. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ROSE, GEORGE DOUGLAS : 2nd Lieu-tenant, 4th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers; son of Dr. GeorgeRose, Aberdeen ; bornAberdeen, 29 April1895 ; educated atthe Grammar School ;entered the University1911 ; graduated M.A., 1915, with SecondClass Honours inEconomics. He joined his Bat-talion in July 1915,was gazetted the samemonth, and became acting Lieutenant in October 1916. He spentabout two years at Ripon and Norwich, fromJuly 1915 to March 1917, then crossed toFrance in April 1917 and fought at first inminor engagements around Ypres in Flanders.On 20 S
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. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. ROSE, GEORGE DOUGLAS : 2nd Lieu-tenant, 4th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers; son of Dr. GeorgeRose, Aberdeen ; bornAberdeen, 29 April1895 ; educated atthe Grammar School ;entered the University1911 ; graduated M.A., 1915, with SecondClass Honours inEconomics. He joined his Bat-talion in July 1915, was gazetted the samemonth, and became acting Lieutenant in October 1916. He spentabout two years at Ripon and Norwich, fromJuly 1915 to March 1917, then crossed toFrance in April 1917 and fought at first inminor engagements around Ypres in Flanders.On 20 September 1917 his Battalion wasordered to take Poelcapelle, the fighting de-veloped into the Battle of Passchendaele, andhis company was detailed to capture a smallfarm called Rose Farm. In this encounter hewas killed in a hand-to-hand fight at the endof the day, 20 September 1917. He was happyin his work as a soldier and successful as anofficer. JENKINS, JAMES TEMPLE : 2nd Lieu-tenant, 4th Battalion Seaforth Highland-ers ; son of ThomasJenki