APPENDIX K. OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY CONTINGENT. The Army Council having accepted the offer of the University Court to furnish a Contingent to the Senior Division Officers Training Corps, consisting of one section of a Field Ambulance, a Committee of Military Education in the University was formed in 1912. The Committee consists of, The Principal, Sir John Fleming, LL.D. (Vice-Chairman of the City of Aberdeen Territorial Force Association), the Rev. James Smith, V.D., M.A., B.D., and Mr. J. Scott Riddell, M.V.O., M.B., C.M., from the University Court; Professors Trail, Reid, and Shennan from the Senatus; and Captain George A. Williamson, M.A., M.D., and Captain John P. Kinloch, M.D., members ex officio. This Committee administers the finances of the Contingent. The Contingent consists of (a) Matriculated Students of the University studying, or proceeding to study, medicine; and (b) Graduates or non-members of the University desirous of gaining the Certificates of Proficiency obtainable in the O.T.C; along with Honorary members nominated by the Committee. Members are required to sign upon enrolment a contract of service for two years; and each member pays a deposit of 10s. which shall be returnable to him on the termination of his service, and on settlement of all outstanding claims against him. Members are enrolled at the beginning of each term, but members having no previous Territorial Force or Officers Training Corps Service should enrol at the opening of the Winter Session. The Rules of the Contingent may be consulted in the Orderly Room at any time. For further particulars apply to Captain Williamson, M.D., or Captain Kinloch, M.D., Orderly Room, Marischal College. APPENDIX L. SUMMARY OF ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY ON NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICE AND UNDER TRAINING, 31 August, 1917. AND In Memoriam. I. Members of the Staff not Graduates of this University Royal Navy-Medical Service (incl. 4 civilians) R.A.M.C., incl. S.R.O. and Tempy. Regular Army, incl. S.R.O. and Tempy. Commissions Commissions 21 48 97 521 204 208 Army Chaplains Department 49 Volunteers 16 Indian Army, incl. Reserve of Offirs. and Volunteers 13 " Total of Graduates on Service in charge of Red Cross or Military Hospitals 1575 51 2439 30 18 Total of Members of Univ. and Alumni on Service Add those who but for Service would have matriculated for first time ,, Sacrist and Univ. Servants on Service (2 commd.) The Honours gained by Members of the University during the war are as follows: KC.M.G.-1; C.B.-4; C.M.G.-8; C.V.O.-1; D.S.O.-24; Military Cross-493; Albert Medal-1; Distinguished Conduct Medal-1; Military Medal-2; Foreign Decorations-10; while 85 have been mentioned in despatches, and 12 others have been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the war. The Roll of the Fallen given below numbers 187. Six others are missing, and fourteen are prisoners of war. In Memoriam. The following is the list of graduates, alumni, and students who have fallen in the present war between August 1914 and August 1917. Where no year is added to a student's stage in the curriculum of his faculty 191314 is to be understood. 1914. Medical Officer Thomas Peppé Fraser, H.M. Colonial Medical Service, West African Medical Staff, attached to troops on reconnaisance on the eastern frontier of Nigeria, where he was killed in action, 5 September, aged 35. M.B., Ch.B., '01 Maj. Alexander Kirkland Robb, 2nd Durham Light Infantry, died of wounds received in action, France, 20 September. 1915. Matr. Student, '89 Surgeon William Mellis Mearns, Royal Navy, sank with H.M.S. "Formidable," 1 Jan., aged 31. M.B., Ch.B., '08 Lieut. Col. William Henry Gray, Indian Medical Service, died on recall to Service, 14 January, aged 52. * These are all undergraduate students; among the graduates numbered above there are at least 35 who have still to complete second courses of study. Lieut. Angus Forsyth Legge, attached Singapore Volunteer 25. M.B, Ch.B., '12 2nd Lieut. Lewis Neil Griffith Ramsay, 2nd Gordon Hrs., killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 21 March, aged 25. B.Sc. (Agr.), '14 M.A., 1911; B.Sc. (with special distinction in Botany), '12 Lance Corpl. Edward Watt, 4th Seaforth Hrs., died 22 March, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, aged 23. Private James Orr Cruickshank, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in Flanders, 15 April, aged 19. Sergt. Alexander Skinner, 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in action in Flanders, 22 April, aged 31. 1st Sci. Teacher in Dumbarton; Arts and Sci. Stud., '09-'11 Sergt. Victor Charles MacRae, D (late U) Coy, 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in Flanders, when attempting to remove a wounded comrade, 28 April, aged 23. M.A., 1st Class Hons. in Classics, '14 Corpl. Keith Mackay, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon Hrs., died 28 April, in a Casualty Clearing Station, France, of wounds received in action, 20 March, aged 20. 2ud Arts & 1st Med.; M.A.,'15 Private Alexander Mitchell, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon Hrs., died 28 April, in a Field Hosp., France, of wounds received 27 April, aged 25. 2nd Arts Lieut. Geoffrey Gordon, S.R.O., attd 12th Lancers, killed in action in Flanders, 30 April. I.C.S.; M.A., Hons. Maths., '03 Private John Forbes Knowles, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in action, Flanders, 5 May, aged 24. 1st Agr. United Free Church Div. Student; M.A., '12 Private Robert Hugh Middleton, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon 2nd Arts 3rd Arts Private Marianus Alex. Cumming, 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in action, Flanders, 13 June, aged 23. Teacher, Kemnay; M.A., '12 Lieut. Wm. Leslie Scott, 5th Gordon Hrs., killed in action, Flanders, 16 June, aged 22. L.-Corpl. Andrew Thomson Fowlie, 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in 3rd Med. action, Flanders, 16 June, aged 26. Un. Dipl. Agr., '09 Private James Clapperton Forbes, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon 3rd Agr. 2nd Arts Private Robert Patrick Gordon, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon 2nd Arts Aberdeen Training Centre. Private Harry Lyon, 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in action, Flanders, L.-Sergt. Alex. David Duncan, D (late U) Coy. 4th Gordon Hrs., wounds, Flanders, July. 2nd Arts Μ.Α., '14 3rd Agr. 1st Arts; 3rd Bursar, '14 Μ.Α. '04; Β.L. Sergt. (of Bombers) Alexander Allardyce, 4th Gordon Hrs., in Flanders, 22 July, aged 26. United Free Church Div. Student; M.Α., '11 Capt. Arthur Kellas, 89th Field Ambulance, killed in action on the Dardanelles, 6 August, aged 31. ? Douglas Jamieson, 8th Australian Light Horse, killed in action on the Dardanelles, 7 August. Μ.Β., '06 Former Agr. Stud. 2nd Lieut. Frederick Alexander Rose, 4th Gordon Hrs., killed in action in Flanders, 10 August, aged 25. M.A., 1st Hons. Eng., '11; B.A., Oxon. Sergt. George Cameron Auchinachie, 1st Gordon Hrs., killed in Flanders, 23 August, aged 24; by bursting of a shell; previously thrice wounded. Med. Student, '10-'13 Private Alexander John Fowlie, 13th Infantry Batt., Australian Imperial Force, killed in action on the Dardanelles, August, aged 26. Lieut. Col. John Ellison Macqueen, commanding 6th Gordon Hrs., killed in action about Loos, Flanders, 25 September, aged 40. Μ.Α. '11 Law Student, '91-'95 Lieut. Alex. Rennie Henderson, 4th Gordon Hrs., reported wounded and missing after action near Hooge, Flanders, 25 September, presumed killed on that date, aged 27. Teacher; M.Α., '11. Lieut. Frederick Charles Stephen, 6th Gordon Hrs., killed in action about Loos, Flanders, 25 September, aged 29. M.A., 1st Hons. Maths., '09 2nd Lieut. George Macbeth Calder, 8th Gordon Hrs. (previously Sergt. U Coy.), killed in action about Loos, Flanders, 25 September, aged 24. 2nd Med., M.Α., '15 2nd Lieut. Ian Catto Fraser, 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Hrs., 1st Arts 1st Med., '14-'15 2nd Lieut. George Low, 4th Gordon Hrs. (previously Sergt.Major U Coy.), missing after action near Hooge, Flanders, 25 September, presumed killed on that date, aged 25. Teacher; M.A., 1st Hons. Classics, 14 2nd Lieut. John Cook Macpherson, ist Gordon Hrs., died of wounds received in action about Hooge, Flanders, 25 September, aged 29. Μ.Α., '10; LL.B. |