Archive of Scottish war poet who died in battle to go under the hammer

The archive of Edinburgh war poet James Alexander “Hamish” Mann, who died in 1917, will be auctioned next week (Stewart Attwood/PA) -

The archive of a “talented” Edinburgh war poet who died in 1917 before seeing his work published is set to be auctioned.

James Alexander Mann, known to all as Hamish, was a schoolboy at George Watson’s College before serving in the Royal Highlanders, Black Watch during the First World War.