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and it will be some little consolation to you to know that his life was not sacrificed
in vain. He is buried on the battlefield where he fell. He was an excellent officer,
and beloved by all of us, and we shall miss him very much and share your sorrow."
FRANK HERNDON BLACKIE
Lieutenant, The Cameronians, attached 1st King's African Rifles
Lieutenant Frank Herndon Blackie was the youngest son of Mr. John J.
Blackie, 24 Hamilton Park Terrace, W. On leaving School he entered the employ-
ment of Messrs. Hodge & Smith, chartered accountants, Glasgow. While keenly
interested in his work, he found time to pursue his favourite recreations, drawing,
sketching, country expeditions on foot or bicycle, and swimming. He was also
for several years a member of the Hillhead Company of the Glasgow Highlanders.
On the declaration of war in 1914 he at once rejoined his old regiment and went
with the 1st Battalion to France in November of the same year. He came safely
over the privations and dangers of the first year's campaign and in September, 1915,
he was granted a commission in the 8th Scottish Rifles, and returned to this country
to train. In the autumn of 1916, in response to an appeal for volunteers for service
in East Africa, he offered himself. He was accepted, and posted to the 1st King's
African Rifles, joining his regiment at Zamba in the beginning of 1917. In May of
that year, while engaged on a recruiting expedition in Portuguese East Africa, he
was taken prisoner by a German raiding force, and remained in their hands till
he was released by the British in November of the same year. Lieut. Blackie
during his captivity kept a diary, which he sent home. It gives a vivid and inter-
esting account of his experiences, and shows the Huns in East Africa in a much
more favourable light than those of the Fatherland. It is hoped to publish extracts
from the diary in the Magazine from time to time. Lieut. Blackie was killed in
action on the 11th April, 1918, while in command of a machine gun in a bush
fight near Kariva, Portuguese East Africa. Lieut. Frank W. Blackie was the second
of his family to fall in the great cause. His elder brother, Captain A. F. Blackie,
16th H.L.I. , died in France from wounds received in action on 17th April, 1917,
aged thirty-seven. Parr nobile fratrum.
JOHN STANLEY BONE
Lance-Corporal, A. & S. Highlanders attached Machine Gun Corps
Lance-Corporal Stanley Bone was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bone,
11 Balmoral Gardens, Monkseaton, Northumberland. His School career was rather
remarkable. He had no capacity for book knowledge or abstract reasoning; all
his talents lay along the lines of action and practical work. In all his classes he
was the natural leader. He did not bully or hustle, and teachers sometimes
wondered what exactly was the secret of his power. I think it lay in this. He
ruled all because he served all. When anything had to be done Stanley did it.
When any one required help Stanley was there to give it. He was an ardent Cadet
and Scout, and took a leading part in all School games. On leaving School he
entered the employment of Messrs. W. S. Miller & Co., shipbrokers, where he gave
promise of becoming a shrewd and alert man of business. When sixteen years of
age, he tried to enlist, but his youth was too obvious to even the most willingly
gullible of recruiting sergeants. Later he joined the Glasgow University O.T.C.,
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