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VC1282 John Alexander Cruickshank
Name John Alexander Cruickshank No.
VC Issue No. 1282 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 210 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Flying Officer
Rank End Of Career Flight Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Place Of Death
Buried/Location Ashes Location Unknown, Italy
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 1 Septmeber 1944
VC Presented 21 September 1944 by King George VI at Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Memorials
P Named on RAF VC Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Named on Coastal Command Memorial, Invergorden, Highlands, Scotland
P Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London
By The Way…
He is the Vice Chairman of The Victoria Cross and George Cross Association
VC Held By
John Alexander Cruickshank VC
BORN 20 May 1920
DIED AGE
VC Won 17-18 July 1944 AGE 24
Place VC Won Northern Waters, near Arctic Circle 68.21N - 05.56E
War/Campaign Second World War