Sommerville, George Little (1893 - 1916)

Captain, 3rd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Buried at Thiepval Memorial

Commemorated at Hillhead High School

Captain George L. Sommerville, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sommerville, Ardvar, Lansdowne Avenue, Anniesland, was deeply attached to his old School, and seldom lost an opportunity of looking in upon his old masters. At School he took a high place in Science and Mathematics, and excelled in all forms of games. He was a keen Cadet, and on leaving School transferred to the
University O.T.C. (Senior Section). Prior to the war he was an analytical chemist in the employment of Messrs. Brotherton & Co., Glasgow and Leeds.

When the call to service came he made instant response, joining Lochiel's Camerons as a private. Through his O. T. C. connection he was soon offered a commission. He saw much service and gained rapid promotion, being gazetted captain shortly before his last fight. He was wounded at Ypres and Loos, and had but shortly returned to the Front for the third time when he fell in a gallant attack on the German trenches on the 16th August, 1916, his twenty-third birthday.

One of his brother officers writes, "He was wounded early, but bravely held on, and was killed in the second advance." His commanding officer says, "I came to look upon your son as a brave and capable soldier, and I promoted him to command a company only the other day. He possessed the courage and coolness characteristic of his nationality."