Date of Birth | 13-January-1894 | |
Place of Birth |
Dunfermline (United Kingdom, Fife, Scotland) |
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Nationality | United Kingdom | |
Profession | Soldier | |
John MacLaren Erskine VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Erskine was born in 1894 to William and Elizabeth Erskine. He was 22 years old, and a serjeant in the 5th Battalion, The Cameronians, British Army during the First World War, when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 22 June 1916 at Givenchy, France. |
Awards by John MacLaren Erskine |
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1916
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