A son of the late T. Jack, Hermiston, Midlothian, was born in 1885, and entered G.W.C. in 1896. Gazetted 2/Lt. in the 11th R.S., he was afterwards promoted Lt., and temporarily attached to the 3rd R.S. He was reported missing in France in 1916, and later presumed killed in action.
The only son of the Rev. G. W. Jackson, Edin., was born in 1895, and attended G.W.C. 1906-10. He was a member of the Bankers' Coy., R.S., and was in London when war broke out. Rejoining the 4th R.S., he went to Gallipoli and was wounded there in June 1915. After recuperating at Malta, he returned to the Peninsula, and was there till the evacuation. He spent 1916 in Egypt and Sinai, and was promoted Cpl. Returning home to train for a commission, he was gazetted to his old regiment in July 1917, and went to France. While attached to the 9th Bn., he was killed on Aug. 1, 1918, at Villemontoire, where he is buried in the British Cemetery.
A son of Mr. J. Jackson, Edin., was born in 1885, and entered G.W.C. in 1895. He entered the service of the North British and Mercantile Insce. Coy. and in 1910 was admitted a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries. He had acted for three years as private secretary to Sir Jas. Leishman, Chairman of the National Health Insurance Commission, when he received a commission in the 16th R.S. in 1915. In France Aug. 1916, he took part in the operations in the Somme area, but returned for training prior to transfer to the R.F.C., early in 1917. Promoted Lt., he returned to France in May 1917, and went up as observer at the battle of Messines Ridge, June 7, 1917. He has been missing from that date, and is presumed dead.
John J. Jagger, D.F.C., Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Jagger, 9 Scott Crescent, Galashiels. Born on 5th August 1910, he entered Watson's from Aylwin College, Arnside, Westmorland. On leaving school in 1926 he went to Germany to study the language and on returning to this country entered the cinema business, becoming a manager in Dumfries. He gained rapid promotion on joining the R.A.F. and was awarded the D.F.C. in 1943 for his gallant work in Bomber Command. He was killed in action in a raid over Germany on 21st January 1944.
David G. James, Trooper, North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. James, 72 South Trinity Road, Edinburgh. Entering Watson's from Aberdeen Grammar School in 1930, he attended until 1939 and during his last session gained his 1st XV Colours. Enlisting in the North Irish Horse at the outbreak of war, he took part in the North Africa campaign and was wounded in April 1943. He was killed in action in Italy on 19th September 1944, and is buried at Mizano on the Adriatic coast.
Born in Rajputana, India, in 1875, was a pupil at G.W.C. 1885-92. After leaving School he emigrated to Canada, where he was engaged in farming. As a Pte. in 144th Winnipeg Rifles, he served with the Canadian Forces in France and Belgium. He fell at Vimy Ridge in Apr. 1917.
Ian S. Jameson, Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force, was the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. Jameson, Tientsin, China. Born in 1913, he entered Watson's in 1920 and left in 1931 to take up Insurance as a career. He joined the R.A.F. in 1936 and took part in many raids over Germany and occupied territory, including the actions at Dunkirk and the Lofoten Islands. After nine months in Iceland he returned to this country in 1941 and was shot down into the sea when on convoy duty off the south coast of England in May 1942.
The elder son of Mr. W. Jamieson, Edin., was born in 1880, and, after attending a private school, came to G.W.C. in 1886. He was a sound scholar, and played for the School XV. On leaving School he joined his father's firm in business. Enlisting in the 9th R.S., he got rapid promotion, and, rising to C.S.M., he was offered a commission. Gazetted in June 1915, his Lieutenancy soon followed, and he went to France with his Bn., where he was killed before Roeux while leading his men in a charge.
The eldest son of Mr. R. Jardine, Gatehouse-of-Fleet, was born there in 1890, and attended G.W.C. 1905-7. He chose a business career, and, prior to the war, held an appointment as Assistant Cashier in a Manchester firm. Joining the 3rd R.S. as a Pte., he was promoted L/Cpl., and in Sept. 1916 Cpl., while attached to the 12th Bn. in France. He took part in the fighting near Arras 1916-17, and fell in action, Apr. 9, 1917.
The only son of Mr. J. T. Johnston, J.P., Edin., was born in 1889, and attended G.W.C. 1898-1906. After serving his apprenticeship as an engineer, he entered Edin. Univ., receiving the degree of B.Sc. in July 1914. He had just entered the firm of Messrs. Bruce, Peebles and Coy. when war broke out. He immediately volunteered for service, and was gazetted in Sept. 1914 to the Border Refit. He served in Gallipoli, where he acted as A.P.M. at the Suvla Bay retirement, after which he served in Egypt. He was sent with his regiment to France in June 1916, where he fell in the following Sept. at the taking of Thiepval
