Pilot Officer Graham Cooper Rolland

Pilot Officer Rolland, The Royal Air Force (V.R.), was born on 13th August 1922, and at Loretto from May 1936 to July 1940. He was a Prefect, in the VI Form, XV, and XI, Captain of the Athletics Team, Editor of the Lorettonian, and a Sergeant in the O.T.C. He joined the R.A.F. a week after leaving School, and having trained in England was commissioned as Pilot Officer in 82 Squadron, Bomber Command. On 12th August 1941, after being with the squadron only a week, he was shot down over Holland during his first operational flight, a raid on the power station at Cologne. He is buried at Strijen, eighteen miles south-west of Rotterdam.

Captain George Macdonald Rowan

Captain Rowan, 77th Field Regiment, The Royal Artillery, was born on 24th July 1916, and at Loretto from January 1930 to July 1935. He was a House Prefect, in the VI Form, Athletics and Boxing Teams and Fives Couples, and a Sergeant in the O.T.C. After leaving School he entered the firm of Tate and Lyle, Sugar Refiners, of London, serving his apprenticeship in Greenock, where he joined the local artillery. On the outbreak of war he was commissioned into the 77th Field Regiment, R.A., and soon reached the rank of Captain. He served in the French campaign of 1939-40. Evacuated from Dunkirk, he was stationed for a time in the south of England. In August 1940, when returning from duty in his car, he was killed by a direct hit from a bomb.

"Captain Rowan was extremely popular with his brother officers and with the men under his command, who have nothing but praise for his justness, courage and ability."

Lieutenant James Russell

Lieutenant Russell, 3/15th Punjab Regiment, was born on 9th March 1923, and at Loretto from May 1936 to July 1941. He was in the Shooting VIII and a Corporal in the J.T.C. After being commissioned into the Indian Army he joined his Battalion in Italy from the depot at Amhala, at the beginning of 1944. On 24th July of that year he was killed near Florence while trying to withdraw his men from some houses which had been mined by the enemy.

"He was always willing and cheerful and trying to make a success of everything he had to do. He has done a lot of good work with his signallers and will be very hard to replace."