Bo’ness Bravery
Many of those who fell during the Great War were rewarded with medals for their gallantry on the field, and the we have already given accounts of the exploits of medal winners who appear on the Bo’ness War Memorial:
Private James McIntosh DCM,
Sergeant William James Martin DCM,
Corporal Peter Wardlaw DCM,
Captain Archie Dunlop MC
Second Lieutenant Robert Sharpe MC
Private James Grant MM
Sergeant John Hamilton MM
Lance Corporal Alexander Potter MM
Private William Rose MM
The names of many other gallantry medal-winning individuals do not appear on the Bo’ness War Memorial as they survived the Great War and its aftermath. Their deeds of bravery to help ensure an Allied victory are also remembered:
Harcus Strachan VC, MC
Corporal James Jenkins MM
Pipe Major McCombe MM
Bombardier J. MacKay MM
Lieutenant Henry Moubray Cadell Croix de Guerre
Private Bernard McColl MM
Captain William Drummond MC
Captain Archibald Livingstone MC
Lance-Corporal James Hammond MM
Private Thomas Fraser MM
Sergeant William Gibb MM
Sergeant James Rutherford MM
Gunner David Ballantine MM
Sapper Richard Snedden MM
Private Alexander Doughty MM
Captain James Swann MM
Lance-Corporal T. McMahon MM
Sergeant Major George Black DCM
Private Archibald Hamilton MM
Sergeant Robert Johnston MM
Corporal Peter Craft MM
Captain Rev. William White Anderson MC
Lance-Corporal Thomas Spence MM
Private Thomas Middleton MM
Corporal Alexander Anderson Belgian Croix de Guerre
Private William Young DCM
Private James Galloway MM
Private David Park MM
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Alexaner King Young DCM, MM
Thomas Greer MM
Robert Robertson MM
William Paterson MM
Corporal David Reith MM
Lieutenant D. Bruce Allan MC
Miss Daisy M. Murray, Commandant, Carriden Hospital
Miss Helen M. Murray, Quartermaster, Carriden Hospital
Private C. McKenzie Young MM
Lance Corporal C. Sneddon DCM
Private Matthew King MM
Sergeant Thomas Simpson MM
Corporal John Neill Croix de Guerre and Palm
Private Alexander Muldoon MM
Corporal Cuthell MM
Sergeant J.W. Johnston Meritorious Service Medal
Rifleman James Webster MM
Private David King MM
Lance-Corporal C. Ramage DCM, MM
Sergeant Edward McGregor MM
Private Alexander Sneddon MM
Corporal James Buchanan MM
Private J. Wylie MM
Private J. Johnston MM
Further details of these women and men appear in “Without Fear”.
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