Awards & Winners

William Johnstone Milne

Date of Birth 21-December-1892
Place of Birth Cambusnethan
(United Kingdom)
Nationality Canada
Profession Soldier
William Johnstone Milne VC, was a Canadian 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. Milne was a Canadian soldier in World War I who received the VC at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917.

Awards by William Johnstone Milne

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1917


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack, that took place on the 9th April 1917 as private in the 16th (The Canadian Scottish) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the first world war. Posthumously awarded.)