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58 ROLL OF HONOUR
2nd Lieutenant John Mill Sellar, 7th (Service) Battn.
King's Own Scottish Borderers, was born in June
1892, and was at Loretto from 1908 to 1911. House
Prefect. XV. At the outbreak of war he joined the
New Armies and was gazetted to the 7th K.O.S.B.,
crossing to France with the 9th Division early in
1915. His Battalion took part in the Battle of Loos,
September 26-28, 1915.
On September 26, during the first attack, Lieut.
Sellar, who was some way in front of his men, had
passed the first enemy trench, when he was shot from
behind, and died in a few seconds.
Captain Eric Francis Sellars, M.C., 12th (Service)
Battn. The Cheshire Regiment, was born in October
1893, and was at Loretto from 1907 to 1913. After
leaving school he went up to Caius Coll., Cambridge.
In January 1915 he was gazetted to the 12th Cheshire
Regiment, and accompanied it to France, and after-
wards to Salonika. He won the Military Cross for
" most conspicuous gallantry " in a raid carried out
on the night of September 28-29, 1916, and was
mentioned in despatches.
Captain Sellars was reported " missing " after the
advance on " P Ridge ", Salonika, on September 18,
1918, and later was reported killed on that date.