VICTORIA CROSS BURIALS IN LANARKSHIRE

Sergeant John Carmichael VC - 9th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : SCOTLAND - LANARKSHIRE

Name William,
ANGUS John,
CARMICHAEL William,
GARDNER David,
MACKAY

Rank Lance Corporal Sergeant Sergeant Major Private

Force 8th Bn, Highland Light Infantry 9th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment 42nd Regiment
( Black Watch ) 93rd Regiment
( Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders )

VC won Givenchy, France,
12 June 1915 Zwarteleen, Belgium,
8 September 1917 Bareilly, Indian Mutiny,
5 May 1858 Secunderbagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 November 1857 *

London Gaz 29 June 1915 17 October 1917 23 August 1858 24 December 1858

Born Linlithgow, Lothian,
28 February 1888 Glenmavis, Lanarkshire,
1 April 1893 Nemphlar, Lanarkshire,
3 March 1821 Howe, Caithness,
23 November 1831

Died 14 June 1959,
Carluke, Lanarkshire 20 December 1977,
Glenmavis, Lanarkshire 24 October 1897,
Bothwell, Lanarkshire 18 November 1880,
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire

Grave Wilton Cemetery, Carluke New Monkland ( Landward ) Cemetery, Airdrie Bothwell Park Cemetery, Bothwell
( image courtesy Steve Davies ) Lesmahagow Cemetery
( headstone erected 1998 )

Location
of VC National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London Not publicly held

Remarks None None DCM * Elected by the regiment

Name	William, ANGUS	John, CARMICHAEL	William, GARDNER	David, MACKAY
Rank	Lance Corporal	Sergeant	Sergeant Major	Private
Force	8th Bn, Highland Light Infantry	9th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment	42nd Regiment ( Black Watch )	93rd Regiment ( Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders )
VC won	Givenchy, France, 12 June 1915	Zwarteleen, Belgium, 8 September 1917	Bareilly, Indian Mutiny, 5 May 1858	Secunderbagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 16 November 1857 *
London Gaz	29 June 1915	17 October 1917	23 August 1858	24 December 1858
Born	Linlithgow, Lothian, 28 February 1888	Glenmavis, Lanarkshire, 1 April 1893	Nemphlar, Lanarkshire, 3 March 1821	Howe, Caithness, 23 November 1831
Died	14 June 1959, Carluke, Lanarkshire	20 December 1977, Glenmavis, Lanarkshire	24 October 1897, Bothwell, Lanarkshire	18 November 1880, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
Grave	Wilton Cemetery, Carluke	New Monkland ( Landward ) Cemetery, Airdrie	Bothwell Park Cemetery, Bothwell ( image courtesy Steve Davies )	Lesmahagow Cemetery ( headstone erected 1998 )
Location of VC	National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh	Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield	Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London	Not publicly held
Remarks	None	None	DCM	* Elected by the regiment

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