Lives of the First World War

4th September 1914 - 10th August 1918

Lieutenant Roderick Oswald Corderoy Macdonald, MC, R.F.A., attached R.A.F. who was accidentally killed while flying on 10/8/1918. He was the elder son of Dr Roderick Macdonald, of China and of Mrs Macdonald of Edinburgh, and was educated at the Royal High School and University Edinburgh where he gained his B certificate in the University O.T.C. He received his commission in the R.F.A on 4/9/1914, and landed with the 29th Division in Gallipoli in March 1915, serving later with the Artillery in France, where he won his M.C. at the battle of the Somme in July 1916. In March 1917, he volunteered as an observer in the R.F.C. an served in that capacity for eight months in France with No 42 Squadron, then being sent to Egypt with the squadron where he qualified as a Pilot. After being Gazetted as a pilot he returned to the UK for some special instruction in aerial photography at No 53 Training Depot Station Dover. While doing some aerial practice on 10/8/1918 his scout plane became inverted at low level and crashed killing him outright. He had been recommended by Lord Roberts for the Consular Service, and had been accepted by the Board of Selection.

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