The Sunday Post (Inverness)

Bertie, 36

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DIED MARCH 25, 1918

Shot as he led an attack, pistol in one hand, swagger stick in the other, in the Somme valley. Ferdinand Foch, the French commander, told Scots troops: “He lives today in your hearts and in the hearts of all men who revere heroism. His name will prove an inspiratio­n to all who fight the battle of liberty.”

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