Organisations > Loretto roll of honour, 1914-1920

42 ROLL OF HONOUR
Captain Norman George M'Naughton, M.C., R.A.F.,
was born in May 1890, and was at Loretto from 1904
to 1909. Prefect. XV. After leaving school he
went to the Argentine, and when war broke out
returned to England and joined the Royal Air Force.
He was commissioned July 21, 1915, and was given
his " wings " on December 1, 1915. Wounded early
in 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross in May
1917.
Captain M'Naughton was reported as " missing "
on June 24, 1917, and a later casualty list presumed
him to have been killed on that date.
Lieutenant Nigel Lorne M'Neill, 3rd (Reserve) Battn.
The Gordon Highlanders, was born in August 1894,
and was at Loretto from 1908 to 1913. House
Prefect. Cricket XI. Sergeant, O.T.C. At the
School Sports in 1913 he won a medal for the high
jump, clearing 5 feet 4 inches. At the outbreak of
war he obtained a commission in the 3rd Gordons.
During the Battle of the Somme, in July 1916,
Lieut. M'Neill was shot through the head whilst
leading his platoon in the attack, 20 yards from the
German position. Death was instantaneous.