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• Archibald, Adam    b. January 14, 1879  d. March 10, 1957
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, he served as a Sapper in the 218th Field Company, Royal Engineers, British Army. At Ors, France, on November 4, 1918, Sapper Archibald was part of a party building a floating bridge across the Sambre-Oise Canal. He was foremost front at work, when the party came under a heavy artillery barrage and machine-gun fire. Never the less, he continued working on the cork floats and completed the work on the bridge which was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   
• Campbell, Lorne MacLaine    b. July 22, 1902  d. May 25, 1991
  World War II Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as Lieutenant Colonel Commander, 7th Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. At West Akarit, Tunisia, April 6, 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Campbell had to break through an enemy minefield and anti-tank ditch in order to form a bridgehead. His battalion formed up in darkness and then attacked at an angle, being successful in capturing at least 600 prisoners. Next day the position was subjected to heavy continuous bombardment and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   
• Cumming, Arthur Edward    b. June 18, 1896  d. April 10, 1971
  British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. He served as a Brigadier-Commander in The 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army. He was awarded his Medal for service at Kuantan, Malaya, on January 3, 1942. (Bio by: K)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   
• Jameson, Robert   b. July 11, 1774  d. April 19, 1854
  Scottish Naturalist and Mineralogist. He is noted for his advanced scholarship in natural history. His father was a soap manufacturer. He took his early education at Leith Grammar School and then became the apprentice of a local surgeon, with the intent of becoming a ship's surgeon. He attended the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1792 to 1793 where he studied medicine, botany, chemistry, and natural history. He was greatly influenced by John Walker, the Regius Professor of...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   
• MacIntyre, David Lowe    b. June 18, 1896  d. July 31, 1967
  British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. MacIntyre served as a Captain in The Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, 116th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry. He was awarded his medal for service on August 24-27, 1918. He won his VC at Croiselles, France-he was serving as a Lieutenant at the time.
  His father was the Reverend A.S. Macintyre and his mother was Elizabeth Lowe.
  David died in Edinburgh and following his cremation, the ashes were scattered in the garden of remembrance.
  
  (Bio by: K)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   
• Ritchie, Henry Peel   b. January 29, 1879  d. December 9, 1958
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, January 29, 1876, he served as a Commander in the Royal Navy. On November 28, 1914, Commander Ritchie on board the HMS Helmuth was in command of the sea searching and demolition operations at the port of Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa. His orders were to disable German assets in the harbor with demolition parties aboard cargo vessels. As he proceeded into the entrance of the harbor, they were met with a hail of fire from the shore...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   
• Ritchie, Walter Potter   b. March 27, 1892  d. March 17, 1965
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he served as a Drummer Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, British Army. On July 1, 1916 north of Beaumont Hamel, France, Drummer Corporal Ritchie on his own initiative, stood on the parapet of an enemy trench under heavy machine-gun fire and bomb attacks. He repeatedly sounded the "Charge", which rallied many men of various units who, having lost their leaders were wavering and beginning to retire. He also...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Warriston Cemetery and Crematorium, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
   

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