Organisations > Roll of honour of members of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet, and apprentices 1914-1919

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CAPTAIN JOHN REIDFORD WISHART, 23 Rutland Street, Edinburgh.
(Apprentice.)
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 1st Lowland Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(Territorial) 14th August 1914 and attached to 51st Division. Served in
Belgium and France. Wounded 3rd November 1917. Discharged owing
to wounds 19th December 1917.
LIEUTENANT GEORGE MURE WOOD, 19 Alva Street, Edinburgh.
Enlisted in Royal Garrison Artillery. Promoted Lieutenant and served in
Forth Coast Defences.
LIEUTENANT JOHN WILSON WYLLIE, 20 Alva Street, Edinburgh.
Received Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery
on 2nd May 1917, and served at different Forts in this country. Gazetted
Lieutenant in November 1918.
MAJOR THOMAS EDWIN YOUNG, Auchterarder.
Mobilised as Captain with 6th Black Watch in August 1914. Served in
France with 51st Division. Promoted Major. Wounded in November
1916.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ALEXANDER YOUNG, MX., 6 Arboretum Road,
Edinburgh. (Apprentice.)
Enlisted in gth Royal Scots in August 1914. Went to France in February
1915, and in September of that year obtained a Commission as Lieutenant
in 2nd Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Left France in November 1915
and served till the end of 1917 in Mesopotamia ; thereafter in Egypt and
Palestine. Was wounded in Palestine on 8th June 1918 when leading his
Company in an attack against the Turks, being shot it is believed by a
sniper. Died on 10th June 1918 from the effects of his wound. Was
acting Captain at the time of his death. Awarded the Military Cross and
twice mentioned in Dispatches.