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ROLL OF HONOUR 45
2nd Lieutenant Douglas Rutherford Morison, 3rd
(att. 2nd) Battn. The Wiltshire Regiment, was born
in January 1885, and was at Loretto 1897 to 1904.
Prefect and XV. He went up to Clare College,
Cambridge, and was subsequently in business in India,
then in Canada. When the war broke out he came
home, went to Cambridge, and trained with the
'Varsity O.T.C. A commission was given him in
the 3rd (S.R.) Battn. The Wiltshire Regt., and he
proceeded to France early in 1915 to join the 2nd
Battalion. He was killed at the head of his platoon
on March 12, 1915.
Major James Maidmont Morrison, 5th (Reserve) Battn.
Royal Irish Rifles (The South Down Militia), was
born in March 1870, and was at Loretto from 1885 to
1887. On leaving school he joined the 5th Royal
Irish Rifles, and obtained his Captaincy in 1893.
He served with his Battalion throughout the South
African campaign of 1899-1902.
During the Great War Major Morrison served
with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and
was badly wounded in Gallipoli. He was taken to
hospital in Alexandria, and died there on July 28,
1915, from pneumonia, following wounds and exposure
on the battlefield.