Roll of Honour
2nd Lieutenant
George MacGregor
MA
George MacGregor, born on the 2nd July 1888, son of Simon MacGregor, hailed from the village of King Edward in Banff, in the north-east of Scotland.
George studied at the University of Glasgow between 1907 and 1911. At the same time, he followed a three-year teacher training course for University students offered by the Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers, forerunner of Jordanhill College of Education, now the University of Strathclyde. He completed the teacher training course and was officially recognised as a certificated teacher as of 1 August 1910. George subsequently graduated M.A. in 1911, and continued his studies in Divinity. During his time at university he was a student assistant at Springburn Parish Church and member of the Officer Training Corps.
George MacGregor served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 8th Bn. of the Seaforth Highlanders and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915, aged 27. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in the Dud Corner Cemetery, just west of the village of Loos-en-Gohelle, five kilometres north-west of Lens in France.
Comments and Citations
University of Glasgow Registry, Faculty and General Council Records
University of Glasgow Roll of Honour Records (GUAS Ref: CH 4/4/2/2/148)
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