World War 1

VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS SCOTLAND

Scottish VC recipients on these tables...
DOWNIE Robert, DUNSIRE Robert, EDWARDS Alexander, ERSKINE John MacLaren, FINDLAY George de Cardonnel Elmsall, FINLAY David, NOBLE John Reginald, HAMILTON John Brown, HENDERSON Arthur, HUFFMAN James Palmer, HUNTER David Ferguson, JARVIS Charles Alfred, JOHNSTON William Henry, KER Allan Ebenezer, LAIDLAW Daniel Logan, LAUDER David Ross, LUKE Frederick, MacINTYRE David Lowe, MACKENZIE James, MACKINTOSH Donald.

TABLE-6 : WW1

Name Robert,
DOWNIE Robert,
DUNSIRE Alexander,
EDWARDS John MacLaren,
ERSKINE

Rank Sergeant Private [18274] Sergeant [265473] Sergeant

Force 2nd Bn. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army. 13th Bn. The Royal Scots [The Lothian Regiment], British Army. 6th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs], British Army. 5th Bn. The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles], British Army.

Age Twenty-two Twenty-four Thirty-two Twenty-two

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

VC won 23 October 1916. East of Lesboeufs, France. 26 September 1915. Hill 70, France. 31 July 1917. North of Ypres, Belgium. 22 June 1916. Givenchy, France.

London Gaz 25 November 1916. 16 November 1915. 14 September 1917. 05 August 1916.

Date of Birth 12 January 1894. Glasgow, Scotland. 24 November 1891. East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. 04 November 1895. Drainie, Morayshire, Scotland. 13 January 1894. Dunfermline, Scotland.

Date of Death 18 April 1968. Glasgow, Scotland. 30 January 1916. Mazingarbe, France. 24 March 1918. France. 14 April 1917. France.

Interred St. Kentigern's Cemetery, Glasgow. Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. [grave ref 18]. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. [Bay 8]. No known grave. Listed on the Arras Memorial.

Location of VC Not publicly held. Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Cameronians Regimental Museum.

Remarks Other Decorations MM. Killed in Action, Mazingarbe, France. Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Anderson DUNSIRE. Husband of Catherine Pitt STEWART [formerly] DUNSIRE of 107 Denbeath, Methil, Fife. Killed in Action east of Arras, France. Son of A. EDWARDS of Stotfield, Lossiemouth, Scotland. Killed in Action Arras, France.

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TABLE-7 : WW1

Name George de Cardonnel Elmsall,
FINDLAY David,
FINLAY John Reginald Noble,
GRAHAM John Brown,
HAMILTON

Rank A/Major Lance Corporal Lieutenant. A/Lance Corporal.

Force 409 [Low] Field Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army. 2nd Bn. The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army. 9th Bn., The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], attd., 136th Coy., Machine Gun Corps. 1/9th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.

Age Twenty-nine Twenty-three Twenty-four. Twenty-one.

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

VC won 04 November 1918. During the forcing of the Sambre-Oise Canal at the lock south of Catillon, France. 09 May 1915. Near Rue du Bois, France. 22 April 1917. Istabulat, Mesopotamia. 25 - 26 September 1917. North of the Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium.

London Gaz 15 May 1919. 29 June 1915. 14 September 1917. 26 November 1917.

Date of Birth 20 August 1889. Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. 25 January 1893, Guardbridge, Fife, Scotland.. 17 September 1892. Calcutta, India. 26 August 1896. Dumbarton, Scotland.

Date of Death 26 June 1967. Helensburgh, Scotland. 21 January 1916. Persian Gulf. 06 December 1980. Edinburgh, Scotland. 18 July 1973. East Kilbride, Scotland.

Interred Kilmarnock Churchyard, Scotland. Basra Memorial, Iraq. [panel 25 and 63]. Morton Hall Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland. Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, Scotland.

Location of VC Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, England. Location unknown. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling, Scotland. Scottish United Services Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Colonel. Other Decorations MC & Bar. Later achieved rank of Sergeant. Killed in Action. Husband of Mrs F. FINLAY [now Mrs WILSON]. Later achieved rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Other Decorations OBE. Later achieved rank of Sergeant.

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TABLE-8 : WW1

Name Arthur,
HENDERSON James Palmer,
HUFFMAN David Ferguson,
HUNTER Charles Alfred,
JARVIS

Rank A/Captain. Second Lieutenant. Corporal. Lance Corporal.

Force 4th Bn., The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army. 5th Bn., The Duke of Wellington's [West Riding] Regiment, attd., 2nd Bn, British Army. 1/5th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry, British Army. 57th Field Coy., Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.

Age Twenty-three. Twenty-one. Twenty-six. Thirty-three.

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

VC won 23 April 1917. Near Fontaine-les-Croiselles, France. 31 August 1918. St. Servins Farm, France. 16 - 17 September 1918. Mouevres, France. 23 August 1914. Jemappes, Belgium.

London Gaz 03 July 1917 - No 30167. 26 December 1918. 23 October 1918. 16 November 1914.

Date of Birth 06 May 1893. Paisley, Scotland. 31 March 1897. Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland. 28 November 1891. Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. 29 March 1891. Fraserburgh, Scotland.

Date of Death 24 April 1917. France. 16 February 1968. Burnt Oak, Middlesex, England. 14 February 1965. Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. 19 November 1948. Dundee, Scotland.

Interred Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Grave ref: B.61]. Golders Green Crematorium. Dunfermline Cemetery. St. Monans Cemetery.

Location of VC Not publicly held. Not publicly held. The Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Birmingham City Museum, England.

Remarks Killed in Action 23 - 24 April 1917, France. Other Decorations MC. [Son of the late George HENDERSON, OBE of Egnal, Paisley and Elizabeth PURDIE or HENDERSON. Later achieved rank of Major. Served in World War II. Later achieved rank of Sergeant. None.

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TABLE-9 : WW1

Name William Henry,
JOHNSTON Allan Ebenezer,
KER Daniel Logan,
LAIDLAW David Ross,
LAUDER

Rank Captain. Lieutenant. Piper. Private.

Force 59th Field Coy., Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army. 3rd Bn., The Gordon Highlanders, British Army. Attd., 61st Bn., Machine Gun Corps. 7th Bn., The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army. 1/4th Bn., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army.

Age Thirty-four. Thirty-five. Forty. Twenty-one.

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

VC won 14 September 1914. At Missy, France. 21 March 1918. Near St. Quentin, France. 25 September 1915. Near Loos and Hill 70, France. 13 August 1915. Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.

London Gaz 25 November 1914. 04 September 1919. 18 November 1915. 13 January 1917.

Date of Birth 21 December 1879, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. 05 Mar 1883. Edinburgh, Scotland. 26 July 1875. Little Swinton near Berwick-upon-Tweed. 21 January 1894. Airdrie, Scotland.

Date of Death 08 June 1915. Ypres, Belgium. 12 September 1958. Hampstead, N.W. London, England. 02 June 1950. Shoresdean near Berwick-upon-Tweed. 04 June 1972. Glasgow, Scotland.

Interred Perth [China Wall] Cemetery, Zillebeke. West Hampstead Cemetery. Norham Churchyard, Northumberland. [Grave not marked at own request] but funds were raised by K.O.S.B. Officers and a commemorative plaque was placed at his graveside. Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, Scotland.

Location of VC Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, England. Not publicly held. Not publicly held. Not publicly held.

Remarks Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium. Later achieved rank of Major. Later achieved rank of Sergeant Piper. Other Decorations Croix de Guerre [France]. Known as "The Piper of Loos." Lost a foot whilst smothering a bomb.

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Name Frederick,
LUKE David Lowe,
MacINTYRE James,
MACKENZIE Donald,
MACKINTOSH

Rank Driver. T/Lieutenant. Private [8185]. Lieutenant.

Force 37th Bty., Royal Field Artillery, British Army. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army. Attd., 1/6th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry. 2nd Bn., Scots Guards, British Army. 3rd Bn., The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army.

Age Eighteen. Twenty-three. Twenty-seven. Twenty-one.

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

VC won 26 August 1914. Le Cateau, France. 24 - 27 August 1918. Near Henin and Fontaine, Croisilles, France. 19 December 1914. Rouges Banc, France. 11 April 1917. North of Fampoux, France.

London Gaz 25 November 1914. 26 October 1918. 16 February 1915. 08 June 1917.

Date of Birth 29 September 1895. 18 June 1895. Portnahavan, Isle of Islay. 02 April 1884, New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 07 February 1896. Glasgow, Scotland.

Date of Death 12 March 1983. Glasgow, Scotland. 31 July 1967. Edinburgh, Scotland. 19 December 1914. Rouges Bancs, France. 11 April 1917. France.

Interred Linn Creamtorium, Glasgow, Scotland. Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland. Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Wameton, Hainut, Belgium. [Grave ref: panel 1]. Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Location of VC Not publicly held. Not publicly held. Scots Guards Museum, London, England. Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Sergeant. Later achieved rank of Major General. Other Decorations CB. Killed in Action Rouges Bancs, France. The son of Mrs Marion MACKENZIE of 22 Terregles Street, Maxwelltown, Dumfries, Scotland. Killed in Action North of Fampoux, France. The son of Colonel Donald J. MACKINTOSH - CB, MVO, MB. LL.D. and Margaret F. MACKINTOSH of Western Infirmary House, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Name	Robert, DOWNIE	Robert, DUNSIRE	Alexander, EDWARDS	John MacLaren, ERSKINE
Rank	Sergeant	Private [18274]	Sergeant [265473]	Sergeant
Force	2nd Bn. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army.	13th Bn. The Royal Scots [The Lothian Regiment], British Army.	6th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs], British Army.	5th Bn. The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles], British Army.
Age	Twenty-two	Twenty-four	Thirty-two	Twenty-two
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	23 October 1916. East of Lesboeufs, France.	26 September 1915. Hill 70, France.	31 July 1917. North of Ypres, Belgium.	22 June 1916. Givenchy, France.
London Gaz	25 November 1916.	16 November 1915.	14 September 1917.	05 August 1916.
Date of Birth	12 January 1894. Glasgow, Scotland.	24 November 1891. East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.	04 November 1895. Drainie, Morayshire, Scotland.	13 January 1894. Dunfermline, Scotland.
Date of Death	18 April 1968. Glasgow, Scotland.	30 January 1916. Mazingarbe, France.	24 March 1918. France.	14 April 1917. France.
Interred	St. Kentigern's Cemetery, Glasgow.	Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. [grave ref 18].	Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. [Bay 8].	No known grave. Listed on the Arras Memorial.
Location of VC	Not publicly held.	Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.	Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.	Cameronians Regimental Museum.
Remarks	Other Decorations MM.	Killed in Action, Mazingarbe, France. Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Anderson DUNSIRE. Husband of Catherine Pitt STEWART [formerly] DUNSIRE of 107 Denbeath, Methil, Fife.	Killed in Action east of Arras, France. Son of A. EDWARDS of Stotfield, Lossiemouth, Scotland.	Killed in Action Arras, France.
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Name	George de Cardonnel Elmsall, FINDLAY	David, FINLAY	John Reginald Noble, GRAHAM	John Brown, HAMILTON
Rank	A/Major	Lance Corporal	Lieutenant.	A/Lance Corporal.
Force	409 [Low] Field Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.	2nd Bn. The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army.	9th Bn., The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], attd., 136th Coy., Machine Gun Corps.	1/9th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.
Age	Twenty-nine	Twenty-three	Twenty-four.	Twenty-one.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	04 November 1918. During the forcing of the Sambre-Oise Canal at the lock south of Catillon, France.	09 May 1915. Near Rue du Bois, France.	22 April 1917. Istabulat, Mesopotamia.	25 - 26 September 1917. North of the Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium.
London Gaz	15 May 1919.	29 June 1915.	14 September 1917.	26 November 1917.
Date of Birth	20 August 1889. Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.	25 January 1893, Guardbridge, Fife, Scotland..	17 September 1892. Calcutta, India.	26 August 1896. Dumbarton, Scotland.
Date of Death	26 June 1967. Helensburgh, Scotland.	21 January 1916. Persian Gulf.	06 December 1980. Edinburgh, Scotland.	18 July 1973. East Kilbride, Scotland.
Interred	Kilmarnock Churchyard, Scotland.	Basra Memorial, Iraq. [panel 25 and 63].	Morton Hall Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.	Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, Scotland.
Location of VC	Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, England.	Location unknown.	The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling, Scotland.	Scottish United Services Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Colonel. Other Decorations MC & Bar.	Later achieved rank of Sergeant. Killed in Action. Husband of Mrs F. FINLAY [now Mrs WILSON].	Later achieved rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Other Decorations OBE.	Later achieved rank of Sergeant.
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Name	Arthur, HENDERSON	James Palmer, HUFFMAN	David Ferguson, HUNTER	Charles Alfred, JARVIS
Rank	A/Captain.	Second Lieutenant.	Corporal.	Lance Corporal.
Force	4th Bn., The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army.	5th Bn., The Duke of Wellington's [West Riding] Regiment, attd., 2nd Bn, British Army.	1/5th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry, British Army.	57th Field Coy., Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.
Age	Twenty-three.	Twenty-one.	Twenty-six.	Thirty-three.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	23 April 1917. Near Fontaine-les-Croiselles, France.	31 August 1918. St. Servins Farm, France.	16 - 17 September 1918. Mouevres, France.	23 August 1914. Jemappes, Belgium.
London Gaz	03 July 1917 - No 30167.	26 December 1918.	23 October 1918.	16 November 1914.
Date of Birth	06 May 1893. Paisley, Scotland.	31 March 1897. Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.	28 November 1891. Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.	29 March 1891. Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Date of Death	24 April 1917. France.	16 February 1968. Burnt Oak, Middlesex, England.	14 February 1965. Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.	19 November 1948. Dundee, Scotland.
Interred	Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Grave ref: B.61].	Golders Green Crematorium.	Dunfermline Cemetery.	St. Monans Cemetery.
Location of VC	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.	The Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, Glasgow, Scotland.	Birmingham City Museum, England.
Remarks	Killed in Action 23 - 24 April 1917, France. Other Decorations MC. [Son of the late George HENDERSON, OBE of Egnal, Paisley and Elizabeth PURDIE or HENDERSON.	Later achieved rank of Major. Served in World War II.	Later achieved rank of Sergeant.	None.
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Name	William Henry, JOHNSTON	Allan Ebenezer, KER	Daniel Logan, LAIDLAW	David Ross, LAUDER
Rank	Captain.	Lieutenant.	Piper.	Private.
Force	59th Field Coy., Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.	3rd Bn., The Gordon Highlanders, British Army. Attd., 61st Bn., Machine Gun Corps.	7th Bn., The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army.	1/4th Bn., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army.
Age	Thirty-four.	Thirty-five.	Forty.	Twenty-one.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	14 September 1914. At Missy, France.	21 March 1918. Near St. Quentin, France.	25 September 1915. Near Loos and Hill 70, France.	13 August 1915. Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.
London Gaz	25 November 1914.	04 September 1919.	18 November 1915.	13 January 1917.
Date of Birth	21 December 1879, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.	05 Mar 1883. Edinburgh, Scotland.	26 July 1875. Little Swinton near Berwick-upon-Tweed.	21 January 1894. Airdrie, Scotland.
Date of Death	08 June 1915. Ypres, Belgium.	12 September 1958. Hampstead, N.W. London, England.	02 June 1950. Shoresdean near Berwick-upon-Tweed.	04 June 1972. Glasgow, Scotland.
Interred	Perth [China Wall] Cemetery, Zillebeke.	West Hampstead Cemetery.	Norham Churchyard, Northumberland. [Grave not marked at own request] but funds were raised by K.O.S.B. Officers and a commemorative plaque was placed at his graveside.	Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, Scotland.
Location of VC	Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, England.	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.
Remarks	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium.	Later achieved rank of Major.	Later achieved rank of Sergeant Piper. Other Decorations Croix de Guerre [France]. Known as "The Piper of Loos."	Lost a foot whilst smothering a bomb.
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Name	Frederick, LUKE	David Lowe, MacINTYRE	James, MACKENZIE	Donald, MACKINTOSH
Rank	Driver.	T/Lieutenant.	Private [8185].	Lieutenant.
Force	37th Bty., Royal Field Artillery, British Army.	The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Princess Louise's], British Army. Attd., 1/6th Bn., The Highland Light Infantry.	2nd Bn., Scots Guards, British Army.	3rd Bn., The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army.
Age	Eighteen.	Twenty-three.	Twenty-seven.	Twenty-one.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	26 August 1914. Le Cateau, France.	24 - 27 August 1918. Near Henin and Fontaine, Croisilles, France.	19 December 1914. Rouges Banc, France.	11 April 1917. North of Fampoux, France.
London Gaz	25 November 1914.	26 October 1918.	16 February 1915.	08 June 1917.
Date of Birth	29 September 1895.	18 June 1895. Portnahavan, Isle of Islay.	02 April 1884, New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.	07 February 1896. Glasgow, Scotland.
Date of Death	12 March 1983. Glasgow, Scotland.	31 July 1967. Edinburgh, Scotland.	19 December 1914. Rouges Bancs, France.	11 April 1917. France.
Interred	Linn Creamtorium, Glasgow, Scotland.	Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.	Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Wameton, Hainut, Belgium. [Grave ref: panel 1].	Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Location of VC	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.	Scots Guards Museum, London, England.	Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Sergeant.	Later achieved rank of Major General. Other Decorations CB.	Killed in Action Rouges Bancs, France. The son of Mrs Marion MACKENZIE of 22 Terregles Street, Maxwelltown, Dumfries, Scotland.	Killed in Action North of Fampoux, France. The son of Colonel Donald J. MACKINTOSH - CB, MVO, MB. LL.D. and Margaret F. MACKINTOSH of Western Infirmary House, Glasgow, Scotland.
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