pferguson | August 17, 2017

For Freedom and Honour…For Valour There is a round bronze disc about 5″ across…Britannia with a lion, a son’s or daughter’s name, and the words “HE [or SHE] DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR. One Vancouver, B.C. family to receive a Great War Memorial Plaque was the family of Captain Cecil Mack Merritt, a former officer […]

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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 19 August 1942, 23 April 1915, 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), Cecil Mack Merritt, Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, Dieppe Raid, Fathers, For Freedom and Honour, For Valour, George Randolph Pearkes, Memorial Cross, Memorial Plaque, Mentioned in Despatches, Pourville, Pourville (France), Saskatchewan Regiment, Sons, St. Julien (Belgium), Victoria Cross

pferguson | April 21, 2017

The Australian Coronation Contingent Eighty years ago an Australian contingent of 100 soldiers, 25 sailors and 25 airmen traveled to the United Kingdom for the Coronation of King George VI, 12 May 1937. One of the contingent’s tasks was to return the remains of British soldier, Arthur Evans VC who died in Sydney Australia 1 […]

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Tags: 25 April 1937, ANZAC Day (25 April), Arthur Evans (AKA Walter Simpson), Arthur Percival Sullivan VC, Arthur Percival Sullivan VC Plaque, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), Australian Coronation Contingent, Canon P.E. James, Coronation, Distinguished Conduct Medal, General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Sir William Birdwood, King George VI, London (England), Remembrance, St. Paul's ANZAC Day Commemorative Service, St. Paul's Cathedral, The Cenotaph (Whitehall), Victoria Cross, Wellington Barracks

pferguson | April 8, 2017

W.J. Milne 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish) William Milne came to Canada in 1910 from his native Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland settling near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where he worked as a farmer. On 11 September 1915 Milne joined the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion but transferred on 16 June 1916 to the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Canadian […]

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Tags: 14th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment), 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion, 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Agnes Milne, Cambusnethan (Scotland), Cambusnethan Landward War Memorial, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Register, David Milne, First Canadian Division, Lanarkshire (Scotland), Second Canadian Division, Terry Trench, Victoria Cross, Vimy Memorial, Vimy Ridge, War Graves Registers, William Johnstone Milne, Zwischen Stellung, Zwolfe Graben

pferguson | December 11, 2016

The Calgary Highlanders playing Haughs of Cromdell, the tune Pipe Major John MacLeod played at Secunderbagh. The Unearthly Visitant Not everyone in action is considered for an award of valour or bravery. At times soldiers who we might think of as deserving are overlooked, although no end of writings, reading and re-reading of their actions offer […]

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Tags: 16 November 1857, 93rd Regiment of Foot, Bagpipes, Haughs of Cromdell, Indian Mutiny, Pipe Major John MacLeod, Relief of Lucknow, Secunderbagh, Sutherland Highlanders, Victoria Cross

pferguson | November 15, 2016

1857 – 1859 In all 182 soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions during the Indian Mutiny. Of these recipients 31 were born in Scotland. Several other Victoria Crosses were awarded to soldiers serving with Scottish regiments though born elsewhere. The following records the Scottish-born recipients. Please note the numerous given spellings for […]

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Tags: 1857, 1857-1859, 1858, 1859, Abbey Church (Culross Fife), Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Charge of the 93rd Highlanders, Indian Mutiny, National Army Museum, Scottish-born, Victoria Cross, William Skeoch Cumming