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VC763 James Cleland Richardson
Name James Cleland Richardson No. 28930 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 763 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, Manitoba Regiment, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion
Later
Now The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary)
Rank VC Won Piper
Rank End Of Career Piper
Place Of Birth Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place Of Death Regina Trench, near Morval, Somme, France
Buried/Location Ashes Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont-Pys, 7 miles north east of Albert, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 3, Row F, Grave 36
Gazetted 22 October 1916
VC Presented No presentation
Memorials
P Headstone, Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont-Pys, 7 miles north east of Albert, Somme, France
Memorial Plaque, Old Parish Church, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland
Named On War Memorial, Main Street, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Named On Cenotaph, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland
Named On War Memorial, Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland
Named In Main Square, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland
P Named On Memorial Archway, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Named On War Memorial, Peebles, Peebleshire, Scotland
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, 80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bronze Statue Outside , Chilliwack Museum, British Columbia, Canada
Named On War Memorial, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
By The Way…
He was killed trying to find his lost Pipes
VC Held By
Canadian Scottish Regiment Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
BORN 25 November 1895
DIED 9 October 1916 AGE 20
VC Won 8-9 October 1916 AGE 20
Place VC Won Near Morval, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
