Victoria Cross [ Content Tag Results ]
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1. [ history ]
Victoria Crosses
Awarded WWI
Citations of those VCs awarded to men of the 51st (Highland) Division during WW1
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Wadi Akarit
Apr 1943
The battle of Wadi Akarit took place in a narrow coastline strip between the sea and the coastal towns of Gabes and El Hamma. Between these was the Gabes gap. The Wadi Akarit ran across the gap at the coastal end and to the Roumana Ridge inland and to the west. This area was the objective for the 51st Highland Division...
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Sgt. William Gosling
Awarded VC, 5th April 1917
Sgt. William Gosling, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd Wessex Bde., awarded the VC, 5th April 1917, near Arras, France
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Pvt. George McIntosh
Awarded VC, 31st July 1917
Private George McIntosh, 1/6th Gordon Highlanders, awarded the VC, 31st July 1917, Ypres, Belgium
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Sgt. Alexander Edwards
Awarded VC, 31st July - 1st August 1917
Sgt. Edwards, 1/6th Seaforth Highlanders, awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery in attack during 31st July & 1st August 1917, North of Ypres, Belgium.
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Lance Corp. Robert McBeath
Awarded VC 20th November 1917
L/Cpl Robert McBeath, 1/5th Seaforth Highlanders, awarded the Victoria Cross, West of Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917.
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Sgt. John Meickle
Awarded VC, 20th July 1918
Sgt. John Meickle, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery on 20th July 1918 near Marfaux, France
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Lieut. William Bissett
Awarded VC, 25th October 1918
Lieutenant William D Bissett, 1/6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Awarded the Victoria Cross, East of Maing, 25.10.18
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7th Argylls at Wadi Akarit
Account of the Battle by Captain Cameron
Description of the The Battle of Wadi Akarit, taken from "The History of the 7th Argylls" by Captain Ian C Cameron
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Lt.-Col. Lorne Campbell VC Citation
8th June 1943
The citation of Lt. Col. Lorne Campbell, VC, as published in the London Gazette, 8th June 1943.
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Sgt. Edwards with Fiancee & Sister
Picture shows Sgt. Alexander Edwards with his fiancée Bella Christie and his
sister Janet.
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The Edwards Brothers
This picture shows Brothers Alexander, John and William Edwards. Sgt. Alexander Edwards was awarded the VC in July 1917.
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Sgt. William Gosling
VC, 5th April 1917
Sergeant William Gosling, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd Wessex Bde.
Awarded the VC for conspicuous bravery near Arras, France, 5th April 1917.
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Pvt. George McIntosh
Awarded VC, 31st July 1917
Private George McIntosh, 1/6th Gordon Highlanders. Awarded VC for conspicuous bravery, Ypres, Belgium
31st July 1917.
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Sgt. Alexander Edwards
Awarded VC, 31st July - 1st August 1917
Sgt. Alexander Flemming Edwards, awarded the Victoria Cross, 31st July - 1st August 1917
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King George & Sgt. Edwards
Awarded VC, 31st July - 1st August 1917
Alexander is pictured being awarded his Victoria Cross by King George on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace on 26th September 1917.
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L/Corp. McBeath
Awarded VC, 20th November 1917
Awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during the attack by 1/5 Seaforth at the Battle of Cambrai, France.
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Sgt. John Meickle
Awarded VC, 20th July 1918
Sgt. John Meickle, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, Awarded Victoria Cross, 20th July 1918 near Marfaux, France.
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Lieut. William Bissett
Awarded VC, 25th October 1918
Lieutenant William D Bissett, 1/6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Awarded the Victoria Cross, East of Maing, 25.10.18
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Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
Commonwealth Section
The Commonwealth section of the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity. The cemetery contains 2651 Commonwealth Burials of the First World War.
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Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
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Lieutenant Colonel Lorne Campbell VC
Commanding Officer 7th Argylls awarded the Victoria Cross at Wadi Akarit.