Organisations > Loretto roll of honour, 1914-1920

46 ROLL OF HONOUR
Captain Percy Lionel Moubray, 3rd (att. 1st) Battn.
The Black Watch, was born in August 1872, and at
Loretto 1884 to 1890. He entered the Black Watch
in 1899 and served in South Africa, being captured
by the enemy in 1900, and shortly afterwards released.
On the outbreak of war Capt. Moubray was posted
to the 1st Battalion, forming part of the 1st Infantry
Brigade of the 1st Division B.E.F., which late in
October 1914 was holding a line N.E. of Hooge.
Here, on the morning of October 29, his Company,
attacked by vastly superior forces, was practically
wiped out, and Capt. Moubray was shot dead where
he stood in the trench.
Captain Charles James Carlton Mowat, 8th (Terr.)
Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), was born
in February 1885, and was at Loretto from 1895 to
1903. He went to Trinity Coll., Oxford, and after-
wards became a member of the Glasgow Stock
Exchange. He joined the 8th Battn. Scottish Rifles,
but resigned his commission before the war. In
August 1914 he was reappointed 2nd Lieutenant in
his old Battalion, and was promoted Captain in
September. In April 1915 he went to Gallipoli with
the 156th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division. After
the Battle of Gully Ravine, June 28, 1915, he was
" missing ", and later reported " killed ".