Ewart Alan Mackintosh

Lieutenant Ewart Alan Mackintosh MC (4 March 1893 – 21 November 1917) was a war poet and an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders from December 1914.

Although he was born in Brighton in Sussex, his father's roots went back to Clan Mackintosh in Alness in Ross.

who subsequently published a war diary[6] based on his reports to the John O'Groat Journal.

He was stationed near Cambridge for eight months during which time he was training cadets[3] and he became engaged to Sylvia Marsh who was from a Quaker family.

He organised and led a successful raid on the enemy's trenches with great skill and courage.

Mackintosh was killed in action on the second day of the Battle of Cambrai, 21 November 1917, whilst with the 4th Seaforth Highlanders.

[2] Lines from his poem "A Creed" are used on "The Call 1914"; the Scottish American Memorial in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens[13] when it was installed in 1927.

A small ceremony took place in France on the 90th anniversary of Mackintosh's death and there were plans to dedicate a chapel to him and his regiment.