meadows</span>,<br />
+King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,<br />
+formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">A.A. Miller</span>,<br />
+9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),<br />
+formerly 15680 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;Lieut. <span class="sc">J. Miller</span>, 7th A. &amp; S. Highlanders,<br />
+formerly 2970 Pte. A. &amp; S.H. Cy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Capt. <span class="sc">F.D. Morton</span>, 25th Royal Fusiliers,<br />
+formerly Lieut. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Sub-Lieut. <span class="sc">T.I. Morton</span>,<br />
+"Anson" Battalion, R.N. Division,<br />
+formerly 15693 "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Capt. <span class="sc">J.D. Young</span>, 10th A. &amp; S. Highlanders,<br />
+formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Member of the Order of the British Empire.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut. <span class="sc">W. Hogg</span>, Intelligence Corps,<br />
+formerly 15629 Cpl. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span><br />
+
+<h4>Distinguished Conduct Medal.</h4>
+
+<p class="cen">34834 Sergt. <span class="sc">T. Garmory</span>,<br />
+8th York and Lancaster Regiment,<br />
+formerly 2985 Pte. "D" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;22355 Sergt. <span class="sc">J.A. Wark</span>, Machine Gun Corps,<br />
+formerly 15461 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+<br />
+
+<h4>Military Medal.</h4>
+
+
+<p class="cen">16018 Pte. <span class="sc">R. Hood</span>, 2nd Battn. H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly "D" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">15440 Cpl. <span class="sc">W.P. Steel</span>, 8th York and Lancs.,<br />
+formerly 15440 Pte. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">34853 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">J.L. Wilson</span>, 8th York and Lancs.,<br />
+formerly 15813 Pte. "D" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224;15583 Pte. <span class="sc">R.D. Frame</span>, 2nd H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly Pte. "C" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">15389 Cpl. <span class="sc">D. Murray</span>, 16th H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">15373 Sergt. <span class="sc">F.J. M'Clusky</span>, 2nd H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&mdash;&mdash; Sergt. <span class="sc">A. M'Auslan</span>, R.E.,<br />
+formerly 15365 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">16192 L.-Cpl. <span class="sc">H. M'Killop</span>, 16th H.L.I.,<br />
+formerly L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">&#8224; Since deceased.</p>
+
+
+<div class="block2">
+<p>Every effort has been made by reference to the Battalion Records, by
+advertising and otherwise, to make these lists complete. The Editors
+will much regret should there be unfortunately any omissions.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<br />
+<a name="LIST_OF_OFFICERS" id="LIST_OF_OFFICERS"></a><hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>LIST OF OFFICERS who were granted Commissions in the<br />
+Battalion on its formation and posted to Companies
+as shewn.<span class="totoc"><a href="#toc">ToC</a></span></h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="LIST OF OFFICERS who were granted Commissions">
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdc" style="padding-top: .25em; padding-bottom: .5em;">Lieut.-Colonel <span class="sc">D.S. Morton</span>, V.D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="50%" class="tdl" style="font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15%;">"A" Company.</td>
+  <td width="50%" class="tdl" style="font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15%;">"B" Company.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="padding-left: 15%;">Major <span class="sc">W.J. Paul</span><br />(<i>Commanding</i>).</td>
+  <td class="tdl" style="padding-left: 15%;">Major <span class="sc">J.R. Young</span><br />(<i>Commanding</i>).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10%;">Captain <span class="sc">W.W. Morton</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">R.T. Neilson</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">J.B. MacBrayne</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">Gardner</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">G.R.S. Paterson</span>.<br /></td>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10%;">Captain <span class="sc">J. Russell</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">G.V.M. Boyd</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">A.J. Begg</span>.<br />
+    2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">R. Scott</span>.<br /></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td width="50%" class="tdl" style="font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15%; padding-top: .5em;">"C" Company.</td>
+  <td width="50%" class="tdl" style="font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15%; padding-top: .5em;">"D" Company.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="padding-left: 15%;">Major <span class="sc">W. Auld</span>, V.D.<br />(<i>Commanding</i>).</td>
+  <td class="tdl" style="padding-left: 15%;">Captain <span class="sc">E. Hutchison</span><br />(<i>Commanding</i>).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10%;">Captain <span class="sc">W.H. Anderson</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">A.J. Ferguson</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">F.D. Morton</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">A.S. Millar</span>.<br />
+    Lieut <span class="sc">J.S. Sharp</span>.<br /></td>
+  <td class="tdl" style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10%;">Captain <span class="sc">J. McM. Mitchell</span>.<br />
+    2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">P.G. Symington</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">R.W. Cassell</span>.<br />
+    2nd Lieut. <span class="sc">D. Kitchen</span>.<br />
+    Lieut. <span class="sc">J.M. Brown</span>.<br /></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdl" style="padding-top: .5em; padding-left: 20%;">Lieut. and Quartermaster <span class="sc">A.E. Slade</span>.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td colspan="2" class="tdl" style="padding-top: .5em; padding-left: 20%;">Lieut. <span class="sc">D.R. Kirkpatrick</span>, R.A.M.C. (attached).</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<p class="cen">The Battalion was successively under the Command of:&mdash;</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Colonel <span class="sc">D.S. Morton</span>, C.M.G., V.D.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut.-Colonel <span class="sc">W.J. Paul</span>.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut.-Colonel <span class="sc">F.R.F. Sworder</span>,<br />
+Gordon Highlanders.</p>
+
+<p class="cen">Lieut.-Colonel <span class="sc">J. Inglis</span>, C.M.G., D.S.O.,<br />
+Highland Light Infantry.</p>
+
+<br />
+<a name="OTHER_RANKS" id="OTHER_RANKS"></a><hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>The following "other ranks" of the Battalion<br />
+were granted Commissions in the Battalion.</h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="Other Ranks granted Commissions">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="40%" class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">W.M. Alexander</span>,</td>
+  <td width="40%" class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td width="20%" class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">W.M. Alexander</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.R. Beckett</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Wounded in Action</i>,<br /><i>Died of Wounds</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16<br />4/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.L. Brodie</span>, M.C.,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" colspan="2">To 15th H.L.I, on disbandment.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.M. Brown</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.N. Carpenter</span>, M.C.,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J. Chapman</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Wounded in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">H.C. Colvil</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">P.N. Cunningham</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">2/12/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">E. Dobson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">10/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">A.N. Drysdale</span>, M.C.,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Died of Wounds</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">15/&nbsp;&nbsp;4/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Lieut. <span class="sc">A.S. Elsworth</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Wounded in Action</i>,<br /> <i>Wounded in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16<br />/&nbsp;&nbsp;8/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.W. Fraser</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">P.H. Graham</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">G.G. Henderson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">6/&nbsp;&nbsp;8/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">H.G. Hendry</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">W.A. Herron</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Wounded in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">/&nbsp;&nbsp;8/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Lieut. <span class="sc">Jas. Kelly</span>, D.C.M.,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">A.D. Laird</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">T.P. Locking</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">J.F. Morrison</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">18/11/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">J.S. Marr</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">18/11/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">H. M'Robert</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" colspan="2">To General Staff (Staff Captain).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">J.L. M'Connell</span>, M.C.,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" colspan="2">To General List (Staff Captain).</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.M. Macarthur</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" colspan="2">To T.M. Battery</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">Captain <span class="sc">A.G. Marshall</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">12/&nbsp;&nbsp;2/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">H.R. Orr</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J. Osborne</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">2/12/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">H.R. Peat</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Wounded in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">10/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">F.H. Pooley</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">F.A. Russell</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">J.C. Todd</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">27/&nbsp;&nbsp;6/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">*2nd Lt. <span class="sc">G.B. Walker</span>.</td>
+  <td class="tdlt" style="padding-left: 10%;">&mdash;</td>
+  <td class="tdr" style="padding-right: 5%;">&mdash;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">C.S. Williamson</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Wounded in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">/&nbsp;&nbsp;8/17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlt">2nd Lt. <span class="sc">D.G. Younger</span>,</td>
+  <td class="tdlt"><i>Killed in Action</i>,</td>
+  <td class="tdr">1/&nbsp;&nbsp;7/16</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdl" colspan="3" style="padding: 5%;">*&nbsp;&nbsp;These Officers did not serve with the Battalion in France. The ranks
+  noted are those which they held previous to Embarkation.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+<br />
+<a name="ROLL" id="ROLL"></a><hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span><br />
+
+<h3>Roll of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and<br />
+Men, who joined the Chamber of Commerce Battalion from 12th<br />
+September, 1914, till Embarkation of Battalion, 22nd November, 1915.</h3>
+<br />
+
+<div class="block2">
+<p>All the undernoted joined the Battalion as Privates. The Ranks shown
+are those attained previous to Embarkation.</p>
+</div>
+<br />
+
+<div class="centered">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="Roll">
+  <tr>
+  <td width="25%" class="tdch">Reg. No.</td>
+  <td width="25%" class="tdch">Rank.</td>
+  <td width="50%" class="tdch">Name.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp" style="border-top: 1pt black solid;">15200</td>
+  <td class="tdllr" style="border-top: 1pt black solid;">L.-Corpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll" style="border-top: 1pt black solid;">Donald, Alex. Watt.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15201</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Buchanan, Joseph Robt.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15202</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pert, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15203</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Love, Alan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15204</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Todd, Matthew G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15205</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">R.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kelly, J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15206</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">R.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Keith, T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15207</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">O.R./Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Copland, J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15208</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15209</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferguson, A.W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15210</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Clusky, F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15211</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Williams, E.A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15212</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garrow, J.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15213</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferris, H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15214</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunsmore, W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15215</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Core, T.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15216</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, G.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15217</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Seaton, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15218</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adam, Arthur Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15219</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Armstrong, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15220</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, Peter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15221</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Arthur, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15222</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15223</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15224</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Aitkenhead, R.T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15225</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adam, Andrew Rolland.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15226</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Angus, L.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15227</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15228</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, Wm. Taylor.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15229</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Andrew, Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15230</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Blair, David A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15231</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Binnie, Jas. W.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15232</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15233</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baxter, Alex. C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15234</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bates, John R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15235</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15236</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barr, Rich.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15237</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, T.J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15238</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Booth, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15239</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Binnie, David W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15240</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barr, F.C.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15241</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Burgess, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15242</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baxter, Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15243</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, B. M'C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15244</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, J.N.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15245</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Calder, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15246</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cochrane, J.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15247</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15248</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cox, C. Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15249</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, R.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15250</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15251</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cuthbert, Arthur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15252</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cunninghame, Douglas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15253</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Coogan, Malcolm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15254</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cuthbert, J.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15255</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Chapman, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15256</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crombie, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15257</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Caw, Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15258</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Collins, A.E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15259</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carnan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15260</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Currie, Neil T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15261</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, Geo.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15262</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drever, Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15263</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dobbie, Robt. Wm.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15264</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Douglas, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15265</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Donnelly, Wm. John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15266</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Deans, Geo. W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15267</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dickson, Thomas P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15268</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dow, Samuel Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15269</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dymock, H.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15270</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunlop, Robt.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15271</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">White, T.W.D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15272</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Davidson, Thomas Y.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15273</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drysdale, Alex. O.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15274</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drummond, Mark.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15275</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dingwall, R. M'F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15276</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Duncan, Robert G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15277</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fleming, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15278</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Forrest, E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15279</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Findlay, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15280</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fortune, George R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15281</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Finlinson, Arthur B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15282</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">A/C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferguson, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15283</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Frew, James Allen.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15284</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15285</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15286</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gowans, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15287</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grigsby, A.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15288</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gillespie, A.A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15289</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gannaway, George Edward.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15290</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grigg, Stanley J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15291</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gill, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15292</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Goodall, Robert L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15293</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmel, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15294</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Glassford, Alex. S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15295</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Griffiths, J.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15296</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Galloway, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15297</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gardiner, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15298</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gray, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15299</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gudgeon, Thomas W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15300</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gibbon, Edward.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15301</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, William R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15302</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gowans, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15303</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haddow, Robert B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15304</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hovell, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15305</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haddon, R. M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15306</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15307</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Highet, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15308</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Horsley, B.T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15309</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Herbert, Peter C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15310</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hirst, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15311</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hay, Neil T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15312</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hyslop, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15313</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hubbard, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15314</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, William Ramsay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15315</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutton, David.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15316</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hagen, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15317</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hunter, John Wilson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15318</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hay, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15319</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15320</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hardie, Gordon D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15321</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Herbert, Morris.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15322</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hemphill, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15323</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnston, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15324</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnstone, Robert M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15325</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jackson, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15326</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jarvie, William Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15327</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jackson, John A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15328</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnstone, Kenneth.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15329</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Inglis, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15330</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kelly, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15331</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Liddell, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15332</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Livingstone, James H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15333</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lochhead, Robert Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15334</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lorimer, John William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15335</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Livingston, Alex. Bryson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15336</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Love, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15337</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lyons, John M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15338</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, James F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15339</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, James Smith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15340</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15341</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Milne, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15342</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murdoch, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15343</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Munro, Hector.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15344</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muir, D.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15345</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muir, Robert E.R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15346</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Callum, Colin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15347</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Aulay, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15348</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Naught, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15349</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Millan, Daniel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15350</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kendrick, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15351</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Letchie, John B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15352</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Leod, Alex. G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15353</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Murtrie, Dougald M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15354</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gregor, James R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15355</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Macdonald, John Grant.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15356</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Neil, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15357</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">McLauchlan, John H.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15358</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacDougall, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15359</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Taggart, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15360</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Crone, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15361</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacAllan, Thomas Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15362</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Farlane, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15363</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Nair, Allan Gilmour.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15364</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lean, Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15365</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Auslan, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15366</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Dougall, Peter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15367</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Taggart, William Kerr.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15368</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Neill, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15369</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lachlan, Louis Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15370</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Hugh, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15371</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Vake, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15372</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Garrity, Michael.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15373</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Clusky, F. John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15374</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Phail, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15375</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Arthur, John M'L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15376</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Naught, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15377</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Neil, Charles M'G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15378</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Corquodale, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15379</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Meechan, David Cowan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15380</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Williams, J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15381</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Culloch, George Neil.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15382</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gibbon, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15383</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Munro, Alex. M'L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15384</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15385</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Munro, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15386</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15387</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Marshall, Allan Gow.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15388</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mailer, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15389</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15390</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mowat, John Watt.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15391</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15392</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15393</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maitland, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15394</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Millar, Angus.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15395</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15396</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Martin, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15397</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15398</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">May, William Walker.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15399</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maxwell, Claude.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15400</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Meek, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15401</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muir, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15402</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Milner, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15403</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Milne, James Wallace.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15404</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">May, C.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15405</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Menzies, Peter D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15406</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Orr, John Leslie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15407</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pinkerton, Gavin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15408</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15409</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Philp, Robert C.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15410</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15411</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pattison, Robert M'P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15412</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Phillips, Alexander R.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15413</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Preston, William Parker.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15414</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Palmer, C.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15415</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15416</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, George Tennant.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15417</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15418</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, John S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15419</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, Donald M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15420</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15421</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Roy, George Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15422</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, Robert F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15423</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rogers, David Anderson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15424</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15425</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rait, Patrick W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15426</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Spence, Telford.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15427</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Slater, Albert Ernest.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15428</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stuart, Charles M'D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15429</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, William James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15430</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Somerville, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15431</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Struthers, Hugh E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15432</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, George K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15433</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stark, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15434</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sutherland, Thomas N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15435</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Joe.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15436</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Strachan, Andrew R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15437</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15438</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stokes, Arthur C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15439</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Swan, Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15440</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Steel, W.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15441</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, John C.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15442</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stevenson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15443</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15444</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Simpson, Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15445</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, William P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15446</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Robert Neil.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15447</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Samuels, James M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15448</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Small, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15449</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sanders, Sydney T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15450</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, John Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15451</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Torrance, E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15452</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Timpson, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15453</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15454</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, David M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15455</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, H.W.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15456</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, William James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15457</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Turnbull, George King.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15458</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, Herbert G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15459</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thom, Matthew F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15460</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, David Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15461</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wark, James Allen.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15462</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wallace, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15463</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Warnock, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15464</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watts, Frank M.W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15465</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Woyka, Alex. G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15466</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wyman, Sydney.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15467</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wishart, Alfred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15468</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bruce, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15469</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Webster, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15470</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15471</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Waterman, R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15472</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Willock, Thos. B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15473</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wallace, Robert Kerr.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15474</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15475</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15476</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Finlayson, William Thomson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15477</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Atkinson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15478</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Alexander, W.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15479</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Alexander, Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15480</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Angus, Thomas C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15481</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Abercromby, Archibald Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15482</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Alston, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15483</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Arbuckle, Alex.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15484</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Arthur, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15485</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Angus, William Clark.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15486</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Atkins, William J.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15487</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15488</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Andrews, Matthew M'Kay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15489</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Biggs, Frank A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15490</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bennett, James S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15491</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crawford, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15492</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Black, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15493</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barron, John F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15494</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Broadhead, John R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15495</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baxter, David John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15496</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ballantyne, Francis.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15497</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Burleigh, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15498</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bryce, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15499</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barkley, Martin Bell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15500</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barclay, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15501</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barton, Alex. Baird.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15502</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Broadhead, Alex. G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15503</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bailley, William N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15504</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, John M'D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15505</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barton, Robert L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15506</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Borthwick, H.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15507</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">A/C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reith, Stephen D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15508</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bebbington, John Vernon.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15509</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baird, H. Thompson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15510</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bruce, John Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15511</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Provan, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15512</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brooke, Robert L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15513</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Buchanan, Robert W.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15514</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Buchanan, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15515</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bailley, A.R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15516</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">A/C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ballantyne, William N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15517</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, William P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15518</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, Robert S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15519</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, Alexander.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15520</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drummond, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15521</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drysdale, Alex. N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15522</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dobson, Edward.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15523</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunlop, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15524</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carswell, John C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15525</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Duncan, Thomas.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15526</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crockett, George P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15527</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Callan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15528</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, Malcolm C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15529</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cooper, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15530</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, James M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15531</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cowan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15532</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carpenter, John M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15533</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Curie, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15534</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Chalmers, Thomas M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15535</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cook, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15536</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sig.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15537</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fleming, Harry C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15538</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intyre, D.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15539</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crombie, Robt. A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15540</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, Thomas C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15541</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cross, Archibald David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15542</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cruickshank, Alex. A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15543</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Channing, H.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15544</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cullen, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15545</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, William T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15546</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Christison, Robert Colin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15547</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crocker, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15548</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, Alex. C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15549</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cumming, A. Smith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15550</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cuthbertson, Charles S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15551</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15552</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, A.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15553</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15554</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crawford, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15555</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Corbett, William S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15556</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crinean, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15557</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carmichael, James A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15558</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Davidson, Albert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15559</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Davidson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15560</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dawes, Harry E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15561</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Davie, Harry Craig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15562</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunsmuir, A.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15563</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dow, William John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15564</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dixon, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15565</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dott, Robert Wilson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15566</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Erskine, Ralph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15567</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Elliot, James Kirk.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15568</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Elsworth, A.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15569</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ellery, Albert Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15570</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Eggert, Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15571</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Edmond, George G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15572</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fisher, Thomas C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15573</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fleming, John J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15574</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15575</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fergus, Robert B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15576</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Forrest, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15577</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Frame, William D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15578</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Foulger, Horace William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15579</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Freeman, Michael.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15580</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, James W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15581</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, Campbell N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15582</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Follett, Arthur V.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15583</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Frame, Robert D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15584</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferguson, Hume.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15585</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Freeland, Thomas S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15586</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fleming, Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15587</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Falconer, J. Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15588</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fullerton, William L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15589</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Flintoff, R. Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15590</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ford, William Graham.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15591</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, William Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15592</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Finlayson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15593</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garrioch, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15594</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gray, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15595</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Galloway, John H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15596</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Greig, Gilbert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15597</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Guthrie, Robert Yates.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15598</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gauld, Ernest G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15599</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, Patrick H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15600</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15601</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garrioch, J. M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15602</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15603</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gilfillan, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15604</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Galt, Adam.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15605</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gibson, Allan D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15606</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Deans, A. Gibson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15607</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grandison, Arthur A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15608</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmell, A.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15610</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gray, Robert Love.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15611</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15612</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, George M'F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15613</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hall, David S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15614</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, George G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15615</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15616</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15617</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, William John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15618</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15619</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutton, John Graham.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15620</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haddow, John Haig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15621</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hunter, James Crawford.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15622</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harper, John M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15623</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Herron, William A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15624</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Horne, Walter D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15625</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15626</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haft, Julian.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15627</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Houstoun, Alexander G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15628</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harvie, Alex. W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15629</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hogg, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15630</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, James M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15631</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutcheson, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15632</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Howie, Kenneth M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15633</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, J.F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15634</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15635</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Howie, John Love.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15636</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haggerty, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15637</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Imrie, Frank M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15638</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Irvine, Alex. Garven.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15639</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Inrig, Alex. George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15640</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jenkins, John B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15641</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kean, James M'Lean.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15642</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kinloch, Peter S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15643</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, Andrew A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15644</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kinghorn, Arthur A.A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15645</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kennedy, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15646</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Keast, Norman R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15647</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Knight, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15648</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kedslie, John Kay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15649</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kennedy, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15650</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lothian, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15651</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Leask, Andrew D.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15652</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Munro, Thomas A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15653</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Alex. L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15654</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Marr, James Scott.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15655</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lindsay, Douglas A.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15656</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Love, David A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15657</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Locking, Thomas P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15658</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lucas, Charles Walker.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15659</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Leckie, Robert G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15660</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Laird, Arthur D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15661</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Linn, William Gemmell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15662</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Leishman, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15663</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Livie, John Fletcher.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15664</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lang, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15665</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lindsay, John Caird.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15666</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Love, Alex. James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15667</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lawson, H. Gibson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15668</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Levy, Barnet.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15669</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Locke, Norman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15670</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lees, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15671</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Moses, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15672</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Davie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15673</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maitland, Alex. M'Lean.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15674</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">More, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15675</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15676</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Marshall, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15677</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maxwell, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15678</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, Charles De B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15679</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, Archibald William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15680</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Archibald A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15681</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murdoch, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15682</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackin, Stephen James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15683</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Moir, Alex. Hamilton.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15684</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, John T.K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15685</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, James Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15686</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, Thomas H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15687</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murdoch, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15688</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Arthur T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15689</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Melville, David W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15690</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mills, Duncan B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15691</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mills, David M'A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15692</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, Thomas E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15693</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, Thomas I.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15694</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15695</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Alex. Hume.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15696</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Naughton, Callum Arthur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15697</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Millan, William A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15698</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gibbon, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15699</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Feat, Fred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15700</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Aviney, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15701</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lelland, George H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15702</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sig.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intosh, John R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15703</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gavin, Colin M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15704</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacMillan, Donald D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15705</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Crae, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15706</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacMillan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15707</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Macdonald, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15708</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacDougall, Charles S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15709</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Connell, John L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15710</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacDougall, John A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15711</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Donald, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15712</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacMillan, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15713</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Culloch, W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15714</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Auley, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15715</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Nicol, James F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15716</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Leod, Donald M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15717</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Arthur, Neil M'C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15718</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gee, Gilmour Brown.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15719</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Arthur, Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15720</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intosh, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15721</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, Robert O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15722</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Andrew, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15723</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Provan, George Weir.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15724</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, E.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15725</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bull, Harold.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15726</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, W.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15727</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grandison, William A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15728</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lintock, Hugh C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15729</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baird, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15730</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, John R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15731</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adamson, Thomas N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15732</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dawson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15733</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Dougall, Alan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15734</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Norris, James H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15735</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Neilson, William George.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15736</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Orr, Harry Ross.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15737</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Purdie, John D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15738</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, G.K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15739</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pollock, William G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15740</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pearson, William L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15741</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Younger, David G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15742</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Rae, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15743</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacGregor, William D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15744</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, William O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15745</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Allan Jackson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15746</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Macpherson, Angus.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15747</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackinley, Alex. W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15748</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacGregor, Fred. M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15749</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Robbie, David H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15750</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Houll, K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15751</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Phail, Thomas W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15752</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intyre, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15753</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gavin, N.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15754</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paul, Robert M'L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15755</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pyper, Henry James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15756</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pickering, Robert Y.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15757</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15758</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, George M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15759</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Purdie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15760</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, William B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15761</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, H. M'P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15762</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rogerson, James Muir.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15763</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rudd, David H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15764</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Riley, Thomas D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15765</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rogerson, John Elliot.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15766</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, William Telfer.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15767</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Rorie, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15768</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rolland, Charles D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15769</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, Fred. Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15770</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rose, John Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15771</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ross, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15772</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, Robert Speirs.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15773</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rankin, Colin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15774</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Roper, William H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15775</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Roberts, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15776</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15777</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Roxburgh, Thomas L.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15778</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muir, Norman R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15779</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, Edgar.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15780</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, William Stewart.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15781</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, William Hamilton.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15782</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Spence, Donald W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15783</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">A/C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sturton, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15784</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, William Edward.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15785</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">West, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15786</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Shannon, Andrew A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15787</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stark, Robert L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15788</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smellie, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15789</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sprott, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15790</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stark, James T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15791</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Steel, David F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15792</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sterling, John L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15793</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scouler, James Tott.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15794</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sloan, Allan T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15795</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, George R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15796</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stevenson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15797</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Robert Spence.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15798</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stirling, Archibald B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15799</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stroud, E.H.N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15800</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smillie, James M'G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15801</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15802</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, Duncan H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15803</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taggart, Henry R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15804</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tough, Thomas S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15805</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, James C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15806</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Terrie, Andrew Black.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15807</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Turnbull, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15808</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wood, Duncan B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15809</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Warren, A.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15810</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wurr, Herbert Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15811</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Norman M.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15812</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wright, William B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15813</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, James L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15814</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Alexander.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15815</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">White, John B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15816</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Ernest G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15817</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">White, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15818</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Robert M'L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15819</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wingate, James L.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15820</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Welsh, Thomas Morrison.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15821</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, A.K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15822</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Westwater, Donald U.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15823</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Henry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15824</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, William N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15825</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, George B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15826</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Robert C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15827</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Waugh, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15828</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, James B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15829</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15830</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Yuill, L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15831</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15832</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15833</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15834</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barbour, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15835</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bowman, Joseph W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15836</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, J. Lindsay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15837</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baird, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15838</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Beckett, James R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15839</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brownlie, James M'H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15840</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carson, F.R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15841</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cohen, Arthur M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15842</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cowley, Victor.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15843</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cowden, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15844</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dixon, Wilfrid.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15845</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dobbie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15846</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Finlay, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15847</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Forrest, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15848</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fulton, C.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15849</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Trans. Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15850</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, Alex. H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15851</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grant, Kenneth.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15852</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gibb, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15853</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grassick, Charles A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15854</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haddow, Hugh P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15855</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hill, Sydney Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15856</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Holmes, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15857</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Houston, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15858</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Inglis, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15859</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jones, G. Philip.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15860</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Leask, Ralph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15861</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Leckie, Andrew.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15862</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Learmond, Victor.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15863</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackie, Robert Neil.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15864</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacKay, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15865</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacRobert, Harry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15866</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mather, W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15867</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Moreland, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15868</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Millar, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15869</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, James G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15870</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, M.A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15871</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kee, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15872</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kelvie, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15873</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kinnon, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15874</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Palmer, Ernest.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15875</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15876</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pyper, James F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15877</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15878</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rhind, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15879</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Richardson, James W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15880</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, John Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15881</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15882</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, George C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15883</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rutherford, Edward P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15884</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, David D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15885</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15886</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">T./Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Summers, Alan Y.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15887</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15888</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Turnbull, J.Y.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15889</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15890</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Peter S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15891</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wood, John Hamilton.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15892</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Robert B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15893</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ramage, Peter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15894</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stevens, Montague.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15895</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mossman, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15896</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wright, Colin S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15897</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harvey, Edward A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15898</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kirkpatrick, Arthur J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15899</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kie, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15900</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15901</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mann, R.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15902</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Meldrum, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15903</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hunter, Matthew C.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15904</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Abercrombie, H. M'P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15905</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kelly, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15906</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Waugh, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15907</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pettigrew, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15908</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Connell, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15909</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">S./Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Duffus, Hugh W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15910</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baines, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15911</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Coltart, John S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15912</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15913</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Annand, James S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15914</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, Hugh F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15915</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Guthrie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15916</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Steven, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15917</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hoole, Roland Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15918</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Duff, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15919</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lean, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15920</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15921</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maxwell, Herbert S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15922</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Simpson, A.D.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15923</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacFarlane, N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15924</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Casey, George H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15925</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baillies, Oswald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15926</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Nowery, Alex. F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15927</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, Alex. D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15928</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brackenridge, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15929</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, Alfred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15930</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kunzle, Paul.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15931</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Nisbet, John D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15932</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, Thomas T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15933</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Long, Cunningham.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15934</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wark, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15935</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15936</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Aitken, Wilfred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15937</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Farnell, Fred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15938</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Alex. G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15939</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lean, A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15940</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Yuill, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15941</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Culloch, Charles M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15942</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">A/C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lochhead, Alex. W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15943</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Glen, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15944</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Yates, Norman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15945</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">McNaught, John.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15946</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Whyte, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15947</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15948</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Call, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15949</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Vallance, Harold L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15950</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gray, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15951</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Howard, John B.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15952</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, John William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15953</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brodie, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15954</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Headrick, William Smith.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15955</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">A/C.S.M.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tilley, Richard.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15956</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, William S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15957</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Parker, James R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15958</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maconochie, William K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15959</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, William F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15960</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kyle, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15961</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hughes, Arthur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15962</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Farish, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15963</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15964</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Osborne, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15965</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15966</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmell, Norman L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15967</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grant, Alex. A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15968</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Inglis, John James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15969</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Turner, Elliot D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15970</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cunningham, Peter N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15971</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gilchrist, Thomas A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15972</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, A.P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15973</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dickson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15974</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Orchardson, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15975</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15976</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thorburn, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15977</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sharp, Alex. Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15978</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hastings, Edward H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15979</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Arthur, Charles F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15980</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Ilwraith, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15981</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pooley, R.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15982</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, Samuel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15983</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Allan, John T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15984</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lugton, G.D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15985</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Walter, Thomas Scott.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15986</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wood, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15987</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackie, William R.N.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15988</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pooley, Francis H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15989</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sig.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Marshall, John H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15990</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pollock, James Watson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15991</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacKinnon, Robert A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15992</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, James William M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15993</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15994</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Veigh, Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15095</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gregor, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15996</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Salmine, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15997</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Forsyth, Stewart.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15998</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">15999</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, John M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16000</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crosbie, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16001</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Boyd, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16002</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Main, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16003</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cattell, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16004</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Deans, John K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16005</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watt, Thomas S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16006</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16007</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lean, Norman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16008</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wood, David S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16009</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Main, Samuel Hope.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16010</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lintock, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16011</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brodie, James L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16012</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mason, George Bishop.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16013</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mullan, William John</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16014</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Donald, Robert Barr.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16015</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Turnbull, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16016</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Abrahamson, A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16017</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brownlee, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16018</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hood, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16019</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wattie, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16020</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lee, Edward.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16021</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kirk, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16022</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cassels, Hugh L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16023</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maclagan, Douglas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16024</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Allister, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16025</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Longmuir, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16026</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Keir, John A.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16027</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Blair, Fred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16028</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmell, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16029</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Nixon, David.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16030</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ritchie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16031</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dick, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16032</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kinnear, Ian F.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16033</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, Alfred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16034</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paton, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16035</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tait, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16036</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferguson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16037</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16038</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Friend, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16039</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muirhead, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16040</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, George Graham.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16041</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Langlands, John F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16042</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lovat, M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16043</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, A.W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16044</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harvey, Kenneth R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16045</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Boyd, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16046</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Boyd, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16047</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ramsay, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16048</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16049</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnston, James K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16050</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pickles, Frank.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16051</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jackson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16052</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dalziel, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16053</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Todd, James C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16054</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Millar, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16055</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cunningham, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16056</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drennan, Andrew Adam.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16057</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, James M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16058</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, Walter A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16059</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ness, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16060</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barrett, F.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16061</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Spiers, Alex. R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16062</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tait, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16063</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16064</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutton, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16065</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">McLaughlin, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16066</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Higgins, Robert K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16067</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, Duncan M'R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16068</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lellan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16069</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Rorie, William D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16070</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dickson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16071</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, James.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16072</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Martin, George F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16073</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gardiner, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16074</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">White, William Thomson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16075</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wood, Joe.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16076</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wallace, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16077</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, Thomas D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16078</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adam, Andrew Ralston.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16079</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kelly, James H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16080</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunsmore, Thomas S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16081</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, Arthur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16082</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lavelle, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16083</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Martin, Hugh Albert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16084</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gilbert, Young.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16085</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Parker, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16086</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Ewan, Thomas W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16087</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fraser, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16088</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rae, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16089</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, David Boyd.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16090</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16091</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watt, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16092</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16093</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16094</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Findlay, John Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16095</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ross, John M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16096</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wright, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16097</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16098</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Relton, Arthur N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16099</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adamson, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16100</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dickson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16101</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, G. M'I.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16102</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Struthers, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16103</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, Stuart.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16104</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cruickshank, J.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16105</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnstone, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16106</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Williamson, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16107</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intyre, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16108</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grindlay, Charles Percy.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16109</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wallace, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16110</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Boyd, John Shaw.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16111</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16112</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mathieson, Stanley.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16113</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Pherson, George L.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16114</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kennedy, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16115</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16116</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grierson, William Ian.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16117</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rooney, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16118</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fairfax, G.A.F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16119</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Chalmers, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16120</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Maxwell, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16121</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Beveridge, Erskine W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16122</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Napier, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16123</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnstone, S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16124</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kilcullen, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16125</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muil, Frank.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16126</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Napier, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16127</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Master, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16128</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gibson, Thomas Bell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16129</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gregory, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16130</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brunsdon, Henry George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16131</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gartland, Patrick.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16132</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Beck, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16133</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tod, Frederick M.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16134</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunlop, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16135</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kelly, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16136</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kennedy, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16137</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Nicoll, George L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16138</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Toole, James L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16139</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Peter D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16140</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intyre, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16141</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, A.W.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16142</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stubbs, James F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16143</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Niven, John L.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16144</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Simpson, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16145</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Innes, Archibald C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16146</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Milligan, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16147</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Williamson, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16148</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackay, Angus.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16149</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thorburn, Henry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16150</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, Charles H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16151</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Archibald, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16152</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16153</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morgan, John S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16154</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grassick, Henry J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16155</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, William.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16156</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Callum, Herbert L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16157</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ewing, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16158</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lean, Angus.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16159</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, W.F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16160</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16161</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Black, David S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16162</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cousland, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16163</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunlop, Colin B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16164</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drew, George Millar.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16165</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fotheringham, James R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16166</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, John Galloway.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16167</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Oswald, Robert R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16168</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Racionzer, J.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16169</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sinclair, John F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16170</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Black, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16171</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16172</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, W.R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16173</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kay, James J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16174</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Munro, Ronald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16175</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Liston, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16176</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paton, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16177</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Spence, John George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16178</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, Ernest.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16179</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barrie, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16180</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Aitken, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16181</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dewar, J.F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16182</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16183</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lane, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16184</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Dougall, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16185</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Deacon, R.E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16186</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stroud, Archibald William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16187</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16188</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Manson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16189</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Sergt.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, Alexander Y.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16190</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gauld, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16191</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Imrie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16192</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Killop, Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16193</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Porter, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16194</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sanderson, John T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16195</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Andrews, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16196</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16197</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Waters, Robert R.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16198</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16199</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Davies, Howard L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16200</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16201</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Whiteford, Thomas R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16202</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Aitken, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16203</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wood, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16204</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Law, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16205</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16206</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Park, R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16207</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferguson, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16208</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutcheson, William J.F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16209</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gardner, H.A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16210</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, W.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16211</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Arthur P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16212</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Alex. S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16213</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Charles R.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16214</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kemp, Archibald J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16215</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ewing, George H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16216</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harper, Alex. C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16217</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16218</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hill, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16219</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dempster, G.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16220</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16221</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adam, John L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16222</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Biggart, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16223</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Leod, Angus.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16224</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, Archibald M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16225</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, Hugh Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16226</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crowley, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16227</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hawthorn, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16228</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16229</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Herring, Frank M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16230</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barrie, George Alston.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16231</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Struth, James S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16232</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ward, William Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16233</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ross, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16234</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Walker, Roderick.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16235</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carmichael, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16236</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, Arthur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16237</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dodds, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16238</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Millan, John A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16239</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fearby, John E.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16240</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Okell, Cyril.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16241</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mathieson, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16242</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Ewan, Malcolm W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16243</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mair, William Craig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16244</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Macdonald, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16245</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dickie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16246</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hyslop, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16247</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Kenneth S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16248</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Laing, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16249</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watt, Edwin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16250</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Levey, Jack.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16251</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carmichael, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16252</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cree, Walter Hill.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16253</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bennett, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16254</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Coats, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16255</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, Robert W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16256</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mitchell, C.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16257</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Powell, James E.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16258</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Andrew, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16259</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mowat, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16260</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gardner, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16261</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thistle, Robert James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16262</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Macaulay, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16263</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmell, Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16264</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, John F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16265</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hall, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16266</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Queen, John Duff.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16267</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Aird, Allan Muir.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16268</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hayes, John T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16269</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, C. Campbell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16270</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, Jack M'N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16271</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Nair, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16272</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Chisholm, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16273</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, William P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16274</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, John S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16275</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, Hugh Ramsay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16276</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carmichael, Hugh H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16277</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Neary, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16278</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, Adam John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16279</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">King, John W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16280</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Neilson, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16281</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Simpson, John<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16282</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barbour, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16283</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16284</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Peters, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16285</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jamieson, George William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16286</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16287</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, Adam C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16288</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16289</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16290</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16291</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Laird, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16292</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Parker, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16293</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16294</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Andrew, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16295</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Glover, Victor.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16296</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Armour, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16297</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Dowell, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16298</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Caldwell, Richard T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">16299</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2684</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Simpson, George P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2685</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, David M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2686</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harris, Ernest.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2687</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Burleigh, F.S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2688</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2689</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sinclair, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2690</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Stanley M.W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2691</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2692</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Nicol, William Kerr.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2693</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">King, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2694</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Culloch, Walter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2695</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Park, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2696</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murdoch, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2697</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Laverty, Henry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2698</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jordan, Harold W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2699</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnston, James</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2700</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Swan, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2701</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Colvil, Harold C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2702</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hendry, H.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2703</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Heaverman, Walter E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2704</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Yates, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2705</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Whytock, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2706</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Munn, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2707</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Knight, James.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2708</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carswell, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2709</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sinclair, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2710</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, Hugh B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2711</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bennet, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2712</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Laing, Robert M'L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2713</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnston, William E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2714</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gilchrist, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2715</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, H. Fred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2716</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Neish, Alexander M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2717</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, James C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2718</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gilmour, Murray.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2719</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Innes, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2720</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kinnon, Robert B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2721</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2722</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutton, George L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2723</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Montgomery, Andrew D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2724</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Killin, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2725</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ramage, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2726</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, James G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2727</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Glennie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2728</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackie, John B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2729</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmell, Charles S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2730</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Herbert, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2731</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Niven, A.C.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2732</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, A.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2733</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2734</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2735</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2736</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2737</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, Daniel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2738</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Preston, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2739</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lindsay, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2740</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Finlay, James G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2741</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mitchell, Robert C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2742</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2743</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Ilvaney, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2744</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hunter, John C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2745</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grant, Douglas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2746</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, D.F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2749</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fulton, Archibald H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2750</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garner, Robt. K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2751</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grant, Alastair M.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2752</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Howieson, Peter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2753</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kidd, Thomas B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2754</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lochhead, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2755</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ovenstone, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2756</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Owen, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2757</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Russell, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2758</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">C.Q.M.S.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2759</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, Ernest M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2760</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wright, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2761</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jaffrey, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2762</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hardie, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2763</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tennant, Archibald A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2764</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">O'Beirne, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2765</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilkie, Robert James D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2766</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Goodfellow, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2767</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bain, Bruce.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2768</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Blakely, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2769</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Millar, H.S.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2770</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wright, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2771</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Waddell, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2772</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gemmell, Hugh K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2773</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Creath, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2774</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Forsyth, George S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2775</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2776</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackie, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2777</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2778</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Farlane, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2779</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Currie, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2780</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, Thomas L.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2781</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Nidder, Alex. M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2782</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ward, James M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2783</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, James M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2784</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ross, Alex. M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2785</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murphy, Albert E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2786</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2787</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sanderson, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2788</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grierson, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2789</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Crawford, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2790</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, Hugh M'F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2791</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Askham, S.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2792</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stevenson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2793</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pettigrew, William.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2794</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Pettigrew, Thomas T.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2795</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Yuill, William T.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2796</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Muir, James Craig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2797</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Leiper, Frank.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2798</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Liddell, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2799</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allwart, John Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2800</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gilhooly, Michael.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2801</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Donald, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2802</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rose, Arthur O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2803</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stevenson, Colin Campbell.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2804</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Farlane, William C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2805</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Williams, Bertram.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2806</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, William S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2807</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dale, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2808</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Irving, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2809</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Blythe, Roland F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2810</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Shearer, R.W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2811</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Holmes, W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2812</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bryson, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2813</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Taylor, Archibald A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2814</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gray, Edwin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2815</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bryden, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2816</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stevenson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2817</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Catchpool, Albert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2818</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baird, Arthur J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2819</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kechnie, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2820</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Napier, Claud H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2821</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lachlan, Fred. E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2822</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harris, John L.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2823</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adams, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2824</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Torrance, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2825</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, Edward.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2826</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bain, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2827</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hourston, David William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2828</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lee, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2829</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mackenzie, James E.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2830</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stoddart, Adam.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2831</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Callum, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2832</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wylie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2833</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, James F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2834</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Phee, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2835</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kennedy, James D.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2836</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Davidson, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2837</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hogg, H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2838</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robb, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2839</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ferguson, George S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2840</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intyre, James L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2841</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morrison, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2842</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Vicar, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2843</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Jack, James L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2844</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adams, George Ross.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2845</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Frank.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2846</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Broadfoot, J.R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2847</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2848</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murdoch, Henry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2849</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacWilliams, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2850</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilkie, A.K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2851</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Falconer, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2852</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Murdo, Jack.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2853</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ramsay, Robert B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2854</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Copland, Lawrence.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2855</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Monoghan, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2856</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Reid, John H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2857</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cowie, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2858</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Halloran, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2859</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Clark, Noel M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2860</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kinlay, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2861</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Intyre, Hugh.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2862</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Howie, John Brown.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2863</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Coupar, Arthur.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2864</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, Thomas Jackson.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2865</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, John Rennie.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2866</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sleater, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2867</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, John Craig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2868</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Constable, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2869</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Melville, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2870</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Oliver, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2871</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dunlop, Richard O.G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2872</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Jannet, John C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2873</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hervey, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2874</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Tindal, David.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2875</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wileman, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2876</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, James I.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2877</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Duncan Roy.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2878</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Nicol, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2879</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hastings, S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2880</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Smith, G.M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2881</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sloan, D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2882</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Farquhar, John F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2883</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Paterson, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2884</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wilson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2885</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garrioch, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2886</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Wooley, Archibald K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2887</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Black, James M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2888</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ingram, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2889</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Craig, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2890</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cunningham, Andrew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2891</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cameron, Lachlan A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2892</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gillies, Henry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2893</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Peacock, David Kerr.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2894</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Donald, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2895</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Henderson, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2896</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">L.-Cpl.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2897</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dinwoodie, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2898</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Birrell, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2899</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kerrow, G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2900</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, John G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2901</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Foote, George Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2902</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stewart, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2903</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Murray, John K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2904</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Steele, George James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2905</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dietrich, William J.L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2906</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2907</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ramsay, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2908</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Struthers, David W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2909</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Conway, Frank Joseph.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2910</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lang, Archibald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2911</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Donald Grassick.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2912</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Evans, Joseph Howard.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2913</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Burt, Henry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2914</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dykes, James A.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2915</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kirkwood, Alexander.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2916</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, John Douglas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2917</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Calder, James Barclay.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2918</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Orr, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2919</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Park, Thomas W.U.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2920</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bennie, Hugh O.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2921</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2922</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Haft, Saul.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2923</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Rosenbloom, Harry.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2924</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, William Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2925</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Linton, William F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2926</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Burns, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2927</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Munn, Douglas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2928</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Macpherson, Donald B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2929</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gugan, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2930</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Innes, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2931</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Colliston, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2932</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Alston, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2933</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Adam, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2934</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Green, Alfred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2935</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Lauder, Alex. Duncan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2936</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Angus, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2937</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dewar, Robert Nisbet.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2938</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Lean, Murdoch.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2939</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Preston, James D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2940</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Young, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2941</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sherry, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2942</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bryce, Allan.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2943</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Millan, John R.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2944</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2945</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Graham, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2946</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Neasham, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2947</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Shaw, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2948</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Donald, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2949</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Naught, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2950</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Cross, Robert M'K.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2951</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Doig, Thomas F.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2952</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Howie, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2953</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Kenzie, Duncan William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2954</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Stephenson, Fred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2955</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barker, George Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2956</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garvie, Ernest L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2957</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hutchison, E. Deans.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2958</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Harrower, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2959</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baird, James H.H.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2960</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ross, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2961</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, Thomas H.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2962</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Skinner, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2963</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Begg, Robert Craig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2964</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Buchan, Bertram Gray.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2965</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Carlson, Edward P.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2966</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hastie, Robert L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2967</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fulton, Matthews.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2968</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watson, T. Greig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2969</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Allan, Joseph D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2970</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Miller, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2971</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, Donald.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2972</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Barr, Matthew.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2973</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thompson, Alfred W.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2974</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gibson, Arthur Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2975</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sorrie, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2976</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Hamilton, Charles.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2977</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gauld, Hector L.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2978</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Holmes, James Y.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2979</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Winning, Isaac.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2980</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Raffles, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2981</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Thomson, Thomas Craig.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2982</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Boyle, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2983</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Naught, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2984</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Thomas H.C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2985</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Garmory, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2986</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Mitchell, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2987</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Scott, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2988</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, Thomas Montgomery.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2989</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fleming, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2990</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Fawcett, Cyril John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2991</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Grant, William N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2992</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Irving, Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2993</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Greehin, Frederick J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2994</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sawers, William Brown.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2995</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ireland, William B.B.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2996</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dow, Hugh Auskin.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2997</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Connar, Norman.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">&nbsp;&nbsp;2998</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baxter, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23001</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Baxter, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23002</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Morton, George.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23003</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bruce, William C.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23004</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Banks, William Stephen.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23005</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Peat, Harold Ross.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23006</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Queen, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23007</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Black, Max.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23008</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Robertson, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23009</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Campbell, Roland.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23010</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Bell, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23011</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drummond, Alex. G.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23012</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kerr, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23013</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Clymont, Robert.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23014</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Brown, Hector M'D.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23015</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Meadows, Bentley.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23016</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Train, Thomas.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23017</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Sutherland, Daniel.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23018</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Watt, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23019</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Halliday, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23020</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Cormack, John Jeffrey.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23021</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Gray, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23022</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dickson, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23023</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Anderson, William S.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23024</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">M'Gowan, Archibald James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23025</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Farquhar, Henry Steven.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23026</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Somerville, Peter.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23027</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">MacIntyre, William M.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23028</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Spence, Ernest Alex.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23029</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ross, E.N.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23030</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Drummond, J.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23031</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Dick, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23032</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Ogilvie, James.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23033</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Johnston, John.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23034</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Monteath, William.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+  <td class="tdlrp">23035</td>
+  <td class="tdllr">Pte.</td>
+  <td class="tdll">Kirkhope, James B.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
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+<p class="cen"><a name="TN" id="TN"></a>Typographical errors corrected in text:</p>
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+Page &nbsp; 60: Villers-Brettoneux replaced with Villers-Bretonneux<br />
+Page &nbsp; 74: ryhthmical replaced with rhythmical<br />
+Page &nbsp; 93: Drsydale replaces with Drysdale<br />
+Page &nbsp; 95: <span style="font-weight: bold;">15937</span> L.-Sergt. W. Dickson corrected to <span style="font-weight: bold;">15973</span> L.-Sergt. W. Dickson<br />
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry
+(Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion), by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
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+
+
+Title: The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion)
+       Record of War Service, 1914-1918
+
+Author: Various
+
+Editor: John W. Arthur and Ion S. Munro
+
+Release Date: December 19, 2006 [EBook #20136]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEVENTEENTH HIGHLAND ***
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+Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Jeannie Howse and the Online
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+    | Transcriber's Note:                                       |
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+    | been preserved.                                           |
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+                           The
+
+           Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                       17th H.L.I.
+
+                THE GIFT OF THE MEMBERS OF
+             THE GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                     The Seventeenth
+                 Highland Light Infantry
+         (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion).
+
+
+
+
+                  Record of War Service,
+                        1914-1918.
+
+
+
+
+                         GLASGOW:
+DAVID J. CLARK, 23 ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE AND 92 UNION STREET.
+                          1920.
+
+
+
+
+EDITORS' PREFACE.
+
+
+In compiling and editing this history of the Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion, the aim of the editors has been to present such a narrative
+as will provide a detailed but not overburdened account of the
+Battalion's movements and operations throughout the years of its
+existence, and at the same time give a representative impression of
+the various outstanding events which have built up the character and
+the traditions of the unit.
+
+In accordance with the wishes of the History Committee, the narrative
+dealing with Field service has been kept within the limits of the
+Battalion's share in the campaign, and accordingly no attempt has been
+made to give any picture of the relative positions of the various
+other units operating with the 17th, or of the general strategic
+import of the actions described.
+
+The chapters dealing with the beginnings and home training, and those
+general items in Part III. are founded mainly upon matter supplied by
+officers of the unit and members of _The Outpost_ staff. The Roll of
+original members in Part IV. has been gathered together by Lieut. and
+Quarter-Master Kelly. The material in the section dealing with the
+service of the Battalion overseas has been gathered from the following
+sources:--
+
+For data--the Official War Diaries of the 17th Battalion H.L.I.
+preserved in the "Records" Office, Hamilton; supplementary notes
+supplied by Lieut.-Cols. Morton and Paul and Major Paterson, D.S.O.,
+M.C.; Brigade and Battalion Operation Orders; Battalion Operation
+Reports.
+
+For impressions, opinions, and descriptions--numerous and exceedingly
+helpful literary vignettes from members of _The Outpost_ staff and
+others, and from interviews.
+
+The Editors desire to record their appreciation of material
+contributed and help given by:--Lieut.-Col. Morton, Lieut.-Col. Paul,
+Lieut.-Col. Inglis, Major Paterson, the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, C.F.,
+Capt. G.H.R. Laird, Capt. M. MacRobert, Capt. T.P. Locking, Mr.
+Cameron of the Chamber of Commerce, Lieut. and Quarter-Master Kelly,
+Mr. Meadows of Saltcoats (for allowing illustrations and excerpts to
+be taken from the diary of his son, the late Lieut. B. Meadows), the
+relatives of the late Lieut. D.W. Hourston (for a selection of
+photographs from his collection), and the following gentlemen
+identified with the publication of _The Outpost_:--Messrs. A.M. Cohen,
+W.S. Corbett, Mark Drummond, W.M. Dixon, A.G. Deans, W. Glennie, A.G.
+Houstoun, J.L. Hardie, C. MacCallum, J. M'Kechnie, N. M'Intyre, W.K.
+M'Taggart, D. Murray, J.L.L. Niven, F.K. Pickles, H.F. Scott, D.M.
+Thomson, R. Tilley.
+
+                                        JOHN W. ARTHUR.
+                                        ION S. MUNRO.
+
+GLASGOW, _May, 1920._
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+EDITORS' PREFACE.
+
+I.--FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.                             PAGE
+
+THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS,                                     13
+  Declaration of War--Strain on the resources of the
+  Regular and Territorial Forces--Kitchener's Call to
+  Arms--Civic response--Glasgow Corporation
+  Battalions--Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and
+  Resolution--Committee formed--The Technical College.
+
+A BATTALION IN BEING,                                          15
+  Attestation and enrolment--"A" Company from Technical
+  College--"B" Company from Schools--"C" and "D" from the
+  City--C.O., Second in Command, Adjutant, Company
+  Commanders, and Staff appointed--Leaving the
+  City--Government acceptance--Farewell visit to City.
+
+ESPRIT DE CORPS,                                               19
+  Traditions of the H.L.I.--the 71st and 74th
+  Foot--Uniform--pre-War Establishment--Regular and
+  Territorial Battalions--War Service Battalions
+  raised--the allocation of the 17th Battalion.
+
+HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING,                                    21
+  Gailes--Troon--Prees Heath--Wensleydale--Totley--Codford
+  Camp--Overseas Orders--Message from the
+  King--Embarkation.
+
+
+II.--ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
+
+ON TREK,                                                       27
+  Arrival at Havre--March to the forward area--Bouzincourt
+  and Millencourt--instructional tour of front line
+  trenches--condition of trenches--first casualties--
+  Molliens.
+
+TRENCH ROUTINE,                                                30
+  In the line--Xmas '15 and the New Year--the new
+  trench--"Standing to"--routine and patrols.
+
+THE RAID,                                                      33
+  The "Red" Division--in the line at Authuille--Colonel
+  Morton wounded on March 21st--A raid postponed--carried
+  out on 22nd--success of Lieut. Begg's
+  party--congratulatory messages and awards.
+
+A LULL BEFORE THE STORM,                                       37
+  Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive--a
+  complimentary shoot with "P" Battery--Divisional,
+  Brigade and Battalion identification marks--happy days
+  at Rubempre.
+
+THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME,                                       39
+  Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle--zero and
+  "over the top"--Leipzig Trench carried--flanks
+  exposed--precarious position of the unit--great
+  casualties--protective bombing posts--consolidation--
+  Battalion relieved--Victoria Cross gained by Sergeant
+  Turnbull--Roll Call.
+
+A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE,                                 42
+  Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B.
+  Meadows giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the
+  July 1st Battle.
+
+HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS,                                       48
+  Senlis--last parade under Col. Morton--Bombing raid
+  north of Ovillers--Move to Bethune--1st Army
+  Area--inspection by General Munro--depleted
+  ranks--trench warfare about Hulluch--Cambrin Sector.
+
+BEAUMONT-HAMEL,                                                51
+  The attack--weather conditions--failure of artillery
+  support--forlorn hope--break-down of assault--gallantry
+  and sacrifice--casualties--Mailly-Maillet--Franqueville
+  and Rubempre--Xmas 1916 and New Year--football and high
+  spirits.
+
+THE NEW YEAR, 1917,                                            53
+  Bad weather--Courcelles--trench labours--varied
+  moves--beginning of Spring Offensive--attack by the
+  French--the advance--Nesle--condition of
+  inhabitants--great digging work at Germaine.
+
+ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY,                                     55
+  The taking of Savy--casualties--patrolling--capture of
+  Fayet--congratulatory messages--strenuous
+  days--Canizy--competitions with the French--work and
+  sport--Hangard--leaving the Fourth Army--Farewell
+  message from General Rawlinson.
+
+IN FLANDERS,                                                   60
+  En route to Steenbecque--R.T.O.--the 14th
+  Corps--reconnaissance of Messines Sector--heavy
+  marches--Coxyde and Kuhn--amenities of Nieuport area.
+
+OPERATIONS ON THE COAST,                                       62
+  Enemy hurricane bombardment--enemy attempt
+  frustrated--attack abandoned--visit to H.L.I.--
+  sports--visit of Dr. Kelman--patrol work by Corpl.
+  Wilson--listening post raided--departure for Adinkerke.
+
+THE YPRES SALIENT,                                             66
+  Passchendaele--gallantry of attack--casualties-- Hilltop
+  Farm--move to Landethun and Yeuse--Serre Sector--close
+  of 1917.
+
+THE DISBANDMENT,                                               71
+  Hogmanay--with the II. Corps--the blow--new army
+  establishment--Hospital Camp--disbandment--the passing
+  of the "17th."
+
+
+III.--AN ODD MUSTER.
+
+THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION,                                   76
+  The Padre's tribute.
+
+CO-OPERATION,                                                  78
+  The 17th and the Gunners.
+
+"THE OUTPOST,"                                                 81
+  The Battalion Magazine.
+
+SPORT OF THE BATTALION,                                        83
+  Football--running--boxing.
+
+THE R.S.M.,                                                    84
+  Tribute by Lieut.-Col. D.S. Morton.
+
+A REMEMBRANCE,                                                 84
+  An echo.
+
+THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE,                                        85
+  The Ladies' Committee and Office-bearers--their helpful
+  work.
+
+MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW,                                   86
+  The Somme--Rev. A. Herbert Gray's text.
+
+THE CLUB,                                                      87
+  The object--Battalion Benevolent Fund--Committee
+  formed--Hope of the future.
+
+"E" COMPANY,                                                   89
+  17th H.L.I. Reserve--19th Battalion--drafts--
+  activities--Lieut. Col. Anderson, V.C.--78th T.R.B.
+
+
+IV.--HONOURS AND AWARDS.
+
+Battalion Honour,                                              91
+
+The Victoria Cross,                                            91
+
+Honours gained by Officers and others while serving
+ with the Battalion,                                           93
+
+Honours gained by original Members of the Battalion
+  after being transferred to other units,                      96
+
+List of Officers who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation,                                 100
+
+"Other Ranks" of the Battalion who were granted
+  Commissions in the Battalion,                               101
+
+Roll of Warrant Officers, N.C.O.s and men who joined
+  the Battalion prior to 22nd November, 1915,                 102
+
+
+
+
+ILLUSTRATIONS.
+
+
+FRONTISPIECE.                                       _Facing Page_
+
+THE LATE MR. MONTAGU M.W. BAIRD AND MR. JAMES W. MURRAY,
+PRESIDENTS OF THE CHAMBER,                                     14
+
+FAREWELL MEETING AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE,                     17
+
+EARLY DAYS--A REST BY THE WAY,                                 18
+
+H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE
+H.L.I., AND COLONEL J. STANLEY PATERSON,                       19
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL DAVID S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.,              20, 35
+
+ON THE SEA FRONT AT TROON--LEAVING TROON,                      20
+
+MESS ORDERLIES (PREES HEATH CAMP)--"GUARD, TURN OUT"
+(WENSLEY CAMP),                                                21
+
+A PEACEFUL BIVOUAC (SALISBURY PLAIN)--RECRUITING MARCH
+AT CODFORD,                                                    22
+
+OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION AT MAR LODGE, TROON, 1915,           24
+
+VISIT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TROON,
+1915                                                           25
+
+THE BATTALION ON PARADE,                                       26
+
+HAVRE--RUINS OF BETHUNE,                                       28
+
+THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--BEFORE AND AFTER BOMBARDMENT,           34
+
+MAP ILLUSTRATING OPERATIONS OF 1ST JULY, 1916,                 40
+
+VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE,                44
+
+COOKHOUSE AT BECOURT--OBSERVATION POST, HULLUCH
+SECTOR--WAR'S DESTRUCTION,                                     50
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J. PAUL,                                      51
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.,                      60
+
+TYPES OF SUPPORT LINE DUG-OUTS AND FIRST AID POST,             68
+
+MAJOR THE REV. A. HERBERT GRAY--CHURCH PARADE (PREES HEATH),   76
+
+PHASES OF BATTALION TRAINING,                                  77
+
+"THE OUTPOST" STAFF ON ACTIVE SERVICE--ORIGINAL EDITORIAL
+STAFF,                                                         81
+
+THE LATE STEVEN D. REITH, D.C.M.--LCE.-CORPL. F.K. PICKLES,    82
+
+MARGUS, THE MASCOT--ONE OF THE BATTALION RUGBY FOOTBALL
+TEAMS,                                                         83
+
+LIEUT. AND Q.-M. (FORMERLY REGIMENTAL-SERGEANT-MAJOR) JAMES
+KELLY,                                                         84
+
+MRS. DAVID S. MORTON, CONVENER OF THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE,      85
+
+LIEUT.-COLONEL W. AULD, V.D.,                                  90
+
+THE LATE LIEUT.-COLONEL WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON, V.C.,
+AND SERGEANT J.Y. TURNBULL, V.C.,                              91
+
+
+
+
+"_They ask a better Britain as their monument._"
+
+
+
+
+I.--FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.
+
+
+THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS.
+
+
+Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th, 1914, and almost
+immediately the combatant strength of its Regular Army was on service
+and the great bulk of that gallant force engaged in those fierce
+actions against odds which marked the early fighting.
+
+The War Office was quickly alive to the fact that the Regular Army
+could not cope in point of numbers with the Germanic hordes. On the
+day following the declaration of war the Territorial Forces of Great
+Britain were mobilized, and with a marvellous and inspiring unanimity
+their members volunteered for Overseas Service. But even the addition
+of these many thousands to our striking force was realised to provide
+no more than a relief for the rapidly exhausting strength of the "old
+contemptibles," and Lord Kitchener issued his great manifesto calling
+the people to the Empire's help, and laid the foundations of a New
+Army--Kitchener's Army--the finest and most disinterested body of
+soldier patriots that ever stepped in a sound and worthy cause. At
+once the patriotism of the country declared itself and the Nation
+sprang to arms. The City of Glasgow proved itself second to none among
+the cities and districts of the Kingdom in its answer to the call. The
+Town Council recruited two fine battalions, the 1st Glasgow, which was
+mainly drawn from the Tramway employees of the city; and the 2nd
+Glasgow, which was recruited from former members of the Boys' Brigade.
+Other institutions in the city were bestirring themselves in the
+national cause, and at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Directors,
+held on 3rd September, 1914, it was unanimously resolved, on the
+motion of Bailie W.F. Russell, to form a Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
+Battalion. Enthusiasm for the scheme was quickly evident, and no time
+was lost in getting the matter put upon a practical basis. At the same
+meeting of Directors the following gentlemen were appointed as the
+Committee in charge:--Messrs. M.M.W. Baird, James W. Murray, F.C.
+Gardiner, G.A. Mitchell, H. Moncrieff, W.F. Russell, A.A. Smith, with
+Sir Archd. M'Innes Shaw as Convener, and Mr. John W. Arthur as
+Vice-Convener, the former making Military matters his chief concern,
+the latter caring for Clothing and Equipment. Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird,
+the President, and Mr. James W. Murray, the Vice-President, did much
+to foster the movement.
+
+The Chamber of Commerce sustained the loss of Mr. Baird, who died on
+October 14, 1915. Mr. J.W. Murray succeeded him as President and
+applied that deep interest in all the work and welfare of the
+Battalion which marked his services throughout the history of the
+unit. Mr. Thomas Cameron, the Secretary of the Chamber, also in
+countless ways contributed to its success.
+
+At this stage the Council of the Royal Glasgow Technical College
+approached the Chamber of Commerce Committee, and it was arranged that
+students of the College would find special opportunities of forming a
+detachment within the Battalion. This arrangement was found acceptable
+in every way, and many students entered for the service of their
+country under the colours of what was at that early stage known as
+"The Chamber of Commerce Battalion, 3rd Glasgow."
+
+   [Illustration: THE LATE MR. MONTAGU M.W. BAIRD,
+   President of the Chamber, 1914-1915.]
+
+   [Illustration: MR. JAMES W. MURRAY,
+   President of the Chamber, 1916-1917-1918.
+   _To face page 14._]
+
+
+
+
+A BATTALION IN BEING.
+
+
+No time was lost in bridging the gap between "Resolution" and
+"Action." By September 12th, 1914, the work of enrolling recruits had
+begun, and Medical Examination and Attestation were commenced under
+the supervision of Colonel J. Stanley Paterson, Officer in Charge, No.
+2 District, Scottish Command. Colonel Paterson did much for the
+Battalion in many directions, and in a recent letter says:--"I have
+never lost, and never will lose, the deep interest I took in the 17th
+H.L.I. from the moment of its initiation, and the full story of its
+doings will give me the greatest pleasure to read."
+
+The Lesser Hall of the Merchants' House was for many days the
+Headquarters of busy recruiting, and those associated with these
+stirring times will long remember the enthusiasm with which the
+enrolment was conducted. With the help of Dr. Beilby and Mr. Stockdale
+of the Royal Technical College, "A" Company was speedily recruited,
+and was composed mainly of the College Students. Colonel R.C.
+Mackenzie, C.B., did much for "B" Company, enlisting in its ranks
+former pupils of the City Schools, the High School, Glasgow Academy
+and others. "C" and "D" Companies were composed principally of men
+from the business houses and different trades in the city and
+district. For a few weeks the men, living in their own homes, were
+instructed and drilled in four of the Territorial Force Association
+Halls. During the recruiting and the early weeks of the training,
+Major Rounsfell Brown acted as Adjutant, and rendered excellent
+service.
+
+Kit was issued to the four original Companies, "A," "B," "C," and "D,"
+on 19th and 20th September.
+
+It was at first expected that Colonel Fred. J. Smith, late of the 8th
+Scottish Rifles, might be chosen as Officer in Command, but for
+reasons of health he was unable to undertake the duty. The choice
+eventually fell upon Lieut.-Colonel David S. Morton, V.D., who had
+seen much service, and was well fitted to fill the post. His volunteer
+experience included service in the 1st L.R.V., the Engineers, and
+various Commissioned ranks in the 5th H.L.I., ending, on his retiral,
+with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. In 1900 he served with the 71st in
+South Africa as Captain of the H.L.I. Service Company. He was
+mentioned in despatches, and received the "South Africa" Medal with
+three clasps.
+
+Major W.J. Paul was appointed second in Command. His service had been
+with the Scottish Rifles (the 4th V.B.S.R.), in which unit he rose to
+the rank of Major, second in Command. He retired in 1907 with the
+Honorary rank of Major.
+
+The original Officers in Command of Companies were:--
+
+     "A" Major W.J. Paul.
+     "B" Major J.R. Young.
+     "C" Major W. Auld, V.D.
+     "D" Major E. Hutchison.
+
+The Regimental Staff included Captain D.R. Kilpatrick, R.A.M.C., as
+Surgeon attached; Lieut. and Quarter-Master Slade; Regimental
+Sergt.-Major Kelly; Regimental Quarter-Master Sergt. T. Keith; and
+Orderly Room Quarter-Master-Sergt. J. Copland.
+
+Up to this point the drill and training were being well pushed on. It
+will be remembered that the extraordinary demands made on khaki cloth,
+by the sudden institution of a national army, made it practically
+unobtainable in these early months. A navy blue serge cloth was
+substituted for making tunics, trousers and greatcoats, and these made
+a neat and serviceable uniform. This uniform was issued at Gailes and
+was exchanged for khaki in the following summer at Troon. The
+Battalion was now ready to set out for its war training station, and
+on 23rd September assembled in the Examination Hall of the Royal
+Technical College, and had a good send-off by the Directors and
+Members of the Chamber of Commerce, Colonel Stanley Paterson, and
+other friends. At this meeting, Colours for the Regiment were promised
+by Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird, the President of the Chamber; Bugles, by
+Dr. and Mrs. Beilby, of the Technical College; and Pipes and Drums as
+a joint gift by the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and
+Merchants' House. After the Meeting, the Battalion entrained for the
+Camp at Gailes.
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR W.J. PAUL.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR JOHN R. YOUNG.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR W. AULD, V.D.]
+
+   [Illustration: MAJOR E. HUTCHISON.
+   _To face page 16._]
+
+   [Illustration: THE FAREWELL MEETING IN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
+   _To face page 17._]
+
+A member of the Battalion, giving a general impression of these
+memorable "first days," writes:--
+
+"We all assembled in our various drill halls. We watched and
+whispered. Some asked, who is that man with the loud voice shouting at
+us, giving us papers and getting us into what he called Companies. We
+knew soon. Then they selected N.C.O.'s (acting) from amongst those who
+had some previous training. After that we went away. The N.C.O.'s
+stayed and took the bundles of papers, our pledged word to our king,
+and wearily for hours sorted them and listed the names.
+
+"Days followed when we marched and when we got to know our officers by
+sight and to call ourselves by our Company name. Then came the day we
+drew our kit and carried off strange bundles to our homes. We got the
+magic words 'To camp at Gailes.' Then we were soldiers now. We paraded
+by Companies and assembled in the Square and marched to the train. A
+motley crowd carrying on our shoulders all manner of weird shaped
+bundles. The crowd laughed and cheered us. Thus we left the City that
+held us very peculiarly her own, her citizens and sons for the last
+time. Henceforth her soldiers."
+
+The Chamber of Commerce Battalion was now an accomplished fact, and
+the following authoritative acceptance by the Government and the War
+Office, linked it as an integral part of the Service Regiments of the
+British Army.
+
+
+                                    "WAR OFFICE,
+                             "LONDON, S.W., _2nd November, 1914._
+
+  "TO THE PRESIDENT,
+    "CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
+      "7 WEST GEORGE STREET,
+        "GLASGOW.
+
+    "Sir,
+
+    "I am commanded by the Army Council to offer you, and those
+    associated with you, their sincere thanks for having raised the
+    17th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (3rd Glasgow)
+    of which the administration has now been taken over by the
+    Military Authorities.
+
+    "The Council much appreciated the spirit which prompted your
+    offer of assistance, and they are gratified at the successful
+    results of the time and labour devoted to this object, which has
+    added to the armed forces of the Crown the services of a fine
+    body of men.
+
+    "The Council will watch the future career of the Battalion with
+    interest, and they feel assured that when sent to the front it
+    will maintain the high reputation of the distinguished Regiment
+    of which it forms part.
+
+    "I am to add that its success on active service will largely
+    depend on the result of your efforts to keep the depot Companies
+    constantly up to establishment with men in every way fit for
+    service in the field.
+
+      "I am, Sir,
+        "Your obedient Servant,
+          "(Signed)    B.B. CUBITT."
+
+On 7th November, the Battalion paid a return visit to the City of
+Glasgow. The Battalion arrived and formed up on the station platform.
+A word of command and away they marched into the streets, crowded to
+the uttermost by friends and relatives. Hardly a cheer was heard. The
+men marched between banks of faces, in a deep silence. What a strange
+reception, surely the most impressive men ever had, proving what was
+in the hearts of those that watched the men and how they felt for
+them. Only when they entered the Square did cheers and the buzzing of
+an awaking crowd break out. "We felt," says an officer, "rather
+disappointed; but we knew what it meant." The unit was then inspected
+in front of the Municipal Buildings by representatives of the Chamber
+of Commerce.
+
+   [Illustration: EARLY DAYS.]
+
+   [Illustration: A REST BY THE WAY.
+   _To face page 18._]
+
+   [Illustration: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,
+   Colonel-in-Chief of the H.L.I.]
+
+   [Illustration: Colonel J. STANLEY PATERSON.
+   _To face page 19._]
+
+
+
+
+ESPRIT DE CORPS.
+
+
+It will be of value and interest to give here a brief survey of the
+history of The Highland Light Infantry, which enshrines a record of
+service and gallantry second to none in the annals of our Empire, and
+to which the Chamber of Commerce Battalion was fated to add a page as
+heroic and imperishable as any in its great traditions.
+
+The Highland Light Infantry was originally raised as two separate
+Regiments of Foot, the 71st and the 74th. What was to become famous as
+the 71st was raised in 1777 by Lord John MacLeod and was known as
+"MacLeod's Highlanders." It was a kilted regiment and wore the
+Mackenzie tartan. It was originally numbered the 73rd, and under this
+designation won early distinctions in India in the campaigns against
+Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sahib. Nine years after its inauguration it
+became the 71st, and after service in Ceylon and at the Cape it
+received in 1808 the title of "The Glasgow Regiment." Shortly after
+this the 71st entered once more the fields of war in the Peninsula
+campaign under Wellington, and shared in many actions including the
+storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, the siege of Badajoz and at Vittoria. Then
+came their crowning gallantry at Waterloo against the flower of
+Napoleon's armies. In later years the Crimea, Canada and the Bermudas
+were added to their war honours.
+
+The 74th was raised at Glasgow by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell
+with a view to service in India. The 74th also wore the kilt, but of
+Black Watch tartan. Their record runs much on the same lines as that
+of the 71st, and quickly they are also found performing deeds of
+stubborn gallantry in India in the Mysore Territory. When the hour of
+Tippoo Sahib had come, the 74th was the first to enter the tyrant's
+last stronghold, but it was later, at the battle of Assaye that they
+earned a fame which finds its echo to-day in the old badge of the
+Elephant, which that action entitles them to wear. For long afterwards
+the unit possessed the proud by-name of "The Assaye Regiment." After
+sharing with the 71st in the rigours of the Peninsula, Canada and the
+West Indies, the 74th saw service in the Kaffir War, Madras, and in
+Egypt, including Tel-el-Kebir, where they were in the fiercest of the
+fight.
+
+It was in 1809, as a reward for their services, that they were formed
+into Light Infantry, and were permitted to retain such parts of the
+national dress as were not inconsistent with the duties of Light
+Infantry. They then discarded the kilt and adopted the tartan trews
+which still appear in the full dress uniform of the Regiment. The kilt
+is now worn by two Territorial Battalions, the 6th and the 9th.
+
+Subsequently the two Regiments were formed into one Regiment of two
+Battalions.
+
+The "H.L.I.," as all the world calls it, was of course present during
+the South African War. They fought at Modder River, and though they
+suffered severely at Magersfontein, continued to share in the
+hardships of the remainder of the campaign.
+
+At the outbreak of the Great War there were in addition to the 1st and
+2nd Battalions, two Special Reserve Battalions (the 3rd and 4th) and
+five Territorial Battalions, numbered the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.
+
+After declaration of war, the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
+16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Service Battalions were raised,
+together with the 21st (Territorial) and 1st (Garrison) Battalions. In
+addition, the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions each had second
+and third lines, and at one time there were as many as thirty
+Battalions in existence. These were more or less connected with the
+City of Glasgow and district, and serve as an indication of the
+patriotism and loyalty of the community.
+
+On 14th December, 1914, the War Office issued an order that the
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion was to form a unit of the New Army, and
+was to be designated the 17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light
+Infantry, of the 117th Infantry Brigade, of the 39th Division. This
+intimation was received when the Battalion was stationed at Troon, and
+was hailed with great enthusiasm by all ranks.
+
+Their comradeship in the common cause, their keenness for practical
+service and the _esprit de corps_ engendered by their attachment to
+the illustrious Highland Light Infantry, knit all ranks together in
+enthusiasm and determination.
+
+   [Illustration: ON THE SEA FRONT AT TROON.]
+
+   [Illustration: LT.-COL. DAVID S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.]
+
+   [Illustration: LEAVING TROON.
+   _To face page 20._]
+
+   [Illustration: "GUARD, TURN OUT"--WENSLEY CAMP.]
+
+   [Illustration: MESS ORDERLIES--PREES HEATH CAMP.
+   _To face page 21._]
+
+It was about this time that instructions were received to recruit a
+fifth Company as part of the 17th Battalion establishment. As this
+Company eventually became the nucleus of a further Battalion with a
+parallel history of its own, it will be treated separately in another
+chapter. (Page 89.)
+
+
+
+
+HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING.
+
+
+The Battalion arrived at Gailes on 23rd September, 1914, and this
+event might be called the beginning of the Great Adventure. The war
+seemed miles nearer as the light-hearted and high-spirited lads
+stepped out of the train and viewed the rows of glistening white
+tents. The large array of kit bags was in many instances supplemented
+by suit cases, filled with surplus personal effects thought necessary
+for creature comforts. The novelty of the surroundings, and twelve men
+in a tent, including numerous belongings, did not conduce to sleep;
+and the next morning reveille found all but the old soldier already
+astir. The weeks at Gailes were spent in organising, and the efforts
+of all ranks to become efficient were worthy of that spirit which
+lasted throughout the existence of the Battalion.
+
+The issue of something in the nature of a uniform and a few Drill
+Pattern rifles raised hopes that the training was being hurried on. On
+the 13th October, a move was made to Troon, where the good citizens
+afforded luxurious billets to the Battalion.
+
+In spite of the vigorous training that was enforced during the next
+few months, and which stood the men in such good stead later on, the
+social side was not neglected and helped to cement a great feeling of
+good fellowship and understanding between the officers and men. It was
+with mutual regret that the Seventeenth took its departure from Troon
+on 13th May, 1915, and the memory of the stay in the Ayrshire town
+will always remain as one of the most pleasant memories in the history
+of the Battalion.
+
+There is something very remarkable about the record of the 17th H.L.I.
+when billeted in Troon. For though brain-weary subalterns spent hours
+trying to balance their billeting monies to the satisfaction of
+exasperated and exacting Company Commanders, there was very little
+trouble in the Orderly Room, that pulse of trouble.
+
+Here are some noteworthy facts:--
+
+    I.--The Guard Room was always empty.
+
+    II.--There were practically no men "crimed" for lateness on
+        parade.
+
+    III.--There were practically no "crimes" for being out of
+        "billets."
+
+    IV.--There were no complaints of rowdyism in billets.
+
+    V.--There were no charges of drunkenness.
+
+    VI.--There were only very few charges of pass breaking.
+
+    VII.--There were very few claims for damage, and these on
+        examination were more vindictive than real.
+
+    VIII.--It was not necessary to serve any billeting notices.
+
+These are a few of the significant facts that mount up to bring honour
+to the rank and file of the 17th H.L.I.
+
+The three troop-trains carrying the Battalion arrived at Whitchurch,
+Shropshire, on the morning of the 14th May, and the men marched some
+three miles south to the great hut-city on Prees Heath. This was the
+first War Station of the Brigade, where the 15th, 16th and 17th H.L.I.
+joined the 11th (S.) Battalion Border Regiment (The Lonsdales). There
+the men found hut life very comfortable. The cleaning and tidying of
+their new abodes kept them busy, and was carried out with the cheery
+zest and whole-hearted enthusiasm so characteristic of the
+Seventeenth. Full advantage was taken of the adjacent Y.M.C.A.
+establishment, which proved an admirable Institution. The Concert
+Hall, Refreshment Tables, Reading and Billiard Rooms, were well
+patronised at all off-duty hours, and the men appreciated the cheerful
+kindness of the attendants, who were voluntary lady workers from the
+County houses.
+
+Extended manoeuvres were impracticable in this well-fenced
+agricultural area, so the training embraced much route-marching, and
+barrack-square work, musketry, signalling, visual training, etc.
+There were several trying marches in the scorching May-June weather,
+to Clive's native district, Moreton-Say and Market Drayton, to Wem and
+Hodnet, and to the beautiful scenery of Hawkstone Park, and Iscoyd
+Hall. Football, cricket, hockey, golf and cross-country running
+provided healthy recreation, while excursions to old-world "Sleepy
+Chester," to Shrewsbury and into Wales were popular week-ends.
+
+   [Illustration: A PEACEFUL BIVOUAC--SALISBURY PLAIN.]
+
+   [Illustration: RECRUITING MARCH AT GRAND PARADE, BATH.
+   _To face page 22._]
+
+In the third week of June, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. changed quarters from
+the flat stifling district of Prees-Heath to the breezy upland valley
+of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. There is hardly a
+level acre in the district, but this was a welcome change. Many an
+enjoyable journey was made, in the intervals of Brigade Training,
+northward to lonely Swaledale, south to Coverdale, across the Valley
+of the Yore, to the prominent peak of Penhill, or to the beautiful
+Aysgarth Falls.
+
+The Infantry Brigade, the 97th, had the 95th and the South Irish Horse
+as comrades for the training round Leyburn and Middleham, and Bellerby
+Moors; and some pleasant friendships were formed with the Warwickshire
+and Gloucestershire lads, and with the "foine foightin' bhoys" from
+Cork and Tipperary.
+
+On the 27th of July tents were shifted to Totley Rifle Ranges in
+Derbyshire, where the preliminary Musketry Course was fired by the
+Battalion during the next fortnight, with most creditable results. The
+men made themselves great favourites in Totley and Dore, and at
+Sheffield, where they received a very hospitable welcome at all times,
+and especially on the occasion of a memorable route march through that
+city on 9th August. The Battalion was given an enthusiastic send-off
+at Dore and Beauchief Stations on 10th August, when entraining for
+Salisbury Plain, the scene of their next training ground.
+
+When the Seventeenth steamed into the station at Codford St. Mary, on
+11th August, and saw the occasional houses peeping through the tall
+trees, it was the thought that, after the bustle and stir of Totley,
+they had indeed become soldiers in earnest. The Camp Warden
+strengthened this belief with his assurance that no unit stayed longer
+than six weeks in the Camp, and after that,--Southampton and France,
+for the testing and proof of all that had been learnt so eagerly. As
+it turned out, three months were spent at Codford--months of rigorous
+training, of long interesting divisional manoeuvres, and general
+hardening. The men learned to dig trenches quickly and well, for they
+had to spend nights in them; to march many miles without complaint,
+and fight at the end of the hardest day's march; to use Lewis guns,
+not as amateurs with a strange toy, but as men whose lives depended on
+their speed and ability. The mysteries of transport, and the value of
+a timetable were revealed.
+
+Needless to say these days of field exercises were not lacking in some
+amusing incidents which seem to dog the footsteps of peace conditions
+manoeuvres and which act as very welcome episodes amid the hard work
+that such training involves. Towards the close of one of the
+periodical manoeuvres carried out by the Seventeenth under the
+critical eye of an Inspecting General a bugle had sounded and the
+manoeuvres ceased. Officers grouped together and men lay on their
+backs and talked. The General turned to one of the Battalion officers
+who were now beginning to assemble round him, and said, "What was that
+call?" He often did such things as this to test knowledge of detail.
+"The Stand Fast," said the officer to whom the question was addressed.
+"Oh! come! come!" said the General, "Now, what was it?" he further
+questioned a Company Commander. No reply came. Then he turned to the
+Second in Command, "Now, Major, what was it? Tell him." "The Stand
+Fast, sir," said the Major. "Really," said the General, "you gentlemen
+must learn the elementary things in soldiering. Bugler, tell these
+gentlemen what that call was." "The Stand Fast, sir," replied the
+bugler. The General hurried on with the conference!
+
+At Codford the Battalion had its first taste of army biscuit and
+bully-beef. From Monday to Thursday manoeuvres were held; on Friday,
+"clean up," and on Saturday, after the Colonel's inspection, the
+luckier ones went to Bath and Bristol for the day, or to London or
+Bournemouth for the week-end. Friday was pay day--"Seven Shillings me
+lucky lad," and after pay-out, the reading of the Army Act or a
+Lecture on bayonet-fighting or tactics. Games flourished. The
+Battalion football team played and defeated Bath City, and met the
+other Battalions of the Division at Rugby Football, and invariably
+won. On the ranges with rifle and Lewis gun, the Battalion maintained
+its place as _the_ Battalion in the Division.
+
+   [Illustration: OFFICERS OF THE BATTALION AT MAR LODGE, TROON,
+   1915.
+   _To face page 24._]
+
+   [Illustration: VISIT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
+   TROON, 1915.
+   _To face page 25._]
+
+At last word was received that the Battalion would cross to France on
+November 22nd. Only fifty per cent. got week-end leave--there was no
+time for more. Training was over. Few will forget the brave skirl of
+the pipes as the Battalion swung home in the morning from Yarnbury
+Castle, file after file silhouetted against the orange and gold of the
+rising sun. Always, when the wind blows fresh and sweet in the
+morning, those who are left of those happy times will think of
+Codford, the "jumping off place" of the Seventeenth for France.
+
+The following message of God-speed and goodwill was received by the
+Battalion as part of the 32nd Division before setting out:--
+
+
+    "17TH SERVICE BATTALION HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.
+      "BRIGADE ORDER NO. 1285, OF 19TH NOVEMBER, 1915.
+        "MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
+
+    "Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the 32nd
+    Division, on the eve of your departure for Active Service I send
+    you my heartfelt good wishes.
+
+    "It is a bitter disappointment to me, owing to an unfortunate
+    accident, I am unable to see the Division on Parade before it
+    leaves England; but I can assure you that my thoughts are with
+    you all.
+
+    "Your period of training has been long and arduous, but the time
+    has now come for you to prove on the Field of Battle the results
+    of your instruction.
+
+    "From the good accounts that I have received of the Division, I
+    am confident that the high traditions of the British Army are
+    safe in your hands, and that with your comrades now in the Field
+    you will maintain the unceasing efforts necessary to bring the
+    War to a victorious ending.
+
+    "Good-bye and God-speed."
+
+To the above message the following reply was sent:--
+
+    "Please convey to His Majesty the heartfelt thanks of all ranks
+    of the 32nd Division for His gracious message and their
+    determination to justify His expectations.
+
+    "The Division deeply regrets the accident which has deprived it
+    of the honour of a visit from His Majesty, and humbly offers its
+    best wishes for His Majesty's speedy and complete recovery."
+
+On Sunday, 21st November, 1915, the Battalion paraded in full
+strength, 1,032 all ranks, at their hutments, Codford. A minute and
+final inspection was made, and everything pronounced to be in order. A
+memorable feature of this parade was the head-gear, Balmoral bonnets
+of the war service pattern being worn for the first time. Next morning
+the Battalion left Codford in three parties for Southampton, and
+without any delay embarked on two transports for Havre, the remainder
+of the Division going _via_ Boulogne. It was a perfect crossing, no
+wind, bright moonlight, with everyone in the best of spirits.
+
+At 7 a.m. on the 23rd, the troops disembarked at the port of Havre and
+marched off at once to the Rest Camp, three miles away, great interest
+being displayed in the few German prisoners working on the docks. On
+arrival the Battalion found it was under canvas, no floor boards and
+plenty of mud--a first taste of real discomfort. Moreover the day was
+raw, with a suspicion of snow, and no one was sorry when it was
+announced that the Camp was being left first thing in the morning.
+That evening a few of the Officers visited the town itself, and others
+went out on a first reconnaissance to discover the route to the
+station, and the Ration Depot.
+
+The next day, after drawing two days' rations as well as "Iron
+Rations," the Battalion left for the "Front,"--"A," "B," and "C"
+Companies going off at 1.15 p.m., and "D" Company following a few
+hours later.
+
+   [Illustration: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BATTALION, TROON, APRIL,
+   1915.]
+
+
+
+
+II.--ACTIVE SERVICE.
+
+
+ON TREK.
+
+    _Arrival at Havre--March to the forward area--Bouzincourt and
+    Millencourt--instructional tour of front line
+    trenches--condition of trenches--first casualties--Molliens._
+
+
+The Battalion arrived at the Port of Le Havre, disembarked in high
+spirits, and in the morning of 23rd November, 1915, part of the troops
+left the docks for a three mile trek to a rest camp; but soon the
+Battalion set out on its first journey "up the line" in cattle trucks.
+Travelling through the night of the 24th, via Rouen and Amiens, the
+unit reached Pont Remy, some twelve miles east of Abbeville, in the
+early hours of the following day, and soon had commenced their first
+route march into the battle-ways of France, and, incidentally, at the
+first resting place, Mouflers, made cheerily light of what was their
+first experience of faulty billeting arrangements. One billet, for 150
+men, at the Folie Auberge was uninhabitable, and the appearance of the
+billets in general was greeted with good-natured growls of amazement
+and disgust. The weather, however, was mild and sunny, and after about
+eight hours' work all the troops were more or less under cover. When
+every incident was an experience novel and suggestive, such minor
+discomforts did not trouble anyone seriously; but considered in
+retrospect it must be admitted that these, their first billets, were
+very poor for a village so far behind the line. If it was an
+unpromising beginning for the companies, it proved a delusion and a
+snare for headquarters, for they scored on this occasion in having at
+the Chateau the most comfortable billets they ever were fated to
+enjoy.
+
+The next day was spent in resting, and on the 27th the march was
+continued along the magnificent Amiens Road, through Felixcourt and
+Belloy-sur-Somme to La Chaussee. This was a day of keen frost and
+bright sunshine, and headed by the band, the 17th stepped out through
+the various villages in the best of spirits. Following the same column
+was the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers and two A.S.C. Companies. That
+night the billets were good, everyone felt somehow in holiday mood,
+helped perhaps by the successful bargaining for eggs, chickens and
+wine, for to make purchases at all was even at that early date a
+matter for rejoicing. The pipers delighted with their playing the
+heart of Madame la Comptesse at her chateau at Turancourt where
+Brigade headquarters were stationed.
+
+On the 28th, a bitterly cold day, the Battalion marched eleven miles
+via Coisy and Ranneville to Molliens-au-Bois, and there they stayed
+until the morning of December 1st, when they were joined by M.
+Duchamps, interpreter. Molliens-au-Bois lies about eight miles north
+of Amiens, but the outstanding feature was that, from the high ground
+above there was got the first glimpse of the illuminations provided
+nightly by the Bosche, all along the battle front.
+
+On 1st December they left at 8.15 a.m., in company with the 16th
+H.L.I., and on the way a Company of the 17th Northumberland Fusiliers
+joined the column, which now was moving into the front area.
+
+During the afternoon of that day, the Officers and N.C.O.s of "A" and
+"B" Companies went from Bouzincourt into the front line trenches, just
+north of Albert, and were attached for instruction to the 7th Gordons
+and the 7th Black Watch of the 51st Division, and on the following day
+these two Companies joined their Officers in the front line for one
+night. The trenches were in a very bad condition after hard frost and
+heavy rain. Parts of the trenches were collapsing under the severe
+conditions and cases were reported from neighbouring units of men
+being drowned in the mud and water.
+
+On the 3rd and 4th December "C" and "D" Companies from Millencourt
+went through a similar programme. On the 6th the front line only of
+Sectors F1 and F2 were taken over, and then on the 8th the whole
+Battalion took over Sector F1--some 2,000 yards of system from just
+north of La Boisselle towards Authuille (Blighty) Wood. The front line
+and communication trenches were knee deep in water and the trench
+shelters were poor. Rats galore and of enormous size added to the
+amenity of the district.
+
+   [Illustration: HAVRE.]
+
+   [Illustration: RUINS OF BETHUNE.
+   _To face page 28._]
+
+On the 4th of December the 17th suffered their first casualty by enemy
+action, Pte. J.M. Harper, "A" Company, being wounded by a rifle
+grenade.
+
+The next day Ptes. A. Taylor and R. Cross, of "D" Company, were
+wounded while bringing up rations. On the afternoon of the 11th, the
+Battalion, having completed its course of practical instruction, was
+relieved, and returned, two Companies to Bouzincourt, two to
+Millencourt. During the relief the enemy shelled the position heavily,
+and the Battalion was fortunate in escaping with only one casualty,
+Pte. R. M'Kelvie of "B" Company. The next day the Battalion marched
+back to Molliens-au-Bois, via Senlis and Beaucourt, to recuperate
+after their opening experience of active trench warfare conditions.
+The mud and water and the delapidated condition of the trenches were
+indeed an eye-opener to the men, as much as the comparative absence of
+"enemy activity." As they tramped back to Molliens, they passed some
+Companies of the 15th H.L.I. en route for their first spell, and their
+blank astonishment at the muddy appearance of the returning 17th
+Battalion was much appreciated by the war-worn veterans!
+
+All ranks received a good reception from the villagers, and the next
+few days were spent in resting, inspections and training. Considerable
+time was taken up in making duck-boards from the smaller trees of a
+wood near the village until this exercise was stopped by the forester.
+A few secured the grant of leave to Amiens, a privilege greatly
+enjoyed. The work of the organisations home in Glasgow and the
+interest taken in the Regiment and the men of the 17th Battalion soon
+became manifested by the arrival of parcels to such an extent that the
+postal arrangements were severely strained!
+
+
+
+
+TRENCH ROUTINE.
+
+    _In the line--Xmas '15 and the New Year--the new
+    trench--"Standing to"--routine and patrols._
+
+
+The Battalion returned to the line from Molliens-au-Bois on 23rd
+December, 1915, and from then till 17th February, 1916, held the
+Sector F1 alternately with the 11th Border Regiment. The outstanding
+features of this period were the digging and then the taking over of
+the new trenches across the big re-entrant on their right on 2nd
+February, and the enemy raid on the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., on their left on
+9th February.
+
+It will be noted that this spell of trench warfare activities brackets
+in both Christmas and New Year--both of which were accordingly spent
+in the front line trenches. As far as possible Christmas fare was
+provided in the line, and strict orders were issued that if the enemy
+made any friendly offers they were to be rejected strenuously. The
+only exchange of greetings notified for Christmas and New Year in the
+Official War Diary of the Battalion is a brief record of shelling and
+machine gunning. But during this period the Battalion had nevertheless
+very few casualties--only seven killed, including two died of wounds.
+The first casualty was Corporal Houston of No. 16 Platoon, who was
+killed at Lower Donnet on 3rd January.
+
+Except for patrol work, the piece of work carried out on 2nd February,
+1916, in connection with the new trenches was the first military
+operation carried out by the 17th when in close touch with the enemy,
+and it was confined to "B" Company and a Platoon of "A" Company, who
+acted as covering party.
+
+For some time the Battalion had been exercised in night manoeuvres,
+and on 1st February they had a full-dress rehearsal of the impending
+operation, which, on Tuesday, 2nd February, came off sooner than had
+been anticipated. The scheme was to form a new line of trenches,
+protected by wire, nearer the German line, some 300 yards in front of
+the existing one, the length dug being about 600 yards, with
+communication trenches in addition.
+
+At 6 p.m., in pitch darkness, "B" Company filed out into "no man's
+land." Instructions were, "No firing, bayonet only if necessary."
+There were Hun flares and machine guns, but no search-light. Had the
+enemy but used the light, all might have been spoiled. Their lives
+depended on no Hun reaching their line, or getting back with
+information. They went straight out the 600 yards without a hitch.
+That fixed their right flank, where Major J.R. Young was in command.
+Captain Russell led his half Company 500 yards straight across the
+front, with two scouts on either side, checking. At every five yards a
+man dropped and was placed, facing his proper front. They moved
+slowly, snail pace, but only three times in the 500 yards had the line
+to drop flat, until the last man was placed. The next thing was to get
+in touch with "A" Company, who were putting out the platoon to guard
+"B" Company's left flank. Rather jumpy work, this joining hands in
+pitch darkness. It was a long, silent night. At 9.30 the tinkling
+sound of the wire being fixed was heard, and they knew from this that
+the digging had commenced--some 800 men, good and true, working
+silently as they had never worked before.
+
+When 1.30 a.m. came their time was up. The right half Company, under
+Major Young, rose silently, and crept off to a place in the wire where
+a gap had been arranged for the men to pass through. Captain Russell
+with the left half Company followed. The wiring and digging went on
+till 3 a.m., protected by patrols sent out in front of the wire. A new
+trench, with communication trenches, had been laid 300 yards out from
+their old line, protected by treble staked wire, on a frontage of 600
+yards. The new trench was held till dawn before handing over. There
+was no hitch, and not a man wounded. The Battalion would have given
+much to see the Huns' faces when they looked across and found that
+long line of serpentine earth and wire shoved out under their noses.
+There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols.
+Everything worked in absolute harmony, and with perfect success, and
+all got back safe to tell the tale. The Hun discovered what had been
+done only the following morning when all was over.
+
+The lack of the more strenuous forms of active service excitement
+during the digging of this trench was more than made up for in the
+week following--when it was manned nightly in full strength, in spite
+of severe bombardment by the enemy.
+
+After the successful and useful piece of work in advancing the line
+just described, the Battalion settled down to a period of normal
+trench warfare and intensive training, but managed to slip in a game
+of Rugger and an Association game or two. Intermittent spells of
+artillery and trench mortar and gas shell bombardments of varying
+severity disturbed the sector, but despite this the unit not only
+immediately repaired any damage done, but considerably extended and
+improved the system.
+
+On the 9th of February the shelling became very heavy, culminating
+towards evening in an intense bombardment on the sector lying to the
+left of F1. At the same time an attempt was made to neutralise the
+fire of the British batteries on the Ancre by gas shells. Intense
+excitement prevailed in the Battalion, which was billeted in Aveluy,
+in Brigade support, when it was called on to "stand to" and man the
+bridge-head defences. Meantime the Hun carried out a raid on a part of
+the line known as the Nab, which was occupied by the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I.
+This point was occupied for half-an-hour or so by the enemy, who
+picked up about eleven K.O.Y.L.I. prisoners and then retired. The
+K.O.Y.L.I. suffered some sixty casualties in killed, wounded and
+missing, so "B" Company and part of "C" of the 17th were rushed up
+into the raided sector to reinforce the battered garrison, and stayed
+there till morning.
+
+Again the conditions stereotyped themselves into that nerve racking
+ordeal known to the civilian public as "nothing to report"--the type
+of warfare recognised by all who have any experience of modern active
+service life as calling for all that is highest in regimental
+efficiency and discipline, and individual initiative and grit. The
+weather, taking it all over, was wet and stormy, causing endless work
+in repairing the line and pumping the trenches clear of water. But the
+bright star in this bloody, muddy firmament was the commencement of
+leave, which opened about the 14th February. Even if your name was
+well down the list, or not yet even on it at all, a new species of
+keen counter-attraction was provided to the demands of war.
+
+
+
+
+THE RAID.
+
+    _The "Red" Division--in the line at Authuille--Colonel Morton
+    wounded on March 21st--a raid postponed--carried out on
+    22nd--success of Lieut. Begg's party--congratulatory messages
+    and awards._
+
+
+On 17th February, 1916, the 97th Brigade was relieved by the 96th
+Brigade, and consequently the Battalion moved back for an expected
+rest of some weeks. The 15th Lancashire Fusiliers took over the
+Battalion Sector, and the 17th went into billets at Millencourt. Many
+fatigues were carried out round about Albert, the principal work being
+the laying of cables and the improving of roads. On the 24th, quarters
+were changed to Henencourt and from billets into huts in the
+wood--most unpleasant, firstly on account of snow and frost, and then,
+following a thaw, on account of knee-deep mud. But a further change on
+the 29th to Dernancourt brought back billets good and comfortable.
+
+The attack on Verdun had upset the plans which had been made to give
+the Brigade the rest which it had been anticipating, and this last
+move to Dernancourt brought them into the line once more, just south
+of Albert.
+
+The 32nd Division, by now, with good cause, had been named by the
+Germans as the "Red" Division because the Hun was given no rest by the
+Divisional Artillery and constant raids, and on account of the red
+distinguishing marks worn by all ranks of the Division on their tunic
+sleeves. The 32nd took over from the 18th Division, and on the 1st of
+March, 1916, the Brigade was in Divisional Reserve. On the 3rd of
+March, the 97th Brigade relieved the 14th Brigade, the 11th Border
+Regiment and 2nd K.O.Y.L.I. taking over. On March 10th the 17th H.L.I.
+relieved the 11th Border Regiment, and so once more they were in
+immediate face of the enemy. This sector was in front of Becourt
+Chateau, between Fricourt and La Boiselle.
+
+A considerable amount of wiring was done, but life here was
+comparatively pleasant and the return of spring much appreciated.
+But, unfortunately, on the 21st of March, Col. Morton was wounded at
+Albert, Major Paul taking over command of the Battalion.
+
+Working parties were heavy, and on one occasion the Bosche blew a
+camouflet while work was in progress. During this period great
+preparations were made for a raid, and there was keen competition for
+a place in the selected party. The night selected for the raid, 2nd
+April, however, was unfortunately bright, and this combined with the
+fact that the enemy, by means of listening apparatus, seemed fully
+aware of what was on, led to a postponement when actually in "no man's
+land." The hazardous work of laying the guide tape preparatory to the
+abandoned raid was carried out by 2nd Lieut. H. MacRobert and Corpl.
+J. Chapman.
+
+This Sector was left on the 4th of April, and the Battalion, being
+relieved by the 2nd Scottish Rifles, of the 23rd Brigade, 8th
+Division, moved to Bouzincourt and went into huts vacated by the 2nd
+Inniskillens.
+
+After a week's rest at Bouzincourt the Battalion returned to the line
+at Authuille, on 12th April, 1916, the 97th Brigade holding the line
+between that village and north to Thiepval, with the two other
+Brigades behind, in support and in reserve. Alternately in the line,
+in support, and in reserve, the 17th remained in this Sector until the
+opening of the Somme Battle on 1st July, 1916. But the period was not
+without stirring incident. By the 15th of April final arrangements
+were being made to carry out what was to prove a highly successful
+raid on the enemy, which operation was accomplished on 22nd April.
+
+"23rd April, 1916,--Last night we made a successful raid against the
+enemy's trenches, south-west of Thiepval. Thirteen prisoners were
+captured, and in addition, a number of casualties were caused to the
+enemy by our men bombing their dug-outs. Our casualties were very
+slight."
+
+This bald official statement of the 17th H.L.I.'s first raid is to the
+lay mind singularly unimpressive, but behind it there is an interest
+and a measure of glory of which the 17th is happy to be proud. Let it
+be remembered that it was their first "stunt," their first real hand
+to hand brush with the enemy, and that to the 17th fell the honour of
+getting the first "jab in" for the 32nd Division.
+
+   [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--BEFORE THE WAR.]
+
+   [Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL, ALBERT--AFTER BOMBARDMENT.
+   _To face page 34._]
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL D.S. MORTON, V.D., C.M.G.
+   _To face page 35._]
+
+It was on the 28th of March, 1916, that volunteers were called for to
+raid the enemy's trenches, and out of the hundred who answered, a
+party of 45 was selected, under Lieut. A.J. Begg, and Lieut. J.N.
+Carpenter. This party went down to Dernancourt, behind Albert, to
+complete the training for the raid, and the intention was to rush the
+enemy on the night of 2nd April. That night, however, as already
+explained, proved unfavourable on account of a bright moon, and the
+party, after crawling stealthily towards the enemy's wire were
+observed near his trenches and were forced to withdraw. Training was
+resumed at Bouzincourt, and it was decided then to have the assistance
+of a preliminary artillery bombardment. A point in the enemy's salient
+south-west of Thiepval was selected, the wire there was cut in advance
+by the artillery, and close observation was maintained on the spot
+from day to day. Meanwhile the enemy's fortifications were duplicated
+on the ground behind Bouzincourt, and there, night after night, the
+raiding party practised the assault. The most careful preparations
+were entailed, with much planning and understanding of detail. Every
+man had to know thoroughly his part. There had to be no hitch
+anywhere. Lieut. Begg saw to it that the training was complete, and
+given any luck, success was fully assured.
+
+On the night of the 22nd of April, the party, with blackened hands and
+faces, and equipped with an assortment of weapons worthy of Mexican
+outlaws, presented themselves at the head of Thiepval Avenue, and
+filed up to the "starting point" to await the report of the Patrol
+under Lieut. MacRobert, who also had charge of the tape-laying party
+which included Corporal Chapman. At 9.30 p.m. our artillery suddenly
+opened on the enemy's salient, and poured down on it such a tornado of
+steel as the Germans had never experienced before. For twenty minutes
+our shells flayed the German front line, and under this arch of
+shrieking explosives the battle party crawled right up to the rim of
+the bombardment. What wire remained uncut was blown to fragments by a
+torpedo, and when the barrage lifted and came down behind, the raiders
+jumped into the enemy's trench and set to work. For twenty minutes
+they bombed and destroyed, cleared dug-outs, pulled down machine guns,
+barricaded communication trenches, and handed prisoners back to
+escorts. Then on a signal they as quickly withdrew, and still under
+cover of artillery fire made their own trench again. Thirteen
+affrighted Germans, of two different units, accompanied the party;
+and, finest of all, every man of the party returned. Eleven of them
+were wounded, but only one seriously. Among those slightly wounded was
+Lieut. Begg, who was the spirit of the assault.
+
+As a result of this success many congratulatory messages were received
+and several decorations awarded. Among the list of telegrams were the
+following:--
+
+  From the G.O.C. 10th CORPS:--"Corps Commander congratulates the
+      17th H.L.I. on their successful enterprise, which reflects
+      great credit on all concerned."
+
+  From the G.O.C. 32nd DIVISION:--"I congratulate you. I was
+      confident that the 17th H.L.I. would do the trick. Convey this
+      message to them."
+
+  From Sir HENRY RAWLINSON, G.O.C. 4th ARMY:--"Please convey to 32nd
+      Division, and particularly to the 97th Brigade and 17th
+      Battalion Highland Light Infantry, my heartiest
+      congratulations on their successful raid last night. The
+      preparations were well and carefully thought out, the
+      Artillery support was good, and the whole conduct of the
+      operations reflects credit on all concerned."
+
+  From the G.O.C. 97th INFANTRY BRIGADE:--"Commander-in-Chief has
+      awarded the following decorations:--Lieut. Begg, and 2nd Lieut
+      Carpenter, Military Cross; 15507 Sergt.-Major Reith, D.C.M.;
+      15458 Sergeant Taylor, 2797 Private Leiper and 15720 Private
+      M'Intosh, Military Medal. All 17th H.L.I. Major-General
+      Rycroft offers his heartiest congratulations to above
+      officers, N.C.O.s and men on their decorations. Letter with
+      authority following."
+
+The Battalion had three men killed and four wounded during enemy
+retaliation, but any serious effort by the enemy was checked, and on
+the 24th the unit went into reserve billets at Bouzincourt.
+
+
+
+
+A LULL BEFORE THE STORM.
+
+    _Preparations commenced for the Somme offensive--a complimentary
+    shoot with "P" Battery--Divisional, Brigade and Battalion
+    identification marks--happy days at Rubempre._
+
+
+On 27th April, in brilliant summer weather, the Commanding Officer,
+Company Commanders, the Intelligence Officer and four N.C.O.s per
+Company attended a Divisional Exercise at Baizieux, and this was the
+start of those preparations which were to culminate in the Battle of
+the Somme on 1st July.
+
+On 3rd May the Colonel returned and took over command from Major Paul,
+and during the following day, Major Lawder, Commanding "A" Battery,
+168th Brigade, R.F.A., entertained those who had taken part in the
+raid and allowed them to fire the guns which had rendered such fine
+support during the sortie.
+
+Identification marks had now been issued for some time for major
+operations pending. The Divisional colours were crimson and the sleeve
+mark was a red circle for the 97th Brigade. The K.O.Y.L.I. had one bar
+below the circle; the Border Regiment, two; the 16th H.L.I., three;
+and the 17th, four bars, worn horizontally and parallel. Runners,
+bombers, etc., had further identification marks. Prior to this, from
+November 1915, to April, 1916, no distinctive mark had been worn on
+the sleeve, but on the centre of the tunic collar at the back there
+was worn a strip of ribbon coloured yellow, pale blue, and yellow.
+During the succeeding period, up to the disbandment of the Battalion,
+the sleeve marks were used only. While the circle was always red the
+bars were coloured respectively black for Headquarters; red for "A"
+Company; green for "B"; yellow for "C"; and blue for "D" Company. The
+Divisional sign on flags and limbers, etc., was a red coloured
+intertwined double 8.
+
+The weather was now very fine, and when not in the line, delightful
+days were spent at Rubempre, Contay and Warloy, and strenuous days on
+Divisional exercises at Baizieux in preparation for the Somme. From
+this it will be seen that the Battalion was not engaged in killing
+Germans all the time, or being killed by them. At times they had a
+change. There were periods of rest. The word "rest" is very often the
+subject of sarcastic humour amongst troops. "Resting" may mean
+anything. It may be quite a good time or it may be worse than the
+firing line. Too often it is simply an occasion of smartening
+up--guards, ceremonial parades, saluting, and "spit and polish"
+generally--in fact the things that can be indulged in to excess. And
+very often a rest simply means preparation for a big stunt. But the
+17th will remember occasions when they did have a real rest. This was
+particularly the case at Rubempre. The weather was good, and they had
+a comparatively easy time. They had about three hours' training in the
+forenoons. Thereafter they were free. There were sports and games in
+the afternoons for the enthusiasts. There were entirely successful
+concerts and sing-songs in the evenings. It was a change to see and be
+among civilians--to be welcome in the village houses--and generally to
+experience peace time conditions again. This may not seem to amount to
+very much, but it meant a lot then. And it certainly had a fine effect
+on the morale of the Battalion. It was a sheer relief to be out of
+sound of the guns, to forget the mud, the exhaustion, mental and
+physical, the weary night watches, standing to, and working parties.
+
+But such days passed quickly, and all too soon they found themselves
+on the road again, loaded up, silent, thoughtful, on the way back to
+the firing line.
+
+
+
+
+THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
+
+    _Spirit of the Battalion prior to the battle--zero and "over the
+    top"--Leipzig Trench carried--flanks exposed--precarious
+    position of the unit--great casualties--protective bombing
+    posts--consolidation--Battalion relieved--Victoria Cross gained
+    by Sergeant Turnbull--Roll Call._
+
+
+Signs of the coming conflict were everywhere. The tremendous
+accumulation of men and material had been going on unceasingly for
+weeks, and during the long June days clouds of dust hung in the hot,
+still air above the roads. For the roads all led towards the line, and
+the tramp of men, and the rumble of wheels were unending. The
+Battalion had long ago recovered from a hard and monotonous winter of
+trench warfare. To each man there remained the joy of remembering days
+and nights that were unpleasant--for it is a joy to remember, in the
+comfort and happiness of to-day, the discomforts and sorrows of
+yesterday. Now the sun was shining. Training was going on apace under
+the pleasantest of conditions. They were a healthy family. Each man
+felt his potentiality, and unconsciously boasted it in his every
+action. Such was the feeling in the Battalion when the certainty of
+conflict came. To everyone it was the "Big Push"--the mighty
+Armageddon--of which all had thought and spoken during the winter of
+waiting. There was no doubt as to the issue. Each man went about his
+duties with an eye to an immediate and definite future. If anything he
+gave greater care to his rifle. In his feeling the edge and point of
+his bayonet, there was something of a caress. Now was the look in each
+eye born of the lust of killing. It was the knowledge that on a bright
+morning--now only a few hours distant--man would be matched against
+man. "Justice of our cause may have been somewhere in our
+sub-consciousness. Certainly it was not uppermost. To each man the
+coming conflict savoured of individual mortal combat. The days of
+waiting were gone. He was going forward to prove his manhood"--so
+write two veterans of that fight.
+
+The story of that morning is an epic. For every man it was the first
+experience of "over the top." In sun-baked trenches everyone longed
+for the zero hour, while the guns rolled and shells crashed with
+ever-increasing intensity. Nothing was real. Men stood and waited as
+if in a dream. They felt as if they were listening to the overture;
+that soon the curtain would rise. Even when the guns ceased their roar
+for a few moments towards the end, and in the death-like stillness was
+heard the warbling of birds in "no man's land"--the grim reality of it
+all was felt. With the lifting mist of the morning, the curtain
+rose....
+
+At 7.23 a.m. the Battalion started moving across "no man's land." When
+the barrage lifted the men entered the enemy front line and the work
+of the moppers-up soon began. The advance across the open was
+splendidly carried out, all ranks behaving magnificently, as was the
+case throughout the entire action. Leipzig Trench was taken and the
+leading lines advanced against the Hindenburg Trench. These were mown
+down and by 8.15 a.m. every Company Officer was a casualty. It now
+became obvious to Colonel Morton that Leipzig Trench must be held, as
+without reinforcements, no further advance could be made, both flanks
+being exposed, as the 8th Division on their right had been driven
+back. The left was particularly exposed and parties under Sergt.
+Macgregor and Sergt. Watt were organised and sent to strengthen the
+left where "B" and "D" Companies had been almost annihilated. It was
+now 9 o'clock and the Battalion casualties now amounted to 22 officers
+and 400 other ranks. The bombers, who had been sent up to replace
+casualties, were holding the flanks successfully. By 11.15 the entire
+line was very weak, and still at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
+situation was unchanged, 2nd Lieut. Morrison and 2nd Lieut. Marr
+working and organising the protective flank bombers without the least
+regard for personal safety. At 4 o'clock the 2nd Manchesters
+reinforced them with two Companies. Just at this time the line wavered
+a little in face of the overwhelming bombardment and the appalling
+casualties, but control was immediately gained. At 5 the shattered
+unit was ordered to consolidate the ground taken. This was done and
+two strong enemy counter attacks repulsed. At 9.30 the Battalion
+started to be relieved by the Manchesters, but the relief was not
+wholly carried out until near midnight, although several bombing
+parties had to carry on till well towards mid-day of the following
+day before being relieved. The 17th concentrated on Campbell Post and
+held the line in that Sector. In the evening of the next day the
+Battalion was relieved and returned to dug-outs at Crucifix Corner.
+
+   [Illustration: MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF 1st JULY, 1916.
+   Objective of Attack--Mouquet Farm. First German Line attacked and
+   taken, C--D. Trench Line from which the attack was launched,
+   A--B. Second German Line taken and lost, E--F.
+   Note the Salient C--D and its exposure to German fire and attack
+   on the Flanks.
+   _To face page 40._]
+
+The first V.C., not only for the Battalion, but of the Division was
+gained in this battle and was won by Sergeant James Young Turnbull.
+
+The following is the extract from _The London Gazette_, of 25th
+December, 1916, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:--
+
+            "No. 15888 Sergeant JAMES YOUNG TURNBULL,
+                  late Highland Light Infantry.
+
+    "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, when, having
+    with his party captured a post apparently of great importance to
+    the enemy, he was subjected to severe counter attacks, which
+    were continuous throughout the whole day. Although his party was
+    wiped out and replaced several times during the day, Sergeant
+    Turnbull never wavered in his determination to hold the post,
+    the loss of which would have been very serious. Almost
+    single-handed he maintained his position and displayed the
+    highest degree of valour and skill in the performance of his
+    duties.
+
+    "Later in the day this gallant soldier was killed whilst bombing
+    a counter-attack from the parados of our trench."
+
+Of all the units operating in that ghastly Sector, the 17th H.L.I. was
+the only Battalion which reached and occupied and held the enemy's
+trenches from La Boiselle northwards. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writing
+of the battle of the Somme in his history of the war, emphasises what
+this unadorned record of the day's fighting bears out--that there had
+been no flinching anywhere, and the military virtue shown had been of
+the highest possible quality; but the losses from the machine guns and
+from the barrage was so heavy that they deprived the attack of the
+weight and momentum necessary to win their way through the enemy's
+position. "In the desperate circumstances," he says, "it might well be
+considered a remarkable result that a stretch of the Leipzig Redoubt
+should be won and permanently held by the Highlanders, especially by
+the 17th Highland Light Infantry."
+
+Throughout these terrible operations Colonel Morton was present in the
+most advanced positions encouraging and cheering the men by his
+personal example and utter disregard for danger. In this work he was
+gallantly seconded by his Adjutant and his Headquarters' Staff, who
+were individually forward directing operations when all the Company
+Officers had been knocked out. It is not too much to say that the
+resolute spirit and example of the Colonel rallied the Battalion to
+heights of endurance and endeavour which found their greatest
+inspiration in his presence in the firing line.
+
+Great work was also done by Captain D.C. Evans, R.A.M.C., who, for
+over forty-eight hours, without interval or rest, attended to the
+Battalion wounded. Throughout the action he carried on his task of
+relieving suffering and saving life quite heedless of the shelling and
+firing and quite cool in the face of the ever growing number of cases
+demanding his attention and skill.
+
+At the Battalion parade for Roll Call on the 4th of July, the
+casualties totalled 22 officers and 447 other ranks.
+
+
+
+
+A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
+
+    _Extract from the personal diary of the late Lieut. B. Meadows
+    giving a wonderfully realistic picture of the July 1st Battle._
+
+
+The narrative of the 1st of July Somme Battle as written in the diary
+of the late 2nd Lieut. B. Meadows, who, before taking his commission,
+served with the 17th H.L.I., gives such an impressive account of the
+battle that we include it here almost in entirety. The foregoing
+chapter gives a general idea of the intensity of the great battle from
+the impersonal and official viewpoint, with data checked and balanced.
+But the following account introduces the personal and human element
+with poignant effect. Some of the very minor facts are a little
+inaccurate, but that is inevitable when an individual soldier
+describes a general action from his own viewpoint. Nevertheless the
+editors consider that in no other Battalion source is there such a
+vivid record of experiences to be got which reflect the feelings of
+all those who took part in the action concerned.
+
+"The last four days before zero," he writes, "were known as 'W,' 'X,'
+'Y,' and 'Z' days. By 'W' every enemy observation balloon had been
+destroyed and so dense a fleet of aircraft patrolled the battle area
+as to make it impossible for the enemy aircraft to approach the lines.
+Thus the enemy was made blind. On the night of 'W' we got orders to
+move forward. Before leaving the billet we made a large bonfire with
+boxes from the C.Q.M.'s stores. On this we burned all our letters, and
+round it we had the last sing-song the old 'Seventeenth' ever had. We
+then believed it 'Y' night, not 'W' night. The night before we had
+gone up to the trenches through Aveluy and Authuille with petrol tins
+full of water. These were stocked in dug-outs and along the trench and
+formed our reserve water supply. Many of our guns were firing 'gun
+fire,' yet the enemy made little artillery reply. He retaliated
+chiefly on the front line defences with trench mortars. Of such a
+violent nature was this bombardment that the Lonsdales had to call on
+our 'D' Company for support to make up for their casualties in shell
+shock, etc. Curiously enough, during the days 'D' Company held the
+line they suffered no casualties, although the trench was battered out
+of all recognition. When it was dark on 'W' night we marched to
+Bouzincourt. Here we spent the night in huts. Before daybreak we were
+shelled and had one man killed. Day showed an extraordinary sight.
+Bouzincourt stands on the hill, the battle area stretched out like a
+map below. Near the Crucifix on the Aveluy road a long naval gun
+barked. Just behind us was a 15 inch howitzer. Its shells could easily
+be watched in their flight overhead. In front were an infinite number
+of guns all in action. A long line of observation balloons made a
+crescent round Albert. One could count over twenty, and not one
+German. The air was thick with our aeroplanes. The German lines looked
+like long ribbons of white fur. The air was full of shrapnel balls,
+especially over the woods, and the villages were burning. The heavy
+howitzers were causing dreadful eruptions on the German strong points.
+La Boisselle, believed impregnable, was a concentrated hell. The
+Germans were putting shrapnel into the woods that lie in the triangle
+between Hamel, Bouzincourt and Aveluy. Here our guns were massed. And
+now and then a mushroom of smoke would spring up in unexpected
+places. The noise was so terrific that it became monotonous. We were
+served out with cotton wool for our ears, but in spite of this the
+concussion on the 1st of July was so great that we all became stone
+deaf, and for days after almost without the use of our voices. We
+prepared for 'battle order.' All our belongings we packed into our
+valises, and these were stored in an empty house in Bouzincourt. We
+wore steel helmets, at that time they were without sandbag coverings,
+and in strong sunlight reflected almost as brilliantly as polished
+steel. I noticed on the 1st July, looking back from the advanced line
+to the German original front line, how the helmets of our reserves
+holding that line shone up and made their wearers clear targets. We
+wore the haversack on our back containing mess tin, small kit, two
+days' rations, 'iron rations,' pair of socks and waterproof sheet. We
+carried four sandbags just below. Then we had the usual equipment,
+pouches containing 120 rounds, bayonet, water bottle and entrenching
+tool. Another 100 rounds in bandoliers, and I had extra an apron
+containing 12 Mill's bombs and butterfly wirecutters. The whole formed
+fairly heavy equipment. In the late afternoon when we were all lined
+up prepared to march off, orders came to cancel all orders. We stood
+by for two days. On 'X' night the 16th H.L.I. sent a platoon over to
+find out the condition of the enemy defences. Owing to an accident
+they were almost entirely wiped out. On the following morning while
+playing a football match the Sixteenth again suffered casualties from
+a 5.9 which burst between the goal posts. In the evening of 'Z' day,
+the 30th of June, we marched off by platoons. The thunder of the heavy
+guns as we passed through their belt was almost unbearable, and nearer
+the lines long lines of eighteen-pounders were giving 'battery fire'
+down long rows of twenty batteries, sometimes all speaking at once. We
+entered 'Oban Avenue' at the right end of the village of Authuille. It
+was the 'up' trench for the advance and 'Campbell Avenue' the 'down.'
+Both trenches had been deepened, in some places, to twelve feet, and
+were fairly safe from shrapnel. The line in which we were to spend the
+night had been blown almost completely out of existence and it was
+difficult to find sufficient cover for the men. I and the bomber
+who was next to me in the line found a corner and there slept for the
+night. We were once disturbed by the enemy destroying a trench mortar
+store situated close to where we slept. Daybreak came and still there
+was no word of 'zero.' We made some breakfast, and about half-past
+five word was passed along that zero was 7.30, and to move into battle
+positions. We moved to the right until we were in contact with the
+next Company. At 6.25 a.m. the final bombardment commenced. Every gun
+was firing 'gunfire' and the rush of metal overhead was extraordinary.
+The reply was feeble. At 7.25 we left the trench and walked over to
+within 60 yards of the barrage. At 7.30 the barrage lifted and we
+rushed the front line defences, destroying the garrison, in and out of
+dug-outs. I have few definite memories from the time we first saw the
+Germans to the time the machine gun swept us down outside the Liepzig
+Redoubt. It became evident that we, who were working up between two
+communication trenches, after two or three rushes, that further
+advancing was impossible without support. We waited for our own
+reserve waves and the Lonsdales who should have come on behind. But no
+reserves reached us and we saw our only hope lay in the fact that they
+had rushed one of the communication trenches and might manage to bomb
+out the machine gun. But the bombers were checked out of range of the
+gun. We began to work towards the communication trench, but owing to
+the lie of the ground we were badly exposed and I at length found
+myself the only living occupant of that corner. About twelve o'clock I
+managed to leap the parapet without being hit. I found my platoon
+officer, Lieut. MacBrayne, lying shot through the head. Of the others
+of my platoon I could get no news, except those I saw lying dead or
+wounded. Tom Train had completely disappeared. An order came up the
+trench, '17th H.L.I. move to the left and prepare to support the
+Dorsets.' The communication trench was at this time chiefly manned by
+K.O.Y.L.I. (who should have supported the 16th H.L.I. who had been
+held up by the German wire and cut up before able to take the first
+line of defences. Those left were forced to retire to their own line).
+A few Lonsdales (the 11th Borderers had been cut up coming up through
+'Blighty Wood,' Colonel and Adjutant killed and all officers
+casualties) were able to give us practically no support, and a
+Company of Manchesters, sent from Divisional Reserve. I moved to the
+left. An officer suddenly jumped the parapet and shouted 'Come on, the
+17th!' I followed him along with about twenty others. But we found the
+barbed wire impossible to cut through and he gave us the order 'Every
+man for himself.'
+
+   [Illustration: VIEW FROM BOUZINCOURT LOOKING TOWARDS THE LINE.
+   (_Sketch from Lieut. Meadow's Diary_).
+   _To face page 44._]
+
+"Making my way back to the trench I rested in a shell hole occupied by
+a Sergeant wounded in the leg. Whilst talking to him we both fell
+asleep and slept until about 5 p.m., when the Germans counter-attacked.
+Their artillery became violent and they attempted to come over the
+open. We ran for the communication trench and found it disorganised.
+Orders got mixed and some seemed anxious to retire. Fortunately the
+17th H.L.I. bombers, who were in the advanced position, held their
+ground, driving the enemy back with their own bombs, and the attack
+over the open was checked by our brigade machine guns which had been
+massed in the German front line. During the whole action we lost no
+ground that had previously been gained. By this time our Battalion had
+been badly hit. 'B' Company on our left had been caught in the wire and
+cut to pieces by machine gun fire. My own Company, 'A,' was down to low
+numbers. My Captain and my Platoon Officer were both killed, all the
+platoon's N.C.O.s were killed or wounded, two Sergeants outright, and
+all the L.-Corpls. dead. We had 17 officers killed and were working the
+Battalion with two officers. The Colonel, who had been well forward all
+day, was without a scratch. It was a remarkably clear day, very hot. We
+were on the ridge that formed the defence on that side of Thiepval.
+From here we could see the whole battlefield. I saw the huge eruption
+at La Boisselle, when the six mines went up, and I remember watching
+long lines of Highlanders charging along the opposite slope of the
+valley. The aeroplanes followed every movement, flying low overhead and
+directing the artillery by dropping flares. The Germans
+counter-attacked in a half-hearted way through the night. We had
+casualties from our own artillery and mortar batteries, otherwise the
+night was quieter than we had expected. We managed to carry away a
+number of our wounded in waterproof sheets. The battalions on both
+flanks were unsuccessful in storming the enemy's front line defences,
+thus our flanks were exposed and blockades had to be formed at the
+front line and all lines forward to our advanced positions, which
+developed into a series of bombing posts. Local fights went on at their
+posts all through the day and night, and it was while chasing each
+other round corners at the head of the communication trench in the
+afternoon that we lost Sergeant Turnbull, V.C., who had done wonderful
+work all day. The nature of the Leipzig defences, a maze of trenches
+and underground saps, made advancing into the salient extremely hard.
+One was continually attacked in the rear. What seemed dug-outs were
+bombed, and when passed numbers of the enemy rush from them, they being
+really underground communications with their rear defences. The whole
+fighting was of a cold, deliberate, merciless nature. No quarter was
+given or taken. One of the battalions opposing us was similar to our
+own, a students' battalion from Bavaria. The enemy used explosive and
+dum-dum bullets, and sniped off any of our wounded lying exposed in the
+open. They were helped in their work by an arrangement we had come to
+regarding wounded. It was not permitted to stop to take back prisoners
+or to stop to dress a wounded chum; but it was permitted to stick the
+bayonet of the wounded man's rifle in the ground and thus to mark the
+spot where he lay. The Germans observed this and watched for any
+movement in the heap beside the standing rifle. Men coolly fired at
+each other at point blank range, and sniping became the chief cause of
+casualties. It resembled a duel between two men who had had a deadly
+quarrel--so intensely deliberate. On the morning of the 2nd of July we
+handed over the front line of attack to Divisional Reserves and went
+into support. At sunset we were relieved by the Cheshires, and moved
+back to the dug-outs at Crucifix Corner. We had a number of casualties
+coming out of action. We were given tea, food and rum, and went off
+into a heavy sleep."
+
+
+
+
+HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS.
+
+    _Senlis--last parade under Col. Morton--Bombing raid north of
+    Ovillers--Move to Bethune--1st Army Area--inspection by General
+    Munro--depleted ranks--trench warfare about Hulluch--Cambrin
+    Sector._
+
+
+In the sadness and stress of the first days after the Somme, there
+came messages round to say the Battalion was saying "Good-bye" to its
+Colonel. Worn out with fatigue he had been reluctantly persuaded by
+the Brigadier and the doctors that if he wished to live and serve his
+country more in the war he must retire from the dreadful strain of
+command. In a field at Senlis, on the afternoon of 8th July, the
+remnants of the Battalion, on their last parade under Colonel Morton,
+were drawn up, silent and deeply moved. In a few words the Colonel
+told the Battalion what he was going to do and all stood there with
+their losses and their heartbreaks, hardly able to keep down the
+tears. Addressing the men he congratulated them in warm and feeling
+terms for their devotion while under his command and wished them well
+in the uncertainties of the future.
+
+Colonel Morton had started them, trained them, and cared for them;
+fought Brigade and authorities for them; led them and loved them--and
+now they were to lose him. He said little, for much of a speech would
+not come, but he knew their memories and he knew what they felt. Major
+Paul, on behalf of the Battalion, expressed the profound regret of all
+ranks in losing the guidance and leadership of Colonel Morton, who had
+raised the 17th to such a high state of proficiency, and to wish him a
+well merited rest and all happiness. Just these few words of
+"Good-bye," then they cheered him and, with a lump in their throats
+they were not ashamed of, they dismissed. All said good-bye in their
+hearts and wished him God-speed. It is sad to part with a loved C.O.
+who, too, feels the parting.
+
+Major Paul then took over command of the 17th and that evening once
+more they moved into the trenches in support at Quarry Post, Authuille
+Wood.
+
+On the 13th July a bombing party of about 100 men were ordered to
+attack the German Line, north of Ovillers, linking up with the
+Inniskillen Fusiliers, and this party at midnight under Captain
+Ferguson, Lieuts. Herron and Kirk and Sergeant Stewart, in conjunction
+with the Inniskillens and a party of Engineers, carried out the raid.
+
+The greatest credit was due to the initiative shown by Captain
+Ferguson, in making excellent dispositions under very difficult
+conditions. Owing to the strength of the German wire, a frontal attack
+was impracticable, and after much thought, it was decided to attack
+obliquely. The attack was most successful, a considerable number of
+Germans being killed, while at least 16 were taken prisoners. The
+objectives were all taken in a few minutes, but unfortunately the
+raiders' losses were heavy. Captain Ferguson was mortally wounded,
+eight other ranks were killed, and the other two officers and about 35
+other ranks were wounded.
+
+Writing of this incident, one of the Battalion officers says that
+after the patrol had gone out those who were not taking part in it
+heard the firing and the clamour of the small battle while they waited
+eagerly for news of its progress. "News came in that the front was
+safe, and proud of the efforts of our Battalion, we waited for their
+return. The waiting was hard to bear, but the return sadder to
+witness. They came back. On the right they had succeeded. On the left
+they had died. A triumph and a disaster in one. On that small field
+were left yet more of the (oh! so sadly few) gallant men of the
+Seventeenth who, though exhausted and battle-worn, had in their own
+true and fine spirit responded to the uttermost to the call for
+gallant work. Later the body of Captain Ferguson was found right up to
+the German lines grasping an empty revolver, far ahead in the charge
+of even his gallant followers."
+
+For this action, the Battalion received thanks and congratulations
+from the Corps and Division. A counter-attack drove the raiders out of
+the captured trench; but the object of the raid--to create a diversion
+from a major operation on the right--had been successfully
+accomplished.
+
+This particular week, which was the last the Battalion saw of the
+Somme fighting until later in the year, was one of the most strenuous
+times which the unit had experienced. The available men for defensive
+purposes were only too few and as new assembly trenches had to be dug
+every night and all night, and also owing to the difficulties of
+rationing and watering, the men were unable to get any rest.
+
+The Brigade commenced a move to Ampliers on 16th July, and on the road
+the Battalion was met by Lieut.-General T.L.N. Moreland, commanding
+the X Corps. He expressed to the Commanding Officer his appreciation
+of the good work done by the Battalion while under his command, and
+his deepest sympathy in their losses. On the 26th the Brigade moved
+into Bethune and two days afterwards paraded in full marching order,
+including "tin hats," on a sweltering afternoon, to be inspected by
+General Munro, G.O.C., 1st Army. A very warm day. Owing to the calls
+on an Army Commander's time, this inspection was considered to be a
+great honour and a mark of appreciation by the authorities of the fine
+spirit shown by the Division during the Somme battle.
+
+August saw the unit leave Bethune to take over the Cambrin right
+sub-sector from the Northamptons, after putting in some fine shooting
+on the old French Government Rifle Range at Labeauvriere. The strength
+of the unit in the trenches apart from the officers, at the taking
+over (August 5th) was 199--tragic testimony to the Somme. Immediately
+on taking over the trenches they were subjected to trench mortar
+bombardments and sniping raids. On 12th August Lieut. and Adjutant
+Paterson became Captain and Adjutant, Major Paul became
+Lieut.-Colonel, and 2nd Lieuts. Morrison and Marr, Captains.
+
+The following weeks of August, September and October were marked with
+much moving about with various spells of that sort of uneventful
+trench warfare which is perhaps in some respects more trying on the
+nerves and strength of a unit than actual operations. On August 23rd
+they were in the Hulluch Section. In this Section there was a good
+deal of mining going on and there were two big craters which required
+special watching, but the Battalion soon set to and trained in
+grappling hook work to be ready for any kind of crater fighting that
+might be demanded of them. On August 31st a move was made to Annequin
+via Beuvry and Bethune, and ultimately by bus journey to the trenches
+at Guinchy left sub-section, and in this area the unit remained during
+September. On the 11th of the month a night raid was attempted, but
+was frustrated owing to the Germans bombing the party as it was on the
+point of entering their trenches. Unfortunately the two N.C.O.s who
+fired the torpedo were missing, and it is presumed that they were
+blown to bits by the explosion.
+
+   [Illustration: COOKHOUSE AT BECOURT.]
+
+   [Illustration: OBSERVATION POST, HULLUCH SECTOR.]
+
+   [Illustration: WAR'S DESTRUCTION.
+   _To face page 50._]
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J. PAUL.
+   _To face page 51._]
+
+On October 4th the Battalion took over "Village Trench" in the Cambrin
+Sector (Maison Rouge), taking over the front line from the 11th Border
+Regiment. The next move saw the 17th leave Beuvry and proceeding to
+Labeauvriere on October 16th; to Hardinval, on the 19th; to Rubempre,
+on the 21st; to Bouzincourt, on the 23rd; back by Rubempre and on to
+Canaples on the 31st via Talmas and Navurs. This treking was done in
+weather that was oftener wet than dry, exceedingly cold at night, and
+the living was under canvas. At Val-de-Maison on November 1st, the
+unit moved to Vadencourt after a fortnight, and then into the
+Martinsart Valley on the 15th, where they were ordered to go into
+action at Beaumont-Hamel, for by this time several drafts had brought
+up the strength of the Battalion.
+
+
+
+
+BEAUMONT-HAMEL.
+
+    _The attack--weather conditions--failure of artillery
+    support--forlorn hope--break-down of assault--gallantry and
+    sacrifice--casualties--Mailly-Maillet--Franqueville and
+    Rubempre--Xmas 1916 and New Year--football and high spirits._
+
+
+The attack which commenced at ten minutes past six on the morning on
+November 18th--a day of ice-covered slushiness--was held up owing to
+the insufficiency of the artillery barrage and the heavy enemy machine
+gun fire. At 7.42 a.m. the message came in to the Battalion from the
+right hand Company that the Company Commander was wounded and that a
+Sergeant and about ten men were holding the right flank. The jumping
+off trench known as New Munich Trench, was manned by the Battalion
+machine gunners with a view to concentrating some of the Companies in
+it back across "no man's land" to form a rallying point. At 8.30 a.m.
+the following message was received from 2nd Lieut. Macbeth of the
+right Company, "Am holding old front line with remainder of Battalion,
+and have established a bombing post on the right. There are only
+Lieut. Martin and myself in the trench." The left Company was also
+being hard pressed. It was reported by one of the Battalion officers
+that when the barrage opened a great number of shells fell just in
+front of New Munich Trench where the attacking companies were lying
+out, killing and wounding a large number of the Battalion. When the
+barrage lifted on to Munich Trench for the last four minutes, it was
+still short, and when the leading waves came up to about 50 or 60
+yards from Munich Trench followed by the barrage, the Germans could be
+seen lying in the trench in force. When the barrage was on the Munich
+Trench, the enemy machine guns played on the attackers from both
+flanks all the time. The failure of the attack was due to the
+inefficiency of the British supporting barrage, together with the
+condition of the ground--thaw having set in and rain falling on the
+snow, making it exceedingly slippery--the targets the men formed
+against the snowy background, and the intense cold.
+
+Describing the attack one of the members of the Battalion writes:--"The
+preliminary bombardment opened with its awful messages of destruction,
+and the rapid reply of the enemy's artillery indicated ominously that
+our intentions were not unknown to him. When our barrage lifted, and
+the first wave of our men attempted to go forward, their dark forms
+showed up against the snow. They were met by machine gun fire, by rapid
+fire from the enemy trenches, and by snipers in skilfully chosen holes.
+Our bombardment had failed. It was impossible to get to close quarters
+with the enemy--hopeless to advance--dangerous to retire. Many of our
+men were killed in the attack, others in the attempt to carry in the
+wounded. Many remained all day in exposed positions, beside their
+wounded comrades, in hope of rescuing them when darkness fell. Beaumont
+Hamel will not be remembered by us as bearing any resemblance to the
+official description. We look back upon it now, from the personal point
+of view, as a touchstone of the individual soul, as a prominent
+landmark in the vast monotony of death and horror--a chapter of
+inspiring deeds. It represents to us the heroism of a forlorn hope,
+the glory of unselfish sacrifice, the success of failure." 'Tis too
+easy to despond "while the tired waves" visibly gain no "painful inch,"
+hard to believe that "far back through creeks and inlets making, comes
+silent, flooding in, the main."
+
+On the 19th the Battalion was relieved and returned to Mailly-Maillet
+where billets were taken over, and when the 17th rested and licked its
+wounds--well over 300 of "Glasgow's Own" had either been killed or
+wounded in that day's fighting. On the 21st of November General Gough,
+G.O.C. Fifth Army, inspected and congratulated the Battalion, and
+spoke to many of the N.C.O.s and men individually. During December the
+unit carried on training at Franqueville and Rubempre, and that the
+spirit of the men was not broken by the severity of their recent
+experiences is shown by the number of football matches played during
+the period. On Christmas Day, 1916, the officers beat the sergeants at
+Rugby by 11 points to 0; in the afternoon "B" Company beat
+Headquarters at Association by 4 goals to 0; and in the evening the
+Battalion held a cheery concert. The Christmas Dinners were reserved
+for the 30th, and on Hogmanay the New Year was welcomed with a
+concert. General Gough attended Battalion Church Parade on the first
+Sunday of the New Year.
+
+
+
+
+THE NEW YEAR, 1917.
+
+    _Bad weather--Courcelles--trench labours--varied
+    moves--beginning of Spring Offensive--attack by the French--the
+    advance--Nesle--condition of inhabitants--great digging work at
+    Germaine._
+
+
+The opening months of the New Year were months of battling not only
+against a human enemy, but against the elements and the bad conditions
+which they created. The winter of 1916 had been a severe one, and in
+passing into 1917 it continued its course with unabated severity. The
+Battalion left Rubempre on January 6th and partly by motor lorry and
+partly in column of route proceeded to Courcelles where, on the
+following day, they relieved the troops of the 3rd Division in the
+trenches opposite Serre. The weather was bad, the enemy kept up brisk
+attentions and the trenches were the worst which the Battalion had
+ever been in. Most of them were absolutely impassable, being full of
+water to a height of five feet, with the result that reliefs had for
+the most part to be made outside the trenches. Owing to this condition
+of matters, strict orders were issued for the prevention of "trench
+feet," but notwithstanding every precaution, several cases occurred.
+
+Heavy and continuous work was put in mending and bettering the
+trenches, training the drafts which were arriving, performing tactical
+exercises and battalion routine affairs. By this time several
+ceremonies had taken place at which decorations were bestowed upon
+N.C.O.s and men for bravery in the Field and gallantry in action.
+Esprit de corps was stronger than ever, and the tediousness of trench
+labours was relieved by the establishment of special strong posts, by
+minor raids on the Bosche, and when out of the line by football and
+such recreations as the circumstances permitted. This type of
+campaigning was experienced during January and February at Courcelles,
+Beaumont Hamel, Lyntham Camp, Mailly-Maillet, Bolton Camp,
+Molliens-au-Bois (where on February 19th, 1917, Major F.R.F. Sworder,
+Gordon Highlanders, assumed temporary command--Colonel Paul, after
+being in hospital in France, having been sent to England where he was
+appointed to a home unit), Camon, Wiencourt, Le Quesnel. And in March,
+the approach of spring seemed to bring with it nothing but additional
+storms of rain and snow, and the names of such points in the line as
+Key Post and Kuropatkin will bring back memories of buttressing up
+collapsed trenches and mending wire entanglements.
+
+But the opening of the 1917 Spring Offensive soon gave a great fillip
+to activities. The French attacked on March 16th and the 96th Brigade
+attacked with it. The enemy was forced back so rapidly that by 2
+o'clock on the day following the Allied artillery was out of range,
+and the day after that again saw the whole Battalion hard at it
+clearing wire from the road running through the enemy's old front
+system, and setting out on the march, complete with transport, at 5 in
+the morning. Arriving at Nesle on March 19th, the troops were given a
+tremendous welcome by the French populace. It was discovered there
+that the people were literally starving, because the Germans had
+taken their rations for some days previously. A dam on the Somme burst
+its banks and no advance was possible until this was repaired and new
+roads made across the floods, but it was only a few days until once
+more the troops were pushing on and the Commanding Officer and Company
+Commanders of the 17th were making a reconnaissance of the new main
+position at Germaine. The digging at Germaine on March 28th was one of
+the heaviest day's work ever done by the Battalion. The job commenced
+at night, after an 18 mile march in rain and finished in snow. The
+digging was covered by the 16th H.L.I., who held the outpost line. The
+newly dug trenches were shelled on the following forenoon.
+
+
+
+
+ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY.
+
+    _The taking of Savy--casualties--patrolling--capture of
+    Fayet--congratulatory messages--strenuous
+    days--Canizy--competitions with the French--work and
+    sport--Hangard--leaving the Fourth Army--Farewell message from
+    General Rawlinson._
+
+
+The Battalion moved off from Germaine at midnight on April 1st, 1917,
+and proceeded by Companies at 200 yard intervals cross country to
+Fluquieres. Arriving there they passed through the village, a pile of
+smouldering ruins, and on the main St. Quentin road and about half a
+mile along it they reached Roupy with its destroyed cross-roads and
+proceeded towards a point near Savy where the Battalion deployed, and
+attacking at 5 a.m. moved forward, overcame the opposition and took
+Savy. In the village the Bosche put up a desperate stand and some
+fierce fighting took place before they were pushed beyond the railway
+bank north of the village. Most of the fighting took place in the
+neighbourhood of an orchard at the southern end of the village, and
+here the 11th Border Regiment joined forces in helping to drive out
+the stubborn enemy. Once through the village serious destruction was
+caused by heavy machine gun fire from an enemy strong point in a mine
+crater. With the aid of two Lewis guns, the crater was soon in the
+hands of the 17th and a heavy fire directed on the retreating enemy.
+Thereafter the Battalion started to dig in (about 6.30 a.m.), and soon
+consolidated their gains, although subject to strong artillery,
+machine gun and sniping fire. In the afternoon a further attack was
+made by the 96th Brigade, and before evening Bois-de-Savy was in their
+hands. The Battalion was relieved in the evening and moved off to take
+up quarters in dug-outs on the Fluquieres-Douchy Road, but the place
+had been so badly knocked about that a large portion of the unit
+bivouacked.
+
+The total casualties in this day's fighting was 103, 31 of whom were
+killed. During the following week the Battalion suffered from the
+severe winter conditions, coupled with incessant shelling and had much
+to do strengthening their positions. On the 9th some magnificent
+patrolling was done, for which the Battalion was deservedly
+congratulated. In the afternoon of that day four patrols set out to
+gain information of Fayet and the ground between Francilly and St.
+Quentin. One patrol went to the ridge overlooking St. Quentin, one
+went into a German trench near Fayet, one went within 300 yards of
+Fayet, and the fourth reconnoitred the southern approaches of the
+village--and much valuable information was accordingly gained.
+
+On the 12th April, Major Lumsden, V.C., D.S.O., who was in temporary
+command of the Battalion, relinquished that post, to take up duty as
+Brigadier-General of the 14th Infantry Brigade--which this very
+distinguished officer commanded until he was killed--and Captain
+Morton assumed command of the Battalion, with Captain Paterson, M.C.,
+as second in command.
+
+While at Holnon on the 13th, "C" and "D" Companies were sent forward
+in support of the 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., who were attacking Fayet. This
+attack was carried out in conjunction with one being made by the
+French, who were endeavouring to take St. Quentin. "B" Company joined
+the others in the front line, and later the Battalion took over a
+sector of the front line. After consolidating here, congratulatory
+messages were received from Brigadier-General Blacklock, General Shute
+and General Rawlinson.
+
+The road from Nesle to St. Quentin is a long and cruel one, but in
+these early days of 1917, it was to the 17th H.L.I. the pathway to
+glory. They were sweeping onwards in the track of the retreating
+enemy, with the glow of victory to strengthen their hearts and the
+blessings of a delivered people in their ears. The echoing trumpets of
+romance called to them from the Cathedral City, and their blood
+stirred to the call. These were the impressions that led them, in
+common with the rest of the Division, to surmount appalling obstacles,
+natural and devilish. They soaked in the snow, and froze in the keen
+blast; they starved and toiled on the way, but "stuck it," and their
+reward was the fall of Savy village. There was fighting all along the
+50 mile front just then, and Savy did not loom very large in the
+chronicles of the time, but those who took part in its capture, and in
+the taking of the wood a mile beyond, knew that they had achieved the
+heroic. There was no resting; Francilly and Holnon were the next to
+fall, and the men were within sight of the spires of St. Quentin. They
+lived for some days in earth holes, and the weather flayed them
+unmercifully. Then one dark morning, the 13th of April, they assembled
+silently and lay down in the field, whilst dawn broke with singing of
+birds, and the shriek and whistle of the barrage. The Division was
+attacking Fayet, the enemy's last stronghold beyond the city. Before
+they went over, grey and green coated figures were being brought down.
+There were many other grey and green figures grotesquely contorted in
+the brown ribbed fields, and those of them who had escaped from the
+inferno fought it out intermittently, in the woods beyond the village.
+But their sniping was braved for a few days more, and then one night
+they staggered weakly back through nightmare villages to Germaine for
+rest.
+
+After resting at Germaine the Battalion set off on the 19th for Canizy
+which was reached by evening. They found this village emptied of the
+native populace and saw that the Germans had been carrying out their
+usual work of destruction in the same wanton and deliberate scale as
+in nearly every village in the regained area. A more cheerful memory
+of this devastated village is that while here the Battalion got its
+new bugle band. While stationed there the Battalion marched over to
+Ham where a football match was to be played. Their march into the
+town caused great interest, and they passed through a long line of
+French soldiers and civilians who lined the roads. On their approach
+along the main street, the square seemed totally blocked with a mass
+of French soldiers, and a company of infantry stood at the "present"
+as a Guard of Honour as they marched past the Town Hall, while the
+French band rendered our National Anthem. After the Battalion team had
+won their match by 6 goals to 1 against the 121st Infantry Regiment
+and a scratch team had played a drawn game against the 408th Regiment,
+the French band played the men out of the village. But the French were
+not allowed to have all their own way of it with the music, for the
+Battalion Pipe Band played to them and was received with much favour.
+
+The regiment was in highest spirits, battle scarred and with a
+glorious record of great achievements established. The Battalion
+remained at rest in the village of Canizy until May 15th--that is,
+they trained hard and played hard, went marches and were inspected,
+performed innumerable fatigues and parades and carried out generally
+that never ending programme of activities which always makes a soldier
+smile at the mention of the word "rest!" The men played some of their
+keenest and most memorable games of soccer here, and one of the
+principle pastimes engaged in by the officers was hunting, until this
+was forbidden by G.H.Q. The country, being entirely uncultivated made
+ideal going. Major Campbell, in charge of Physical Training, G.H.Q.,
+was with the 17th for some time, and put extra life into sport and
+training.
+
+On the 15th the Battalion moved off to Curchy, via Voyennes and Nesle,
+and on the succeeding day to Rosieres and so on to Hangard on the
+18th, where the "resting" was carried on until the end of the month,
+when they proceeded to Villers-Bretonneux. Of the villages in the
+regained area little or no description in the normal sense is possible
+beyond the fact that while some semblance of streets could be traced
+in some of them, the majority of them were simply masses of masonry
+debris literally peppered with shell craters. But it was noticeable in
+such villages as Nesle that the civilians showed a very marked
+physical improvement as the result of better feeding and life under
+British occupation. While at Hangard, Battalion Headquarters occupied
+Hangard Chateau--one of the finest chateaux in France. (It was
+demolished during the 1918 German offensive.) The Brigade concentrated
+at Villers-Bretonneux prior to entraining for the Second Army.
+
+But before leaving the Fourth Army, to which the 17th had given such
+brilliant service, the following message was transmitted to the
+Battalion as one of the Divisional units concerned:--
+
+                                       "FOURTH ARMY, NO. G.S.702.
+
+    "32ND DIVISION.
+
+    "As the Division will shortly be leaving the Fourth Army I
+    desire to express to all ranks my warm thanks for the excellent
+    services they have performed whilst under my command. The
+    gallantry and dash displayed by the Division during the advance
+    in March and April, especially in the actions resulting in the
+    capture of Savy, Bois de Savy, Francilly, Holnon, Selency, Fayet
+    and Cepy Farm, reflect the highest credit on all concerned.
+
+    "The skilful leadership of all ranks, coupled with the close
+    co-operation between Artillery, Infantry and Aircraft, was a
+    feature in these operations deserving the highest praise, and I
+    heartily congratulate the Division on the successes they have
+    achieved.
+
+    "I much regret that the Division is now leaving the Fourth Army,
+    but I shall hope that at some future date I may again have the
+    good fortune to find them under my command.
+
+                                "(Signed) H. RAWLINSON, _General,
+                                     Commanding Fourth Army._
+
+    "H.Q., FOURTH ARMY,
+    "_22nd May, 1917._"
+
+
+
+
+IN FLANDERS.
+
+    _En route to Steenbecque--R.T.O.--the 14th Corps--reconnaissance
+    of Messines Sector--heavy marches--Coxyde and Kuhn--amenities of
+    Nieuport area._
+
+
+The Battalion on 1st June, 1917, left the Fourth Army and the Somme
+area. The 17th never again served in that area though it served again
+with the Fourth Army on the sea coast. Entraining at Villers-Bretonneux
+the unit journeyed to Amiens and by way of Abbeville, Etaples,
+Boulogne, Calais, St. Omer, Hazebrouck to Steenbecque.
+
+Owing to a mistake of the Railway Transport Officer an incident,
+upsetting but not without its amusing side, occurred at Abbeville,
+where the train moved off without warning while the Battalion was
+parading in the station for tea, with only 100 all ranks on board. The
+train calmly continued its journey and in due course arrived at
+Steenbecque, the men who were left following on in the overcrowded
+trucks of the 2nd Manchesters. Leaving the train at Hazebrouck, the
+stranded party marched to Steenbecque, their appearance, owing to
+deficiencies of equipment and in some cases even of uniform, causing
+much interested amusement. At the latter station the first party were
+picked up, packs and equipment donned, and then, in the afternoon the
+Battalion accomplished a very interesting, though long and heavy march
+to a small hamlet in the Donlieu area, where they billeted for ten
+days or so.
+
+The 32nd Division came into the 14th Corps, commanded by the Earl of
+Cavan, in G.H.Q. Reserve. The 14th Corps was composed of the Guards
+Division, 1st, 8th and 32nd Divisions.
+
+On 5th June the Commanding Officer, with his officers and N.C.O.s
+reconnoitred the Messines Sector with a view to supporting the attack
+to be carried out on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge by the Second Army.
+The 17th at Donlieu "stood to" ready to move off in support of this
+offensive, though happily the success of the attack did not
+necessitate the Battalion being called on. Major Inglis of the 1st
+H.L.I.--who had been cross-posted to the 2nd Manchesters, which
+Battalion he commanded until re-posted to command the 17th H.L.I. on
+the 20th of July--joined the Battalion on the 8th of June.
+
+   [Illustration: Lt.-Col. J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.
+   _To face page 60._]
+
+Donlieu was left on 14th June and the Battalion went in column of
+route to Steenvoorde, in which area they were billeted. This was one
+of the most trying marches they had experienced, and a large number of
+men fell out. In 6 hours the unit had covered 24 kilometres which, in
+full marching order, was a most difficult and wearisome performance.
+On the 16th the Battalion embussed outside Steenvoorde, and after
+leaving the charabancs at Petite Synthe, they marched to billets at
+Mardyck. Hereabouts was pleasant country with excellent sea bathing.
+Petite Synthe was left on the 19th for Dunkirk where they entrained
+and proceeded east along the sand dunes to Coxyde and, on the
+following day, into the coastal camp of Kuhn. Coxyde and Kuhn were
+French built camps and very good, with vegetable gardens attached to
+them.
+
+Until 10th July the Battalion stayed in this vicinity, and despite
+spells of shelling, trench mortar and aerial bombardments,
+considerable patrolling and wiring work, the stay on the sand dunes
+about Nieuport was heaven after the endless mud and horror of the
+winter on the Somme. The very mention of Nieuport to a man who was
+there in the first week of July, 1917, makes a marked impression on
+his countenance. Since detraining at Coxyde on 20th June, things had
+been comparatively quiet and the weather ideal. Working parties were
+supplied for the roads during the day and smaller parties were engaged
+on the breastworks in the front line at night. The quietness was
+absolutely awful. But the presence of civilians in Oost Dunkirk and
+Les Bains gave an air of security and quietude to the place which was
+very soothing to the heart of the soldier. It is true that aerial
+activity was disquieting at times, but several successful attacks on
+the "Vultures of the Kaiser" made these items of interest, rather than
+causes of alarm. The Germans seemed to pay greater attention to
+something well on the left of the Battalion and towards the sea, than
+to anything that concerned them particularly. The appearance of the
+roads from Oost Dunkirk to Nieuport was most assuring and their great
+beauty and undisturbed tranquillity were all that could be desired.
+
+A large amount of work was attempted during this period on the Brigade
+Front, in order to obtain sufficient cover for protection against
+retaliation after our artillery bombardments began, prior to an
+intended attack on the sea-coast by the 4th Army, in conjunction with
+the 5th and 2nd Armies from Ypres. The enemy, before our artillery
+came in, greatly increased his artillery force, and daily destroyed
+any work done by night. These destructive shoots were afterwards found
+to be part of his barrage programme for the attack on the 10th July.
+
+
+
+
+OPERATIONS ON THE COAST.
+
+    _Enemy hurricane bombardment--enemy attempt frustrated--attack
+    abandoned--visit to H.L.I.--sports--visit of Dr. Kelman--patrol
+    work by Corpl. Wilson--listening post raided--departure for
+    Adinkerke._
+
+
+The Battalion continued to carry out its duties on the Belgian Coast
+until relieved from that Sector on October 5th, 1917. In the previous
+chapter some idea of the general conditions has been given. And the
+period which followed was of somewhat like nature with intermittent
+outstanding excursions and alarms and with memorable pleasant episodes
+to intermix with those more combative, and in this chapter the
+outstanding features will be recorded without following the movements
+of the Battalion to the various points in this sand-dune sector.
+
+The comparatively routine behaviour of the daily aerial and artillery
+"strafe" broke into a brisk and heavy bombardment on the Division to
+the left on the night of July 9th, but on the 10th about five o'clock
+in the morning this heavy fire switched on to the trenches from the
+border of the sea to Nieuport. The bombardment crashed on to all
+lines, firing, reserve, and rear. It got heavier and heavier and soon
+reached an unprecedented violence and extended to the flanking
+Divisions as well. The British guns replied, but could not force the
+hostile fire to slacken, and in the evening the enemy came on in
+attack. They carried the trenches of the units on the left and
+patrols were put out and the flank strengthened. This was the
+severest bombardment the Battalion had ever been in. It was a
+hurricane onslaught. The 17th knew that sort. They had been through
+it. Positions were taken and held, where no trench afforded cover, and
+where breastworks were blown away.
+
+The 17th were ordered to send three Companies in support of the Border
+Regiment who were being hard pressed east of the Yser. "A," "B" and
+"C" Companies were despatched on this mission. These Companies
+experienced very stiff fighting throughout the night of the 10-11th,
+until relieved early in the morning of the 11th by the Northumberland
+Fusiliers.
+
+On the following day the bombardment slackened a little, though during
+the night hurricane fire broke out, and over the period of this attack
+the Hun used a very large number of tear gas shells--which at that
+time was a new horror introduced to the sufferings of the British
+armies. Who will forget the Redans, Le Grand and Le Petit, the Bridges
+Putney and Pelican? The last named was renewed or rebuilt on the
+average three times every twenty-four hours. No words can describe
+what took place between the 10th and 13th of that awful month. The
+Germans, expecting an attack, made one. After these terrible three
+days, the Battalion, whose luck it was on this occasion to be spared
+the brunt of the action, after being relieved by the Borderers,
+struggled back through a mixed barrage of shells of all calibres,
+sprinkled with those of gas. There was a fog of gas and dust for miles
+behind the lines.
+
+The enemy attempt had broken down; the Battalion returned to Ghyvelde
+of pleasant recollection, and on the 13th the Division was
+congratulated on its successful efforts.
+
+On July 20th Major J. Inglis joined the Battalion and took over
+command at Bray Dunes Plage. On the 23rd the Brigade was inspected by
+the Divisional General, Major-General Shute. After his inspection he
+gave an address congratulating the Brigade on its part against the
+enemy attack on the 10th inst. at Nieuport, and on the same day the
+Corps Commander also inspected the Brigade, complimenting the men on
+their clean and smart appearance, and paying a high tribute to their
+fighting qualities.
+
+August opened with the prospect of making an attack on the enemy and
+exercises were practised accordingly. On 6th August a Battalion
+reconnaissance was made which included reporting on all tracks to the
+front line, arranging an assembling position in "no man's land," and
+learning the condition of the existing wire in front of both our own
+and the enemy's line. The weather for some little time had been very
+wet, the night selected for the reconnaissance was very bright and
+none too suitable, and the condition of the ground was extremely
+muddy, making movement slow and difficult. After examining the whole
+situation it was recognised that any possibility of successfully
+attacking upon this position was out of the question. Indeed, the bad
+weather throughout August delayed whatever action had been
+contemplated by either side.
+
+The 9th H.L.I. (The Glasgow Highlanders) were lying at Ghyvelde, and
+on 11th August, the 17th paid them a visit, while the Battalion
+football teams played a match. Another convivial day was spent on the
+24th when the Battalion sports were held. The day cleared up to one of
+bright sunshine, and a large number of spectators enjoyed the sport.
+The events were continued on the following day when even a larger
+number of guests and spectators attended, including many Colonial
+soldiers, and the various events were keenly contested, both by the
+men of the home Battalion and those from others in the area. A good
+turn out of British and Belgian nurses from La Panne Hospital
+brightened the gathering, and at the conclusion of the sports the
+prizes were presented by two of the lady guests. On the Saturday
+following Brigade Sports were held under ideal conditions, the
+Battalion representatives winning numerous prizes.
+
+At Church Parade on the 26th, the Presbyterian Service was conducted
+in camp by the Rev. Dr. Kelman, of Free St. George's, Edinburgh, who
+delivered a very impressive address which was listened to with the
+closest attention by the men. Dr. Kelman then left to preach to
+another Battalion and the 17th prepared to go back to the line.
+
+The Battalion kept up its old record of keen patrolling, and during
+their front line spell at the beginning of September some
+reconnaissance work was well carried out under conditions unusually
+difficult. On the night of 3rd September, 1917, 2nd Lieut. Forbes and
+Corpl. J. Wilson of "C" Company waded across a swamped portion which
+lay between the Battalion positions and a point known as Roode Poorte
+Farm. Coming to a point where the water was too deep for wading,
+Corpl. Wilson swam across and on reaching ground crawled in the
+direction of the enemy lines. Finding this line of approach of no use
+for operations, he swam back to the point where the patrol was
+covering his movements, and selecting another point, swam across the
+canal which lay to the east, opposite the farm buildings, and carried
+out his reconnaissance.
+
+On the 8th, while at Wulpen, a gas attack was successfully carried
+through on to the enemy's lines, and on the 13th, the third
+anniversary of the forming of the Battalion was spent in the trenches.
+A telegram congratulating the Battalion on its anniversary was
+received from the Brigadier, and a reply sent reciprocating the
+General's good wishes.
+
+The enemy perpetrated a novel surprise raid, which had some of the
+elements of picture-house humour in it, on one of the Battalion
+advanced Listening Posts, and by their new device gained temporary
+footing in it. A strong stream of water, apparently from a hose was
+directed suddenly upon the men in the Listening Post from the enemy
+position. While the men were baffled and blinded by the rush of water,
+the post was bombed and the two listeners retired on the main post for
+support. Immediately a counter-attack was organised and led by Company
+Sergeant-Major Miller of "A" Company, and the post was re-established.
+
+Orders were received on October 5th, 1917, for the relief of the 97th
+Infantry Brigade by the 125th Infantry Brigade. The Battalion
+accordingly withdrew to Coxyde that night, and on the following
+morning left for Adinkerke on the way to fresh fields and battles
+new.
+
+
+
+
+THE YPRES SALIENT.
+
+    _Passchendaele--gallantry of attack--casualties--Hilltop
+    Farm--move to Landethun and Yeuse--Serre Sector--close of 1917._
+
+
+At Adinkerke, on their way to the Ypres Salient, the men were embarked
+on barges on October 6th, 1917, and journeyed by canal to near
+Rosendael where they billeted and where Lieut. Colonel J. Inglis
+rejoined the Battalion from leave and resumed command. They then
+underwent intensive training at Uxem until the 24th, when they left en
+route for the Eringham area in accordance with the forward move of the
+Brigade Group. The next day saw them at Rubrouck and on the next again
+they arrived at Broxcele where training was again entered upon and
+continued until November 9th.
+
+About this period Lieut. Colonel Inglis and the Adjutant, Captain F.E.
+Dunsmuir, were away from the Battalion making a preliminary tour of
+inspection of the line on the Ypres front.
+
+On the 10th, the Battalion was once more in column of route on their
+way to Wormhoudt, and on the following day, to Watou to "Road Camp" in
+the St. Jan Ter Biezen area, where training was resumed, and this time
+once more within sound of the rumble of the guns. But that didn't
+upset the H.L.I., whose 16th and 17th Battalions met in the final of
+the Brigade Football Tournament, which was won in easy style, 5 goals
+to nil, by the Chamber of Commerce boys. Four days later they defeated
+the 32nd Divisional Supply Column in the semi-final of the Divisional
+Tournament, and then two days after that, meeting the 2nd Royal
+Inniskillen Fusiliers in the final, the 17th H.L.I. carried off the
+Championship, repeating their performance of the previous year against
+the same finalists.
+
+On the following day the Divisional Commander addressed the Brigade,
+which was drawn up on the football field, and reminded the men of the
+sterner duties that now lay before them, and expressed the hope that
+they would maintain the honourable traditions associated with the name
+of the 97th Infantry Brigade--which, indeed, they more than
+maintained.
+
+The Battalion left the camp on November 22nd for Poperinghe where they
+entrained to continue the journey up the line, and arriving at St.
+Jean Station, detrained and marched to "Irish Camp."
+
+On the afternoon of the 23rd a start was made for the Passchendaele
+front line system, the route taken by the Battalion being for the
+greater part over the duck board walks "Mouse Trap Track," which
+covered ground won in the recent big push at Passchendaele. The
+take-over was not completed without casualties, but these were
+comparatively few considering the dangerous nature of the going, which
+was in the open over shell-pitted ground. The Battalion relieved by
+the 17th was the 1st Northamptonshire Battalion. During the night the
+17th captured its first prisoner in this area--a corporal of the 315th
+Regiment. According to his statement he had been out on patrol when he
+lost one of his boots in the mud and in trying to find it he had
+strayed into our lines and been taken. During their initial tour of
+the Passchendaele system much heavy work was done in converting the
+shell-hole defence line into trenches, and patrolling. Several
+casualties were reported each day and the mud was thick and sticky. On
+the 26th the Battalion was relieved and proceeded to Dambre Camp in
+the Vlamertinghe area where everybody rested and completed the
+preparations for the forthcoming offensive at Passchendaele.
+
+It may be said at the outset that the element of surprise intended in
+the Passchendaele attack failed entirely, as the enemy were aware of
+the British intentions and fully prepared. In addition, the fact that
+the artillery barrage proper did not open until zero plus eight
+minutes, allowed the enemy entire freedom of action in his front posts
+with rifles and machine guns.
+
+The Battalion moved into the line on the evening of December 1st in
+conjunction with the other Battalions of the Brigade--2nd K.O.Y.L.I.;
+16th H.L.I.; 11th Border Regiment; and the 15th Lancashire Fusiliers
+(attached). The 16th Northumberland Fusiliers of the 96th Infantry
+Brigade were attached to the 97th Infantry Brigade as counter-attacking
+troops to be used in the event of a strong hostile counter-attack on
+the Brigade front. The frontage taken over by the Brigade was one of
+1,850 yards approximately along the Passchendaele Ridge. There were
+two objectives to be taken, of which sections were detailed as the job
+of the 17th--a slice which included two formidable "pill-boxes" known
+as the "Vat and Veal Cottages."
+
+The Battalion assembled on a frontage of 400 yards and at Zero Hour
+(1.55 a.m.) moved forward to the attack. Companies deployed from a two
+platoon frontage in snake formation--this method having been adopted
+owing to the shell torn nature of the ground--and advanced in four
+waves. "A" and "B" Companies were to capture the first objective,
+mopping up all occupied points in the way, including the two pill
+boxes, while "C" and "D" were to "leap-frog" through them, carry the
+next objective and consolidate.
+
+The initial stages of the attack were successfully carried through,
+but the enemy--as was afterwards learned--knowing of what was on foot,
+waited in readiness. Suddenly he opened heavy machine gun fire upon
+the advancing Companies, inflicting heavy casualties which, in the
+dark and over the difficult ground, had the effect of splitting up the
+sections and creating some confusion. The officers and men of the
+Battalion gallantly pressed on against these odds, however, and
+succeeded in reaching their objective; but the enemy machine gun and
+rifle fire became so intense that their advanced positions were
+rendered humanly untenable. Our men, though forced to retire in
+places, established themselves in shell-hole posts, where an attempt
+was made to consolidate.
+
+The artillery and machine gun barrage, though intense, had failed,
+owing to the enemy's fore-knowledge of the attack, to effect its
+purpose. His strong points were heavily garrisoned and wired and he
+was also found to be established in strong lines of trenches also
+effectively wired. The Battalion hung on all through that awful night
+in its isolated positions, for orders were received that the attack
+would be renewed in the morning, but these orders were afterwards
+cancelled.
+
+From dawn onwards artillery fire slackened somewhat, but the enemy
+machine gunners and snipers kept up harassing fire from their well
+established posts against the men in their exposed and isolated posts.
+
+It was obvious that a hostile counter-attack might be expected, and
+this took place about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of the 2nd, preceded
+by an intense artillery barrage. Owing to the terrible difficulties of
+their position, and the sweeping casualties inflicted, the line was
+forced back, but the actual enemy attack which followed his barrage
+was met by the rifle fire of the shattered 17th, and after the Bosches
+had approached within a certain distance of the posts, they broke and
+turned back in retreat.
+
+   [Illustration: TYPES OF SUPPORT LINE DUG-OUTS AND FIRST AID POST.
+   _To face page 68._]
+
+Though the withdrawal of the Divisional line had been almost general,
+some of the Battalion posts were still hanging on to the advanced
+positions on the 3rd. Many wounded were lying out, suffering the most
+appalling rigours of war and the Battalion stretcher-bearers displayed
+great devotion to duty in ignoring the heavy fire while bringing them
+in to comparative shelter. The work at first was extremely dangerous,
+but later on in the day a lull occurred when it was possible to carry
+on this labour of mercy under less trying conditions. And it must be
+recorded, as far as this battle is concerned, that from this point
+onward the German reversed his frequent policy and shewed respect for
+the Red Cross Flag, only one instance of sniping taking place when one
+of the Battalion stretcher-bearers was shot dead while bending over a
+wounded comrade. Enemy stretcher-bearers were also at work and in some
+instances they reciprocated attentions given to their wounded, by
+dressing and carrying our casualties. In this way all the wounded were
+got in before the Brigade was relieved that night. The Battalion
+frontage was taken over by the 5/6th Royal Scots. The relief was
+successfully completed and the remnants of the Battalion reached
+"Hilltop Farm" in the early morning, entraining later for Hospital
+Camp in the Vlamertinghe area. The casualties were particularly heavy
+among Officers and N.C.O.s, and gives trenchant evidence of their
+self-sacrificing gallantry in seeking by utter disregard for danger to
+turn a forlorn hope into victory, and by personal example and
+incentive to make still richer the honourable traditions of the 17th
+in the face of such overwhelming odds, and amidst such overaweing
+devastation. In this action seven officers were killed and five
+wounded. Of other ranks 41 were killed, 130 wounded and 13 missing.
+
+The Battalion was organised as far as possible in its depleted
+condition and work and training carried on until December 10th, when
+once more the unit moved up the line to Hilltop Farm, N.E. of Ypres.
+During their stay here, Mr. Fred A. Farrell, the well-known Scottish
+artist, visited the 17th on a commission from the Corporation of
+Glasgow to execute drawings of the Glasgow Battalions and the places
+in which they were operating.
+
+On December 13th they were back in the trenches. Hard winter weather
+had now set in, with fog, frost and water sogged ground. On the 20th
+the Battalion was relieved and, as far as weather is concerned, spent
+a typical Christmas Day when it came round, in Dambre Camp. Being in
+Corps Reserve, nothing in the nature of Christmas festivities could be
+permitted, but the gifts supplied by the Chamber of Commerce provided
+seasonable fare and brought a measure of good cheer.
+
+After a series of alarms and stand-to's, a Divisional Relief was
+carried through, and on December 30th the Battalion trained to
+Audruicq and set out on an arduous route march for the villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse, where the men were happily enabled to spend a
+night's rest in comfortable billets, "A," "B," "C," and Headquarters
+in the former village, and "D" in the latter.
+
+The last day of the year which had probably been the hardest and, as
+far as campaigning is concerned, the most eventful in the history of
+the Battalion, was passed amidst the peaceful surroundings of these
+villages untouched by war. The beginning of the year had seen the
+Battalion in the line in the Serre Sector, then had followed the
+memorable days of Beaumont Hamel, Honoroye, the battle of Savy and the
+taking of Fayet in the St. Quentin area, a well deserved period of
+rest at Canizy and thence by train and road into Belgium, being held
+in reserve for the Battle of Messines, three hard months spent in the
+line in the Nieuport Sector and the St. George's Sector, and then
+after a spell of rest--forward into Passchendaele.
+
+
+
+
+THE DISBANDMENT.
+
+    _Hogmanay--with the II. Corps--the blow--new army
+    establishment--Hospital Camp--disbandment--the passing of the
+    "17th."_
+
+
+For some time rumours had been flitting about that certain Battalions
+were going to be disbanded in accordance with a programme of
+reorganised military establishments. Every New Army unit in the B.E.F.
+had about this time qualms of fear that if rumours proved true the
+selection might fall on them. Esprit de corps was never stronger and
+the very thought of possible separations from brothers-in-arms, fell
+as a vague shadowy fear over the 17th because it looked very likely
+that the 17th, being the junior H.L.I. Battalion of the Division,
+would be the Divisional victim in any re-arrangement that might be
+carried out. But nothing definite was known, and the advent of New
+Year, 1918, brought with it a feeling of hope for the future.
+
+The Battalion was still billeted in the peaceful villages of
+Landrethun and Yeuse. On the opening day of the year the ground was
+snow covered, rendering parades well nigh impossible, and so the men
+were at liberty. Preparations were eagerly pushed forward for a New
+Year Feast, and on the 3rd, in spite of provisioning difficulties,
+very complete arrangements had been successfully made considering the
+length of time available for providing the men with a seasonable
+repast on that evening. The Companies sat down to a feast of roast
+pork--which only a few hours before had been a live pig. There was
+soup, haggis, plum pudding, apple dumpling, cake, cigarettes, and
+copious supplies of beer. The Commanding Officer, accompanied by Major
+G.R.S. Paterson, and the Adjutant, visited each Company in turn to
+wish them the Compliments of the Season, and the night finished with
+song and story.
+
+Work and training was resumed again in earnest the next day as far as
+the weather conditions would permit. On the 9th of January the
+Battalion moved off, embussing for the forward area to operate on the
+II. Corps Line. After a cold journey in a heavy snowstorm, they
+arrived at Murat Camp late at night and came under the command of the
+35th Division. They found the camp in very bad order and set about
+putting it right, meanwhile working parties were carrying on under the
+C.R.E. of the Division. Splendid work was carried out by the Battalion
+during this period, despite snowstorms and blizzards, and high praise
+was given to the unit by the Corps Commander. All the Royal Engineer
+Officers connected with the work declared they had never had better
+nor keener infantry parties.
+
+On the 16th Major Morton assumed command of the Battalion during the
+absence of Lieut.-Colonel Inglis on leave; and on the 18th Major
+Morton was ordered to hospital and Major Paterson took over.
+
+_The Battalion Intelligence News Sheet_, inaugurated to keep all ranks
+fully informed of the principal events of the day as regards the war,
+was circulated, but it could not hope to oust _The Outpost_ as the
+real news vehicle of the 17th.
+
+On the 25th of January the Battalion left Murat Camp for a camp near
+Woeston and came under the command of the 1st Division, and on the
+27th the Battalion relieved the 10th Gloucesters in reserve in the Het
+Sas Sector, and carried on improving the line until the 31st of
+January--when the blow fell and hopes were dashed to the ground. While
+in Brigade Support at Houthust Forest Sector, Major Paterson was sent
+for by Brigadier-General C.A. Blacklock, who informed him that the
+re-organisation of the Army necessitated the disbanding of an H.L.I.
+Battalion in the 32nd Division. The Battalion selected was the junior
+one, the 17th. General Blacklock expressed in very generous terms his
+admiration for the Battalion, and for all that it had done, and
+expressed his sorrow and regret that so fine a unit had to be broken
+up, and the officers, non-com. officers and men serving in it would be
+drafted to other H.L.I. Battalions, which would necessitate, in many
+cases, the breaking up of what had been very long friendships.
+
+Early in January, 1918, it had been decided by the War Office to adopt
+the three Battalion per Brigade system throughout the British Army,
+and this resulted in the disbandment of many Battalions which had seen
+much service abroad, and had won a name for themselves in France.
+Perhaps the chief Battalion in the whole army to be disbanded was the
+17th Service Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, and the
+disbandment of this Battalion came as a bitter blow, not only to those
+who were serving in the Battalion at that time, but also to those who
+had served in it at some time or other in the past and possibly to
+those who were looking forward to serving with it in the future.
+
+Needless to say all ranks of the Battalion were deeply disappointed at
+the Commander-in-Chief's decision, which was received as a calamity.
+The highest traditions of the Battalion had been maintained
+throughout, and the esprit de corps and good comradeship of all ranks
+made the news almost unbearable.
+
+As soon as the official notification arrived the Battalion was
+relieved by the First Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, and was
+withdrawn to Hospital Camp near Woesten where the disbanding was to be
+carried out. From then onwards an enormous amount of work fell on
+everybody, especially on the Adjutant, Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., who was
+responsible for compiling the rolls of the different drafts, which
+were to proceed to the various H.L.I. Battalions in France, comprising
+the 10/11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 18th Battalions.
+
+On the 11th of February the first draft, consisting of about seven
+officers and 200 other ranks marched out of camp to the tune of the
+pipes en route for the railway station at Boesinghe, where it
+entrained and proceeded to join the 10/11th Battalion H.L.I. Although
+there was much cheering as the train steamed away, yet there were many
+men with sad hearts at leaving the Battalion they had served in from
+the beginning, which had become their home in the Army.
+
+For the next few days that followed, similar drafts were sent off
+until the strength of the Battalion was reduced to the establishment
+for Headquarters with Transport. For about a week this small unit
+carried on, until the Transport section, under the Transport Officer,
+Lieut. Smith, was detached, and was attached to the Division where it
+remained for some time until it was sent to the base for drafting. All
+that remained now was the Headquarters establishment, commanded by
+Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., who had returned from leave, and this
+establishment was sent to take over another camp which was to be run
+as a Divisional Reception Camp for men returning to their units from
+leave. About a week later orders were received that some of the H.Q.
+personnel were to be drafted away, and on the next day a draft of
+about thirty men under R.S.M. Burns proceeded to join the 13th
+Entrenching Battalion. A few days later all that was left of the
+Battalion under Captain Dunsmuir, M.C., was drafted to the same
+Battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel Inglis, D.S.O., and Major Morton, who
+was again with the Battalion, were ordered to report to Divisional
+Headquarters.
+
+All that remained now of the 17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
+was the name, but that name will always remain in the minds of those
+who served in the Battalion, and the mere mention of it brings back
+happy memories of days spent both at home and abroad to those who knew
+it.
+
+As William Glennie of "A" Company, writes:--"That the good old
+Battalion would end, we all expected, as the happy sequence of
+completed duty, and somehow we all imagined we would be there. In our
+ideal picture of the scene, George Square was clearly outlined;
+somehow we fancied old Hughie would order 'Officers, fall out please,'
+and while the ranks took the rhythmical right turn, the 'Faither'
+would step forward from the right of 'C' Company, give his
+characteristic red army salute, shake his cane and rap out 'Quick time
+off the parade ground' in his best Troon parade style. But we forgot
+the war, as too often in our ideal outlook we did.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"'Fall out ... the 17th Highland Light Infantry....' That was at No. 6
+Camp, Calais, in the chill dusk of 6th February, 1918. Back from
+Blighty leave, as the news spread, we took it philosophically--the old
+Battalion had been disbanded, and scattered to various sister
+battalions. Here we were, practically all the originals to the number
+of about 50, the sole remnants of 26 months of war, welcomed back to
+France for the second time, but not to the Seventeenth; orphans to be
+adopted by strange parents.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"'Quick march.' The party swung slowly down the rough track between
+the huts. It was one of those innumerable hutted campments behind
+Poperinghe. At the junction of the road stood Colonel Inglis, Majors
+Morton and Paterson, Captain Dunsmuir and R.S.M. Kelly. It all seemed
+so usual, save that there was more handshaking and waving of bonnets.
+'Cheerio, old chap--best of luck.' Gone, those pals of three years in
+camp, trench, billet and shell hole; but we never knew how great a
+part of our life they had become. Then in the look in each other's
+eyes, in the huskiness of the voice, rather than in the ill-concealed
+tear, came the full realisation of the undying spirit of our old
+Chamber of Commerce Battalion, and the certainty that the death of the
+Battalion had bequeathed to us the LIVING SOUL OF THE SEVENTEENTH."
+
+
+
+
+III.--AN ODD MUSTER.
+
+
+THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION.
+
+
+A corporate body is always a great mystery. Before very long it always
+develops a spirit which is something more than the sum of the
+individual spirits which compose it. And no man can quite say how it
+comes into existence. It may be a greater spirit than that of any
+individual. Sometimes it is not so great as that of its members.
+
+And Battalions are no exception to this rule. Each brings forth a
+spirit, and by that spirit the members are henceforth profoundly
+influenced. It is not the spirit of the Colonel, or of any particular
+member. It is the spirit of the Battalion, something compounded by the
+subtle alchemies of the spiritual world out of the individual souls of
+officers and privates alike.
+
+Of the spirit of the 17th H.L.I. it may at once be said that the
+outstanding characteristic was high-hearted youth. Most of the members
+of the Battalion were young, but the Battalion itself had the
+qualities of youth more truly than any of them. It was essentially
+gay. It did its work to the accompaniment of a fine hilarity. It could
+laugh even on the eve of battle. It could even be uproarious and
+exuberant as only the really young can.
+
+And yet it was very efficient youth. To a man these soldiers took
+their work seriously, and because they brought to it a fine quality of
+intelligence, the Battalion rose to efficiency with astonishing
+rapidity. Many men read eagerly in text books about training and
+tactics and so forth, and the Battalion from end to end was intolerant
+of slovenliness. If it resembled a young man, it was a young man who
+meant business.
+
+   [Illustration: Major The Rev. A. HERBERT GRAY.]
+
+   [Illustration: CHURCH PARADE--PREES HEATH CAMP.
+   _To face page 76._]
+
+   [Illustration: VARIOUS PHASES OF BATTALION TRAINING
+   _To face page 77._]
+
+It was also very gifted youth. Its athletic record speaks for itself,
+as does also its military record. But other gifts were lavished upon
+it. It knew and loved good literature. It had numbers of trained
+singers and musicians. It had dramatic possibilities in it. It knew
+much of science and mechanics. That young thing which we call the 17th
+H.L.I. in fact loved life, and every side of life. It throbbed with
+energy of body, mind, and spirit. It tingled with many sided vitality.
+
+But above all, it was loveable youth. Few bodies of soldiers have ever
+so fully won the affections of towns and country districts. It has
+left a mark of its own on Troon, Prees Heath, Wensley, Sheffield, and
+Codford. People hurried out to see the column go by, and after it was
+gone the hearts of men and women were happier because of it. It came
+to have a place in the lives of thousands, and they all thought of it
+with affection. As we look back on it now it lives with us as a silver
+memory,--something belonging to the world of sunshine and laughter, of
+beauty and of courage. The West of Scotland gave of its best to make
+up that whole, and while it lived it made a place for itself in the
+hearts of the West, which is secure for all time.
+
+Its career was short, but its immortality is safe.
+
+It is good to have known it. And though tragedy unspeakable dogged its
+footsteps, and broke its life in this world, it lives and will always
+live gloriously in the hearts and memories of uncounted men and women
+who believe more in humanity, and perhaps even believe more in God
+because of the "Seventeenth."
+
+
+
+
+"CO-OPERATION."
+
+
+One of the most outstanding and important things taught in military
+text books is the value of striving to obtain "co-operation of all
+arms." That is to say, the more sympathy, good comradeship and
+understanding that exists between Infantry and Artillery and Cavalry
+and Tanks and Air Force people and so on, the more efficient each of
+these various arms becomes to carry out its respective duties.
+Knowledge of the general tactical principles under which each arm
+operates, and personal acquaintanceship with the various officers and
+men of such other units, all tend to cement combined operations into
+one smooth working whole for the pleasant efficiency of the
+combinations concerned and for the better (or worse!) confusion of the
+enemy.
+
+Such co-operation was an ideal often aimed at, but only too seldom
+actually accomplished. It required the best of officers and men to
+attain that perfect co-operation through understanding, which does not
+either fall short of or over reach the mark.
+
+The following notes written by Major C.E. Lawder, late commanding "A"
+Battery of the 168th Brigade, 32nd Division, Royal Field Artillery,
+reveals how smoothly things ran in that all important section of
+co-operation--that between Infantry and Artillery. In the eyes of
+those accustomed to military affairs the following statements will
+likely be recognised as perhaps the finest tribute that could be paid
+to the 17th H.L.I., for it is not so much an item of direct praise, as
+a sure indication of the high quality of efficiency attained by all
+ranks of the Battalion, not to mention the pleasant reflection given
+of "good humoured gentlemen." The 17th was ever proud to serve with
+the gunners of the 168th Brigade, whose fine shooting inspired
+confidence and courage:--
+
+"We first met the famous 17th H.L.I. about New Year, 1916, in the La
+Boiselle Sector and much concern as to the pronunciation of the
+Scottish names given to the trenches was felt by my Yorkshire
+gunners--Sauchiehall Street in particular defeated them. They wished
+the Jocks would use Christian Huddersfield names! All my officers were
+much impressed by the great kindness and hospitality shown them by the
+17th H.L.I. Messes when liaison Officer with the Infantry or when
+going round the front line, which we did constantly, myself as Battery
+Commander every third day, and the subalterns daily--all to try and
+get suggestions to better strafe the Boche and to show the Jocks that
+the gunners wanted to share the pleasures of the front line with our
+splendid Infantry.
+
+"The 17th were commonly known as the Raiders, and most excellent they
+were at the job--the Hun had a holy horror of the men from Glasgow. I
+well remember a chat after a good raid with the big drummer and a
+little corporal of the H.L.I. Both had greatly distinguished
+themselves and they asked me not to question them as to details of the
+raid, as some very dirty work took place across the way! I expect it
+did from the look in their eye and the happy way they handled their
+clubs.
+
+"A great entente cordiale existed between my Battery and the Regiment
+and this was referred to by Major-General Budworth, C.R.A., 4th Army,
+at the Conference at Flixecourt before July 1st, 1916. All the gunners
+at the gun position, then in the Orchard of Martinsart, sent in a
+signed petition to be allowed to have the honour of going over the top
+with the 17th in their next raid. The 17th returned the compliment by
+Major W. Paul and about 20 raiders coming up to the guns from Rest
+billets and carrying ammunition for us all night while we were
+covering another regiment's raid. I got Major Paul on the firing seat
+of one of the guns and some of the men at other guns. They did a lot
+of firing but did not enjoy it. They all preferred the Infantry!
+
+"The 17th were badly cut up on 1st July, 1916, and my men were much
+concerned about them. We were all greatly relieved to hear that both
+Col. Morton and Major Paul were not among the casualties. Some of the
+Officers will doubtless remember a cheery Entente Dinner at
+Bouzincourt--Cocktails by our Adjutant, Lobsters and Rouen Ducks are
+still fresh in my memory. The Division moved up north to the Hulluch
+Sector after the Somme July Battle. We were put to another Division
+for a short time, and then our own Infantry turned up. It was cheery
+meeting our old friends again, but many familiar names and faces were,
+sad to say, missing.
+
+"We had a very safe and nice gun position on a peninsula in a marsh at
+Annieguin. This we made into a very smart and show position--lots of
+"spit and polish." We had many visitors from the 17th and a lot of
+their men used to come and bathe with ours. We fixed up a regular
+bathing pool with springboard complete. All this was under cover of
+trees and shrubs and quite out of sight of the Hun. I remember two of
+the H.L.I. being pulled from or being stabbed in, a sap in No Man's
+Land near the famous Brickstacks. We all wanted to have a Raid at once
+in revenge. I forget whether it came off. Shooting here was difficult,
+as the trenches were so close together, and very difficult to observe
+fire. Very different was the supply of ammunition in mid and late 1916
+to early in the year. It was a horrible feeling for a Battery when
+asked to shoot and help the poor old Infantry, to have to refuse for
+lack of shells. At the Brickstacks we used to often fire--almost
+daily--from 150 to 350 rounds Agressive Action on Hun Tender Spots. It
+was then that we could retaliate about 50 to 1 if they were
+sufficiently "agressed" to fire back. That kept the line--our side
+(!)--quiet.
+
+"We all moved down in October, 1916, to the Ancre show, and a horrible
+wet march it was. We separated for a bit, the Battery going to the
+Scottish 51st Division. We were then rejoined by our own Infantry at
+Beaumont Hamel. I got smashed up and was evacuated home, and just
+after, my best Officer, Lieut. H.W. Ainley was burned to death at the
+Wagon Line. He was a splendid fellow and very well known to the 17th.
+
+"Officers and men of both Units were always together and better
+feeling between them could not exist. It was a great honour to know
+the 17th and we gloried in being the Battery to cover them at the P.
+of E. in a raid." [The P. of E. is the Point of Entry, necessitating
+very accurate gunlaying, timing, and strict adherence to the barrage
+programme.]
+
+   [Illustration: "THE OUTPOST" STAFF ON ACTIVE SERVICE.]
+
+   [Illustration: THE ORIGINAL EDITORIAL STAFF.
+   Sgt. FERGUSON, the late Sgt. REITH and Pte. HUTCHESON.
+   _To face page 81._]
+
+
+
+
+"THE OUTPOST."
+
+
+One of the most outstanding activities of the Battalion was the
+production of a periodical which combined a considerable high level of
+artistic and literary excellence with a racy narrative of Battalion
+news and _personalia_. This regimental magazine of the 17th H.L.I. was
+conceived in 1914, though actually founded early in 1915, and from
+that time, throughout all the rigours of work at home--and the
+extraordinary difficulties of operations in the Field, _The Outpost_
+was produced, and well produced. Perhaps more than anything, the
+standard and record of this production, and its acceptance and
+success, both within the unit and with an ever growing general public,
+reflects the intellectual level of those who composed the Battalion.
+In an appreciation which appeared in _The Glasgow News_ in June, 1919,
+on the occasion of the completion of the seventh volume, it is
+remarked--"Nursed in its early youth by an editorial staff that was
+not without experience, it proved a lusty infant, and as the years
+went on it gained in strength.
+
+"In a sort of valedictory--for the magazine will still be published
+annually by the Seventeen Club--the editor sings its praises. He has
+every right to pitch them on a high key. He points out that the paper
+has always been welcomed and appreciated in many homes (yes, even in
+Buckingham Palace), and in training camps, hospitals, rest camps,
+lonely dug-outs, and soaking trenches, as well as in the scorching
+East and amid Arctic snows. Wherever old members have gone at duty's
+call, their magazine has followed, and has interested and cheered with
+its articles and illustrations of the lighter side of Army life.
+
+"Lately a noted writer on military topics, an English officer of high
+rank, in giving a most appreciative criticism of _The Outpost_,
+said--'It is only your dour, determined Scotsmen who could manage to
+'carry-on' such a paper under the tremendous handicaps of active
+service, and the result has been unquestionably the finest literary
+and artistic venture in battalion magazines that the war has
+produced.'"
+
+In a note concerning those who originated and inspired this war
+publication--unique in its continued success--Mr. J. M'Kechnie, whose
+name is intimately associated with its success, says--"The credit of
+the original idea of publishing a Battalion Magazine belongs to Lieut.
+J. Kelly--our first R.S.M. Early in January, 1915, he called a meeting
+at which the journalistic machinery was set in motion. The appointment
+of the late Mr. Steven D. Reith as Editor assured the success of the
+venture, for under his able and enthusiastic direction, _The Outpost_
+from the first number reached a standard hitherto unapproached in
+British military publications. From month to month it supplied a
+bright literary and artistic reflection of the chief events in the
+life of the Battalion, and the editorial aimed at giving a lead to the
+more serious thought of its readers.
+
+"Throughout its active service career _The Outpost_ was edited by the
+following:--The late Mr. Steven D. Reith, Mr. J.L. Hardie, Mr. J.
+M'Kechnie, and Mr. W. Glennie. Mr. W. J.F. Hutcheson performed the
+duties of Home Editor until November, 1917, when he handed on the
+torch to Mr. Frank K. Pickles, who acted as Editor during the last
+year."
+
+Copies and Volumes of _The Outpost_ will remain among the most
+cherished keepsakes of all members of the Battalion, and a complete
+set of all numbers of the production is being carefully and jealously
+preserved in the archives of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. There
+its pages will rank with the greatest achievements of industrial and
+commercial affairs as evidence of the judgment, humour, poetry, and
+doggedness of a Battalion so intimately bound up in the traditions of
+a great house, and indeed, also reflective of the traditions of
+Scottish industrialism, whose eminence is the manifestation of those
+very elements of balanced judgment and perseverance, coupled with that
+saving humour and imagination which has marked alike its progress in
+the markets of the world no less than in the fields of war.
+
+   [Illustration: The Late STEVEN D. REITH, D.C.M.]
+
+   [Illustration: Lce.-Corpl. F.K. PICKLES.
+   _To face page 82._]
+
+   [Illustration: MARGUS--THE MASCOT.]
+
+   [Illustration: ONE OF THE BATTALION RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAMS.
+   _To face page 83._]
+
+
+
+
+SPORT OF THE BATTALION.
+
+
+The achievements of the Seventeenth in the field of fire cannot be
+dissociated from their experiences in the field of sport. The exploits
+of the Battalion in Football, Cross-country Running, and
+Boxing--revealing as they did the elements of challenge, perseverance,
+cheerfulness in defeat, and also the power to win honours to their
+name--have their grand reflex in the more grim and arduous experiences
+through which the Battalion was called to pass.
+
+In October, 1915, the Battalion won Divisional honours in
+Cross-country Running. The winning of the Cup and medals in an event
+in which a thousand runners took part was no small feat.
+
+In the world of "Rugger" the Battalion's career was one triumphal
+march, but the end accomplished cannot be summed up in figures,
+adverse or the reverse. As for "Soccer" the successive achievements of
+the Battalion are recorded in every number of _The Outpost_. Minor
+struggles and conquests are recalled and rejoiced in, but the glory of
+carrying off another Divisional Cup will never be forgotten by those
+who witnessed the fray. Progress to the final of the event was not
+easy, and the final was a particularly hard fought game, and though
+the Battalion won, it was felt that equal honours were due to the
+vanquished for their good play and sportsmanship.
+
+In the Boxing World, the name of Corporal George Barrie, will be ever
+green in the memory of all Seventeenth men; and the honour brought to
+the Battalion by his pupil, Pte. Cushley, in winning two Divisional
+Cups for Boxing, can be looked upon as a fitting tribute to Barrie,
+the man who played the game even unto death.
+
+Altogether the Seventeenth has much to be proud of in its athletic
+record, and in future days when those of the Battalion sit round and
+tell of the things which are theirs, which they won also at great
+cost, their prowess in the field will not be among the least; for it
+played no insignificant part in the making of the Battalion which,
+although disbanded, has remained, both in name and in comradeship,
+still the Seventeenth.
+
+
+
+
+THE R.S.M.
+
+
+Any history of the "Seventeenth" would be incomplete without a passing
+reference to James Kelly.
+
+Chosen at the inception of the Battalion out of a large number of
+applicants, and appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, his selection was
+amply justified by results. He had seen much service in The Royal
+Scots, and active service in South Africa, where he was
+Colour-Sergeant of his Company and where he gained the D.C.M.
+
+A man of commanding appearance, always very smartly turned out, he set
+a fine example to all ranks and speedily infused the real military
+spirit into the rank and file. During training at home and on service
+in France he did splendid work, and to him is due in no small measure
+the high standard of efficiency and discipline maintained in the
+Battalion. In manner somewhat brusque, but of a tender heart withal,
+he was the friend and confidant of nearly all the Officers, N.C.O.s
+and men, and when off parade the best of good fellows.
+
+                                        DAVID S. MORTON,
+                                             _Lieut.-Colonel._
+
+
+
+
+A REMEMBRANCE.
+
+Do you hear it, all of you, and remember. Listen!
+
+"Markers outwards turn. Quick march."
+
+"Up, number four. Look sharp. That'll do."
+
+"Markers, steadi-i-i-i-i----."
+
+"Right turn."
+
+"Fall in." And then the final great roar of--
+
+"Stop all that yammering." And how quickly it stopped, too.
+
+Do you remember it, and who said it? Of course you do, just as clearly
+as I myself do. You remember those early mornings, too. The sleepy
+chatter stilled in an instant to silence. And all those other days,
+too, when custom had made it imperative on all parades, it was part of
+us and our ceremonial.
+
+   [Illustration: Lieut. and Q.-M. (formerly Regimental Sergeant
+   Major) JAMES KELLY.
+   _To face page 84._]
+
+   [Illustration: Mrs. DAVID S. MORTON,
+   Convener of the Comforts Committee.
+   _To face page 85._]
+
+The repeating of it to ourselves conjures up the history of those
+never-to-be-forgotten days and carries back our spirits to commune
+with all those gone before us.
+
+I say it to myself often now just to bring before me those wonderful
+memories. I have heard it on the sea front at Troon; on the Hills of
+Dundonald; at Prees Heath, in the lovely woodlands and parks of
+England; on the moors of Yorkshire; at Sheffield. It has sounded over
+the vast spaces of Salisbury Plain, and in France and Flanders, where
+all it stands for was so wonderfully justified and upheld, calling up
+that wonderful spirit and special discipline. That was the dear old
+Seventeenth.
+
+
+
+
+THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE.
+
+
+On the Battalion embarking for active service, the Battalion Committee
+suggested that a Ladies' Committee be formed to carry out the supply
+of Comforts which would tend to alleviate the hardships of the battle
+line. The members of the Chamber provided funds in a most generous
+manner, and the following ladies consented to form a Ladies'
+Committee:--Mrs. D.S. Morton (Convener), Lady M'Innes Shaw, Mrs. J.M.
+Mitchell, Mrs. R.A. Murray, Mrs. W.J. Paul, Mrs. W.F. Russell, Mrs.
+John Reid, Mrs. Albert A. Smith, and Miss G.D. Young.
+
+Miss G.D. Young acted as Secretary and at a later stage she was
+succeeded by Miss M.E. M'Clymont of the staff of the Chamber. The
+relatives of the men of the Battalion were notified of the formation
+of the Comforts Committee, and were invited to assist in knitting
+articles, the wool for which in most cases, was supplied by the
+Committee. With this help, and by the industry of the Ladies'
+Committee, a very large quantity of shirts, socks, helmets, scarfs,
+gloves, etc., was sent abroad.
+
+The conditions under which the men were fighting was always wisely
+considered, and for trench dug-outs and cellar billets, a regular
+supply of candles was forwarded by the Committee. Christmas presents
+were also sent overseas for each man. Provision was made for the time
+when the Battalion was out of line for rest, and a supply of weekly
+and monthly periodicals was regularly despatched. Needless to say, all
+these were very acceptable.
+
+While thanks are due to all the members of the Ladies' Committee, it
+must be placed on record that Mrs. Morton, as Convener, rendered
+invaluable services and it is universally recognised that to her
+indefatigable labours the men in France owed much.
+
+
+
+
+MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW.
+
+
+A Memorial Service in honour of the officers, non-commissioned
+officers and men of the 17th Highland Light Infantry, who fell in the
+battle of the Somme and elsewhere was held at Glasgow Cathedral, on
+July 8th, 1917. Fully 1,200 people were present, and many soldiers of
+all ranks were among the congregation, including a number of wounded
+men belonging to the Battalion. The "Dead March in Saul" was played at
+the commencement, and the service was most impressive throughout. The
+preacher was the Rev. A. Herbert Gray, one time Chaplain of the
+Battalion, and the service included the anthem, "What are these?" sung
+by the choir.
+
+Preaching from the text--"We also are compassed about with so great a
+cloud of witnesses," Mr. Gray said: "It must not be to mere mourning
+that we give ourselves this afternoon. We are met to recall a very
+great page in the history of our city and district. In the year 1916,
+the hundreds of young men of whom we are thinking dared to die in a
+great cause. Young, strong, and free, full of high hopes and great
+purpose, in love with life, and in a hundred ways fitted for mastery
+in it, they yet consented to deal with death. A hundred other
+ambitions had flushed their hearts, but because humanity called they
+laid them all aside and went to the great war. No such life was their
+choice, but because it was their destiny they accepted it with a
+smile. No compulsion save that of honour constrained them. They were
+recruited simply by conscience and the claims of humanity. They made
+one of the finest Battalions that ever left these shores, for some of
+the very best of the rising generation were in their ranks. And though
+they were not soldiers by profession they proved themselves worthy of
+a regiment that has traditions of honour as old as the British Army.
+
+"Wherefore, here in God's House, we may well first of all rejoice
+concerning them, and give thanks to God who has put so great a spirit
+into man. Though tears be in our hearts we must not fail to be proud
+and thankful--proud because they were our brothers, and thankful
+because they finished their course in faith."
+
+After mentioning the subject of a suitable memorial, and suggesting
+that there could be nothing more worthy than the monument of a Britain
+turned to God, the preacher concluded with the following impressive
+words:--
+
+"From a hundred lonely graves in that foreign land--from the spots
+where they fell, and which now are sacred spots for us--our dead are
+asking us when we mean to erect that monument. From trench and shell
+hole where death found them, their voices call--young, musical voices,
+the voices of boys still in their teens, the voices of martyrs on
+life's threshold. Scarce a wind can blow that will not waft to you
+these voices. And they ask a better Britain as their monument. They
+ask it of you and me. Shall we not go from this place resolved to
+build it?"
+
+
+
+
+THE CLUB.
+
+
+Much has been written, and many discussions have arisen concerning the
+good-fellowship and camaraderie which exists among the survivors of
+the 17th H.L.I., and able pens will express the high ideals aimed at,
+and the strong determination in the minds of those remnants to
+establish "The Club" on a basis good and sound. Since the inauguration
+of the Battalion in September, 1914, there has been a predominating
+feeling that such an institution should be made.
+
+Since the first batch of men arrived in Glasgow from France
+arrangements were made which facilitated meeting daily in Craig's
+Smoke Room in Gordon Street--the arrangement still holds good. Any
+forenoon the boys may be found over their coffee and incidentally
+discussing the chance of one day, in the near future, having a "nook"
+of their own. The object of having such a place is to afford such
+privacy as premises of their own would give, in order to have
+uninterrupted meetings, business or pleasure, as the occasion
+demanded.
+
+One great object of the Club is to establish the Benevolent Fund of
+the Battalion on a sound financial basis, so as to be in a position to
+deal with necessitous cases connected with the 17th Battalion, and it
+is thought that this is the only way. It is intended that the Club
+should be self-supporting, and assistance is hoped for, morally and
+financially, of all those who are interested in the affairs
+appertaining to the old Battalion.
+
+A Committee to carry on the good work has been formed, and includes
+Colonel Morton, Major Young, with Messrs. Ritchie, Tilley, Corbett and
+M'Andrew from the various Companies, along with Mr. J.W. Arthur on the
+Benevolent Fund Committee, as representing the Chamber of Commerce.
+This Committee will report progress to a General Meeting, at which it
+is hoped to decide what steps may be taken to acquire a Working
+Capital. It is possible that a Voluntary Subscription List may be
+opened, and it is hoped that the opportunity may be given to help the
+worthy project of thus forming a Memorial to those who have fallen in
+the great cause.
+
+No better monument of love and good-fellowship could be thought of
+than to give a helping hand in the hour of need, and, to provide
+towards a comfortable home for those who are left to enjoy it.
+
+
+
+
+"E" COMPANY.
+
+
+At the beginning of January, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. had recruited its
+full war strength, and the authorities decreed that a Reserve Company
+should be formed. This became "E" Company, and was trained as a unit
+of the Battalion at Troon, until the 17th left for England. On May
+13th, 1915, it was transferred to Gailes, and became a unit of the
+19th Reserve Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Auld being in command. Under
+his training, the Company, as well as the Battalion, reached a high
+standard of efficiency. After being inspected by Brigadier-General
+Cockburn on the 28th September, 1916, a draft of 101 N.C.O.s and men
+was sent to join the 17th H.L.I. at Codford. What was left of "E" Coy.
+entrained on 26th October, 1915, at Gailes for Ripon. The men were
+billeted in excellent huts in the South Camp of that quaint old
+cathedral town, where route marches took place and many excursions
+were made to many of the interesting towns and places of interest.
+
+When the 17th embarked for France, some details left behind arrived
+from Codford on 15th December, 1915, and brought back many old friends
+and highly efficient instructors. Later on Viscount French paid a
+visit of inspection to the Ripon area, and the 19th H.L.I. formed part
+of the Guard of Honour on that occasion.
+
+After Ripon came Montrose, and although connected with the Battalion's
+history only in a small way, the period from 25th April, 1916, to 12th
+June, 1917, is nevertheless well worthy of mention. Montrose with its
+lovely beaches and pleasant surroundings, forms one of the happiest
+memories of those who found themselves part of the 19th H.L.I. during
+its sojourn there.
+
+1916-17 was a trying time in the life of the Reserve Battalion.
+Training was concentrated to an unheard-of degree--a recruit being
+allowed nine short weeks before he found himself on Embarkation Leave.
+Drafts were required by the dozen, both for the Western Front (for
+which the Somme and Beaumont Hamel Offensives were chiefly
+responsible) and for the Eastern Front. Then there was the trying
+coastguard work with its trench-digging excursions to Lunan Bay--work
+which probably helped to avert a danger not so remote as we then
+imagined.
+
+"E" Company had a fair share of all these worries, and its able
+Commander, Captain F.D. Morton, was kept busy choosing drafts,
+arranging programmes, and working out tactical schemes.
+
+Major W.H. Anderson, who afterwards became Lieut.-Colonel, and was
+awarded the V.C. after his lamented death, did much for the good of
+the Battalion; and the Soldiers' Home, run by Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs.
+Auld, proved of great advantage to the men. This period marked the
+extinction of "E" Company, as representing the 17th. Draft after draft
+had robbed it of its original appearance, and when on 1st September,
+1916, the 19th became the 78th Training Reserve Battalion, it lost all
+semblance of its former self, and may be said to have had an
+inglorious end to a short but useful life.
+
+   [Illustration: LIEUT.-COLONEL W. AULD, V.D.
+   _To face page 90._]
+
+   [Illustration: The late Lt.-Col. WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON, V.C.]
+
+   [Illustration: The late Sergt. J.Y. TURNBULL, V.C.
+   _To face page 91._]
+
+
+
+
+IV.--HONOURS AND AWARDS.
+
+
+Battalion Honour.
+
+
+Extract from _The London Gazette_, dated 26/5/16.
+
+The following is extracted from Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch, dated
+19/5/16:--
+
+    "8.--While many other units have done excellent work during the
+    period under review, the following have been brought to my
+    notice for good work in carrying out or repelling local attacks
+    and raids--
+
+    "17th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry."
+
+
+
+Victoria Cross.
+
++Lieut.-Colonel W.H. Anderson, formerly Captain "C" Company. Gained
+    while serving with 12th Battalion H.L.I.
+
++15888 Sergeant J.Y. TURNBULL. _Gazette_ dated 25/12/16.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+The following is the extract from _The London Gazette_ of 3rd May,
+1918, intimating the award of the Victoria Cross:--
+
+    "T. Maj. (A. Lt.-Col.) WILLIAM HERBERT ANDERSON,
+         late H.L.I.
+
+    "For most conspicuous bravery, determination, and gallant
+    leading of his command. The enemy attacked on the right of the
+    Battalion frontage, and succeeded in penetrating the wood held
+    by our men. Owing to successive lines of the enemy following on
+    closely there was the gravest danger that the flank of the whole
+    position would be turned. Grasping the seriousness of the
+    situation, Colonel Anderson made his way across the open in full
+    view of the enemy now holding the wood on the right, and after
+    much effort succeeded in gathering the remainder of the two
+    right companies. He personally led the counter attack, and drove
+    the enemy from the wood, capturing 12 machine guns and 70
+    prisoners, and restoring the original line. His conduct in
+    leading the charge was quite fearless, and his most splendid
+    example was the means of rallying and inspiring the men during a
+    most critical hour.
+
+    "Later on in the same day the enemy had penetrated to within 300
+    yards of the village, and were holding a timber yard in force.
+    Colonel Anderson re-organised his men after they had been driven
+    in, and brought them forward to a position of readiness for a
+    counter-attack. He led the attack in person, and throughout
+    showed the utmost disregard for his own safety. The
+    counter-attack drove the enemy from his position, but resulted
+    in this very gallant officer losing his life. He died fighting
+    within the enemy's lines, setting a magnificent example to all
+    who were privileged to serve under him."
+
+    Among the first to join the 17th H.L.I. was Captain W.H.
+    Anderson, a man widely known and highly respected in Glasgow
+    social and business circles. He was with the Battalion during
+    most of its training at Gailes and Troon, and before embarking
+    for Service in France was gazetted as Major in the 19th H.L.I.
+    He served with the same rank in the East Surreys till invalided
+    home in March, 1917. On his return to France he was transferred
+    to an H.L.I. Battalion, becoming Lieut.-Colonel, and shortly
+    afterwards was killed in an attack at the head of his men of the
+    12th H.L.I. as recorded above.
+
+
+                 Sergeant JAMES Y. TURNBULL, V.C.
+
+    It has been said of James Turnbull that he began to win his V.C.
+    at Troon. He was a born leader, and always a fearless champion
+    of fairplay. He towered above the average man in strength of
+    character as he did in stature, and he was always the same
+    unassuming and genial "Jimmy." He was a fitting embodiment of
+    the ideals of the Seventeenth. A big man for a big occasion--and
+    the big occasion came along on the 1st of July, 1916.
+
+    The position of the Battalion was that of a wedge driven against
+    the iron of impregnability, and the driving force suddenly
+    withdrawn. At the thin end of the wedge Sergeant Turnbull, with
+    a handful of men, performed prodigies of valour. From three
+    sides enemy machine guns swept the position, snipers took deadly
+    toll, and bombing attacks were constantly launched. Exposure
+    meant almost certain death. The position was not only desperate;
+    it was hopeless. Yet it was necessary to hold on till nightfall.
+    It was a _man's_ job, and Turnbull filled the bill. He
+    shouldered the responsibility as only a strong man could; and he
+    organised the defence. He had to take countless risks, and was
+    always where the fighting was fiercest. He was the indomitable
+    leader and inspiring example. Wounded, he carried on till his
+    last risk was taken, and he met a soldier's death towards the
+    end of that fateful summer day.
+
+    Of a band of heroes he was the beloved leader and super-hero.
+
+
+
+
+Honours Gained by Officers and others while Serving with the
+Battalion.
+
+
+Extract from _The London Gazette_, dated 3/6/16.
+
+    "To be additional member of the Third Class or Companion of the
+    Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
+
+               "Lieut.-Colonel D.S. Morton, V.D."
+
+
+Military Cross.
+
+                                                    Date of _Gazette_
++Lieut. A.J. BEGG,                                       30/ 5/16
+ 2nd Lieut. J.L. BRODIE,                                 26/ 5/17
++2nd Lieut. J.N. CARPENTER,                              30/ 5/16
+ Lieut. A.N. DRYSDALE,                                   13/ 2/17
+ Capt. F.E. DUNSMUIR,                                     1/ 1/18
+ Lieut. J.L. M'CONNELL,                                  17/ 9/17
+ 2nd Lieut. W.M. MARTIN,                                 26/ 5/17
+ Major G. R.S. PATERSON,                                 26/ 9/16
++Capt. JAS. RUSSELL,                                      1/ 1/17
+ Capt. J.D. RUSSELL,                                     26/ 5/17
+ 2nd Lieut. D.G. THORBURN,                               18/ 6/17
+ 15214 R.Q.-M.S. W. DUNSMORE,                             1/ 1/17
+ 15394 C.S.M. A. MILLAR,                                  6/ 4/18
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Mentioned in Despatches.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 15/6/16.
+     Lieut.-Colonel D.S. MORTON, V.D.
+     15205 Regt. S.M. J. KELLY.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 4/1/17.
+     +Capt. J.S. MARR.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 25/5/17
+     2nd Lieut. F.E. DUNSMUIR.
+     16109 Sergt. W. WALLACE.
+
+_The London Gazette_, dated 21/12/17.
+     Major G.R.S. PATERSON, M.C.
+     15510 Sergt. J.C. BRUCE.
+     16084 Sergt. Y. GILBERT.
+     16085 Pte. W. PARKER.
+
+
+Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+
+ 15849 Sergt. W. FRASER,                                  1/ 1/18
+  2797 Sergt. F. LEIPER,                                 13/ 2/17
+ 15866 C.S.M. W. MATHER,                                  1/ 1/17
++15507 C.S.M. S.D. REITH,                                30/ 5/16
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Bar to Military Medal.
+
++2997 Sergt. N. CONNOR, M.M.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Military Medal.
+
+                                                   Date of _Gazette_.
+
++23053 Pte. G.S. ANDERSON,                               26/ 5/17
+ 15255 Cpl. J. CHAPMAN,                                  10/11/16
++ 2997 Sergt. N. CONNOR,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 16004 Pte. J.K. DEANS,                                  16/ 2/17
+ 15973 L.-Sergt. W. DICKSON,                             17/ 9/17
+ 15937 Cpl. F. FARNELL,                                  17/ 9/17
+ 15582 L.-Cpl. A.V. FOLLETT,                             17/ 9/17
+ 40899 Pte. A.B. FORREST,                                17/ 9/17
+ 15581 Pte. C.N. FRASER,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 16084 Sergt. Y. GILBERT,                                16/ 2/17
+  2727 L.-Cpl. W. GLENNIE,                               26/ 5/17
+ 41046 Pte. J. HOGG,                                     26/ 5/17
+  2744 Pte. J.C. HUNTER,                                 20/10/16
+  9808 Sergt. J. JOHNSTONE,                              26/ 5/17
+  2797 Pte. F. LEIPER,                                    3/ 6/16
+ 15748 Sergt. F.M. M'GREGOR,                             16/ 2/17
++15720 Pte. D. MACINTOSH,                                 3/ 6/16
+ 15363 Pte. A.G. M'NAIR,                                 10/11/16
++15677 Sergt. J. MAXWELL,                                16/ 2/17
++16146 Sergt. R. MILLIGAN,                               29/ 8/17
++15964 Sergt. J. OSBORNE,                                16/ 2/17
+ 27267 L.-Cpl. J. PEARSON,                               26/ 5/17
+  2725 L.-Sergt. J. RAMAGE,                              26/ 5/17
+ 41198 Pte. E. REDDINGTON,                               26/ 5/17
+ 15415 Sergt. T. RITCHIE,                                20/10/16
+ 15775 Sergt. J. ROBERTS,                                16/ 2/17
+ 28057 L.-Cpl. P. ROBERTSON,                             26/ 5/17
+ 43268 Pte. T. SCOTT,                                    16/ 2/17
+ 13688 Pte. R.J. SLOWEY,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 42378 Pte. P. SMITH,                                    26/ 5/17
+ 15956 C.Q.M.S. W. STEWART,                              16/ 2/17
++15458 Sergt. H.G. TAYLOR,                                3/ 6/16
+ 16149 Cpl. H. THORBURN,                                 26/ 5/17
+ 41607 Pte. D. TURNBULL,                                 18/ 6/17
+ 15938 Sergt. A.G. WATSON,                               16/ 2/17
+ 15818 Pte. R.M. WATSON,                                 16/ 2/17
+ 40530 Pte. J. WATT,                                     26/ 4/17
+353079 Pte. F.S. WILLDER,                                17/ 9/17
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Meritorious Service Medal.
+
+ 15544 Sergt. M. CULLEN.
+ 16064 L.-Cpl. J. HUTTON, att. IV. Corps.
+ 15710 L.-Cpl. J.A. M'DOUGALL, 32nd Division.
+ 16169 Sergt. J.F. SINCLAIR, 97th Brigade.
+
+
+Belgian Croix de Guerre.
+
+ 15310 C.S.M. G. HIRST.
+ 16109 C.Q.M.S. W. WALLACE.
+
+
+  Honours Gained by Original Members of the Battalion
+  after being Transferred to other Units.
+
+
+Distinguished Service Order.
+
+ Major G.R.S. PATERSON, 5th K.O.S.B.,
+   formerly Major 17th H.L.I.
+
+ Capt. J.D. YOUNG, 10th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Bar to Military Cross.
+
+ Lieut. J. CALLAN, M.C., 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15527 L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.
+
+ Capt. A.W. DONALD, M.C., 252 Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
++2nd Lieut. C.B. MEADOWS, M.C,
+   King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,
+   formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Military Cross.
+
+ Lieut. R. ANDERSON, 13th Battalion Tank Corps,
+   formerly 15832 Sergeant "A" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H.T. BAIRD, 447th Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15509 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ 2nd LIEUT. A. BROWN, A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 16187 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J. CALLAN, 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15527 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. S. CAMPBELL, 12th H.L.I.,
+   formerly 15982 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J.H. CARSWELL,
+   1st Northumberland Fusiliers,
+   formerly 2708 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ Captain A.W. DONALD, 252nd Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15200 L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. A.G. DRUMMOND, 6th Black Watch,
+   formerly 23011 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ 2nd LIEUT. H.C. DAVIE,
+   1/8th Battalion Scottish Rifles,
+     formerly 15561 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. A.F. FERGUSON, H.L.I., attached R.A.F.,
+   formerly 15282 C.Q.M.S. "A" Coy.
+
++2nd Lieut. E.L. GARVIE,
+   9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),
+     formerly 2956 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H.P. HADDOW, King's Royal Rifle Corps,
+   formerly 15854 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
++Captain J.M. HAMILTON, Lancashire Fusiliers,
+   formerly 2783 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. H. HENDERSON, Liverpool Scottish,
+   formerly 16182 Sergt. "C" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. J.F. HOLMES, 9th Scottish Rifles,
+   formerly 15856 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. J.L. JACK, Machine Gun Corps,
+   formerly 2843 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. S.F. JOHNSTONE, Durham Light Infantry,
+   formerly 15323 Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut H.W. JORDON,
+   19th Durham Light Infantry,
+     formerly 2698 L.-Cpl. "C" Coy.
+
+ Staff-Capt. T.P. LOCKING, General List,
+   formerly 15657 Sergt. "B" Coy.
+
+ 2nd Lieut. R. LOVE, 222nd Coy. R.E.,
+   formerly 15336 Pte. "A" Coy.
+
+ Capt. F.M. M'GREGOR, M.M., Northants Regiment,
+   formerly 15748 Act.-C.S.M. "C" Coy.
+
++2nd Lieut. C.B. MEADOWS,
+   King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment,
+     formerly 23015 Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ Lieut. A.A. MILLER,
+   9th H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders),
+     formerly 15680 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
++Lieut. J. MILLER, 7th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2970 Pte. A. & S.H. Cy.
+
+ Capt. F.D. MORTON, 25th Royal Fusiliers,
+   formerly Lieut. "C" Coy.
+
+ Sub-Lieut. T.I. MORTON,
+   "Anson" Battalion, R.N. Division,
+     formerly 15693 "C" Coy.
+
+ Capt. J.D. YOUNG, 10th A. & S. Highlanders,
+   formerly 2916 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Member of the Order of the British Empire.
+
+ Lieut. W. HOGG, Intelligence Corps,
+   formerly 15629 Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+
+ 34834 Sergt. T. GARMORY,
+   8th York and Lancaster Regiment,
+     formerly 2985 Pte. "D" Coy.
+
++22355 Sergt. J.A. WARK, Machine Gun Corps,
+   formerly 15461 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+
+Military Medal.
+
+ 16018 Pte. R. HOOD, 2nd Battn. H.L.I.,
+   formerly "D" Coy.
+
+ 15440 Cpl. W.P. STEEL, 8th York and Lancs.,
+   formerly 15440 Pte. "B" Coy.
+
+ 34853 L.-Cpl. J.L. WILSON, 8th York and Lancs.,
+  formerly 15813 Pte. "D" Coy.
+
++15583 Pte. R.D. FRAME, 2nd H.L.I.,
+   formerly Pte. "C" Coy.
+
+ 15389 Cpl. D. MURRAY, 16th H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl. "B" Coy.
+
+ 15373 Sergt. F.J. M'CLUSKY, 2nd H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl., "A" Coy.
+
+ ---- Sergt. A. M'AUSLAN, R.E.,
+   formerly 15365 L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
+ 16192 L.-Cpl. H. M'KILLOP, 16th H.L.I.,
+   formerly L.-Cpl. "A" Coy.
+
++ Since deceased.
+
+
+Every effort has been made by reference to the Battalion Records, by
+advertising and otherwise, to make these lists complete. The Editors
+will much regret should there be unfortunately any omissions.
+
+
+
+
+  LIST OF OFFICERS who were granted Commissions in the
+  Battalion on its formation and posted to Companies
+  as shewn.
+
+
+Lieut.-Colonel D.S. MORTON, V.D.
+
+
+"A" Company.
+
+  Major W.J. PAUL
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain W.W. MORTON.
+ Lieut. R.T. NEILSON.
+ Lieut. J.B. MACBRAYNE.
+ Lieut. GARDNER.
+ Lieut. G.R.S. PATERSON.
+
+
+"B" Company.
+
+  Major J.R. YOUNG
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain J. RUSSELL.
+ Lieut. G.V.M. BOYD.
+ Lieut. A.J. BEGG.
+ 2nd Lieut. R. SCOTT.
+
+
+"C" Company.
+
+  Major W. AULD, V.D.
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain W.H. ANDERSON.
+ Lieut. A.J. FERGUSON.
+ Lieut. F.D. MORTON.
+ Lieut. A.S. MILLAR.
+ Lieut J.S. SHARP.
+
+
+"D" Company.
+
+  Captain E. HUTCHISON
+   (_Commanding_).
+
+ Captain J. MCM. MITCHELL.
+ 2nd Lieut. P.G. SYMINGTON.
+ Lieut. R.W. CASSELL.
+ 2nd Lieut. D. KITCHEN.
+ Lieut. J.M. BROWN.
+
+Lieut. and Quartermaster A.E. SLADE.
+
+Lieut. D.R. KIRKPATRICK, R.A.M.C. (attached).
+
+
+The Battalion was successively under the Command of:--
+
+    Colonel D.S. MORTON, C.M.G., V.D.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel W.J. PAUL.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel F.R.F. SWORDER,
+        Gordon Highlanders.
+
+    Lieut.-Colonel J. INGLIS, C.M.G., D.S.O.,
+        Highland Light Infantry.
+
+
+     =The following "other ranks" of the Battalion
+     were granted Commissions in the Battalion.=
+
+2nd Lt. W.M. ALEXANDER,            _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J.R. BECKETT,              _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+                                   _Died of Wounds_,           4/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J.L. BRODIE, M.C.,         To 15th H.L.I, on disbandment.
+*2nd Lt. J.M. BROWN.                   --                        --
+2nd Lt. J.N. CARPENTER, M.C.,      _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+2nd Lt. J. CHAPMAN,                _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+*2nd Lt. H.C. COLVIL.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. P.N. CUNNINGHAM,           _Killed in Action_,         2/12/17
+Captain E. DOBSON,                 _Killed in Action_,        10/ 7/17
+Captain A.N. DRYSDALE, M.C.,       _Died of Wounds_,          15/ 4/17
+Lieut. A.S. ELSWORTH,            { _Wounded in Action_,        1/ 7/16
+                                 { _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+*2nd Lt. J.W. FRASER.                  --                        --
+*2nd Lt. P.H. GRAHAM.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. G.G. HENDERSON,            _Killed in Action_,         6/ 8/16
+*2nd Lt. H.G. HENDRY.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. W.A. HERRON,               _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+Lieut. JAS. KELLY, D.C.M.,             --                        --
+2nd Lt. A.D. LAIRD,                _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+Captain T.P. LOCKING,                  --                        --
+Captain J.F. MORRISON,             _Killed in Action_,        18/11/16
+Captain J.S. MARR,                 _Killed in Action_,        18/11/16
+Captain H. M'ROBERT,               To General Staff (Staff Captain).
+Captain J.L. M'CONNELL, M.C.,      To General List (Staff Captain).
+2nd Lt. J.M. MACARTHUR,            To T.M. Battery
+Captain A.G. MARSHALL,             _Killed in Action_,        12/ 2/17
+*2nd Lt. H.R. ORR.                     --                        --
+2nd Lt. J. OSBORNE,                _Killed in Action_,         2/12/17
+2nd Lt. H.R. PEAT,                 _Wounded in Action_,       10/ 7/17
+*2nd Lt. F.H. POOLEY.                  --                        --
+*2nd Lt. F.A. RUSSELL.                 --                        --
+2nd Lt. J.C. TODD,                 _Killed in Action_,        27/ 6/17
+*2nd Lt. G.B. WALKER.                  --                        --
+2nd Lt. C.S. WILLIAMSON,           _Wounded in Action_,         / 8/17
+2nd Lt. D.G. YOUNGER,              _Killed in Action_,         1/ 7/16
+
+* These Officers did not serve with the Battalion in France. The ranks
+noted are those which they held previous to Embarkation.
+
+
+     Roll of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and
+     Men, who joined the Chamber of Commerce Battalion from 12th
+     September, 1914, till Embarkation of Battalion, 22nd
+     November, 1915.
+
+All the undernoted joined the Battalion as Privates. The Ranks shown
+are those attained previous to Embarkation.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15200   | L.-Corpl.       | Donald, Alex. Watt.
+  15201   | Pte.            | Buchanan, Joseph Robt.
+  15202   | Pte.            | Pert, David.
+  15203   | Pte.            | Love, Alan.
+  15204   | Sergt.          | Todd, Matthew G.
+  15205   | R.S.M.          | Kelly, J.
+  15206   | R.Q.M.S.        | Keith, T.
+  15207   | O.R./Q.M.S.     | Copland, J.
+  15208   | Pte.            | Anderson, Wm.
+  15209   | C.Q.M.S.        | Ferguson, A.W.
+  15210   | C.S.M.          | M'Clusky, F.
+  15211   | C.Q.M.S.        | Williams, E.A.
+  15212   | C.S.M.          | Garrow, J.C.
+  15213   | C.Q.M.S.        | Ferris, H.
+  15214   | C.S.M.          | Dunsmore, W.
+  15215   | C.Q.M.S.        | Core, T.M.
+  15216   | C.S.M.          | Taylor, G.H.
+  15217   | Pte.            | Seaton, James.
+  15218   | Pte.            | Adam, Arthur Wm.
+  15219   | Pte.            | Armstrong, John.
+  15220   | Pte.            | Allan, Peter.
+  15221   | Pte.            | Arthur, David.
+  15222   | Pte.            | Anderson, Matthew.
+  15223   | Pte.            | Anderson, Wm.
+  15224   | Pte.            | Aitkenhead, R.T.
+  15225   | Pte.            | Adam, Andrew Rolland.
+  15226   | Pte.            | Angus, L.S.
+  15227   | Pte.            | Allan, John.
+  15228   | Pte.            | Allan, Wm. Taylor.
+  15229   | Pte.            | Andrew, Wm.
+  15230   | Pte.            | Blair, David A.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15231   | Pte.            | Binnie, Jas. W.
+  15232   | Pte.            | Brown, James.
+  15233   | L.-Sergt.       | Baxter, Alex. C.
+  15234   | Pte.            | Bates, John R.
+  15235   | Pte.            | Brown, Alex.
+  15236   | Pte.            | Barr, Rich.
+  15237   | Pte.            | Brown, T.J.
+  15238   | Pte.            | Booth, Charles.
+  15239   | Pte.            | Binnie, David W.
+  15240   | Pte.            | Barr, F.C.G.
+  15241   | Pte.            | Burgess, James.
+  15242   | Pte.            | Baxter, Wm.
+  15243   | Pte.            | Campbell, B. M'C.
+  15244   | Pte.            | Clark, J.N.P.
+  15245   | Pte.            | Calder, Alex.
+  15246   | Sergt.          | Cochrane, J.C.
+  15247   | Pte.            | Clark, James.
+  15248   | Pte.            | Cox, C. Wm.
+  15249   | Pte.            | Craig, R.B.
+  15250   | Pte.            | Campbell, E.
+  15251   | L.-Cpl.         | Cuthbert, Arthur.
+  15252   | Pte.            | Cunninghame, Douglas.
+  15253   | L.-Cpl.         | Coogan, Malcolm.
+  15254   | Pte.            | Cuthbert, J.C.
+  15255   | L.-Cpl.         | Chapman, John.
+  15256   | Pte.            | Crombie, James.
+  15257   | Pte.            | Caw, Wm.
+  15258   | Pte.            | Collins, A.E.
+  15259   | Sergt.          | Carnan, John.
+  15260   | Pte.            | Currie, Neil T.
+  15261   | Pte.            | Clark, Geo.
+  15262   | Cpl.            | Drever, Wm.
+  15263   | Cpl.            | Dobbie, Robt. Wm.
+  15264   | L.-Sergt.       | Douglas, John.
+  15265   | Pte.            | Donnelly, Wm. John.
+  15266   | Pte.            | Deans, Geo. W.
+  15267   | L.-Cpl.         | Dickson, Thomas P.
+  15268   | Pte.            | Dow, Samuel Hugh.
+  15269   | L.-Cpl.         | Dymock, H.M.
+  15270   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Robt.
+  15271   | Pte.            | White, T.W.D.
+  15272   | Pte.            | Davidson, Thomas Y.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15273   | L.-Cpl.         | Drysdale, Alex. O.
+  15274   | Sergt.          | Drummond, Mark.
+  15275   | Pte.            | Dingwall, R. M'F.
+  15276   | Pte.            | Duncan, Robert G.
+  15277   | Cpl.            | Fleming, John.
+  15278   | Pte.            | Forrest, E.
+  15279   | Pte.            | Findlay, David.
+  15280   | Pte.            | Fortune, George R.
+  15281   | Pte.            | Finlinson, Arthur B.
+  15282   | A/C.Q.M.S.      | Ferguson, Alex.
+  15283   | Pte.            | Frew, James Allen.
+  15284   | Pte.            | Fraser, Alex.
+  15285   | Pte.            | Fraser, Donald.
+  15286   | L.-Sergt.       | Gowans, James.
+  15287   | L.-Cpl.         | Grigsby, A.H.
+  15288   | Pte.            | Gillespie, A.A.
+  15289   | L.-Cpl.         | Gannaway, George Edward.
+  15290   | Pte.            | Grigg, Stanley J.
+  15291   | L.-Cpl.         | Gill, John.
+  15292   | Pte.            | Goodall, Robert L.
+  15293   | Pte.            | Gemmel, Alex.
+  15294   | L.-Cpl.         | Glassford, Alex. S.
+  15295   | L.-Cpl.         | Griffiths, J.L.
+  15296   | Pte.            | Galloway, Charles.
+  15297   | Pte.            | Gardiner, William.
+  15298   | Pte.            | Gray, Alex.
+  15299   | Pte.            | Gudgeon, Thomas W.
+  15300   | Pte.            | Gibbon, Edward.
+  15301   | Pte.            | Graham, William R.
+  15302   | Pte.            | Gowans, Alex.
+  15303   | L.-Cpl.         | Haddow, Robert B.
+  15304   | Pte.            | Hovell, Alex.
+  15305   | Pte.            | Haddon, R. M'K.
+  15306   | Pte.            | Henderson, Robert.
+  15307   | Pte.            | Highet, Andrew.
+  15308   | Pte.            | Horsley, B.T.
+  15309   | Pte.            | Herbert, Peter C.
+  15310   | L.-Cpl.         | Hirst, George.
+  15311   | Pte.            | Hay, Neil T.
+  15312   | Pte.            | Hyslop, William.
+  15313   | Pte.            | Hubbard, William.
+  15314   | Pte.            | Hutchison, William Ramsay.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15315   | L.-Cpl.         | Hutton, David.
+  15316   | Pte.            | Hagen, John.
+  15317   | Pte.            | Hunter, John Wilson.
+  15318   | Pte.            | Hay, John.
+  15319   | Sergt.          | Hamilton, John.
+  15320   | Pte.            | Hardie, Gordon D.
+  15321   | Pte.            | Herbert, Morris.
+  15322   | Pte.            | Hemphill, Archibald.
+  15323   | Pte.            | Johnston, Samuel.
+  15324   | Pte.            | Johnstone, Robert M.
+  15325   | L.-Cpl.         | Jackson, David.
+  15326   | Pte.            | Jarvie, William Robert.
+  15327   | Pte.            | Jackson, John A.
+  15328   | Pte.            | Johnstone, Kenneth.
+  15329   | Pte.            | Inglis, John.
+  15330   | Pte.            | Kelly, Thomas.
+  15331   | Pte.            | Liddell, George.
+  15332   | Pte.            | Livingstone, James H.
+  15333   | Pte.            | Lochhead, Robert Allan.
+  15334   | Pte.            | Lorimer, John William.
+  15335   | Pte.            | Livingston, Alex. Bryson.
+  15336   | Pte.            | Love, Robert.
+  15337   | Pte.            | Lyons, John M.
+  15338   | Pte.            | Morrison, James F.
+  15339   | Pte.            | Morrison, James Smith.
+  15340   | Pte.            | Miller, John.
+  15341   | Pte.            | Milne, William.
+  15342   | L.-Cpl.         | Murdoch, William.
+  15343   | Pte.            | Munro, Hector.
+  15344   | Pte.            | Muir, D.L.
+  15345   | Pte.            | Muir, Robert E.R.
+  15346   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Callum, Colin.
+  15347   | Pte.            | M'Aulay, Archibald.
+  15348   | L.-Sergt.       | M'Naught, James.
+  15349   | Pte.            | M'Millan, Daniel.
+  15350   | Pte.            | M'Kendrick, Alex.
+  15351   | Sergt.          | M'Letchie, John B.
+  15352   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Alex. G.
+  15353   | Pte.            | M'Murtrie, Dougald M'K.
+  15354   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gregor, James R.
+  15355   | Pte.            | Macdonald, John Grant.
+  15356   | Pte.            | M'Neil, Joseph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15357   | Pte.            | McLauchlan, John H.
+  15358   | Pte.            | MacDougall, Duncan.
+  15359   | Pte.            | M'Taggart, Duncan.
+  15360   | Pte.            | M'Crone, Robert.
+  15361   | Pte.            | MacAllan, Thomas Alex.
+  15362   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, James.
+  15363   | Pte.            | M'Nair, Allan Gilmour.
+  15364   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Hugh.
+  15365   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Auslan, Alex.
+  15366   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, Peter.
+  15367   | Sergt.          | M'Taggart, William Kerr.
+  15368   | Pte.            | M'Neill, James.
+  15369   | Pte.            | M'Lachlan, Louis Alex.
+  15370   | Pte.            | M'Hugh, Matthew.
+  15371   | Pte.            | M'Vake, Robert.
+  15372   | Pte.            | M'Garrity, Michael.
+  15373   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Clusky, F. John.
+  15374   | Pte.            | M'Phail, John.
+  15375   | Sergt.          | M'Arthur, John M'L.
+  15376   | Pte.            | M'Naught, Duncan.
+  15377   | Pte.            | M'Neil, Charles M'G.
+  15378   | Pte.            | M'Corquodale, Archibald.
+  15379   | Pte.            | M'Meechan, David Cowan.
+  15380   | Cpl.            | M'Williams, J.
+  15381   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, George Neil.
+  15382   | Sergt.          | M'Gibbon, William.
+  15383   | Pte.            | Munro, Alex. M'L.
+  15384   | Pte.            | Miller, David.
+  15385   | Pte.            | Munro, John.
+  15386   | Pte.            | Morrison, Donald.
+  15387   | L.-Cpl.         | Marshall, Allan Gow.
+  15388   | Pte.            | Mailer, Andrew.
+  15389   | Pte.            | Murray, David.
+  15390   | Pte.            | Mowat, John Watt.
+  15391   | Pte.            | Morrison, Andrew.
+  15392   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+  15393   | Pte.            | Maitland, William.
+  15394   | Pte.            | Millar, Angus.
+  15395   | Cpl.            | Miller, James.
+  15396   | L.-Cpl.         | Martin, David.
+  15397   | Pte.            | Morrison, Robert.
+  15398   | Pte.            | May, William Walker.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15399   | L.-Cpl.         | Maxwell, Claude.
+  15400   | Pte.            | Meek, George.
+  15401   | Pte.            | Muir, James.
+  15402   | Pte.            | Milner, Thomas.
+  15403   | L.-Sergt.       | Milne, James Wallace.
+  15404   | Sergt.          | May, C.S.
+  15405   | Pte.            | Menzies, Peter D.
+  15406   | Pte.            | Orr, John Leslie.
+  15407   | Pte.            | Pinkerton, Gavin.
+  15408   | Pte.            | Paterson, Robert.
+  15409   | Pte.            | Philp, Robert C.P.
+  15410   | Pte.            | Paterson, John.
+  15411   | Pte.            | Pattison, Robert M'P.
+  15412   | Pte.            | Phillips, Alexander R.H.
+  15413   | Pte.            | Preston, William Parker.
+  15414   | L.-Cpl.         | Palmer, C.L.
+  15415   | Sergt.          | Ritchie, Thomas.
+  15416   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, George Tennant.
+  15417   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William.
+  15418   | Sergt.          | Robertson, John S.
+  15419   | L.-Cpl.         | Reid, Donald M.
+  15420   | Pte.            | Russell, William.
+  15421   | Pte.            | Roy, George Allan.
+  15422   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Robert F.
+  15423   | Pte.            | Rogers, David Anderson.
+  15424   | Pte.            | Russell, Samuel.
+  15425   | L.-Cpl.         | Rait, Patrick W.
+  15426   | Pte.            | Spence, Telford.
+  15427   | Pte.            | Slater, Albert Ernest.
+  15428   | Pte.            | Stuart, Charles M'D.
+  15429   | Pte.            | Scott, William James.
+  15430   | Pte.            | Somerville, James.
+  15431   | Pte.            | Struthers, Hugh E.
+  15432   | Pte.            | Scott, George K.
+  15433   | Pte.            | Stark, David.
+  15434   | Pte.            | Sutherland, Thomas N.
+  15435   | Pte.            | Scott, Joe.
+  15436   | Pte.            | Strachan, Andrew R.
+  15437   | Cpl.            | Scott, Archibald.
+  15438   | Pte.            | Stokes, Arthur C.
+  15439   | Pte.            | Swan, Allan.
+  15440   | Pte.            | Steel, W.P.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15441   | Pte.            | Stewart, John C.
+  15442   | Cpl.            | Stevenson, John.
+  15443   | Pte.            | Scott, William.
+  15444   | Pte.            | Simpson, Walter.
+  15445   | Pte.            | Scott, William P.
+  15446   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert Neil.
+  15447   | Pte.            | Samuels, James M.
+  15448   | Pte.            | Small, Samuel.
+  15449   | Sergt.          | Sanders, Sydney T.
+  15450   | Pte.            | Thomson, John Hill.
+  15451   | Pte.            | Torrance, E.
+  15452   | Cpl.            | Timpson, Charles.
+  15453   | Pte.            | Thomson, James.
+  15454   | Pte.            | Thomson, David M.
+  15455   | Sergt.          | Thomson, H.W.H.
+  15456   | Sergt.          | Thomson, William James.
+  15457   | Pte.            | Turnbull, George King.
+  15458   | Sergt.          | Taylor, Herbert G.
+  15459   | Pte.            | Thom, Matthew F.
+  15460   | L.-Sergt.       | Taylor, David Alex.
+  15461   | Pte.            | Wark, James Allen.
+  15462   | Pte.            | Wallace, John.
+  15463   | Pte.            | Warnock, James.
+  15464   | Sergt.          | Watts, Frank M.W.
+  15465   | Sergt.          | Woyka, Alex. G.
+  15466   | Cpl.            | Wyman, Sydney.
+  15467   | Sergt.          | Wishart, Alfred.
+  15468   | Pte.            | Bruce, Thomas.
+  15469   | Pte.            | Webster, James.
+  15470   | Sergt.          | Watson, John.
+  15471   | Pte.            | Waterman, R.
+  15472   | Pte.            | Willock, Thos. B.
+  15473   | Pte.            | Wallace, Robert Kerr.
+  15474   | Pte.            | Young, William.
+  15475   | Pte.            | Young, Robert.
+  15476   | Pte.            | Finlayson, William Thomson.
+  15477   | Pte.            | Atkinson, William.
+  15478   | Pte.            | Alexander, W.M.
+  15479   | Pte.            | Alexander, Walter.
+  15480   | Pte.            | Angus, Thomas C.
+  15481   | Cpl.            | Abercromby, Archibald Alex.
+  15482   | Pte.            | Alston, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15483   | Pte.            | Arbuckle, Alex.
+  15484   | Pte.            | M'Arthur, Alex.
+  15485   | Sergt.          | Angus, William Clark.
+  15486   | Pte.            | Atkins, William J.L.
+  15487   | L.-Cpl.         | Allan, James.
+  15488   | Pte.            | Andrews, Matthew M'Kay.
+  15489   | Pte.            | Biggs, Frank A.
+  15490   | Pte.            | Bennett, James S.
+  15491   | Pte.            | Crawford, Matthew.
+  15492   | L.-Cpl.         | Black, Alex.
+  15493   | Pte.            | Barron, John F.
+  15494   | Pte.            | Broadhead, John R.
+  15495   | Pte.            | Baxter, David John.
+  15496   | Pte.            | Ballantyne, Francis.
+  15497   | Pte.            | Burleigh, John.
+  15498   | Pte.            | Bryce, Thomas.
+  15499   | Pte.            | Barkley, Martin Bell.
+  15500   | Pte.            | Barclay, John.
+  15501   | Pte.            | Barton, Alex. Baird.
+  15502   | Pte.            | Broadhead, Alex. G.
+  15503   | Pte.            | Bailley, William N.
+  15504   | Pte.            | Brown, John M'D.
+  15505   | Pte.            | Barton, Robert L.
+  15506   | Pte.            | Borthwick, H.H.
+  15507   | A/C.S.M.        | Reith, Stephen D.
+  15508   | Pte.            | Bebbington, John Vernon.
+  15509   | Pte.            | Baird, H. Thompson.
+  15510   | Pte.            | Bruce, John Charles.
+  15511   | Pte.            | Provan, George.
+  15512   | Pte.            | Brooke, Robert L.
+  15513   | Pte.            | Buchanan, Robert W.H.
+  15514   | Pte.            | Buchanan, William.
+  15515   | Pte.            | Bailley, A.R.
+  15516   | A/C.S.M.        | Ballantyne, William N.
+  15517   | Sergt.          | Brown, William P.
+  15518   | Cpl.            | Brown, Robert S.
+  15519   | Pte.            | Cameron, Alexander.
+  15520   | Sergt.          | Drummond, William.
+  15521   | Pte.            | Drysdale, Alex. N.
+  15522   | Pte.            | Dobson, Edward.
+  15523   | L.-Sergt.       | Dunlop, James.
+  15524   | L.-Cpl.         | Carswell, John C.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15525   | Pte.            | Duncan, Thomas.
+  15526   | Pte.            | Crockett, George P.
+  15527   | L.-Cpl.         | Callan, John.
+  15528   | Pte.            | Cameron, Malcolm C.
+  15529   | Pte.            | Cooper, William.
+  15530   | Pte.            | Craig, James M.
+  15531   | Pte.            | Cowan, John.
+  15532   | Pte.            | Carpenter, John M.
+  15533   | Pte.            | Curie, Robert.
+  15534   | Pte.            | Chalmers, Thomas M.
+  15535   | L.-Sergt.       | Cook, Thomas.
+  15536   | Sig.-Cpl.       | Craig, Thomas.
+  15537   | Pte.            | Fleming, Harry C.
+  15538   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, D.C.
+  15539   | Pte.            | Crombie, Robt. A.
+  15540   | Pte.            | Campbell, Thomas C.
+  15541   | Pte.            | Cross, Archibald David.
+  15542   | Pte.            | Cruickshank, Alex. A.
+  15543   | Pte.            | Channing, H.H.
+  15544   | L.-Cpl.         | Cullen, Matthew.
+  15545   | Pte.            | Campbell, William T.
+  15546   | Pte.            | Christison, Robert Colin.
+  15547   | Cpl.            | Crocker, John.
+  15548   | Pte.            | Cameron, Alex. C.
+  15549   | Pte.            | Cumming, A. Smith.
+  15550   | L.-Sergt.       | Cuthbertson, Charles S.
+  15551   | Pte.            | Craig, Thomas.
+  15552   | L.-Cpl.         | Craig, A.B.
+  15553   | Pte.            | Craig, John.
+  15554   | L.-Cpl.         | Crawford, Thomas.
+  15555   | L.-Cpl.         | Corbett, William S.
+  15556   | Pte.            | Crinean, Charles.
+  15557   | Pte.            | Carmichael, James A.
+  15558   | Cpl.            | Davidson, Albert.
+  15559   | Cpl.            | Davidson, John.
+  15560   | Pte.            | Dawes, Harry E.
+  15561   | L.-Cpl.         | Davie, Harry Craig.
+  15562   | Pte.            | Dunsmuir, A.G.
+  15563   | Pte.            | Dow, William John.
+  15564   | Pte.            | Dixon, Charles.
+  15565   | Pte.            | Dott, Robert Wilson.
+  15566   | Cpl.            | Erskine, Ralph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15567   | Pte.            | Elliot, James Kirk.
+  15568   | Pte.            | Elsworth, A.S.
+  15569   | Sergt.          | Ellery, Albert Charles.
+  15570   | Pte.            | Eggert, Walter.
+  15571   | Pte.            | Edmond, George G.
+  15572   | Pte.            | Fisher, Thomas C.
+  15573   | Pte.            | Fleming, John J.
+  15574   | L.-Sergt.       | Fraser, Samuel.
+  15575   | Pte.            | Fergus, Robert B.
+  15576   | Pte.            | Forrest, Archibald.
+  15577   | Pte.            | Frame, William D.
+  15578   | Pte.            | Foulger, Horace William.
+  15579   | Pte.            | Freeman, Michael.
+  15580   | Pte.            | Fraser, James W.
+  15581   | Pte.            | Fraser, Campbell N.
+  15582   | Pte.            | Follett, Arthur V.
+  15583   | Pte.            | Frame, Robert D.
+  15584   | Pte.            | Ferguson, Hume.
+  15585   | Pte.            | Freeland, Thomas S.
+  15586   | Pte.            | Fleming, Allan.
+  15587   | Pte.            | Falconer, J. Alex.
+  15588   | L.-Sergt.       | Fullerton, William L.
+  15589   | Pte.            | Flintoff, R. Alex.
+  15590   | Pte.            | Ford, William Graham.
+  15591   | Pte.            | Fraser, William Alex.
+  15592   | Pte.            | Finlayson, James.
+  15593   | Pte.            | Garrioch, Alex.
+  15594   | L.-Cpl.         | Gray, Donald.
+  15595   | Pte.            | Galloway, John H.
+  15596   | L.-Cpl.         | Greig, Gilbert.
+  15597   | Pte.            | Guthrie, Robert Yates.
+  15598   | Pte.            | Gauld, Ernest G.
+  15599   | Pte.            | Graham, Patrick H.
+  15600   | Pte.            | Graham, William.
+  15601   | Pte.            | Garrioch, J. M'K.
+  15602   | Pte.            | Graham, George.
+  15603   | Pte.            | Gilfillan, William.
+  15604   | Pte.            | Galt, Adam.
+  15605   | Pte.            | Gibson, Allan D.
+  15606   | L.-Cpl.         | Deans, A. Gibson.
+  15607   | Pte.            | Grandison, Arthur A.
+  15608   | Pte.            | Gemmell, A.S.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15610   | Pte.            | Gray, Robert Love.
+  15611   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James.
+  15612   | Pte.            | Hutchison, George M'F.
+  15613   | Pte.            | Hall, David S.
+  15614   | Pte.            | Henderson, George G.
+  15615   | L.-Cpl.         | Hamilton, William.
+  15616   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Samuel.
+  15617   | Pte.            | Hamilton, William John.
+  15618   | Pte.            | Henderson, James.
+  15619   | Pte.            | Hutton, John Graham.
+  15620   | Pte.            | Haddow, John Haig.
+  15621   | L.-Cpl.         | Hunter, James Crawford.
+  15622   | Pte.            | Harper, John M.
+  15623   | Pte.            | Herron, William A.
+  15624   | Pte.            | Horne, Walter D.
+  15625   | Pte.            | Hamilton, William.
+  15626   | Sergt.          | Haft, Julian.
+  15627   | Pte.            | Houstoun, Alexander G.
+  15628   | L.-Cpl.         | Harvie, Alex. W.
+  15629   | Cpl.            | Hogg, William.
+  15630   | Pte.            | Hutchison, James M.
+  15631   | Pte.            | Hutcheson, Thomas.
+  15632   | Pte.            | Howie, Kenneth M.
+  15633   | L.-Cpl.         | Hamilton, J.F.
+  15634   | Cpl.            | Henderson, Robert.
+  15635   | Pte.            | Howie, John Love.
+  15636   | Pte.            | Haggerty, Thomas.
+  15637   | Pte.            | Imrie, Frank M.
+  15638   | Pte.            | Irvine, Alex. Garven.
+  15639   | Pte.            | Inrig, Alex. George.
+  15640   | Pte.            | Jenkins, John B.
+  15641   | Pte.            | Kean, James M'Lean.
+  15642   | Pte.            | Kinloch, Peter S.
+  15643   | Pte.            | Kerr, Andrew A.
+  15644   | Pte.            | Kinghorn, Arthur A.A.
+  15645   | Pte.            | Kennedy, James.
+  15646   | L.-Cpl.         | Keast, Norman R.
+  15647   | Pte.            | Knight, Alex.
+  15648   | Cpl.            | Kedslie, John Kay.
+  15649   | Sergt.          | Kennedy, David.
+  15650   | L.-Cpl.         | Lothian, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15651   | L.-Cpl.         | Leask, Andrew D.
+  15652   | Pte.            | Munro, Thomas A.
+  15653   | Cpl.            | Miller, Alex. L.
+  15654   | Pte.            | Marr, James Scott.
+  15655   | Cpl.            | Lindsay, Douglas A.B.
+  15656   | Pte.            | Love, David A.
+  15657   | Sergt.          | Locking, Thomas P.
+  15658   | Pte.            | Lucas, Charles Walker.
+  15659   | Pte.            | Leckie, Robert G.
+  15660   | Pte.            | Laird, Arthur D.
+  15661   | Pte.            | Linn, William Gemmell.
+  15662   | L.-Cpl.         | Leishman, Thomas.
+  15663   | Pte.            | Livie, John Fletcher.
+  15664   | Sergt.          | Lang, Archibald.
+  15665   | Pte.            | Lindsay, John Caird.
+  15666   | Pte.            | Love, Alex. James.
+  15667   | Pte.            | Lawson, H. Gibson.
+  15668   | Pte.            | Levy, Barnet.
+  15669   | Pte.            | Locke, Norman.
+  15670   | L.-Cpl.         | Lees, Charles.
+  15671   | L.-Cpl.         | Moses, James.
+  15672   | Pte.            | Miller, Davie.
+  15673   | Pte.            | Maitland, Alex. M'Lean.
+  15674   | L.-Cpl.         | More, James.
+  15675   | Pte.            | Miller, George.
+  15676   | Sergt.          | Marshall, John.
+  15677   | Sergt.          | Maxwell, Joseph.
+  15678   | Pte.            | Murray, Charles De B.
+  15679   | Pte.            | Murray, Archibald William.
+  15680   | Pte.            | Miller, Archibald A.
+  15681   | Pte.            | Murdoch, Robert.
+  15682   | L.-Cpl.         | Mackin, Stephen James.
+  15683   | Pte.            | Moir, Alex. Hamilton.
+  15684   | Pte.            | Morton, John T.K.
+  15685   | L.-Sergt.       | Miller, James Alex.
+  15686   | Cpl.            | Murray, Thomas H.
+  15687   | L.-Cpl.         | Murdoch, Archibald.
+  15688   | Pte.            | Miller, Arthur T.
+  15689   | Pte.            | Melville, David W.
+  15690   | Pte.            | Mills, Duncan B.
+  15691   | Pte.            | Mills, David M'A.
+  15692   | Sergt.          | Morrison, Thomas E.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15693   | Pte.            | Morton, Thomas I.
+  15694   | Pte.            | Miller, John.
+  15695   | Pte.            | Miller, Alex. Hume.
+  15696   | Pte.            | M'Naughton, Callum Arthur.
+  15697   | Pte.            | M'Millan, William A.
+  15698   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gibbon, John.
+  15699   | Pte.            | M'Feat, Fred.
+  15700   | Pte.            | M'Aviney, James.
+  15701   | Pte.            | M'Lelland, George H.
+  15702   | Sig.-Sergt.     | M'Intosh, John R.
+  15703   | Pte.            | M'Gavin, Colin M'K.
+  15704   | Pte.            | MacMillan, Donald D.
+  15705   | Pte.            | M'Crae, James.
+  15706   | Pte.            | MacMillan, John.
+  15707   | Pte.            | Macdonald, James.
+  15708   | L.-Cpl.         | MacDougall, Charles S.
+  15709   | Pte.            | M'Connell, John L.
+  15710   | Pte.            | MacDougall, John A.
+  15711   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Duncan.
+  15712   | Sergt.          | MacMillan, Alex.
+  15713   | Cpl.            | M'Culloch, W.
+  15714   | Pte.            | M'Auley, Robert.
+  15715   | Pte.            | M'Nicol, James F.
+  15716   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Donald M'K.
+  15717   | Cpl.            | M'Arthur, Neil M'C.
+  15718   | Pte.            | M'Gee, Gilmour Brown.
+  15719   | Pte.            | M'Arthur, Hugh.
+  15720   | Pte.            | M'Intosh, Donald.
+  15721   | Pte.            | Clark, Robert O.
+  15722   | Sergt.          | M'Andrew, William.
+  15723   | Pte.            | Provan, George Weir.
+  15724   | L.-Sergt.       | M'Kenzie, E.P.
+  15725   | Pte.            | Bull, Harold.
+  15726   | L.-Cpl.         | Scott, W.P.
+  15727   | Pte.            | Grandison, William A.
+  15728   | Pte.            | M'Lintock, Hugh C.
+  15729   | Pte.            | Baird, John.
+  15730   | L.-Cpl.         | Young, John R.
+  15731   | Pte.            | Adamson, Thomas N.
+  15732   | Pte.            | Dawson, John.
+  15733   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, Alan.
+  15734   | L.-Cpl.         | Norris, James H.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15735   | Pte.            | Neilson, William George.
+  15736   | Pte.            | Orr, Harry Ross.
+  15737   | Pte.            | Purdie, John D.
+  15738   | Pte.            | Paterson, G.K.
+  15739   | Pte.            | Pollock, William G.
+  15740   | Pte.            | Pearson, William L.
+  15741   | Pte.            | Younger, David G.
+  15742   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Rae, Donald.
+  15743   | Pte.            | MacGregor, William D.
+  15744   | Pte.            | Watson, William O.
+  15745   | Pte.            | Wilson, Allan Jackson.
+  15746   | Pte.            | Macpherson, Angus.
+  15747   | Pte.            | Mackinley, Alex. W.
+  15748   | Sergt.          | MacGregor, Fred. M.
+  15749   | Pte.            | M'Robbie, David H.
+  15750   | Pte.            | M'Houll, K.
+  15751   | Pte.            | M'Phail, Thomas W.
+  15752   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Intyre, James.
+  15753   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Gavin, N.P.
+  15754   | Pte.            | Paul, Robert M'L.
+  15755   | L.-Cpl.         | Pyper, Henry James.
+  15756   | L.-Cpl.         | Pickering, Robert Y.
+  15757   | Pte.            | Paterson, Robert.
+  15758   | Pte.            | Paterson, George M.
+  15759   | Pte.            | Purdie, William.
+  15760   | Pte.            | Robertson, William B.
+  15761   | Pte.            | Russell, H. M'P.
+  15762   | Pte.            | Rogerson, James Muir.
+  15763   | Pte.            | Rudd, David H.
+  15764   | Pte.            | Riley, Thomas D.
+  15765   | Pte.            | Rogerson, John Elliot.
+  15766   | Pte.            | Robertson, William Telfer.
+  15767   | Pte.            | M'Rorie, Robert.
+  15768   | L.-Cpl.         | Rolland, Charles D.
+  15769   | Cpl.            | Russell, Fred. Alex.
+  15770   | Pte.            | Rose, John Alex.
+  15771   | Pte.            | Ross, James.
+  15772   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, Robert Speirs.
+  15773   | Pte.            | Rankin, Colin.
+  15774   | Pte.            | Roper, William H.
+  15775   | Cpl.            | Roberts, John.
+  15776   | Pte.            | Robertson, David.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15777   | Pte.            | Roxburgh, Thomas L.
+  15778   | Pte.            | Muir, Norman R.
+  15779   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Edgar.
+  15780   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William Stewart.
+  15781   | Pte.            | Reid, William Hamilton.
+  15782   | Pte.            | Spence, Donald W.
+  15783   | A/C.S.M.        | Sturton, James.
+  15784   | Pte.            | Smith, William Edward.
+  15785   | Sergt.          | West, John.
+  15786   | Cpl.            | Shannon, Andrew A.
+  15787   | Pte.            | Stark, Robert L.
+  15788   | Pte.            | Smellie, John.
+  15789   | Pte.            | Sprott, Samuel.
+  15790   | Pte.            | Stark, James T.
+  15791   | Pte.            | Steel, David F.
+  15792   | Pte.            | Sterling, John L.
+  15793   | Pte.            | Scouler, James Tott.
+  15794   | Pte.            | Sloan, Allan T.
+  15795   | Pte.            | Stewart, George R.
+  15796   | Pte.            | Stevenson, William.
+  15797   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert Spence.
+  15798   | Cpl.            | Stirling, Archibald B.
+  15799   | Pte.            | Stroud, E.H.N.
+  15800   | L.-Cpl.         | Smillie, James M'G.
+  15801   | Pte.            | Scott, Walter.
+  15802   | Pte.            | Stewart, Duncan H.
+  15803   | Pte.            | Taggart, Henry R.
+  15804   | Pte.            | Tough, Thomas S.
+  15805   | L.-Sergt.       | Thomson, James C.
+  15806   | Cpl.            | Terrie, Andrew Black.
+  15807   | Pte.            | Turnbull, Thomas.
+  15808   | Pte.            | Wood, Duncan B.
+  15809   | Pte.            | Warren, A.B.
+  15810   | Pte.            | Wurr, Herbert Joseph.
+  15811   | Pte.            | Walker, Norman M.L.
+  15812   | Pte.            | Wright, William B.
+  15813   | Pte.            | Wilson, James L.
+  15814   | Pte.            | Walker, Alexander.
+  15815   | Pte.            | White, John B.
+  15816   | Pte.            | Walker, Ernest G.
+  15817   | Pte.            | White, George.
+  15818   | Pte.            | Watson, Robert M'L.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15819   | L.-Sergt.       | Wingate, James L.
+  15820   | Pte.            | Welsh, Thomas Morrison.
+  15821   | Pte.            | Wilson, A.K.
+  15822   | Pte.            | Westwater, Donald U.
+  15823   | Pte.            | Wilson, Henry.
+  15824   | Pte.            | Watson, William N.
+  15825   | Pte.            | Walker, George B.
+  15826   | Pte.            | Wilson, Robert C.
+  15827   | L.-Cpl.         | Waugh, Thomas.
+  15828   | Pte.            | Young, James B.
+  15829   | Pte.            | Young, John.
+  15830   | Pte.            | Yuill, L.
+  15831   | Pte.            | Young, Alex.
+  15832   | L.-Sergt.       | Anderson, Robert.
+  15833   | Pte.            | Allan, James.
+  15834   | Pte.            | Barbour, John.
+  15835   | Pte.            | Bowman, Joseph W.
+  15836   | Pte.            | Brown, J. Lindsay.
+  15837   | Pte.            | Baird, James.
+  15838   | Pte.            | Beckett, James R.
+  15839   | L.-Cpl.         | Brownlie, James M'H.
+  15840   | Pte.            | Carson, F.R.
+  15841   | Sergt.          | Cohen, Arthur M.
+  15842   | Pte.            | Cowley, Victor.
+  15843   | Sergt.          | Cowden, Alex.
+  15844   | Pte.            | Dixon, Wilfrid.
+  15845   | C.S.M.          | Dobbie, William.
+  15846   | Pte.            | Finlay, John.
+  15847   | Pte.            | Forrest, George.
+  15848   | Pte.            | Fulton, C.S.
+  15849   | Trans. Sergt.   | Fraser, Walter.
+  15850   | Pte.            | Graham, Alex. H.
+  15851   | Pte.            | Grant, Kenneth.
+  15852   | Pte.            | Gibb, Thomas.
+  15853   | Pte.            | Grassick, Charles A.
+  15854   | Pte.            | Haddow, Hugh P.
+  15855   | Pte.            | Hill, Sydney Thomas.
+  15856   | Pte.            | Holmes, James.
+  15857   | Cpl.            | Houston, William.
+  15858   | Pte.            | Inglis, Robert.
+  15859   | Pte.            | Jones, G. Philip.
+  15860   | Pte.            | Leask, Ralph.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15861   | Pte.            | Leckie, Andrew.
+  15862   | Pte.            | Learmond, Victor.
+  15863   | Pte.            | Mackie, Robert Neil.
+  15864   | L.-Cpl.         | MacKay, John.
+  15865   | Pte.            | MacRobert, Harry.
+  15866   | Sergt.          | Mather, W.
+  15867   | Pte.            | Moreland, Joseph.
+  15868   | Pte.            | Millar, James.
+  15869   | Pte.            | Morton, James G.
+  15870   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, M.A.
+  15871   | Pte.            | M'Kee, Robert.
+  15872   | Pte.            | M'Kelvie, Andrew.
+  15873   | Pte.            | M'Kinnon, Donald.
+  15874   | Pte.            | Palmer, Ernest.
+  15875   | Sergt.          | Paterson, Duncan.
+  15876   | L.-Cpl.         | Pyper, James F.
+  15877   | Pte.            | Reid, David.
+  15878   | Pte.            | Rhind, Andrew.
+  15879   | Pte.            | Richardson, James W.
+  15880   | Pte.            | Ritchie, John Allan.
+  15881   | Pte.            | Robertson, James.
+  15882   | Pte.            | Russell, George C.
+  15883   | Pte.            | Rutherford, Edward P.
+  15884   | Cpl.            | Cameron, David D.
+  15885   | Pte.            | Stewart, William.
+  15886   | T./Sergt.       | Summers, Alan Y.
+  15887   | Pte.            | Thomson, Robert.
+  15888   | Sergt.          | Turnbull, J.Y.
+  15889   | Pte.            | Watson, Alex.
+  15890   | Pte.            | Watson, Peter S.
+  15891   | Pte.            | Wood, John Hamilton.
+  15892   | Pte.            | Wilson, Robert B.
+  15893   | Pte.            | Ramage, Peter.
+  15894   | Pte.            | Stevens, Montague.
+  15895   | Pte.            | Mossman, William.
+  15896   | L.-Cpl.         | Wright, Colin S.
+  15897   | Pte.            | Harvey, Edward A.
+  15898   | Pte.            | Kirkpatrick, Arthur J.
+  15899   | Pte.            | Kie, George.
+  15900   | Pte.            | Walker, Thomas.
+  15901   | Cpl.            | Mann, R.G.
+  15902   | Pte.            | Meldrum, George.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15903   | Pte.            | Hunter, Matthew C.
+  15904   | Sergt.          | Abercrombie, H. M'P.
+  15905   | Pte.            | Kelly, James.
+  15906   | Pte.            | Waugh, Robert.
+  15907   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, William.
+  15908   | Pte.            | Connell, Archibald.
+  15909   | S./Sergt.       | Duffus, Hugh W.
+  15910   | Pte.            | Baines, Donald.
+  15911   | L.-Cpl.         | Coltart, John S.
+  15912   | Pte.            | Hutchison, James.
+  15913   | Pte.            | Annand, James S.
+  15914   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Kenzie, Hugh F.
+  15915   | Pte.            | Guthrie, William.
+  15916   | Cpl.            | Steven, Alex.
+  15917   | Pte.            | Hoole, Roland Allan.
+  15918   | Pte.            | Duff, Robert.
+  15919   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Alex.
+  15920   | Pte.            | Paterson, J.
+  15921   | Pte.            | Maxwell, Herbert S.
+  15922   | Pte.            | Simpson, A.D.H.
+  15923   | Pte.            | MacFarlane, N.
+  15924   | Pte.            | Casey, George H.
+  15925   | Pte.            | Baillies, Oswald.
+  15926   | Pte.            | Nowery, Alex. F.
+  15927   | L.-Cpl.         | Thomson, Alex. D.
+  15928   | Cpl.            | Brackenridge, John.
+  15929   | Pte.            | Hutchison, Alfred.
+  15930   | L.-Cpl.         | Kunzle, Paul.
+  15931   | L.-Cpl.         | Nisbet, John D.
+  15932   | Pte.            | Taylor, Thomas T.
+  15933   | Pte.            | Long, Cunningham.
+  15934   | Pte.            | Wark, John.
+  15935   | L.-Cpl.         | Kerr, Robert.
+  15936   | Pte.            | Aitken, Wilfred.
+  15937   | Cpl.            | Farnell, Fred.
+  15938   | Sergt.          | Watson, Alex. G.
+  15939   | Pte.            | M'Lean, A.
+  15940   | L.-Cpl.         | Yuill, Andrew.
+  15941   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, Charles M.
+  15942   | A/C.S.M.        | Lochhead, Alex. W.
+  15943   | Pte.            | Glen, James.
+  15944   | Pte.            | Yates, Norman.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15945   | Cpl.            | McNaught, John.
+  15946   | Pte.            | Whyte, Duncan.
+  15947   | L.-Cpl.         | Robertson, John.
+  15948   | Sergt.          | M'Call, William.
+  15949   | Pte.            | Vallance, Harold L.
+  15950   | Pte.            | Gray, James.
+  15951   | Sergt.          | Howard, John B.S.
+  15952   | Pte.            | Anderson, John William.
+  15953   | Pte.            | Brodie, Alex.
+  15954   | Sergt.          | Headrick, William Smith.
+  15955   | A/C.S.M.        | Tilley, Richard.
+  15956   | Sergt.          | Stewart, William S.
+  15957   | Sergt.          | Parker, James R.
+  15958   | Pte.            | Maconochie, William K.
+  15959   | Sergt.          | Ritchie, William F.
+  15960   | Pte.            | Kyle, John.
+  15961   | L.-Sergt.       | Hughes, Arthur.
+  15962   | Pte.            | Farish, Samuel.
+  15963   | Pte.            | Ritchie, Robert.
+  15964   | L.-Sergt.       | Osborne, John.
+  15965   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  15966   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Norman L.
+  15967   | Pte.            | Grant, Alex. A.
+  15968   | Pte.            | Inglis, John James.
+  15969   | L.-Cpl.         | Turner, Elliot D.
+  15970   | L.-Cpl.         | Cunningham, Peter N.
+  15971   | Pte.            | Gilchrist, Thomas A.
+  15972   | Sergt.          | Wilson, A.P.
+  15973   | L.-Cpl.         | Dickson, William.
+  15974   | Pte.            | Orchardson, Archibald.
+  15975   | L.-Cpl.         | Watson, Andrew.
+  15976   | Pte.            | Thorburn, James.
+  15977   | Pte.            | Sharp, Alex. Thomas.
+  15978   | Pte.            | Hastings, Edward H.
+  15979   | L.-Cpl.         | Arthur, Charles F.
+  15980   | Pte.            | M'Ilwraith, James.
+  15981   | L.-Sergt.       | Pooley, R.S.
+  15982   | Pte.            | Campbell, Samuel.
+  15983   | Pte.            | M'Allan, John T.
+  15984   | Sergt.          | Lugton, G.D.
+  15985   | Pte.            | M'Walter, Thomas Scott.
+  15986   | Pte.            | Wood, John.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  15987   | L.-Cpl.         | Mackie, William R.N.
+  15988   | Pte.            | Pooley, Francis H.
+  15989   | Sig.-Sergt.     | Marshall, John H.
+  15990   | Pte.            | Pollock, James Watson.
+  15991   | Pte.            | MacKinnon, Robert A.
+  15992   | Pte.            | Reid, James William M.
+  15993   | Pte.            | Scott, James.
+  15994   | Pte.            | M'Veigh, Hugh.
+  15095   | Pte.            | Gregor, William.
+  15996   | Pte.            | Salmine, John.
+  15997   | Pte.            | Forsyth, Stewart.
+  15998   | Cpl.            | Walker, Robert.
+  15999   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, John M.
+  16000   | Pte.            | Crosbie, Robert.
+  16001   | Pte.            | Boyd, William.
+  16002   | Pte.            | Main, John.
+  16003   | Pte.            | Cattell, Joseph.
+  16004   | Pte.            | Deans, John K.
+  16005   | Pte.            | Watt, Thomas S.
+  16006   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  16007   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Norman.
+  16008   | Pte.            | Wood, David S.
+  16009   | L.-Cpl.         | Main, Samuel Hope.
+  16010   | Pte.            | M'Lintock, William.
+  16011   | Cpl.            | Brodie, James L.
+  16012   | Pte.            | Mason, George Bishop.
+  16013   | Pte.            | Mullan, William John
+  16014   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Robert Barr.
+  16015   | L.-Cpl.         | Turnbull, David.
+  16016   | Pte.            | Abrahamson, A.
+  16017   | Pte.            | Brownlee, George.
+  16018   | Pte.            | Hood, Robert.
+  16019   | Sergt.          | Wattie, Alex.
+  16020   | Sergt.          | Lee, Edward.
+  16021   | Pte.            | Kirk, Robert.
+  16022   | Pte.            | Cassels, Hugh L.
+  16023   | Pte.            | Maclagan, Douglas.
+  16024   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Allister, John.
+  16025   | L.-Cpl.         | Longmuir, Robert.
+  16026   | Pte.            | Keir, John A.L.
+  16027   | Pte.            | Blair, Fred.
+  16028   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Alex.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16029   | Pte.            | Nixon, David.
+  16030   | Pte.            | Ritchie, William.
+  16031   | Pte.            | Dick, Andrew.
+  16032   | Pte.            | Kinnear, Ian F.G.
+  16033   | Pte.            | Morton, Alfred.
+  16034   | L.-Cpl.         | Paton, John.
+  16035   | Pte.            | Tait, William.
+  16036   | Pte.            | Ferguson, James.
+  16037   | Pte.            | Miller, Thomas.
+  16038   | Pte.            | Friend, Joseph.
+  16039   | Pte.            | Muirhead, John.
+  16040   | Pte.            | Young, George Graham.
+  16041   | Pte.            | Langlands, John F.
+  16042   | Pte.            | Lovat, M.
+  16043   | Cpl.            | Smith, A.W.
+  16044   | Pte.            | Harvey, Kenneth R.
+  16045   | Pte.            | Boyd, William.
+  16046   | Pte.            | Boyd, John.
+  16047   | Pte.            | Ramsay, George.
+  16048   | Pte.            | Morton, Thomas.
+  16049   | Pte.            | Johnston, James K.
+  16050   | L.-Cpl.         | Pickles, Frank.
+  16051   | Pte.            | Jackson, James.
+  16052   | Pte.            | Dalziel, William.
+  16053   | Cpl.            | Todd, James C.
+  16054   | Pte.            | Millar, John.
+  16055   | Pte.            | Cunningham, John.
+  16056   | L.-Cpl.         | Drennan, Andrew Adam.
+  16057   | Pte.            | Thomson, James M'K.
+  16058   | Sergt.          | Paterson, Walter A.
+  16059   | Pte.            | Ness, George.
+  16060   | Pte.            | Barrett, F.G.
+  16061   | Pte.            | Spiers, Alex. R.
+  16062   | Pte.            | Tait, William.
+  16063   | Pte.            | Anderson, Charles.
+  16064   | Pte.            | Hutton, James.
+  16065   | Pte.            | McLaughlin, William.
+  16066   | Pte.            | Higgins, Robert K.
+  16067   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Duncan M'R.
+  16068   | Pte.            | M'Lellan, John.
+  16069   | Pte.            | M'Rorie, William D.
+  16070   | Pte.            | Dickson, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16071   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+  16072   | L.-Cpl.         | Martin, George F.
+  16073   | Pte.            | Gardiner, Alex.
+  16074   | Pte.            | White, William Thomson.
+  16075   | Pte.            | Wood, Joe.
+  16076   | Pte.            | Wallace, Thomas.
+  16077   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Thomas D.
+  16078   | Pte.            | Adam, Andrew Ralston.
+  16079   | Pte.            | Kelly, James H.
+  16080   | Pte.            | Dunsmore, Thomas S.
+  16081   | Pte.            | Cameron, Arthur.
+  16082   | Pte.            | Lavelle, James.
+  16083   | Pte.            | Martin, Hugh Albert.
+  16084   | Sergt.          | Gilbert, Young.
+  16085   | Pte.            | Parker, William.
+  16086   | Pte.            | M'Ewan, Thomas W.
+  16087   | Pte.            | Fraser, William.
+  16088   | Pte.            | Rae, David.
+  16089   | Pte.            | Reid, David Boyd.
+  16090   | Pte.            | Scott, Alex.
+  16091   | Pte.            | Watt, William.
+  16092   | Pte.            | Hutchison, William.
+  16093   | Cpl.            | Thomson, William.
+  16094   | Pte.            | Findlay, John Walter.
+  16095   | Pte.            | Ross, John M.
+  16096   | Pte.            | Wright, William.
+  16097   | Pte.            | Allan, James.
+  16098   | Pte.            | Relton, Arthur N.
+  16099   | Pte.            | Adamson, Joseph.
+  16100   | Cpl.            | Dickson, John.
+  16101   | Pte.            | Clark, G. M'I.
+  16102   | Pte.            | Struthers, William.
+  16103   | Pte.            | Campbell, Stuart.
+  16104   | Pte.            | Cruickshank, J.C.
+  16105   | Pte.            | Johnstone, George.
+  16106   | Pte.            | Williamson, Andrew.
+  16107   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, James.
+  16108   | Pte.            | Grindlay, Charles Percy.
+  16109   | Pte.            | Wallace, William.
+  16110   | Pte.            | Boyd, John Shaw.
+  16111   | Pte.            | Campbell, John.
+  16112   | Pte.            | Mathieson, Stanley.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16113   | Pte.            | M'Pherson, George L.
+  16114   | Pte.            | Kennedy, David.
+  16115   | Pte.            | Robertson, H.
+  16116   | Pte.            | Grierson, William Ian.
+  16117   | Pte.            | Rooney, Alex.
+  16118   | Pte.            | Fairfax, G.A.F.
+  16119   | Pte.            | Chalmers, Thomas.
+  16120   | Pte.            | Maxwell, Robert.
+  16121   | Pte.            | Beveridge, Erskine W.
+  16122   | Pte.            | Napier, John.
+  16123   | Sergt.          | Johnstone, S.
+  16124   | Pte.            | Kilcullen, Thomas.
+  16125   | Pte.            | Muil, Frank.
+  16126   | Pte.            | Napier, William.
+  16127   | Pte.            | M'Master, Alex.
+  16128   | Pte.            | Gibson, Thomas Bell.
+  16129   | Pte.            | Gregory, William.
+  16130   | Pte.            | Brunsdon, Henry George.
+  16131   | Pte.            | M'Gartland, Patrick.
+  16132   | Sergt.          | Beck, Andrew.
+  16133   | Pte.            | Tod, Frederick M.C.
+  16134   | Pte.            | Dunlop, William.
+  16135   | Pte.            | Kelly, Charles.
+  16136   | Pte.            | Kennedy, John.
+  16137   | Pte.            | Nicoll, George L.
+  16138   | Pte.            | Toole, James L.
+  16139   | L.-Sergt.       | Watson, Peter D.
+  16140   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, Archibald.
+  16141   | Pte.            | Graham, A.W.B.
+  16142   | Pte.            | Stubbs, James F.
+  16143   | Pte.            | Niven, John L.L.
+  16144   | Pte.            | Simpson, Donald.
+  16145   | Pte.            | M'Innes, Archibald C.
+  16146   | Pte.            | Milligan, Robert.
+  16147   | Pte.            | Williamson, Charles.
+  16148   | Pte.            | Mackay, Angus.
+  16149   | L.-Cpl.         | Thorburn, Henry.
+  16150   | Pte.            | Morrison, Charles H.
+  16151   | Pte.            | Archibald, Andrew.
+  16152   | Pte.            | Campbell, Andrew.
+  16153   | Pte.            | Morgan, John S.
+  16154   | Pte.            | Grassick, Henry J.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16155   | Pte.            | Campbell, William.
+  16156   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Callum, Herbert L.
+  16157   | Pte.            | Ewing, John.
+  16158   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Angus.
+  16159   | Pte.            | Graham, W.F.
+  16160   | Pte.            | Hamilton, J.
+  16161   | Pte.            | Black, David S.
+  16162   | Pte.            | Cousland, Archibald.
+  16163   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Colin B.
+  16164   | Pte.            | Drew, George Millar.
+  16165   | Pte.            | Fotheringham, James R.
+  16166   | Pte.            | Kerr, John Galloway.
+  16167   | Pte.            | Oswald, Robert R.
+  16168   | L.-Cpl.         | Racionzer, J.L.
+  16169   | Pte.            | Sinclair, John F.
+  16170   | Pte.            | Black, Thomas.
+  16171   | Pte.            | Paterson, David.
+  16172   | Pte.            | Wilson, W.R.
+  16173   | Pte.            | Kay, James J.
+  16174   | L.-Cpl.         | Munro, Ronald.
+  16175   | Pte.            | Liston, John.
+  16176   | Pte.            | Paton, Robert.
+  16177   | L.-Cpl.         | Spence, John George.
+  16178   | Pte.            | Thomson, Ernest.
+  16179   | Cpl.            | Barrie, Alex.
+  16180   | Pte.            | Aitken, Robert.
+  16181   | Pte.            | Dewar, J.F.
+  16182   | Pte.            | Henderson, Hugh.
+  16183   | Pte.            | Lane, Andrew.
+  16184   | Pte.            | M'Dougall, David.
+  16185   | Pte.            | Deacon, R.E.
+  16186   | Pte.            | Stroud, Archibald William.
+  16187   | Pte.            | Brown, Archibald.
+  16188   | Pte.            | Manson, William.
+  16189   | L.-Sergt.       | Robertson, Alexander Y.
+  16190   | Pte.            | Gauld, Andrew.
+  16191   | Pte.            | Imrie, William.
+  16192   | Pte.            | M'Killop, Hugh.
+  16193   | Pte.            | Porter, John.
+  16194   | Pte.            | Sanderson, John T.
+  16195   | Cpl.            | Andrews, John.
+  16196   | Pte.            | Smith, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16197   | Pte.            | Waters, Robert R.
+  16198   | Pte.            | Watson, William.
+  16199   | Pte.            | Davies, Howard L.
+  16200   | Pte.            | Thomson, George.
+  16201   | L.-Cpl.         | Whiteford, Thomas R.
+  16202   | Pte.            | Aitken, Thomas.
+  16203   | Pte.            | Wood, Alex.
+  16204   | L.-Cpl.         | Law, Robert.
+  16205   | Pte.            | Thomson, John.
+  16206   | Pte.            | Park, R.
+  16207   | Pte.            | Ferguson, Robert.
+  16208   | Pte.            | Hutcheson, William J.F.
+  16209   | Pte.            | Gardner, H.A.
+  16210   | Pte.            | Robertson, W.B.
+  16211   | Pte.            | Walker, Arthur P.
+  16212   | Pte.            | Miller, Alex. S.
+  16213   | Pte.            | Scott, Charles R.G.
+  16214   | L.-Cpl.         | Kemp, Archibald J.
+  16215   | Pte.            | Ewing, George H.
+  16216   | Pte.            | Harper, Alex. C.
+  16217   | Pte.            | Henderson, James.
+  16218   | Pte.            | Hill, Archibald.
+  16219   | Pte.            | Dempster, G.C.
+  16220   | Pte.            | Taylor, Matthew.
+  16221   | Pte.            | Adam, John L.
+  16222   | Pte.            | Biggart, John.
+  16223   | Pte.            | M'Leod, Angus.
+  16224   | Pte.            | Reid, Archibald M.
+  16225   | Pte.            | Allan, Hugh Robert.
+  16226   | Pte.            | Crowley, John.
+  16227   | Pte.            | Hawthorn, Charles.
+  16228   | Pte.            | Miller, William.
+  16229   | Pte.            | Herring, Frank M.
+  16230   | L.-Cpl.         | Barrie, George Alston.
+  16231   | Pte.            | Struth, James S.
+  16232   | Pte.            | Ward, William Allan.
+  16233   | Pte.            | Ross, David.
+  16234   | Pte.            | Walker, Roderick.
+  16235   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Duncan.
+  16236   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Arthur.
+  16237   | Pte.            | Dodds, James.
+  16238   | Pte.            | M'Millan, John A.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16239   | Pte.            | Fearby, John E.
+  16240   | L.-Cpl.         | Okell, Cyril.
+  16241   | Pte.            | Mathieson, Alex.
+  16242   | Pte.            | M'Ewan, Malcolm W.
+  16243   | L.-Cpl.         | Mair, William Craig.
+  16244   | L.-Cpl.         | Macdonald, John.
+  16245   | Pte.            | Dickie, William.
+  16246   | Pte.            | Hyslop, John.
+  16247   | Pte.            | Miller, Kenneth S.
+  16248   | Pte.            | Laing, John.
+  16249   | Pte.            | Watt, Edwin.
+  16250   | Pte.            | Levey, Jack.
+  16251   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Archibald.
+  16252   | Pte.            | Cree, Walter Hill.
+  16253   | Pte.            | Bennett, David.
+  16254   | Pte.            | Coats, Thomas.
+  16255   | Pte.            | Thomson, Robert W.
+  16256   | Pte.            | Mitchell, C.H.
+  16257   | Pte.            | Powell, James E.L.
+  16258   | Pte.            | Andrew, John.
+  16259   | Pte.            | Mowat, Alex.
+  16260   | Pte.            | Gardner, James.
+  16261   | Pte.            | Thistle, Robert James.
+  16262   | Pte.            | Macaulay, William.
+  16263   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Allan.
+  16264   | Pte.            | Miller, John F.
+  16265   | L.-Cpl.         | Hall, Robert.
+  16266   | Pte.            | M'Queen, John Duff.
+  16267   | Pte.            | Aird, Allan Muir.
+  16268   | Pte.            | Hayes, John T.
+  16269   | Pte.            | Stewart, C. Campbell.
+  16270   | Pte.            | Campbell, Jack M'N.
+  16271   | Pte.            | M'Nair, Thomas.
+  16272   | Pte.            | Chisholm, Alex.
+  16273   | Pte.            | Robertson, William P.
+  16274   | L.-Cpl.         | Anderson, John S.
+  16275   | Pte.            | Russell, Hugh Ramsay.
+  16276   | Pte.            | Carmichael, Hugh H.
+  16277   | L.-Cpl.         | Neary, Thomas.
+  16278   | Pte.            | Thomson, Adam John.
+  16279   | Pte.            | King, John W.
+  16280   | Pte.            | Neilson, George.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+  16281   | Pte.            | Simpson, John
+  16282   | Pte.            | Barbour, James.
+  16283   | Pte.            | Anderson, John.
+  16284   | Pte.            | Peters, David.
+  16285   | Pte.            | Jamieson, George William.
+  16286   | Pte.            | Wilson, Thomas.
+  16287   | Pte.            | Morrison, Adam C.
+  16288   | Pte.            | Kerr, John.
+  16289   | Pte.            | Anderson, James.
+  16290   | Pte.            | Wilson, John.
+  16291   | Pte.            | Laird, William.
+  16292   | Pte.            | Parker, William.
+  16293   | Pte.            | Murray, William.
+  16294   | Pte.            | Andrew, Donald.
+  16295   | Pte.            | Glover, Victor.
+  16296   | Pte.            | Armour, Andrew.
+  16297   | Pte.            | M'Dowell, John.
+  16298   | Pte.            | Caldwell, Richard T.
+  16299   | Pte.            | Smith, William.
+   2684   | Pte.            | Simpson, George P.
+   2685   | Pte.            | Robertson, David M.
+   2686   | Pte.            | Harris, Ernest.
+   2687   | Pte.            | Burleigh, F.S.
+   2688   | Pte.            | Watson, Joseph.
+   2689   | Pte.            | Sinclair, George.
+   2690   | Pte.            | Watson, Stanley M.W.
+   2691   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+   2692   | Pte.            | Nicol, William Kerr.
+   2693   | Pte.            | King, William.
+   2694   | Pte.            | M'Culloch, Walter.
+   2695   | Pte.            | Park, Matthew.
+   2696   | Pte.            | Murdoch, James.
+   2697   | Pte.            | Laverty, Henry.
+   2698   | Pte.            | Jordan, Harold W.
+   2699   | Pte.            | Johnston, James
+   2700   | Pte.            | Swan, James.
+   2701   | Pte.            | Colvil, Harold C.
+   2702   | Pte.            | Hendry, H.G.
+   2703   | Pte.            | Heaverman, Walter E.
+   2704   | Pte.            | Yates, Robert.
+   2705   | Pte.            | Whytock, James.
+   2706   | L.-Cpl.         | M'Munn, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2707   | Pte.            | M'Knight, James.
+   2708   | Pte.            | Carswell, James.
+   2709   | Pte.            | Sinclair, George.
+   2710   | Pte.            | Taylor, Hugh B.
+   2711   | Pte.            | Bennet, James.
+   2712   | Pte.            | Laing, Robert M'L.
+   2713   | Pte.            | Johnston, William E.
+   2714   | L.-Cpl.         | Gilchrist, James.
+   2715   | Pte.            | Scott, H. Fred.
+   2716   | Pte.            | Neish, Alexander M.
+   2717   | Pte.            | Robertson, James C.
+   2718   | Pte.            | Gilmour, Murray.
+   2719   | Pte.            | M'Innes, Duncan.
+   2720   | Pte.            | M'Kinnon, Robert B.
+   2721   | L.-Cpl.         | Craig, Robert.
+   2722   | Pte.            | Hutton, George L.
+   2723   | Pte.            | Montgomery, Andrew D.
+   2724   | Pte.            | Killin, William.
+   2725   | Pte.            | Ramage, John.
+   2726   | L.-Cpl.         | Henderson, James G.
+   2727   | Pte.            | Glennie, William.
+   2728   | Pte.            | Mackie, John B.
+   2729   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Charles S.
+   2730   | Pte.            | Herbert, Robert.
+   2731   | Pte.            | Niven, A.C.L.
+   2732   | Pte.            | Brown, A.G.
+   2733   | Pte.            | Paterson, William.
+   2734   | Pte.            | Young, James.
+   2735   | Pte.            | Young, Robert.
+   2736   | Pte.            | Scott, Robert.
+   2737   | Pte.            | Stewart, Daniel.
+   2738   | Pte.            | Preston, James.
+   2739   | L.-Cpl.         | Lindsay, Matthew.
+   2740   | Pte.            | Finlay, James G.
+   2741   | Pte.            | Mitchell, Robert C.
+   2742   | Pte.            | Taylor, John.
+   2743   | Pte.            | M'Ilvaney, James.
+   2744   | Pte.            | Hunter, John C.
+   2745   | Pte.            | Grant, Douglas.
+   2746   | Pte.            | Smith, D.F.
+   2749   | Pte.            | Fulton, Archibald H.
+   2750   | Pte.            | Garner, Robt. K.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2751   | Pte.            | Grant, Alastair M.
+   2752   | Pte.            | Howieson, Peter.
+   2753   | Pte.            | Kidd, Thomas B.
+   2754   | Pte.            | Lochhead, James.
+   2755   | Pte.            | Ovenstone, James.
+   2756   | Pte.            | Owen, George.
+   2757   | Pte.            | Russell, George.
+   2758   | C.Q.M.S.        | Scott, William.
+   2759   | Pte.            | Smith, Ernest M.
+   2760   | Pte.            | Wright, John.
+   2761   | Pte.            | Jaffrey, William.
+   2762   | Pte.            | Hardie, John.
+   2763   | Pte.            | Tennant, Archibald A.
+   2764   | Pte.            | O'Beirne, Thomas.
+   2765   | Pte.            | Wilkie, Robert James D.
+   2766   | Pte.            | Goodfellow, James.
+   2767   | Pte.            | Bain, Bruce.
+   2768   | Pte.            | Blakely, John.
+   2769   | Pte.            | Millar, H.S.M.
+   2770   | Pte.            | Wright, William.
+   2771   | Pte.            | Waddell, John.
+   2772   | Pte.            | Gemmell, Hugh K.
+   2773   | Pte.            | M'Creath, David.
+   2774   | Pte.            | Forsyth, George S.
+   2775   | Pte.            | Stewart, Donald.
+   2776   | Pte.            | Mackie, James.
+   2777   | Pte.            | Hamilton, Andrew.
+   2778   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, William.
+   2779   | Pte.            | Currie, James.
+   2780   | Pte.            | Craig, Thomas L.M.
+   2781   | Pte.            | M'Nidder, Alex. M.
+   2782   | Pte.            | Ward, James M.
+   2783   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James M.
+   2784   | Pte.            | Ross, Alex. M'K.
+   2785   | Pte.            | Murphy, Albert E.
+   2786   | Pte.            | Clark, John.
+   2787   | Pte.            | Sanderson, Thomas.
+   2788   | Pte.            | Grierson, William.
+   2789   | Pte.            | Crawford, David.
+   2790   | Pte.            | Smith, Hugh M'F.
+   2791   | Pte.            | Askham, S.G.
+   2792   | Pte.            | Stevenson, John.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2793   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, William.
+   2794   | Pte.            | Pettigrew, Thomas T.
+   2795   | Pte.            | Yuill, William T.L.
+   2796   | Pte.            | Muir, James Craig.
+   2797   | Pte.            | Leiper, Frank.
+   2798   | Pte.            | Liddell, Robert.
+   2799   | Pte.            | Allwart, John Charles.
+   2800   | Pte.            | Gilhooly, Michael.
+   2801   | Pte.            | M'Donald, James.
+   2802   | Pte.            | Rose, Arthur O.
+   2803   | Pte.            | Stevenson, Colin Campbell.
+   2804   | Pte.            | M'Farlane, William C.
+   2805   | Pte.            | M'Williams, Bertram.
+   2806   | Pte.            | Cameron, William S.
+   2807   | Pte.            | Dale, Robert.
+   2808   | Pte.            | Irving, Charles.
+   2809   | Pte.            | Blythe, Roland F.
+   2810   | Pte.            | Shearer, R.W.
+   2811   | Pte.            | Holmes, W.
+   2812   | Pte.            | Bryson, Matthew.
+   2813   | Pte.            | Taylor, Archibald A.
+   2814   | Pte.            | Gray, Edwin.
+   2815   | Pte.            | Bryden, David.
+   2816   | Pte.            | Stevenson, John.
+   2817   | Pte.            | Catchpool, Albert.
+   2818   | Pte.            | Baird, Arthur J.
+   2819   | Pte.            | M'Kechnie, John.
+   2820   | Pte.            | Napier, Claud H.
+   2821   | Pte.            | M'Lachlan, Fred. E.
+   2822   | Pte.            | Harris, John L.H.
+   2823   | Pte.            | Adams, Andrew.
+   2824   | Pte.            | Torrance, James.
+   2825   | Pte.            | Murray, Edward.
+   2826   | Pte.            | Bain, Charles.
+   2827   | Pte.            | Hourston, David William.
+   2828   | Pte.            | Lee, George.
+   2829   | Pte.            | Mackenzie, James E.
+   2830   | Pte.            | Stoddart, Adam.
+   2831   | Pte.            | M'Callum, James.
+   2832   | Pte.            | Wylie, William.
+   2833   | Pte.            | Watson, James F.
+   2834   | Pte.            | M'Phee, James.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2835   | Pte.            | Kennedy, James D.
+   2836   | Pte.            | Davidson, Charles.
+   2837   | Pte.            | Hogg, H.
+   2838   | Pte.            | Robb, William.
+   2839   | Pte.            | Ferguson, George S.
+   2840   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, James L.
+   2841   | Pte.            | Morrison, John.
+   2842   | Pte.            | M'Vicar, Alex.
+   2843   | Pte.            | Jack, James L.
+   2844   | Pte.            | Adams, George Ross.
+   2845   | Pte.            | Wilson, Frank.
+   2846   | Pte.            | Broadfoot, J.R.
+   2847   | Pte.            | Miller, James.
+   2848   | Pte.            | Murdoch, Henry.
+   2849   | Pte.            | MacWilliams, James.
+   2850   | Pte.            | Wilkie, A.K.
+   2851   | Pte.            | Falconer, John.
+   2852   | Pte.            | M'Murdo, Jack.
+   2853   | Pte.            | Ramsay, Robert B.
+   2854   | Pte.            | Copland, Lawrence.
+   2855   | Pte.            | Monoghan, William.
+   2856   | Pte.            | Reid, John H.
+   2857   | Pte.            | Cowie, Robert.
+   2858   | Pte.            | Halloran, William.
+   2859   | Pte.            | Clark, Noel M.
+   2860   | Pte.            | M'Kinlay, William.
+   2861   | Pte.            | M'Intyre, Hugh.
+   2862   | Pte.            | Howie, John Brown.
+   2863   | Pte.            | Coupar, Arthur.
+   2864   | Pte.            | Wilson, Thomas Jackson.
+   2865   | Pte.            | Kerr, John Rennie.
+   2866   | Pte.            | Sleater, William.
+   2867   | Pte.            | Morton, John Craig.
+   2868   | Pte.            | Constable, James.
+   2869   | Pte.            | Melville, William.
+   2870   | Pte.            | Oliver, John.
+   2871   | Pte.            | Dunlop, Richard O.G.
+   2872   | Pte.            | M'Jannet, John C.
+   2873   | Pte.            | Hervey, Robert.
+   2874   | Pte.            | Tindal, David.
+   2875   | Pte.            | Wileman, Robert.
+   2876   | Pte.            | Hamilton, James I.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2877   | Pte.            | Watson, Duncan Roy.
+   2878   | Pte.            | Nicol, Thomas.
+   2879   | Pte.            | Hastings, S.
+   2880   | Pte.            | Smith, G.M.
+   2881   | Pte.            | Sloan, D.
+   2882   | Pte.            | Farquhar, John F.
+   2883   | Pte.            | Paterson, Charles.
+   2884   | Pte.            | Wilson, James.
+   2885   | Pte.            | Garrioch, Robert.
+   2886   | Pte.            | Wooley, Archibald K.
+   2887   | Pte.            | Black, James M'K.
+   2888   | Pte.            | Ingram, James.
+   2889   | Pte.            | Craig, George.
+   2890   | Pte.            | Cunningham, Andrew.
+   2891   | Pte.            | Cameron, Lachlan A.
+   2892   | Pte.            | Gillies, Henry.
+   2893   | Pte.            | Peacock, David Kerr.
+   2894   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Robert.
+   2895   | Pte.            | Henderson, George.
+   2896   | L.-Cpl.         | Scott, James.
+   2897   | Pte.            | Dinwoodie, William.
+   2898   | Pte.            | Birrell, Robert.
+   2899   | Pte.            | M'Kerrow, G.
+   2900   | Pte.            | Miller, John G.
+   2901   | Pte.            | Foote, George Alex.
+   2902   | Pte.            | Stewart, Thomas.
+   2903   | Pte.            | Murray, John K.
+   2904   | Pte.            | Steele, George James.
+   2905   | Pte.            | Dietrich, William J.L.
+   2906   | Pte.            | Miller, Duncan.
+   2907   | Pte.            | Ramsay, John.
+   2908   | Pte.            | Struthers, David W.
+   2909   | Pte.            | Conway, Frank Joseph.
+   2910   | Pte.            | Lang, Archibald.
+   2911   | Pte.            | Watson, Donald Grassick.
+   2912   | Pte.            | Evans, Joseph Howard.
+   2913   | Pte.            | Burt, Henry.
+   2914   | Pte.            | Dykes, James A.
+   2915   | Pte.            | Kirkwood, Alexander.
+   2916   | Pte.            | Young, John Douglas.
+   2917   | Pte.            | Calder, James Barclay.
+   2918   | Pte.            | Orr, William.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2919   | Pte.            | Park, Thomas W.U.
+   2920   | Pte.            | Bennie, Hugh O.
+   2921   | Pte.            | Allan, William.
+   2922   | Pte.            | Haft, Saul.
+   2923   | Pte.            | Rosenbloom, Harry.
+   2924   | Pte.            | Brown, William Robert.
+   2925   | Pte.            | Linton, William F.
+   2926   | Pte.            | Burns, Robert.
+   2927   | Pte.            | Munn, Douglas.
+   2928   | Pte.            | Macpherson, Donald B.
+   2929   | Pte.            | M'Gugan, John.
+   2930   | Pte.            | M'Innes, James.
+   2931   | Pte.            | Colliston, James.
+   2932   | Pte.            | Alston, Thomas.
+   2933   | Pte.            | Adam, William.
+   2934   | Pte.            | Green, Alfred.
+   2935   | Pte.            | Lauder, Alex. Duncan.
+   2936   | Pte.            | Angus, Thomas.
+   2937   | Pte.            | Dewar, Robert Nisbet.
+   2938   | Pte.            | M'Lean, Murdoch.
+   2939   | Pte.            | Preston, James D.
+   2940   | Pte.            | Young, George.
+   2941   | Pte.            | Sherry, John.
+   2942   | Pte.            | Bryce, Allan.
+   2943   | Pte.            | M'Millan, John R.
+   2944   | Pte.            | Robertson, John.
+   2945   | Pte.            | Graham, James.
+   2946   | Pte.            | Neasham, Robert.
+   2947   | Pte.            | Shaw, James.
+   2948   | Pte.            | M'Donald, Alex.
+   2949   | Pte.            | M'Naught, Alex.
+   2950   | Pte.            | Cross, Robert M'K.
+   2951   | Pte.            | Doig, Thomas F.
+   2952   | Pte.            | Howie, John.
+   2953   | Pte.            | M'Kenzie, Duncan William.
+   2954   | Pte.            | Stephenson, Fred.
+   2955   | Pte.            | Barker, George Charles.
+   2956   | Pte.            | Garvie, Ernest L.
+   2957   | Pte.            | Hutchison, E. Deans.
+   2958   | Pte.            | Harrower, Alex.
+   2959   | Pte.            | Baird, James H.H.
+   2960   | Pte.            | Ross, Thomas.
+
+==========+=================+===============================
+ Reg. No. |    Rank.        |           Name.
+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------
+   2961   | Pte.            | Watson, Thomas H.
+   2962   | Pte.            | Skinner, John.
+   2963   | Pte.            | Begg, Robert Craig.
+   2964   | Pte.            | Buchan, Bertram Gray.
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