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Name Adam Archibald No.
VC Issue No. 1142 Awards VC
Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers, 218th Field Company
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Sapper
Rank End Of Career Sapper
Place Of Birth 53 Balfour Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death At his home, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Cremated Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Date Buried/Cremated 13 March 1957
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Garden of Remembrance
Gazetted 6 January 1919
VC Presented 31 May 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Entry in Book of Remembrance at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
P Named on 'For Valour' Board, Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Spey Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
By The Way…
When he received news of his award of the Victoria Cross in January 1919, he was still in hospital recovering from gas poisoning
VC Held By
Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England
BORN 14 January 1879
DIED 11 March 1957 AGE 78
VC Won 4 November 1918 AGE 39
Place VC Won Near Ors, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
