Entered G.W.C. at the age of seven in 1904 and left in 1906. He completed his education at Chelmsford Grammar School, where he held the Championship Cup for Athletics in his last two years at School. He had been employed for three years on refrigeration by a firm of engineers in Dartford, Kent, when he enlisted in the London Scottish Aug. 3, 1917. Ordered to France the same year, he took part in many actions during the German Offensive in the spring of 1918, serving as a sniper and scout. On Aug. 29, 1918, he fell in action near Cambrai.
Was born in 1890, and entered G.W.C. in 1901. He was a dental student when war broke out, and after drilling in the Watsonian Training Corps he joined the 9th R.S., and went to France in Feb. 1915. He was offered a commission on the field after the Somme fighting in 1916, but he preferred otherwise. He was promoted Sgt. in 1916 and C.S.M. in the following year, when he was wounded at Cambrai. He was instantaneously killed in Mormal Forest, Apr. 12, 1918, while helping to bind up a wounded comrade.
A son of Mr. A. H. Bremner, Glasgow, was born in 1888, and attended G.W.C. 1903-5. After a business training in Edinburgh, he joined the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia at Ottawa. Enlisting in the 26th Bn., C.E.F., he crossed with the Second Canadian Contingent, rose to be C.S.M., and won the M.M. He had been recommended for a commission, but before his papers went through he fell in action Sept. 28, 1916.
Son of the late A. D. Bridges, Leith, was born in 1862 and entered G.W.C. in 1875. A keen cricketer, he played for Franklin 1st XI., of which he was Capt. in 1885. In 1887 he joined the 5th R.S., and served with that unit as a Volunteer till 1903, when he retired with the rank of Col.-Sgt. In Nov. 1914, though considerably over military age, he enlisted as a Pte. in the 7th R.S., was promoted Sgt. in the following Dec., and served till Mar. 30, 1916. He died through illness contracted on military service.
Hugh A. Broadway
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The eldest son of Mr. A. Broadway, India, was born in the Punjab in 1891, and attended G.W.C. 1904-9. He adopted the Army as a career, and left School for Woolwich and Chatham, where he passed out with great distinction. He was a member of the Chatham XV. By 1914 he had attained the rank of Lt., and after a period of home service joined the 15th Field Coy., R.E., in France. He was killed on Mar. 10, 1916, while attending to the wounds of one of his men. He was mentioned in Despatches.
A pupil at G.W.C. 1904-12, was a keen cadet in the O.T.C., in which he served from its commencement, and was one of the Shooting VIII. He played for 1st XV. in season 1911-12. Choosing a military career, he trained at Sandhurst, and obtained a commission in the Indian Army in Jan. 1914. On the outbreak of war he was transferred from the Duke of Wellington's Regt. to 2nd Lancers, and did valuable work in India in the training of drafts. Arriving in France June 1916, after eighteen months' service there, he was treacherously shot by a German officer near Cambrai, Dec. 1, 1917.
Frank Brotchie, Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force, and only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Brotchie, formerly of Calcutta, was born on 2nd July 1916, and was a pupil at Watson's from 1922 to 1926, when he proceeded to Dundee High School. His Studies were continued with distinction at Dundee Technical College. Joining the R.A.F. in 1937, he quickly won promotion and became an ace fighter-pilot, serving with the Advanced Air Striking Force in France, where he was wounded. After convalescence he resumed flying as an instructor. He was later posted to a fighter squadron and was promoted to the rank of Squadron Leader in September 1941. He met his death in England in March 1942 at the age of twenty-five.
James W. Brotherston, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brotherston, 19 Plewlands Avenue, Edinburgh. Leaving school in 1939 he became apprenticed to Messrs. Walker & Henderson, Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh, and enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1941. He died at sea in September 1942 at the age of twenty.
The son of Mr. J. Brown, Bonnyrigg, was born in 1895 and educated at the local school and G.W.C. 1909-11. He had decided upon a legal career, and served three years of his apprenticeship. Twice rejected as a volunteer, he was at last accepted under the Derby Scheme and posted to the R.S. Promoted L/Cpl., he crossed to France, and was mortally wounded at Le Sars on the Somme Oct. 1916.
Alexander McA. Slater Brown, Captain, The Royal Scots, youngest son of the late Mr. W. Slater Brown and Mrs. Slater Brown, 71 Comiston Drive, Edinburgh, was born on 22nd July 1921, and attended Watson's from 1927 to 1939. On leaving school, where he was a keen cadet and leading drummer in the J.T.C. band, Sandy enlisted in the Territorials. He received his commission in The Royal Scots at the end of 1940, and was drafted to the Far East. In December 1941, at the age of twenty, he was killed in action while leading his men in the defence of Hong-Kong.
