2ND LIEUTENANT PATRICK HAMILTON FORRESTER, 8th (Service) Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), was born in June 1892, and was at Loretto from 1908 to 1910. In September 1914 he joined the Public Schools Battalion as a private, and in April 1915 was given a commission in the 8th Battalion The Black Watch. He went out to France at once. Lieut. Forrester was Machine-gun Officer of his Battalion, and was mentioned in Despatches for his work during the Battle of Loos, September 25-28, 1915. In the course of this battle he was severely wounded in the head and arm, and he died of his wounds in London, October 11, 1915.

Private Oliver Fyson , Canadian Infantry, twin brother of Geoffrey Fyson, was born in October 1884, and was at Loretto 1897-1904. He was a Prefect and played in the XV. He went to Canada, where he captained the British Columbian Rugby Team. At the outbreak of war he joined the 1st Canadian Contingent as a Private and went to France early in 1915. He was in the trenches at Ypres in April when the Germans, using poison gas for the first time, made their second great and unsuccessful attempt to break through the Allied lines. He was killed north of Ypres on April 22nd 1915, when taking part in the charge of the Canadians, which saved the British line.

Lieutenant Geoffrey Fyson , 3rd Battalion, The Royal Scots, was born in October 1884, and was at Loretto 1897-1904. He was Head of School and Captain of the XV. An Exhibitioner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, he returned to Loretto as a master after leaving University. At the outbreak of war he at once joined the 3rd Royal Scots as a Lieutenant, but the War Office ordered him to return to Loretto and train the O.T.C. In December 1916 he was permitted to go on active service, was wounded in 1917 and invalided home with Enteric fever. After some months as Instructor to an Officer Cadet Battalion, he went to Salonika in August 1918, and was killed when on patrol, by a bomb, September 4th 1918.