page_title: Ewart Alan Mackintosh
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Ewart Alan Mackintosh / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Scottish-American War Memorial, Princes Street Gardens Memorial to U.S. soldiers of Scottish origin who fought in the Great War, 1914-18. Scots_American_War_Memorial Ewart_Alan_Mackintosh
context_page_description: Lieutenant Ewart Alan Mackintosh MC was a war poet and an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders from December 1914. Mackintosh was killed whilst observing the second day of the second Battle of Cambrai, 21 November 1917. His best poetry has been said to be comparable in quality to that of Rupert Brooke.
  His Life
  Ewart Alan Mackintosh was born on 4 March 1893, the only son of Alexander Mackintosh and his wife, Lilian Rogers. Although he was born in Brighton in Sussex, his father's roots were from Alness in Ross and Cromarty. His maternal grandfather was the preacher James Guinness Rogers. He said that it was because of his grandfather's friendship with British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, that he was given his first name. He studied locally at Brighton College whilst also studying Gaelic and learning to play the pipes during the holidays. He continued his studies at St Paul's School in London and then studied Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. Mackintosh, who was a member of the University of Oxford Officers' Training Corps, tried to join the army immediately war broke out in August and while still in his university course.
context_section_description: His poetry has been said to have been as good as the more famous war poet Rupert Brooke. Lines from his poem "A Creed" are used on "The Call 1914"; the Scottish American Memorial in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens when it was installed in 1927. The memorial was paid for by Scottish Americans to commemorate the bravery of the Scottish soldiers of the Great War.
  A small ceremony took place in France on the 90th anniversary of Mackintosh's death and there were plans to dedicate a chapel to him and his regiment.
caption: Lines from his poem "A Creed" are used on the Scottish American Memorial in Princes Street Gardens.[11]
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