In Memory Of

HOTCHKIS, GILBERT

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1893-12-29
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 8th/10th Bn.
Regiment:
 Gordon Highlanders
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by high explosive when preparing the advance trenches for the troops to jump off the next day at the Battle of Arras
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 IV. D. 16.
Cemetery:
 WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Major Richard James and Mary Anna Hotchkis, Crookston House, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Born Crookston. Educated High School of Glasgow. A farmer in Rhodesia. Joined the Rhodesian Rifles in December 1914 and marched with them 600 miles to German East Africa afterwards returned to England. Joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps 27 June 1915 and obtained a commission 22 December following, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from December 1916. His Colonel wrote "Whenever the Battalion was in action he was always in the thick of it, when his dash and courage won for him the admiration, confidence and affection of us all". Commemorated on Nitshill Church Memorial Plaque. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918