World War 1

VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS SCOTLAND

Scottish VC recipients on these tables...
ANDERSON William, ANDERSON William Herbert, ANGUS William, ARCHIBALD Adam, BISSETT William Davidson, BLOOMFIELD William Anderson, BOUGHEY Stanley Henry Parry, BRODIE Walter Lorrain, BROOKE James Anson Otho, BRUCE William Arthur McCrae, CALDWELL Thomas, CAMPBELL John Vaughan, CARMICHAEL John, CHRISTIE John Alexander, CLAMP William, CRAIG John Manson, DAWSON James Lennox, DAYKINS John Bruton, DOUGLAS-HAMILTON Angus Falconer.

TABLE-1 : WW1

Name William,
ANDERSON William Herbert,
ANDERSON William,
ANGUS Adam,
ARCHIBALD

Rank Corporal [8191] A/Lieutenant Colonel Lance Corporal Sapper

Force 2nd Bn. The Yorkshire Regiment [Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own], British Army. 12th [S] Bn. The Highland Light Infantry, British Army. 8th Bn. The Highland Light Infantry, British Army. 218th Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.

Age Twenty-nine Thirty-six Twenty-seven Thirty-nine

Campaign WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1

VC won 12 March 1915. Neuve Chapelle, France. 25 March 1918. Bois Favieres near Maricourt, France. 12 Jun 1915. Givenchy, France. 04 November 1918. Near Ors, France.

London Gaz 22 May 1915. 03 May 1918. 29 June 1915. 06 Jan 1919.

Date of Birth 28 December 1882. Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland. 29 December 1881. Glasgow, Scotland. 28 February 1888. Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. 14 January 1879, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Date of Death 12 March 1915. Neuve Chapelle, France. 25 March 1918. France. 14 June 1959. Carluke, Scotland. 10 March 1957, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Interred No known grave. Listed on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, [Panel 12]. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt. Wilton Cemetery, Wilton Road, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Lair 36. Section 0. Headstone. Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Location of VC Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire, England. Not publicly held. Scottish United Services Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland. Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, Kent, England.

Remarks Killed in action, body was never found. Killed in action. Professional footballer with Glasgow Celtic F.C. The 1st Scottish Territorial soldier to be awarded the VC. Award presented by the King on 30 August 1915. None.

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TABLE-2 : WW1

Name William Davidson,
BISSETT William Anderson,
BLOOMFIELD Stanley Henry Parry,
BOUGHEY Walter Lorrain,
BRODIE

Rank Lieutenant Captain Second Lieutenant Captain

Force 1/6th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army. Scout Corps. 2nd South African Mounted Brigade, South African Forces. 1/4th Bn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army. 2nd Bn., The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.

Age Twenty-five Forty-three Twenty-one Twenty-nine.

Campaign WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1

VC won 25 October 1918. East of Maing, France. 24 August 1916. Miali, Tanganyika [now Tanzania]. 01 December 1917. El Burf, Palestine. 11 November 1914. Near Becelaere, Belgium.

London Gaz 06 January 1919. 30 December 1916. 12 February 1918. 12 December 1914.

Date of Birth 07 August 1893. St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland. 30 January 1873. 09 April 1896, Ayrshire, Scotland. 28 July 1885. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Date of Death 12 May 1971. Wrexham. 12 May 1954, Ermelo. 04 December 1917. Palestine [Israel]. 23 August 1918. Near Moeuvres, France.

Interred Aldershot Military Cemetery [headstone]. Pentyrebychan Crematorium, Wrexham. Ermelo Cemetery. Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. [grave ref - XX.A.1.]. Bienvillers Military Cemetery.

Location of VC The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling, Scotland. National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa. Not publicly held. Not publicly held.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Major. In World War II served with RAOC and Royal Pioneer Corps. Other Decorations Croix de Guerre avec Palme [France]. Later achieved rank as Major. Killed in Action. Son of Mrs Lucy BOUGHEY of Yew Tree Fm, Hurleston, Nantwich, Cheshire. Later achieved rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Killed in Action.

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TABLE-3 : WW1

Name James Anson Otho,
BROOKE William Arthur McCrae,
BRUCE John Crawford,
BUCHAN Thomas,
CALDWELL

Rank Lieutenant Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Sergeant

Force 2nd Bn. The Gordon Highlanders, British Army. 59th Scinde Rifles, Indian Army. 7th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army. 12th Bn., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, Britiah Army.

Age Thirty Twenty-four Twenty-five Twenty-four

Campaign WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1

VC won 29 October 1914. Near Gheluvelt, Belgium. 19 December 1914. Near Givenchy, France. 21 March 1918. East of Marteville, France. 31 October 1918. At Elseghem, near Audenarde, France.

London Gaz 16 February 1915. 04 September 1919. Not known. 06 January 1919.

Date of Birth 03 February 1884, Aberdeen, Scotland. 15 June 1890. Edinburgh, Scotland. circa 1893. 10 February 1984. Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Date of Death 29 October 1914. Belgium. 19 December 1914. France. 21 March 1918. France. 06 June 1969. Adelaide, Australia.

Interred Zandvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [grave ref - VI.E.2.]. No known grave. Name listed on Neuve Chapelle Memorial. Not known. Centennial Park Crematorium, Adelaide, Australia.

Location of VC Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland. Victoria College, Jersey. Location unknown. Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, Glasgow, Scotland.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Captain. Promotion to Captain w.e. September 1914 notified posthumously. Killed in Action. Son of Sir Harry Vesey BROOKE, K.B.E. and Lady BROOKE of Fairley, Countesswells, Aberdeenshire. Awarded the Sword of Honour at Sandhurst. Killed in Action. Killed in Action. Educated Carluke Primary, formerly employed as farm servant/carter. Originally enlisted in 1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [569]. Presented with VC by the King outside Buckingham Palace on 8th May 1919. Married to Jeannie KERR. Emigrated to Australia. Later achived rank of Company Sergeant Major.

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TABLE-4 : WW1

Name John Vaughan,
CAMPBELL John,
CARMICHAEL John Alexander,
CHRISTIE William,
CLAMP

Rank T/Lieutenant-Colonel Sergeant Lance Corporal Corporal [42537]

Force 3rd Bn. The Coldstream Guards, British Army. 9th Bn. The North Staffordshire Regiment [The Prince of Wales's], British Army. 1/11th [County of London] Bn., The London Regiment [Finsbury Rifles], British Army. 6th Bn. The Yorkshire Regiment [Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own], British Army.

Age Thirty-nine Twenty-four Twenty-two Twenty-five

Campaign WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1

VC won 15 September 1916. Ginchy, France. 08 September 1917. Near Hill 60, Zwarteleen, Belgium. 21 - 22 December 1917. At Fejja, Palestine. 09 October 1917. Poelcapelle, Belgium.

London Gaz 26 October 1916. 17 October 1917. 27 February 1918. 18 December 1917.

Date of Birth 31 October 1876. 01 April 1893. Glenmavis, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 14 May 1895. 28 October 1891. Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Date of Death 21 May 1944. Woodchester. 20 December 1977. Hurstmain, Glenmavis, Lanarkshire. 10 September 1967. Stockport. 09 October 1917. Belgium.

Interred Cheltenham Crematorium. The Landward Cemetery, Airdrie, Scotland. Stockport Crematorium. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [panel 52 to 54 and 162A].

Location of VC The Coldstream Guards Museum. The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield. Not publicly held. Green Howards Museum, Richmond.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Brigadier-General. Other Decorations CMG DSO. Educated at New Monkland Parish School, Glenmavis. Enlisted 8th June 1915 in 415 [Lowland] Field Company, Royal Engineers. Then transferred to the 8th Bn Sherwood Foresters then again to the 9th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment in early 1917. Received his award at Buckingham Palace by the King on 22nd June 1918. Seriously injured in 1917. Other Decorations MM. His prompt action cleared a difficult position at a most difficult time and saved many lives. Killed in Action Belgium. Originally enlisted with 6th Bn Cameronians [Scottish Rifles]. Wounded twice the 2nd time with the Green Howards. Medal presented to his parents by the King at Buckingham Palace on 2nd Mar 1918. Son of Charles and Christina Dundas CLAMP of 13c Reid Terrace, Flemington, Motherwell.

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TABLE-5 : WW1

Name John Manson,
CRAIG James Lennox,
DAWSON John Brunton,
DAYKINS Angus Falconer,
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON

Rank Second Lieutenant. Corporal. Acting Sergeant. T/Lieutenant Colonel.

Force 1/4th Bn., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army. Attd. 1/5th Bn. 187th Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army. 2/4th Bn., The York and Lancaster Regiment, British Army. Reserve of Officers, British Army. Commander 6th Bn., The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders.

Age Twenty-one. Twenty-three. Thirty-five. Fifty-two.

Campaign WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1 WORLD WAR 1

VC won 05 June 1917. Egypt. 13 October 1915. Hohenzollern Redoubt, France. 20 October 1918. Solesmes, France. 25 - 26 September 1915. During operations on Hill 70, France.

London Gaz 02 August 1917. 07 December 1915. 06 January 1919. 08 November 1915.

Date of Birth 05 March 1896, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. 25 December 1891. Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. 26 March 1883. Ormiston Farm, Hawick, Scotland. 20 August 1863. Brighton, East Sussex, England.

Date of Death 19 February 1970, Crieff, Scotland. 15 February 1967. Eastbourne. 24 January 1933. Edinburgh, Scotland. 25 - 26 September 1915. Hill 70, France.

Interred Perth Crematorium, Scotland. Eastbourne Crematorium. Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh, Scotland. No known grave. Name listed on the Loos Memorial.

Location of VC Not publicly held.. Glasgow University, Scotland. The York and Lancaster Regiment Museum. Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland.

Remarks None. Later achieved rank of Colonel. Other Decorations MM. Killed in Action.

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Name	William, ANDERSON	William Herbert, ANDERSON	William, ANGUS	Adam, ARCHIBALD
Rank	Corporal [8191]	A/Lieutenant Colonel	Lance Corporal	Sapper
Force	2nd Bn. The Yorkshire Regiment [Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own], British Army.	12th [S] Bn. The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.	8th Bn. The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.	218th Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.
Age	Twenty-nine	Thirty-six	Twenty-seven	Thirty-nine
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	12 March 1915. Neuve Chapelle, France.	25 March 1918. Bois Favieres near Maricourt, France.	12 Jun 1915. Givenchy, France.	04 November 1918. Near Ors, France.
London Gaz	22 May 1915.	03 May 1918.	29 June 1915.	06 Jan 1919.
Date of Birth	28 December 1882. Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland.	29 December 1881. Glasgow, Scotland.	28 February 1888. Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.	14 January 1879, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date of Death	12 March 1915. Neuve Chapelle, France.	25 March 1918. France.	14 June 1959. Carluke, Scotland.	10 March 1957, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Interred	No known grave. Listed on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, [Panel 12].	Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt.	Wilton Cemetery, Wilton Road, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Lair 36. Section 0. Headstone.	Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Location of VC	Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire, England.	Not publicly held.	Scottish United Services Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland.	Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, Kent, England.
Remarks	Killed in action, body was never found.	Killed in action.	Professional footballer with Glasgow Celtic F.C. The 1st Scottish Territorial soldier to be awarded the VC. Award presented by the King on 30 August 1915.	None.
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Name	William Davidson, BISSETT	William Anderson, BLOOMFIELD	Stanley Henry Parry, BOUGHEY	Walter Lorrain, BRODIE
Rank	Lieutenant	Captain	Second Lieutenant	Captain
Force	1/6th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army.	Scout Corps. 2nd South African Mounted Brigade, South African Forces.	1/4th Bn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army.	2nd Bn., The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.
Age	Twenty-five	Forty-three	Twenty-one	Twenty-nine.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	25 October 1918. East of Maing, France.	24 August 1916. Miali, Tanganyika [now Tanzania].	01 December 1917. El Burf, Palestine.	11 November 1914. Near Becelaere, Belgium.
London Gaz	06 January 1919.	30 December 1916.	12 February 1918.	12 December 1914.
Date of Birth	07 August 1893. St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland.	30 January 1873.	09 April 1896, Ayrshire, Scotland.	28 July 1885. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date of Death	12 May 1971. Wrexham.	12 May 1954, Ermelo.	04 December 1917. Palestine [Israel].	23 August 1918. Near Moeuvres, France.
Interred	Aldershot Military Cemetery [headstone]. Pentyrebychan Crematorium, Wrexham.	Ermelo Cemetery.	Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. [grave ref - XX.A.1.].	Bienvillers Military Cemetery.
Location of VC	The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling, Scotland.	National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa.	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Major. In World War II served with RAOC and Royal Pioneer Corps. Other Decorations Croix de Guerre avec Palme [France].	Later achieved rank as Major.	Killed in Action. Son of Mrs Lucy BOUGHEY of Yew Tree Fm, Hurleston, Nantwich, Cheshire.	Later achieved rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Killed in Action.
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Name	James Anson Otho, BROOKE	William Arthur McCrae, BRUCE	John Crawford, BUCHAN	Thomas, CALDWELL
Rank	Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Sergeant
Force	2nd Bn. The Gordon Highlanders, British Army.	59th Scinde Rifles, Indian Army.	7th Bn. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army.	12th Bn., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, Britiah Army.
Age	Thirty	Twenty-four	Twenty-five	Twenty-four
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	29 October 1914. Near Gheluvelt, Belgium.	19 December 1914. Near Givenchy, France.	21 March 1918. East of Marteville, France.	31 October 1918. At Elseghem, near Audenarde, France.
London Gaz	16 February 1915.	04 September 1919.	Not known.	06 January 1919.
Date of Birth	03 February 1884, Aberdeen, Scotland.	15 June 1890. Edinburgh, Scotland.	circa 1893.	10 February 1984. Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Date of Death	29 October 1914. Belgium.	19 December 1914. France.	21 March 1918. France.	06 June 1969. Adelaide, Australia.
Interred	Zandvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [grave ref - VI.E.2.].	No known grave. Name listed on Neuve Chapelle Memorial.	Not known.	Centennial Park Crematorium, Adelaide, Australia.
Location of VC	Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland.	Victoria College, Jersey.	Location unknown.	Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, Glasgow, Scotland.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Captain. Promotion to Captain w.e. September 1914 notified posthumously. Killed in Action. Son of Sir Harry Vesey BROOKE, K.B.E. and Lady BROOKE of Fairley, Countesswells, Aberdeenshire. Awarded the Sword of Honour at Sandhurst.	Killed in Action.	Killed in Action.	Educated Carluke Primary, formerly employed as farm servant/carter. Originally enlisted in 1/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry [569]. Presented with VC by the King outside Buckingham Palace on 8th May 1919. Married to Jeannie KERR. Emigrated to Australia. Later achived rank of Company Sergeant Major.
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Name	John Vaughan, CAMPBELL	John, CARMICHAEL	John Alexander, CHRISTIE	William, CLAMP
Rank	T/Lieutenant-Colonel	Sergeant	Lance Corporal	Corporal [42537]
Force	3rd Bn. The Coldstream Guards, British Army.	9th Bn. The North Staffordshire Regiment [The Prince of Wales's], British Army.	1/11th [County of London] Bn., The London Regiment [Finsbury Rifles], British Army.	6th Bn. The Yorkshire Regiment [Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own], British Army.
Age	Thirty-nine	Twenty-four	Twenty-two	Twenty-five
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	15 September 1916. Ginchy, France.	08 September 1917. Near Hill 60, Zwarteleen, Belgium.	21 - 22 December 1917. At Fejja, Palestine.	09 October 1917. Poelcapelle, Belgium.
London Gaz	26 October 1916.	17 October 1917.	27 February 1918.	18 December 1917.
Date of Birth	31 October 1876.	01 April 1893. Glenmavis, Lanarkshire, Scotland.	14 May 1895.	28 October 1891. Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Date of Death	21 May 1944. Woodchester.	20 December 1977. Hurstmain, Glenmavis, Lanarkshire.	10 September 1967. Stockport.	09 October 1917. Belgium.
Interred	Cheltenham Crematorium.	The Landward Cemetery, Airdrie, Scotland.	Stockport Crematorium.	Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [panel 52 to 54 and 162A].
Location of VC	The Coldstream Guards Museum.	The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield.	Not publicly held.	Green Howards Museum, Richmond.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Brigadier-General. Other Decorations CMG DSO.	Educated at New Monkland Parish School, Glenmavis. Enlisted 8th June 1915 in 415 [Lowland] Field Company, Royal Engineers. Then transferred to the 8th Bn Sherwood Foresters then again to the 9th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment in early 1917. Received his award at Buckingham Palace by the King on 22nd June 1918. Seriously injured in 1917. Other Decorations MM.	His prompt action cleared a difficult position at a most difficult time and saved many lives.	Killed in Action Belgium. Originally enlisted with 6th Bn Cameronians [Scottish Rifles]. Wounded twice the 2nd time with the Green Howards. Medal presented to his parents by the King at Buckingham Palace on 2nd Mar 1918. Son of Charles and Christina Dundas CLAMP of 13c Reid Terrace, Flemington, Motherwell.
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Name	John Manson, CRAIG	James Lennox, DAWSON	John Brunton, DAYKINS	Angus Falconer, DOUGLAS-HAMILTON
Rank	Second Lieutenant.	Corporal.	Acting Sergeant.	T/Lieutenant Colonel.
Force	1/4th Bn., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army. Attd. 1/5th Bn.	187th Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.	2/4th Bn., The York and Lancaster Regiment, British Army.	Reserve of Officers, British Army. Commander 6th Bn., The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders.
Age	Twenty-one.	Twenty-three.	Thirty-five.	Fifty-two.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	05 June 1917. Egypt.	13 October 1915. Hohenzollern Redoubt, France.	20 October 1918. Solesmes, France.	25 - 26 September 1915. During operations on Hill 70, France.
London Gaz	02 August 1917.	07 December 1915.	06 January 1919.	08 November 1915.
Date of Birth	05 March 1896, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.	25 December 1891. Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.	26 March 1883. Ormiston Farm, Hawick, Scotland.	20 August 1863. Brighton, East Sussex, England.
Date of Death	19 February 1970, Crieff, Scotland.	15 February 1967. Eastbourne.	24 January 1933. Edinburgh, Scotland.	25 - 26 September 1915. Hill 70, France.
Interred	Perth Crematorium, Scotland.	Eastbourne Crematorium.	Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh, Scotland.	No known grave. Name listed on the Loos Memorial.
Location of VC	Not publicly held..	Glasgow University, Scotland.	The York and Lancaster Regiment Museum.	Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland.
Remarks	None.	Later achieved rank of Colonel.	Other Decorations MM.	Killed in Action.
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