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Name John Manson Craig No.
VC Issue No. 829 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion attached to 1/5th Battalion
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Innergeldie, near Crieff, Tayside, Scotland
Place Of Death Crieff, Tayside, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Comrie Cemetery, near Crieff, Tayside, Scotland
Cremated Perth Crematorium, Crieff Road, Perthshire, Scotland
Date Buried/Cremated 20 February 1970
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Family plot
Gazetted 2 August 1917
VC Presented 10 Decemebr 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Comrie Cemetery, near Crieff, Tayside, Scotland
By The Way…
Later on in the War he joined the RAF, and re-enlisted into the RAF in Second World War
VC Held By
The Guards Regimental Headquarters, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London
BORN 5 March 1896
DIED 19 February 1970 AGE 73
VC Won 5 June 1917 AGE 21
Place VC Won Near Suez Canal, Egypt
War/Campaign First World War 1917
