The Fallen (April-June 1917)
Of the 755 University men and women who fell over the course of the War, ninety-three were lost between April and June in 1917. These links will take you to their biographies on the WW1 Roll of Honour section of The University of Glasgow Story website.
June 1917
28th June 1917
- Gunner George McCracken, 331st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery.
- Lieutenant Alexander McDonald Nevin, Royal Army Medical Corps - 36th General Hospital Unit.
25th June 1917
- Captain Peter Thomas Garvie, 13th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery.
13th June 1917
- Captain Samuel Francis Henderson MacKay, 5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment.
- Lieutenant Percival Harry Taylor, 2nd/6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers.
10th June 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Archibald Lindsay Hamilton, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry.
9th June 1917
- Captain Gerard Montague Gordon, 12th Bn. Royal Fusiliers.
- Captain Clive Alan Whittingham, Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 12th Bn. Royal Fusiliers.
7th June 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Harry (Henry) Mungles Fletcher, Royal Field Artillery attd. "Y" 30th Trench Motor Bty.
- Captain Douglas Reid King, 74th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.
6th June 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant John Craig McFadyen, 11th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery.
5th June 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant James Robertson Gauld Sim, 3rd Bn. Royal Scots.
- Captain George Stewart, 26th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish).
1st June 1917
- Pioneer George Gordon, "C" Special Coy. Royal Engineers.
May 1917
27th May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant John Dormer Clark, 6th Bn. attd 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
26th May 1917
- Lieutenant William Aloysius Stuart, 18th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
21st May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant George James Rankine Brown, 2nd Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
20th May 1917
- Captain Charles Mortimer Austin Gunn, "A" Coy. 5th Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
- Ordinary Telegraphist Alexander Gillespie Wardlaw, H.M.S. Q25, H.M.S. Paxton, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
19th May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant John Nicoll Bennett, 121st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery.
17th May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Nelson Downie, Indian Army Reserve of Officers attd. 1/4th Bn. Gurkha Rifles.
16th May 1917
- Surgeon Archibald McKerrow Russell, H.M.S. Macedonia, Royal Navy.
14th May 1917
- Lieutenant James Westhall Brown, Royal Flying Corps and 2/3rd (Highland) Howitzer Brigade ,Royal Field Artillery.
- 2nd Lieutenant John Stewart Morrison, "D" Coy. 12th Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
13th May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant John Niven, Royal Field Artillery.
12th May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Hayworth, 7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders attd. 1/14th Bn. London Regiment (London Scottish).
8th May 1917
- Lieutenant Robert Andrew, 12th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
- 2nd Lieutenant Albert Graham Keane, 7th Bn. attd 2nd The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
7th May 1917
- Private Philip Duffy, 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
6th May 1917
- Private Robert Taylor Duthie, Royal Army Medical Corps - Scottish Horse Brigade Field Ambulance attd. 53rd Casualty Clearing Station.
4th May 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Reginald Russell Boyd, 9th Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attd 7th Bn. Border Regiment.
3rd May 1917
- Private George William Jones, "C" Coy. 2/4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding Regiment).
- Lieutenant Donald McLaren, 1st Bn. attd. 6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers.
- Lieutenant Alexander Tweedie Newbigging, 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
April 1917
28th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Brown, 16th Bn. Royal Scots.
- Lieutenant William Robertson Grieve, 7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
- Lieutenant George Douglas MacLellan, 5th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
- Private Arthur Moore, 2nd Bn. Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Navy Div.
- Captain Gavin Lang Pagan, 15th Bn. Royal Scots.
- 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Ritchie, 2nd Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attd 23rd Trench Mortar Bty.
27th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Jack (John) Lees, 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) attd. 9th Bn. Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders).
- Private Archibald Young, 15th Bn. Royal Scots.
25th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Archibald Scott, 8/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
24th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Alexander McEwan Fisher, 10th Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
23rd April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant William Anderson, "D" Coy. 11th Bn. attd. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
- Captain John Rankine Brown, 7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
- 2nd Lieutenant James Wilson Buchan, "B" Coy. 3rd Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attd. 5th Bn. Border Regiment.
- Lieutenant James Alexander Stewart Burges, 49th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.
- 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton Collyer, 5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
- Lieutenant James Hannah, 2/4th Highland Mounted Artillery Bgde.
- Lieutenant Frederick Laurence Hislop, 6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 1st Bn. London Scottish.
- 2nd Lieutenant John Kennedy, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attd. 7th Bn. Border Regiment.
- 2nd Lieutenant George Lambert, "D" Coy. 7th Bn. Cameron Highlanders.
- Private John Campbell Sinclair, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders.
22nd April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Andrew Scott Duncan Clark, 9th Bn. attd. 1st/4th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
21st April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Dugald McArthur, 2nd Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
- Captain Alexander Taylor, 9th Bn. Royal Scots.
19th April 1917
- Captain James Elliot Black, Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment.
- Lieutenant Christopher Mittelhausen Hird, 8th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) attd. 1st/4th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment.
- 2nd Lieutenant Donald McDonald Nicolson, General List (New Armies) attd. 3rd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers.
- Pioneer Irvine Paterson, 2nd Special Coy. Royal Engineers.
- 2nd Lieutenant James Hamilton Ross, 155th Coy. Machine Gun Corps.
18th April 1917
- Private Thomas Rankine, 46th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).
- Lieutenant Thomas Ernest Reid, "A" Coy. 3rd Bn. attd. 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
17th April 1917
- Private James Mackie, Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps attd. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
16th April 1917
- Captain Thomas McCosh, Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 11th Bn. Welsh Regiment.
- Lance Corporal David Millar, 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
- 2nd Lieutenant James Archibald Montgomerie Miller, 7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers.
15th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Harry Asher Hayworth, 7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
- Lieutenant David Lindsay, 7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
- Lieutenant Ronald Stewart, Royal Army Medical Corps.
14th April 1917
- Captain Kenneth Ashby Brown, 5th Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
- Lieutenant William Brown Cramb, Royal Flying Corps and 4th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
13th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Philip Oliphant Ray, 59th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
12th April 1917
- Captain James Ewing, Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
- 2nd Lieutenant John Galbraith France, 8th Bn. attd. 9th Bn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
11th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Moses Forman, 8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment.
- 2nd Lieutenant Graeme Gordon Lang, 7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers.
- 2nd Lieutenant Robert Alexander Cameron Macmillan, 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders.
- Lieutenant Donald Mackintosh, 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders.
10th April 1917
- Private William Howie Stevenson, 10/11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
9th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant John Douglas Blakely, "E" Coy. 9th Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
- Lieutenant David Buchan, 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
- Lieutenant Alastair Ebenezer Buchan, 6th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
- 2nd Lieutenant Gilbert Fairley, 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
- 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Guthrie Paul, 2nd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers attd. 25th Bn. (Tyneside Irish).
- 2nd Lieutenant Archibald Morton Sanders, 5th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers.
- 2nd Lieutenant Robert Weir, 15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry.
8th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Bryson Waddell, 5th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders.
6th April 1917
- Pioneer David Dick, "B" Special Coy. Royal Engineers.
5th April 1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Arthur James Johnstone, 5th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
4th April 1917
- Private Thomas David McGregor White, 15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.
3rd April 1917
- Corporal John Stevenson Brown, 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry.