Unit / Ship / Establishment:


8/Gordon Highlanders


  Detail :

 8th (Service) Battalion Formed at Aberdeen in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 26th Brigade in 9th (Scottish) Division. Moved to Aldershot and in February 1915 went to Bordon. Landed at Boulogne on 10 May 1915. 7 May 1916 : moved to Bethune and transferred to 44th Brigade in 15th (Scottish) Division. Four days later amalgamated with 10th Bn to form 8/10th Bn. 6 June 1918 : reduced to cadre, with surplus troops going to 1/5th Bn. The cadre was disbanded on 17 August 1918.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. I.F. MACKAY  25-09-1915 Kerala No.2188

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