Chapter XXIV: Appendix: III

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