LIFE FOR LAMB
COLONEL’S PLUNGE INTO LOCH LONDON, June 19. Lt.-Col. Thomas Wilkinson Cuthbert, D. 5.0., was drowned to-day in Gask Loch on his estate, Badcall, Scourie, Sutherlandshire. He entered the water to rescue a young lamb which had fallen in during sheep-dipping operations. The water was treacherously deep and muddy at the place. He slipped, swam a few strokes, disappeared, and never rose again.
A shepherd dived twice in an attempt at rescue. He was unsuccessful, and in turn had himself to be rescued. The colonel’s body was recovered two hours later.
Col. Cuthbert, who was 64 and unmarried. was born at Greenock and educated at Edinburgh Academy and University. He went to France in 1914 as major in the 4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders, and was wounded in the head at Ncuve Chapellc, but took command when his colonel became a casualty.
For his services on that occasion he received the D.S.O. He was the first Territorial officer in • the war to whom it was awarded.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19360808.2.61
Bibliographic details
Greymouth Evening Star, 8 August 1936, Page 11
Word Count
167LIFE FOR LAMB Greymouth Evening Star, 8 August 1936, Page 11
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Greymouth Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.