Ramsay, Lewis Neil Griffitt
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of Sir W. M. Ramsay, LL.D., D.C.L., D.D., Emeritus Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen ; born Aberdeen,3 February 1890 ; educated Merchiston School, Edinburgh ; Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen ; University of Aberdeen; Christ's College, Cambridge. He graduated M.A., I 1911 ; B. Sc., 1912, with special distinction in Botany, and showed great promise as a naturalist, especially in the field of ornithology. His observing powers were very remarkable. As a Beit Fellow he worked for some time in the Imperial College of Science, London, and he also acted for a year with marked efficiency as Second Assistant in the Natural History Department, University of Aberdeen. There can be no doubt that he would have made his mark in science. At the University, Ramsay was known outside the classroom as a keen sportsman. In hockey, running and swimming, he excelled, and he was an enthusiastic member of "U" Company, and of the O.T.C. at Cambridge. In August 1914 he joined the 4th Gordons as a private and was commissioned in November, accepting exchange to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion. A week later he was ordered to join the 2nd Battalion in France where he served during the winter of 1914-15. He came safely through the battle of Neuve Chapelle in March, but a few days later was shot by a sniper while repairing a trench on ground taken from the enemy, 21 March 1915.
Date of Death: 21 March 1915
Burial Details: Buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery, Plot 2, Row H, Grave 6.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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