Private Robert Allan,14th ( Service ) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. He was killed in action at Bapaume in France on 27th March 1918 during the German March Offensive ( Operation Michael ) aged19. He had been born in Kelso and was the son of James and Grace Allan of 2 Havannah Court, Kelso and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras. Before enlisting he had been employed as an apprentice chemist in the Town. The photographs show Allied troops preparing to meet the advancing Germans.