🌺 “The First Gordon Highlander to Fall in the Great War” — The Story of Private William Gordon Bathgate, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 🌺 William Gordon Bathgate was born on 19 April 1890 at Maud, in Aberdeenshire. He was the son of William Gordon Bathgate and Helen Bathgate of Dyce. A north-east lad — brought up in rural Scotland, where discipline, hard work and quiet resilience were part of everyday life. Before the war, William learned a trade. He served his apprenticeship as a tailor at