Arthur Roxburghe Orr
| Rank | Captain |  |
| Regiment | Scots Guards, 2nd Battalion | |
| Military Service | 1901 Attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1904 Gazetted to Scots Guards 1914 At the outbreak of war 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards were stationed at the Tower of London and Orr was Assistant Superintendent of Gymnasia, London District. The battalion landed at Zeebrugge on 7th October too late to assist in the defence of Antwerp but aided the retreat of the Belgium army. He was wounded at the first Battle of Ypres in October soon after arriving in France and invalided home. In December he was promoted Captain.  The roll call of 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards on the Menin Road, 27 October 1914. 1915 Returned to his regiment in the spring. | |
| Born | December 1884, Glasgow | |
| Death | 17th October 1915 | |
| Age | 30 | |
| Burial | Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery, M. 16 | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Jane S. Orr, of Kinnaird House, Larbert, Stirlingshire, and the late Robert Orr. | |
| Parents | Robert Orr (1841-1906) and Jane Simpson (1856-1940) | |
| Father's Occupation | Merchant & Manufacturing Chemist | |
| Siblings | Robert (c1876-1914) George (c1877-), Marion (c1881-), Agnes (c1883-), Francis (c1884-) Archibald (1886-1886), | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Loretto School 1897-1901 | |
| Occupation | Regular soldier | |
| 1891 Census | Great Western Terrace, Kelvinside, Glasgow | |
| 1901 Census | Kinnaird Mansion House, Larbert, Stirlingshire | |
| 1911 Census | The Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey | |
| Home Address | 1914 – 43 Tedworth Square, Chelsea, London | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Zeta Lair 64 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Other Information | Orr played cricket for the Household Brigade and Stirling County being a free-hitting batsman who warranted a short obituary in Wisden’s Almanac for 1915 | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk), Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org Family Search – www.familysearch.org The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/ Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com Loretto Roll of Honour – http://www.lorettoniansociety.org.uk/memorial/ww1/index.htm | |
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Arthur Roxburghe Orr Monument
