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Henry May VC : October 1914

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Henry May VC was one of five servicemen to win a VC on the Western Front in October 1914 and will have a commemorative paving stone dedicated to his memory at a ceremony to be held in the City of Glasgow on or around 22 October 2014. His stone will be the second one laid to a Glasgow VC, the one of Capt Harry Sherwood Ranken being the first. Bot...


14 May 1917 : 2nd Lieut. John Stewart Morrison

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John's parents were Kenneth and Christina (née Stewart) Morrison of 25 Hayburn Crescent, Partickhill, Glasgow. As a boy John attended Hillhead High School, and then went to Glasgow University. After the outbreak of war, he stayed on at Unviersity until 1916 when, on 22nd February he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Scottish Rifles. He went on to s...