PRIVATE JOHN DUNCAN MACPHERSON
SCOTS GUARDS
15TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AGE 22
BURIED: GUARDS CEMETERY LESBOEUFS, FRANCE
To a soldier this is the ultimate accolade implying the faithful discharge of duty regardless of the cost. As a grenade thrower, Private Macpherson would have been one of two in a nine-man team often used for clearing captured trenches.