MAJOR RODERICK O. BELL IRVING, D.S.O., M.C., The Manitoba Regiment, Canadian Forces, was born in January 1891, and was at Loretto from 1904 to 1905. Very soon after his arrival in France he won the M.C. by capturing a machine gun single-handed, and was awarded the D.S.O. later. During the Battle of Cuvillers, near Cambrai, on October 1, 1918, his Battalion gained its objective, but, surrounded and unsupported, was forced to retire. Major Bell lrving, then Second in Command, wounded and with a broken leg, was seen being helped off the field by two Germans, a prisoner . Later his body was found with a bullet wound through the head, evidently inflicted at close range and in cold blood.

Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving, Canadian Engineers, was born in January 1888, and was at Loretto 1901-1904. He went to the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, and graduated in 1908, obtaining a commission in the Canadian Militia Reserve. He later qualified as a Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor. When war broke out he came to England with the 2nd Field Company, Canadian Engineers, and crossed to France with them early in 1915. He was at work at night on the defences of the trenches held by the Kings` Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, near Le Touquet, (Armentieres) when he was shot through the head by a sniper and killed instantly, on February 25th, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant David Alexander Beveridge , Royal Field Artillery, was born in November 1886 and was at Loretto 1900-1905. He was a Prefect and played in the XV. After leaving school he went up to Cambridge - Pembroke College - and took his degree. At the outbreak of war Lieutenant Beveridge was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery and in 1915 went with the 54th Brigade to the Dardanelles. Whilst serving in Gallipoli he was fell ill with dysentery, of which he died in September 1915.