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ROLL OF HONOUR 67
2nd Lieutenant William George Teacher, 15th (Ser-
vice) Battn. Highland Light Infantry, was born in
December 1893, and was at Loretto from 1909 to
1912. He was a Prefect, and was a member of the
XV. for three years, and a Sergeant in the O.T.C.
At the outbreak of war he applied for a commission,
and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Battn.
H.L.I, in September 1914. His Battalion was doing
its tour of duty in the trenches at Autheuil in France,
and 2nd Lieut. Teacher, who was at the time com-
manding his Company, was killed whilst going round
his front-line trenches on May 14, 1916.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur John Gordon Thomas, 6th
(Terr.) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders),
was born in June 1895, and was at Loretto from 1909
to 1913. Prefect. XV. Sergeant Piper, O.T.C. At
the outbreak of war he tried several times to join the
Army, but was refused on account of defective eye-
sight. Finally he was accepted, and joined the 9th
(Terr.) Battn. Royal Scots as a private, and soon
afterwards was given a commission in the 6th Black
Watch.
Lieut. Thomas was shot dead on June 3, 1916,
whilst trying to locate a sniper who had already, that
day, very narrowly missed him at Vimy Ridge.