World War 1

VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS SCOTLAND

Scottish VC recipients on these tables...
MAY Henry, McAULAY John, McBEATH Robert Gordon, McGREGOR David Stuart, McGUFFIE Louis, McINTOSH George Imlach, McIVER Hugh, McPHIE James, MEIKLE John, MELVIN Charles, O'NEILL [or] O'NIELL John, PATON George Henry Tatham, POLLOCK James Dalgleish, RANKEN Harry Sherwood, RIPLEY John, RITCHIE Henry Peel, RITCHIE Walter Potter, SAMSON George McKenzie, SKINNER John Kendrick, SMITH Archibald Bissett.

TABLE-11 : WW1

Name Henry,
MAY John,
McAULAY Robert Gordon,
McBEATH David Stuart,
McGREGOR

Rank Private Sergeant Lance-Corporal Lieutenant

Force 1st Bn. The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles], British Army. 1st Bn. Scots Guards, British Army. 1/5th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army. 6th Bn. The Royal Scots [The Lothian Regiment], British Army attd. 29th Bn. Machine Gun Corps.

Age Twenty-nine Twenty-eight Nineteen Twenty-three

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

VC won 22 October 1914. Near La Boutillerie, France. 27 November 1917. Fontaine Notre Dame, France. 20 November 1917. West of Cambrai, France. 22 October 1918. Near Hoogemolen, Belgium.

London Gaz 19 April 1915. 11 January 1918. 11 January 1918. 13 December 1918.

Date of Birth 29 July 1985. Glasgow, Scotland. 27 December 1888. King Horn, Fife, Scotland. 22 December 1898, Fraserburgh, Caithness, Scotland. 16 October 1895, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Date of Death 26 July 1941. Glasgow, Scotland. 14 January 1956. Glasgow, Scotland. 09 October 1922, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver. 22 October 1918. Belgium.

Interred Riddrie Park Cemetery, Glasgow. New Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow. Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver. Stasegem Communal Cemetery, Harlebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Grave ref - A.I.].

Location of VC The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles] Museum, Hamilton. Scots Guards Regimental HQ. The Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Lieutenant. Other Decorations DCM. None. Killed in action near Hoogemolen, Belgium. Son of David and Annie McGREGOR of "Ferragon" Craigs Rd, Corstorphine, Edinburgh.

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TABLE-12 : WW1

Name Louis,
McGUFFIE George Imlach,
McINTOSH Hugh,
McIVER James,
McPHIE

Rank A/Sergeant [240693]. Private. Private [12311]. Corporal [422047].

Force 1/5th Bn. The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army. 1/6th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders, British Army. 'B' Coy. 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots [The Lothian Regiment], British Army. 416th [Edinburgh] Field Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.

Age Twenty-four. Twenty. Twenty-eight. Twenty-four.

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

VC won 28 September 1918. Near Wytschaete, Belgium. 31 July 1917. Ypres, Belgium. 23 August 1918. East of Courcelle-le-Compte, France. 14 October 1918. At the Canal de la Sensee near Aubencheul-au-Bac, France.

London Gaz 13 December 1918. 06 September 1917. No. 31012 dated 12 November 1918. No. 31155 dated 28 January 1919.

Date of Birth 15 March 1893, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. 22 April 1897. Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland. 21 June 1890. Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 18 December 1894. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Date of Death 04 October 1918. 20 June 1963. Aberdeen, Scotland. 02 September 1918. 14 October 1918.

Interred Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Grave I.D.12.]. New Cemetery, Buckie, Scotland. Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Grave I.A.19.]. Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. [Grave II.E.4.].

Location of VC Regimental Museum of King's Own Scottish Borderers, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland. Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle. Imperial War Museum, London, England.

Remarks Killed in action Wytschaete, Belgium. Son of Mrs Catherine McGUFFIE of 1 North Main St, Wigtown. Later achieved rank of Flight Sergeant. Killed in action near Courcelles, France. Other Decorations MM & Bar. Son of Hugh & Mary McIVER of 34 Dunlop St, Newton Hallside, Glasgow. A native of Linwood, Paisley. Killed in action Aubencheul-au-Bac 14 October 1918. Son of Allan & Elizabeth McPHIE of 112 Rose St, Edinburgh.

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TABLE-13 : WW1

Name John,
MEIKLE Charles,
MELVIN John,
O'NEILL [or O'NIELL] George Henry Tatham,
PATON

Rank Sergeant [200854]. Private. Sergeant. A/Captain.

Force 4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army. 2nd Bn. The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army. 2nd Bn. The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, British Army. 4th Bn., Grenadier Guards, British Army.

Age Nineteen. Thirty-one. Twenty-two. Twenty-one.

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

VC won 20 July 1918. Near Marfaux, France. 21 April 1917. Istabulat, Mesopotamia. 14 October 1918. Near Moorseele, Belgium. 01 December 1917. Gonnelleu, France.

London Gaz 13 September 1918. 26 November 1917. 26 December 1918. 12 February 1918.

Date of Birth 11 September 1898. Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. 02 May 1885, Montrose, Scotland. 27 January 1897. Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 03 October 1895. Innellan, Argyllshire, Scotland.

Date of Death 20 July 1918 near Marfaux, France. 17 July 1941, Kirriemuir. 16 October 1942. Hoylake. 01 December 1917. Gonnelleu, France.

Interred Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France. [Plot 8 Row C Grave 1]. Kirriemuir Cemetery. Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hoylake. Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Grave II.E.24.].

Location of VC Location unknown. Black Watch Museum, Perth, Scotland. Not publicly held. The Guards R.H.Q. [Grenadier Guards R.H.Q.], London.

Remarks Killed in action on 20 July 1918 near Marfaux, France. Other Decorations MM. None. Later achieved rank of Lieutenant. Other Decorations MM. Killed in Action at Gonnelleu, France on 01 ecember 1917. Other Decorations MC. Son of George William & Etta Tatham PATON of Wolvinston House, Whyteleafe, Surrey.

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TABLE-14 : WW1

Name James Dalgleish,
POLLOCK Harry Sherwood,
RANKEN John,
RIPLEY Henry Peel,
RITCHIE

Rank Corporal. Captain. Corporal. Commander.

Force 5th Bn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, British Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army attd. 1st Bn. The King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1st Bn., The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army. Royal Navy.

Age Twenty-five. Thirty-one. Forty-seven. Thirty-eight.

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

VC won 27 September 1915. Near the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France. 19 - 20 September 1914. Haute-Avesnes, France. 09 May 1915. Rue du Bois, France. 28 November 1914. Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, Tanganyika [now Tanzania].

London Gaz 18 December 1915. No. 28976 dated 13 November 1914. 29 June 1915. 10 April 1915.

Date of Birth 03 June 1890. Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. 03 September 1883. Glasgow, Scotland. 20 August 1867. Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. 29 January 1879. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Date of Death 10 May 1958. Ballochmyle. 25 September 1914. France. 14 August 1933. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. 09 December 1958. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Interred Ayr Cemetery, Scotland. Braine Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France. [Grave A.43.]. Upper Largo Churchyard. Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Location of VC The Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland. Army Service Museum, Aldershot, England. Not publicly held. Not publicly held.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Captain. Killed in action at Haute-Avesnes, France on 25 September 1914. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour [France]. Son of Rev. Henry & Helen Morton RANKEN of The Manse, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Native of Glasgow. Later achieved rank of Sergeant. Later achieved rank of Captain.

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TABLE-15 : WW1

Name Walter Potter,
RITCHIE George McKenzie,
SAMSON John Kendrick,
SKINNER Archibald Bissett,
SMITH

Rank Drummer. Seaman. Acting Company Sergeant Major [6895]. T/Lieutenant.

Force 2nd Bn., The Seaforth Highlanders, British Army. Royal Naval Reserve. 1st Bn., The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army. Royal Naval Reserve.

Age Twenty-four. Twenty-six. Thirty-five. Thirty-eight.

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

VC won 01 July 1916. North of Beaumont Hamel, France. 25 April 1915. During the landing at V Beach, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. 18 August 1917. Wijdendrift, Belgium. 10 March 1917. In the Atlantic.

London Gaz 09 September 1916. 16 August 1915. 14 September 1917. 24 May 1919.

Date of Birth 27 March 1892. Glasgow, Scotland. 07 January 1889. Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. 05 February 1883, Glasgow, Scotland. 19 December 1878. Cults, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Date of Death 17 March 1965. Edinburgh, Scotland. 23 February 1923. 17 March 1918. Vlamertinge, Belgium. 10 March 1917. Went down with his ship the SS Otaki in the Atlantic.

Interred Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland. Military Cemetery, St. Georges, Bermuda. Vlamertinge New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Grave ref: XIII.H.15]. Atlantic Ocean.

Location of VC Not publicly held. Not publicly held. K.O.S.B. Museum, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company Headquarters, London, England.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Drum Major. Received his medal from King George V at Buckingham Palace on 05 October 1915. Later achieved rank of Petty Officer. Buried with full military honours. Killed in Action Vlamertinge, Belgium. Other Decorations DCM, Croix de Guerre. Son of Walter SKINNER and husband of Annie E Y SKINNER of 173 St. Andrews Road, Pollockshields, Glasgow. Native of Inver-by-Train, Ross-shire. His body was carried to his grave by six VC holders of the 29th Division. Killed in Action in the Atlantic 10th March 1917.

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Name	Henry, MAY	John, McAULAY	Robert Gordon, McBEATH	David Stuart, McGREGOR
Rank	Private	Sergeant	Lance-Corporal	Lieutenant
Force	1st Bn. The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles], British Army.	1st Bn. Scots Guards, British Army.	1/5th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army.	6th Bn. The Royal Scots [The Lothian Regiment], British Army attd. 29th Bn. Machine Gun Corps.
Age	Twenty-nine	Twenty-eight	Nineteen	Twenty-three
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	22 October 1914. Near La Boutillerie, France.	27 November 1917. Fontaine Notre Dame, France.	20 November 1917. West of Cambrai, France.	22 October 1918. Near Hoogemolen, Belgium.
London Gaz	19 April 1915.	11 January 1918.	11 January 1918.	13 December 1918.
Date of Birth	29 July 1985. Glasgow, Scotland.	27 December 1888. King Horn, Fife, Scotland.	22 December 1898, Fraserburgh, Caithness, Scotland.	16 October 1895, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date of Death	26 July 1941. Glasgow, Scotland.	14 January 1956. Glasgow, Scotland.	09 October 1922, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver.	22 October 1918. Belgium.
Interred	Riddrie Park Cemetery, Glasgow.	New Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow.	Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver.	Stasegem Communal Cemetery, Harlebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Grave ref - A.I.].
Location of VC	The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles] Museum, Hamilton.	Scots Guards Regimental HQ.	The Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.	Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Lieutenant.	Other Decorations DCM.	None.	Killed in action near Hoogemolen, Belgium. Son of David and Annie McGREGOR of "Ferragon" Craigs Rd, Corstorphine, Edinburgh.
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Name	Louis, McGUFFIE	George Imlach, McINTOSH	Hugh, McIVER	James, McPHIE
Rank	A/Sergeant [240693].	Private.	Private [12311].	Corporal [422047].
Force	1/5th Bn. The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army.	1/6th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders, British Army.	'B' Coy. 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots [The Lothian Regiment], British Army.	416th [Edinburgh] Field Coy. Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army.
Age	Twenty-four.	Twenty.	Twenty-eight.	Twenty-four.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	28 September 1918. Near Wytschaete, Belgium.	31 July 1917. Ypres, Belgium.	23 August 1918. East of Courcelle-le-Compte, France.	14 October 1918. At the Canal de la Sensee near Aubencheul-au-Bac, France.
London Gaz	13 December 1918.	06 September 1917.	No. 31012 dated 12 November 1918.	No. 31155 dated 28 January 1919.
Date of Birth	15 March 1893, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.	22 April 1897. Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland.	21 June 1890. Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland.	18 December 1894. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date of Death	04 October 1918.	20 June 1963. Aberdeen, Scotland.	02 September 1918.	14 October 1918.
Interred	Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Grave I.D.12.].	New Cemetery, Buckie, Scotland.	Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Grave I.A.19.].	Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. [Grave II.E.4.].
Location of VC	Regimental Museum of King's Own Scottish Borderers, Berwick-upon-Tweed.	Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland.	Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle.	Imperial War Museum, London, England.
Remarks	Killed in action Wytschaete, Belgium. Son of Mrs Catherine McGUFFIE of 1 North Main St, Wigtown.	Later achieved rank of Flight Sergeant.	Killed in action near Courcelles, France. Other Decorations MM & Bar. Son of Hugh & Mary McIVER of 34 Dunlop St, Newton Hallside, Glasgow. A native of Linwood, Paisley.	Killed in action Aubencheul-au-Bac 14 October 1918. Son of Allan & Elizabeth McPHIE of 112 Rose St, Edinburgh.
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Name	John, MEIKLE	Charles, MELVIN	John, O'NEILL [or O'NIELL]	George Henry Tatham, PATON
Rank	Sergeant [200854].	Private.	Sergeant.	A/Captain.
Force	4th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders [Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army.	2nd Bn. The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army.	2nd Bn. The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, British Army.	4th Bn., Grenadier Guards, British Army.
Age	Nineteen.	Thirty-one.	Twenty-two.	Twenty-one.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	20 July 1918. Near Marfaux, France.	21 April 1917. Istabulat, Mesopotamia.	14 October 1918. Near Moorseele, Belgium.	01 December 1917. Gonnelleu, France.
London Gaz	13 September 1918.	26 November 1917.	26 December 1918.	12 February 1918.
Date of Birth	11 September 1898. Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.	02 May 1885, Montrose, Scotland.	27 January 1897. Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.	03 October 1895. Innellan, Argyllshire, Scotland.
Date of Death	20 July 1918 near Marfaux, France.	17 July 1941, Kirriemuir.	16 October 1942. Hoylake.	01 December 1917. Gonnelleu, France.
Interred	Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France. [Plot 8 Row C Grave 1].	Kirriemuir Cemetery.	Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hoylake.	Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Grave II.E.24.].
Location of VC	Location unknown.	Black Watch Museum, Perth, Scotland.	Not publicly held.	The Guards R.H.Q. [Grenadier Guards R.H.Q.], London.
Remarks	Killed in action on 20 July 1918 near Marfaux, France. Other Decorations MM.	None.	Later achieved rank of Lieutenant. Other Decorations MM.	Killed in Action at Gonnelleu, France on 01 ecember 1917. Other Decorations MC. Son of George William & Etta Tatham PATON of Wolvinston House, Whyteleafe, Surrey.
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Name	James Dalgleish, POLLOCK	Harry Sherwood, RANKEN	John, RIPLEY	Henry Peel, RITCHIE
Rank	Corporal.	Captain.	Corporal.	Commander.
Force	5th Bn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, British Army.	Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army attd. 1st Bn. The King's Royal Rifle Corps.	1st Bn., The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army.	Royal Navy.
Age	Twenty-five.	Thirty-one.	Forty-seven.	Thirty-eight.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	27 September 1915. Near the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France.	19 - 20 September 1914. Haute-Avesnes, France.	09 May 1915. Rue du Bois, France.	28 November 1914. Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, Tanganyika [now Tanzania].
London Gaz	18 December 1915.	No. 28976 dated 13 November 1914.	29 June 1915.	10 April 1915.
Date of Birth	03 June 1890. Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.	03 September 1883. Glasgow, Scotland.	20 August 1867. Keith, Banffshire, Scotland.	29 January 1879. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date of Death	10 May 1958. Ballochmyle.	25 September 1914. France.	14 August 1933. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.	09 December 1958. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Interred	Ayr Cemetery, Scotland.	Braine Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France. [Grave A.43.].	Upper Largo Churchyard.	Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Location of VC	The Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland.	Army Service Museum, Aldershot, England.	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Captain.	Killed in action at Haute-Avesnes, France on 25 September 1914. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour [France]. Son of Rev. Henry & Helen Morton RANKEN of The Manse, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Native of Glasgow.	Later achieved rank of Sergeant.	Later achieved rank of Captain.
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Name	Walter Potter, RITCHIE	George McKenzie, SAMSON	John Kendrick, SKINNER	Archibald Bissett, SMITH
Rank	Drummer.	Seaman.	Acting Company Sergeant Major [6895].	T/Lieutenant.
Force	2nd Bn., The Seaforth Highlanders, British Army.	Royal Naval Reserve.	1st Bn., The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army.	Royal Naval Reserve.
Age	Twenty-four.	Twenty-six.	Thirty-five.	Thirty-eight.
Campaign	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1	WORLD WAR 1
VC won	01 July 1916. North of Beaumont Hamel, France.	25 April 1915. During the landing at V Beach, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.	18 August 1917. Wijdendrift, Belgium.	10 March 1917. In the Atlantic.
London Gaz	09 September 1916.	16 August 1915.	14 September 1917.	24 May 1919.
Date of Birth	27 March 1892. Glasgow, Scotland.	07 January 1889. Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.	05 February 1883, Glasgow, Scotland.	19 December 1878. Cults, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Date of Death	17 March 1965. Edinburgh, Scotland.	23 February 1923.	17 March 1918. Vlamertinge, Belgium.	10 March 1917. Went down with his ship the SS Otaki in the Atlantic.
Interred	Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland.	Military Cemetery, St. Georges, Bermuda.	Vlamertinge New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Grave ref: XIII.H.15].	Atlantic Ocean.
Location of VC	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.	K.O.S.B. Museum, Berwick-upon-Tweed.	Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company Headquarters, London, England.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Drum Major.	Received his medal from King George V at Buckingham Palace on 05 October 1915. Later achieved rank of Petty Officer. Buried with full military honours.	Killed in Action Vlamertinge, Belgium. Other Decorations DCM, Croix de Guerre. Son of Walter SKINNER and husband of Annie E Y SKINNER of 173 St. Andrews Road, Pollockshields, Glasgow. Native of Inver-by-Train, Ross-shire. His body was carried to his grave by six VC holders of the 29th Division.	Killed in Action in the Atlantic 10th March 1917.
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