James Alexander Anderson

In 1912 he came to the University of Glasgow to study for a BSc in Agriculture. During his time at the university he took: Maths, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. He never finished his degree, however, because of the outbreak of the First World War.

James was a member of the Officers Training Corps 1914-1915. He was gazetted to the Black Watch and fought with the 8th and 11th battalions. He died at the Somme, killed in action during the Battle of Warlencourt on 19th October 1916. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.