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"LOYAL LEWIS" ROLL OF HONOUR.
The Hero of Buzancy. :
AJOR ANGUS MACMILLAN, D.S.O., M.C., son of
the late Mr Kenneth Macmillan, Lemreway, enlisted
as a private in the 2nd Batt. Seaforth Highlanders on
5th November, 1904. In August, 1911, when he held the
rank of Sergeant, he purchased his discharge to the Army
Reserve. On mobilisation in 1914, he immediately rejoined,
and was posted to the 7th Battalion of the Seaforths as
Company Quartermaster Sergeant. With that unit he went
to France in May, 1915. As Company Sergeant-Major he
took part in the battle of Loos, after the first attack on the
25th September, 1915. On 12th March, 1916, he was com-
missioned on the field, and two months later was appointed
Acting Captain. After the battle of the Somme on 12th
October, 1916, he was appointed Temporary Captain and
awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry in
action. He led his Company in the attack with great
courage and determination, himself returning to Battalion
Headquarters under very heavy fire to report the situation.
Later he established a good trench in a forward position." In
April, 1917, he was mentioned in despatches for services at
the Battle of Arras. In the summer of 1918, in the fighting
south of Soissons, where a Scottish Division formed part of
General Mangin's 10th French Army, Captain Macmillan so
distinguished himself that on 28th July at Buzancy he was
awarder! the Distinguished Service Order, the Legion of
Honour and the Croix de Guerre (with palm) . By the French
he was acclaimed "the hero of Buzancy,"
On a subsequent occasion he was again mentioned in
despatches, and on 12th November, 1918, he was appointed
Temporary Major, which rank he held till August, 1919,
when, on the Service Battalions being disbanded, he reverted
to his substantive rank of Lieutenant and rejoined his depot
at Fort George.
Major ANGUS MACMILLAN, D.S.O., M.C.