Dron, John Kent ( - 1918)

Lieutenant, 6th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Buried at Dadizeele New British Cemetery

Commemorated at Hillhead High School

Lieutenant John K. Dron was educated at Hillhead High School and Glasgow Academy. He was a bright and promising youth, and highly popular with his schoolfellows. On the outbreak of war he joined the Glasgow Highlanders as a private, and proceeded overseas with the battalion in November, 1914. He came safely through the heavy fighting round La Bassee in the spring of 1915. His platoon commander writes--" He proved himself a capable and reliable soldier. No task was too dangerous or too arduous for him, and at all times his courage
and cheerful spirit made him a favourite with his comrades."

In September, 1915, he was gazetted to the 6th Battalion H.L.I., serving for a time with the 2nd Battalion in Essex and the Curragh. In April, 1918, he was seconded to the 1st Battalion K.O.S.B., then on active service in France. On the 13th October, while on daylight patrol, he came under fire from a German machine gun, and was seen to fall wounded. While endeavouring to make his way back to our lines he was again shot and killed outright.

Lieutenant Dron was of a singularly contented and cheery disposition, prepared to make the best of things as he found them. The memory of his attractive character and gallant deeds will long be cherished by his friends and old schoolfellows.