[1][3] Garvie captained the club and at the time of his death in 1915, he was described by the Southern Press as the "best all-round player Queen's Park has known for many years.
[5] After the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Garvie enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
[4] Serving with the rank of lance corporal,[2] On 25 September 1915, Garvie was wounded in the advance on the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos.
[2] Garvie's younger brother, Ernest, served as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry during the war and won the Military Cross.
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