Organisations > Loretto roll of honour, 1914-1920

56 ROLL OF HONOUR
Captain Ian Edgar Ross, 4th (att. 1st) Battn. The King's
Liverpool Regiment, was born in October 1892, and
at Loretto 1902 to 1911. House Prefect. XV. XI.
After leaving school he entered the firm of J. B.
Arkle and Co., Liverpool. A keen footballer, he
played for Liverpool and Lancashire, and was reserve
for the Scottish XV. In August 1914 he was com-
missioned in the 4th Liverpool Regiment, joined the
1st Battalion in France, and fought in the engage-
ments at Neuve Chapelle, Ypres (second battle), Rue
du Bois, and Festubert. On December 18, 1915, he
received his Captaincy.
On April 25, 1916, Capt. Ross was wounded by
the bursting of a trench bomb and died in hospital a
few hours later.
Captain Alexander Christopher Russell, 11th (Ser-
vice) Battn. The Sherwood Foresters, was born in
July 1889, and was at Loretto from 1901 to 1905.
After leaving school he went through the engineering
works of Sir W. Arrol at Glasgow, and when war
broke out he was in motor works at Leeds. He
enlisted in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry and soon became a non-commissioned
officer. In October 1914 he was given a commission
in the 11th Sherwood Foresters, and was promoted
Captain in April 1915.
Captain Russell was killed in action in France on
October 10, 1915.