Pilot Officer Basil Arthur Herdman Newton

Pilot Officer Newton, The Royal Air Force (V.R.), was born on 24th August 1920, and at Loretto from September 1931 to July 1938. He was in the XV, XI, and Hockey Team. On leaving School he went for a time to Edinburgh University, but when war broke out gave up his work there to take a commission in the R.A.F. He was killed on active service at Netheravon on 11th October 1941.

"Basil was a great lad and has passed on doing great work."
"I realised his worth - his loyalty and willingness to do his best. He added to my life."

Captain James Graeme Ogilvie

Captain Ogilvie, The Glider Pilot Regiment, was born on 12th April 1918, and at Loretto from September 1931 to April 1936. He was in the VI Form, XV, and Boxing and Swimming Teams, and a Corporal in the O.T.C. After leaving School, he was for three years in the London Scottish. Called up at the end of 1939, he trained at Mill Hill and Farnborough and was then commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders but posted to a training Battalion of the Black Watch, with which he remained over the summer of 1940. He then rejoined the Gordons and was with the 4th Battalion for about a year. In 1941 he volunteered for, and was accepted by, the Glider Pilot Regiment and underwent a long and strenuous course of training. In September 1944 he went over to Arnhem in command of a force of fifty Glider Pilots. No help could be got through, and on the 25th they were ordered to retreat. In briefing his men for this, Captain Ogilvie told them that if things got too bad he would call on all strong swimmers to swim the Lek with him. On reaching the river bank they were exposed to very heavy fire while awaiting their turn in the small boats, and finally he led the way to a small promontory and they entered the water. In the strong current Ogilvie was separated from the pilot who was swimming with him and failed to get across. He was posted as missing, but ten months later word came that his body had been taken from the river the next day by members of the Dutch Resistance Group, and at great risk to themselves had been buried by night in the civilian cemetery of the village of Rhenen, fifteen miles from Arnhem.

"He was an outstanding person and greatly loved by us all. he played a magnificent part in the battle and was a great inspiration to all of us."

Flight Lieutenant William Boyd Orr

Flight Lieutenant Orr, The Royal Air Force (V.R.), was born on 26th July 1922, and at Loretto from May 1936 to July 1940. He was in the VI Form, the Fives Couples and the Swimming Team, Editor of the Lorettonian, and a Corporal in the O.T.C. He joined the R.A.F. in September 1940, and eleven months later was posted to 91 Squadron, Fighter Command, stationed at Hawkinge in Kent. In June 1942 he became a Flight Commander with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. His operational work was done over the Channel and French coast. He was posted missing over the latter on 22nd July 1942.

"I held him in very high esteem for his ability as a pilot and for his personal qualities, and this feeling is shared by his friends in the Squadron."