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IN MEMORIAM.
a sudden counter-attack, 5 August 191 7. His
Colonel wrote : " Although outnumbered, and
under climatic conditions impossible to adequately
describe, Captain Howitt and his men beat the
enemy back in the fierce hand-to-hand fighting.
' Jock ' Howitt died fighting to the last, one of
the bravest of the brave. . . . Had he survived
he would have secured another well-earned
decoration."
NEWTON, ERIC: Captain, R. A.M. C. ; son
of Isaac Newton, Captain, Indian Medical Ser-
vice ; born Umballa,
Punjab, 28 February
1889; graduated M.B.,
1 91 5. A noted ath-
lete, he achieved the
feat of gaining a triple
blue in hockey, tennis
and cricket. In
hockey he achieved
wider fame, being
chosen to play for
Scotland in -inter-
national matches in
1912, 1913 and 1914.
After graduating Newton at once joined the
Army, receiving a commission in the R.A.M.C.
on 1 August 1 915. He served in Egypt and
then in East Africa where he rose to the rank
of Captain. He was killed in action at Nanyati,
East Africa, on 5 August 191 7.
WILL, JAMES : Private, 4th Battalion
Gordon Highlanders ; son of John M. Will,
stationmaster ; born
Newmill, Kincardine-
shire, 1 October 1894.
After a good scholastic
record at Mackie
Academy, Stonehaven,
he matriculated in Arts
in 19 13.
He joined the Uni-
versity Company of
the 4th Gordons in his
first term, and on the
outbreak of war pro-
ceeded with his Bat-
talion to Bedford, where he became attached to
the transport section. For three years he did
good work in this department under many trying
circumstances in Belgium and France, and was
killed on 5 August 1917 by a bomb from an
enemy aeroplane.
MacDONALD, KENNETH NORMAN :
Gunner, R.N.R. ; son of Kenneth MacDonald,
ship's carpenter ; born
Lochcarron, 25 Sep-
tember 1897 ; educated
Plockton Higher Grade
School. After a year
at Aberdeen Grammar
School, he entered the
University in I9i4with
a Bursary, and began
his Arts course with a
view to studying Medi-
cine later.
As soon as he
reached military age,
however, he volunteered for the Navy ; and after
a course of training at Devonport, saw service in
St. George's Channel, the Atlantic and the
North Sea. He was awarded a special prize for
gunnery, and upon the day before his death an
enemy submarine was sunk by gunfire from the
mystery ship in which he was then serving. On
14 August 191 7 his ship struck a mine and was
lost with all on board.
Kenneth MacDonald was only 19 when he
died, and was one of those who seemed to have
every possibility before them. Through all his
school and College days he passed with effortless
distinction, easily first in his classes, and intel-
lectually clear and brilliant beyond his age-
Added to these qualities of mind were the still
more attractive ones of humility and goodness,
courage and readiness for sacrifice. Like so
many who had much to give, he gave it
willingly.
HUNT, WILLIAM GEORGE PHILIP :
Captain, 10th Battalion Essex Regiment ;
M.C. ; son of Philip Hunt; born Sleaford, Lin-
colnshire, 27 September 1891 ; educated Ciren-
cester Grammar School ; graduated M.A., 1912
and became Assistant Master at Newport Gram-
mar School.
68
a sudden counter-attack, 5 August 191 7. His
Colonel wrote : " Although outnumbered, and
under climatic conditions impossible to adequately
describe, Captain Howitt and his men beat the
enemy back in the fierce hand-to-hand fighting.
' Jock ' Howitt died fighting to the last, one of
the bravest of the brave. . . . Had he survived
he would have secured another well-earned
decoration."
NEWTON, ERIC: Captain, R. A.M. C. ; son
of Isaac Newton, Captain, Indian Medical Ser-
vice ; born Umballa,
Punjab, 28 February
1889; graduated M.B.,
1 91 5. A noted ath-
lete, he achieved the
feat of gaining a triple
blue in hockey, tennis
and cricket. In
hockey he achieved
wider fame, being
chosen to play for
Scotland in -inter-
national matches in
1912, 1913 and 1914.
After graduating Newton at once joined the
Army, receiving a commission in the R.A.M.C.
on 1 August 1 915. He served in Egypt and
then in East Africa where he rose to the rank
of Captain. He was killed in action at Nanyati,
East Africa, on 5 August 191 7.
WILL, JAMES : Private, 4th Battalion
Gordon Highlanders ; son of John M. Will,
stationmaster ; born
Newmill, Kincardine-
shire, 1 October 1894.
After a good scholastic
record at Mackie
Academy, Stonehaven,
he matriculated in Arts
in 19 13.
He joined the Uni-
versity Company of
the 4th Gordons in his
first term, and on the
outbreak of war pro-
ceeded with his Bat-
talion to Bedford, where he became attached to
the transport section. For three years he did
good work in this department under many trying
circumstances in Belgium and France, and was
killed on 5 August 1917 by a bomb from an
enemy aeroplane.
MacDONALD, KENNETH NORMAN :
Gunner, R.N.R. ; son of Kenneth MacDonald,
ship's carpenter ; born
Lochcarron, 25 Sep-
tember 1897 ; educated
Plockton Higher Grade
School. After a year
at Aberdeen Grammar
School, he entered the
University in I9i4with
a Bursary, and began
his Arts course with a
view to studying Medi-
cine later.
As soon as he
reached military age,
however, he volunteered for the Navy ; and after
a course of training at Devonport, saw service in
St. George's Channel, the Atlantic and the
North Sea. He was awarded a special prize for
gunnery, and upon the day before his death an
enemy submarine was sunk by gunfire from the
mystery ship in which he was then serving. On
14 August 191 7 his ship struck a mine and was
lost with all on board.
Kenneth MacDonald was only 19 when he
died, and was one of those who seemed to have
every possibility before them. Through all his
school and College days he passed with effortless
distinction, easily first in his classes, and intel-
lectually clear and brilliant beyond his age-
Added to these qualities of mind were the still
more attractive ones of humility and goodness,
courage and readiness for sacrifice. Like so
many who had much to give, he gave it
willingly.
HUNT, WILLIAM GEORGE PHILIP :
Captain, 10th Battalion Essex Regiment ;
M.C. ; son of Philip Hunt; born Sleaford, Lin-
colnshire, 27 September 1891 ; educated Ciren-
cester Grammar School ; graduated M.A., 1912
and became Assistant Master at Newport Gram-
mar School.
68
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