The history of the 9th (Scottish) Division, 1914-1919

by M.C. John Ewing

APPENDIX III

LIST showing (A) Commanders and Staff of the Ninth (Scottish) Division; (B) Battalion Commanders; (C) Artillery Brigade Commanders; (D) Field Company Commanders; (E) Field Ambulance Commanders from Formation in September 1914 to the Armistice, 11th November 1918.

Notes.—(1) The dates given in these lists indicate the periods during which Commanders were serving with the Division.

(2) Decorations mentioned are those held or awarded during service with the Division.

(A) COMMANDERS AND STAFF
Divisional Commanders
Maj.-Gen.	C. J. Mackenzie, C.B.	to Oct. 1914
”	Sir C. Fergusson, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O.	” March 1915
”	H. J. S. Landon, C.B.	” Sept. 1915
”	G. H. Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G.	” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	Sir W. T. Furse, K.C.B., D.S.O.	” Dec. 1916
”	Sir H. T. Lukin, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.	” 13th March 1918
”	C. A. Blacklock, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” 28th March 1918
”	H. H. Tudor, C.B., C.M.G.	” Armistice
G.S.Os.I.
Lt.-Col.	C. H. de Rougemont, D.S.O., M.V.O.	to July 1915
”	F. A. Buzzard	” Sept. 1915
”	S. E. Hollond, D.S.O.	” March 1916
”	P. A. V. Stewart, D.S.O.	” Dec. 1917
”	T. C. Mudie, D.S.O.	” Armistice
A.A. & Q.M.Gs.
Col.	A. V. Payne	to Feb. 1915
Lt.-Col.	R. F. Uniacke	” May 1915
”	A. A. McHardy, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Aug. 1916
”	A. C. Jeffcoat, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Armistice
C.R.As.
Brig.-Gen.	E. H. Armitage, C.B.	to Feb. 1916
”	H. H. Tudor, C.B., C.M.G.	” March 1918
”	H. R. Wainwright, D.S.O.	” Armistice
C.R.Es.
Lt.-Col.	H. A. A. Livingstone, C.M.G.	to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	C. M. Carpenter, D.S.O.	” Jan. 1916
”	E. Barnardiston	” July 1916 (Somme)
”	G. R. Hearn, D.S.O.	” Feb. 1918
”	H. C. B. Hickling, D.S.O., M.C.	” Armistice

Infantry Brigade Commanders
26th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen.	H. R. Kelham, C.B.	to Nov. 1914
”	E. St G. Grogan, C.B.	” May 1915
”	A. B. Ritchie, C.M.G.	” Dec. 1916
”	J. Kennedy, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” July 1918
”	The Hon. A. G. A. Hore Ruthven, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Armistice
27th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen.	W. Scott Moncrieff	to Jan. 1915
”	C. D. Bruce	” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	W. H. Walshe	” March 1916
”	G. F. Trotter, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O.	” May 1916
”	S. W. Scrase-Dickins, C.B.	” Oct. 1916
”	F. A. Maxwell, V.C., C.S.I., D.S.O.	” Sept. 1917 (Passchendaele)
”	W. D. Croft, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Armistice
28th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen.	S. W. Scrase-Dickins	to May 1916
South African Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen.	H. T. Lukin, C.M.G., D.S.O.	Apr. 1916 to Dec. 1916
”	F. S. Dawson, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Mar. 1918
”	W. E. C. Tanner, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Sept. 1918
28th Brigade.—
Brig.-Gen.	J. L. Jack, D.S.O.	Sept. 1918 to Armistice
9th Divisional Train
Lt.-Col.	R. P. Crawley, D.S.O., M.V.O.	to Nov. 1917
”	R. MacLear, D.S.O.	” Armistice
A.D.M.S.
Col.	G. Cree, C.M.G.	Apr. 1915 to Nov. 1915
”	F. A. Symons, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Apr. 1917 (Arras)
”	O. W. A. Elsner, C.B.E., D.S.O.	” Armistice

(B) BATTALION COMMANDERS
26th Brigade
8th Black Watch—
Lt.-Col.	John Lord Sempill		to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	G. B. Duff	Dec. 1915	” Mar. 1916
”	G. W. E. Gordon, D.S.O.		” Sept. 1916
”	Sir G. Abercromby, D.S.O.		” Sept. 1917
”	R. W. Hadow, D.S.O.		” Aug. 1918
”	W. French, D.S.O., M.C.		” Armistice
7th Seaforth Highlanders—
Lt.-Col.	W. T. Gaisford		to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	F. J. Marshall	Dec. 1915	” Apr. 1916
”	J. Kennedy, D.S.O.	May 1916	” Aug. 1916
”	R. Horn, D.S.O., M.C.		” Mar. 1918
”	Hon. D. Bruce	Apr. 1918	” Armistice
8th Gordon Highlanders—
Lt.-Col.	G. Staunton		to Feb. 1915
”	H. Wright, C.M.G., D.S.O.		” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	A. D. Greenhill-Gardyne		” Mar. 1916
”	H. Pelham Burn, D.S.O.	Apr. 1916	to May 1916
5th Cameron Highlanders—
Lt.-Col.	D. W. Cameron of Lochiel, C.M.G.		to March 1916
”	G. B. Duff, D.S.O.		to July 1916 (Somme)
”	H. R. Brown, D.S.O.		” May 1917
”	St C. M. G. MacEwen		” Oct. 1917
”	A. G. M. M. Crichton, D.S.O., M.C.		to March 1918
”	J. Inglis, C.M.G., D.S.O.,	March 1918	to Sept. 1918
”	A. W. Angus, D.S.O.		to Armistice
10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—
Lt.-Col.	W. J. B. Tweedie, C.M.G.	May 1916	to July 1916 (Somme)
”	J. Kennedy, D.S.O.		to Dec. 1916
”	H. G. Sotheby, D.S.O., M.V.O.		” Feb. 1918
27th Brigade
11th Royal Scots—
Lt.-Col.	H. H. B. Dyson		to Oct. 1914
”	R. C. Dundas		” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	W. D. Croft, D.S.O.	Dec. 1915	” Sept. 1917
”	Sir J. B. S. Campbell, D.S.O.		” Oct. 1918
”	E. Boyd, M.C.		” Armistice
12th Royal Scots—
Lt.-Col.	G. G. Loch, C.M.G.		to Feb. 1916
”	H. L. Budge		” July 1916 (Somme)
”	N. H. S. Fargus, D.S.O.		” March 1917
”	H. U. H. Thorne		” Apr. 1917 (Arras)
”	J. A. S. Ritson, D.S.O., M.C.		” June 1918
”	J. Murray, D.S.O.		” Armistice
6th Royal Scots Fusiliers—
Lt.-Col.	H. H. Northey, C.M.G.		to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill,	Jan. 1916	to May 1916
10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—
Lt.-Col.	A. F. Mackenzie, C.M.G., M.V.O.		to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	H. Pelham Burn, D.S.O.	Dec. 1915	to Apr. 1916
”	W. J. B. Tweedie, C.M.G.		to May 1916
6th King’s Own Scottish Borderers—
Lt.-Col.	J. C. W. Connell, D.S.O.	May 1916	to Oct. 1916
”	G. B. F. Smyth, D.S.O.		to May 1917
”	H. D. N. Maclean, D.S.O.	Aug. 1917	to Oct. 1917
”	G. B. F. Smyth, D.S.O.	March 1918
		and May 1918	to Oct. 1918
”	R. F. Ker, D.S.O., M.C.		to Armistice
9th Scottish Rifles—
Lt.-Col.	H. A. Fulton, D.S.O.	May 1916	to July 1917
”	W. Lumsden, D.S.O., M.C.		” Feb. 1918
10th Highland Light Infantry—
Lt.-Col.	J. C. Grahame, D.S.O.		to Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	H. C. Stuart, D.S.O.		” Jan. 1916
”	J. C. Grahame, D.S.O.		” May 1916
11th Highland Light Infantry—
Lt.-Col.	H. C. Fergusson, C.M.G.		to Jan. 1916
”	R. F. Forbes		” May 1916
South African Brigade
1st South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col.	F. S. Dawson, C.M.G.	Apr. 1916	to Dec. 1916
”	F. H. Heal, D.S.O.		to March 1918
2nd South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col.	W. E. C. Tanner, C.M.G., D.S.O.	Apr. 1916	to Oct. 1917
”	E. Christian, D.S.O.		to March 1918
3rd South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col.	E. F. Thackeray, C.M.G., D.S.O.	Apr. 1916	to Feb. 1918
4th South African Infantry—
Lt.-Col.	F. A. Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O.	May 1916	to July 1916 (Somme)
”	D. R. Hunt		to Dec. 1916
”	E. Christian, D.S.O.		” Apr. 1917
”	D. M. MacLeod, D.S.O.		” March 1918
South African (Composite) Battalion—
Lt.-Col.	H. W. M. Bamford, O.B.E., M.C.	Apr. 1918	to Sept. 1918
28th Brigade
2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers—
Lt.-Col.	J. Utterson-Kelso, D.S.O., M.C.	Apr. 1918	to Oct. 1918
”	R. Campbell, D.S.O.		to Nov. 1918
”	C. S. Nairne		” Armistice
9th Scottish Rifles—
Lt.-Col.	W. Lumsden, D.S.O., M.C.	Apr. 1918	to Armistice
1st Bn. Royal Newfoundland Regiment—
Lt.-Col.	T. G. Matthias, D.S.O.	Sept. 1918	to Armistice
Pioneers
9th Seaforth Highlanders—
Lt.-Col.	T. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O.		to March 1917
”	W. Petty, D.S.O.		” Aug. 1918
”	S. F. Sharp, M.C.		” Armistice
9th Machine-gun Battalion—
Lt.-Col.	F. G. Chalmers, M.C.	March 1918	to June 1918
”	H. J. W. Davis, D.S.O.		” Armistice

(C) ARTILLERY BRIGADE COMMANDERS
50th Brigade
Lt.-Col.	A. C. Bailward	to Jan. 1915
”	C. E. D. Budworth, M.V.O.	” March 1915
”	C. C. Van Straubenzee	” Aug. 1915
”	E. W. S. Brooke, D.S.O.	” Aug. 1917
”	C. W. W. McLean, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” March 1918
”	J. de B. Cowan, D.S.O.	” May 1918
”	C. W. W. McLean, C.M.G., D.S.O.	” Armistice
51st Brigade
Lt.-Col.	A. H. Carter	to Aug. 1916
”	G. A. S. Cape, D.S.O.	” Oct. 1917
”	M. Muirhead, D.S.O.	” Armistice
52nd Brigade
Lt.-Col.	F. W. Boteler	to March 1915
”	A. M. Perreau, C.M.G.	” June 1916
”	H. M. Ballingall	” June 1916
”	H. T. Belcher, D.S.O.	” Jan. 1917
53rd Brigade
Lt.-Col.	C. N. Simpson	to Feb. 1915
”	K. K. Knapp, C.M.G.	” Nov. 1915
”	H. T. Belcher, D.S.O.	” Sept. 1916
(D) FIELD COMPANY COMMANDERS
63rd Company
Capt.	C. Doucet	to Nov. 1914
Major	L. W. S. Oldham	” July 1915
”	A. W. Reid, M.C.	” Apr. 1917
”	R. E. Bruce Fielding, D.S.O.	” Armistice
64th Company
Capt.	W. E. Francis	to Nov. 1914
Major	G. R. Hearn, D.S.O.	” Aug. 1916
”	C. G. Woolner, M.C.	” Oct. 1917
”	N. Clavering, M.C.	” July 1918
Capt.	T. F. Young, D.S.O., M.C.	” Oct. 1918
90th Company
Major	C. S. Montefiore	to May 1915
”	C. D. Munro	” Sept. 1915 (Loos)
”	G. B. F. Smyth, D.S.O.	” Oct. 1916
”	S. W. S. Hamilton, D.S.O.	” Sept. 1917
”	T. G. Bird, D.S.O.	” Armistice
(E) FIELD AMBULANCE COMMANDERS
27th Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col.	O. W. A. Elsner, D.S.O.	to Apr. 1917
”	J. M. A. Costello, M.C.	” Armistice
28th Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col.	W. E. Hardy	to June 1915
”	H. C. R. Hine	” Aug. 1915
Capt.	G. P. Taylor	” Jan. 1916
”	Darling, M.C.	” Aug. 1916
Lt.-Col.	T. E. Harty, D.S.O.	” Armistice
29th Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col.	F. R. Buswell	to Oct. 1915
Major	R. P. Lewis	” May 1916
S. A. Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col.	G. H. Usmar	May 1916 to Aug. 1916
”	R. N. Pringle, D.S.O., M.C.	” Sept. 1918
2nd/1st (East Lancs.) Field Ambulance
Lt.-Col.	J. Bruce	Sept. 1918 to Armistice