R. P. NIMMO, Private, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, was born in June 1885, and came to Loretto in 1900. At the outbreak of war he was offered a commission, but, preferring to serve in the ranks, he enlisted in the King's (I.liverpool) Regiment. During the Somme battle, in July 1916, Private Nimmo was in a dug-out with five other men, when a shell penetrated it, bursting inside. Five of the six men were killed outright, one of whom was R. P . Nimmo.

Captain Arthur Roxburgh Orr , 2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards, was born in December 1884, and was at Loretto 1897-1901. From School he went to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and, on passing out, was gazetted in 1904 to the Scots Guards. At the outbreak of war he held the appointment of Assistant Superintendent of Gymnasia, London District. He was wounded in France in October 1914, and was invalided home, and promoted Captain in December. Returning to the front in the following Spring, Captain Orr was killed in October 1915.

Captain John Arthur Orr , 1st Q.O. Cameron Highlanders, was born in January 1879, and at Loretto 1892-97. He played in the XV and the XI. In 1899 he received a commission in the Manchester Regiment, and transferred a few months later to the Cameron Highlanders. He served in South Africa and was mentioned in Despatches. When war broke out Captain Orr was a student at the Staff College, and after eight weeks of Embarkation duty at Southampton, he rejoined his battalion in Flanders on the 26th September 1914. He was officially reported missing on October 22nd of that year, and later reported killed near Langemarck, on the same date.