McKay, Ian John b. March 7, 1953 d. June 12, 1982 Falklands War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Wortley, England, he served as a Platoon Sergeant of Platoon 4, B Company, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, British Army. During the night morning of June 12, 1982, the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, mounted a silent night attack on an enemy position at Mount Longdon in the Falkland Islands. Sergeant McKay was ordered to take Platoon 4 and observe the Northern side of the long East-West ridge held by the enemy. As his Platoon advanced it...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Aldershot Military Cemetery, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Wood, Sir. Henry Evelyn b. February 9, 1838 d. December 2, 1919 British Field Marshal and Victoria Cross recipient. He joined the Royal Navy in April 1852 as a Midshipman, and was wounded in action as a member of the Naval Brigade at the siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855) during the Crimean War. Subsequently he joined the Army, and was commissioned a Lieutenant. Wood first served in the Thirteenth Light Dragoons, 1855-1857, then transferred to the Seventeenth Lancers in 1857 and was posted to India, where he saw action during the Indian Mutiny. On October 19...[Read More] (Bio by: wildgoose) Aldershot Military Cemetery, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
b. August 7, 1893 d. May 12, 1971