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County of Peebles Book of Remembrance.
in 1883, and educated at Watson's College.
During the Boer War he joined the Imperial
Yeomanry, and was transferred to the Rough
Riders ajid saw much service in South Africa.
Invalided home, William Thorburn was
awarded a pension for a year, and the war
medal with five clasps. He was at Toronto
when the present war began, and enlisted
forthwith in Princess Patricia's Light Infan-
try, arriving in England for training with the
first Canadian Contingent, and crossed to
France in December, 1914. He was wounded
in the head at Bailleul, and was oflEicially re-
ported dead. Signs of life remained, however,
and he was eventually transferred to Craig-
leith Hospital, Edinburgh, where, though
speechless and paralysed, he knew his friends.
He lingered on until Monday, March 22nd,
when he died. He lies buried in Edinburgh,
after having with characteristic fortitude
faced death for his country in two continents.
His brother, an airman, was to fall on Feb-
ruary 11, 1917.
I vow to thee, my country — all earthly
things above —
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of
my love.
The love that asks no question: the love
that stands the test.
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the
best:
The love that never falters, the love that
pays the price.
The love that makes undaunted the final
sacrifice.
And there's another country, I've heard of
long ago-
Most dear to them that love her, most great
to them that know—
We may not count her armies : we may not
see her King —
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride
is suffering —
And soul by soul and silently her shining
bounds increase.
And her ways are ways of gentleness and all
her paths are Peace.
PRIVATE JOSEPH DICK
(Manob and Canada)
Canadian Infantry.
1915. April 22-26.
Not much is known of this man belonging
{■> the parish of Manor; the family also hav-
ing associations with the adjoining parish ot
Lyue. He himself joined up at the beginning
of the war, from Winnipeg. He fell in the
Battle of Ypres.
This was Thursday the very day on which
the Second Battle of Ypres began. The town
itself was largely destroyed. The German ad-
vance, however, was checked by the Cana-
dians, of whom Joseph Dick was a gallant
member. The Canadians achieved' this feat
after the French had been forced to retire,
owing to an attack by poison gas. The
French, however, made progress near St
Mihiel.
Joseph Dick was the first man connected
with the parish of Manor to fall.
A brother, George, also fell on November
16, 1914.
What, Man, shall God remember when the
world of men is cold ?
All the anguish, all the violence, that have
wracked it from of old?
Be you not too sure; for haply when the
troublers yet to como.
Like the dreaded Eoman legions or the
Tartar hordes, are dumb,
God shall see an ancient hill-top where an
unremembered boy
Laughed because the earth was lovely and
to live and breathe was joy.
MAJOR DAVID RICHARDSON
SAN DEM AN
(Walkebbuen, Eddlestone, Peebles,
Canada)
5th Canadian Infantry, First Contingent.
1915. April 24-26.
He belonged to Pine Lake, Alberta, and was
the son of Richard Sandeman and Elizabeth
Gill. He fell at the age of 35.
Major Sandeman was born at Lenzie on the
27th January, 1880. He was educated at the
Albany Academy, Glasgow, and King Wil-
liam's College, Isle of Man. He served his
apprenticeship in the mills of Messrs Ballan-
tyne, March St., Peebles, but becoming inter-
ested in the Canadian far west, he went to
Pine Lake, Alberta, in the spring of 1904, and
taking up virgin land brought it under culti-
vation. He had been a member of the Peebles-
shire Volunteers, and when a troop of Light
Horse was organised at Pine Lake, he joined
at once, and went to Calgary each June for