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BORN 21 January 1894
DIED 4 June 1972 AGE 78
VC Won 13 August 1915 AGE 21
Place VC Won The Vineyard, Helles sector, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name David Ross Lauder No. 7709
VC Issue No. 647 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth East Glentrie, Airdrie, Scotland
Place Of Death At his home, 39 Corran Street, Cranhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Daldowie Crematorium, Daldowie Estate, Uddingston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cremated Daldowie Crematorium, Daldowie Estate, Uddingston, Glasgow, Scotland
Date Buried/Cremated 8 June 1972
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. June Avenue of trees, Glade area
Gazetted 13 January 1917
VC Presented 3 March 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial Arch, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Greengairs Parish Church, Greengairs Road, Greengairs, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
By The Way…
The motto of the Royal Scots Fusiliers is: “no one assails me with impunity”
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