Scotland David Lothian Capt

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Surname: Scotland;

Forename(s): David Lothian;

Initials: DL;

Rank: Capt;

Born in: Orai, India;

Previous Battalion: 11 of;

Previous Regiment: R Scots;

Date of transfer to MGC: 23-Dec-1915;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 27 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 27 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 21 Bn;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 05-Oct-1918;

Other Data: with 27 Coy at formation
University of Edinburgh Roll of Honour - Portrait
Roll of Honour(de Ruvigny) Vol II, Sect 3, p.148: eld surving son of Lt Col David Wilson Scotland of Landour,Colinton,Midlothian, Ind Med Serv,Retd. By his wife Grace Rowan, d. of Thomas Wingate, shipbuilder, of Partick, Glasgow; born Orai, United Provinces, India 28/3/1895; educ View Park Sch and Edinb Univ where he was an Engineering Student and member of OTC. Gaz. 2Lt R Scots 23/10/14 and trained in 14 Bn at Weymouth. Prom Lt 6/7/16. Served BEF F&F from 6/10/15 att to 11 Bn. Transf MGC 23/12/15. Battle of the Somme with 9 Scottish Div. Severely wounded at longueval 14/7/16 and invalided home. On recovery to MGC HQ Grantham. Ret France 1/4/18 and att 21 Bn, being present at withdrawal of the British Line east of Ypres that month. Went with Div to Rheims taking part in the severe fighting there 27-29 May. To MGC HQ Camiers for special course of instruction. Rejoined Bn August 1918 and died at No 3 Gen Hosp le Treport 5/10/18 following gas-shell wounds received in action at Chapel's Hill, Hendicourt on 29/9/18. Buried Mont Huon Cem. Unmarried.

University of Edinburgh
Narrative Viewpark School, Edinburgh. Student of Science, 1913-15. OTC Engineers, October 1913 to October 1914, Cadet. 3rd, 14th, and nth Royal Scots, 2nd Lieutenant October 1914; Lieutenant July 1916. France, 9th Division, October 1915 to July 1916, and April 1918. Wounded at Longueval, Somme, 1916. Flanders, Champagne, and Cambrai. Machine-Gun Corps, 2ist Division, April 1918. Wounded at Chapel Hill near Heudicourt, and died at Le Treport on 29th September 1918.;

Other Notes: SCOTLAND, Captain, DAVID LOTHIAN, "A" Coy. 21st Bn. Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds (gas), received at "Chapel Hill," near Heudicourt, 5th October 1918. Age 23. Son of Lt. Col. D. W. Scotland, I.M.S. (retd.) and of Grace Rowan Wingate, his wife, of "Landour," Colinton, Midlothian. Born at Orai, United Provinces, India. Severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme, 14th July, 1916. Had completed nearly four years of Military duty. VIII. G. 9. Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport - Seine-Maritime, France.;

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