The son of Mr. W. Hyslop, Edin., was born in 1888, and attended G.W.C. 1896-1904. He developed as an athlete at School, and figured prominently in the Games list. On leaving School he joined the Head Office staff of the Scottish Insce. Corp. After playing for Selkirk for several seasons, he got a place in the Watsonian XV. of 1913-14, and played in the Inter-City match. Enlisting in the 9th R.S. in Aug. 1914, he crossed to Flanders in Feb. 1915. In the fighting round Ypres he was wounded Apr. 23, and, after a long period of suffering, died in hospital at Norwich, Sept. 11, 1915.
A son of Mr. J. G. Inch, Comiston Farm, Colinton, was born in 1879, and attended G.W.C. 1884-93. He was a prominent athlete at School and afterwards, winning the '100' and the hurdles at the Games in the F.P. races, and the 'quarter' at the Edin. Harriers' Sports the same year. He left for Queensland in 1912 to take up ranching in the Carpentaria district. On the outbreak of war he came down to Brisbane to enlist in the 15th Bn. Australian Infy., and served at the Dardanelles. Invalided to Malta for four months, he rejoined his unit, and, going to France, he was killed in action, Apr. 11, 1917.
A son of Dr. R. Inch, Gorebridge, was born in 1896, and attended G.W.C. 1904-12. He was an apprentice C.A., and, having undergone training in the E.U.O.T.C., he was gazetted to the Norfolk Regt. Going to France in 1916, he was awarded the M.C. in Oct. for a successful withdrawal of his men. In this action he was severely wounded and had to return home for a serious operation. On recovering, he returned in Sept. 1917, and was killed by shell-fire at Poelecapelle, Oct. 22, 1917.
John M. Inglis, Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, was the youngest son of the late Mr. John S. Inglis, 4 Cramond Road South, Davidsons Mains, Edinburgh, and Mrs. Jean M. Inglis, Omaru, New Zealand. He attended Watson's from 1928 to 1935 and besides playing in the 1st XV and 1st XI he was captain of the tennis VIII. With a view to taking up Actuarial Science as a career, he became an inspector with the Scottish Union & National Insurance Co. Ltd., Edinburgh. Volunteering for the R.A.F.V.R. six months prior to the outbreak of war, he took part in many raids over enemy territory and was shot down when piloting a Catalina over the Indian Ocean on 20th August 1943. He was twenty-six years of age.
The second son of Mr. W. B. Inglis, Valparaiso, Chile, and grandson of the late Dr. M. Paterson, Edin., was born in 1892, and attended G.W.C. 1905-9. He was at School a public-spirited lad and a good athlete, excelling at the high jump. Having studied medicine at Edin. Univ., he graduated in 1914, and, holding a commission in the R.A.M.C. (S.R.), he was called to the colours in Nov. 1914, and attached to the Border Regt. in Feb. 1915. Promoted Capt. the same year, he was mentioned in Despatches. On Sept. 17, 1916, in the Somme battle, he went forward to tend the wounded in 'No Man's Land,' and, while engaged in his work of mercy, was killed.
Ronald G. Inglis, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Inglis, Esher, Surrey, was born on 14th July 1920. He left Watson's in 1934 to enter Kingston Grammar School. He played for Scotland v England in the Boys' Golf International Match at Southport in 1936 and captained the Scottish team at Bruntsfield in 1937, in which year he won the Scottish Boys' Championship at North Berwick, a performance which he repeated in 1938. In 1939 he led the qualifiers in the Scottish Golf Championship (Service) at Prestwick. Joining the R.A.F. in 1940 as an aircraftman, he was commissioned in 1941, and was killed in action in a raid over Germany on 2nd June 1942.
The youngest son of the late Rev. J. Ingram, Unst, Shetland, was born in 1863, and entered G.W.C. in 1872. He went to British Columbia, where he was at the outbreak of war, and, although over military age, he joined the ranks as a Pte. in the 54th Kootenay Regt. His contingent arrived in England at the close of 1915, and after several months' training he was sent to France in Aug. 1916. On his first day in the firing line he received a fatal wound, and died on Aug. 26, 1916.
Frederick M. Isaacs, Coder, Royal Navy, was the son of the late Mr. Fred Isaacs and Mrs. Isaacs, 30 Braid Crescent, Edinburgh. Born in 1907, he came to Watson's in 1914, and on leaving in 1923 entered his father's stockbroking business. Thereafter he joined the firm of Messrs. John Henry Tod & Co., Queen Street, Edinburgh. Entering the Royal Navy in 194o, he was posted as Coder to H.M.S. Ibis, and went down with that gallant sloop in an air raid off the North African coast in November 1942.
A son of Mrs. Isles, Corstorphine, was born in 1879, and attended G.W.C. 1885-93. Joining the 16th R.S. in 1914, he was promoted Sgt., and, going to France early in 1916, was wounded in the Somme battle, July 1, 1916. On returning to duty, he was transferred to the 1/9th R.S., and was killed at Poelecapelle in the Ypres sector while heroically leading his platoon, the commanding officer having become a casualty.
A son of Mr. G. Jack, S.S.C., Dalkeith, was born in 1896, and attended G.W.C. 1903-12. He had begun his medical course at Edin. Univ. and passed his first professional examination with Hons., when war broke out. Owing to heart trouble, he was rejected as a combatant, but he persuaded the authorities to accept him as a medical orderly. He was promoted L/Cpl. in the 16th R.S., and was killed on June 29, 1916, in a gallant effort to rescue a wounded comrade, while out with a raiding party. He was a keen sportsman and a pioneer of the Scout movement in the Dalkeith district.
