Organisations > Loretto roll of honour, 1914-1920

Lieutenant Andrew Graham, 9th (Service) Battn. The
Black Watch, was born in January 1889, and at Loretto
1905 to 1909. He was in Canada in August 1914,
but returned home to join the New Armies. Com-
missioned in the 8th (Service) Battn. The Black
Watch he saw a lot of active service, including the
Somme battle of 1916. Invalided home with trench
fever, he returned to France early in 1917 and was
posted to the 9th Battn. of his Regiment. On
December 30, 1917, when he was commanding the
44th Trench Mortar Battery, he, with several others,
was killed by a premature burst of one of his own
shells.
2nd Lieutenant James Gibson Grant, 10th (Scottish)
Battn. The King's Liverpool Regt., was born in
August 1891, and was at Loretto from 1905 to 1908.
He enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish in 1913, and
went to France with his Battalion, November 1, 1914.
In June 1915 he was made Lance- Corporal, and in
October of that year was given his commission. After
three years of fighting on the Western front his
health broke down, and he became so ill that he was
obliged to resign his commission in November 1917.
He died of illness caused by hardship and exposure
on service, February 19, 1919.