Adam Archibald
Sapper, 218th Field Company Royal Engineers
- Register No.
- 36 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sapper all Sappers →
- Unit
- 218th Field Company Royal Engineers (register: Corps of Royal Engineers) all Corps of Royal Engineers VCs →
- Date of action
- 4 November 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 6th January 1919 on this day → all of 1919 →
- Born
- 14th January 1879 at Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
- Died
- 10th March 1957 at Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
- Medal held by
- the Royal Engineers Museum
Digest of citation
On 4th November 1918 near Ors, France, Sapper Archibald was with a party building a floating bridge across the canal. He was foremost in the work under a very heavy artillery barrage and machine-gun fire. The latter was directed at him from a few yards distance while he was working on the cork floats. Nevertheless he persevered in this task and his example and efforts were such that the bridge which was essential to the success of the operations was a very quickly completed. Immediately afterwards Sapper Archibald collapsed from gas poisoning
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
ARCHIBALD, Adam (Reg. No. 36)
Sapper 218th Field Company Royal Engineers.
London Gazetted on 6th January 1919 VC Medal's Custodian is the Royal Engineers Museum.
Born on 14th January 1879 at Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.
Died on 10th March 1957 at Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. No memorial recorded.
Digest of Citation reads: On 4th November 1918 near Ors, France, Sapper Archibald was with a party building a floating bridge across the canal. He was foremost in the work under a very heavy artillery barrage and machine-gun fire. The latter was directed at him from a few yards distance while he was working on the cork floats. Nevertheless he persevered in this task and his example and efforts were such that the bridge which was essential to the success of the operations was a very quickly completed. Immediately afterwards Sapper Archibald collapsed from gas poisoning.
No memorial recorded.
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