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Name | John Manson, CRAIG |
William, REID |
John, SIMPSON |
William George Drummond, STEWART |
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Rank | Second Lieutenant | Flight Lieutenant | Major | Captain |
Force | 4th Bn, ( att'd 5th Bn ) Royal Scots Fusiliers | No. 61 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
42nd Regiment ( Black Watch ) |
93rd Regiment ( Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ) |
VC won | Near Suez Canal, Egypt, 5 June 1917 |
Raid on Düsseldorf, 3 November 1943 |
Fort Ruhya, Indian Mutiny, 15 April 1858 |
Secunderbagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 16 November 1857 * |
London Gaz | 2 August 1917 | 14 December 1943 | 27 May 1859 | 24 December 1858 |
Born | Comrie, Perthshire, 5 March 1896 |
Baillieston, Glasgow, 21 December 1921 |
Edinburgh, 29 January 1826 |
Grandtully, Perthshire, February 1831 |
Died | 19 February 1970, Crieff, Perthshire |
28 November 2001, Crieff, Perthshire |
27 October 1884, St Martin's, Perthshire |
19 October 1868, Hythe, Hampshire |
Grave | Ashes in family vault, Comrie Cemetery Perth Crematorium |
Crieff Cemetery | St Martin's Churchyard, St Martins | St Mary's Church, Grandtully ( vault ) |
Location of VC |
Not publicly held | Not publicly held | County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA, USA | Not publicly held |
Remarks | None | None | None | * Elected by the Regiment |
PERTHSHIRE
Name
Alexander,
THOMPSONRank
Sergeant
Force
42nd Regiment
( Black Watch )VC won
Fort Ruhya, Indian Mutiny,
15 April 1858London Gaz
27 May 1859
Born
Edinburgh,
1824Died
29 March 1880,
Perth, PerthshireGrave
Wellshill Cemetery, Perth
Location
of VCBlack Watch Museum, Perth
Remarks
None