Sutherland, William Henry
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of James Sutherland ; born Thurso, 5 March 1892 ; educated Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, where he had a very distinguished career. In 1914 he graduated M.A. with First Class Honours in Economic Science and Second Class Honours in Classics. He gained the Liddel Greek Prize in 1912 and 1914. Keenly interested in social problems, Sutherland saw clearly how war would endanger progress, but, like a true lover of peace, he was willing to fight to win it. In March 1913 he enlisted in the 4th Gordon Highlanders, serving in the ranks at home and then in France from February 1915 till December 1916, when he was commissioned. In October 1917 he was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Military Cross. He remained in France, taking part in much severe fighting, till he fell in action, while serving with the 12th Royal Scots, on the Canal du Nord, on 23 March 1918.
Honours: Military Cross
Date of Death: 23 March 1918
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Arras Memorial, Panel 8, Column 22.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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