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VC554 Walter Lorrain Brodie
BORN 28 July 1885
DIED 23 August 1918 AGE 33
VC Won 11 November 1914 AGE 29
Place VC Won Near Becelaere, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Walter Lorrain Brodie No.
VC Issue No. 554 Awards VC MC
Regiment Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion, B Company
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth 13 Belgrave Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Near Behagnies, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Bienvillers-au-Bois, 10 miles east of Doullens, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 18, Row F, Grave 15
Gazetted 12 December 1914
VC Presented 17 July 1915 by King George V at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Bienvillers-au-Bois, 10 miles east of Doullens, Pas de Calais, France
Named on war memorial, Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Named on oak panel, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, 13 Belgrave Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
By The Way…
He was one of nine ex pupils of the Edinburgh Academy, (Academicals) to win the Victoria Cross
VC Held By
Not known
