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VC947 John Crawford Buchan
Name John Crawford Buchan No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 947 Awards VC
Regiment Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), 1/7th Battalion attached to 1/8th Battalion
Later
Now 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. Disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland
Place Of Death Marteville, France
Buried/Location Ashes Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, 7 miles east of Peronne, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot II, Row I or II, Grave 6
Gazetted 2 May 1918
VC Presented 3 March 1920 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, David
Memorials
P Headstone, Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, 7 miles east of Peronne, Somme, France
Named on War Memorial, Church Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
By The Way…
He died of his wounds whilst a prisoner of war and buried by the Germans
VC Held By
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, The Castle, Stirling, Scotland
BORN 10 October 1892
DIED 22 March 1918 AGE 25
VC Won 21 March 1918 AGE 25
Place VC Won East of Merteville, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
