John Littlejohn

John then enrolled as an evening student at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, an antecedent of the University of Strathclyde. He took two courses of lectures in Inorganic Chemistry in session 1906-1907, achieving first-class certificates of merit for each, and in session 1907-1908 he attended Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Laboratory classes, gaining second-class certificates of merit for each.

In 1908, John returned to the University of Glasgow to study for the degree of BSc, specialising in Chemistry. He earned two first class certificates in that subject and graduated on 15 November 1913.

During his time at university, John was a member of the Officer Training Corps. He subsequently became a Captain in the City of Glasgow Cadet Corps whilst working as a science teacher at Strathbungo Higher Grade School in Glasgow. In January 1916, he was gazetted to the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, and fought as part of that regiment until the autumn of 1916. John is believed to have been killed in action on 26 October, aged 37. Official notice of his death was given on 13 November 1916, but a body was not recovered until 1931. The body was moved from Lesboeufs, near the Sprectrum Trench, to the Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery, a small mixed cemetery created at the foot of the Thiepval Memorial for men lost to both the French and Commonwealth nations. However, as the body had no accompanying personal effects, it could not be identified for certain as that of John Littlejohn.

Second Lieutenant John Littlejohn is remembered on the Roll of Honour of the Royal Technical College of Glasgow.