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VC1132 William Davidson Bissett
Name William Davidson Bissett No.
VC Issue No. 1132 Awards VC
Regiment Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), 1/6th Battalion
Later
Now 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. Disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Bauchlands, St Martin's, Perthshire, Scotland
Place Of Death Wrexham War Memorial Hospital, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales
Buried/Location Ashes Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England
Cremated Pentrebychan Crematorium, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales
Date Buried/Cremated 17 May 1971
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 6 January 1919
VC Presented 10 July 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, War Memorial, St Martins Church, Balbeggie, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
By The Way…
The nickname of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders is The Red Line
VC Held By
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, The Castle, Stirling, Scotland
BORN 7 August 1893
DIED 12 May 1971 AGE 77
VC Won 25 October 1918 AGE 25
Place VC Won East of Maing, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918