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BORN 28 February 1888
DIED 14 June 1959 AGE 71
VC Won 12 June 1915 AGE 27
Place VC Won Givenchy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name William Angus No. 7709
VC Issue No. 626 Awards VC
Regiment Highland Light Infantry, 8th Battalion
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Invalided out of the Army 31/05/18 as Acting Sergeant, Scottish Rifles, 241464
Place Of Birth Armadale, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Wilton Cemetery, Kilmory Road, off Wilton Road, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 17 June 1959
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Lair 36, Section O
Gazetted 29 June 1915
VC Presented 30 August 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Wilton Cemetery, Kilmory Road, off Wilton Road, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Angus Road, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial Arch, Hamilton, Sth Lanarkshire
Named on stone memorial, Market Place, Carluke, Lanarkshire
Stained glass window, Lifestyle Centre, Carluke, Lanarkshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Market Square, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Railway Station, Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland
By The Way…
He was a professional footballer with Glasgow Celtic, although didn't ever play for the first team
VC Held By
Scottish United Services Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
