Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 063 ANDREW KNOWLES FRASER

63 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

Captain ANDREW KNOWLES FRASER, M.C.,

4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders

Aged 25

Eldest son of Major Fraser, C.M.G., Leckmelm. Grandson of the late Capt. John Fraser of Balnain and Farraline.

Elected Scholar of Winchester College	1906.
Gained an open Scholarship for Christ Church, Oxford	1911.
Enlished in the 4th Seaforths	3rd Aug. 1914
Mobilized	4rd Aug. 1914
Received a Commission	2nd Sept. 1914
Proceeded to France	5th Nov. 1914
Twice wounded at the Chemical Works, Roeux, where he was in Command of No. 3 Company	23rd April 1917.
For his services that day received the M.C.	-
Returned to France	Oct. 1917.
Killed in action at Fontaine Nôtre Dame, while fighting a rearguard action	22nd Nov. 1917.

Had his father and two brothers serving –

Major James Fraser, C.M.G., 4th Seaforths. Three times mentioned in dispatches.
Lieut. John Fraser, R.N., H.M.S. Lance, and later in command of a submarine. Wounded.
Capt. Simon K. Fraser, M.C., 9th Seaforths. Wounded.

“In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.“

- Psalm ivi:II.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.

Grave: Panel 10

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Ullapool, MIddle Panel, 2nd from the top.

additional information

The official records put his date of death as being the 20th of November 1917, and not the 22nd as stated above.

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.

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