The son of Mr. W. Park, was born in 1892, and attended Selkirk High School. He entered G.W.C. in 1904, was a member of the O.T.C., and on leaving joined the staff of the Southern Reporter. The day after the completion of his seven years' apprenticeship he joined the 2/9th R.S., and in 1916 went to France with the M.G.C. In 1917 he got his commission, and in 1918 he was attached to the 46th Div., and became Asst. Adjt. and Intelligence Offr. to his Bn. In the great attack N.W. of St. Quentin he was severely wounded, and died on 29th Sept. A musician of high attainments, he wrote the musical criticisms for the Southern Reporter, and for a time was organist in Bowden Parish Church.
Born in 1892 at Bilbao, Spain, attended G.W.C. 1901-8. In 1914 he emigrated to New South Wales, and there engaged in fruit farming, until he enlisted in the famous Anzacs in 1916. After a brief visit to Britain he was drafted to the front, and there, some months afterwards, met his death along with seven comrades, all of whom were killed by the same shell.
Ian H. A. Park, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Park, Moulin Hotel, Pitlochry, was born on 14th February 1923. Entering Watson's from Pitlochry High School in 1935 he left in 1940 to join the R.A.F. In March 1941 he went to Rhodesia to be trained as a pilot and was posted to Aden and from there to the Trans-African Ferry Service. He was engaged in the N. Africa campaign, in Sicily and in Italy, and was accidentally killed in an air accident near Naples in November 1944
James I. Paterson, Second Officer, The Merchant Navy, was the son of the late Captain J. Paterson, M.C., The Scots Guards, and of Mrs. Paterson, 86 Blackford Avenue, Edinburgh. Born on 15th January 1917, he attended Watson's from 1922 to 1933, when he entered the service of the Federal Line as a cadet. His first ship the m.v. Winton, was lost off the Cape of Good Hope. He then joined the Cadet Ship Durban, in which he served for three years. On taking his second mate's certificate he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company, and was due to take his captain's certificate when, after being torpedoed three times, he went down with his ship the m.v. Nottingham in the Atlantic on 7th November 1941.
Born in 1892, was the only son of the late W. Paterson, solicitor, Edin. He entered G.W.C. in 1900, and was connected with the Athletic and Literary Clubs, being also a good golfer. At Edin. Univ. he specialised in Economics, and gained many medals and prizes, finishing with a 'First' and a Vans Dunlop Scholarship. In 1914 he went to London to study for the degree of D.Sc. at the School of Economics, but the outbreak of war caused him to relinquish his studies. He joined the O.T.C. of his Univ., and in Feb. 1915 received his commission in the R.F.A. (S.R.). After seeing more than a year's active service in France, he was killed just before the opening of the great British Offensive, June 1916, while doing special work in the trenches.
A son of Mr. J. Patrick, Edin., was born in 1892, and attended G.W.C. 1903-8, where he was a successful student, and an ardent competitor at the annual School Games. He passed the examination for the Indian Police in 1912, and began to study Indian and Colonial agriculture at Besancon, Jena and Guelph (Canada). When war broke out he was working for his B.Sc. in Agriculture, and at once joined the 9th R.S., becoming one of the best shots in his Blln. He fell in the trenches at Ypres, Apr. 18, 1915, the first Watsonian to fall in the `Dandy Ninth.'
A son of Mr. W. Pattison, Edin., was born in 1884, and entered G.W.C. in 1897. Emigrating to Canada, he served in the C.E.F. as a Lt. He died of wounds in Nov. 1918.
Richard T. Payne, Major, Royal Artillery, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Payne, Castle Douglas. Born on 20th Mav 1897, he received his early education at Castle Douglas Academy before entering Watson's in 1911. Taking up Engineering as a career after leaving school in 1913, he became associated with Scottish Oils and Shell Mex and was appointed superintendent of that Company at Galashiels. He was a keen Territorial and held the rank of Captain in the Lowland Field Artillery. Following an illness, he died in India on 24th July 1943.
A son of Mr. R. Pearson, Edin., was born in 1889, entered G.W.C. in 1897 and left in 1907. He early developed a genius for athletic exercises, and at an early age won his place in the School XI. He crowned his School athletic career by being Champion at the Games in 1907. He won twelve International Rugby caps, being chosen thrice against England, France, and Ireland, twice against Wales, and against the S. Africans in 1913. ' Peary,' as he was called, was the finest type of three-quarter produced by Watson's. Myreside still remembers the Angus and Pearson combination. He was also a capital cricketer. He joined the Watsonian Military Training Association on the outbreak of war, and almost immediately thereafter the 9th R.S. He was shot by a sniper while going along the back of a trench for water, and died May 22, 1915.
Born at St. Andrews in 1898, was the second son of Mr. J. Peattie, Edin. After attending G.W.C. 1910-13, he entered the law dept. of the Heriot Trust, where he remained till Feb. 1917. Joining the S.R. as a Pte., he was later transferred to the 12th R.S., and promoted Cpl. in July 1918. On active service in France and Belgium 1917-18, his courage and devotion to duty won for him the D.C.M. On Oct. 22, 1918, he was mortally wounded at Haarlebecque, and died on the following day at a C.C.S.
