Letters of Lieutenant Alexander Nigel Trotter, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).

The letters are mostly from Nigel, as he was known to his family, whilst serving in the 3rd Battalion Royal Scots. They are to his family, mostly his mother Mrs A.P. Trotter, and describe military training and the early weeks of the First World War. Also included are typescripts of letters to Trotter`s mother from his Captain and others describing his death, and two photographs of Trotter in uniform.

Trotter was a member of the Officer Training Corps whilst attending Clifton College, Bristol, and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Royal Scots in December 1912. He was promoted Lieutenant in July 1914. At the outbreak of war, he was appointed Transport Officer for the 3rd Battalion and sailed for France on 30 August 1914. He was in command of A Company when, on 12 October 1914, he was fatally wounded in action at La Fosse, near Vielle Chapelle.