Black, Norman Annandale (1881 - 1916)

Captain, "A" Bty. 105th Bde. Royal Field Artillery

Buried at Bois-de-Noulette British Cemetery, Aix-Noulette

Commemorated at Scottish National War Memorial

Norman Annandale Black was born in Glasgow on 23rd December 1881 to Jane and William Black. His father was an East India merchant and when Norman went up to the University of Glasgow in the autumn of 1899 to read for a degree in Arts, the family lived at 4 Hawarden, Partickhill, not far from the University. In his first year he took the senior class in Latin, Middle Greek and Mathematics. Of these only Greek caused him any difficulty and he took this on to the exam diet the following year, when he also passed his degree exams in History and Political Economy. In his final year, 1901-1902, he successfully completed classes in Logic, English Literature and Moral Philosophy, graduating MA on 6th November, 1902.

Little is known about his career in the decade or so after graduation. His family moved from Partickhill to 9 Windsor Terrace while he was a student, and at the time of his death the family home was at 34 West George Street. He joined the Royal Field Artillery and served as a Captain. Killed in action on 23rd May 1916 at the age of 34, Norman Black is buried at the British cemetery at Bois de Boulette, a little hamlet near the village of Aix-Noulette, south of Arras.

Reproduced with permission from the University of Glasgow Roll of Honour: http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-intro/