In memory of Lieutenant William Whyte - killed in action on 28 September 1918, age 25."We would remember that in all he was called upon to do he was ever faithful and loyal, and in that spirit he gave his life for his King and Country".

 

5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion

THE BLACK WATCH

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2nd (Angus) Volunteer Battalion, Black Watch

Active Service Section of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion who fought in the South African War (believed to have been taken at the Drill Hall, Mill Street, Montrose).

Active Service Section - South African War 1900

Rear - Sergeant G. Hewison (Brechin).

Middle (left to right) - Private J. Chalmers (Friockheim), Private J. Robertson (Glamis), Private D. Dorward (Letham - died in hospital at Cape Town), Private D Philip (Glamis), Private G. Bruce (Friockheim), Private D. Oakley (Arbroath), Private Edwards (Forfar), Private A. Johnstone (Forfar), Private G. Forbes (Friockheim), and Private T. Nicol (Montrose).

Front (left to right) - Private A. Sutherland (Montrose), Private J. Lowdon (Kirriemuir), Private A. Davidson (Brechin), Private W. Forbes (Montrose), Private J. Falconer (Montrose), Private W. Scott (Montrose), Private J. Nicoll (Arbroath), Private D. Edward (Glamis), Private P. Spalding (Forfar), and Private W. Lowden (Kirriemuir).

Not Shown - Captain Robert Hoyer Millar VD (Montrose), Private J. L. Davidson (Montrose) and Private A. Parker (Arbroath).

 
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