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30 ROLL OF HONOUR
2nd Lieutenant Charles Stuart Hedderwick. 2nd
Battn. The Royal Scots, was born November 1889,
and was at Loretto 1904 to 1908. He went to France
with Headquarters 4th Army Corps as a motor
cyclist in October 1914, and in November was given
a Temporary Commission in the 2nd Royal Scots,
3rd Division, B.E.F.
At about 11.15 p.m., February 28, 1915, a bright,
moon -lit night, Lieut. Hedderwick's platoon was
being relieved in the trenches. The Germans were
only 100 yards away, and several of his men were
wounded as they left the trench. He did not march
off with his platoon, but stayed to assist his wounded,
lying exposed to fire. Whilst thus engaged he was
shot through the head, and killed instantly.
2nd Lieutenant James Hemingway, 3rd Reserve (att.
1st) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs),
was born in August 1893, and was at Loretto from
1907 to 1913. Head of School. Captain XV. Com-
pany-Sergeant-Major, O.T.C. He went up to Trinity
Coll., Oxford, where he played in his College XV. and
made his mark as a " fresher ". At the outbreak of
war he was gazetted to the 3rd Seaforths, and was
sent out to the 1st Battalion in France. At 5.10 a.m.
on May 9, 1915, the Battalion attacked the German
trenches near Neuve Chapelle, and Lieut. Hemingway
fell, leading his platoon, close to " Port Arthur " on
the road leading to La Bassee.