Addenda to my last post.--Answering my own question

Capt.Basil Rathbone was indeed enlisted in a Scottish unit during WWI (the Liverpool Scottish 2nd Battalion)and served with distinction recieving the British Military Cross for "conspicuous bravery".
The things ya learn surfin' the WWW. (Hmm now if I could find what the Tartan of his kilt is...)

Bill