IN MEMORIAM.
nth Division. He took part in the landing at
Suvla Bay on 6 August and in the engagements
which followed he attended the wounded for 44
consecutive hours, under continuous shelling
from the Turkish batteries. After three months
excellent work at Suvla, Brown was invalided
home with dysentery and died in the 5 th Southern
General Hospital, Portsmouth, 14 February 1916.
Brown freely and ungrudgingly gave up a
career which already had been crowned with
success, and his many friends will endorse what
has been said of him by one who knew him from
boyhood's days — " Possessed of attainments of
a high order, socially and professionally, it was
little wonder that his short career was so emi-
nently successful ".
AIARR, CHARLES SPENCE : Private, 50th
Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force ;
son of Charles Marr,
blacksmith, Ellon; born
Cruden, 20 July 1887 ;
he was educated at
Ellon Public School
and Robert Gordon's
College ; he matricu-
lated at Aberdeen Uni-
versity in 1905 and
graduated M.A., 19 10.
Thereafter he was en-
gaged in teaching in
Neweastle-on-Tyne be-
fore emigrating to
Canada, and was teaching in Regina when war
broke out.
Marr immediately enlisted in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, and arrived in England in
191 5. Before being ordered to the Front he died
suddenly at BramshottCamp, Hampshire, 3 March
1 9 16. Though Marr's desire to reach the firing
line was never realized he belonged to the goodly
company of those who had the " willing spirit ".
Mc WILLIAM, CHARLES THOMAS: Lieu-
tenant, 5th Battalion Gordon Highland-
ers ; son of Rev. Thomas McWilliam, Foveran ;
born New Byth, 4 November 1892 ; educated
at Fordyce and Banff Academies ; matriculated
in Arts, 1910; graduated M.A., 1913, and was
studying Law when war broke out.
A member of " U " Company, he was mobi-
lized in August 1 9 14, but by the end of the
month was commis-
sioned in the 5th Bat-
talion Gordon High-
landers, with whom he
went to France in May
1 915. There he was
attached for duty to
the 51st Divisional
Cyclist Company, and
served with it during
the remainder of his
time in France. On
1 8 March 1 9 1 6 he was
killed in the trenches
near Arras, leaving behind him the memory of a
considerate and devoted gentleman, with a genius
for making friends, and with the faculty of grasp-
ing readily all sides of a situation and making
the wise decision.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE MITCHELL:
Captain, Royal Irish Rifles;
son of Alexander John-
ston, merchant ; born
Aberdeen, 8 July 1890 ;
educated Aberdeen
Grammar School;
matriculated in Sci-
ence (Agricultural),
1907, and had a dis-
tinguished career as a
student. Though quiet
and reserved in manner
he was one of the best
known and most popu-
lar students at Maris-
chal College. During his School and College
career he was a notable Rugby forward, and he
served in " U " Company while at the Univer-
sity. He graduated B.Sc. (Agr.) in 191 1. After
graduation he spent a time gaining experience
in Canada and then acted as an Assistant
County Organizer, North of Scotland College of
Agriculture. He was appointed Agricultural
Lecturer and Superintendent of the State Ex-
perimental Farm, Jersey, in 191 3.
On the outbreak of war Johnston obtained a
commission with the Jersey Militia, but his
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