2ND LIEUTENANT JOHN DARG LAING, R.F.C., was born in December 1898, and was at Loretto from 1907 to 1916. Prefect. XV. XI. Sergeant, O.T.C. He was also an exceptionally fine golfer. From Loretto he passed into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, but, having accidentally injured his knee whilst there, was invalided from the Academy and classed as " unfit for general service ". With some difficulty he managed to get a commission in the Flying Corps, but had only been on service a short time in France when he was killed in an aerial fight on October 24, 1917.

2ND LIEUTENANT THOMAS LAMB, 3/4th (Terr.) Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was born in April 1896, and was at Loretto 1910 to 1914. Corporal, O.T.C. In 1914 he went up to Oriel Coll., Oxford, but very shortly left the 'Varsity to take a commission in the Yorkshire Light Infantry. On June 30, 1916, at Clipstone Camp (Notts), during bombing practice, a private under his command threw a grenade which hit the parapet and fell back amongst his section. Lieut. Lamb picked up to throw it out of the trench, but it burst in his hands, wounding him mortally. He died in a few minutes.

Captain John Lang , Adjutant and Quartermaster, Scottish Command School of Musketry, was born in 1849 and was at Loretto 1864-66. He played in the XV and XI. In business in England, California, Ceylon and Australia for more than 20 years, he was also well known as an author. At the outbreak of war he applied for a commission, although 65 years of age, and was appointed to the Staff of the Scottish Command School of Musketry at Barry Camp. He died on April 15th 1917 of an illness contracted on service, brought on by hard work and exposure. Captain Lang was the younger brother of Andrew Lang, the historian and writer.