 Speeches were made by Lieutenant-Colonel McLaren, his Officer Commanding in France; Colonel James Chisholm, who termed him "the successor to the MacCrimmons of Skye"; Colonel C. W. Gibson and many other officers who commended his example, in obedience to the call of duty, as a characteristic that had been the making of the British Empire.He was described as a "a soldier and a Highland gentleman in the highest terms.