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Name John Meikle No. 200854 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1018 Awards VC MM
Regiment Seaforth Highlanders, 4th Battalion, No. 2 Company
Later The Highlanders
Now 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth 34 Freeland Place, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Place Of Death Marfaux, France
Buried/Location Ashes Le Cimetiere Militaire Britannique de Marfaux (Marfaux British Cemetery), 8 miles south-west of Reims, Marne, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot VIII, Row C, Grave 1
Gazetted 16 September 1918
VC Presented 28 October 1918 by Lieutenant-General Sir F W N McCracken KCB DSO at Marryhill Barracks to his father, John
Memorials
P Headstone, Le Cimetiere Militaire Britannique de Marfaux (Marfaux British Cemetery), 8 miles south-west of Reims, Marne, France
Named on War Memorial, Nitshill, Glasgow, Scotland
P Memorial Stone, Station Square, Dingwall, Highlands, Scotland
P Memorial Plaque, Dingwall Museum, Dingwall, Highlands, Scotland
Named on War Memorial, Pollockshaws Methodist Church, Pollockshaws, Glasgow
By The Way…
He enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders at 16 in February 1915, but was too young to fight abroad, he finally got to France in July 1916
VC Held By
Dingwall Museum, Military Room, Highlands, Scotland
BORN 11 September 1898
DIED 20 July 1918 AGE 19
VC Won 20 July 1918 AGE 19
Place VC Won Near Marfaux, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
