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County of Peebles Book of Remembrance.
the annual training. He had received a com-
mission, and became Major of the 35th Cen-
tral Alberta Light Horse before the outbreak
of war.
When war was declared he trained his men
at Eed Deer until the camp at Valcartier was
ready for use. When it was announced that
cavaliy were not being accepted from Canada,
his men all volunteered as infantry and came
to Salisbury Plain with the 5th Canadian
Infantry, First Contingent, in October, 1914.
The Canadians went to France in the early
days of 1915, and their firet engagement was
at Ypres, 22nd April, 1915, when Major San-
deman was seriously wounded. The battalion
fell back, but the Doctor remained in the
dressing station with two wounded ofiBcers
and fourteen men. They all fell into the
hands of the enemy, and although the dress-
ing station was retaken, it was found' that
most of the men and all the officers had died.
Major Sandeman was among the latter.
" And you, our brothers, who for all our
praying,
To this dear school of ours come back no
more ;
Who lie, our country's debt of honour
paying,
And not in vain, upon the Belgian shore.
Till that great day, when, at the throne in
heaven.
The books are opened and the judgment
set.
Your lives for honour and for Britain given.
The school will not forget."
LIEUT. THOMAS A. G. MILLER
(Kibkubd)
1st K.O.S.B.
1915. AriUL 25.
Lieutenant T. A. G. Miller, Ist K.O.S.B.,
who was killed in the landing at the Darda-
nelles, was the older son of the Ecv. T. D.
and Mrs Miller, Manse of Kirkurd, Peebles-
shire; Grandson of Thomas Miller, LL.D.,
Justice of the Peace of tlie County of Perth,
and a great nephew of General Sir Archibald
Galloway, K.C.B.
Lieutenant Miller was educated at Ed'in-
))urgh Academy and afterwards at Fettes Col-
lex<'- BcHides gaining awards at botli schools,
III' (listingiiislied liiiiiscli in (lie plnyiiig fields.
He was a three-quarter back in Fettes XV. of
1911-12, and in school sports won the open
mile. He also won the Potts prize in the
same year, as the best gymnast of the school.
He entered Sandhurst in 1912, and played full
back for the College team in the last match
that he played, against Woolwich ; and filled
the same position in the Combined Woolwich
and Sandhurst match against the Army in
London. He received his commission in the
K.O.S.B., and joined the 1st Battalion at
Lucknow in the spring of 1914. He returned
liome with the regiment in December, 1914.
Lieutenant Miller fell in leading an assault
against one of the Turkish machine guns at
the Dardanelles, Sunday, April 25.
His brother, A. W. B. Miller, was to fall on
July 13, 1917.
Tliy body lies in Alien earth.
Not in the soil that gave thee birth ;
Amid the foam of Euxine seas
Death sought and found thee, Cleistlienes.
How oft across the homeless main
Thy heart turned homewards, turned again.
Alas, that thou didst never see
The sea-girt isle that nurtured thee !
PTE. GEORGE E. FRECKLETON
(Kailzie, Teaquaie)
2nd Battalion Se.vforth Highlanders.
1915. May 2.
He joined the army in February, 1913, and
went to France in September, 1914. He was
wounded and taken prisoner at St Tulien, 25th
April, 1915, and died at Kriegs-Lazarette,
Eoseclare, Germany, on Sunday, the 2nd May,
1915, aged twenty.
The Battle of Festubert had closed on the
25th of April, having begun on the 22nd. The
German attack was repulsed' on the 23rd, and
the final German attack east of Ypres was re-
pulsed on the 24th. Ground' east of Festu-
bert was made good, and the French captured
Les Corneilles.
" All— Saints, the Unknown Good tliat rest
In God's still memory folded deep;
The Bravely Dumb that did their deed.
And scorned to blot it with a name.
Men of the jilain heroic breed,
Tluit loved Heaven's silence more thiui
fame."
the annual training. He had received a com-
mission, and became Major of the 35th Cen-
tral Alberta Light Horse before the outbreak
of war.
When war was declared he trained his men
at Eed Deer until the camp at Valcartier was
ready for use. When it was announced that
cavaliy were not being accepted from Canada,
his men all volunteered as infantry and came
to Salisbury Plain with the 5th Canadian
Infantry, First Contingent, in October, 1914.
The Canadians went to France in the early
days of 1915, and their firet engagement was
at Ypres, 22nd April, 1915, when Major San-
deman was seriously wounded. The battalion
fell back, but the Doctor remained in the
dressing station with two wounded ofiBcers
and fourteen men. They all fell into the
hands of the enemy, and although the dress-
ing station was retaken, it was found' that
most of the men and all the officers had died.
Major Sandeman was among the latter.
" And you, our brothers, who for all our
praying,
To this dear school of ours come back no
more ;
Who lie, our country's debt of honour
paying,
And not in vain, upon the Belgian shore.
Till that great day, when, at the throne in
heaven.
The books are opened and the judgment
set.
Your lives for honour and for Britain given.
The school will not forget."
LIEUT. THOMAS A. G. MILLER
(Kibkubd)
1st K.O.S.B.
1915. AriUL 25.
Lieutenant T. A. G. Miller, Ist K.O.S.B.,
who was killed in the landing at the Darda-
nelles, was the older son of the Ecv. T. D.
and Mrs Miller, Manse of Kirkurd, Peebles-
shire; Grandson of Thomas Miller, LL.D.,
Justice of the Peace of tlie County of Perth,
and a great nephew of General Sir Archibald
Galloway, K.C.B.
Lieutenant Miller was educated at Ed'in-
))urgh Academy and afterwards at Fettes Col-
lex<'- BcHides gaining awards at botli schools,
III' (listingiiislied liiiiiscli in (lie plnyiiig fields.
He was a three-quarter back in Fettes XV. of
1911-12, and in school sports won the open
mile. He also won the Potts prize in the
same year, as the best gymnast of the school.
He entered Sandhurst in 1912, and played full
back for the College team in the last match
that he played, against Woolwich ; and filled
the same position in the Combined Woolwich
and Sandhurst match against the Army in
London. He received his commission in the
K.O.S.B., and joined the 1st Battalion at
Lucknow in the spring of 1914. He returned
liome with the regiment in December, 1914.
Lieutenant Miller fell in leading an assault
against one of the Turkish machine guns at
the Dardanelles, Sunday, April 25.
His brother, A. W. B. Miller, was to fall on
July 13, 1917.
Tliy body lies in Alien earth.
Not in the soil that gave thee birth ;
Amid the foam of Euxine seas
Death sought and found thee, Cleistlienes.
How oft across the homeless main
Thy heart turned homewards, turned again.
Alas, that thou didst never see
The sea-girt isle that nurtured thee !
PTE. GEORGE E. FRECKLETON
(Kailzie, Teaquaie)
2nd Battalion Se.vforth Highlanders.
1915. May 2.
He joined the army in February, 1913, and
went to France in September, 1914. He was
wounded and taken prisoner at St Tulien, 25th
April, 1915, and died at Kriegs-Lazarette,
Eoseclare, Germany, on Sunday, the 2nd May,
1915, aged twenty.
The Battle of Festubert had closed on the
25th of April, having begun on the 22nd. The
German attack was repulsed' on the 23rd, and
the final German attack east of Ypres was re-
pulsed on the 24th. Ground' east of Festu-
bert was made good, and the French captured
Les Corneilles.
" All— Saints, the Unknown Good tliat rest
In God's still memory folded deep;
The Bravely Dumb that did their deed.
And scorned to blot it with a name.
Men of the jilain heroic breed,
Tluit loved Heaven's silence more thiui
fame."
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