Lieutenant A. B. Macrae, RNR, DSC with bar

Born at Back 13th August 1884, Lieut. Macrae went to sea before the mast in 1902, and had been sailing as Chief Officer in the service of the Federal Company for over three years when war broke out. He volunteered, got a commission in the RNR in November, and joined HMS Coquette as 1st Lieut. in December 1914. On 7 March 1916, the Coquette was blown up, the Captain and 22 men being lost. In April 1916, Lieut. Macrae got command of TB 112 and rendered valuable services in preventing submarine attacks on a convoy in August 1917, for which he received a letter from the Admiralty expressing their appreciation of his action. Later the same year, 24 September, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for destruction of an enemy submarine, and in the following month he was awarded a Bar on the DSC for a similar action. On 12 January 1919, he left the Osprey on being demobilised at his own request.