Description
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Lieutenant John Dickie, Gordon Highlanders, former Private in the 7th Highland Light Infantry. Glasgow Scotsman.
Star officially impressed: 3254 Pte J. Dickie. High. L.I.”
Pair officially impressed: “Lieut. J. Dickie.”
With detailed Officer’s Service File, MIC other copied research, including a book section of his unit at the Battle of Loos where he was present during 1915.
With a “Glasgow Highlanders” H.L.I. Cap Badge, his original regiment, the 9th Glasgow Highland Volunteer Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 15th December 1915 record his war service and promotion to a Commission:
“Mr JOHN DICKIE, of the 9th Highland Light Infantry Glasgow Highlanders, has been promoted from the ranks, after being for 5 and 1/2 months with the Battalion in France, and during most of that time in the Trenches.
He has received a commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 3/7th H.L.I., and has joined the Battalion in Ripon.
The young officer is the son of Mr John Dickie, of the Head Offices of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, and before enlistment was an accountant in the office of Messrs Thomson M’Lintock and Sons, C.A., Glasgow.
He suffered from the Poison Gas during the advance on Loos, and was for some time in hospital, but fortunately he made a good recovery.”
Lieutenant John Dickie (Junior), was a Glasgow Man born there on 14th June 1894.
His father was John Dickie (Senior), a Glasgow Railway Inspector, and his mother Jemima Dickie.
He was educated at the Albert Road School in Pollokshields.
This school would have 523 old boys serve in the war, with 101 not returning home, the pupils would include John Skinner VC DCM Croix de Guerre.
With the outbreak of war, a 20 year old John wasted no time in attesting for service, at this time he lived in Pollokshields, Glasgow.
He signed up on 7th September 1914 at Glasgow for the 9th H.L.I., this Volunteer Battalion was known as the Glasgow Highlanders.
He would see service in France as a Private of the 1/9th Highland Light Infantry from 27th June 1915 until 28th November 1915.
Becoming an Officer, he was posted as a Lieutenant in the 3/7th Highland Light Infantry.
Later in the war he was taken into Yorkhill War Hospital in Glasgow, whilst serving with the 5th Reserve Bn HLI, suffering from Catarrhal Laryngitis, leading to a 2 month rest from service.
