2ND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS JOHN CATHCART, The Royal Field Artillery, was born in August 1894, and was at Loretto 1909 to 1912. He played in the XV and was a Corporal in the O.T.C. On leaving school he studied engineering at Edinburgh University, and served in the R.F.A. unit of the University O.T.C. At the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Field Artillery and was sent out to Gallipoli, where he saw much fighting. After that he went to Mesopotamia and took part in the fighting during the advance to Bagdad, which began early in 1916. Lieut. Cathcart was killed in action on June 9, 1916.

Major Francis Maxwell Chenevix-Trench , Royal Field Artillery, was born in September 1879, and at Loretto 1892-96. He was a School Prizeman. He entered the Royal Military Academy, was commissioned in 1898, and served in South Africa (twice mentioned in Despatches) and in the 1908 Soudan Campaign. He was a graduate of the Staff College and 1st Class Interpreter in arabic. He went with the British Expeditionary Force to France as Brigade Major, Divisional Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division on October 31st 1914, the day after his promotion to the rank of Major. He attended a Staff conference at Hooge Chateau, where a German shell burst, killing him and five other staff officers. He was mentioned in Despatches, 14th January 1915.

2ND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS ALEXANDER COCHRAN, 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders, was born in August 1895, and was at Loretto from 1909 to 1914. He was in the XV and the Shooting VIII and a Sergeant in the O.T.C. At the outbreak of war he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Gordon Highlanders early in 1915. He joined the 1st Battalion of his Regiment (3rd Div. British Expeditionary Force) at Ypres in June 1915. Lieut. Cochran was Battalion Bombing Officer, and on September 25, 1915, was leading his bombers to the attack, near Hooge. During the fight he was wounded in the right arm, but continued to throw bombs from his left until shot again, through the head, and killed.