Organisations > Loretto roll of honour, 1914-1920

38 ROLL OF HONOUR
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Lamb, 3/4th (Terr.) Battn. The
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was born in
April 1896, and was at Loretto 1910 to 1914. Cor-
poral, O.T.C. In 1914 he went up to Oriel Coll.,
Oxford, but very shortly left the 'Varsity to take a
commission in the Yorkshire Light Infantry. On
June 30, 1916, at Clipstone Camp (Notts), during
bombing practice, a private under his command threw
a grenade which hit the parapet and fell back amongst
his section. Lieut. Lamb picked it up to throw it
out of the trench, but it burst in his hands, wounding
him mortally. He died in a few minutes.
Captain John Lang, Adjutant and Quartermaster Scottish
Command School of Musketry, was born in 1849, and
was at Loretto 1864 to 1866. He played in the XV.
and XL In business in England, California, Ceylon,
and Australia, for more than twenty years, he was also
well known as an author. At the outbreak of war he
applied for a commission, although sixty-five years of
age, and was appointed to the Staff of the Scottish
Command School of Musketry at Barry Camp. He
died on April 15, 1917, of an illness contracted on
service, brought on by hard work and exposure.
Capt. Lang was the younger brother of Andrew
Lang, the historian and writer.