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Kinloch Anderson Kinloch Anderson Between 1914 and 1918 the following family members were killed. Lieutenant Frederick Kinloch Anderson, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), was a son of Bailie William Joseph Kinloch Anderson, and Mary Anderson, Edinburgh. He was born in 1880, and attended George Watson’s College from 1886 to 1896. He was engaged in the engineer's department of the North British Railway when war broke out. Enlisting in the 9th Royal Scots, he received a commission in the 4th Royal Highlanders on 1915, and fell in Flanders in September of the same year. Captain Walter Kinloch Anderson, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), was a son of Bailie William Joseph Kinloch Anderson of Messrs W Kinloch Anderson and Sons, and Mary Anderson, Edinburgh. He was born in 1885, and attended George Watson’s College from 1891 to 1902. He attended Edinburgh University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He was a golfer of note, and was, previous to the war, Joint Secretary of the Edinburgh Watsonian Club. Enlisting in 1915, he was commissioned to the 5th Royal Highlanders in March, 1915. He was Bombing Officer for his Brigade from 1916 to 1918, and rose to be Captain. Crossing to France in April, 1918, he was attached to the 6th Royal Highlanders, then a unit in the famous 51st Division. In the desperate fighting in the Bois de Courtrai he was killed on 22 July, 1918. Lance Corporal Walter Zerub Baillie Anderson, Royal Scots, was the son of Andrew Hislop Anderson of Messrs W Kinloch Anderson and Sons, and Joanna H S Anderson, Edinburgh, He was born in 1888, and attended George Watson’s College from 1894 to 1904. He was employed in his father's business on the outbreak of war. Enlisting in the 15th Royal Scots, he was promoted Lance Corporal and was wounded in France on 1 April, 1916. He died two days later in No 8 Casualty Clearing Station. Lieutenant Eric Milroy, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), was the son of the late Alexander MacLeod Milroy, a Bank Agent, and Margaret Walteria Milroy, of 16 Abbotsford Park, Edinburgh. He was born in 1887 and entered George Watson’s College in 1895. He was distinguished at School alike by his ability as a scholar, his prowess at Myreside in the 1st XV of 1905-6, and his readiness as a debater in the Literary Society. He also held the rank of Sergeant in the Cadet Corps. The winner of an open bursary at Edinburgh University in 1906, he graduated MA with Honours in Mathematics in 1910, thereafter commencing his apprenticeship as a Chartered Accountant. A brilliant member of the Watsonian XV from 1906 to 1914, he played for Scotland in almost every International Match from 1910 to 1914, and toured with the British Team in S. Africa in 1910. Eric (Puss) Milroy captained the Scottish Rugby Football Team of 1914, playing at scrum half. Having made his debut against Wales on 5 February, 1910, he played his twelfth and last match against England at Inverleith on 21 March, 1914. Scotland won 3 and lost 9 of his twelve matches. Joining the 9th Royal Scots from the Watsonian Military Training Corps in September, 1914, he won speedy promotion, and in January, 1915 was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 11th Royal Highlanders. In July, 1916 he gained his Lieutenancy and was attached to the 8th Royal Highlanders as Lewis Gun Officer. Crossing to France in 1915, he was engaged in the severe fighting in the Ypres salient. During the battle of the Somme he was posted missing at Delville Wood in July, 1916, and was later presumed killed in action. Eric Milroy was also the great uncle of Douglas Kinloch Anderson, the present Chairman of Kinloch Anderson Limited. .
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