The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…
1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he
received the medal and clasp. He received his company, 20 July, 1907,
and passed out of the Staff College, Quetta, in Dec. 1913. Early in
Aug. he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the Royal Flying
Corps, Expeditionary Force and on 2 Nov. 1914, was attached to the 8th
Gurkhas. He was at first reported missing, but afterwards officially
reported as having been killed in action near Festubert, 4 Nov. 1914.
He _m._ at St. Augustine’s Church, Dumbarton, 2 July, 1914, Jane
Cecilia Hope, only dau. of Major Robert Elmsall Findlay, of Boturich
Castle, co. Dumbarton, _s.p._
[Illustration: =Claude Gray-Buchanan.=]
=GRAY-BUCHANAN, WALTER BRUCE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn.
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), fourth _s._ of Lieut.-Col
(Hon. Col.) James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang,
and Scotstoun. co. Lanark, late commanding 3rd and 4th battns. The
Cameronians, and previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians;
by his wife, Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and
grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; _b._
Eastfield, Rutherglen, 20 Aug. 1885; educ. Cargilfield School and
Fettes College, Edinburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Cameronians,
16 Feb. 1905, transferred to 2nd Battn. 16 Feb. 1907, promoted Lieut.
13 Oct. 1909, and Capt. 3rd Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant 8 Feb.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M., Ch.2
- 1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major, Ch.3
- 53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed Ch.4
- 1911. At the outbreak of war he volunteered, and was killed in action Ch.5
- 1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out Ch.6
- 1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the Ch.7
- 1915. Commander Ballard was last seen on the bridge of the Formidable Ch.8
- 1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak Ch.9
- 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad Ch.10
- 1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow, Ch.11
- 1912. He saw much foreign service, serving in Crete, Malta, Gibraltar, Ch.12
- 1914. “On a particular occasion,” 20 Sept., during the Battle of the Ch.13
- 1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander Ch.14
- 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 7 Oct. 1899, Margaret (14, Bowles Ch.15
- 1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight Ch.16
- 1913. He saw foreign service in China and the Cape, and was also with Ch.17
- 1914. His battn. was selected to lead the attack near Hulluch on 25 Ch.18
- 1883. He commenced his education at the Grange (Preparatory) School, Ch.19
- 1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Ch.20
- 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and Ch.21
- 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ Ch.22
- 1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Ch.23
- 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, Ch.24
- 1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the Ch.25
- 1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie Ch.26
- 1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was Ch.27
- 1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, Ch.28
- 1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery, Ch.29
- 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he Ch.30
- 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was Ch.31
- 1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel Ch.32
- 1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His Ch.33
- 1915. Buried side by side with two of his cousins, who were killed in Ch.34
- 1914. In the fighting near Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was Ch.35
- 1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Ch.36
- 1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Ch.37
- 1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next Ch.38
- 1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901; Ch.39
- 1914. The Capt. wrote that he was just returning to his place in the Ch.40
- 1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and Ch.41
- 1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for Ch.42
- 1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway, Ch.43
- 1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the Ch.44
- 1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly Ch.45
- 1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb. Ch.46
- 1915. On the latter date he was one of a party of volunteers sent to Ch.47
- 1915. Private Coles _m._ at Leiston, Suffolk, 4 March, 1911, Ch.48
- 1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and Ch.49
- 1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department Ch.50
- 20. He was full of keenness and enthusiasm about it, as he was always Ch.51
- 1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was Ch.52
- 1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906, Ch.53
- 1915. He served in France and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action Ch.54
- 1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was Ch.55
- 1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of Ch.56
- 1915. A brother officer wrote: “I can assure you your husband was a Ch.57
- 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General Ch.58
- 26. Buried at Lillebeck. Ch.59
- 1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a Ch.60
- 1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet Ch.61
- 1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat Ch.62
- 1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was, Ch.63
- 1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._ Ch.64
- 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and Ch.65
- 1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street, Ch.66
- 1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. Ch.67
- 1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in Ch.68
- 1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work. Ch.69
- 1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._ Ch.70
- 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University Ch.71
- 1915. He was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Elzenwalle, near Ch.72
- 1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct Ch.73
- 1905. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892, Ch.74
- 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. Ch.75
- 1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy Ch.76
- 1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral Ch.77
- 1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent; Ch.78
- 1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was Ch.79
- 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the Ch.80
- 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 Ch.81
- 1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in Ch.82
- 1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, Ch.83
- 1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, Ch.84
- 1915. He _m._ at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau. Ch.85
- 1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the Ch.86
- 1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane Ch.87
- 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._ Ch.88
- 1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his Ch.89
- 1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance Ch.90
- 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905, Ch.91