Private Edward Lawson VC - 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders




The Gordon Highlanders Museum

St Lukes
Viewfield Road
Abderdeen
AB15 7XH



The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Gordon Highlanders Museum
Rank First Name Last Name Gordon Highlanders Museum
Indian Mutiny ( 1857 - 1858 )
Colonel Richard WADESON 75th Regiment ( Gordon Highlanders )
Afghanistan ( 1878 - 1880 )
Lieutenant Colonel William Henry DICK-CUNYNGHAM 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Field Marshal Sir George Stuart WHITE 92nd Regiment ( Gordon Highlanders )
Tirah Campaign, Afghanistan ( 1897 - 1898 )
Pipe Major George Frederick FINDLATER 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Private Edward LAWSON 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders
2nd Boer War ( 1899 - 1902 )
Colonel William Eagleson GORDON 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Lieutenant Colonel John Frederick MACKAY 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Major Matthew Fontaine MEIKLEJOHN 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Captain Sir Ernest Beachcroft TOWSE 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders
First World War ( 1914 - 1918 )
Captain James Anson BROOKE 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Drum Major William KENNY 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders


Location of other Gordon Highlander VCs
Rank First Name Last Name Location
Private Thomas BEACH Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patiala, Punjab
Sergeant Major Cornelius COUGHLAN National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Colour Sergeant Patrick GREEN Not publicly held
Major Allan Ebenezer KER Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum
Private George Imlach MCINTOSH Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel William ROBERTSON National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Captain David Reginald YOUNGER Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum

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10 August 2003