Spittal, Robert Haig
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Biography: Son of James Spittal, schoolmaster ; born Ellon, 11 December 1882 ; educated Gordon's College, Aberdeen ; graduated M.B., 1905, with distinction in Anatomy, gaining the Fife Jamieson, and Lizars Medals. He was appointed Second Assistant in Anatomy and was later House Surgeon at the Aberdeen Sick Children's Hospital. He then took up general practice at Stockport, and in 1912 settled at South Bank, Yorkshire. At the outbreak of war Spittal received a commission in the R.A.M.C. His first experience of active service was with the British Military Hospital attached to the Serbian Army, his excellent work there being recognised by the award of the Order of St. Sava. After a short time at Malta and in Egypt, he served on the French Front till his death in action at Poelcapelle, 4 October 1917.
Honours: Order of St. Sava
Date of Death: 04 October 1917
Burial Details: Name recorded on Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, Panel 160, Column 1.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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