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attack, and Lieutenant Macdonald was in the foremost company. He was very
seriously wounded soon after they made the charge, and must have died almost
immediately. The regiment has lost a valued officer, and I a valued friend and
assistant."
ARCHIE MACDOUGALL
Captain, 8th Batt. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Captain Arch. MacDougall was the elder son of the late Mr. Alex. MacDougall,
33 Cranworth Street, Hillhead. Like his brother and sisters he received all his
education at Hillhead High School. He was one of those pupils who are equally
distinguished in work and games, and School life was for him something of a
triumphal procession. On leaving School he entered the office of Mr. A. M.
Carstairs, chartered accountant, and in 1912 was admitted a member of the Institute
of Accountants. He was one of the founders of the F.P. Rugby and Tennis Sections,
and, as long as he remained in Glasgow, he was one of the most prominent players
in the first teams. In 1913 he received a good appointment in London. There he
kept up his interest in games and became a member of the London Scottish, playing
for the first XV. in the three-quarter line. Later he went to Rangoon in the service
of the Burma Oil Company. On the outbreak of war he at once joined the Mounted
Volunteer Corps in Upper Burma, but service there was too far removed from the
main struggle for his eager spirit, and in June, 1915, he returned home. He
obtained a commission in the l/8th Scottish Rifles, and after a period of training at
home he joined his battalion in Palestine. There he took part in the sweeping
advance which secured for us the whole of Southern Palestine, including Jerusalem.
He was slightly wounded in one of the engagements, but was soon able to rejoin his
battalion. In March, 1918, he was transferred with his division to France. There
he shared in some of the fiercest fighting in the war. Our continuous advance during
the last four months of the war has somewhat obscured the fact that we had often
to pay a terrific price for it. It was indeed almost at the eleventh hour of
the war, the 31st October, that Archie MacDougall fell, just as he had suc-
cessfully led his men to their final objective in a most difficult operation. His colonel
said of him — " Captain MacDougall was one of the most likeable men I ever knew,
and he was not only popular with both officers and men, but he had also their respect,
without which a man cannot be a good officer. As a soldier he was cool, capable,
and conscientious. I always knew that a job entrusted to him would be well done."
Another officer of the battalion writes—-" I am guilty of no exaggeration when I tell
you that ' Mac,' as he was affectionately called, was always one of the most popular
officers the battalion ever had." The School will not willingly let fade the memory
of one of its most gifted and loyal sons, who was also a gallant soldier and staunch
friend. The heartfelt sympathy of the School is extended to his young widow, his
sisters, and his brother.
STEWART DUNSMORE MACDOUGALL
Signalman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Stewart Dunsmore MacDougall was the elder son of Mr. James H. and Mrs.
MacDougall, 11 Strathmore Gardens. He was educated at Brookfield School,
Cumberland, and at Hillhead High School. Like many more Hillhead High School
boys, he joined the Boy Scouts at the beginning of the movement, and was one of
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