Organisations > University of Aberdeen roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919

IN MEM OR! AM.
educated in France ; B.A., University of Nancy,
1904; studied Divinity at Montauban Seminary,
where he qualified for
<wmm the ministry, and at
Aberdeen University
(Divinity, 1909-10) ;
appointed by the Paris
Evangelical Missionary
Society to Barotseland,
North Rhodesia.
On the outbreak of
war he immediately re-
turned to France and
joined his regiment, the
nth Infantry. He was
wounded in action but
as soon as he recovered, requested to be sent
back to the Front. He was promoted Corporal
in the 31st Battalion of Sharpshooters, and on
25 September 191 5 the Battalion attacked near
Souchez. In the desperate fighting Dieterlen
was last seen severely wounded. He was offici-
ally reported " missing," and since the Armistice
his death has been accepted.
A devoted Christian, and a loyal Frenchman,
he recognized at once the justice of the cause
to which his country was suddenly called, and
unhesitatingly put himself at her disposal.
Having dedicated his life to the service of
humanity, he found an equal duty and an
equal glory in carrying the Gospel to the heathen,
and in fighting enemies to those spiritual ideals
which are essential to the progress of the race.
In our University, of which he cherished grateful
recollections, he is remembered for the purity
and kindliness of his character, and for his
keenness as a student.
CALDER, GEORGE
MACBETH: 2nd
Lieutenant, Sea-
forth Highlanders ;
son of George M. Cal-
d e r, inspector of poor,
Edinkillie ; born Edin-
killie, Morayshire, 29
May 1 89 1. After an
elementary education
at Logie School, he
attended Gordon's
College, Aberdeen, where he distinguished
himself both as a student and as an athlete.
Entering the University in 1910, he not
only completed an Arts course in which he
showed special aptitude for languages, both
Classical and Modern, but also studied Medicine,
191 2-14. He was a well-known figure in the
social life of the University, and his popularity
is evidenced by the fact that each year of his
University course he was elected a Member
of the S.R.C.
In 191 1 he joined "U" Company, 4th Gor-
dons, and was shortly afterwards promoted to the
rank of Sergeant. Mobilized at the outbreak of
war, after training at Bedford, he proceeded over-
seas with his regiment in February 191 5. In
March 191 5 he was commissioned to the 8th Sea-
forths, and embarked again for France in July
1915. His death, on 25 September 1915 at the
battle of Loos, cut short a life marked by rare
ability and rich promise.
DONALD, WILLIAM: Private, 4th
Battalion Gordon Highlanders; son of John
Donald, carpenter,
Rothiemay ; born Mar-
noch, Banffshire, 2
July 1893 ; educated
at Rothiemay Public
School and Gordon's
College, Aberdeen;
student in Arts, 19 12-
14.
He joined the Gor-
don Highlanders in
191 1, and became a
member of the Uni-
versity Company of the
4th Gordons just prior to the war. After doing
the annual camp training, he was mobilized with
his unit in August 19 14, volunteering at once
for foreign service. In Bedford he was trained
for active service and went to France with the
Battalion in February 1915. He served effic-
iently during that spring and summer while the
Battalion were in Flanders, was twice wounded,
and during the severe fighting in autumn 1915
was killed in action at Loos between 25 and 29
September 1915.
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