LIEUTENANT PATRICK CAMPBELL DRUMMOND, M.C., 7th (Service} Battalion. King's Own Scottish Borderers, was born in November 1887, and was at Loretto from 1902 to 1905. He played in the School XV.'s of 1904, 1905. On leaving school he went to Perak in the Malay States as a rubber planter . Lieut. Drummond obtained a commission in a "Service" Battalion of the K.O.S.B.'s and went to France early in 1915 with the 9th Division. He was killed just east of the village of Lens, with rifle and bayonet in hand, during the Battle of Loos, on September 26, 1915.

Lieutenant Colonel William Drysdale , D.S.O. The Royal Scots, was born in November 1876 and was at Loretto from 1890 to 1894. He was in the XV, XI and a School Prizeman. He entered the R.M. College, Sandhurst in 1894 and was gazetted in 1896. After some years service in India he graduated at the Staff College. At the outbreak of war Colonel Drysdale was serving as Brigade Major, and was wounded in 1914 at Ypres, where he won the D.S.O. In 1915 he was appointed G.S.O. (2nd grade) and given his Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel. Wounded and invalided home in July 1916, he returned to France in command of the 4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, and was killed on September 29th 1916 at Gueudecourt during the battle of the Somme.

CAPTAIN LESLIE FINLAY DUN, 2/10th Battalion (Scottish) The King's Liverpool Regiment, was born in October 1893, and was at Loretto from 1908 to 1912. He was a House Prefect and Sergeant in charge of signallers in the O.T.C. He went up to Trinity College, Oxford, and was a keen member of the 'Varsity O.T.C. At the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish and went to Flanders in 1914, but was invalided home in December of that year. He was then given a commission in the 2nd Battalion Liverpool Scottish, returned to the front in June 1915, and was promoted Captain soon after. Captain Dun was killed by a shell on September 27, 1915.