Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd VC - 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : SCOTLAND - SOUTH

ROXBURGHSHIRE DUMFRIES LOTHIAN AYRSHIRE
DUNBARTONSHIRE ISLE OF ORONSAY KINTYRE, ARGYLL

ROXBURGHSHIRE

Name James,
BLAIR		 John Brunton,
DAYKINS

Rank General Sergeant

Force 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry 2 / 4th The York & Lancaster Regiment

VC won Neemuch, Indian Mutiny,
12 August 1857		 Solesmes, France,
20 October 1918

London Gaz 25 February 1862 6 January 1919

Born Nimach, Gwalior State, India,
27 January 1828		 Ormiston Farm, Hawick,
26 March 1883

Died 18 January 1905,
Melrose, Roxburghshire		 24 January 1933,
Edinburgh

Grave Trinity Churchyard, Melrose, Roxburghshire Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire

Location
of VC		 Not publicly held York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Rotherham

Remarks CB MM

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY / LOTHIAN

Name Samuel Thomas Dickson,
WALLACE		 Thomas,
CADELL		 John,
GRIEVE
Rank Captain Colonel Lieutenant & Adjutant
Force 'C' Bty, 63rd Brigade
Royal Field Artillery		 2nd Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers,
( Royal Munster Fusiliers )		 2nd Dragoons
( Royal Scots Greys )
VC won Gonnelieu, France,
30 November 1917		 Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
12 June 1857		 Balaclava, Crimea,
25 October 1854 *
London Gaz 13 February 1918 29 April 1862 24 February 1857
Born Thornhill, Dumfries,
7 March 1892		 Cockenzie, East Lothian,
5 September 1835		 Musselbrugh, Lothian,
3 may 1821
Died 2 February 1968,
Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway		 6 April 1919,
Edinburgh		 1 December 1873,
Inveresk, Lothian
Grave Moffat New Cemetery, Dumfries & Galloway Tranent Churchyard, Lothian St Michael's Churchyard, Inveresk, Lothian
( turfstone erected August 2003 )
Location
of VC		 Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich Not publicly held Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Remarks None CB * Charge of the Heavy Brigade

AYRSHIRE

Name William James Montgomery,
CUNNINGHAME		 James Dagleish,
POLLOCK		 Ross,
TOLLERTON
Rank Colonel Captain Private
Force 1st Bn, The Rifle Brigade 5th Bn, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
VC won Sebastopol, Crimea,
20 November 1854		 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France,
27 September 1915		 Battle of Aisne, France,
14 September 1914
London Gaz 24 February 1857 18 December 1915 19 April 1915
Born Ayr, Ayrshire,
20 May 1834		 Tilicoutry, Clackmannanshire,
3 June 1890		 Ayr,
6 May 1890
Died 11 November 1893,
Gunton, Suffolk		 10 May 1958,
Ballochmyle, Ayrshire		 7 May 1931,
Ayr, Ayrshire
Grave Kirkmichael Churchyard, Ayrshire Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire Knadgehill Cemetery, Irvine, Ayrshire
Location
of VC		 Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Ardersier Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Ardersier
Remarks None None None

DUNBARTONSHIRE / ISLE OF ORONSAY / KINTYRE, ARGYLL

Name George de Cardonnel Elmsall,
FINDLAY		 Sir John Carstairs,
MCNEILL		 William Henry Snyder,
NICKERSON
Rank Colonel Major General Major General
Force 409 ( Lowland ) Field Company,
Corps of Royal Engineers		 107th Regiment, Bengal Infantry
( Royal Sussex Regiment )		 Royal Army Medical Corps,
att'd Mounted Infantry
VC won Sambre-Oise-Canal, France,
4 November 1918		 Ohanpu, New Zealand,
20 March 1864		 Wakkerstroom, 2nd Boer War,
20 April 1900
London Gaz 15 May 1919 16 August 1864 12 February 1901
Born Balloch, Dunbartonshire,
20 August 1889		 Colonsay, Argyllshire,
28 March 1831		 Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada,
27 March 1875
Died 26 June 1967,
Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire		 25 May 190,
St James' Palace, London		 10 May 1954,
Cour, Kintyre, Argyll
Grave Kilmaronock Churchyard, Dunbartonshire Oronsay Priory, Isle of Oronsay His home in Cour, private burial ground
Location
of VC		 Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Not publicly held
Remarks MC & Bar GCVO KCB KCMG CB CMG

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