Name	John Alexander CRUICKSHANK	George, FINDLATER	James, LEITH	John, PERIE
Rank	Flight Lieutenant	Pipe Major	Major	Sapper
Force	210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders	14th Light Dragoons ( later 14th ( King's ) Hussars	Corps of Royal Engineers
VC won	Artic Circle, 17 - 18 July 1944 *	Tirah Campaign, NW India, 20 October 1897	Betwah, Indian Mutiny, 1 April 1858	Sebastopol, Crimea, 16 June 1855
London Gaz	1 September 1944	20 May 1898	24 December 1858	24 February 1857
Born	Aberdeen, 20 May 1920	Mill of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, 16 February 1872	Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire, 26 May 1826	Huntly, Aberdeenshire, 1831
Died	9 August 2025, Abderdeen	4 March 1942, Turriff, Abderdeenshire	13 May 1869, Paddington, London	17 September 1874, Aberdeen
Grave	Wealden Crematorium, Horam, East Sussex	Forglen Cemetery, Near Turriff	Towie Churchyard, Towie	St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen
Location of VC	Not publicly held	Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen	Museum of the King's Royal Hussars, Winchester	Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
Remarks	* Sinking of U-361	None	None	None

ABERDEENSHIRE

Name	Joseph, WATT
Rank	Chief Skipper
Force	Royal Naval Reserve
VC won	Straits of Otranto, Adriatic, 15 May 1917 *
London Gaz	29 August 1917
Born	Gardenstown, Banffshire, 23 June 1887
Died	13 February 1955, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
Grave	Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh
Location of VC	Lord Ashcroft Gallelry Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks	* HMS 'Gowan Lea', a Drifter

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