Name Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton No.POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 663 Awards VC
Regiment Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 6th (Service) Battalion
Later The Highlanders
Now 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Brighton, Sussex, England
Place Of Death Hill 70, Loos, France
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Loos Memorial to the Missing, Dud Corner Cemetery, Le Routoire, 2 miles north-west of Lens, Pas de Calais, France (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Panel 119
Gazetted 18 November 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow, Anna
Memorials
P Named on loos Memorial to the Missing (Panel 119), Dud Corner Cemetery, Le Routoire, 2 miles north-west of Lens, Pas de Calais, France
P Name on war memorial, Melrose, Borders, Scotland
P Name on war memorial, Muir of Ord, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
P Named on Regimental Memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
Named on War Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, Melrose, Borders, Scotland
By The Way…
He was a regular army officer before the war having served in the Sudan, India, China, Malta and South Africa. He retired in 1912 but came out of retirement
VC Held By
Highlanders Regiment Museum, Fort George, Inverness, Highlands, Scotland
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Thank you to Kim Smith and Tony Crofts for photos of Melrose and Muir of Ord war memorials
