APPENDIX III
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LIST showing (A) Commanders and Staff of the Ninth (Scottish) Division; (B) Battalion Commanders; (C) Artillery Brigade Commanders; (D) Field Company Commanders; (E) Field Ambulance Commanders from Formation in September 1914 to the Armistice, 11th November 1918.
Notes.—(1) The dates given in these lists indicate the periods during which Commanders were serving with the Division.
(2) Decorations mentioned are those held or awarded during service with the Division.
(A) COMMANDERS AND STAFF
Divisional Commanders
Maj.-Gen. C. J. Mackenzie, C.B. to Oct. 1914
” Sir C. Fergusson, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O. ” March 1915
” H. J. S. Landon, C.B. ” Sept. 1915
” G. H. Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G. ” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” Sir W. T. Furse, K.C.B., D.S.O. ” Dec. 1916
” Sir H. T. Lukin, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 13th March 1918
” C. A. Blacklock, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 28th March 1918
” H. H. Tudor, C.B., C.M.G. ” Armistice
G.S.Os.I.
Lt.-Col. C. H. de Rougemont, D.S.O., M.V.O. to July 1915
” F. A. Buzzard ” Sept. 1915
” S. E. Hollond, D.S.O. ” March 1916
” P. A. V. Stewart, D.S.O. ” Dec. 1917
” T. C. Mudie, D.S.O. ” Armistice
A.A. & Q.M.Gs.
Col. A. V. Payne to Feb. 1915
Lt.-Col. R. F. Uniacke ” May 1915
” A. A. McHardy, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Aug. 1916
” A. C. Jeffcoat, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Armistice
C.R.As.
Brig.-Gen. E. H. Armitage, C.B. to Feb. 1916
” H. H. Tudor, C.B., C.M.G. ” March 1918
” H. R. Wainwright, D.S.O. ” Armistice
C.R.Es.
Lt.-Col. H. A. A. Livingstone, C.M.G. to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” C. M. Carpenter, D.S.O. ” Jan. 1916
” E. Barnardiston ” July 1916 (Somme)
” G. R. Hearn, D.S.O. ” Feb. 1918
” H. C. B. Hickling, D.S.O., M.C. ” Armistice
Infantry Brigade Commanders
26th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen. H. R. Kelham, C.B. to Nov. 1914
” E. St G. Grogan, C.B. ” May 1915
” A. B. Ritchie, C.M.G. ” Dec. 1916
” J. Kennedy, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” July 1918
” The Hon. A. G. A. Hore Ruthven, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Armistice
27th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen. W. Scott Moncrieff to Jan. 1915
” C. D. Bruce ” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” W. H. Walshe ” March 1916
” G. F. Trotter, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O. ” May 1916
” S. W. Scrase-Dickins, C.B. ” Oct. 1916
” F. A. Maxwell, V.C., C.S.I., D.S.O. ” Sept. 1917 (Passchendaele)
” W. D. Croft, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Armistice
28th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen. S. W. Scrase-Dickins to May 1916
South African Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen. H. T. Lukin, C.M.G., D.S.O. Apr. 1916 to Dec. 1916
” F. S. Dawson, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Mar. 1918
” W. E. C. Tanner, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Sept. 1918
28th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen. J. L. Jack, D.S.O. Sept. 1918 to Armistice
9th Divisional Train
Lt.-Col. R. P. Crawley, D.S.O., M.V.O. to Nov. 1917
” R. MacLear, D.S.O. ” Armistice
A.D.M.S.
Col. G. Cree, C.M.G. Apr. 1915 to Nov. 1915
” F. A. Symons, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Apr. 1917 (Arras)
” O. W. A. Elsner, C.B.E., D.S.O. ” Armistice
(B) BATTALION COMMANDERS
26th Brigade
8th Black Watch—
Lt.-Col. John Lord Sempill to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” G. B. Duff Dec. 1915 ” Mar. 1916
” G. W. E. Gordon, D.S.O. ” Sept. 1916
” Sir G. Abercromby, D.S.O. ” Sept. 1917
” R. W. Hadow, D.S.O. ” Aug. 1918
” W. French, D.S.O., M.C. ” Armistice
7th Seaforth Highlanders—
Lt.-Col. W. T. Gaisford to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” F. J. Marshall Dec. 1915 ” Apr. 1916
” J. Kennedy, D.S.O. May 1916 ” Aug. 1916
” R. Horn, D.S.O., M.C. ” Mar. 1918
” Hon. D. Bruce Apr. 1918 ” Armistice
8th Gordon Highlanders—
Lt.-Col. G. Staunton to Feb. 1915
” H. Wright, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” A. D. Greenhill-Gardyne ” Mar. 1916
” H. Pelham Burn, D.S.O. Apr. 1916 to May 1916
5th Cameron Highlanders—
Lt.-Col. D. W. Cameron of Lochiel, C.M.G. to March 1916
” G. B. Duff, D.S.O. to July 1916 (Somme)
” H. R. Brown, D.S.O. ” May 1917
” St C. M. G. MacEwen ” Oct. 1917
” A. G. M. M. Crichton, D.S.O., M.C. to March 1918
” J. Inglis, C.M.G., D.S.O., March 1918 to Sept. 1918
” A. W. Angus, D.S.O. to Armistice
10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—
Lt.-Col. W. J. B. Tweedie, C.M.G. May 1916 to July 1916 (Somme)
” J. Kennedy, D.S.O. to Dec. 1916
” H. G. Sotheby, D.S.O., M.V.O. ” Feb. 1918
27th Brigade
11th Royal Scots—
Lt.-Col. H. H. B. Dyson to Oct. 1914
” R. C. Dundas ” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” W. D. Croft, D.S.O. Dec. 1915 ” Sept. 1917
” Sir J. B. S. Campbell, D.S.O. ” Oct. 1918
” E. Boyd, M.C. ” Armistice
12th Royal Scots—
Lt.-Col. G. G. Loch, C.M.G. to Feb. 1916
” H. L. Budge ” July 1916 (Somme)
” N. H. S. Fargus, D.S.O. ” March 1917
” H. U. H. Thorne ” Apr. 1917 (Arras)
” J. A. S. Ritson, D.S.O., M.C. ” June 1918
” J. Murray, D.S.O. ” Armistice
6th Royal Scots Fusiliers—
Lt.-Col. H. H. Northey, C.M.G. to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Jan. 1916 to May 1916
10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—
Lt.-Col. A. F. Mackenzie, C.M.G., M.V.O. to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” H. Pelham Burn, D.S.O. Dec. 1915 to Apr. 1916
” W. J. B. Tweedie, C.M.G. to May 1916
6th King’s Own Scottish Borderers—
Lt.-Col. J. C. W. Connell, D.S.O. May 1916 to Oct. 1916
” G. B. F. Smyth, D.S.O. to May 1917
” H. D. N. Maclean, D.S.O. Aug. 1917 to Oct. 1917
” G. B. F. Smyth, D.S.O. March 1918
and May 1918 to Oct. 1918
” R. F. Ker, D.S.O., M.C. to Armistice
9th Scottish Rifles—
Lt.-Col. H. A. Fulton, D.S.O. May 1916 to July 1917
” W. Lumsden, D.S.O., M.C. ” Feb. 1918
10th Highland Light Infantry—
Lt.-Col. J. C. Grahame, D.S.O. to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” H. C. Stuart, D.S.O. ” Jan. 1916
” J. C. Grahame, D.S.O. ” May 1916
11th Highland Light Infantry—
Lt.-Col. H. C. Fergusson, C.M.G. to Jan. 1916
” R. F. Forbes ” May 1916
South African Brigade
1st South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col. F. S. Dawson, C.M.G. Apr. 1916 to Dec. 1916
” F. H. Heal, D.S.O. to March 1918
2nd South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col. W. E. C. Tanner, C.M.G., D.S.O. Apr. 1916 to Oct. 1917
” E. Christian, D.S.O. to March 1918
3rd South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col. E. F. Thackeray, C.M.G., D.S.O. Apr. 1916 to Feb. 1918
4th South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col. F. A. Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O. May 1916 to July 1916 (Somme)
” D. R. Hunt to Dec. 1916
” E. Christian, D.S.O. ” Apr. 1917
” D. M. MacLeod, D.S.O. ” March 1918
South African (Composite) Battalion—
Lt.-Col. H. W. M. Bamford, O.B.E., M.C. Apr. 1918 to Sept. 1918
28th Brigade
2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers—
Lt.-Col. J. Utterson-Kelso, D.S.O., M.C. Apr. 1918 to Oct. 1918
” R. Campbell, D.S.O. to Nov. 1918
” C. S. Nairne ” Armistice
9th Scottish Rifles—
Lt.-Col. W. Lumsden, D.S.O., M.C. Apr. 1918 to Armistice
1st Bn. Royal Newfoundland Regiment—
Lt.-Col. T. G. Matthias, D.S.O. Sept. 1918 to Armistice
Pioneers
9th Seaforth Highlanders—
Lt.-Col. T. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O. to March 1917
” W. Petty, D.S.O. ” Aug. 1918
” S. F. Sharp, M.C. ” Armistice
9th Machine-gun Battalion—
Lt.-Col. F. G. Chalmers, M.C. March 1918 to June 1918
” H. J. W. Davis, D.S.O. ” Armistice
(C) ARTILLERY BRIGADE COMMANDERS
50th Brigade
Lt.-Col. A. C. Bailward to Jan. 1915
” C. E. D. Budworth, M.V.O. ” March 1915
” C. C. Van Straubenzee ” Aug. 1915
” E. W. S. Brooke, D.S.O. ” Aug. 1917
” C. W. W. McLean, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” March 1918
” J. de B. Cowan, D.S.O. ” May 1918
” C. W. W. McLean, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” Armistice
51st Brigade
Lt.-Col. A. H. Carter to Aug. 1916
” G. A. S. Cape, D.S.O. ” Oct. 1917
” M. Muirhead, D.S.O. ” Armistice
52nd Brigade
Lt.-Col. F. W. Boteler to March 1915
” A. M. Perreau, C.M.G. ” June 1916
” H. M. Ballingall ” June 1916
” H. T. Belcher, D.S.O. ” Jan. 1917
53rd Brigade
Lt.-Col. C. N. Simpson to Feb. 1915
” K. K. Knapp, C.M.G. ” Nov. 1915
” H. T. Belcher, D.S.O. ” Sept. 1916
(D) FIELD COMPANY COMMANDERS
63rd Company
Capt. C. Doucet to Nov. 1914
Major L. W. S. Oldham ” July 1915
” A. W. Reid, M.C. ” Apr. 1917
” R. E. Bruce Fielding, D.S.O. ” Armistice
64th Company
Capt. W. E. Francis to Nov. 1914
Major G. R. Hearn, D.S.O. ” Aug. 1916
” C. G. Woolner, M.C. ” Oct. 1917
” N. Clavering, M.C. ” July 1918
Capt. T. F. Young, D.S.O., M.C. ” Oct. 1918
90th Company
Major C. S. Montefiore to May 1915
” C. D. Munro ” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
” G. B. F. Smyth, D.S.O. ” Oct. 1916
” S. W. S. Hamilton, D.S.O. ” Sept. 1917
” T. G. Bird, D.S.O. ” Armistice
(E) FIELD AMBULANCE COMMANDERS
27th Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col. O. W. A. Elsner, D.S.O. to Apr. 1917
” J. M. A. Costello, M.C. ” Armistice
28th Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col. W. E. Hardy to June 1915
” H. C. R. Hine ” Aug. 1915
Capt. G. P. Taylor ” Jan. 1916
” Darling, M.C. ” Aug. 1916
Lt.-Col. T. E. Harty, D.S.O. ” Armistice
29th Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col. F. R. Buswell to Oct. 1915
Major R. P. Lewis ” May 1916
S. A. Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col. G. H. Usmar May 1916 to Aug. 1916
” R. N. Pringle, D.S.O., M.C. ” Sept. 1918
2nd/1st (East Lancs.) Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col. J. Bruce Sept. 1918 to Armistice