Morrison, James Iain (1893 - 1916)

Lieutenant, 7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery

Commemorated at Hillhead High School

The only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Morrison, 22 Derby Crescent, Glasgow, Lieutenant J. lain Morrison was a well-known figure in Rugby circles, and for years one of the mainstays of the Hillhead team. Powerfully built, of great speed, and absolutely fearless, it was no easy matter to stop him once he got set agoing.

When war broke out he was engaged with Messrs. Bayne & Duckett, and, as might be expected of his ardent and generous nature, he was one of the first to join as a private in the Scottish Horse. In February, 1915, he received a commission in The Royal Scots Fusiliers, and went to France towards the end of that year.

In March, 1916, he was promoted lieutenant, and soon afterwards was attached to the Trench Mortar Battery. On 16th September, 1916, just when he was about to leave the trenches, he was seriously wounded by fragments of a shell, and was conveyed to the 24th General Hospital, where he died on the 28th September.

Though Lieutenant Morrison spent most of his School life at Glasgow High School, he began his education at Hillhead High School, and resumed his connection with it as a regular member of the Former Pupils' Rugby team. In him the country has lost a dashing and resolute officer, and the School Club a loyal and devoted member. He was twenty-three years of age.